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CHAPTER I?Benor don Antonio do la : ,,v
Ouerra. wealthy Spanish ranch owner on ! 11
the American side of the Mexican border, I tatlor
U informed by his American attorney .
that a technical error has been found In nH 11
his will. The senor signs a new doou- fares,
meat without reading U. of OH
CHAPTER II?Teresa, only grandchild nie."
of the senor, finds evidence of a struggle ?n
In the library and her grandfather miss- i?t
lng. The belief la that the senor has been aurh
carried across the border by Mexican rebels.
Hilly Stanway, Teresa's sweetheart, nave
takes command of the situation and or- j fhrn
ders the servants and vaqueios to arm * ,
themselves. I the Si
CHAPTER III?Stanway, with twenty ; Of ou
men, starts In pursuit of the rebels. They |
rivet Eduurdo Ramon Torre, kinsman of phoult
Teresa, who has been woundod, he
claims, by the escaping rebels. | in
CHAPTER IV?Stanway loses the reb- hUr(1 .
els' trail and returns to the hacienda, man 1
Teresa shows him the copy of the new 1 wen mi
will which she has found and which i 1
leaves all tha property to Torru. Till
CHAPTER V?An omlssarv from the Stai
rebels arrives with the news that tho from I
senor Is well and is being held for $30,000
ransom. Torre tries to assume authority KUtltlei
as ?>v? Heir, but Stanway takes command hloorl
?r ine situation. dhwmi
CHAPTER VI?Pempton, the senor's ^5
lawyer, is brought to the hacienda at "Yo
Stanway's order and Is accused of having ,
received pay from Torre for altering the uro Si
eenoi's wllL ~ j eyes,
CHAPTER VII?Torre, who ha* been "You
detained under guard by Stanway, ad- there
mite that he Is responsible for the senor'e
disappearance. He demands $20,<*V> to re- well q
bounce all claim to the estate and to re- Stu
turn the s?nor unharmed. Refusal will
mean the senor's death within Hears. j hand
CHAPTER VIII?The hacienda In at- of t,1G
tacked In the night on a signal given bv eyes \
Torre from within. He Is foilea In A>? oj
attempt to escape. i
, on th
He shivered, and, taking up his went.
candle, went his way back through ! | was
the drawing room, with no word to saj
Torre, with no glance even, for he ; jie (jj(j
feared that now he could not let his j a maI1
eyes go to the handsome, evil face j
und keep his hand back, and at last i
to Pedro's bedside.
Pedro, waiting for him impatiently, ?you
tried to lift himself upon an elbow, ..j a
and f: 'ling In that turned his bright ( (.rPe(.
black eyes upon the American. hls 0j(
"What did she say, Josefa?" he thing i
asked quickly. "It is the master's f
to St!
"Yes. Pedro." answered Stanway jusj (.
dispiritedly. "Ilut what is the use? ,jie m
She does not know what door it j oan
opens. sltion
"Hut I know!" said Pedro brightly. mp s,
"You know!" Stanway laid his ^Jal
hand on the wounded man's arm. what j
"Tell me. Quick!"
"When the master was young he Ml Qu
lived in Spain, where the old master, from
his father, sent him to go to school, way t
_ . , ,. ? ^raiidl
In the home there, bullcleu of stones mahog
like an old castle, senor, was a room
1 hci
where many times he was locked up three
by his tutor because he was wild and press%
did not fall In love with his books.! the t>:
I have heard him laugh and tell about t,u* sa
it to the padre from La Punza. When
lie came away he brought the key to "Y?
that prison room with him. That is
the key you have, senor!*4 '
Stanway looked at the man with cried
swil't suspicion. Pedro seemed ex- ',,ri
cited over the key; a look of groat panes
shrewdness was In his eyes, and the
key unlocked a door in Spain! If he '''
was becoming delirious? threw
"I am not in a fever, senor." said runnli
Pedro quickly, seeing the thought in ^ "u !
the American's eyes. "Hut that key senor.
tells me something. Every night he- ants?
fore going to my hod I go to tin* nms- If
tor's room to see If ho wishes any- Stanw
tiling, to take any commands for the on '"
next day. I wont last night after It T,,r
was late. Just before I wont to the "W
Henorlta's door. It was habit, senor. take t
I con Id not have gone to sleep unless s<
I went there." In s
"Well?" sharply. Jnnglli
"I heard a little sound. It was the leaped
scratching of n window shade. I struck
went, closed the window, and locked 8,1
It tightly. And while looking for the I'ng I
sound I saw the key In Its place. If from
was there at eleven o'clock last night, baekw
senor." "Shi
"You are sure, Pedro? You are month
very certain that this key was In the H'8
master's room at eleven o'clock?" nous
"Very certain, senor." from
"Then? But It is Impossible, Pe- nounu
dro! You say that you locked the "Co
windows? All of them?" a prh
"All, senor." ready
"And the door as you came out?" me?"
"I locked, senor. Tfie key was un- "Oa
der my bed. I gave it you Just "Si,
now. And there 1r only one key upon bright
tne runcho?only one In the world than t
which will unlock It!" "I>o
"But then it Is Impossible!" men t
Stanway, restless, upon Ids feet, pens."
strode back and forth, frowning. If Torre,
the key had been there last night, if now?"
door and windows had been locked. But
If they had been locked when he went smllln
to the room?then how could one of In his
the men who pHacked f'edro have "On
bad it in his hand at three o'clock shall
In the morning? blow I
"You mean." he said slowly, eom- nnothf
In & back to the_ bedsbleu."that the at- som ff
T1
thousand dolln
fr * 0 I , Do you care to
y// lHBfinH Stanway shn
'f// "You have <
/ /// / /\ Torre," he salt
, I imVL fro tt*e scnoi
A ' ( i i [nESR what I was
/]' JfwLfi \l l\WBW Gaucho, coiue v
/' ^Si^. i\ U'jxflaB With no ft
]/ / Torre's mystlfl
y^jr .' *\ him, he went o\
(/yOs//^/k N| "Gaucho," he
TJjJl IS/ vi l,M from beyond th
7 M '/ h 11 BSJSll
/fa / / !/&$( 1 don't know he
^rl]/ two ?' ^ei
9 tK P Min'It'll'h carr>* 8|de arn
/ y ft men. Gaucho; t
/ '/ if NOft/Ml f rnncho. I think
\ / h Vt','3 be fighting thl*
V^Jl \' Lj * "Tho master?
/ 4tfr^ wnorlta? You
%' ^ "I know not
, , , ? that they have i
upon you and CVlestino was .. . , T,
. . the house! Hi.
by men who are among the . . ,, .
.. n . Anc (.audio
> servants or the Do la Guerra ?? ? .... . ,
as mystified as
r?S' .. m u ? quickly to the b
>. senor. There was no hesl- * .
* . . .. , "Somewhere
1 the voice was confident. "Ihe ,. .
wore handkerchiefs about th Ir , . .
.... .. . ., . pored to himsel
, hut I know that they were not " ? .. ,
. : room throughou
r men. They were strangers to . _, ,
* east wing where
. .. .jo. i ? "Somewhere.
tt.? crted Stanway. "how could th(.rc ? ?
,1 thine ho? Ilow could thoy ? j
notion into ho niufflor. root,.? , thlnk ,hot
how could thoy ho.e ttottou to ,
iniortta s room without some one .
.. , . . . Torre said were
r mt'u 8eeln* thom< Aud w1^ the old iran thai
I they have brought the key?" Iu,?ck htm; 1 tl
e key Is heavy good to strike a down there hea
blow." replied Pedro. "If a fhe won,s whIrh
. lost. f!,s . '. u'")_ needed a np|, ff|||n
... ..< migm iftKe it. .No. senor." an(| Tprpsft 7,?M
^ ~ ... ,,p studio.! th.
.way broke off. his eye* ran There was not!
IV.lros race to sweep the room, a ,lunr
i. light came Into them, and the ' ?p moyp(, ou
ran into his face whu.h T,.r,
- ?nd. he cried. "I see It !" his to ?
u are wiser than t. senor." Pe- (,myn shplfwlse
niled contentedly and closed his f . , ...
looking very pale and weak. jooko(, fhp kpy ,
will let me have news when (hnt hp hju, fo;m,
Is anything, senor? I could get ?p cU^ Mu,
lulckly with good news." am, ,?s mpn C|U]
tway promised, took Pedro s ?om? ,,s s,,,
quickly, turned and hurried out tii?>kIv \nd tl
room. Ills step was quick, his <lfirk.fact.rt* mpn
ery hri?ht; , -eager, expect,
understand now Torres signal wonJjJ ||mt (JaU)
e window." he muttered as he nipn (hat
Ami by heaven, how blind fh h lnv
! 1 know what he meant when -('nine In V.nt
.1 he was taunting a man whom > ?ow many
I not like! It s the boldest game They ,,nt,.r,Mj ,
i ever played !" p(| |ls *,ht. 1||8t
? hind him.
CHAPTER XI. "Ten, senor.
Have Overplayed Your Hand." \n,i?_sl,.rnij
m afraid that 1 have been India- for n|) of"
Senor Stnnway." Torre, with pypry tn
1 smile charged now with some- j ,.T j ?ft,,n]
of mockery and much of triumph, j jy tj1(,
?Ut a little piece of white paper I thp miIstw
tmway. who, key in hand, had I "the sei
ome from l'edro on his wav to I
- " , - " "Aim tiM- ntliei
aster s room. "Hut I think that "The same "
plead an altogether unusual imp- "f;,,od ' This
as my excuse. You will pardon ^ a||of yoU
,,or* I Hp addressed
iway took the paper guessing | ktn}J suit?v
it was. and read it swiftly: fhaf fho mon nj
erido Sonor Hilly: and lean farwn
save papa Krunilo, to save me them of his In
all that is horrible, there is no
>ut to do what Torre asks. In sought had nev<
rather s room, behind the great fll). i?,eipridn.
fany bed. there is a painting on <
all. "Now he end
re Is n spot in the woodwork. ,, v. ,,,..
feet from the floor, ten from the ' 1,1 . " r"
vest corner, where you must senoritn's rooms
with your finger. It will disclose I ,.< i. ,...,1 ,.,...,.1
I nco. Give him the money?for | 1 11 ,m 1 lm:" ''
ke of ' I the nllii r end.
Your Teresa. | "(;lU,eh?. sen.
II will pardon my having rend sem rita's rdoms
gain smilingly from Torre. I armed and wate
lere did you get this thing?" to the stnlrwa.v.
Stanway. j he hound ami '
re pointed to the window, whose man only, a mat
lie had broken Just before three and who will Id.
i. fore he lets then
ere. On the floor. Some ope "Let every oil
it Wi 011 the floor while you were : he armed and re
ig so giddily aeross the border. ! "Then, senor?'
see this is very well planned, I "Then"?with
Is It not? Kven my lieuten- ! "we shall find w
" we have to tear .
I do not do as she asks?" rut In Gaueho!"
ay, his low-lidded eyes sharp up- Guueho ran ii|
rre's. by name the inei
re shrugged. him. Stanway, I
10 knows? Perhaps they will to he very sllei
lie trouble to find 11 priest to give means the men
norlta in holy matrimony to?" of overhearing
Hidden rage Stanway, his nerves room, began a p
rig, his rage reddening his face, sign of a pass
I at the man. and as he leaped walls.
, Nirui-K nam?nis nuru, ciencneo Ann now at n
nashing into the evil smile, cut- eyes of a vnquf
iie lips so that the Mood ran was a little sera
them, sending Torre reeling Uie wall Just
ard across the room. through which
ut up!" he cried hoarsely. "You fresh white son
>n the senorita once more and?" a young Mexlca
teeth closed with a little oini- Mendoz who fou
click. Torre, wiping the blood thumb upon the
his lips, glared at him with a feet from the tl<
less, almost speechless, rage. "Aqul. esta !"
ward!" he sneered. "Since I am lf>?k
soner, with a half ijozen men Stanway s hea
to spring upon nie, you attack what Mend'
"The door of
ucho!" called Stanway. whispered. "S
senor!" Gaucho's hrdwn face take off your h?
enlng, his eyes looking happier ,,n' K?lng to g
hey had looked for two days. **ut first. Met
not Interfere. Do not let your here, quick! I
ake hand, no matter what hap- '"Ik nmv. '
Then he swung about u|s>n Mendoz hurrb
"Do you want to finish It hack, he and tin
he said curtly. Ink nt Dempt
Torre was once more himself, "Dempton,"
g. at ease, only a fierce hatred | meeting him, "i
eyes. I cries out"?to
tclns, senor!" he returned. "I i "if he makes a
merely make you pay for that j out of him.
n my own way. And now I ask | Dempton?"
r ten thousand dollars as ran- i Dcmpton's pa
r the old man and the girl. Ten words came for
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rs for n blow, senor! through him.
strike again?" ; "We have learnetf ever;
igged. ton," Stanway went on
iverplayed your hand, poring voire. "Even to
i quietly. "This note ' place. There Is the dooi
Ita inukea me sure of ed to the panel with tht
beginning to suspect. ! upon it. "I think that
ilth me." ! ( you to the penitentiary f<
iirther word, leaving |j with very little trouble,
ed face looking after i now, Deuipton?"
it, Gaucho at his heels. 1 Denipton hesitated, dei
said, speaking swiftly , Hps. growing fear in his <
e closed door, "I want , "What do you want t
to the master's room, asked In a shaking whlsj
n with you?six, ten? < my God! This has gon
>w many we shall need. ' ready?"
m bring axes. Lot all > "I want to know how r
IS. Ilrlnir the nlrliPil ...I.w rr. i.. ??- - ??-> ?
, , ^ mi mrn? in in I7* inii'K
he hardest men on the "There?there Is Juar
that there Is gotuff to ?"
time." "Don't he a fool as w
" cried Oaucho. "The nrd. Dempton!" mutter
know?" "You are such a petty lit
hlnp. Rut 1 think? nobody Is point: to want
never for a second left you If you help us no
rry, CJaucho!" I Torr- and Juarez and
hurried, his own face : else?"
Torre's. Stanway went ?I?i don't know." D?
edroom. his dry lips and swayed I
In these great thick nn(j Mendoz as. though li
passapeway." he wills- to fn|i. "Oh, I was a fool
f. "It runs from this "Granted. Rut tell wl
t the house and to the wj,|ie you have the c
i Teresa's rooms are. many?"
down below perhaps, "Seven. I think." cha
i, a dungeon. I think |on ..Sevon besides Tori
der the drawing room; Klve inHlde. two outsl
is where De la Guerra horses "
of the things which "Outshle?" queried Stn
meant to be heurd by "Yes. To ride away,
t they might taunt and horses. so that it would
link that Torre s men | .ni...-..- ?
rd Uia crushing glass. ^ ^ ^ tlle ,r:
went with It. I tntnk follows! south. The otl
g to llnd P In Cucrra the w?rk inside,
v.* "And Do In fluerrn wns
e walls. taken from the house?"
hing to hint nt n secret "No. It seemed safer tl
"Uhere wns every bazar
t the bed. found the "Simply because you li
>sa's note told of. set he nt the rnnclio," return*
and saw n panel drop with n little flash of hitter
showing a great iron there been only the senori
wall. The safe was have been easy to have wo
ulsslng. Hut he knew J love for her grandfather."
d I>e la CSuerrn's hank. "And Torre?"
inel swiftly as (iuucho "Killed a man n month
ue to the door. Antonio?is running awaj
tor?" (.audio asked gallows. With the money
(to black eyes of the to make from this he cot
thronging behind hint silence of the one man wh
int?told as well as tlfy him as the murderer,
ho had whispered to only chance."
Americano had a plan, "Juarez?"
hind It. "Is actually a rebel capt
icho. Shut the door, was to give hint his share.
was to have a commission
is he spoke. He count- army. He looked to distil
mi closed the door be- j vors when the rebels fougli
Into power. Now?"
Five more are com- . "Now what ?"
"Now, If lie goes Into
;?"you ran vouch for rebels will shoot lilni as
them? You can trust That was another chnuce I
t? uttermost. Onucho?" lug. He was give five tli
nost. scnor " as stern- lars to the cans*'. For tli
nth in tin ervlce ?>f him have Juarez and the
'?his voice breaking He was to give his life if
norita." | them. If he tricked theni
p live?" failed. He could never gel
border without their sp
is my plan. Come hint."
" I Then Htiucho returned
! them in Spanish, that everything was reudy
. his voice lowered so
tist crane their necks
rd to hear. He told t '
i/pe 111111 those thr.v j i | .. i.
r Immii taken out ?>f j ||i j J|f11
od. "there Is no douht ^ / V j?=~
nninu from here to tin* w/ / Jy 'r
. ?* \ ^ ^
lifiil. Send two inoiv
I.ot Torre >i in I .Inure/ '' 1 e'
watrhed iivrr^ hy one ^ j
i^g|B
quint <|fto rmlnntiou \ *j\J
low 11 tin; walls, iiurry,
ion his errand, calling ' lutvyfe
i lif wlslioil to go with ? " It
lidding thoso with him '~~^= ."^Z?jlllllW
it. not knowing what ?Iri l?
ho sought might have j |!l|l|f
what happened In the In ill
tllfiit search for stnne I 111 I
agewny In the think 1' i \
ist fate antl the quirk
>ro aided him. There
teh on the redwood of
, ^. He Turned a Cori
opposite the door
they hail entered, a Stan way's command, hour
itch. It was Mendoz, jw?rurely once more, hand a
n. who saw It; It was tossed him to the lied hi
ind a mark of a greasy ,oss H KHI.k cf wheat. T1
same panel, some four fcp.fcp,! 0ff their shoes anc
>Or. utAriil Aiiiros
rn^CI UUU CA|ir\ lOIII*
he muttered, "iienor, stanway, his revolver I
hand, pressed with the left
rt heat wildly wh(ti he ,ho ?p0t jn tjH. pnnellng wl
it/, hud found. thumh had pressed
the passageway !*' he There was a little click, i
h! Be still! Even (.| H||f) hack Into the wall
jots, cninpanwoa. We narrow dtNirway, a narrow
Ive them no warning hey</nd. There were cant
idol, bring Detnpton there, their steady flume
think he Is going to cieHr> y<.||uw light.
| "Each man keep three
?d. and presently cantf the man In front of hlin,
? Immense Vldal, walk Htanwuy. "We must I
tin's right ami left Vldal, Onueho, come Just t
whispered Stanway He steppetl through th
mike no sound. If h< the two-foot wltle hallway
Vldal and Mendoz? along inside the wall, Its
sound choke the lif? ward and downward. Th
Do you understand steps, but the slant led qi
the foundations of the |
le lips opened, but nt f budding,
th. A little shiver rar | (Continued In Next
s. c. tl
*??. d?J ?? gun not worth while;;;
In his whU? ? ja
i the hiding American Ordnance Experta Could
\" He point Outdo the Hunt in Savagery, but
5 thumb-prlni Likely To.
we can sent , ' . .. . h?
>r a long tlm? The Hun 75-*nlle with which | ef
Will you tall Paris was harassed la doubtless still | ^
regarded by many as evidence of the | ^
nlal upon hi. U^ua,JVert,8ed aena,iD "^anlcal j er
PVPtl * #K
H I Ordnance experts have long been ^
o know? ht; aT;.are 0f tpe possibility of such a gun.
jer. "* , But they have also been aware of Its
ie further al, impractiCahnity owing to a lack of w
means of controlling Its Are effective- .
nany men an |Q 8UCj, dastardly work as shelling
1 a great city regardless of whom or ,
ex and nni, what wan h!t | f|>
As an object lesson our ordnance '
ell as a cow department has designed, without | (h
ed Stunwaj aC(Uaiiy building, a supergun which I ^
ttle thief thn dwarfs the Oerinnn machine into In- j ^
to prosecut significance. The data, recently made j
w. 1 here L pUldtc through the Scientific Ainerl- j ^
you. \N h onn, fairly bewitches the lay mind. j
The barrel of the gun Is 225 feet j
Mnpton llcke. i01,K ?nd weighs 325 tons. The pres- j ^
tettveen Vlda BUre developed Is 45.0(X) pounds to the ^
ie were golu aquare Inch. The projectile has a ^
I?" muzzle velocity of 8,500 foot-seconds, ^
int yoo knot and develops the terrific energy of '
hnnce. Hot 300.000 foot-tons. Its rsngo Is 121
miles, approximately the dlstnnce bettered
Dentj tween Chicago and Madison, Wis. Its
e and Junre:' time of flight is four minutes, and It
de with tb soars heavenward to a height of 4fi vr
Ulllt-s. (J[,
inwny. | This Is awesome; hut the cold-blood- jr
leading extr ed expert points out that, after nil, |U)'
sound like l the gun delivers only a 400-pound wc
'acini; for tli shell, containing 00 pounds of hiirh ex- ,ji(
nil which yo plosive. nn<l that such n Run would fln
ler live to d oost $2,500,000. A bombing plane cost- ()|J
Ing $.'10,000 would drop n 1,000-pound (w
i bomb with greater accuracy of aim.
never to be q^ll0 nertuan supergun demonstrates ^
tf the savagery ofthellun?the Rerseker ( f
us way. madness that strikes regardless of .
,i in i? ?? vmi
1 whom It strikes. Rut It also demon- .
inppened to strntes an Intellectual weakness?the
'd Dempton Jove of mechanism for mechanism's
ness. "Had sake. A complicated or difficult piece
ta. It would of machinery captivates his admlrnTked
on her tlon because It Is complicated or difficult,
regardless of its practicability.
With American genius, simplicity is
ago In San , the desideratum. The mechanism, for i 'el
f from the Instance, of the Browning automatics, j
he expected , whether pistol, rltle or machine gun. Is i es
lid buy the astonishingly simple and practically [
io can iden- ' demountable by the lingers alone. One j
It was his looks at It uml wonders why It wasn't j
Invented half a century since. And j
right there one pays genius a high , ^
tain. Torre tribute. ;j?.(
Then Torre I
In the rebel Kel Hara.
igulshcd fa- For the first time in the history of
it their wny Japan a man without a title Is at the
j head of the government. Mr. Kel j ^
j Hara, the present premier, Is a com- j< ??st
Mexico the limner, horn in northern Japan, and men
a traitor, educated In Tokyo on a scholarship ]la\
lie was tak- ' founded by the feudal lord of his
lousand do|- clan. He studied law as a profession, (l
int they let t*1" entered Journalism, serving on | ' ,'v
other men. the immediate journnitstie aneesioi of ' '
' he lied to the now well-known Iloehl Shlmhiin.
i# i... Kmiii imtrmi 1 ivin lin oufneiwl IjIv
I IM II 111* " **" ' U J
across the under Marquess Inouye, then for- strtt
ies finding <'i^n minister, and was sent as run- wih!
sill to France. Reluming to .1 si|>11 ti an,|
with word h" bccainc illrcctor of the emnmoreial ; ]it)),
Vldul ut bureau of the foreign ofliee under f,
Count Mutsti; and then in turn minIl-ter
in Korea, and vice minister of 111
foreign affairs in .!a|>nn, retiring teui- j '"'L:
pornrily to private lite when Count
Mutsti gave up th?' political work that I did
had earned him the reputation of lie- I box,
lug tlie greatest modern Japanese dip- ; |>
lomatist. Mr. 11 urn returned to na- t ?j,
tlonal polities in 11MM) as minister of ] r
I eominutileations in tin* new eahinet of
I'rince Ito, and from tiiat appointment 1,1
; Ids rise lias been steady till lie was ( ',llrl
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JESDAY, JULY 8, 1919. H
tely made premier, and so became H*
e first commoner that bus ever in
ipan occupied so hljjh a position.
Hew It Began. B
Customary IlKure as the boy scoot B^
is become in the United States, <;?>n- B
?i Kiideii-l'owell's visit added much H?
American knowledge of the move- B
ent. A good many uewspaper read- ft|
s were probably surprised to learn B
at It owes Its beginning to the Boer ft
?r and the siege of Mafeklng, With- ft
it which it may be questioned wffeth- ft
there would he any boy scouts. In ft
rnmand at Mafeklng, Oeneral Baden- ft
>wcll looked fur beyond the siege ft
id saw that n great und useful organ- ft
atlon of boys might be deve)pped ft
am the corps of boy messengers or- ft
n I zed to serve the forces holding ft
Ht hard-pressed town. That was the ft
ginning of it, but the same force of ft
aracter that defended Mafeklng car- ft
'<1 forward the boy scout Idea until ft
was generally recognized as a ft'
eject lor character building ruther ft
mi encouraging militarism In the ft
ung. Another hit of informntlou ft
at probably surprised many Aracrl- ft
ns was that Baden-Powell is de- ft
?nded on his mother's 6lde from ft
pt. John Smith. ft
Beavers Copy Tepaes of Indians. 2
In the pond were a number of bea- ft
r houses which looked like sinnll In- ft
in tepees, writes Samuel Scovllle, I
, In Boys' Life. Most of them wero ft
lit in water several feet deep and ft
re from three to four feet above ft
i> rfnre and about live In ?n B
leter. One, however, was a huge
i>, built In deep water, and fully
lee as large as any other. It was
ule mostly of peeled Cottonwood
les and stood on a ttrtn foundation
mud and sticks built up from the
ttoin. The poles leaned together
mi the top and had been woven In
il out with thick brush and plast>d
with mud and turf until the walls
re three feet thick.
Proving an Alibi.
Whut I.awyu A tt ticks say 'bout
n chickens you stole 7"
'He My Ahtn ll'ble to go to Jatl
s'n Ah git somehuddy to prove a
by."?Cartoons Magazine.
\yoitX XEItVFS.
lervous tVoubles, with/backache,
v spells. <\ueer pains And irregukidneys,
siive reason to suspect
ley weakness and tiytry the reinthat
has he\ped your neighbors,
lis. T .1 11nnter., Kim St., Laner,
says: "I *an Certainly recomid
1 loan's Kit^nt^- Pills, for they
e done me aywonderful lot of
il. About tlii?A years ago, I was
n with a shu/p pain in the small
it in v imoU u/i.i y could hardly ^
chten up. The pains wero slm
terrib!e M> nerVes were all un- I
nu and V thought I would ro I
i D?ty /spells botliered me, too, I
1 fe't tired out most of tlie I
M> Sidneys Ravo me a lot of I
ilil? ;il#(o. Some friends recom- I
dfil Hum's Kidney Pills and I I
in uspiR them It only tooK
n a short time to Rive me splen- I
relief and after 1 had finished one 1 I
1 wis entirely cured." IB
lii-atjn cents at all dealers. Don't I
lily ask fur a kidney remedy? S
1 (ban's Kidney Pills the same B
Mrs Hunter had. Foster-Mil- H
a Co., Mfgrs., Huffalo, N. Y. H
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