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| CHAPTER VII. I I Tj. A J-. th:i! tics »:.■ •'.►•••'■■■l I r . .. 1.1 I' Su-iiii r.ith.-r fr. k '| ( •• i,. .1 |L3^K. II ,|,. III .||. ll>- did l»«*t kii->w he wm ■9^K l|r ! l t,. l|l .,|. but "till Ilf wilt “-- Ilf had I' bf. ii r'djiliK up..ii lb. Mr | K u: . ~f I'liu li.-ld's daughter ns a »..rt ..f ii'i ■ ■ h.H mdii'l mi.l * | ■.-".-t i'-' 1 K^K l :i:i..’ If r rut'o-r an in- üb:i«. if n im MjW I «"ii'lfr "bat thi-v ass al"-it ■. fi,.l. ami lif I"" '"light ihf ba' r ...m, ■Mm I Uli'l'ani.l! I. ''b rlmu av .11 w■ h ■„ fn<-n-l I ff'if'. w tli.il "a- bra: ■■..■, i. fl'lif r at... .- "-,t:iiiK "III." a.« it I- fallfil. ami ' ■■• in .I . a .■•- ..ng '..fi. ’ ■•- • course. H|| |l,. .lam-fl the quadrille with I.inly K.. in ..ik. aril whiled .may tlm turn- br that .lan.f ami tin- lam-'-r- by .1 . atrefiiblf t.i ! • r iady-hq-'s large Himl slightly boisterous party. \t length thf nmiimn: eanif. as all urnhave away of doing. Nothing ■i.-r-h noting bsM»-n«i 'hiring the van - of that un.-l'- ■ ably |...pmar II ra.. am! his partner -x-ut.-.l ■h.-ir laneer ngur.-s with .x.unplary preami were now too anxious to with r e allot!:. • . dream "f -lurk ■ K . the .Mining ecstasy: a.s .r l.ngly they strolled ’■■lUiid the set of smaller ■,..,:ii- .luring the few minutes’ interval hail to till up. "So you never met Mr. A--b>n bel-Ti-.' Lilia. MEH "Never.” U|H "1 am sure you will I ke him. he is so niee," pursue,l sail... i:im« ently. ■■ ••YVlin' 1 ba.l hear I. ». • n assured me fur ..usly jealous of him." mm "-'ealous! But if that is s.. y.ni must for ami her young la..tl.e deepesl . . . . I "ami .V"U ■mo think Hot only that lie. t she. : ri or woman he or. won't y..ii ten me K f. : f- :■ .'oil I • ’ ■ ■flsH "That is just what 1 do mean.” ■HM “Then you " ■HB "i >h. Miss Harding. 1 I ave si -n y..u b’i: tn. es. bit ia' e•• i all ■ idy that ” mm \..w. whether Mss Hill-.I W.is im.ro ■f a woman already than any one gave credit for. and wanted II race to to her that night, or whether ' was still so ninch of a eh id ns to give to .1 ci iblisli imi'iilse to br ak thr , ■ m v.-m "mil.:. .is a point wI: • -.1•. better decide for himself: but. n> :,er did their eves meet ' in she laid s£her little hand down on the l.aek of her m>ver's, ami said, w ith a whole world of "What is the matter?" To Horace it was an electric shock. "The matter?" he echoed, his whole attune; "do you no: know that 1 love first night we met?" This was hardly true, but be believed it S' the time. S '’ !a,:l ' ,v " r '' "" ,s sP" k en spde'ti premeditation, spite of all his prudence; wrung '”tt of him litI She threw herself back with her head the wall - they sat upon a very um-.imfortablo r >ut seat—close! eyes, and murmured: “I am so glad.” I Then, l.s.king to see that they were nloiie. he bent and kissisl her cheek. cheek blushed, bn: she did not move, he kissed the blush. It was doiiel n man of the slightest honor tells woman—at any rate, a lady—that he ■fc.ves her. he is as good or as laid as mgrto her if she wishes it. ■ "And when shell 1 sec you again?" Brudcnell, anxiously; "may I ride Msver to-morrow?” I "N—no,” Camilla replied, with a little Bfrightmiixl look which puzzled him. "You Bd"ii't know Lady Prendergast; oh. how Kniuch I have to explain to you. 1 will Bwrite it.” | They had reached the crowd of deputising guests. All was hurry and confusion. Ma.‘ton had got Miss Harding’s things. now proceeded to put them on. It not matter. Horace had ceased being for the time being at least, lie by, and gave her his arm again to EBtake her to the carriage. I "<lo.sl night," she wli sper.sl; "Heaven you,” dh, so tenderly. I Mid. watching bis ..pp.rlunity, he manflagged to whisper back: “Good night, my love.” CHAPTER VIII. | "Well,” said Sir How.ird. "and yon ■tiave told me nothing about the ball. How did you get on with Lady Susan?" I "<lh. none of the Caulfield party were ■ill ere.” I "How very provoking!" said the uncle, fflpvhy, I declare, Horace, you seem quite Kpleasisl! 1 believe you boy-s hate anything prevents your flirting around with 3B|*verv pretty girl in the room, making us Mdiiicli love ns you please to them all." R Sir Howard was really annoyed and irOBritatisi. He thought if Lady Susan wus there that Horace ought to deplore Mner absence, whether he eared personally at for her or not. I "And Who were your isirtners last Hight?” ■ Horace was expecting a certain amount ii of catechizing, so be didn't blush, but reBgflied with a very good grace: ■“O well, I darn ed away. Ix>t mo see— Mdtliere was Miss Larch ” K “Miss Larch!” mthoed his uncle with n ' Anixture of slight surprise and contempt. B“A»d then let me see you t.d.l mo to and ask Miss Harding—yon said 1 li'iined there "the other dny." ■ “Now toll me, mqihew,” pursued Sir 'Howard (almost laughing), and so gen- : flint he would have thrown a TnlloyBKuid off his guard, "tell mo—ns a matter Os taste—wlrieh do you personally most i;.' bajkdni’iro, the mignon charms of such a girl •s that, or the more imposing and Juuolike attraction of your Lady Susan I ’

“I will uot deny,” ho said, “that I think there would, of the two, be more chance of my falling in love with Miss Harding. But tell me first, uro you giving me my chokte? Is Miss Harding also a match you would approve—la she, too, un hinriws?” "She Is out of the question." "May I Inquire why?” "By all means, them is no secret in the matter. First then, her father tone Harding, whom I used to know in former days) is m<t only u spendthrift, a ruined gambler, but he is positively a defaulter. That fellow has been warned off Newmarket heath for tmt paying the heavy bets which he hist there mid on other race couraM,” "I sti]>pose she will some day be very rich?” “She rich?” crie<l Sir Howard in derision. “Who told you that tale?” “I nnturally imugimd that at Lady Prendergast's death ” "She will be lucky if she gets two hundred a year. As I have told you, Horace, you iiiu>« marry money, if you marry at all; uiil«>h,” he added, with u grim smile, “you and your wife are willing to live in a hut, and earn your wages as farm servants." Here Horace, who inherited all the family pride, colored up in auger, but he said n< >rhing. Sir Howunl wont on: "The Silvertmad estates are very large, but they are strictly entailed, and pass to a distant couaiu -Lord Howdeu, a Switchman—at Lady Prendergast's death. During her life she has so much of the Ims,me us remains, after paying some eight thousand a year as interest on t'he heavy mortgages. As Lady Prendergast had little fortune of her own, and as (lave Harding soon managed to get hold of and squander the £ls.ih«i which Miss Prendergast, Miss Harding's mother, brimght him in marriage, it follows that all this poor girl can have in the way of money to counteract the lamentable disgrace of such a father, will be any meager scrapings which her grandmother may be able to leave her.” t'HAI'I Hit in. Between the above interview and the arrival of Lilia's promised letter, the two distinct men who inhabited our hero's body waged fierce war, and even went so fur as to use violent and most abusive language one to the other. T'he disinterested lover, with his ready eloquence, his impetuosity and magnanimous ideas, alternately got the better or worse of the strife with the dutiful nephew—the politic and ambitious man of the world, who looked forward, not only to one day basely clutching and hoarding heaps of gold, but also to that holding of the head aloft which wealth, combined with position, allows a man to indulge in. Here is the letter: "I cannot begin by calling you Mr.— and you would hardly expe<*t me to venture on your tliristian name just yet— I mean your Pagan name, for Horace never belonged to any saint that I heard of. Y’otl must call me first by mine, ami then I will say 'dear Horace.’ I like Horace: I think it is a sweet name, but then, peHiaps that is because I like yon. Horace. I want to have no secret fri>m you; yet there are things I hate to enter upon—quarrels, for instance. I think I meant in this letter to tell you everything, but now I feel it would be easier to me. and also easier to make you understand certain mid and complicated things by word of mouth, so 1 want you to come over on Monday alsnit three. I will tell iny gran'ma. and’then we shall be sure to be at home. Do come, mind. It is very important. Oh, I do want to see you. Monday is soon, and so you won’t say I was wrong not to tell you certain things in my letter. “I wiidi to say that I do not believe Mr. Acton cares for me except as an old friend. 'That is the only way I care for him. So, if you hear any gossip to the contrary just don’t believe it. Mind you do not. I forbid you to be jealous any more. Don't forget you are not to write, but to call and usk for gran'ma on Monday nt throe. Good-by.” That was the letter. Horace thought It a very odd one, and lhe was right. At rhe same time be could not deny that the general ring of the letter was candid and unstudied. A sudden and unromantic interruption befell hi« meditations at this prei-iso point In the form of a tobacco pouch thing nt his Apollo-like head, and his familiar, Jack Forbes, appeared upon the scene. It then befell that as the two young men strolled about the fair and undulating park of Massing, on that beautiful spring morning. Horace took his friend entirely into his contidem'e. keeping back from him nothing whatever—not even his furious but now dispelled jealousy of young Acton, not even his uncle's hopes eoni'erning Lady Susan Gruye. And good Jack Forbes was thrice worthy of the trust so blindly placed in him. “To sum up. then, old man," Jack said, “here is your |s>wition. It is a very tnixi-d one, presenting many discouraging difficulties, balanced—l might perhaps any more than balanced—by certain favorable features of groat weight. Thus, if your having nothing of your own, and your uwle's avowed disapproval of the match, are to be set down us dead against you, on the other hand it must be in fairness remembered that you have won the lady’s heart, will no doubt have the support of Lady I’rendergast to the utmost of her great energy, and above all, that yoii’ are very young, and, if the worst comes to worst, you have lots of time and all the world before you to work your way. So. with such a prize in view as Miss Harding's hand, you lire not the man I take you for if you will ever suty die." CHAPTER X. On entering the dining room Horace whs not a little pi-rturbed to find that Sir Howard had guests, and these none other than tiie Most Noble the Marquis of

Caulfield and bls august spouse and daughter. Illa uncle at once directed Horace, aomewffint uatcntiitluusly rhe latter thought, to a vacant place at the stately Lady Suaan'a aide, who waa all snilhs ns far aa such a being could Hud It In her dignity to be all smiles—to receive hint. There finally was a general move to the gardens: and Horace determined to go with she current, and just ascertain whether there WUS a tn<’it plot between Ills Illicit, and the Cniiltields to tlirow him alone with Lmly Susan. The event proved his suspielons to bo corn«<t. Two minutes after they had all left the dining ruotn, the fair Susan, Jack and Horace, were isolated together— Forties puriswiely a|Hi|ling the game in auppinusl eoniplinnee with his friend's unexpreasisl wishes but in another moment or so Lady Caulfield's voice wus beard huillng from afar. "Mr. Forbes! Mr. Forties! Oh, come, make haate, and help me out of a difficulty. I can't undo the Isait!'' Thia wus altuoat too much even for her daughter, who bad at leant nil the little llHUges of society at eomiiiillid. If little else, and she turned as if to detain Jack, Maying: “Oh. Mr. Forbes, I warn you. don't go. Mniiima is s<> devoted to rowing, that it d|u' o|)ee gets you on the lake, you Will never escape.” But she was quite safe in saying thia. Jack being far too siuir|i to take Words for more than th<-y were worth, and declaring, “It will fie an honorable slavery at any rate," off he ran. “1 Wonder what you ur« going to say to me," said our hero to himself. There waa a short pause as they strolled into the ahrubbery. Then the lady said: "Y’otl must mind and «>me und see us as soon as ever you come to town. Remember, 2is> Belgrave square. Mamina is always home on Thuradaya," and slip looked up with her beat smile at her eompanion's face. "Pisir thing.” he thought; "if people angled in this unsophisticuted manner for trout, I wonder how many fish would be caught?" Tliey emerg<al upon a parterre of flowera. "Oh, what lovely roses!" exclaimed luidy Susan, with a little real enthusiasm. "Y’es, considering we are hardly in May, it is uot a bail show." "May I pick some?" "Oh, pray, allow me to save you that trouble." "Very well, if you will pick a great number for me, I will pick this white om for you. That will lie a division of labor." "Oh, dear—oh, dear!" mentally sighed Horace, “what a dull thing is 10-e-making with the love left out!" They had walked round nearly to the s|s>t where Kidy Caulfield and Jack Forbes had teuipted the tickle wave, but the water was hidden from them at this moment by a massive clump of rhododendrons. Hark! there is a splash, a woman’s frantic scream, a man's loud cry for help; and our ruse pluckers rush wildly to the rescue. (To be continued.) NEGLECT OF THE DEAD. Sad and Revolting Sight Been in the West Indies. Grief with the Spaniard, if we may judge by the condition of their eeiueterles, is short-lived. This ie ahown by the custom prevailing lu the Spanish West Indies of renting out the grave* for a term of years, instead of provid Ing for perpetual sepulture. The space is hired for three, five or more ywirs but at the expiration of that period out goes the oceujMint and a new one takes his place. This Is bad enough; but, generally, what remains of the original tenant is most unceremoniously dumped into a corner of the graveyard, there to lie neglected and soon to be indlstlngulshiMlly mixed up with scores of other skeletons, forgotten dlsjeetn membra of once loved and eherlshisl mortals. In the tropics, particularly, where om might expect greater care on the part of the authorities, if only from sani tary considerations, attention to tin departed dead Is more lax than in tb« northern regions. Exciqiting the great cemeteries of cities like Havana or th< City of Mexico, the spots selected fol the Interment of the dead are In a woeful state of neglect. The graves, mostly indicated by plalr. wooden crosses, painted black and lean Ing toward every |H>lnt of the com|mss. are sunken in, while the open pits from which those whose terms of occupancy have expired have been removed, are numerously Interspersed. In the corners of the walks heaped up in careless confusion, are the skulls and skeletons, some with battered cerements mill clinging to them, some with long tresses of silken hair, proclaiming the sex of the subject when in life. It is a ghastly mid revolting sight, and wel calculated to stir one's feelings of pitj and sympathy. In the tropics, deeny soon sets In, not alone of the mortal frame, but of thi artificial environments of wood ant vestures. Hardly is the cadaver oui of sight than the destructive forces ot mature are nt work. Externally the graves are subject to swift change; in a few days they are covered with a carpet of green, quick-growing planta soon hide the mound from sight, mid In the course of :i season, If left to Itself, the place of sepulture is hidden out ol sight. It is not long before the Inclosure Is tenanted by strange crea tures, such as blue land-crabs, whlcl. burrow In the earth and fatten am! batten on whatever may be found therein contributory to their sustenance. In refreshing contrast In certain oi the Islands are the churchyards per talnlng to the English ns In Burbnilocs. Jamaica and other British possessions There will be seen, adjacent to the little church of stone, or set within tilt pavement of its cancel, carven slabs ot stone or marble, carefully and flrinlj fixed In place above the graves of thos< whose departure they commemorate. YVoe unto those who find a pearl in the stream of life, mid Hing It heedlessly away. Some men marry In a vain effort to attain respectability.

bearandcatbattle ENCOUNTER IN THE JUNGLES OF COLORADO. Eapcrlcnca of u Young Lieutenant While Grubbing for Opu!n~Hla Mtisinga Arc Mndilanly I'.nitcd by an Indian In Illa War Bonnet. Contest nt the Beaata, Wherever the sun could force bi>t rays between the clvfta of the mountain or through the heavy foliage of the forest which skirted the base of lhe hills he 1 curried conviction to the mind of nil : who suffered from the heat that tin- j dog days were nt hand. Alternately cool In the delightful shade of the trees. : with the murmur of the rushing mountain brook to lull one to drowsiness, and hot with the fierce ben* ns the nun cut his way through, the dny was one of oppression mixed with Just enough qualification to make the southern trend of the mountains of Colorado the' idenl outing spot of the American con’- : tlnent. It would be pleasant under almost any condition, but for the little party eiicnni|>ed In the lower regions of the San Juan country there was little of pleasure. There was too much of duty and possible danger to render any-' one oblivious of his business in the 1 world and to aid him in the full enjoy- I r .mt of the scene. Away back in the years when the I’te \ was a troublesome quantity and old Colorow was threatening to exterminate every white man who entered the eacred confines of the reservation it small party of cavalry wearing the uniform and trappings of the regular army went into camp at the foot of the | mountains and prepared to head off any outbnmk front that direction. The squad—for it was little more—was the advance guard of a force sent out to i check an Incipient raid. It consisted t

a* tew a A Cl "INJUN KILL,” SAID THE BRAVE.

of parts of two troops of bronzed warriors who had seen considerable service lu the Apache country south of the grand canyon. The captain of one troop was in command nnd he had with him several officers of his own and the other troop. Horses nnd men were weary with a long ride during the heat of the day over the almost insurmountable passes of the mountains. As the party approached the spot where the trail crossed the brook a young officer who hnd been sent forward to select a good place for the camp reported: “Good place here. sir. Plenty of forage and water for the cattle and shade for the men." “All right. Hunter," was the reply, as Captain Morris swung hls horse to tho rear. “Halt! Dismount Gentlemen, we will go into camp here. Hunter, establish the guard lines nnd see that no man leaves the camp. We are near the reservation and the fellow who strays is liable to get hurt. Pass the word, gentlemen.” Camp Quickly Pitched. So saying, the captnln dismounted, tossed his bridle rein to his orderly mid, placing his back against a tree, Inzlly superintended the Job of pitching <-mnp from this coign of vantage. With the celerity of long years of discipline and service, the wilderness beemne a habitable abode for the detachment In mi incredible short time. The corrals were roped off. the horses watered mid placed under the charge of a couple of men to graze and the white wall tents of the officers nnd the walled Sibleys of the men placed In regular form. As is eus tomary in that benighted region o* fierce heat and sudden cold, the march came to mt end In the early afternoon, while the sun even In the untalns was several hours high. Scouts were sent forward mid everything done to prevent the unnoticed approach of white or red man. Supper was cooked and dispatched with the speed mid appetite which Is engendered In the Alps of America mid the camp settled down to the routine of camp duty. Among the officers was a young man recently joined, who had a taste sos mineralogy mid metallurgy. He smoked hls pipe in quiet for.a time nnd then, having no duty to bother him, strolled toward rhe guard quarters to chat with Hunter. He cast more than one approving glance nt ti huge precipice which overhung the gorge where the camp was pitched. Like a mighty cathedral those r icks rose from the green bushes which studded the landscape nt their bnse. Piled up In tin confusion of nature they broke Into terraces, with here and there 11 break which lot In the light of the setting sun ns If some Infinite architect had carved windows. Away near the summit the rocks broke mid separated into a number of peaks, which seemed like Innumerable spires, while at the very apex was a white, smooth peak, on the surface of which

1 1 seemingly was placed a dnrk rreaa. 1 Hurruundcd as It wan with tb<« other magnificent mountains, with the ungry brook rushing between and over the 1 trail, the picture wus one of grandeur and bentity not to b<> found surpassed by any land under the Imm-eu's canopy, IHtfiCovcrM mii Opsls Youiur Howard walka idowijr nnd musingly toward where Hunter was busily completing hls details for the night. He nodded nt timen nnd the meu respectfully watched the "dreamer,” ns he wns called when he waa not In hearing distance. Huddeuly he stopped anti kicked at n rm-k at hls I feet. He turned it over with Ills lss>t a ixuiple of times and then stisqied to examine It more closely. Then ho picked It up and finished hls walk without haste or apparent emotion. "Well, Howard, what did you find? n minmstone?*’ called Hunter, cbaflingly. "Not exactly," drawled Howard. "It's better than that, unless you have the superstition of your Irish ancestry. I It's a fine opal. 1 Imagine n man could pick up some good specimens of tur- | quolse around here If he gave hls mind to It. I nm half Inclined to go out to that cliff and see what I can dig out of It,” mid he gnzed thoughtfully lu the j direction Indicated. "Stiiml fust, my ls>y. You heard the i old matt say that no one was to puss the lines. It's dangerous, nnd you take my advice ami stay Inside.'' "This Is before the hours of challenge, Isn't it?” said Howard. "We have no such think In the ene- . inles' country." was the blunt reply. "I think It would la* well not to go. I ■ don't lay any orders on you. but If you go I would let the old innn know whlth- ! er and would take a rifle." “Os course. Join me? But then you have that beastly guard duty. Well, so long." Bo snylng, Mr. Howard turned back nnd sought the commander's I tent and preferred hls request to go | to the cliff to explore for stones. While

the two officers were talking of the matter they were Joined by Hunter, who made Ills report and was about to return to quarters, when the captain called after him. "See any signs of Indin ns?” "No, sir, I fancy they are not In our ' Immediate vicinity, but the scouts are well to the front, and If they see anything they are ordered to report at once.” "Right. YVcll, Mr. Howard, I will not object, but keep this side of the scout lines nnd don't get out of sight of the camp. If yon need anything Are your rifle and we will come to you.” The young man turned mid rapidly strode to hls tent near by, took down his rifle and swung It over hls back, and, then, seizing a small geologist's kit, started out to see what he could find. He was smut deep In the underbrush, which lined the trail and extended some distance on the face of fh«‘ cliff. He plunged Into It nnd made directly for the cliff, intending to ascend It if possible mid take in some of It nUk r—r T ?h I F UK CROtTCUBI) CI.OSK TO THE CLIFF. tho views from higher altitudes. He had to struggle to get through nnd changed hls course more than once before be struck a spot which promised well for the ascent. He stopped for a moment mid wiped the sweat, from hls forehead before commencing what promised to be a hard climb. He scanned the flat surface of that cliff for some time before he discovered any foothold. But finally he saw what ' seemed to be a winding stair cut In the rocks nnd crossing the cliff from east to west. He commenced the ascent and ' made very satisfactory progress until he reached a shelf on the rocks nearly fifty feet from the base of the cliff. He 1 rested a moment and looked about for some means of continuing tho ascent, ■ but without avail. lie sat down on the . shelf and ruminated for n time. Just 1 as be was about to descend he observed

a fine atone peeping out of Its hed tw the rock. He instantly got out hammer and chisel nnd begun to dig that atone out. IL* worked hard nnd hn<l the jewel loose when In* noticed email pieces of stone and quantities of dual were ilcHceiidliig on hls head. Ho wna not much of n woodman, nut be knew that some cause must have proilueed that dusty rain. He pnus<*<l In hls work and east an upward glance of mingled apprehension and reproach and wm astonished to see the tawny hide mi<l glittering cyl's of a huge catamount crouched above him on another shelf not more than twenty-flvo feet from whore ho snt. He was no coward, yet he had never held n private Interview with n catamount ami expert* enced no desire to coms to close <iunrtera. It was evident the cat was preparing to leap and Howard did some hard thinking. Finally he crouchisF close to the cliff nnd algmihal the cat to come. The ent did so. With a snarl ami showing of Its fearful teeth that <Ol launched Itself downward llk>' a yellow cloud. It mlawsl th* shelf because It waa too narrow to afford much of a chance In such a l<*ap, but Its claws clutched the edge and tho miimal was in the act of making a di'Kperate nnd probably successful effort to scramble up to where the young, lieutenant was flattened against the; cliff. Howard redeemed himself In thlm Juncture by giving tho eat a swift kick’ In the whiskers. This dislodged tho angry tieast, and. with a howl of rage, it partly twisted Itself abont nnd sprang wildly out into space. It cleared the Intervening rocks nnd fell like a wet blank* ’ -n the roof of a hugw cinnamon bear, which had been sleeping the hot hours away in a clump of bushes at the base of the cliff. Then the fun commenced. That cinnamon let go his right and that cat was sent sprawling twenty feet. The cat was a fighter and resented the Insult by declaring war on the spot. Ho not only declared, but he prepared to mix with the bear. He sprang at bruin’s throat, but the ts>ar duck's! skillfully mid clawed a handful of wool from the cat's back. The cat made another rush and succeeded this time In fastening hls fangs in the liear’s shoulders. The lienr Immediately took a chancery hold and l>egan hls famous representation of now to stjueeze a fellow to death. The cat was game, nearly as largo as the bear and full of fight, and a desperate effort he tore himself looeo and also made several ragged hob's in the bear’s fur and hide with the claws with which his hind feet were endowed. Again they came together and Howard, who had Is'en standing in n trance watching the fierce combat, regained hls senses long enough to take aim at the battling brutes with Ills good rifle. He stepped near the edge of the cliff and wus about to turn loose with hls gun when the sharp report of a rifle above him caused him to lose his balance and he tumbled headlong to Join bear ami eat. “tojiio'' on the Scene. For a time he thought he had been shot, but as he felt none the worst* after the tumble, having dropped into some heavily foltaged bushes, he Jumped to his feet and opened tire on tho fighters. As he did so the cat sprang Into the air and fell with widely sprawling legs at quite a distance, and then Iny still after clawing up all the near it, while the bear spun around and around ns if chasing its own tall. Howard knelt mid sent in another shot, as there was mi echo from up the cliff.' This time the l>enr slowly straightened and with several bullets In Ills body yielded up the ghost. Howard started to examine tho quarries when he was astounded to see an Indian in a mongrel costume of cavalry trousers, leather shirt and war bonnet of eagle feathers rapidly rush down the cliff mnt claim everything In sight "Injun kill," said the brave, with a sweep of hls arm. "InJim did nothing of the sort,” was the retort as Howard pushed a lot of cartridges into the magazine of hls rifle. “Soldier kill and soldier will just, boss the Job, If it’s all the same to you. my buck." The “InJun” showed a desire to mix war medicine, and It Is doubtful what' the result would have been but for the; timely arrival of Captain Morris and a squad of troopers on the nm. The captain took In the situation at a glance, nnd ordered the Indian arrested for shooting off of the reservation, loaded the bear nnd ent on the men and lend the way back to camp. He also called In the scouts and gave them a good rawhiding. As a conclusion to hls monologue he remarked: "If It had not been for the recklessness of this young fellow I would not have known that there was a Vte In Colorado, excepting by consulting the war maps nnd geography. Get away with you nnd see If you enn redeem yourselvea. Gentlemen, herenfter orders not to leave camp apply to officers ns well ns men.” Good Advice, Though. At a certain high school It Is tho eus. tom (snys the Chicago Tribune) to dincura briefly the morning's nows before tnklng up the regular work of the day. One morning, not long ngo, paper 1’ hand the teacher ascended to her desk. Before her were the bright young faces of these Intrusted to her care. She spread the paper upon the desk, mid glanced over tho first pngo. "First of all." she said, "I see this heading: ToolRoom Raided.'” She raised her head, nnd a note of deep feeling came into her voice. "Boys,” she continued, "never touch n cue." There was not a dry eye In the house. It costs more to keep a bicycle In re. pair than It does to keep nil old girt looking young.

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