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' was not at all necessary ‘-0 bring outyone
9‘;,“;’:,’f,’ ‘gghrlngliueu--molt, their positidn
and held themselves in rea.clin'ess>to,Uiire
fall placed out or sight in the kitchen: in
-(act. ‘1j..l:n,ade a very comfortable sitting-
room. cg; ; “V
had-the housekeepers instinct so
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c > fit!-1ligl.V, that she bought half a. dozen
t ythlnz INK. 3‘-N“. 9“ ‘ .
,l:'1al?ey waited until the haliu.o1y';g;:N -4 rs at Brancliriile. She wanted a car-
burnt down to the red 116917911 ;' 1 r 2-ow. U:-sdiv. but she was too prudent a house-
Then they heard strange, 50111155 Tlllm kegliler to pay the cost of one
within the cave. .
Once there was a cry that was almost
an. .
“Shoot me for a coyote!" exclaimed one
of them “but I know there is aupanther
in there.
“You are right," said a ranchman. "Be
careful and sure of your aim when he
comes out."
Soon they heard sneezing and coughing
and a wild scream from some animal, and
presently a pair of huge catzlmounts dos-lied
out of tho‘cavern, completely blinded, for
the fumes of the burning pepper hurt their
eyes as though it had been dashed into
them.’ - -
he rifles rang out and they were riddled
with bullets. '
It seemed that tbspair had the cavern
all to themselves, for all flesh-eating ani-
. mals devour each other whenever they can,
the strongest and most powerful demon-
strating the survival of the iittest.
The pelts were soon secured, and the
VI'&llElil"B0n insisted that they belonged to
the boy rancher.
it was strange, yet splendid sport for the
party.. Several wildcats were shot from
trees. ‘ At one place, a big catamount was
found up in a tree, Whose limbs overhung
a spring where animals came to ‘drink.
There were bones of deer and other oni-
‘- mslssccltteretl around, showing that many
'. of them had been destroyed by timesta-
‘ mounts,’ leaping from the‘limbs down on
- them.“ V '
Then they started to return by way of
the ridge‘ on the other side of the valley
thavglcj up toward the Matthews and
me passed on and the winter became
very severe. Sometimes the snow fe
eight or ten inches deep, and the tllermornv
cter was down below zero, but they had
plenty of provisions in the cabin and a
large supply of half-seasoned iirewood.
ai and Benson frequently rode out on
the range to see that none or the cattle
bad bcen frozen to death, or had been in-
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llal sent to Omaha for some books ond
theilong winter nights were spent by him,
reading aloud by the light of a lamp. '
' ng of especial interest occurred
during the winter. lie went over to see
the Matthews girls quite oftell. Ilo told
his Vluother that it was more for the exer-
cise of the ride than anything else, but she
was not fooled. She knew that he was very
fond of Bettie Matthews who had taught
lliln rlile prnctice. ‘ '
Frequently the girls themselves
over to spend a day with her. .
i‘ e entiremiatthews family sccmed to,
take a great interest in lial because of h
entertaining originality. lie was a good
talker and had an inexhaustible fund of
stories about life in the streets of New
York, which, of course, was all new to
pvople who had never been east of the
lviississippl. . -
One day he suggested to Benson that they
make a pair of runners, take oi! the wagon
body and fasten it to them, and thus make
a sleigh.
They took their axes and went out into
the timber, selected the proper trees to cut
down and secured them. 'i‘hcse were of
smcdl, slender hardwood.
cam-I
Hawkins ranches. .
two caves on
that side, but with no result. They were
lsded that no animals were in them.
wil ‘-a .
,them.a pretty lively time.
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" vTirey came out snarling and spitting and
‘ ‘ yelling as wildcat: can.
They were dispatched, however, but Ilal
refused to take their pelts, as he did not
. wish to be bothered with them, besides the
‘, day was waning hud they had quite a. dis-
c
‘tame to so before reaching home.
.. Again fltauchtnan Matthews agreed to
send the pelts to Branchville in one of his
. Wagons for Hal. He agreed [0 e them
' to Hal's crcdit at, the store of Merchant
Harmon. > '
I-lei rode home alone across the little
valley, reaching there just a little before
sunset. -
He found his mother in the hamlet with
Benson, who was milking the cows.
She looked at him and said:
‘ "What luck did you have, ilnl'!’j
She'wa.s amazed at his reply when he
told her how many wolves and how many
cntamounts they had secured.
:1 “Well, I am awfully glad," she said, “that
we are getting rid 0! such dangerous var-
niints." '
“Yes, We will soon have them all cleaned
out of this part of the country."
;----“More than that," put in Benson, “the
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news3will spread all over the State and
soon they will be as scarce as sunlight at
ntidnlght.” - .
“Yes, I guess so, for everybody seems to
be eager to go on a hunt, for it is some-
thing new to them. They used to call it
poking them out, and now it is sneez-
lltlg them out." '
"That evening, alter supper, Hal told the
story. of his adventures during the day,
: lid it was intensely interesting to his
3 iother. .Slle had no objection to his going
‘ ; out with other ranchlnen, who were all
i T well armed. and ,in suincient force to make
t
it sate from attack by cattle thieves.
She had been apprehensive about his
13‘-(“sting such characters after his battle
with the 51-st pa‘rty he met.
, . Ranchmcn kept up the crusade against
‘.'.’0iV'SS and coyotes for a week longer, and
. 1:131 was out with them every day. -
lie enjoyed the sport as well as the com-
llllments of the other ranchmcn. ‘
Finally the ranchmen came to the con-
(-luslcn that, so for as that part of the
country was concerned, the whole,rc3ion
had been cleared of wolves and coyotes.
Hal’s mother did not object to his going
as long as Benson remained about the
place.
Tile cowboy. however. was never idle.
lie was doing something all the time.
lie blli another addition to the cabin,
which was to be the cook room; so that
‘he main his room "ould be used for the
reception of visitors. .
Mrs. llawkins was very much pleased
with the change, for she did notlilre a
lot of smoked meat banging all about over
heflpliead. and the cooking utensils were
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when the sleigh was dnished, Hal and
bis mother took a trip in it over to the
Matthews ranch. There wm about six
inches of snow on the ground.
of course such a thing was not new to
the people in that latitude.
Tile girls, though, took a ride with them,
and one day Hal invited them to ride over
to llrnnchvillc vdth him in the sled, and
they promptly accepted it.
lie asked his mother to go, also, but she
said that she did not care to ride tilteen
miles and back on such a cold day. So
the three girls went with him, and a. jolly
time they a .
They wlioopcd and yelled like a quartet
of wild boys.
The girls’ cllccks were crimson with the
col] were ivrzlppod up
. V not d ' .
l Bettie sat i.-this side will e larzzlrot and
]l'l:l.ry sat in the scat behind them,
They kept up an incessant cllnlter.
Finally Hal expressed tile regret that his
mother was not along to enjoy the inn
with them.
“Don‘t talk about your mother," laughed
Bettie. “She would rather sit by the fire
and talk to your future stepfather."
“What's that?" gasped Hal, julrplng al-
mo out of his seat.
, how blind you arc!" laughed the
“Every one is talking about how Den-
girl.
son is courting the widow.
The shock oi the lcrnsrk almost knocked
Hal on his feet. such a thing had never
entered his head. Benson was a bi:-'.
broad-shouldered, iinelockillg nlnn, while
his mother was a flue-looking woman for
one of her age. ‘
She was but a few years older than Ben-
son, but the idea of her marrying again
shocked him. He wanted to take tare 01
hcr himself.
“Look here, Bottle," he asked, "arc people
really talking that way about my mother
and Benson. ’p
“Why, yes, and they llave been for some
months, and why should she nr.t malry
again? She expects you to F513 'wlie sonic
day and then she will be left alone."
‘-Never!'' he replied. “I would not give
up mother for forty wires."
She laughed and said:
“No, but you will give her up some day
for just one.” ‘
“No, I won't. Shewill live with me as
long as she lives, or as long as I do."
"Why, don't you "expect to marry?"
“I do not know. I may, but the thought
has never occurred to me." ‘
“Why, I am surprised at that I thought
you looked farther into the future, in fact,
that you did a great deal of thinking. That
is what people are saying about you, end
there are a lot of girls out here that would
like to capture you for a husband."
(To be continued.) '
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En TIi0.'lIl'SON.-The distance from Paris
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DAN Dlllrr.-The city of Lcipsic in
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N. Y., and Washington. D. C. Most of the
smaller arms used by the government are
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D ll -luv.-lilother Goose was a re:ll‘pcr-
11 Her maiden nalne was Elizabeth
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M. J. W.-The following is an excellent
recipe for furniture polish: issolve four
ounces of best shellac in two pints or 95
per cent. alcohol; add to this two pints of
linseed oil and one pint of spirits of tur-
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sulphuric ether and four ounces 0 am-
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using, and apply with a. sponge, lightly.
This is an excellent article, especially
where the varnish llasberonie old and
tarnished.
CiiAr.Ll:sro.V.-The great earthquake in
Lisbon, Portugal, occurred November 1,
1755. Most of the cltyuns destroyed, and
about forty thousand persons-some
counts say sixty tllausnud-lost their lives.
The city has never fully recovered from
this calamity, of which traces still remain.
The earthquake continued only six or eight
minutes. The phenomena that accom-
panied it were very striking. The sea first
retired and laid the bar dry. it then
rolled in, r sing llity feet or more above
its ordinary level. The new quay. called
Cays de Prado, to which an immense con-
course of people had fled for safety from
the falling ruins. suddenly sank. and not
one body ever doc-ted to the surface; and
on this spot there is now water to the
depth of one hundred fathoms., ,
,(Bermu mgen rzlwclu ol'I:r‘tu‘Bs mluured
- , - -ca-I mam .
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A Little Fun.
Magistr:it%Can‘t this case be settled
out of court? Mulligan-That's what we
were trying to do. your honor, when the
police interfered.
"Why are you crying, my little boy?"
“‘Cos I don‘t want to go to school." "But
w y ot?" “'(.‘os sislel.-‘Jilted the school-
master last night."
"Tell me," said the lavelorn youth.
"what": the best way to iind out what a
woman thinks of you?" "Marry her,"
plied Pclgkllaln promptly.
TOll‘.ll))'wI want another box of those
1)‘ , lil.c what I got for moth:-r yester-
day. Druzgist-Did your mother say they
Were good? Tommy--No, but they just ht
my air gun.
Artist-Tile idea of that fellow adoring
me five dol'ars for that landscape‘. Why.
the canvas alone cost me four dollars.
ua
lllodcl-All, but Ihat was before you cav- ‘
ered it with paint.
The Fair one-Do you know. major, I
It isn't every married man
who gets the chance.
"That booby made a bind at kissing me
inst night, and then quit." “But he says
you scratched his face, blacked his eye.
and stabbed him with o. hatpin." “WeIL 3
girl hns to put up a little maidrnly resist-
ance." -
Customer-You say these watches cost’
tlvc dollars to make? Why, that is the
price you are selling them atl Ieweller--
That’s quite right, Customer-Then how ,
do you make any proiit! Jeweller-Repair
lug them.
llolding up a globe before a bright little
boy in school, the teacher asked what
country is opposite us on the globe “I
don't know, rna'a.m," was the reply. "Well,
now," pursued the teacher, “if I were to
bore a hole through the earth, and you
were to go in at this end, where would
you come cut?" “Out of the hole," replied
the pupil, with an air of triumph.
BUY oulrllll-cllll Hlllllubl
N0. I7. HOW TO DRESS
Containing full instruction in the art of
dressing and appearing well at home and
abroad, giylng the selections of colors, ma-
terial, and how to have them made up.
interesting iltelns.
Horses in their wild state live to the use
of thirty-six normally, being still trc-sll nmi
hearty at (lint age in the desert.
l'toc'.:cts to be nred from the ground to
destroy aeroplanes are a French invcnlion,
for which great accuracy is claimed.
Tile average age of an ostrich is thin!
years, and the annual yield of A bird in
captivity is from two to four(pounds of
plumes. .
Gray horses live longer than those at any
other (olor. Cream-colored slceds are
usually delicate, and much affected by.
warln wccthcr.
of the mini of 2258.000 acres of forest
in‘ Suitzcrlaud, covering nearly one-fourlh
of the country, 1,679,000 acres are under
govcrrllllcnt control and protection.
The ovcrnge length of life is greater in
Norway than in any other country. This
is attributed to the fact that the tempera-
ture ls (-001 and uniform throughout the
CCU H lIl'l
ller llusbnnds were brothers. Mrs. Young
says it is uise to have only one mother
in-law.
ll who marries a Lsplander girl.
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against the will oi her parents. is dcemnd -
guilty of a crime second alone to murder,
and in Lapland the punishment for it is
e very severe.
Tho longest bridge in the World is tho
Lion Brldzc, ncar Sangang, in China. It
extends live and one-quarter miles over
an arm or the Yellow Sea, and is supported
by three hundred huge stone arches.
The new Parisian fashion in stocking-I
is made with separate compartments for
each toe. This is said to be a sure cure for
Corns, which are caused by the rubbing of
the skin against that of the adjoining too.
‘In Italy. electricity used for lighting in
taxed while that med for heating is not.
To prevent persons using heating circuit:
for lights there has been invented appar-
atus to periodically interrupt the current.
In Mexico the uugador, or carrie
in
unusual for him to ca
, hundred pounds on his head or shoulders.
