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BURLINGTON FREE PRESS. I.. 1 1 I ' ' III I I I 1 JESSIE'S MANY NEW FRIENDS. of straw on tho floor of the tavern or Inn, and tho wood flro In tho old-fashioned fireplace; but steam heat, splen did vontllatlon, woll-furnlshcd rooms and "fino tablo faro" await tho travol er at nvprv nnlnt In his Iniirnov. Pmilil our ancestors como back for ono short H KadIR wn3 n twolvo-ycar old glrljcomo a real task to Ret her off to do their do-1 wll "VcJ ln n ur,!a town. Sho'senooi on tlmo." Jessie's ramer sat hnd a very una nablt that o n siuay mr a ibw rarauiw. iuu D tor O you ever think of tho hard- 'carriage! It was considered a marvel ships suffered by our anccs- i of comfort and swiftness. Men could tors when they wcro obliged j cover tho dlstanco of twelvo or fifteen to make a Journey? No mat-, miles ln ono hour! It was little loss how short tho Journey was If than a miracle! B'Jt who ln those only covering a day thcro was little days could forsee. the magnificent comfort to bo enjoyed whilo en route, j palaco cars of today? Tho modern In somo parts of tho United States means of travel ara all that wealth thoro wero no coach or wagon roads 'and Invention can do towards tho to speak of, and porsons traveled long comfort and convenience of the travel distances by horseback. Sometimes 1 er. It Is the common thing nowadays J i.f sleeping lato of mornings. Her mother was at tho end of her wits to know what to do to Induce her wholo families would make a Journey of a hundred miles taking a week for tho trip on horseback. Tho children would rldo "double," which meant two children on ono horse. Sometimes a woo tot would be perched up ln front of tho father, and a "good-sized" girl would sit behind tho mother, a blanket folded for a saddle and perhaps a ropo stirrup cleverly arranged for her foot to rest In. And tho "big son" usually rodo tho pack horse, sitting porohed on top of a hugo bundlo of folded clothing, whllo behind him wero fastened baskets and boxes of more apparol and somo food. Then thero wero tho stops along tho way. A night spent at somo poor farmer's house, where a pile of straw on tho floor and a few homespun blankets afforded beds for the tired travolers. And the travoler was often obliged to furnish his own food, cookln? It over the farmer's groat fireplace ln tho hewn-log kitchen, Again tho travelers stopped over night at some vlllago or town. There an Inn afforded them hospitality. An Inn! Does not tho word sound Inter esting? Well, It sounds better than It was ln reality. Tho old-tlmo Inn had fow If any comforts to offer to the weary, road-worn travoler. The horsa often fared better than the master. Poor, and not always clean, beds! Scanty and coarse food, and dark, 111 ventllatod rooms where ono frozo If ten feet away from tho open fireplace. Where better roads abounded, peo ple traveled ln stage coaches or ln their own wagons and carriages, though tho latter wero very scarce, even tho wealthiest families seldom affording them. When making a lengthy journoy by stage coach one was crowded Into as small a spaco as one could be got Into, and ho half sat upon his fellow-passengers. And when the weather was Inclement the hardships of tho stngo coach traveler were past description. He got wet through and through and half-froze, sitting for hours together ln ono cramped position, and when leaving tho coach for tho night was so lame from the continuous cramped posture that ho ached in evory limb. Then came the first steam railway iri;:riTCranrnEnwrar?nm!mnnmimiqiBH!jnmrnmn tfi nni.nw ....,.. 1 .. ,1 . . . II . ... tuiij. iu niij uiuca un nuur, i,,., .,. t .1, ami to glide along without a Jolt n jWOrld and Its children, tho most luxurious mannor. And hotels arc ac advanced In such things I Only ono man In every as aro tho trains. No longer tho pile dred Is six feet Injiolght. Journey and travel ns scendants of tho twentieth century, their amazement would bo too great for description. They never dreamed of tho things that havo como to pass. And tho future holds as many mar vels for thoso who aro to follow us tho peoplo of tho twenty-first century; and they ln turn will read of our pres ent modo of travel with tho nam amuscmuni, anu pcruaps pity, dj wo up today read of that of our ancestors of utcs later, I go to soo If she Is about a hundred or moro years ngo. ready for breakfast, and sho has Which all goes to show tho slow but turned over In bed and gone fast sure her father In tho direction of a large park. As they hurried along, Mr. Fa ther ald to hor; "Just see tho frost on tho bushes, dear, Is It not beauti ful? And had we been out half an hour earlier, it would have looked atlll lovelier. Suppose wo come out at half-past seven tomorrow and the sun will bo Just over that line of trees. blow a kiss to Jesslo and went down stairs. She hurriedly washed, combed and ho said; idrosood, and hor face was full of w, , . 4Vw .,. ,,. "Lot mo go call her this morrln?, wldo-awakeness when sho came run- i tlnctly before he rises too high la Mother. Maybe I shall manage tho nlng into the breakfast room. "Well, llttlo daughter to willingly rli-o early !ciisc bolter tnan yu ,,nvs aono' Al V ?T0 nro tne sParrow cnu," mornlug. At last sho put the prob.""?1' M mn ,u , tu 2lon? ,h "od' , Blanking round. ou piiying, iir. i' umui icu mo i.m ..no. mwuiur msaeu ucitmts uiiu breakfast room, whero Mrs. Mother Papa said: "Why, you look llko the was placing tho breakfast on tho morning star, chlldlo oi, ...in .,(,, . . table, and hurried to his little daugh- you are and how nicely dressed! wo 'up when I first call her. and' ten mln- ler'M npartment on tho second floor.- "I expected company," replied Job lorn to Itt husband: "Say, Father, what shall we about Jessie's sleeping so lato do of dear old asleep again. Then I go through the process of waking her all over once moro, sometlmer repeating It more two hun-'thnn once, too, before I succeed In1 coaxing her out of bed. It has be-1 How To Climb A Tree. OMRTIMKS a boy Is caught In a predicament whore climbing a tree will help him out of his difficulty. But fow boys those who llvo ln city and town know how to climb a tree. The Helpful Hints To Hoy Travelers. ordinary mothod of climbing a tree Is lof going up. Hut to climb the tall, by grasping hold of tho lower straight treo which has no low1 branches with firm hands, placing the branches nor rough bark, ono must legs about the tree's trunk, and pull- uso another and a moro scientific lng up with the former and pushing mothod. Take a rag or two hand up with tho latter. It's nature's way j kerchiefs tied together, or a towel any Riich thing that may bo available and nt each end tie securely a loop largo enough to admit of tho foot, and tight enough to prevent tho foot from slipping through. Then place tho towel or knuttcd-togethcr ker chiefs round tho treo and put your feet Into tho loops. 1 he towel or rag used should bo long enough to go half round tho body of tho treo, and must not ue baggy or too long. ' Now, having tho towel round tho i treo and your foot In tho loons, vnti ' embrace the trunk with votir nrniq I Entering the room t p"1 Jessie olappd her hands. "Oh, Papa, that will bo lovely. I'd Juai enjoy moro than anything coming out ttH t Vi vmi anil aAnlnir tfan Dim It ftf How brlKht gotting up. How funny that Bound I tne sun just getting up!" JeesX 'laughed at tho quoer idea. "Well, If we can only get up, we'll find many Interesting things 'Just got ting up' of mornings," replied Mr, I Father. "But here we are at th Sparrow's home. And sure enough, I thero la Oracle Sparrow. And 'look! thero is Sunshine Sparrow, : too." While sponklng, Mr. Father had pointed towards two little sparrows, one taking a dip ln the sunny water of a pretty fountain and the other hopping about ln quest of broakl&sU Jesslo looked and lookod at Gracls i and Sunshlno Sparrow for several' minutes before sho said a word. Then she laughed merrily. "Say, Papa, that's a good Joke on me. I thought, Oracle and Sunshine were children." i "They are, my dear, bird-children, I And they've got oceans of kin-folk1 . cousins, uncles and aunts. There ( are some of them over by that fallen tree." Mr. Father pointed towards group of sparrows that were llltttmf' about llko butterflies. j "Oh, aren't they dears?" Jessie ran towards thorn, waving her handnj and saying: "Oh, you darlings) How, happy you all arel" "Now, we'll not have time to meet any moro strangers this morning, , dear," said Mr. Father. "It'B almost time for school. But tomorrow You morning. IF vou can cot ud early Jostle sat up, qulto awnko now. ho beheld Jessie 'Bio, taking hor seat at tho table raise vourlcgs, and pressing tho towoi faa nslceP- although her mother had said you would introduce me to some enough, we'll go to call on tho Squir against the trunk with yourfcet stand aIrena' waked her twice since seven llttlo strangers. Where aro they?" reig They aro farther in the woods. in wio loops as inongn tliey were stir- "" nips. Then raise tho body and seize tho trunk higher ud with tlm hiiniis I Then, holding fast with tho hands, Introduce you to this morning. Come, you ralso your legs again, drawing Iook J'our llvollost nn(1 wakiest!" And I the foot-loops upwards, repeating tho XIr- Father shook Jessie's arm and ' process over and over till you have patted her sunny head, 'gone as far up the treo as you desire. Jesslo sat up. Why should she be If tho boys are going Into the called so many times every morning? woods whore thero Is danger of wild It was s annoying. i animals, or even domestic ones with sleepy l After breakfast we shall go to call you know. And thero aro the Owls 'Daughter, como; Awake, Jessie! on them on your way to school. But and the Rabbits, and ever so many have somo fine young strangers to , It would bo moro enjoyable to make other strangers who shall become our visits before breakfast if you , good friends IF wo only seek t could got up early enough, my dear." know them. Shall we?" "Oh, aro wo to go often, Papa? J asked Jessie, anticipation ln voice. I called. All you will have to say to "Every solitary morning if you mo Is, 'Come, Jessie, let's go call on And she was so , can got up early enough," said Mr, j tho Sparrows or the Squirrels this j Father. And Mrs. Mother Bald: morning.' And I'll bounco out of bed i v. . 71.. r i. 1 1 & her evory morning Just as soon as I am horns, it iHwoll, to .praotlco method of climbing beforo' venti this Havo you met Graclo sparrow "jessio will stay abeu in spue oi any- in a jlfly. iturlnir nnd hor brother, Sunshlno Sparrow?" I thing, Father,, She is a sleepy-head, "And tho old sun will say to us. rlnntrAp'd u. WA . .lit i-a nsfcpflMr. Ffitlipr In nn Interp.qtftn tone. I fair. 'flnnr! mornln. frifinds! for he will I to carry along either a. good strong Jessie sat up, quite awake now. "Oh, no, Mamma, I'll get up as 'Just bo getting up, too." So said Mr. towel, or an "old pleCo' of sacking ln "No, Papa," sho said. "Are they the , early as Papa says, If if we aro to Father. the tve'nt of needing it. And even new neighbors?" go visiting before breakfast. I love when not needed, It Is well to have "Well, 1 should say they are neigh- to moot now frlonds." tho' necessary loops to practice with, bors," replied Mr. Father. "Come, I "Then after breakfast we'll make One may Itnaglno a bear or a wild bo quick, or they'll be gone." our first visit. Hut it must bo very brU coming after one, ond do a bit "All right, Papa, I'll dress quickly, short for you cannot ba lato at of climbing to got used to it. Again Ar. they ln tho parlor?" ono may wlh to go to tho top of' "You como down as fast as ever somo tall tree Just for tho fun of It. you can," said Mr. Father. Then he school." So Informed Papa. Half an hour later, Jessie all equipped for school, went off with "Yes, Papa, and all tho dear strang ers will become dear friends after I havo learned to got up early enough to get acquainted with them." And never after that morning w.n Jesslo a "sleepy-head," and sho mada oceans of new friends In wood and dale, with Mr. Father for comrade. mwiwttMiuiiiiiimm:mnHiKaTnm:iiiMm OuBPuzzaLEl g5 sa We ROUND-UP: story of a brave bovs peril. niOTirasimTnmBimBnrranHWRDuniianinnnnissmniHiirmii'traarjinraiiramramjiiraa Jsnow drift which was looming ln front of the shack. Hardly had Henry got rid of his) l'OKT PUZZLE. Tho name of a poet Is hidden ln the following six sentences. Each sen tonco contains a one-syllable word, tho Initial letter of which helps to epell tho poet's name: 1. All men are relatod to each other. 2. When In doubt, bo cautious. 3. Peoplo should love one another. 4. Children should bo taught hon estly whllo young. 5. We are never too old to learn. C. A good name is to bo coveted. LETTISH ENIGMA. My first Is ln country, but not in land: My second is in foot, but not ln hand: My third Is In rail, but not split: My fourth Is In angor, but not in fit: My fifth Is ln link, but not In chain: My sixth Is In sickness, but not ln pain. My wholo Kro quite pink; And aro found ln the sea. They mako lovely ornaments For you and for me. Wooden Wheel Puzzle. TTT EU Uncle Ben, I do hope At noon he did not open his provision I his gaunt eyes. Ills hand trembled should break. m. I 5'ou'11 doclde 1 let mo go bag, but rodo along In silence ns as ho fixed tho candle upon tho table nut when Peek openod his eyes AjL on tho round-up." It was : Henry and Hush ate bread and cold with somo of tho melted tallow. there was no Intelligence in them. He Henry Slater who was bacon, and drank cold coffee from tin ( "Yep, Tenderfoot, fix a lire, and (asked whero ho was, and called speaking to his uncle, Dan Blator, canteens. mako a cup of strong coffee for me as Henry "Hush." In vain did Henry And so tho dny wore on. Peek com lng to himself late In the afternoon and looking at Henry with great hol low eyes as ho said: "Gee, Tenderfoot, I've been travol- . i dangerous enemy, when ranchman, Tho sccno was a ranch- "A leotle squeemlsh here," ho quick ns you would skin a rabbit try to make tho sick man understand, ling ln strange lands sometimes wad nouso on tho lonely Western State. It morning and tho wind was com ing across tho plains at ;.bout twenty-five miles an hour. Henry's face was red from the nipping air and his ears tingled. But he was strong and tall for his sixteen years, and loved tho hard weathor ho was prairie of a , vouchsafed, when Hush tried to coax tm 'most ln." His mind seomed a blank. was a crisp him to "Jest havo a blto o' this bacon. Thnn innir thrrw n blanket nn tho I And nil that lontr dav. with a bllz- lng through water of tire nnd again 'through snow drifts. And, lordy! It sounds of voices camo on tho wind. In another Instant, Mr. Slater and a half-breed Indian, one who worked on tho ranch, entered tho shack door. Henry could not speak for a minute, fearing the frost had got into his blood and that ho was seeing visions. Hut very' soon ho realized that ho was In his right mind, and that his uncle ond tho half breed had been for hours trying to get to the shack. Hush had reached homo, and not finding his companion there, had advised that the half-breed go In seal oh of them. "Ho'll doubt loH find 'em at the flfteen-mlla shack," Hush had said. "They wua r thar when I parted company em. Tho blizzard blew mo away every minute of his Btay. Having , tho fr.nwVa. You rldo after ihn ..ir v. ,,.i ,i, !,.., ,,,m t., n hd.t. . , ... ..,. w,i t never h-vine Keen th Far Wet bo- ' bunc,ies that aI clo3t ,0 tho fonce-" Peek?" ho naked. went out and untied them and led,corncr antl vlewe(1 lno etrnnf:0 .scene. I weather tho Norther." nnver naving seen me far w est do-, Aftov thnt. Hnnrv rpmnlned wlik 1 ..1...... n.i u 1. .. v,t. Th... Unt ilitln . . j ., . . ... ... . ...1 m.. oi. , .u t 11 ...... . ...... IMiltrun mill;, it.-inru I l-en. bjltrill ,mu lhv r, a rfxia inUlT l!tyll UOIlieS Jieipru IO Kl't'JI iiliu en .ill. qi.iili twin 111c luuiiuv Peek, but there was little conversa-' listen, Tender, there's a blizzard com-! room to stand botwoen the stove anda pirtco from the freezing poln'. had como on horseback all that flf tlon to break tho long hours. Tho in-. i oan feei n n my backbone. tho door, their poor falls outside to 1 About midnight, Henry dropped In- teen miles, and wero warm in their two sent tho cattle into bunches and itn itotch us before midnight. Save bo whipped about In tho gale. Butto troubled sleep, crouching on tho furs and blankets. drove them towards tho centro of tho that candle. An" bo savin' of iho tho poor boasts were glad of shelter, floor besj,i0 tho dying flro In tho llttlo "We've got grub, too," said Mr. range. Towards nightfall, Peek ob-1 wood. Only tho good Lord knows and looked their gratitude to their SIOve. Ho could no longer keen1 Slater, "An' we've got a few candles gave them some or tnowal, Tllo or,tRI,i iie had nassed and matches besides." the bed for their break- , through had told on him. and he was1 Then Mr. Slater examined Peek and on the vevun of nhvslcaL collaose. How declared him a " erv sick man. It s up our lnnarus. ina caiuu can stay iccf,ldo o' tho shack. That's all." j "They'll have to have water,' saia iong no hsl,i there, ho could not 1 fever, sure," he said. "And If U as they nro for tho night." i Tnu j,iKjIt settled down and PeckHonry to himself, "I'll lead them to,pI1. but something one of tho .hadn't been for you, Henry, the poor "And Hush will he join us there i BIW worse with each hour. Henry the creek. And at tho same lime, I'll bronco's stamping and snorting fellow must havo died." later?" asked Henry. let tho flro die out ln order to save tho . fetch a bucket of water." 1 vnked him suddenly. And on half1 "Well, if ho hadn't died of his own Peek shook his head. "We'll llke-jWOoa, for gusts of freezing wind Before going out, Henry had not leaping up ho beheld two glittering accord, a hungry wolf would have ly not seo him again till wo git back 1 warned htm that Peek's prophecy of estimated tho fury of tho storm. It t,vrs n nn face. Instantly ho recog- helped him over to the other sldo." r. tlio linln." ltv "thn hnln" Ponlr n vt ... , ..nMtn ,rt nnna nnrdn.l hl,n nff hln fiet nt tlmH. nnd t i 1.1.. ..ui. t. .. mx. tt . . v. 1 n ,.i linvn nl thn rnnrh snv I'm n MnlRhnil .luiuicr ivlw luiunip, iu luica. , iiiuuu 1110 idiiiii 11 tmn u ivuiii x UL'll i.eury uuu ui iu uutuiiu; via- hrnnnn i,ii,tnr BinVJ L nvriiinV. in '"oant rnnc!l house. "When wo como ! candle only half-lontrth was blown only by holding to tho horses bridles, There was not moment to spare, ltor. tho dead body of which was now oronco-uustcr- flinco my exciting in- , -mmrtln' un thn ateem. wn n.irf .. . 1. . ..,. i ,,i -.1,. Hl.l h mnrmirn to irot to the creek. n,.. 1 w 1 ,.. 1 ...1.1. .w .. ,- , - r . . WLlfc 11I1U 11. 0 ll frm ill mull n - - --- IICIIIJ' Kliinj'lill 11 IIVUI j nill'lV WL WUUU UUt9l VUVflUll Willi HlllM. r r ii ri 11 1 1 V lin1 priOfl ffillnr li f"ll K hl'l Own .. . ml I I . 1 . V. .. . 1 , r- XI n nil l!a Pi (1 1 thnillSrh tllft thin .. 1 ...1.1. .. . . . .... , . ... ... , ...it, I w Til nrnmlin vnn thn linth i.niii-a1 ' , . i 11" Wlllil nvxijji 111 l mvi uwu. , i-u. ...- ..... ----- uuu llll u riiuut; "rill KUVlf UI" UU.1HI V CM, 1110 IlllZZaru will ureui ilj iii promise you mat uotn yours ,npI.i. ....i .u in, u,,r,. , nn.t nf Ire nnd hroke It ho that tho r v,i i .. ., e .. "-' mntitlft lliu uiiiiuii.1 i. irii - -- i9ii.iiiiii umii uuiiii-i'ii lllti vs. 1111! IlliJllllim. ?illlll .ill. UliliCli .-.ill I "Is thero water and wood at the took two sham sticks and fastened animals might drink. Thoy refreshed crent,!ro dronncd dead whero it stood. Half v. hem. will return to the ranch tho blanket ends to tho ground. THIS 1 themselves as tnougn mey uniiormuuu Henry tnado n 1 trht and looked can- I for tho wnrron and some bedding and ore's a creek Iholned to keen out tho wind. it would be tholr last drink that day Itiously Ht tho little starved thine that como to tako uoor Peek back ln corny niiat nil' Wvii fiviiri n i ii v .i I t n i . i i, n. ... . . i .1 i ..i. i . i. .. . .. ii i. nw.i tnnvlin fnr lnnrrrr. Then Ilnnrv i i . i . , . ,,i i. .. . . . . v. "All rlht ITnnrv tnkn n hit- flnn 1 ......... . iiiwiirua iiiiiiiiiHiit inn uin --- -- uuu uuiaj iu uuu i j pruy insiue mo ion, at iwiau iiien wuii nuvo iiif if vou must Hut : vou i do it ,,f vmir,nn' duf; out the mud 80 a3 t0 gU frosU ' onmo furious, howling llko wild beasts 1 managed to fill his bucnot from tho shnc., doctor out from town. But, by gingery ' .....rt'J, .huv, ,' water In tho barrel. Tho critters about tho little mud shack. The tern-1 stream, ond leading the horses with) "Bravo creature," said Honry. Then you'vo saved tho poor fellow'B life." n, ,,v, , ?, '., ,. 'idrlnk frum tho creek, an' muddy it i pernture had fallen rapidly, and was ono hand, carrying tno DUCKet witn j,e dragged It to tho door nnd hurled "That's what I got out of tho rouni Pal. It's us tender us Maryland nlln nf straw In tho corner nnd himself ' zard howling outside, did Henry care ' how this coco of mine aches llko chicken." , i upon It. "Say, Tenderfoot, let me for tho sick cowboy. Ho forced some would bust." The cattle wero badly scattered, and hnvo your coat. I'm shakln' out o' water, and bits of bread dipped ln "That's all right, Peek, old chap," snvoral times tho three hoi semen wore my hide." coffee, betweon his lips. Ho covered soothed Henry. "Now keep quiet, miles apart. Hut Hush rodo up to Henry quickly divested himself of him closely and built a fire when tho There's a blizzard on. But we'll Henry after ono of these separations his coat and put it over his sick com- chill again took possession of him. weather it." atld fenld ill a W.irnln? tlinn: "KriV A l. .lt.1 .. l.nn, Tlmii fnllnti'ml Mm ivnlnr t.nntmnnl fnr nn.. ti..i. . i ... a nni',?riinf0nn!.h ',llIe,,nMnlTon(3L'fo0, Wn,t yoU koep cIst fnr ll realized that ho was away out tho fever when It camo to chase nway 'stupor, and muttered wild things' near I fL,' JZluX o J invinr Peck ? 1Ir'8 not "p to ,he rk t0,lny on noly prairies with a very sick tho chill. Again he became cold, and Henry cov- with , ..." V;r..."!.l anu niigin aeei oer. in go atier , man. As tho blizzard grew worse, Henry crod him warmly. And all tho time from . ..: 1 lh0 far-aways. lou rldo after tho "How fnr are wo from the ranch, feared tho horses would freeze, so he 'thn two llltln hronena st.mmf.il In their number one fore, his first visit thero was full of : Interest for him. "Wall, you see, Honry, It's hard rounding up the cattle," explained the rugged rancher. "Ono of my punch- Et fX l oThor tlmsom "t . shack beyont ; long w'o'llb aTZZ, rTouen He g Northyerner8 oerto k " cotoH ?o ' , T "Wr?' IK wn ni,r,,,f ti,ir.v mti fmm n!Bn mako a loetlo hot cofteo to warm saddles In too. Tie tho hossen on tho , fast. where, and ho and tho good little i bronco both blew Into tho Groat Be- i yond. It was a sad thing but some- thing all cowboys risk." "I'm not afraid this time of year, uncie, uouiuruu uenry. Ana an inu i , )inin Itlntlon Into tho business three weeks : ago. friilv nviil llm Vi.nhpn .,-111 nfinin lmmii ; "Is there water and safely from the, round-up Handy Is ,,,. 7 nskcd Honry. a trustworthy chap-and I'll ride p k nodUea. Tho The weathor may bo fine and It may be like Hades terrible!" The round-up was to begin on the following day and Honry could scaicoly wait for tho tlmo to start out across tho prairies after tho cattle. now at tho freezing point. Henry tho oilier, no got duck iu hip jn.uiij )u Ktlffenlng body Into a whirling up. uncle," smiled Henry. shivered ond telt tho need not only moro clean tnan r.uve. no jearcu nr. of his coat, but of his blnnkot. But, too, wns going to surfer from a chill, he took neither from h!3 sick charge. , for he shivered nnd shook like nn As tho storm Increased outside, tho i aspen leaf. His teeth chattered, and sick man's condition grow sorlous. Ho as soon as ho got snfoly Insldo tho beenmo delirious, shouting to the shack ho made n fresh fire and boiled , become cattlo and again tolling home rollick- a pot of coffee. This ho drank oft llko Thon ho would subside Into nn old rancher, and ato his fill or moan pitifully. Hla chill bacon nnd bread. i snacg Jienry rounu a uaro earin floor, passed away and a fever took Its all up, you know. But tho barrel's Jest like a spring." Soon they reached tho "shack" I which had been well-named. Tho walls were built of dod, cut Into bricks nnd laid up llko stono. The roof was , (.'!... 1 , , I 1 1 . 1 . . .. .1 V ; ;" . V'r.;.of rough hoards, slightly slanting, and .; " TV. ... ou"--"" "", covered with dirt which had be i 11, lltl.llU II, u iwuuu-uii i Tho r.nxt m , Henry rode on botween "Hush" Han 'dy lit tho center of a plceo of leather nmKo t panvllel cuts nnd, Just bo low, a small nolo a tiiilo wider tuun tlio space between tho cuts; then paws n ct1 under tho slip nnil through tho hole, un in tlio alovo design, und tlo Imo wooden wheels, or button mould, ro tho ends of tho string. Tlio wheels wont h laifj.-r than tlio holo, n Is hhown In tho ilcslRn, Tlio piuilo Is to Kt tho eulu;: out ngnln without ro morlrur llio whorls. &'o!u'io: Draw the slip of leather down through hole and the tohccls will ta3 out easily. i ' hard packed ond which shod tho oc-I ng Htory. 'J ornlng tho "tart began. . r rpde off botween "Hush" Han-, . . .,,'. ,, ' rlh flr ' 7.1 ;.., " .' dv nnd "Peek" I.awinn thn two main . .. ., ,,.,.:,, u mvr luoa iu men of th ranoh? Hut' -eel was not ' a "" built against tho I place. Ho throw off tho blankets an, his usual lively self Ho was palowa" nnrt B"'"0 8,rw ,n n cornl!r 10 rolU' ,,nU enry feit of his hands p.nd Ilia linUill UVOiy HUH. iJO Wan n-v t,, .,,. I nnmnf 1 ,1, ... He was r i m-i.it inn, iiumii i.unsuiiiL'u an ii nv onfees tho,wnB ,,lled half UB n''n UB 11,0 low CPl' ,,ro' Cutting on his own cunt, Honry ns buiiiu kicuu tuiiuniYuuu, uui. uuu iri)mrru 10 nurse tno iltillrlotis man stove lengths. A small rusty stovo i during tho remainder of the terrlbln hum" olmnrvnil flush nvvlnc his sick 1 " ' " " ",u uuul , '"Kin. tm ill"'" un om un pan from hum' l)S0.V"a..Il.u' u.y.elnsn'.B K. i through which camo tho light. the water buckot nnd .ii,,...i hiu Peek found an old candle half ' hundkorclilef Into It and bathed burnt out and mado a light. Then I Peek's burning forehead. Hm placed ho hung one of his blankets over tho his hot hands Insldo the pan of sooth door to keep out somo of tho cold , lng water. At the first refreshing wind which whlppod round the cor- j touch, Peek smiled, and soon ho hnd reilly 111, but would not c I fact. "Bay, Peck, you'd hotter staid to comrade, "You look llko a dying I calf." yooK gunned, but mado no repiy. A.NB,YtlH8 TO LA.RT WEBK'B PUZZLES. AN AQ II ANU'. 1. Tiber. 2. Severn. 3. Rhine. 4. lihone. INTRUSION: Darxl. PRIMAL AOROBTW: Anchor. Croit- xcorus, 1. Abel. 2. Noun. 3, Crow. i. "Shall I fix a flro?" asked Henry, i and tho mini's duIh.i bmm. .i.,,,,..,.. Hymn. G, Uxcn, 0. Jrule. foellng a bit uneasy as ho looko.i ctiaiid moro even. Henry observed all REBUS: A black cat eaw a big dog Ihli oompanlon. for rook's pallor had thin with hope. Porhups Peek would besiia the fence. dooponed, und dark circles wero ubout bo hlntsolf as soon us the morning ners of tho shanty. "Wo'll not wasto this candlo," ho admonished. "It's got to lust till we git moro. An' Oawd only knows when that'll be." dronued Into a calm slerm. Hours passed by, and still Honry ' bathed tho burning hands and brow, nnd the sloopor nlopt on. At last as tho dawn appeared, thu fever abated B'SisfN i , , ?cr'-"f ';-.i g-r-T - i Instantly liiMMpM Ms visitor it was n wolf.