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And he had always shown a marked hostility
toward the
As the pa Le stood viewing the cleverly con-
structed snow-yacht, he turned sneeringly to
we
sen
“And now, after all your tinkering.” he re-
- marked, “what, does the thing amount tor What
is it good for? Where is the need of it?”
“Tt will be heaps of fun; it will go like Rrei
i the wind’ is right,” Beppe and,
short tit ime.
something like a large toboggan with
- runner-planks 3 set nderneath | at each side, and
ith lee boards along the edge:
“mast was set in a zanaro block of wor
le oon or iene
feet i in length, with a broad e en,
Prospective miners the party had provided
| thembelves with tools; and with a
- ns ‘Anybody who has defied a gang of Omaha
bravoes wouldn't be likely to run for an Indian,¥
Dick Sutherland interposed, in Beppo's defense.
ndians a are not likely to molest us,”*
foe said ene ot the othe!
t be so sure about that. I imagine
ter nob venture
yours, a
And it’s 00. date to- day for: your trial-
ings ‘Sutherland ol
~~... Beppo gazed wist! fully. across the prairie.. The
. Stin-was just setting; and a full moon was rising
in the sou
i es,
ont faxe my gun with mé, and I'l only sail
over to the Dead Man's ‘Tree and back,” he said,
presently.
Nopody as really opposed it; and so a little later
hauled his snow-yacht aoross the
evel seated
<8] ig breeze,
\ Point imentione
Man's Tree
and thus started toward the
had gained its appellation’
fr roma the fact that lynchers had on several occa-
sions chosen it for a scaffol
As. Be} careened past it he caught the
glimpse of fame animal in a clump of shrubbery
von
Toseanty, ‘with his gun ready, he steered in that
firection nly to behold a big fat. rabbit oun
the reach of his bullet, and dodge int
step roe timber ye et further awa
nm the exciting cl
alls ‘about Indians and th ‘the 2 advle: of his friends. «
‘ast he was going
ana how far he had gone. the t night ‘darkness
suddenly settled upon the prairie.
rea Sot
and seeing no familiar object
In his dismay he! had stopped his craft, and for
a momen nt sat stationary.
upon edge of one of those thick
ciuinps of timber which dotted the vast plain.
thus sie was startled
by: voices among the trees.
a
He understood Something of | the Indian tongue;
and | he instantly knew that a number of red-skins
mbushed theres that ‘one of the number
iven from the
pees ‘to the camp with
the intention of burping ts cabin and killing the
led boy scarcely dared breathe as be
lstenel ‘0 ‘the awful plot.
ach the camp with his snow- acht
ys before the arrival of the
uld thi ey 3 not d detect bin in the bright moon-
out mercy?
fled. fro} yom aniong the
Aud n Beppo reversed his sail and darte:
away, skimming fhe f frozen crust of snow as if his
runner-| planks Ww
He made a wi ie © detour that the Indians might
im, And although his noiseless craft
was soon out of their sight, he was in ‘error ist
ies should outstrip him by t!
don he flew. A wolf once leaped snarl-
ing froma “clumpot bushes as he passed, but he
distance
to the 9 si bank, and then. went spinning
along a broad ledge toward | the cabin, which was
yet the fourth of amile a
And then, off @ "the prairie he could see dim
forms fovings hear the faint thud of
; ponies’ feet.
‘And then a sudden gust bellowed upon Bis pail,
* the yacht veered, and shot to one side a:
‘There was a crash, & fearful rattle of stones and
ice, and then Beppo felt himself falling helplessly
downward,
He ruised and giddy. But he at once
clambered from the | pit into which ite had fallen,
He was barely twenty rods from the cabin, an
the gold. hunters had already been aroused by the
crashing and r.
The boys w re ‘Sout prepared for ther reds skins,
hose attack was foil ad. and who |, car:
rying a half-dead comrade wil then.
The next mornin; 1 is. snow. yacht
awreck ip the pit. And the astoni jiscovery
was also made that the pit was the Entranes
- . the srgndertal mine for which the parly was
seard hin,
Lute Tabor no longer sneered at Beppo and his
queer craft.
“Only foryou and the yacht we should all have
been murdered ai e would never have
been found,” he admitte
—_—_—__-+- + - -_——
rilling scenes in the life tein man
- at the neatof wane graph hit ttydepi fn SA
7é THE Froyt; or, Pr War
CORRESPONDENT,”
‘Out next t week.
east
ay was: cloudless, and the light was ~
ed himself, and unfurled his sail toa -
sued, he forgot
in surprise at hearing mo 80 sound from the camp,
‘He reached the creek at last, hauled the yacht
ite
BONES
GOLDEN
IN CLOVER ;
A Bonanza at Last.
By “* FR RED.”
PART } XIX.
BONES’ RUSE.
said Bones, when he and his
‘OW, then,”
©} ~“padrd had reached the city at last and
returned the horses and car rene to the
livery-stable r,
make ready
frien
they 3st. a
hands 01
until they cool oma
“Oh, no, Ww
for them!”
eeper, “ we've
to receive the gerieral ahd ne
es!’ was the reply.
A pa ue kill & if they" vere thet
keep out of the w:
“ite ~
lll stay right in the hotel and wait
“But the * ‘re all as mad as thunder, and they’ll
Because e" ah
al My ready, for. them when
“But ‘there
“Ol
a pleasant little surprise
they get here.”
isn't 2 trick left to play on them.”
lots of ’em!" smiled Bones.
, y!
“ “ti Bons toustmption racket won't work again.”
“And you Sant die again, either.”
“7 don't intend to tr;
“ (What ore
me
with your help and Smoke’:
for th
‘ou going to do, then?”
upin Ey room. and on i ye
§ we'll have things all
m in an ‘hour;
Tere any ‘any sooner than that.”
ery fe
plan fo ohis pard
“By golly,
heerd on,” ‘auc
it’:
“andl guess it
* ot course
all ri
“Yor
South, indignantly.
any D at
wh "keto
1
w minutes Bones had unfolded his
ra and Smoke.
h, dat's de greatest racket eber I
uckled the darky, gleefully.
scheme,"' said Boi nies? pard,
“It work.”
it'll work if you two play your parts
n't be *feard o° dis nigga, asserted
on ebery time
e.
‘added Bones? pard, “
make a failure of your work the
Bo. Wes
T know to fail?” cried the
“Bug come, we
ine in chin-music. Pard. ee
; 2
out and get Your dxi ings, aud and when you come back
will be all
tt hour latey “General Mulqueen,
icks, Dr. arlic, and Mr.
Gorensciver marched into the hotel, covered with
em
mud from
that all the bi
climbed up in
“Und I pet y
nok ‘want the first hack at him,” shrieked Pil-
seamed to have recovered n
who
fines, “and if tl
et tl thi
to foot, and each of th so mad,
blood in his body) seemed to hi
head.
as played his. is last trick, or my name
es hi
ut I've been traveling like a + isn’ st Walsingham ‘Mulqueen,” the old general was
youl vill make hit
it feel more sick
ee he nefer peen alretty pefore,” bawled Oofen-
his
there is anything left of him when
rough, you gentlemen ean get in your
By “this time they, had reached
Bones’ room,
the door of
which General Mulqueen gave
a tremendous Tock with his clinch
immediately 0}
looking 1 a,
peare
ned, and @& Yenerabla-
with lon; iN white hair and beard, a)
yn the thres!
fost rrgentiemen!” "pe sald, placing his soner
to his lips.” *
Doan’ make no noise, gents, of you
him, “deed yor
Not nd, I beg of
"il rouse
us will, ” added a tall -negress wit!
red turban wound’ around her head, appearing
behind the old m:
‘The general and his companions stared at each
other | ino amaze!
just
zement,
have struck the wrong room,” sug-
rested 1 Pilgario
haven't,” said the professor; “this is
the ‘apartme nt.
“Perl
rhaps Bones h bas ‘skip
eke has gottl
is,” Interrupte
there Foot occupi
Mr, Bones.”
“Deed it is,
ea out and some one
oon),”? Sal eneral.
d the Wenvrable stranger, “is
ied by the unfortunate young man,
» added the darky, sniffling.
jst Are you gontlemen friends of his?” went on,
the old in
uu
. SFiends. ‘of hist” roared the
re th
neral, “No,
6 worst enemies he has ia the
must not see him, foryour presence
n yor
would ‘certainly excite him.”
“Excite him | that’ 8 just what we intend to do!”
howied Pilgar!
“ Gentleme
this) mean. anyhow?
ne said the stranger, “T must insist
“what does all
you?
ho a
ma Drs 3 MeGall. Is it possible that you have
3"
Bones has
“Mad! tr Hones the ne mad “the professor,
and. Pilgarlie
‘ou
ootengsiver,
the situation.
“How do
wee av ell, this
interrupted tl the doctor. “In
put not bein;
ably insane;
aymptoms 0:
detect it,”
I, Dr.
brain ‘diseases, with w
course, f familiar, have
BE
zef
together.
u he vos not so mad like I vos,” said
evidently not quite comprehending
entlemen,” went on the stranger, nie.
pager becoune inlicted with it
teGall, great expert on
ame you are,
of
Neen sum: mmoned jbya youth
imself the young man's pard.”
oi great Scott!” gasped the gen .
you ind. the patient, qlogtor?” in-
. with pale fa
KS,
ngerous condition, Iregret to say. He
wind on the
brain, one St the
‘bral complaints,”
is very sudden,” said the general.
@ couple of hours ago,
nm you thought how was all Wright then,”
was
ing rete with the
6 dread complaint, you did not
HOURS.
i
(is
ay
seria
Hi li 1)
i
ti i ie
a
i \
“BY GRACIOTS!” BOWLED THE GENERAL, “I CAN EARS
mit if
SS
N DOLLARS EASIER THAN THIS
F I COULDN'T I'D GO AND ‘STRANGLE “MYSELF.”
This may account fora good many y peculiar:
ties of Bones’ that we have not been
derstand before,” suggested Pilgarlic.
“Undoubtedly it does: _ said othe doctor, “ for
isease_mus' zon % long
tines But step in, gentlemen; “only i ery care-
make no noise, for atient is, asl eee, in
tho nent 100m, and I ‘do nS ob wish him to be dis-
The four old men tiptoed into the apartment,
exchanging glances of awe.
This is awful * whisper réd the general
“Tt is, il * returned Pri of sore teezicks.
th
tles of medicine and curious-looking instrut
ef all sizes and si apes, ‘‘and I will explain ‘this
ase to you.”
“ ae Shall be delighted to hear Fou. doctor,”
fessor Squeezic ks, seating himself near
the a eed physici:
“In the first place,” began tl
sider the course of this young man’s friends,
many into Past, to be highly culpable, ee to
say criminal.”
* What do you mean by that, Dr. McGanle® de-
manded Gena ‘al Mulqueen, b hotly, “I am one of
his friends, an t know that I have done
the doctor, “T cone
man of your fee is is fim
ply inexcusable,” sai doctor. “Unless fam
m informed, Mr. ones ‘has evinced one Sor the
‘inci corns, of wind on the bran for
inany months
“ What symptora is that:
inquired the gen-
2
g
re
Ww , & tendency to put pp ip Jobs on People—
what we'call the 6 practicus, cus joke
oo at's a symptom of insanity, is it?” asked
Professor Squeezicks,
* Certainly it is, m my de
then,’ ” Burst fortl Cerca fal Hulgneen “ Tones
crazy as bug fo: ir about
two: thieas of his life."?
Dr. McGall bestowed a look of severity upon the
oid warrior.
“The sy: mptom: e been ecumulating for
many years,” he said. vee Had they been taken in
ime by the young man’s relatives, it would not
have been necessary to eal 1 mne in to-day. How-
ever, Iho
“How long ewit Tet take, doctor?” inquired Pil-.
ic.
“T cannot say exactly; possibly a month, pos-
sibly ¢ oni a few hours.’”
hat will you do?” pursued the doctor curi-
8 ay first remove the brain, and cleanse it
thorou hly.”
“ Holy smoke! can you do that?" howled the
gene
“ i hy, certainly Ican. I invented the process
myself. "It is very simple, and is rather agree-
al le to the patient than otherwise. I shall be as-
sisted in the operation by this colored lady here,
5 ulation Shakes. who is the head nurse at the
loomingdale
“Yes, gents, Asia 7 “me,” 1pisgled the negress,
who had’ been Seated aan ie sofa humming a
Popvlar air during th
Bones as taken violently insane immedi-
tely up on his return rom a trip to
this'n r
at once zing ioned. The but for 6 would have
been ‘ormed long ago but for one trifling
a“ ah hat is that?’ asked the general
“Thave not been paid anything. Ms Lalmays re-
quire twenty-five dollars in adva) ye
gentlemen are his friends, perhaps: you wit hand
me the amount.
“We might as well pay it,” whispered the gen-
eral, ‘teuing his companions a aside. “If the opera-
fon kills Bones we" money's worth, and
if it don’t we'll make him a; 7 it tous.”
So the four old men took up collection and in
few moments handed Dr. McGall the twenty-
fly doll ars. to) a tha
“T suppose we can stop and see the operation,
can't wet” inquired General Mulguee Perasone
“ By 9 mea my. ; Tnever r permit any
2
erat
the, fo witness profession. Butyou can all go down-
Stal irs and wa ‘ait and I will notify you when it is
W ‘ith dissatisfied looks the four cronies started
‘or the
“Tr must i inform you,” said Dr, McGall, aceom-
panyin ing them, “that Mr. Bones will be an’entirely
different young man after the operation. He will
never put up jobs again.”
“Then, by, jingo. we'll the worth of our
twenty-five dollars!” cried the general, enthusi-
astically,
“By the way,” interrupted Professor Sqneez-
icks, “ bere i is Bones” pard? We might as well
nd thrash him while we are waiting for the
Spera
“That's oe exclaimed the general, ‘‘ Squeez-
icks, oats have at he: ad.” 8a
gman nto whom you refer,” said Dr.
MeGail, hase) Tunderstand, left the city, horrified
at his friend's gondition, and intends to travel for
some mont!
wit then Bones marched out of the next room
ith a suddenni that made every one in the
apartment Jom
rele, was face was decorated with
a blue sin, i hah hair stood up in its old. time
attired ina pa: pin about tw
mot na a oe
is han Scand a@ long, eon-ed| dag:
er, which he flourished wildly a g Mees Died es
aroun @ room uttering howls that.
made ‘the four Juckless old mea shake in their
“Tis I, Bones, the Avenger! he yelled, as h
fore and bout ire feet in the air. xf thirst for
to be humored. Aba! whom
leoly rushed upon the dark, and
enparentiy Daried the dagger fu her breast”
a terrific shriek, and at “te sar
maqrent ‘he four old ‘men made a break
c
EE te for | ‘You whelf quiet is resto:
jb deea ths
ait ‘i ‘the yar wud say nothing of this to
the doo
dha he it rate dandy racket,” he said, taking
i and beard, oO veakag the familiar face
By golly! yo's right, sah, ‘deed yo’ is,” snick-
ered Smoke, ‘as he removed his feminine gar-
m hebber seed a geminan like yo inwy
takes de waffle ebery time.”
ret,
of enter oper
ell, I guess Dl’ go abba said Bones*
para; “for I don’t care to stay here and ge
led. It'll be a long time before you will
be able to play another trick on any of the old
men.”
“Will it?" responded Bones, ‘Well, you Just?
eration. aod
n
you won't have any
new scheme rea‘ ay by that times on if you do,
you won't be able
“Done. Come it noon, sar, and you'll see
me having dead loads of fun with General Mul.
queen.”
“I'll be here, Good-night, old man,” and the
youth took his departure
about half an hour Bones sent Smoke Gowns
stairs to summon the general and his com
fons.
nel
the annoyance 1 Caused
ou. Long Is! sland, But I find that I was insane
at the time.”
“That's all
right, Bones. But is it possible
hat you have recovered already?”
h, yes; Dr. McGallisa wonderful. man.”
“y should say so. Whereii
“Oh, he bas gone away wit nui
injuries proved to be triflin, Bat do not let us
talk about m: doctor Bai
would be liable to excite me.
“* What shail we talk pene then’
“ Anything. Let's talk about ‘the egg-eating
match that the papers: aro oo ‘ull of.*
“T haven't seen anything ‘about it,” said the old
geueral
“Nor J," added Pilgarlic and the professor to-
ther.
rae hy, there is a man in Massachusetts who re-
cenuly ate sixty raw eggs in si. Tainute:
“Dot vas nodings,” said Oofen; ngelser. with
whom, as Bones well, "knew, this ‘was a favorite
rubjeck “Tyvonce ate me seeventy eggs in eia
”
ee 13 that so, Mr. Oofengeiser?” said Bone:
arprise. ** Why, that beats puything
jo.”
retended su
“ w ell, Pit
that even ener tals heen coul
“It doe: e general,
bet ten ollare T can eat mors Taw eges
nob for you, sheneral.”*
neral, wrathfully.
“ well, Mr, Oofengeiser, Tcl allengo you to an
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