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BIG TO .S l .40 each Gaider’s Block Probably no white man but Al could have led the ranch posse through those woods at night as silently as he had done. They had stirred no heavy beast to precede them and carry a warning to their foes. There had been no fluttering of disturbed wings in front of their advance. except that the silence shattered by the ringing reports of as many rifles, after which the darkness came back again and the silence; but for the screaming of a wounded horse. “Guess they beat us on the sneak," muttered old A1 coolly. “Get into co:er,_ boys, quick.” The black belt of gloom which sur- rounded the hollow in which they lay, was suddenly starred in a dozen places by quick red jets of flame, and At last he stopped. There had crept into the sky the faintest suspi- cion of light. Black darkness it w0uld have appeared to most men still, but to these whose eyes had become ac- customed to the utter dark it sufficed to show a hollow land. "We’ll tie the horses here, and wait a bit. When we can pretty nigh see our sights, we'll begin our sneak. They’re a blanked sight nearer than I thought they was.” As he spolie his words were justi- tied. For a quarter of an hour the five men lay motionless. and so still was everything that befere the fifteen minutes had passed, the Boss felt con- vinced that the light which they had seen must have been born of their imagination. It could not be that there was any live thing in such a silence as that. But Al did not share in this feeling. “It's a mercy none of the cayuses whinnied.” he whispered, “but it won’t do to trust them any longer. Let me git past you, Boss. Now foller me back. Go easy. and for the love of life, don’t break any more trees" Dan,” and so saying he led them back by the way they had come. “Gosh! I didn t know that we were that close.” muttered A]. “If that fool hadn't have touched his fire Id have blundeted right into them. Lie 10w, boys." 1 As the five paused with all their senses on the alert, a tiny bright red star showed for a moment in the gloom ahead of, and above them. Though the old man’s language was more picturesque than accurate,agocd many things seemed to have heard that unlucky stick. Until it broke. but for the solemn soughing of the trees, the dumbness of the woods lrad match- ed the darkness of the night. You would have thought that woods and prairie were alike untenanted. had you not remembered that all those who move in them by night, are stalking or :talked. seeking the life of another or 'htidderingly trying to save their own. ‘~s the stick cracked, there was a rus- ling in every bush, a stir in every ree. unseen feet pattered, unseen vings fluttered for a moment. and then again all was still,-â€"-listening. “Who's that blundering idiot?” he Hissed a minute later as some one broke a stick. "can‘t you move your hoof without knocking the trees down. 11' they ain't deaf they’ll hear that in Sody Creek bar.” “That's so, but if they spot us be- fore we get the drop, it's only three to one. They‘il- run, sure.” That is the Spirit of the West. Three to one is about a fair match in he eyes of the Western man. if the me is white. with rather hea3'3 odds )n the one. and history has proved hat the handicap is not too heavy in v1ost cases. although some “fool vhite,” as A1 would have put it. may‘ metimes "get left.” The Boss. at any rate, seemed sat‘s- led. and the five went on silently in he darkness, 33'hi h was of the kind hich abso’. ut -3 obliterates every- zing. A Chinook wind was blowing. '1e 0! those curiously soft warm inds which occur in British Colum.1 1:1ti11g the snow off the hills in a 1 av hour; .ike a red hot knite. Byi ' i~ir ears they could tell when the3 '-'t‘l'c riding over prairie. for then '-'t‘1'c riding mu. 1' pr ' rie. for then here was on], the whisper of the 3:15;: at their feet. or through timber, . 111011 the soughing of the trees ade xxeiid music for them, but in E1211. solid dun-2;) blackness you might me burst \our oyebal‘ s in trying to ’r‘?0'~::_~r t‘1 -1 011-!ir1e of a pine or the “Better get of here. Boss,“ A1 said t Fast. “it ’5 bad goi 119:. Hold on to on: ' stirrup leather and let your horse omo along after me." but he himself ”wait; ed in the saddle. It [as to be more than bad going to exsxzade an 02d cowboy to foot it. :Si‘é. 12L-\'t:1‘ {‘JS [0115. and his 'ay after him, -3 guidance a heir horses. fetter g9 to t Fast. “it’s ’: e of [1' your « ‘.<i yet with the instinct Of a hom- 1dgcan, olzl A1 led them steadily ;~..*,:‘-;;)?:1‘.:iizig of the dark- . {itVL‘i' '=_‘.'I.Sii.11i.illg, or asking q_iesâ€" 5. and his companions felt their any-r him, I usting implicitly to guidance and to the instinct of timber against the sky. arts wauld have been in A well known Des Moines wom- an after suffering miserably for two days tram bowel complaint, was cured by one dose of Cham- berlain’s Colic, Cholera. and Diar- hoea Beemdy. For sale by Gun‘: Drug Store. “It’s our only chance and a slim one. It's got to be that cherry patch." A1 said. pointing out to the open. “There ain‘t. another place in sight as would give us a show,” and he set off running again at top speed for a little four-cornered patch of wild cherry bush, about a thousand yards from the timber. For seven or eight hundred yards at least on one side, and for seven or eight miles on every other side, there was no cover of any kind larger than the thin bushes of sage brush and the patches of bunch grass. A coyote might have crawled through that un- seen. It seemed impossible that any- thing else should. It looked about as bad a place to hold against an enemy as you could imagine, lying as it did in a hollow and containing no timber big enough to serve as a shield against rifle bul- lets; but there was nothing better in Sight, and it had just one thing in its favor. Realizing that at any moment their enemies might reach the edge of the timber, Holt and his companions raced over the space intervening be- tween the pines and the cherry bush at headlong speed. When Rolt crashed into the edge of the cherry patch he had not another yard of running pow- er left in him. With a feeling that he had not known since he had won the quarter at Rugby, he drOpped where he was and lay still. At last on the extreme edge of the pine belt. Al paused. Beyond the tim- ber the Open r‘rountry rolled down to- wards the Fraser and the dawn had come. "If it’s not too far.” Bolt 5 running davs “ere over and he was a heaV) man used to riding. “N0 0. it ain i far,” and the old man began to run again as if he had been five and twenty, Toma and the othm Indian iopiiw along as easily as “oh es. uhilst Dan the big-footed, sob bed “"6211in tax behind. “Fight Injuns in timber? Not much. We’ve another five minutes before they’ll miss us. but the light’s coming. They're getting impatient. Hear that “That” was another volley poured into the hollow "Hain’t missed us yet, anyways. Are you good for another burst, Boss?" "If it’s not too far-” RnH-‘g rnnnincr Imitating his companion, Roit squirmed on his belly thiough the bush which closed over him, so that it was only xx 1th the utmost difficulty and half by instinct that he managed to follow A1. of whose tortuous pro- gress he could see but little, even when he was within arm’s length of iiitti. “What nbw‘.’ Are we ébing to fight them here?” asked Rolt at last, S'and- ing up to let some of the water drain out of him. “Keep your head low till we’re in the timber. Now come. and we’ll b at them yet,” and stooving as he ran the old frontiersman led his compan- ion along the creek bottom under the shelter of its banks, into the heavy pine timber. There they threw them- selves on the ground, soaked to the bone and panting heavily. . "-_ He knew that he was going down hill, and that the ground under him was growing softer and softer, until at last he might almost. as well have been swimming, but he could see noth~ ing. "We‘re in the crik bottom.” “I could have guessed that.” Al gave a low chuckle. “Pretty bianked cold. eh? \Veil. well cure that W'e’ve got to moxe now like txxo-year- -olds. Are you ready?’ and he rose to a crouching position. Suddenly a hand closed round his wk’e. and a voice whispered. "We've got to wriggle out of this. Don‘t lift your head. but just slew round on your belly and snake it after me. There’s no hurry. I’El go slow.” “Rut the horses?" asked Rolt. "Yours is (lead, ain't it? If they want to shoot the others we can’t stop ’em. blank them. Come.” and Rolt who by this time had his head nsar old Al’s heeis, saw these draw quietly away from him. “We’re all right now.” A1 stOpped to whisper, just when Rolt was be- ginning to wonder whether he would not rather be shot than go on any far- ther. He tad no notion how close his fel- t'aws were. 119 could not hear them. "T‘J' see the outline even of the nearest Zntsiz. it was still pitch dark on the £10111" 4!. He was lying now behind the dead horse waiting to snap at the. next s‘ar which s'zvoufd appcar or to meet the rush which might have followed had the attacking party consistgd of white “Euchred them so far,” panted A1. 0)” THE DURHAM CHRONICLE v- Canada is in favor of Reciprocity. It is opposed by the Trusts Combines CHANGED AT ANY TIME by our own Government. without consulting the United States. Every Independent Farm Paper in n RECIPROCITY WILL PUT MON- EY IN YOUR POCKET and the bargain is being so made that; it can be Give RECIPROCITY a FAIR TRIAL We will give One Hundred Dollarn for any case of Deafness (caused by antarrh) that. cannot be" gured bv Hall's Camrrh Cure. Send for circular tee. by local application, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. l‘here is only one way to cure deafness. and that is by conetitu- tional remedies Deafness is caused bv on in- flamed condition of the mucous lining of tho- Eustachian Tube. When this tube in inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect heating and whenitis entirely closed. Deafness is ill:- result. and unleee the ix‘flaxnu ation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normalcondition. hem ing will be destroyed forever; nine cases c at often are caused by ()atarrh. which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces In the most unconcerned way in the world the old fellow strolled along straight towards the timber. smoking as he went. and looking back ocza- sionally at his handiwork, and for about three hundred yards he went unmolested. “I ain’t no fool, Boss. No Injun ever hit a man at a thousand yards, and I’ve got to know how our little show will strike the gallery. Like- wise I’m anxious to know if we have a full house." and so saying, he struck a match and wandered out into the open. Then a shot was fired. the dry earth was kickzd up a hundred yards in front of him, and his hat fell on the ground whilst his rifle went to his shoulder. and his own shot was echo- ed by two more from the cherry patvh, tinder tine. cover of which tiny volley he (Inshzd hat-k to his lair. “All right." he. said. as he crawled iIld‘Jl‘ his mound, “the seats is all tool-' 1nd the curr'ain’s up. It’s just thrm tundra! ya:'~.‘:s to wl;..'c. I drapntd my an. and now I’m goin’ to put in time ' - tt;_}_"iii'. it ! was you I’d do the sam "They can’t see me here,’ he said. “I’m too far back in the scrub. Hax'e you got your bury good and deep. Keep a whittling of it out so as you can lie low and the bullets’ll go over you. Savvy? I’m agoin’ out now to take a passear and see if them forti- fications look natural." “Don’t be such a fool,” commanded the Boss. At the end of that time he heard a voice behind him, and turning, saw Al lying at full length in th; scrub, calmly whittling a pipeful of t0baCC). ' here was 110 Sign of Indians 1133’ Rolt could see, but as Al lay motion- less he imitated him, and for a fill fifteen minutes almost held his breath in his burrow. When men are working for thei lives it is marvellous how much (an be done in a minute, and thesc me. knowing how much depended upo: their speed, had their shelters 11:1 fished, when a low “hist” from Al 5' n' them all into their holes like I“ “shit. into their barrows. Then he. lent Rolt a hand with hi. mound, ordering the boys to do m same at their respective corners, a‘ d "Shove boys; shove like hell, if ya): ever want to eat bull beef any Ini)l'.. They ain’t here yet, but they tan't bi long now.” All the earth he took out he piled upon the blanket, throwing with it moss and leaves and small boughs, un- til when he had finished with it it looked li {e a great ant heap just 5 iffi- ciently within the cover of the brus‘- to save it from detection. L's goin' to b: safer underground II a" 1) a tree by and by” and artex tha: or a long tin :c the Boss saw no mom i? A] “Chuck your coat over your sti ks i“ you haven’t gOt a bfanket,” he said to Holt, “and then fix it this way,’ and he went down on his knees and began to scratch with his knife like a dog who is going to bury a bone. cheerfully, “and now I guess we’ll take some killing. Out with your jack. knives, boys, and I’ll show you a trick as I learned of the Crees,” and. he began to hack down the boughs and young trees all round him. bui d- ing with them a kind of “wicky up." or small circular bothy, such as In- dians use for bath houses. 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