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THE PEOPLE. BARNWELL. S. C. d Ip 2 “GOLDl” — — » SYNOPSIS.—Seeking gold In the * desert, "Cameron,” solitary pros pector, forms a partnership with ,an unknown man whom he lat,er learns is Jonas Warren, father of a girl whom Cameron wronged, but later married, back In Illinois. Cameron’s explanations appease Warren, and the two proceed to gether. After many hardships' they are reduced to the limit of physical endurance. In a dying condition they seek refuge In a cave, once occupied by a prehis toric people of the Southwest. <11—Continued^ —2— Camernn stole off anions the rooks*. How long he absented himself or what he did lie had no Idea. When Tie returned Warren was sitting before the campfire, and once more he ap- . peared composed. He spoke, and his voice had a deeper note; but other wise he seemed as usual. They parked the burros and faced the north together. • Cameron experienced a singular ex ultation. He had lightened his com rade’s bnrden. Wonderfully It came to him that he had also lightened his own. Kmtn that hour It was not tor- By ZANE GREY Author of The Riders of the Purple Sage, Wildfire, Etc. Copyright by Harper & Brothers. tuent t« think of NcM. % IV Them mme a morning when th# anti sh<rf ic angry and rctl through a On!! suit •kv haie. "Wr’rv In for aandatu rot*,” Mt<l Camrrtei They 1 Nad amfi '"••I Jf red a ftlfW when a dcurCt-wl • tf* |||« 4111 if»g t jttt 11.41 Rftftlf r*f fly Ing a M |Y*9 flfftl ta raped •! Uvmm 111*41 flier «a fWftl |fl£ mf»#*9Va* •f i * f mt * wm •a 91 rrJ 1 Inrlf K #•«!« murng I •ea fit led The Umg R vvtirft * “ * ^ ° f •1*1 fImp a*M*wi k •rftvftlft# *1 Itl fttf ww fl 1 * f erFttftY atad W m f fa-fv w #H| little water left Into Warren’s can teen. He threw his own away. v Soon afterward Warren discoverSn the loss. ’’Where’s your canteen?” he asked. “The heat .was getting my water, so I ilrank what was left.” “My son!” said Warren. The day opened for them In a red and green hell of rock and cactus. IHke a flame the sun scorched and peeled their faces. Warren went blind ‘ from the glare, and Cameron had to lead him. At last Warren plunged down, exhausted, in the shade of a ledge.' ■ ' Cameron rested and waited, hope less. with not, weary eyes gazing down from their height where he sat. Movement on the part of Warren at tracted hla attention. Evidently the old prospector had recovered hla sight and some of Ids strength. For he had arloen, and now began to walk along the arroyo bed with his forked peach branch held before him. He had Hang to that preHous hit of wood Warren, however. aiep|>ed In a deep pit. and. cutting hla canteen In half, began to use one able of It as n arwop. lie out a wide hollow, an wide >er«4) was «ertaln he had gone 'amengently urged him to I then f,«r« iMy tried to* make H the ae elforta Were futile • * J m «I •9 <*»r woman’s face. It whs there in the white moonlit shadows; It drifted In the darkness beyond; it softened, changed to that of a young girl, sweet, with the same dark, haunting eyes of her mother. Cameron prayed to that nameless thing within him, the spirit of something deep and mystical as life. He prayerf for mercy to a wom an—for happiness to her child. Both mother and daughter were close to him then. Time and distance were annihilated. He hud faith—he saw Into the future. The fateful threads of the past, so inextricably woven with his error, wound out their tragic length here in this forlorn desert. Cameron then took a little tin b«u from his pocket, and. opening It, re moved a folded certificate. He had kept \ pen. and now he wrote some thing upon the pa|»er. and in lieu of ink he wrote with blood. The moon afforded him enough light to tee; and having replaced the pa|ier. he laid the little In>x u|>on a shelf of rock. It would remain there unaffected by •lust, moisture, heat. time. How long had those painted linages hero there dear and sharp on the dry atone walla? Years would pwas. Cameron •et-tord to see them too, and Itkewlar •lewtlaj leading a child down Into thU • wb sharp-featured bronzed faces and piercing eyes, the tall, slender, loosely Jointed bodies, the quiet, aasy, reck less air that seemed to l^e a part of the men—these tilings VPould plainly have stamped them as cowboys with out the buckled sombreros, the col ored .scarfs the high-topped, high- heeled boots with great, silver-roweled spurs. He satisfied his hunger in a restau rant adjoining, and as he stepped* hack Into the saloon « man wearing a military cape jostled him. Apolo gies from both were Instant. Gale was moving on when the other stopped short ns if startled, and, leaning for ward. exclaimed: “Dick Gale? If tills Isn't great! Don’t you know me?” “I’ve heard your vole*- somewhere," replied Gale. “Maybe I’ll recognize, you if you came out from under that bonnet.” For answer the man, suddenly mani festing thought of himself, hurriedly drew Ga|e into the restaurant, where he thrust hack his hat to disclose a handsome, sunburned face. “George Thorne! So help me—" “’S-s-anh. You needn’t yell." Inter rupted the other, as he met Gale's outstretched hand. There was a dime, hard, straining grip “1 must not be r*-<«grilled her^. Ther* are reasons I'll explain In a minute. Hay. hut ft's fine to see you! Five years. IHck, five yeara since I saw you run down t'nl- vrrwlty field and spread eagle tbe whole Wisconsin football team.” "l*on‘t re« olln-t that,' replied PHck. laughing “George. Ill bet you I’m gladder to aee you than you are t* ■ee me ft seems so b>ng You weut Ing the line. Yet we don't* fight. My commission expires noon. I’ll he die charged in three months. Ybu con bet I'm glad for more reasons than I've mentioned.". Thorne was evidently laboring un der strofig, suppresseu 'excitement. His face showed pale under jthe tan. and hlk leyes gleamed with’ a dark lire. ,He had seated himself at a table near one of the doorlike windows lending * into tiie street, nipi every little while lie would glance sharply out. Also he kept consultfag his watch.* These details gradually grew upon Gale'as Thorne talked. ’ “George, it strikes me that you’re upset,” said Dick, presently. "I seem to remember you ns a cool headed fellow whom nothing could disturb. Has the army changed ydu?" Thorne laughed. It was a laugh with a strange, high note. . It was reckless—-it hinted of exaltation. He peered out one window, then another, HiS actions >vere rapid. Hemming to the table, lie put Ids hands upon it and leaned over to look closely into Gale's face. “I’m - away from camp without leave.” he said. “Isn't that a serious offense?" asked Dick. “Serious? For me. If I'm discov ered, It means ruin. There are rebel* I RAW. SORE MAT Eases Qukkly When You Apply a Little Musterole • And Musterole won’t blister like the old-fashioned mustard plaster. Just spread it on with your fingers. It penetrates to the sore spot with a gentle tingle, loosens the congestion and draws out the soreness and pain. Musterole is a dean, white ointment made with oil of mustard. It is fine for ' quick relief from sore, throat, bronchitis, tunsili’ws, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion, pleu risy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches of the back or Joints, sprains, sore muscles, braises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds on the thest. Keep it handy for instant use. 35c and 65c, jars and tubes; hospital size, $3.00. Better than a mustard plaster F.lNi! When Baby Frets flMnacb coid, or irrcgulartUM there (p nothing that will give It qutekar relief DR. 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They 4ms h fl^JOrhl si IP • » lest lag 7 eat* Th i» aa tnrem«taat>l« whb* |*lsfn. e fHeee a a« Bn •better fmwi tbe fi**rne eao. I M*Hitilaln peek* iMOfned tei all aldea J •••nw near. <4h«rv dl«*aat; and <*re I a blue •pur. ■putting the glurinr •Vv far !•• the n••nh. f’amernn thought he I reroghfard aa a laudiiuirk The awetit I toward It wa* heartbreaking. n<*t In I •tcc|Hie*a. hut In Ita iearue-nnd league- long nionntntioua rl«e. rntmTon knew there wn« only one ho|te—io make the water hold out and never stop to rest. Warren began to weaken. Often he had to halt. Cameron measured the water In his canteen by Its weight. Evaporation hy lieaf consumed as much ns he drank. During one of the. re-ds. when he had wetted his parched mouth and throat, he found opportunity to pour a little water from his canteen into Warreji’s. At first Cameron had curbed his restless activity to accommodate the pace of ids elder comrade^ Hut now he felt that he was losing something of liis instinctive and passionate zeirFl ;lit [99 to get out of the desert. The thought of water came to occupy his mind. He began t<u imagine that his last little store of wafer did not appreciably di minish. He knew he was not quite rigid in ids lyind regarding water; nevertheless, lie felt tills to be more of fact than fancy, and he began to ponder. When next they rested he pretended to he In a kind n f stupor; hilt he cov ert!,\ watched. Warren. The man np spared far gone, yet he had cunning. He cautiously took up. Cameron's can teen and 'poured water Into It from Mi ow n. This troubled Cameron. He reflect ed, and concluded that he had been unwise ru»t to expect this'Vary thing Then, aa .hla comrade dropped! into weary real, he Hfted both canteen-. There i %a«e {fat waVet fu WiirrenV* e«lly wwke < >t ..- h, •ft K. • ' •w “Warren! Look! See ill Gold!” Feel itl ledge, and See it! r’es- of broken showed gold, "Warren!- I.ook^ Gold!” Hut Warren was too idind-to see. - "Go—go!” he whispered. Cameron gazed down the gray reaches of that forlorn valley, and something within him that was nei ther intelligence . nor emotion—some- rhlng Inscrutably strange—Impelled him to promise. Then Cameron built up stone manu- ments to mark lit* gold strike. That done, he tarried beside the uncon scious Warren Moments passed— grew Into hour* Cameron still had strength left to make an effort-to get out of the dciert. But that same "He acrutahle a<»m»(tiing which had* or i arren held him hewlde hla fallen ir ev ^ chard Ing It irrlvet if talk ie*> Unle. |W4h mew had , cowthidv. Aa the hmg h« ft waa. after dark r early Octut«er when It in Caslta.. There waa a J bering. amwbrerwed crowd of Mexican* around the railroad station He felt as If he were In a -foreign country. After a while he saw srveny men of his ntitlonnllty. otVe" of whom he eD- gngod to carry his luggage to a hotel, (if the many people encountered 'hy Gale-most were Mexicans. Ills guide explained that the smaller half of Caslta lay In Arizona, the other half in Mexico, and of several thousand InhahUarts the majority belonged on the southern side of the street, which was the boundary line. He also said that rebels had entered the town that day, causing a good deal of ex citement. Gale was almost at the end of his finntuial resources, which fact occa sioned him to turn away from a pre tentious hotel and ask his guide for a ch'*: t pf> lodging house. When this \vas f'n.nd. a sight, of the loungers in tiie -otlice^jnnd also a desire for com t'<»rt. persuader! Gale to "change his irttvelmg clothes for rough outing garb and hoots. “Well, I’m almost broke,” he solilo quized, thoughtfully. “Tiie governor sahtT wouldn’t make any money. -He’s right—so far. And he said I’d lie coming honied-beaten. There he’s wrong. I’ve got a bunch that some thing 'll Lapiien to me In tills Greaser town.'* ‘ He went out Into the wide, white washed, high-relied corridor, and from that into an Immense room qhl<*h, but for [ino| tables, bar and beeches. " w ould have been like a murtyavd. Bare legged, sandal footed MeiJcans lit white rubbed "hnuMerg w»Wh ifirnfifSnrTwrin hft^and red. There were hlgck-hearded. oairwe-vlaaged Arnerl r an», norwr gam Id Ing round the Htfle Table*, other* a Ary mi ■ Mrwttiag m aaa wot luff Gal M9 •!i rtffiv ed hla head f*iw hi* *cw hat ashamed at the mar— la hi* eywa cried Thorne hotly Ing him? iHda’t they call > college? IHck. you »f tbe best men Hiagg ever Tto#ift VNRftMMI tracked frav t he nsranweed. and they awl < town age la wtib keede efaww wvwv me raMa “iiatew.*’ bs •gen Thraewe. la low. swift • hlsprr. “a few day a a werag agw It *■ « to* like a year?—t was ng saewe a»«Utaot re to refugees IIseta# from Met tea 1 late the fiiatea They Mrh a W. TldmaM Atiawu. Oa.—* A boot a '»* peepwrtnf lo go h> lha d. I were a derehi **T!>e governor didn’t count fm»t | hafl." said Dirk. “He didn’t mean that kind of a fight. When I left home I | don't think I had an Idea what was wrong of me But, George, I think f know now. I was a rich man’s son— spoiled., dependent, absolutely Igme runt of the value of money. I haven’t yet discovered jiny earning capaelty In me. I »eem to be unable to do any thing with my hauda. That’s the trouble. But I'm at the end of' my tether now. And I’m going to punch cattle or be a miner, or do some real stunf-^like Joining the rebels.” “Aha! I thought you’d spring that last one on me,” declared Thorne, wagging his head. “Well, you Just forget It. Say, old boy, there’s some thing doing in Mexico* The United States in general doesn’t realize.lt. But across that Une there are crazy revolutionists. Ilbpitfd soldiers, guer rilla leaders, raiders, robbers, outlaws, bandits gnlnfe, starving- peons'by the thousand, girls and women In terror^ Mexico is like some of her volcanoes— 'ready to erupt fire and hell! Don’t make the awful mistake of joining the rebel forces- If you didn’t starve or get shot In ambush, or die of thirst, some Grease;r would knife you in the hack for your belt buckle or boots. There are a good many Americans with the rebels eastward toward Agua f’rleta and Juarez. Orozco Is operal- 4ng Id Chihuahua, apd^j guess he has soifie-hlea of warfare. But this Is So nora. a mountainous deseft. ’the hproe of the slave amt tbft YaquI. There's* unorganized revolt everywhere. We're patrolling the boundary Itae. We’re Mug. I rmsfct-mi yo* • of a dozen tnatam es where pavalry * ■houM ha«e pursued raiders on the [ | other aid* of tbe line. Hut we won’t I 4* It. Tb« oArera are a nrawrhv Me * kigoificwa-v wo« 14 aitacb to t’olfed I Aat*« a*airy g -:ag mto lletP%n uff- nt«ey YWw arowk. **■ jly ho beM- f Mft Im ft^M» i were all wowseo. and noe of them woe dewed a* a woo <yo*»e by aertdefit I aaw her face. Tt waa that at a hewutlful girl. I oharrved she kept aloof from the other* I ra*|tected a diagulse. and. when opportunity af- forde«l. aftoke to her. offere«l my serv ice* She replied to my poor efforts at Spanish lo. fluent Kngllah. She had fled In terror from her, home, some place down In Sinaloa. Rettels are active there. Her father was cap tured and held fur-ransom. When the ransom was paid the rebels killed him. The leader of these rebels was a bandit named Hojas. ItoJa* saw the daughter, made off with her. But she contrived to brlba her guards, and escaped almost Immediately before any harm befell her. She hid among friends. Hojas nearly tore down the town In bis efforts to find her. Then she disguised herself and traveled by horseback, stage arid'train to Caelta. “She had no friends here, no money She knew Rojas was trailing her. This talk I had with her was at the railroad station, where all was bustle and confusion.' No one' noticed us, so I thought. I advised her to remove the disguise nf a nun before she left the waiting-room. And 1 got'a boy to guide her. But he fetched her to this house. " I-had promised” to "Come in the evening to talk over the situation with her. “I found her, Dick, and when I saw her—I went stark, staring, raving mad over her. She is the most beautiful, wonderful girl I ever saw. Her name Is Mercedes Castaneda, and she be longs to one of the old wealthy Span ish families. She has lived abroad and in Havanas She speaks French aa well aa English. She la—but I roust be brief. •os laeling all difibraot and a _ time. Had triad ■emedMO nod (o« no 1 foi to a drug atora oo* day i talking lo the drnggiat about c.t condition. 11a handed me a bottle di Dr. Pieroe’a Favorite Preacriptioa and aaid. * I think that will help yon.* Before I bad taken all of that on# bottle I felt like a new woman. Now 1 can aay, along with thouaanda of other women, that Doctor Pierce’a Favorite Preecription cured me.*— lire. G. W. Tidwell, 67 Hampton St. The uae of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription has made many women happy by making them healthy. Get It at once from your nearest druggist, in either liquid or tablet form. Write Dr. Pierce, Invalids’ Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y., for free me^jpal advice. , St. Josephs LIVER REGULATOR LartSc Can 2Sf "Dsar lady, Roja* will h« yew "• mo'* tonight, nor many nighta* cowtimi at* wa«« w>ree lUwm. ~ tawrkre • wiie that *%e wwa sat v*>n i e* ms •eg a flwd aw aa ate Fur Tanning on Beef, Hone, Colt and Calf Skina. Make up ot Costa, Robea, Ru*». Vcau, l idtssj F.ri. V»rft. Mud*and Capet. 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