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Copyright, 1S07 by
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Dean Drako has been ji'.aced by Ma
tfogcl, tho Rrcnt cutllo owner, n super
intendent of IiIm ranch at tho Malheur
agency. Drake N a. remarkable boy, only
39 years olil, but such faith hns VoruI In
tho boy's courage and ability that ho has
put him to control tho unruly cowboyn.
Tho Journey from Hoho Is made with
Holies, the reliool master, who Is Bolng to
his pot at tho-iBency. Tor a part of the
way, thty hao as companion Undo l'asco,
who peddles ehcap Jeweliy among tho
miners &nd ecwboK. l'asco hears that
no whisky whatever Is to he allowed at
tho ranch nnd tells Drake that he expect
soon, to vlilt the agency. At the runeh
Drake Amis among the cowboys, bueca
roos, they ato called three brothers,
named Drinker. They nro nlcKnamul
"Pull, "Half-pas' Full," and "Drunk."
They a e surprWed at Drake' uuthful-
ncss ami prepare to make things lloly
for him One night "Half-past rull"
nslt pel mission to go to a neighboring
town, but Drake puts him off. "They'll
not go this time," he says to Holies. "ytie
tlon Is; will they go next'.''
TART II.
Drake took a fresh clgnr nnd threw
his legs over the chalr-nrm.
"I think you smoke too much," snld
Holies, whom these days had mnde
familiar and frlendlv.
"Yep. Ihne to just now. That's
vhatt ns Uncle l'asco would say. They
are a hnlf-bieed lot, though," the boy
continued, returning to the bucenroos
and their recent vllt. "Weaken In the
face of a straight bluff, you see. Unless
they gi't whisk -courageous. And I'e
called 'em down on that."
"Oh'" fcald Holies, comprehending.
"Didn't ou hee that was their game?
But he will not bo after It."
Half-past Kull did not go to Ilainey
City for tho tabooed whisky, nor lld
anyone. Drake read his buccaroos like
the children that they were. After the
late encounter of grit, the atmosphere
was telleved of storm. The ehlldin,
the primitive pagan dangerous chil
dren, forgot all about whlsKy, and lust
ed Joyfully for Christmas. Christmas
was coming' Xo woik! A sbootlnc
match' A big feed' Cheei fulness
bubbled at the Malheur agency. The
weather Itself was In tune. Castle
Itock seemed no longer to frown, but
rose Into the shining air, a friendly
strength. Except when a rare sledge or
horseman passed, Mr. Holies' Journeys
to the school were all to show It was
not some pioneer colony In a new
white silent world that heaid only the
playful shouts and song3 of the bucca
roos. The sun oerheud and the haul
crushing snow under foot filled ever -one
with a crisp, tingling hilarity.
Ilefore the sun llrst touched Castle
Rock on the morning of the feast, they
were up and In high feather over at the
bunk-house. They raced across to see
what Sam was cooking; they begged
"T0L,D YOU MAYBE I'D COME."
and Joyfully swanowed lumps of his
raw plum-pudding "Merry Christ
mas!" they wished him; and "Molly
Cllsmas!" said he to them. They
played leap-frog over by the stable,
they put snow down each othet's backs.
Their shouts rang around cornels; It
was like boys let out of school. When
Drake gathered them for tho shooting
match, they cheered him; when he told
them there were no pilzes, what did
they care for pilzes? Avhen he beat
them all the first round, they cheered
him again. Pity he hadn't offeied
prizes' He wasn't a good business man
aftei all'
The rounds at the target proceeded
through the foienoon, Drake the ac
claimed leader, and the Christmas sun
ow
The Bicycles we offer are the well-known Monarch Cycle Co.'s Defiance and the famous Dart Bicycle. Every wheel sold will be fully guaran
teed. We have had ioo of these wheels consigned to us to sell at the low price of $29.50 to raise cash quickly for the owners of these bicycles.
You will have choice of colors, Black and Maroon; each wheel highly decorated. Why pay $60 to $100 for a bicycle when this sale offers you the
opportunity of securing a High Grade Wheel at this price? Sale Opens Thursday Horning and Continues Thursday and Friday.
Morris
MEN AW WHITE.
Owen "VVIster.
drew to mld-nky. Hut as its splendor In
the homoiiH Increased, the happy shout
ings on earth began to wane. Tho body
was all the buccuroos knew; well, the
ilcsh comes pietty natuial to most uf
us and who had ever taught these
men about the spltlt7 Tho futther they
were fiom breakfast, the nearer they
were to dinner, yet the hnppy shout
ings waned. The splilt Is a strange
tiling. Often It dwells dumb In human
clay, then speaks unexpectedly out of
the clay's daiknesj.
It was no longer a crowd Drake had
at the target. Ho Incline aware that
quietness had been gradually coming
over the bucinroos. Ho looked, and
saw n niun wandering by himself In
the lane. Another leaned by the stable
coiner, with a. vacant fuce. Through
the windows of the bunk-house he
could see two or tlnee on their beds.
The children were tired of shouting.
Diake went indoor. and threw a great
g on the lire. It blazed up high with
at ks, and he watched It, although
he sun chone blight on the wlndow-
slll. Presently he noticed a man hud
come In and taken u chair, it wns
Half-past Full, and with his boon
stretched to the warmth, he sat gaz
ing Into thp file. Tho door opened, and
another buccaroo entered nnd sat oft
In a corner lie had a bundle of old
letleis, smeared sheets tied with a
twisted old ribbon. While his large
rope-toughened lingers softly loosened
the libbon, he tat with his back to the
room and presently began to read the
letters over, one by one Most of the
men came In before long, and silently
Joined the watchers round the great
luo-place. Diake threw another loj
on, and In a short mine this, too, broke
into ample llame. The silence was
long; a slice of shadow had fallen
across the window-till, when a young
man spoke addressing the logs:
"I skinned a coon in San Saba, Tex
as, this day a year."
At the sound of a voice, some of their
eyes turned on tho sieaker, but turned
back to the iln again.
.After some more minutes, a neighbor
whispered to a neighbor: "Play yu' a
game of crib?"
The man nodded, stole over to where
the board was, and brought it across
the floor on ci caking tiptoe. They sat
it between them, and now and then
the caids made a ligbt sound In the
room.
"I treed that coon on Honey," said
the joung man, after a while, wistful
ly. "Honey Cieek, San Puba. Kind o'
dry cieek. Used to How into Hlg
Uuilv when It jalned."
The Unmes crnckled on, the neigh
bors still played their cribbase. Still
was the day blight, but the shrinking
wedge of sun had gone entirely from
the window sill. Half-Past Full had
drawn from his pocket a mouth organ,
breathing half-times upon It. In the
middle of "Suwanne River" the man
who sat In the coiner laid the letter he
was beginning upon the heap on his
knees and lead no more. The cieat,
genial logs lay glowing, burning; from
the fresher one the flames flowed and
forked, along the embered surface of
the others ran red and blue shlveis of
lirldescence. With legs and arms
crooked, sprawled, the buccaroos
brooded, staring into tho glow with
seldom winking eyes. Chiistmas day
was passing, but the sun shone still
two good hours high. Outblde, over the
snow and pines, It was only In the
deeper folds of the hills that the blue
shadows had come; the rest of the
woild was gold and silver; and from
far across that silence Into this silence
by the fire came a tinkling stir of
sound. Sleigh bells it was, steadily
coming, too early for Holies to be back
from his school festival. The toy-thrill
of the jingling giew clear and sweet, a
spirit of enchantment that did not
wake the stillness, but It cast It Into a
deeper dream. The bells came near the
door and stopped, and then Diake
opened It.
"Hello, Uncle Pasco;" said he.
"Thought you were Santa Claus."
"Santa Claus! H'm! Yes. That's
what Told you maybe I'd come "
"So you did. Turkey Is duo In let's
see ninety minutes, Here, boys Some
of you take Uncle Pasco's horse "
"Xo, no, I won't. You leave me alone
I ain't stoppln' here. I ain't hungry. I
just giubbed at the school. Sleepln' at
Missouri Pete's tonight Out to make
the rallioad tomorrow." The old man
stopped his precipitate statements, He
sat In his sledge deeply mullled, blink
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ing nt Drako and the buccaroos, who
had strolled out to look at him. "Done
a big business this trip," Bald he. "Told
ypu I would, Now It you you was only
glvln' your children n. Christmas tree
like what I seen that feller, yer school
morm, doln' Just now hee-hee!" From
his blankets ho revealed tho well
known case. "Them things would
shine on. a treeV' concluded Uncle
l'asco.
"Hang 'em In the woods, then," said
Drake.
"Jewelry, Is it?" Inquired the young
Texas man.
Uncle Papco whipped open his case.
"There you are," said he. "All what's
left. That rlng'll cost you a dollar."
"I've got a dollar somewheres," said
the young man, fumbling.
Hnlf-past-Full, on the othet side of
the sleigh, stood visibly fascinated by
the wares he was given a skillful
glimpse of down among the blankets.
He peered and he pondered while
Uncle Pasco glibly spoke to him.
"Scatter your truck out plain!" the
BFHIND HIM LURCHED HALF- PAST FULti.
buccaroo exclaimed, loudly. "I'm not
buying In the dark. Come over to the
bunkhouse and scatter."
"Brass will look Just the same any
where," said Drake.
"Brass!" screamed Uncle Pasco.
"Brass, your eye!"
Hut the buccaroos, plainly glad for
dlstrictlon, took th wolly old rcoldlng
man with them. Drake shouted that if
getting cheated cheered them, by all
means to Invest heavily, and he return
ed aione to his fire where Holies soon
Joined him. They waited, accordingly,
und by and by the slelghbelH jingled
again. As they had come out of tho
sllsnce, so did they go Into It, their
little silvery tinkle dancing away In
th distance, faint nnd fainter, then
like a breath, gone.
Uncle Pasco's trinkets had audibly
raised tho men's spirits. They re
mained In the bunkhouse, tbelt laugh
ter reaching Drake and BolleB more
and more. Sometimes they would shuf
fle and laugh loudly.
"Po yo ulmngine It's more leapfrog?"
Inquired the schoolmaster.
"Gambling," said Drake. "They'll
keep at it till somebody's won every
thing they bought."
"Hae they been lively eer since
morning?"
"Had a reaction about noon," said
Diake "Regular homesick spell. I felt
sorry for "em."
"They seem full of reaction," said
Dollop. "Listen to that!"
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It was now near four o'clock, and
Sam came In, announcing dinner.
"All leady," said the smiling China
man. "Paea tho good word to the bunk
house," said Drake, "if they con hear
you."
Sain went across and tho shouting
stopped. Then arose a thick volley of
Bcrpatns and cheers.
"That don't sound right," Bald Drake,
leaping to his feet. In the next Instant
the Chliuunnn, terrified, returned
through the open door. Behind him
lurched Half-past Full, and ttumblel
Into tho room. His boot caught, and
he pitched, but saved himself, and
he pitched, but saved hlmself.and stood
Bwaylng, heavily looking at Drake.
The hnlr-curled dense over his bull
head, his moustacha was spread with
his ciln, tho light of cloddish humor
and destruction burned In his big eye.
"'Twas false Jewelry, all right!" he
roared, at the top of hl voice. "A good
old Jlmmyjohu full, boss. Say, boss,
goln' to run our Jlmmyjohn off tho
ranch? Try it on, kid. Come over and
try It on." The bull beat on the table.
Dean Drake had sat quietly down In
his chair, his giay eye upon the hulk
ing buccaroo. Small and dauntless he
sat, a sparrowhawk caught In a tiap
and game to the end whatever end.
"It's a trifle tardy to outline any
policy about your demijohn," said he.
serenely. "You folks had better come
In and eat before you're beyond appie
ciating." "Ho, we'll eat your grub, boss!
Sam's cooking goes." The buccaroo
lurched out and away to the bunk
hous, where new bellowing was set up.
"I've got to carve this turkey,
friend," said the boy to Bolles.
"I'll do my best to help eat It," re
turned the schoolmaster, smiling.
"Misser Diake," said poor Sam, "I
solly you. I velly solly you."
"Reserve your soirow, Sam," said
Dean Drake. "Give us your soup for
a starter. Come," he said to Bolles.
"Quick!"
TO BE CONTINUED.
ArcAiiD or A GAL.
O, darn It all! afeard of her,
And such a mlto or a Bar.
Why, two of her rolled Into ono
Won't ditto sister Sal.
Her voice Is sweet as the whlppoorwlU's
And the sunshle's In her hair;
Hut I'd rather face a redskin's knife
Or the grip of a gTlzzly bear.
Yet Sal says, "Why. she's such a dear.
She's Just the one for you,"
O, darn It all! afeard of a gal.
And mo Just six feet two!
Thoueh she ain't any elzo whllo I'm
Considerable tall,
I'm nowhere when she speaks to mo,
She makes me feel so small.
My face grows red; my tonnuo gets
hitched;
The cussed thins1 won't bo;
It riles me, 'cause it makes her think
I'm most tarnation slow.
And though folks say she's sweet on me
I guess it can't be true.
O. darn it all! afeard of a gal,
And mo Just six feet two!
My sakes! Just s'pose If what tho folks
Is saying should be so!
Oo, Cousin Jane, and speak to her,
Find out and let me know.
Tell her tho gala should court tho men,
For Isn't this leap jear?
That's why I'm kinder bashful like,
Awaiting for her here.
And should she hear I'm scared of her
You'll swear It can't be true.
O' darn It all! afeard of a gal,
And mo Just six feet two'
James Whltcomb Riley.
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AT THE THEATERS?
Roland need nnd hl excellent com
pany, Including Isadora Hush, will bo
the offering nt the Frothlngham next
Friday and Saturday evenings and at
a Saturday matinee, presenting on Fri
day evening and at the Saturday mati
nee Mr. Reed's latest success, "The
Wrong Mr. Wright," and on Saturday
evening "The Politician." The produc
tion of "The Wrong Mr. Wright" will
be the llrst performance of that play
In Scranton nnd Friday night will bo
Elks' night, Mr. Reed having tendered
Scranton lodge a benefit on that occa
sion. It has scored a hit In all the
largo cities. It Is highly amusing and
entertaining, and Mr, Reed has been
fitted with a strong character In Sey
mour Sites. The sale of seats opens
this morning.
"My Friend from India" is one of tho
best illustrations the stage has scan
lately of the play which alms at fun
exclusively, no other object being
slightly or deeply concealed In Its three
acts of euperaboundlng action nnd hu
mor. Nothing short of confirmed rheu
matism or gout can well excuse any
body applauding Its scenes, while fall
ing to laugh on the most liberal terms,
all New York has agreed, Is altogether
out of the question. The Smytn and
Rice Comedy company will be seen In
the new farce at the Academy of Muslo
one night only, Monday, April 26.
Rice & Barton have established a
reputation which they Invariably sus
tain nnd have equipped their new or
ganization with exquisite costumes and
glittering scenery, as well as surround
ed themselves with artists of the high
est rank, Including Frankle Haines,
Washburn sisters, Crawford and Man
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Lawience and Barton and Echoff.
Their programme sparkles with fresh
features. "A Trip to Boston," a nauti
cal absurdity, opens the show, and Is
resplendent with handsome costumes
nnd elaboiate cenery. The olio Is
made up of select specialties inter
spersed with beautiful grou ft is, In
which perfect models pose. As a sa
tire, "Naughty Coney Island," the ex
travaganza, Is one of the richest the
author has ever conceived. At Davis'
theater the last half of this week, open
ing today.
Tuesday evening Stuart Robson will
appear at the Academy of Music In his
new play, "The Juckllns," which Is a
stage version of Ople Reld's story of
the same name, 'ine dramatization Is
the work of Daniel L. Hart, 01 Wilkes
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It:
" 'The Juckllns' Is a hit. Even at
present It is In many ways superior to
'Pudd'nhead Wilson,' which belongs to
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Jucklln has no prototype In contem
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