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--- Confer'··"L" · ' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~Qnf Her Shl thef Prssb PepesRhsa ,Unwdb dnnead ibi~ yGl oG.1i·-·-~r~~ Wo. is. ormos~s LA., MTURAM JANAR 14u-,-i·r- 199r.i LER ·-·I·-CR·-a ·-· EAR.ry·-.r i~i s. ... . e.. .... . - . . . n . nin..... ..s.. ..s. f.. ..op., ..pp.. ....A F.7 i. .9.97.' . .WA .[ a. q uppmouminwmoue~m.. ... e~eageu e Winds mn .. ll A ROMANCE. ' The widow- stood by the grave and wept 3For one who under the daisies slept: "And O!' she walled, "'twas a year ago lie stood with me where the violets blow. S"JBut now he has .left me with grief and moan Mie has left me alone -alonne'-one. "And forever my eyes with teaias a'e.dim;' T'here is, not in the world arman like him! 'Never again his face rI'll see; There is no one to love and to comfort me! "Ad I'li:never be happy until I'm laid With my dwn true love 'heath the willow's shade!" Mhe lifted her eyes to the world so wide; A stranger was standing at her side;. A And he said: "The twilight wazeth late; Let me see you safe to your garden gate." All that night the widow dreamed A star of hope in the darkness beamed; alurmudring under the brightening dome: S'Twas a handsome stranger saw me home! "He seemed to pity my heart's deep sorrow; I must put more flowers on the grave to morrow!" Alas! for the lonely grave-alas! The flowers are choked by the weeds and grass; And the smiling widow-they hear her say: "What shall I wear on my wedding day?" -F. L. Stanton, 'in Atlanta Constitution. 'ALEtE MARY - OCK fOýTf [Copyright, t4$e. by Mary Hi.llock Foote. I.--Cot.rusvD. Darcie took the seat opposite, Miss 'Bingham, and devoted himself, some what nervously, to serving her and keeping her attention from her father. "Everybody is so kind in these ex . traordinary places," she began, 'and her voice betrayed her unconfessed anxiety, through the forced society key she had struck into nervously. "It's impossible to believe all that we 'hear about the trouble with the miners t .heseem asuch "respectable men. when-you meet. them." She stopped in confusion, and )ooked'atDarcie helplessly. '"Ai'e you-excuse' me-are you a miner?" "Very much so," Darcie asiswefed, dropping his eyes. Her own glance fell,'and lighted upon a brown, sinewy hand resting upon the table--a hand that looked as if it might have been, familiar with golf-stick and tennis racket, or with paddle and gun., ".bait sedtcely .s.wed: ' long aceuaint ancewith pick and barrow and drill: Darcie straightened himself back in his. 'hcIi,' aulli slipped the telltale member., T fnto.his pocket. His eompanion was to, . observing by fi. - "And itBhe a miner?".she'aske&, indi eating Mike with her 'e es." "Yes, Miss Bingham. '"The saine as yourself?" ".We.oft:" thT~ifnfaiTE.h e person, quite." "But you do td 4 esme 'work ?" "Yes; only Mike does rather more of it than. ,,do," Dariee's face wore such an odd, em bartassed, d$ifenstve expression that' Miess $in hki"1 i'ad , ou$t71, Vatid den gilish peai tbat rent¬ight-shivers throigh the oUngnma2s5 pettre ) en;", as suddenly; her eyes b=ined up with tears: She lianed a little t waitd fit, "- 'He is ii bed, I assureyou he'sqndte, . used up, you know." She sighed. "I believe I'can't eatany supper; thanks, so much." "Oh, do-won't you try? I know the stuff's abominable." "No, it isn't at all; it's very nice. But if you had anything to tell me, you` would tell me, wouldn't you?" "Undoubtedly," Darcieeassured her. She did not believe him; but there was nothipg to be done but wait for the' facts to develop. . Darcie was not consclous.bow intense wnas' is observation of the girl, &hile his thoughts were busy with, her situa tion, and his own rather mad plan for taking her father's place. How should he put it before her? In the meantime, how lovely she 'was!i he wind had burned her lips and cheekls; aindrpugh ened her fait hair,. which made- a eoft nimbus, in the firelight, atountd- her glowing face: the fire was ia league, with the windl and rain, weaving spell, of light end shadow to enhance' the charms- e , j fltnrex-. pressionp n l~i4 ,ac at ude. Darcl" must have look.A what he could not& "You--yod are not an Ameikican, re yrou, Mr.-" Miss "Bingenm belttated questioningly. "Darcie," 'the piestnptiie 1 o new o that name snbjoined.:: -i ° '"Mr. Dareler" thegTrepiated. " r "nio"-be dwelt upon the wqrdfal af tr-yiing.to recall her quetti- uo; P.i a British tenderftoot'-nobso teaderaas I was lhat Aptil" . . His accent pleased Er : erj much,, though she would not bave chosen to a an she repatd bis "laat'Aprll..unber her breath, the,broad "a"'as broad~ys s possible. "I'm rathe the whole, that.: you're not an> n," the said. "We are all Amerl , it gets a bit tire some," she h another gleam. ".'h'A d, sb dp,; t a eAfc9opn for , things"r u ex $ "DOes it?'" said )arc¶.% Ve of yoiJw i-l toue', Er.o .a , at' "We'l.l a.he bealtated, "if you had. eed:.*atl AV.a-e-wilth aeu Mlh about ydu which eems' to. place you it would seem odd. that one should never have heard of you: I know very few people, of course, because I'm a tender foot myself; but my father knoWs everybody. All the men,who come from the east-with letters, you know soother.'or later always visit the mine. t]i.is. is very:,aburd, of me. There's really no reason 'wlhy I should insist upon accounting -for you,. But if you are from the other side; you may know some of ourilig ]$Ern people? Some of them are ~ety 'swell, Ibelieve" "t know a good many people on the other side who' are not swell," DarOis replied evasively. "But do you know any one of our syn dicate?" the girl persisted. "Of-course we think everybody has heard of the Big Horn who has ever heard of the Coeur d'Alene." "Excuse me," said Darcie, clumsily; "I think your shoes are too close to the fire. It's a great bore I can't be ac counted for in the usual way," he con tinued, on resuming his seat; "still, the chances are I'm better as a riddle with out the answer. The answer is sure to be stupid. Let us assume that you have placed me, even if you have misplaced me a trifle; it can do no harm for one night. And it may give you that con, fidence which-which gives me confi dence to-a-offer you my escort to the mine." "Am I in need of an escort?" Miss Bingham asked in astonishment. She saw no reason fo* so much confidence in- her confidence on the part of an in teresting,certainly, but rather inexplic able young stranger. "Quite so. I mean temporarily. Your father--he's quite well; but as I've told you, he's unconscionably tired It woekd be positive cruelty to ask him to tuirn out again to-night. I'm taking for granted, out of modesty, Inassure you, in view of our accommodations,,,hat you'd rather go home."; , . 'tWe must both go home,"' said, ig' Bipgham, risingquickly: "F'chnt lntiag lhe' Why you should think my fadler:is .not able!" But her imagination was assisting hef :vividly- at. that moment, and .painfuli prescience born of unyouthful experi ence was shedding its light upon Dar cie's remarkable- proposition and the awkwardness of his reasons. "I did not say he wasn't able," he desperately interposed;, '"he's forty fathoms deep in sleep. Why drag him out when I'm so entirely at your serv ice?. That's a brute of a horse of his for mounitain-Work.", "What, Colonel? Why he's a perfect rocking-chairt" 1'1 mean--getting g4illd, you know. IHe's ea heavy man in the sa4dle. He's -he's not very used to rid'ig, is-he?" "Why~ he never walkst" , "Pray have a little consideration.'" "I must see if he is well." "But"- . f "But this is the very excess of con aiderationI Please let me speak to iny father I ." Darcie retreated to the. fire, with a gesture of despair to Mike, who made a sudden' clatter' with his saucepans,: .while Faith, utsier iovedr of the shadow at. the -far side of the cabin, satisfied herself as to her father's condition. Mike was-right i' assuming that she had seen him "that way" before. ' "~T, this is too tnuch!" iqinf sae to herseli the heartsick girl. "I think-he might basve'spared me thirs And those ] oor things tryiig, 'to keep it from'me withi their silly ,Exii.ksl Of. course they. must know what ails.-him. What Mhall I do? rm certain they don't wish nig to sthy; he ali but isked-,e'to go,. an. no wonder-they have edough.with hinr on teir hands,` Yes;. I imust go bsck;and stop the inquiries at the mine; P must tell a few more-lies.?. No;' I will iiot' cry. 4They shafl nfit know that 1 Ic.ow. l.Il s ;innocent as t~ey' thinkaneYl s SiShet ?ed: remained some time by the a$1i?. t4ha4d; ,lo iir eioýi#h tp gain c~nnt Qto herse'lf, as :she t io ghtr. When she came forward intothelight, the hdt color nbuied in hef- cheeks; her head was high, 'her eyes -cide '-and bright. "She takes it beautifully," thought Darcie, scarcely permitting himself to look at her; "but who knows hoat she takes it when she is alone with iti" "Yes; I think I had better go back to the' mine," said Faith, coldly, "If-if either of you gentlemen will take me. My father is too tired; It would be too -selfish of me -not to let him, sleep." She fixed her eyes upon Darcie as if dar ing him to'doubt that hebe.ieved what she was. saying' "But I will.go. .ur people might be anxious,, Can we start, do you think, pretty soon " " "We might wait an hour," said DarEcie, gently, "andatilLreaIa 'eee 'iie.btbre e ten." S"An.m oarl But the~raniahasatopped; I think. That roaring`s the Ljnltbh.. SMike atepped to- th6 ~f7"ow tok k' e a look at the weather: ; aI's diiidsh night," he reported,: '"t;.tlere's:uoth -tng the matter wid w tartinl~ew, filthe lady wish;s. Iet .et'he.4iuown-o'tlihe high and cleai; .eore ye'll come to the fthnyg aite av ~rde . The thrail sI oma a ' Wil y'hr - s.u,-y 'ts4*ni't Ye*oswli'Wtt2ed Wae"Y :a d Iazaie~ Vt t ýi`t r am n h ' s3 am ' .:. "I woulG be ashaiited- to mention it; if I did I would call it-what it is!"' Darcie smiled. "You call it an accident just toeom-o fert me,- as we all lie to one another about a disgrace that Caaiiot be hid, It does not comfort me much to be told that all men are so-liable-and allWtnn en"-her lips quivered. "Why, this il~ my father!" She broke dodwn aid'hid her face. Presently Darcie said, gently: "You take it so much too hard." ."I take it hard that yoP should ex pect me to take it any bther wayc hbe~ cried, with - passionate espliqiitness, "Are English women sg philosophical?" '"Ah, we cannot discuss it." - "I should think not, when my heart is break~Iffj"aith It!" She drew in her breath quickly, stifling a sob. "Mr. Dbrcie," she whispered. "Dear Miss Bingham?" There was a pause. Faith's eyes searched his face and Darcie trembled,looking down. He was very handsome, standing before her on his manhood, under her pure testing eyes; but she saw now only what she was seeking for-the truth in him, though she might have been helped by the outward shape of him to per ceive the truth. She was not less a child than other girls of her age, not withstanding the unhappy progress she had lately made in worldly knowledge. "Well," she said at last, "you know me better in this one hour than my dearest friends at home will ever know me. It is a strange, terrible thing that yce should have to come into my life' in this way. It is a dreadful liberty' we have taken-forcing our troubles upon you in your own house." Darcie's chest rose, but he did not speak. "I want to ask .you-yet it's such a silly thing-do min talk of this sort of -'aceciden t'-among themselves, gen erally- toh thing being so common?" "I '.6n't know what s6dm' in'et. o; do you think I shall make common tallk -of a trouble of yours?" "And Mike? Willyou tell him, please, how 'hard' I take it?" "I cap answer for Mike," said Darcie; "but I, will speak to him if you wish."' ' "It's not that I doubt either of you" --Darcie winced a little at this., free classification-"but seeing it so differ :ently, you know, you might make light of it. I should wish it never to be men tioned-even to excuse it." : "You mistake me; I don't excuse itt As an accident, touching your father, 'a man would say it is novthing. But, as a sorrow affecting you, it is anything you please. It is monstrous; and it shall be guarded as I would guard a trouble of my own.", i"Ah," said Faith, musing bitterly, "men sire more chartable than Women, 1 uppose; they sedaomir chmortof the worlds" But Wihat woiild 'tl. y.thinM of us if we laid traps for our own weak nesses and then claimed to be pitied for-falling into them!" Darcie looked at her with profound :tenderness, and. resorted to. pulling his mustache in lieu otfspeeh. "There comes that poor, good Mike splashing through the mudl" she ex I I ^ "'You tote t much too' bArd. ciahn ed, 1au ing helplees l$. tfItough the tears she had vowed she would not shed. "How very excellent of him to do all the woik, while We pit here talk ingl" "Mike 'chooses his awn part," said Datcie, ,with' dignity; "but we can change parts if you prefer.. Woul yo\u ratlherflaye h4m to go homew}l, yoo ?' :That's, pot for me tos.ty" Faith for her. "It would not becomDome to choose bt ge. ;.two ,sao e friends in need: J€Im simply a parcel,.attonf our hands,~tobe delive~ed at themine.- The least one of you, if there is a least, ic only too gppd49?rq.": "omrt the least, one of as in.. several senses' of''the'ir&,'Pr,aid• Dardee, bn fentedly. "So oik groiuds of humility, you~wilkhave to put upy t~ r, a willl deliver the ýp,.bl Fsately.ansda," he add, ed in a low voice, ."so much of your "ouble aq , a,?reyemp lto' night I thipk. you nayrjw 'vit.1" "I woiattroiUd. youata' zll yii y trotb.ils, and- -I have more i i'doine;," wit h astk~Ta edý,s :it ?h y r he raisel:tle sweetest eye sl Ubright an4 ddh -absurd belief..A.~1 Drc-e scicasset s to settle.with be.ekb]tiou! meej Euc$ ktu htlf4~d e i4e ei.t daeh' a trst. '" Mike M hi. aneasily t *lbd itv44 $5t0 awilth opiockthat "'wan fool meIL _ * at-oft hitr base this'd He •ld ,ope do. r of . ,, ".et its NRft hip e outidil s th your 1t H.if'W te ho o g51rt'ita abot the stones, atbsW3be bgIha4WftIhag fdtPt tere .lrnM.the .ledge w~el thke could na tj t ei henavi drove "That'actr hewayr igheleriatl g t: gey her thbe ch'ice, but just sided in ftot himself. He's a very limber lad, and I have not the measure av him in me mind, entirely B Bu Pi., wid him; I'm solid for ye, me ltl Darcie." x:k AN EQ . PO0STION. The man"-gefs,,residene, at the Big Horn is the first houasebove;tih briMge, where- the- wagon road' join ,the!trail. It has a high galleryoacrois the second story front, overloolking thegulch, which is reached by Iong isoy s from the rooms opienihg upon if, and 'by an outside staircase froin thi soiind. The gallery'- forms the roof of. a ce Smnent-floored porch in front r; of the lower entrance; a favorite en-' - ing lounging-place -for, the men employed at the n.tae when they are fortunate enough to be on good terms with Miss Steers, the manager's housekeeper. e On the night of Mr. Binghiam's deten tion at the Black Dwarf, two friends of Miss, Steers 'and several friends of theirs were sitting on chairs tipped back against the house wall, under the shadow of the gallery, talking in low voices and not smoking, an unusual precaution, denoting secrecy. `:.They ceased speaking:as soon ashorses feet were heard approaching, but condled ing that, at they came by way of 'the trail, it must be the manager returhing home with his daughter, they did not trouble to look out. The-moon wAs shining on the wet roofs, sheening them with silver; the tamarack timber up the gulch supplied the ,contrast of pitch-blackness broad ened by impenetrable masses of shad ow. Gleams from the house-lights re vealed· thie 4gures- of two y.ing people Swho.bad dismounted and were parting at the foot of the gallery'stairs. - - - - 0"I. will say good anght here, and s6 man y thanks!" Thergirl'St voice trmra bldd -on thd itilln'ess. "That's not her heii,* 'oh1o 'oEthe liteier biwlispere The mei became mute,scareIy bi;satl4n g e~aes of attention. _ SIR -WALTER SCOTT'S NAME, A' Pathflbf SOry of the Poet's House Recalled. It was Scott's dearest wish to found a house which should carry on the tradi tions of his great ancestors, who were cadets. of the Scotts,: of Harden, now represented by Baron Polwavth'. Scott reared Abboteford 'at- ed;oriuns ,ost,.' but there his work began' saad hded., His 'eldet 'soi, who sncceeded' dbtohe baronetcy,' suvived bhn oily 15 years, and died in 1847, unmarried at the lape. And so .the baronetcy became extinct. His second soeq died at far-of Teheran, also unma td. 'So -the name ofSoott was left to his daughter Charlotte, who. married toekhart, the biographer of Sir Walter.. Her son, Walter Scott Lock hart, adopted the name of Scott, but with all the extraordinary fatality that had overcome his uncles, he, too, died unmarried at the age of 26, and so the estate' pdssed to his sister Charlotte, who married:J. R. Hope, Q. C., amembet of, the Hopetoun family, and, he, of course, adopted the name-Scott.. They had three ehildren, but theirohnly son, died .in: childhood, and ence again a WOman"eame to rules Thshf Was Mary .Mirenics.: . - I" f Tit 1874 shie m airied 'di. f' phi, (pn stable-.taiwell -(third Soi~o of otd Her rse),whi9,as a m& terofc s",ao te4 tle nae ccott. Theyiave baflcil , ai the lest of whom, alterJqseph Maxwell-Scott, born, inj1STS6, sis ,jth` aorny. : Uehas two brothessaad two sis-,' ters*Aivingtl Mary Josephine, who was'. married recently, -was bdrn itl '181 . ,Thhe-.it willthe seen tha4 the ikdisnt -eteeratfion -o Sdott s'tb4ien iv.if{aii Lbckharts, 5opela smidMaiwelnk. 4hiese' h tjeb ..i3 th;, a. yet, ri gene Tog·ca .sequqpce, ,the pregeu-pen er iqn,. to,. wich,the bride of tqday belongs, is very far removed .from the author of ".Waverley." By a cnrion. coincidence Scott's biographer is rep called at thimsamnent, forJohn-Gibson' Lockhart's, nephew has become com-. mander-in-chief of the forceds n India. This is Sir Willfien Stephen Alekinder Lockhart, K. C. B., K. C. 8. L, wh kuo ceeded Sir Geprge te the other day. Sir William's father, Rev. J~lwrgpnce Lockhiart. was the half-brother oZJphn ibq9 .ýa ock~aart.. The ge. r l,-who .asaborn in- 141, began hisfmilitasryca, reer with the Fifth Fnsaliers:in Oadei, ýHe. ha served in ten eatnpaigeas 1itdia, most notably the. Black Moinitatln.x.l leditibi and' fbeAfgh.iIaampaign oo, 1879=8, whed he was present in the op-. ervatioiis rioind Kabun6 He wH given a brigade i| 'the~iurneee war obf18 and bas-s.4ie laee e gaged ;in. several rontier wars. jpst .a .,is soeestort. proably;used to flBgri in the raids; whlahcharacterized the Secttish border. in das of old-I.-elndeSk ch... So"bt is to e h etl weeig and Miss r emel ,irher yo atISgage 'a. .. b.ee ,br epl. e ft.l : ' " -.E ' ea,4 as h be ademoaomplished ;e Pftett qtseet reaso rToh+ ' I a&bIet Iielie T eifth!!'iladrfit ofor' stand it. fo; ae we were t-. ter she said "wZ' a trump. S a woman i.smor* t1 f a ke & }fibae r , : I g d9 . ,P= a n Fe t eý s y athark 7 - a 1$b i1 UV to pay for t herself.- 'It itla E QF A SHOE € s u` ' r. i ·,r·,i 6 A, i. UA 4M ýQUAD. and spadpe and asitne to what was called the public square. As they ca-mst rumning oin all directions they found half ao dozeen emorounding a camp mate, and the cause of the alarm was soon explained. The prisoner, who was known as Jim Rodgers, was a hanger on. That meant a speculator and a gambler and a general blackleg., He had been "warned" two or three times, but he had-stuck to the camp, and that afternoon, having been detected In cheating at cards, he had drawn- his gun and attempted to kill. The hors had been sounded and the men called in to give -the man a trial before Judge Lynch. He was defiant until he looked around upon the hundreds of -stern faces and caught the muttered words of menace. Then he grew pale and si lent. The president of the diggings acted as judge. It didn't take over 30 minutes. to settle the case. : "Prisoner at the. bar," said the judge, when the jury had returned a verdict of gyllty,. "we ar' gotn' to hang you. -We.ain't no wolves thirstin' for blood, ·and we ain't anxious to make no ree ord in the matter-of'haste. You will be duly executed arter-breakfast in the morni.'." .. ' bat was all. 7he.pripoper had noth to say, and most of the minerswent eack tp leir.wprk.4 'lign wasput under guaje ion me pi tsh31 ntles9,'1d 3 Jr: ( ii :} ft) _ W .I. . .., pa ~ { l ý · 1 ., ::7 tIperR gwepz pon 4prdeed1ep lga for .il. At sundown Joe fc~f-ashoe ar rived on- horseback. Nearly everybody at rin PaN knew hinrfor thel'squarestlt man in.alltAe diggings,,And be was: warmly weleomed. ~, e: learned of Ot trial and sentence, of course.. Indeed, tie judgesqaid to bh.m:; .Joe, I.m powerful glad yon ar' here. We've got toqhang =s crittr in: the mornin', and I w nt things reg'lar and, shipshape;. ;lPka to'9 oie like there orter be scne aingIn',or readin'-froml tle, lb`P 4 ' iuthp'..Io np't look,riighr ýhag t esq you'd ll adog. Je~gt~ink toterapp am h us oput., " A4 tl ioo atisp and see what's t. p don, .rdep.~il.pe, and half an, oudr teeri ewasamiitted to the, han 0'1e l0oo1d at Im tonig and keenIy, and then drew a deep breath and said: "I was afraia o.iti when they told mq abqut :yo.. I was on your trail,and if 1 :eould have ,gt here before- noon it wopd brqve beehall right." !Ya iot-youn have seen her?" stam mered: the magt. - i" ox: pwa.8She's over at Sand mill." "And looki doxtame.' t : Nj'. "And looking for you. She's been, looMtypr wip &n t *we 1. di bu mat, ,tbe,a..nesP t laodown erif Wr on the fgift tpseearth.." mYi f, « a. , ýs t !, a'p a bad .e-n siged:th -at d yea'Ll dmehertlbenfghoung? . Theyonvesaves for' n,nAkd ormore, ad~wl eR4oe ofWV.ashoe eftthebtshn tyihe. alen dfes abttletof whiskywlwIh. bthe Atinet who had just, eome en tf4f atand sentinel for the . ight. To 45 president Joe repoyed: . , It'll b Eore 'slilp 'hape' and ei'tllde to uiy s2's tuhn':cxnd Pll think it out during the *tIgilht. When daytit eamethe entinel will vaue, 'iJlt e fiJtM hthorse waitalso to-,-t l ny e w da,-,fS~e te . t p4a4tuobode 4ltra3 ry Mtwlr,.atbir dtes~agani. Pes Fe. but Ita as.eee tea e ! +thashe-was sate treaop pas& w twere. a V oddtspgpr)fdgpae nlg saee" there was a. barrel on fnd. *witb a nooled. rope dngling-from i. limb. While men were crowding and .shoting"and· demanMng,; Washoe ioe unhuckled hib guns, removed bh., hat and. jaiket, and, .making.: his . way through the jam, he mounted the barreI and slipped the noose over his head. The whole camp followed and .-ur rounded him, and presently a great hush fell upon the crowd. Then. he looked calmly about him and said: "A week ago a little woman reached Sand Hill by the stage-the first woman ever seen in that town. She was littl and she was purty, and her heart was breakin'. She had come a thousand miles-abe had braved the Injuns.and the hardshipe-she had dared more'n a man-jest to hunt up that critter you was calculatin' to hang this mornin'. He is her brother." There was something almost appall. ing in the silence around the speaker and be was paler as he continued: "No matter what he was, she ditln't know it. She jest looked upon him as a bit wild and a wanderer. There was an old mother back in the states who was grievin' and weepin', and who wanted to see her .boy. ag'in before death come. When that little woman tolR me the story-when she told owbet long j6orney and howi hehad sarched 'nd: sarehed and been, disppolpDled whei. al e uappealed to m:to ,c hert ewthe d d i'o." There were murmiti 6t Lapplelase evesy ibre,ibut no man spoketabov6l breath. "You. were 'goln' to hang-- him," 're aumed Joe, as he lifted. a;aid to thie rope: above his hed. "I don't say he °idn'tadeserve it, but I'd proiined-tbat lIt4tle woman toh hunt him up andcsieina him-o*.er to her at Sand Ri.i He go badkd to the states with hei.T' 'He'll ' becauaehe' iin't io bad way diwi his ebart, and has stilll giot.leelhn'f. mrottir and shsterid' bhe'llgo beoanwe PFll. hnt WihN down:and kill Thtim hf don't: That wai thex dluistatidin'be fidre helped him off. Yes,, I: help-a'. him .a. I out his bond,. and Id ttldhi to take my hoss and ride like the de-il and by this time hertjwned hi3ral - ; There were angry ahout from a hnn fdred throats at the admission, but Tod waved his hand forelene anid ald: _ e'Sbd ~wdL aiM tWiI , saki orr ft her andsgi hetn ayn pra.d .ike.a11i torplay Tin Pan TDiggia ir-4bong te kep aym woedt beatntl;I. te ms aar from you. No, I stayed righthi tn a, fntern,s n te Yay t ea -P id a neap ryather, died wvti a gui i o man moved nor spo.ke. .fji " ,t,'P up here !3 h#Ippgiobe.o stow as jre ma wº 1 7: t, '_w:+ : tair eyes on the man, bet . hevae o a} s 1w -x.6 a I t the man, on.: the ba rre .l": "ý b , ` fie ` TLEW oo.r.SWt.. t-. By . M, QUAD. Mtf. Willism § Ashfbrd; propi4tb1 of he '"Motiareh"t daireed tll atd.tieibn, wishifb kat1 notify all pejple who have left tVd dust anda nggets at his plhcs lit the ast iro -weeksa to cail at iae-t' abnd vemide"the same.t He R as asbiltt bkgs, tibtt6eVand'canas.hich aeriq~id .otiegs li fiung hinbt his b6 krd they em. t- ly b t'tia *y, bMit it li a stlti bngdit naftre t6r w ihi to gi+ them room while be itE crow edforsace. ahe bigtre gate amount "of this "junk"' i about half a milhion dbllira. Such parcels as are uncalled for after two weeks Will be` turned 'Into the 'hopital fund' or handed out to whoever wants to bother to take them away.' Mr. Ashford isane of the best natured men in Alatka, and it is not a fair deal to clutter nf his space and then turn hik saloon into a junk shop. PAID THU Pa1kAdTa. ' We learn that one Georga~Mitchell, of Ohio, who was among the party of ten derfeet setting oet for the'diggiEgs at Scyder's Fallsb weekago, has ben founda dead in (i' snu.driftid'gdthe body robbed of the fve cigars and two pligs of tobicco whiceh he exhibited here. 'He bad'with him tb'herrr of $800, bat this *as not tagfei N.e.aa told by partiea'here, who SebI hnim. five dollars apiece for; tlBdiatlithat he would sooner or later fall a victim, btilthe prOfessed td be" perfeetly ile to take care of hiio ;e.i`t: 4 e h en 'noki sawdust, a~ ' eets, bamihrk run aerosao tnan witi 4~gsaWsand to "biedo in his p~eket we don't believe ithat wi ei6ldbhold MAliaeM.-t' I SDu4ing the pat thyee or.fpu9tAYr the 1;thermomteter a , atqpg pr rtty 4tesdilysat 32 1egreg op g' 4E4n It is reported thatvAts repei9pa bho ame here,, from ' ; lri a, pt all have sufferedfro.m bi.fa ,and fro.n toes. While ,we don't,thionka summer hotel woulh spay, here .in the 'winter, t~ere ispno oc.agion pp. "n ssning the ginator petheu.iroFigi e tl can be had a:, $1Q, i. ee, 4n -.f Atl them e ill warm .any ogiBary ra.~p in the~ se vereat weather. All reports of people Sipg foug,frgl9an tp deati should be atpkprwith pany ag al of allova oe. We' 1eaii ftlitf John''obtias, the pio veer btthi r o(fh amppa giee river, will eavef¶*r hllitifoisy the rst boat. He his tikenot iio ao t 0o in gold dust knd nugget 'anrd was intending to 4pend the uiinimer lying iti a haim mock and smokfing tw's4oli r cigars. A1etter has cailed hiem home to take 'posae5on a itf a i rp fa4tor, in Chi Uo' lefut hini by a deeeas& drefative, atid be feles ta'tc ' e'i st rtui to ef' 'te flhI tibnat atir e ad4 ailrif inn ;6Cveil its. He wfiay ° i 9 wever *tei cblar' and eat' t o , but 'We f aibe will have be '@td te' It i imut ;rour J onff 0I Mjpepg C atjbe ph6tlf ? wO. to sr-}vas ikt arte4 h3t-soIme -egi who owe,..personal ý ýtWhfll*rC pale.;iaeati meb nde. tt9m nrsen rater ad ·oriryelotngt~iJ -4'+ 4 be top. e a an. 1enAe~~ thbea r~k~g off. q ' he. bavl lea4 . ~ M = emt`bee ii .t4o e t z Ye .hatbhbd irn~6ibeo~eft#ltri ln~g ~ flk;~ MIF I·eotosh got t..ice ba of d iltiit eoetwisCt4 ld.iP15 bek~o r^ht'3 Stlshss dVl a b:t~ey aJm.DE4A%~i 1U no*et 14i ' heR~h doe s ! ..l ie 1 , r ohtar titýbokstit03ibt4't of gold duesbt co J nkii;~ Oc~tfi G` sal a thbý ' . . , trsa-.~ ·;t~s htn rafir .,_ i x :r ti nee Bftlfha r a ! it i a- . tliut ps "so$ft#4 _flef drier aat uspin s tpip6ý tik 1i Reb ts4uahitR*;* E alu P E ;a te -we ,ar goths ;to w t tk . x$17 ýW,::,#~ c hit. itt·Iu ti the ~i~3rl.fkp!t98~;; ~l~~ Ur' !**shlSt~ h.ri