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Full Title	Comfort, v. XVI, no. 4, February 1904.
Date Added	16 December 2014
Format	Newspaper
Language	English
Publish Date	1904-02
Publisher	Augusta, Me. : W. H. Gannett, Incorporated
Source	Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Topic	Augusta (Me.) > Newspapers. Popular literature > Specimens. Valentine's Day.
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OCR capyriwii,lm ly I II. r:uiirieli.PotliaArr-. slmol-sis or‘ PRECEDINU CHAPTE or story in this issue A and subs Junk’: wile. V ioi nd -< e '1 i. n II on , . HI'I1:Ilun riirs'ni"e'n:"ilh:i'-rgl Id: to lniorni on inner: “MIL They I-y It a A long lane tint Ins no turnin- hroih has ‘ n enibesslfnr iroin inn where M Iblv has come home I .3: oisriiiployed. rack decides to nettle the matter wliha t was s reed on all hands that a HIP” gill’; list nrhi ii. wh it he is victorious. alter givingup ih. should be niado,‘as there was nothing to he gs ue ye-nl. tluiirion is rel is my goes in London to hy delny. Tho Lheerlul was the only independent help his brother, who on raallsins t t his ci-line is one oi the par in bad no relatives to consult. llarka-ray an in ad: it was not that either zimmeriuan's or covered, Ihuohl hlniseli. with lh-is wlvtii ar ii on use on ire a l-ran.-h guide named csbnehnu. ncd"HIi:niie"Llilri hinsto niset t sburhon wlie he is associated in has been in comma cation a ar a and iorres her to take iandanurn series at the Auprlqr-Xnble, it was supposed lhatihey and ieai-es hers-iiipo end. she revises, however, had gone to washington ioraday or Zwn's em... andleare l s insinnw iti her maid, determined to re. .10", A, the .1.“ way, on .. veil,’ cliai-icy tense her. it on ciibunhou. Rullllnn. nliriilied Lurker-'1!IIends heciinie alarmed. and their disiriay I-in h-l-rd -r--1 u humln II intro "-1 "9 Hl"'“"7 was heightened rather than Illuyed when they re- pariv as Mr fit:-c‘::l Navudu and f ins I-h‘o,n::P$'“ ceived ii telegrarn irorti Ynulrtou announcing the n o gm,-; ,7 ;;,";'';',,'‘,3", "-",;3,,-;',:' :,';=':,':,“,:: 35335513“ i.‘i’.'..‘.."e“y ‘J'v'e“r' t"i?’e"olE'fi'i'l.“t‘i‘ii "$‘i‘.?e’e't“L;l.'i -,,",,‘,,f ‘" ’ "" ,,,,,,u..,,. mg... iI‘ktendtio‘n heingh to ioinminck liariraway and his .,,,,,g .. ..g irieii s nsearc oi the oumaino o . gm no t i. p we do not say that Eln and charlsy were rig . .,,, in running away with lioun Jack on the cou- hy the la trary, they were decidedly wrong. out boys will be turned natsey arehreskliiirthe geverriineriiregula on boys. and we cannot put old heads on young in inva'dinieths lndian Territory. Thsirteamster them and depart with the soldiers, and U1: pcrty ls leit without wnrons, horses and out a scanty supply bi pro- vialona. CHAPTER XIV. 5 must return now ior a uuior. , calied.liim, whom we leitenterin the Naval Academy at Annapolis. e soon managed to get lntoas inan scrapes as his lather did vi-hile he was at aghpol sii college and was in a iair way to sustaining th Harknwsiv record when one day he receilved a letter ,, . sroiri h which iiarkaway s . a er.ln s in s . it will not ti that my rilerioe is caused by ill health or clan is trust. hiit through there being no facilities (0 pristnge. Be a gun ahsent, i shall cherish you very dearly in my uieni cry, and to hear oi your success on my return wii rive ine genuine pleuure “Oh! Wilt‘! It was thebheeriulls niuitered coru and he won't take me on leii. hehind." came irom headquarters for him to nasiu rid: in the test rig class. the course or instruction he reiuseii toobey en iiir aster t uc col- aiter helnix impri ned in h ate- ior twenty-iour hours,h s dismissed irom s wa thti academy and sn-ide his way to the Maryland Hotel, where he spent two weeks waiting (or some- thing to turn up. an as usual in such ‘cnllemllotlling did “turn up." He nii-oke to the painiul conscioiisiiess that he ni st do something ior hinisel . n it warliist aiter hreakisst, and he was lounging p to aboutlhe hall, when he hotel clerk came it like an early settlement." “I'll attend l-0 H." “'l'hll‘n what you said last week. air,“ persiste the clerk. “ohl it will be all right." he said. "1 have not ., VV irohi my lather --it doth not seem lllrely thltjnu will, as we hear hlnriarkawaylsoutweal, i the clerk. u know rho . i what's the use oitalkisllz?" r liih ' o’ rnorrow. Ker a will he ooiiarriient to leave the otel. we can ? the clerlr.wlth a twinkle in h s eye. it w Ind was wall u to hip wor . said ack. quietly; “under any circum- ienve here I.onIormw." c kuodded his head and returned to . a was is the poiiitoigoing outto seek Charley Larker wn th ly one could Jack. d"‘ Liked Chlrley. and. Elie! explaining ti 0 . yon. nwhavii the good wor Jack hit his t troduce l-:iri zimsiierma He was mond studs, an was dl gel’. while he carried a gold-topped cane in his and rain; they II.Itl niiitered hunger and thirst; a is ey had ronghoil it in ever way; at ilrst they - iu,'-said the ClleerllII.“ynn arewelcomea th thought it go ll lun to slee wrapped u in a dowers in hlay. out why is thisthusr what hank bllnkeusllom. soiiii-tlii ior drnuer,aiid trim a have you been rohhingt Hnslyour grand paternal iire.und coilkl hiit iihcn it rained so hard they relative been gathered to his others. or have yo crnIIdn'I get a tire to lriiru, and. alter traveling all struck oil!" I ay, they sound nothing to llliont, except s prairie --No. An uncle died. d leit me ten thousand nor, and they met is’ no we or within thirty dons a, which his will a d lwas to have the con- hiilea, they hecauio wonder where th inn came u : to e s on count alter the iuneral, rigged myiiel! out, and hurried on to see you.’ . re. You are a gentleman at large." --l>recisely. -Ts e a cigar, and let us celehra with a home or extra dry." into the dining-roo dered a bottle oie snipagne, to pay ior pulled out a roll oi hii ii. word." said Jack. "you're ilnsh A (I capitailsti" sinswe "Indeed they do.’ rn dead hroke." “Do you want any oi these rags!" “Holltuly. i o. Pay this ior me,"said Jack. He showed Elsi his hill, andthe latter, without mtinienrs hes tatiori,gave him Mty dollars. instantly told a wa' er d the clerk to and when that iauctlonary arrived. he put down ri : - the hill and ltii amount. sa- ' I shallggo tomorrow. on receiving his reeei t he looked like a man mind “May a hurnbla individual like in selrvetiturc to llI(i]Illl'-2 whine your hlghnefia in 50 ng tomorrow?“ Jack re lied "In w at qllartu oi the globe!" Hill I “Oh! in the slack snewhere, wherever r gone back," raid sin, that interesting quarter may he.- No." said the cheeriul. "I know the governor geography is limited. The too well Icr that. Hil'd ricoer o hncii. it seems to ca lilllsa sin l)a ol.I,i1zIr the north iork oi me We've struck the rlghttraol: and they cin'l. he ' in. ar ahead, either as there ashes haven't been oiug." touched hy the raln, and it's just three doys s nce El . , we had astoriu." I a sat rlres. “Your reasoning is not bid," said Charley, liiling ly soul and kliigl" cried your lack. "l'rl lire blngockell with crackers. . g hotter than to you with me." -- urrshl ho ii. we struck the trail at last hy s hin s what would ll chill’! in iiiuch." RS. reading this, new eabscrlbtrs may calnulencl the inlet hrenka into .vai-k l-tarkaway-s house in England ' Ind Hitrvuru Ilie, lllltll, ol proves to ho i that with. ni- little while and take a look at Jack Harliaway or the "Clieeriul." as the ev- bo arid work hartI,as. thou h e‘: going to take that sucker, old ['1 er . d the clerk. "Mr. Gor- mv anairs e hill is not settled to- Oll to rare cure or 'uilr hasgage." as done this sort or thing oeiore, uuindto see .. a newcomer. T s u. dressed in the heightoiiashloii. wore dia- n e amethyst ring on his iln- mi and or- which he ’ -V! the eyes oi envy irate upon the hoard oi the red I-Lin. ' Jack him, in. I'm like Japhel, who went In search on hther," COMFORT ack, Harliaway By Bracebridge H emyng “Should we require many things “Nothing but buckskin suits sud onies. all or which we con! orC eye ne." “consider it settled." replied Eln. "l’ll pay all ,ii ' rides. cartridges. buy at Yaultton. expenses --Then this iiiinnt will make one oi the party," re- marked chiirle . “My soul and king!" said young Jack. “This s larkefs pnrnxlls would I ow them to: a diingerous region as might at any nioincut ran it prey to wild beasts. he the viciirns oi starvation, or succumb to tllenl.ta:cks laaltinioro and Ohio liailriiud ior the west. and any hothing to anybody. This idea was ‘hith- iully carried out, and ii any one noticed their so- a shoulders. , lvionnted upon their active and much enduring ponieaiclarl in their huc s in suits, armed with ir ' ton riile rid only hurdened with e a rig cartridges, they lelt the condnes oi civilization lull I a e But the time they had more. they presented 0 ardor travel 5 Y 41 e l r i ii is a very diilerriit nppt-arlincc to it-hut they did at the start Olll. and rri-lied lhpz we e plains niade sturdy liuntsnien or them. it it had done nothing else. They were ut- , not knowing in the least where they it way. and In‘ still they pressed oriwsr . l ahcutthe middle niawarru day they halted to‘ rest their horses. l at thntcliarred and hlackened stud over tillers.” remarked Jnck. I-soinehodyls had a big re Aiilonlr the heaped dehrls, they saw the wheels oi wagons. a quantity oi cans iuil oi various things which had escs ed the action oi the tire op e consumed iionr. bits nl harne s.rt . C nsp nous among the wreck was a large tin which contained crackers. little worse ior the ilarnea taut this did not surprise omuch ill while he IIVI written Inside ' the t'ii was painted with a brush. “Jack Harkaway xpe iti ri. No.10." ‘sortie wagonu have evidently been burned here," in. -lies " said cliarley. "It's all that remain oi the ixarkaway l-zspeditlon. pounced on them hcreahoiits and hurried all their lupnjllel, and they have gone on the heat way they ,, ll! re lmck again in Marylaiid. ' Aiter a halt they pushed on with renewed vigor. An hour heiore sunset they cniuped. and. picket- horses. re ingtheir their supply or iood w ceptlon oithe crackers clinrley had atuiied into his pockets “I don't know much shout liuiiting." looking at the ground; “hut r very taken If those are D01. bear trucks. 7 Wllatldo you call those by the side; i r February In Search of the Mountain of Gold‘ as sliroud them side by side. and tearing down some branches iron: the trees. put them over them, by way or a t in seiirc oi nine, . I :3 exhausted, wlthgtha ex- while panning by the bear with a haudtul oi houglis Jaek saw something which arrested . hi, ntteii ‘on hi was ii piece oi striped cotton said Ellis, and apiece oi cornmou white paper. huth oi wllicll milcl: mill- on ey. had stuck to the claws oi the hear. The cotton had a . the latter something ok kesninul ieet."sni<i cha v on . Wmien in l>9“G“< replieiiauck. It was rudel done, as ii b a person who knew Ills.’ h N very little o English, and ad received no edu- -- ; l I d‘ . H’ ite R earn ow. onion. g on N?>seo':veyf?)l‘leolvntll:'::oolt igfandxcllollse hint out This was it: “See A double ell on the Be 50." lils bear meat!” For Iwhilejiiclk couldn't make this out, niid hr around a he . nd thought it most likcl V while he was gazing hither and thither, ' the Rocky Zlloiiiiiain species. broke through the brush. and walked slowly into the grizzly. oi View or the cv "I see him. ho]‘ll"ExcliunIed Elsi, iull oi anxiety. “First. sliot-iirat shots" I Bin raised his ride to his ahplllder and tired. The bullet struck the hear, out did not seeui to hurt ior he rose on his hind legs. touched art witii one or hi V ,sdvanced upon his atitngoiirt. “Shall we fire?" ercliiinieii‘ .. g no!“ hurriedly replied rain. H Leave hirn hliiiguincl a me" He hastily put another cartridge in his ride, and lirod again, hut he was so excited at shooting at a rthe dr t o- (I n Then he clubbed h g with this utmostimpetuosit '. illing him that wa . oi dght. Ind went hy his side. But s coui pahmu. llilljinnd to w airs on to gain e e I they duke, Ind ll.‘1l nlzr own no we don’! lnllow it up gcml," continued the Cheer ul. Jllck halted to look For the s ot where s ..o MONDAY PICK!-ZD ass or THE means oi:T or THE BUEHEB AND HANDED [T To HAh'K, ‘ WHO REGARDED IT CRITICALLY. Zimmerman and the bear iell ‘A‘t'the same time it s A painted lndian sprang iroivhehiud a tree; he whoghad lired the shot. nsrti v i drop ircni bin hand and lh:‘linll: has I knee, raised his side renting the hnrrei on his knee, he sent is bullet to- ‘ward uhariey Lurker. who wasalittie in advance oi i "0b,Oodl l'm l.lltl"cried (:liarley,u he pressed his heart. startling it with his hits as ea . "Poor chsrleyl" said .laul.-. the y -l h it h mg was useless. and taking one more glance he once merry HI! I were lying hiidd ed together in aheiip.iillstoii cit dea . it was a terrible situation ior the cheerinl to he placed in, and stronger ntllldl than his given war under it. .6, and they sd been killed so suddenly that their death was more drearltul than it would have hreii under an other cirsriiiialane II. ‘ exsrnlrieil t,-harlry Lurker and Bin to were actually it.-ad. rrlmli ior don t or crllljl-cinre. rowing their bodies toucthei. the hay plncct] or hint. Einjs ride-stock de- l scended upon the head oi the animal without d , with ayeil hi-lore and heen iavored was deail and traveling hrought iheni to a uzsled over at with some curiosity, in spite oi the re more 5 arsely scattered terrible depression oi mind irons which lie wa the hear ivo e , a large paws. and uttering s Inc is his me that he missed. 0. and the next moment hiniseli again and again. > the phospholorous sixty-ninth does that mean?" Now you've got it. ‘can't you keep it: - alion the Bat.‘ Good enough." . T at dead Indian wrote it. He, no douht, is the hat. The hear set upon her killed her. the tragedy E e upon a night which at any other time appalled him. Now stiiieri his hair. ior HHGYIHS. “See A dnuble ell on the Be 301" be repeated to ' “What in the name of Then he repeated itcuicker tnd quicker, on the lioueticpriuciple, to see ll he could make ense or it. This time he succeeded. -<0 A L L. -see it douole ell.‘ Good," he muttered, ‘On the‘-that’: nliiin enoiignes AT -5 ' He redected a moi eat. and then went on. -isoinegirl had this paper in her h while waiting lor the bst.and ’.l‘,l1elndinn lollowed up the bear. Hencl .lack could do nothing more tor his dead com- iile and ran toward the bear pauious, and he determined to explore the mystery asi sure oi thoroughly. - The ear,however.ivas lull Finding the spot at which the hear had come into View Jack looked (or his tracks. and had not ceede more thtn I dozen yards before he cam: ' g ‘ would iiavs it did not cllrdle hil blood 07 he had snppeil lull oi horrors I sued loudly ior help tnntaricrrioon. g e on dult get at his kniie. eiore him, horrihly mangled with the claws or and was at the mercy oi the the hear, lay the body oi a young wosrinir. s ear. whose grip tig teued perlectly white. thou n has coniplenion had a every instant. slight olive tinge. and er hair was dark as that oi You is nd charity the daughters oi Italy. she was dead, and had Larker raised their rides. heeu so.apparently, ior more than linliau hour,as but immediately lowered the hody was rapidly heconiing col . ner dress them. as they saw that they was torn, or race and breast laceratcn, her arms could not Ere at the bear hitten,arid the jugular vein was scra c ed open, without running the risk oi this hnvlllibeen the cause oi death. its thequniitity killing their iriend. The oi hioodw iclz‘slltnnled> the ground lsbimdalltly o testiileil. Taking the girl by the shoulders, he dragged the corpse to the open space, where, on the to the ground hoth mortally wounded, ior s loud ar whoop wa heard , powerless k as lightning he leiion one with his uniniureii hand, and and aank to the ground. (Id. to are his second more skill and success ance the cheeriul hail con- ey. y i.arker are coming into ail hes-n nae cc, now rigid in death. ihck where ht>nr,1ndl:rl and Eln e ' h Rolls hiii irleiitis T" t M" aliivl there an. no this Indian asked iuniiy world! got here?" A ring , closely at it, he read the tliuue “An! n ne t cnhuchou. and‘ her or pu tti rig ulinrle lorilt. trnnipledgrass, the other victims or this tragedy iiere laid out. ue more!" said Jack. Then he counted on his ringer: “One, two. three. tour. and tha hear live-hi-e lives lost all in a moment as it were. and all hecnuse this gi'rl torneet him. well. it‘! a Wonder who the girl la, Ind how she on her anger arrested his gaze. and looking I ."Ind lllldel‘ h, in smaller letters, were the words, “Frail Fnnui ." Young Jack did it t know niiytliiiig about at ilight iroru W s Blond: ur on‘ -- or Anitiil" he said to liiiuseli “you are very young and too retty to die. l'll hi y you with the redslrin. in lie you were togethe , in d atli you shall not he sepprated." . He he auto dig a grave with his k ie, and made rapid progress, the ground eing amp and oi a sandy nature. But when he had it ring, and it was h contain the bodies or his wit iriends.he did notllkc to at hem n. It seemed so hard to part with theirs lien, and ii oli aomz looking at t e o looked about him ior something to place grave,biit could see nothing but a hough which grew in the shape oi a cso This. with a little triiiiminit with his kniie, a revered his pur one hetier than iiotliiri . lie ioiight agsinst the (null y arlrer and Ella zininrerman out oi sight iorerer, hut it had to he don . On Ein’s iliiger was arlng; this he put on his had plai o r. charle ri gold lluop round his necktie; Jack took this. “I must have some keepsake oi the dear old boys," he said. Then he revere piiicirl laces upturned to the sky, and they looking as it the an only gone slee slowlv he let the and IR" out at his hands, ta trig up hiaiidiul aiterliandiui till h -ere covered.s on the sound he placed t as. it remained ior hi Anita aiidthe liiii ian. then he won d go the ponies were picketed,taks his hianket, wrap hlmseii up in , and go to sleep to was ght happen on the niorro a w e grave when a short as the dreaded war whoop oi the redskius. Q Look gup w to him- their sides were painted h , was iislly nivare that,taken hy surprise as e was, its use lie let the knife iall iron: is arrua in token oi sur- > clans surrounded ‘I I e hound belltild his hack, and he g prisou . liidians i tended h-Ill‘! min he could not tell. hut two or g." lm a ' ii woods. while the third remainerl'len"theLi)i'c'eDil'ego'i ll: tragedy. CHAPTER xxv. while the adventn h d l beiallirig Yuulllz Jack rneliadlllgs lll.>vf:LEsKCc()rl‘llbzd Wm scarcely less rnonieii vi-inrderings ol‘ ilsrkaw rnhllrig over a n so swollen that she could ii ior her hy te 'nlr own g ii wlli . l ced, Hank carrying onee d ‘lliondaythe other. iola s ieet were swollen and hlistercrl. 8 lie. was , s gular struck the sarne path the hcys iiad -c Lyle was still leading. suddenly he held u his hand, The whole party hailed. P ‘what is u i" asked Jack. ii ed 1. le. "Pools! pooh!“ said lgroleuor hlole. bellgvzklrsord oi It!" It u or yoursell. then," replied Ly Mr. hlolelooked iii the direction in uwpile lndian sitting on the trunk at his ieet Iviuhnnother, either dead or asietil. mm s "I iloii't lo. iliciited. uiiii detected tlw sound lprl‘lIRln[ (will his n

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