V"OL. XXXIII BUTLER, satur oct: 3 . TfCWOMDS liR6EST,€RAMD£S7 BeTj IST •4 CARS. 4 Train GM SOUM PE im •- PI A S I • |As^^^THu*atiiuuur t w''"TONOON. ENS. L2oo PEOPLE EMPLCYED I •»"« •« P«*T iWUCB*. PARIS.FRANCE. „ T f„ T e ornct. Htw VQBK.CITV- 2 TENT S COVERING 12 ACRES •PJ Z~ C Zi. 7 "- ".-- '--< ■ ~ So Trained Horses performing at one time in one ring, the grandest equine spectacle I it ever devised. 24 Elephants performing in 3 rings at one time, largest display of pachyderms 011 the Continent. 50 Champion Aerialists in mid-air feats. 12 Champion Bareback Equestrians. 50 World's Famous Jockeys and Crack Star Light-Weights. ALAR, THE HUMAN ARROW SHOT FROM A HUGE CROSSBOW. REALISTIC ORIENTAL INDIA I The lost SnmptDOos and Elegant Entertainment on Earth Truthfully Representing the lives of the people of the Orient. Real Natives in Characteristic Performances. Religious Rites awl Ceremonies. Sports, Games, Occupations, and Beautifully Romantic and Picturesque Episodes. Genuine Madras Dancing Girls. Silver and Tiger Dances. Cocoanut Tree Climbers. Curious Cotta Dwarfs. Buddhist Priests, Indian Fakirs, Oriental Jugglers, together with their Families, Huts, Temples, and Instruments of Trade and Pleasure. SUPERB EQUESTRIAN TOURNANTENT With First Prize Winner High Jumping Horses and Ponies. Equestrian May-Pole Dances, and Fox Hunters' Meet. 1,000 Newly Added Wonders and Attractions ! Actually 12 Champion Male and Female Bareback Riders! Positively 50 Aerial Mid-Air and Trapeze Artists ! Certainly 300 Skilled and Remarkable Performers ! Really 20 Old-Time, Modem and Pantomimic Clowns! 3 Circus Rings with 3 Full Companies 3 3 Elevated Stages for Special Performances 3 l Facing Track for Desperate and Thrilling Contests 1 I Flock of Gigantic African Ostriches 1 1 Giantess Gorilla, Only One in Captivity 1 24 Of the Biggest Performing Elephants 24 2 Droves of Asiatic Camels and Dromedaries 2 50 Trained Horses Performing at Once in One Ring 50 2 Droves of Tiny Shetland Ponies 2 100 Daring Circus and Equestrian Acts 100 j,ooo Performers, Artists, Specialists and people 1,000 2 o°o Tons of Pure, Moral Amusement 2,000 TO BE SEEN NOWHERE OUTSIDE THESE SHOWS. STRANGE QUADRUPEDS FROM EVERY CLIME GIANT AND DWARF ANIMALS OF AIX KINDS.; Colossal Ox 18 hands high, Steer with 3 eyes, 3 nostrils and 3 liorns, Diminutive Cattle, Tiny Z;bus and Ponies. Cute Little Dwarf Flcphants, Hairless Mare, etc. Extraordinary Features and Wonderful Altractions ALL NEW FOR THIS SEASON. NEW MILLION DOLLAR FREE STREET PARADE With Representations of the World's Rulers, and the Military Uniforms of All Na tions, at 9a.m. on Show Day. Cheap Excursion Rates from all points. Two Performances Daily, at 1 and Bp. m. Doors open an hour earlier. Admission \o Everything, 50 Cents. Children I'nder 0 Years, Half I'rice Reserved Seats at regular price, and Admission Tickets at usual advance at 1). II Wuller's drug store, 112 .-south Main Street. ,Will exhibit at^ Pittsburg, October 5 and 6. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. School Will Soon ()pen. How are the boys? How are the girls? Are they well shod? i lire: 1- tboulJ look ioto ibis mat ter ft oij' >* In nt w days be little one* will be off t>« school aguio, and iht\ n;un; g=ad i wear cheaper than ever before. WHAT if HIT We want a sburft of your trade this fill. Give it to ue an iwe promise to take good car* of it Standing back of every pair of t-ticet; we tell willing at all tiuie- to r:»;>l>ice a;jy that are uot satisfactory. The 88c Sale is still on TAN SHOES AT YOUR OWN PRICE AT Butler's Progressive Shoe House. 2i5 South Mdifl St., BUTLER P« C. E. MILLER, REPA YING PROMPTLY DONE. THE HABIT OF wearing good clothes is a good habit and our clothes are good habits. We want to help you torm this good habit. Begin now! in a short time you will be convinced we have saved you money and that you are always dressed in good taste. Goad taste in dress secures a cordial recognition for those who show it No man can tell how much injury a shabby appearance may do him. Our handsome new Spring stock is now ready for your selection. MODERN 'METHODS. MODERATE PRICES. ALAND, MAKER OF MEN'S CLOTHES. HUNDREDS QBI of papers in different styles,Jfor correspondence. Box pa per, tablets aiid envelopes to match Paper by the pound or ream. AT DOUGLASS' Near P. O V 241 S. Main'St BUTLER, PA. The Place to GAS COOK ING AND HEATING STOVES, G.-AS BURNERS AND FIX. TURKS, HOSE, BATH TUBS, L'NAM EL AND IMPROVED WFLSHBACH GAS eUHKR. a. h. o'bhien on 107 I .is; leif• rs<ad taste, coated ■ ■ ■ tongue, sick headache, in- -IB a soninia, etc. Hood's Pills 111 cure constipation and all its ~ results, easily and thoroughly. 25c. All druggists, l'rc; ared by C. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell, Mass. The only Tills to take with Hood's Sarsajjarill* I " I KA -;uAD TlivlE TABLES. mmnmiA "A'tMirn "ernsylvania Division, Scl—>lnle ill Effect May 18, 1890. Si.'j th, —~ WeeK i >ll} s A. M. A. » *. M. P. M. P. M' : t L'TLKK ..xuniinr;. . Arrive 825 1143 310 528 li'.ltter Jc't... '• 727 818 WOT 331 553 | HuilerJc t.. ..Leave 7 848 12 12 335 .'>s3 • N ilf.ua.. ... Arrive 738 #Sh 12 21 345 AV TRAINS Leavo Butler tor Alle teK «tfnir.rwwiK" North. ... , Week Days —' — A. Jt. A. M. A. U. P. M. P, M. I Clty..Lv. 700 900 1125 300 53d i snarpy'jurjf 711 al2 11 37 Clareniout 9i» 1145 Spnnjfdale 930 p. w 557 ; IV.remuni 732 939 Uo» 330 6 i.7 1 N'l.iron.i 737 9 4.1 12 13 334 Cll i'. ji U-r Jet ,tr T44 950 1233 340 0 -i.t :,.it|.-i ,|| i Lv 743 950 12 34 345 t! 2 > ; i B.i Ar. 835 li>3o 125 U1 7 1 A. a. A. «. p. H, p. m. r .-i ' .•'•At l'.(Al.\S--U-d.ve All-'2heDy 11. 1< > • i ! j'i -:e."'jj.il intenta-dUt-. aLitU/u. 7r_ I , .. .. -i J 7:,5 I'. M ! > .lis iiiic L'\ir tho S,.KI V. 1ekI) ij . 1 - a"-." K1 T- "• • , - 4fi *i 2. r ; Lv UCT!.KK. .ArlM 02 12 0(i '■'> .A 727 Ar liu;.* r Ji't Lv b j'J J2 42 ' ;> 4L> 74. Lv ,v :ii a4o 12 «. j -j *ii 749 A r I'Tyepni i._ L-. 9 *Jo 12 Ij'J i 3 'ji 703 '• JC'L " 9 '4'J »2 21 4 i-U HiA ■■ Leec ioUTK-. " 920 12 I.' i ;i9 /> 21 "i'.iui -uv-Vyoil"'' 9U;"i llS.'i A ->.» S isi - urg" Sii# 11 .12 ■i IS 922 ' (.. .: -viile "S Uj llOv 27 !* .Ki -In:."V llie 1 jn'ir-7 43 10 1 ■ 0 .#i> 11 -i j A ■ I'K'ifi*.." *J 40 $ 1 M 3 li) ■ I.' -i.-1.-ua.-g..."11 3 i 4 M 023 " I!.t«leljiiili». '"i in) it 2' .. „ jl W. l>. M J'. 11l iraius lor tfle ednt leav'o Pitt» l»n: - g vUiiion tslatiou) an lollovrn: Atlantic Express, daily ..3 10 A. if. Pennsylvania Limited " .... .7 15 " l)a_v Kxpreus, " .. v ,-7 30 " Maiu Line Express •' .... .8 00 " ''biladelphia ExpreMs " 430 P. X Eastern Express " .....7 05 "Si Fast Line " 810 " For detailed information, aJdre. s Thos. K. W'utt, Pu.«B. Agt. W e.sti.in Dimrict, cor 2'ilth Ath. and Smithtield St., Piltsburj;, r*a. S. U. PKE7OST, J. K. W001), etej'ira! Maaaper. (_»en'l Pasar. Agenl. pITTSBURG & WESTERN Railway. Allegheny Short Line. Schedule in effect, July 19, 1896. Butler Time, Depart. Arrive Allegheny Accommodation.. 025 am; 925 am Allegheny Flyer ■ 8 15 am 10 uo am 'Akion Mall 8 15 am 7 3D pm Newcastle Accomo 8 15 am; 9 25 am Allegheny Accomo 10 05 am 12 20 pm Allegheny Express 1 2 55 pm 4 55pm Chicago Express 3 35 pm 12 20 pm Allegheny Mall C 05 pm 7 M pm Ellwood Accomo <; 05 pm 7 30 put 11 lea go Express 0 05 pm 9 25 am Allegheny Express | 8 00 pm Kune and Brudford Mall 1005 am 520 pm <• Ixrlon Accomo 5 15 pm 9 50 am K'jxbinv Accomo 7 35prn ( s nr. am SUNDAY TKAINB. Deforest Jet. Accomo 8 15 am 7 30 pm Allegheny Accomo 10 00 am ('liicaco Express 3 35 pro 4 s">pin Allegheny Accomo G 00 pm 4 53 pm Pullman Bullet Sleeping Cars and :irst-c1...s ')ay Coaches tan through between Duller u> i 0-ifcago dailv. Kor 1 tlcketa to point". 111 th«' NY-si Northvrest or Southwest apply to A. B. CBOUCH, Ageut Butler, I'a. Trains leavo the B. A' O. depot In I'lUburg .'Or the East as lollowb.j Kor Washington D' C., Baltimore. Phlladel plila, and Now York, 7:30 aud 930 p m •Junilierl trd, 8:4o, 7 :30,a.m. 1 :10, 9:20 p. nj.Con it. m. l.'nlontown, 7.20 a. ra . 1.10.4.30, r>.3o p. m. Union!.,wn. Morgarto'.VK and Fairmont. 7,3t>, a, in. ands,3op.m. Mt. Pleasant G. 40, 7. 30 a. m. 1-.10 and4.3o p rn. Washington. Pa., 7.40 ami .30 a. ra., 4.00,4.45 and 9.00. 11.55 p. m. W heel ng. 7.40. and 9.30 a. m.. and 4.00, 9.10. 11.55 p. ... Cincinnati, St, l.ouls. Columbus and New ark, 7.40 a. rn., 9.10. 11.55 p.m. For Chicago, 2.40 and 9.30 p. m, Parlor ana sleeping cars to Baltimore W axh- Inifton. Cincinnati and Chicago. H. O. DCINKLB, Gen. Sapt. Allegheny, I'a C. W. BAPSKTT, A.G.P A , Allegheny, Ha K. I'. REYNOLDS, Sapt.. Foxburg, Pa. ■d a rpH E PITTSBURG, SHENAN- I GO & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD. TIME TABLE —ln effoat Monday, June 28, 18[ockport. ... 7 00i 9 «l 4 2 «H212 ih *sl .I'ranestlllw. 70»a 38 4 3 143 ...7ih> 22 ar.ConncaL" lv.. |7 *u 3 1 :: 10 ] 7 40|lv ar ■■..|lo 221 6 4 a 557 It 44 8 45 ar.T..*Tb10n,....1f / 111 9 41 4 3" 54112 33 831 .. Shadeland. •• 723 953 451 54012 30 8•» ... sprlnnboro... 727 95« 455 r, S3 12 24 820 . .Coniieautvllle.. 7 34 10 03 503 5 n« 12 or, 8 oo ... Mea'v'le Jet... 8 00J10 25 5 v> 1 57|!2 li 8 07Ar. Kxpo.Park. IT 8 07 10 151 4 57 4 57| 10 15. 7 34' lv ar 8 07 4 56 io 02! 7 2oilv .Conu't Lake io 02 4 to . . 12 2!i< 8 10]ar ar 8 17 10 50 5 39 420 a 3r»i 045 v..Meadviile..l'v 9 :v> 420 ■ ■..'12 47i 8 42|ar HT H 42 11 25 « It No 211 51 742 . . Ilartstowu.." No 1 10 39T 5 3 . . 1! 3* 727 Osgood 10 54 5 5 2 r i 11 30 7 15'... Greenville... e :i0 11 0: e « 0 is 11 jo 7 05 siienaugo «; 40 11 20 e 8 1 00 .0 5: r. ... KreUoufa... 703 11 14 a 23 II in 4 ; « 35 Mercer 722 12 04 7 00 5 If 1 '2m « |o| ... PaTdoO 7 3rt 12 22' 714 51910 20 tf '0 . (Jrove . .. 74712 33 725 •1' 10 9x •> 4i H%rrlsvH:<.... 7 r,u *2 4."> 7 36 1 11 *J '■ 0, , BnMtkN. ... h OK! 'a si ~io ■ :H- . * « 11. ft" Kranetiton.ar 71*t12 10 ... BH' r 8 501 142 iX 32 > i) ' m .... iiwn <» 1 %.n .~. j ' 1 ... rUfcXritWfc) p. .11 p. n . SOTK Ti i'. X•. 1 start* tnm Exp >«i ji' P»IV »4 IMS *W. M-'iiliy-i onlv. N« 2rn • t Kx;i'*«iri'in I'rk Salti."ilay» oily. I .■ 15 aud 16 will run Sri-liv • >nlv HIII 1.-r 1 -I Exp >Mt'i>ii Par- . iuak • M !•« Ii" li i IIT ar 7:30 ain Kc : 'i g i.tivc Exp Hiiioii Park 6 p.m. ! ' " .1'! I M in>-K.'>r. C>r« du\llle. ra j'• :. l.ltt' <"1 .S.P. A . Mea.l«llie. Pa I Butler Savings Bank Butler, Pa. Capital - - $60,000-00 .Surplus? and Profits, $119,263.67 OS. L PURVIS President . HENRY TROUTMAN Vioe-P-wdent VVM. CAMPBELL, Jr i*a«hiet LOUIS B. STEIN Teller DIRECTt) IIS -Joseph L. I'urvla, J. Henr)' Tro'Uman. W. D. Brandon, W. A. Mfln , J.j s. <'i>mpbe|l.t The Butler Savionfl f»»nk Ls me Oldest, ;HaiiW ing Institution in Butler Constjr. ..eneral lianklni; hu.iliiesa transacted \Y< solicit accounts of oil producers, mer chantf. tarm<-rs ami others. All liujlnese entrusrid to UK wiu receive prompt at'«ntlon. lutt rcit Pild on tlnje deposits . l, 3 >1 [Copyright, IsSJB by American Press Associa tion.] CHAPTER XVL We left Henry Kyle in charge of Bou tou 's cum p. Scarcely lmd Bouton depart ed when Kyle went to Alice Blanehard and informed her that he was abont to leave. He advised the sisters to depart with him, but they resolutely declined to trust to hii good faith. Going to where his saddled horse stood waiting him, Henry was in the act of j mounting when he heard some one creeping toward him. A flash of light ning from uii approaching storm reveal ed Patch. The r» p rt of Henry's pistol and a clap . : :.n a few feet cf them he tlirev. isliu.st )i on the ground, saying at the:,...-. t.mc: "Tin.i is a mighty dark night, la dies." The lad H* made no reply, whereupon he r. pouted: "It's a mighty dark night, ladies, and looks ac if we mout have right smart of a storm." Still no r. T ly. "Don't you hear me?" ho asked an grily. "We do," replied Alice. "Tin 11 why don't you speak?" "Why should we speak.'" "Because it's per lite, and when I ax a civil question of a man or woman, blow me, but I like a civil answer.'' "But you did not ask a question. You simply volunteered an opinion," said Alice with the calmness of tone that dis tinguished her. "Waal, we -won't quarrel about p'ints like that. I ain't much on the talk, I'll confess, and mobile young ladies like you uns mout think me a bit rough, but when you git down under the husks, even if I do say it myself, tliar ain't many better fellows than me." After exchanging a meaning glance with her sister, Alice Blanehard became more gracious to Patch, and that mon ster, delighted at the change, then and there declared that if they would trust him he would take them to their friends "without acent of pay." In response to Clara's question he told how this could be done, nor did he dream that the sis ters had themselves planned to get away from tho outlaws that night. When, at length, Patch left, the sisters, with more ligjit 011 the question, renew ed tho conversation. Their horses were below the camp, and, believing that it would be safer and easier to ride than to walk, Cli»r*i tlmt they should attempt to secure them. She hud the Weldon decision of character. Securing on their persons a few necessary articles from their saddlebags, including a knife, they waited for the storm to break with as much eagerness iis those in profound darkness wait for the light. At first the fury of tho storm alarmed them, bat they soon became calm ;uid hailed its roaring as the voice of a friend. The rain fell in a deluge, but this they did not mind It shielded them from their foes. At first the light ning was so vivid and continuous that it kept the ramp and the surrounding landscape lit up. It revealed to them the horses, and, joy! two of them were saddled with their own saddles and an other near by bore a man's. "If they follow us on horseback," thought Alice, "the danger will be in creased. I must free all the animals.'' She made Clara wait in the bushes by the river, and, knife in hand, crept for ward and began to cut the ropes that held the uneasy horses to the stakes. Ev ery one was freed. She secured tho two on which she and Clara were to ride and hastily led them to the river. Both were expert horsewomen. To avoid the-camp, Alice decided to cross tho river. They were in the act of descending the bank when the lightning again flashed out, and they heard a maddened shoui be hind them. Alice looked back, and not ten yards away she saw Sim Bliss ges ticulating like a madman and shouting all the time. Answering shouts canio back from tho camn. The horses, riis eorering they were free, wont snorting and plunging madly about. Pistols were discharged, and tho whole camp was in an uproar that drowned out the crashing of the story. "Keep close to my side, Clara. Now for liberty, inGisd'sname!" said tho he roic Alice. They turned their horses to tho river and boldly dashed in. The banks on both sides were low, but the rain had already swelled the bed, and the cold current rose to the girths and soon began to float the manes of tho horses. It was so dark that they could not see the opposite bank and so had to be guided wholly by the frantic shouting and shooting be hind them. The instinct of the horses served them welL The animals, though forced to swim down 200 yards by the mad current, kept their nostrils pointed to the opposite shore and went on till they stool dripping on the other bank. "Away from the camp!" replied Alice in answer to her sister's question. "We know not a destination. We must only think of the place we fly from. Our des tination cannot be worse than our start ing point. The kind Providence that has so far aided us must stiil be our reliance and our guide." They had no fear of immediate pur suit, for they knew that the horses were beyond the control of the outlaws and that it would be impossible for them to get them together Itefore daylight. The} also knew that Bouton and his men were in the mountains, as were Black Eagle and his warriors, but recapture would not, could not, make their condi tion worse. The sisters kept their horses close together—so close that they coul/l have talked had not their hearts beer too full for utterance. They rode from tho time they left the river at a quick walk. Tho tenden cy of tho horses was to dash away, but they submitted to tho restraint of the bit. 4 'We may have to test their speed," said Alice vhen starting off, "so let us reserve their strength." They could tell when they entered the mountains by the movements of their horses. Indeed they reasoned that they were on a trail. Whether this trail led to friend or foe they knew not—only the fnture could telL Just as the day was breaking both horses came to a halt and no urging could force them on. "Let us dismount till tho sun is up." said Alice, and she set Clara au exam ple by springing from her hurse and tak ing tlio bridle' on her arm. They liuil not long to wait. They could see the shadows rising from the mountains and the diirkness multiply in the depths of the fearful gulf on whose brink they stood. They were on the edge of a chasm, or "canyon," as it was oilled in that land. It was one of those pr -found rifts peculiar to the moun tains of western America. They had brought their horses to a convenient rex-k in order to get into the saddle again, for they were weary and their garments wre heavy with moisture, when l«")th were startled by hearing the tramping of horses and the sound of men's voices. Nearer and nearer came the riders—more and more distinct be came the pounding of the iron covered hoofs on the flinty rocks. "Alice! Alice!" cried Clara. "That is fatlx r's voice." "Father's voice!" echoed Alice, her j ears tolling her that her sister was not mistaken. "Yes, and Howard's and the captain's and John Clyde's." "Yes, yos: I hear thorn. " Then she raised her voice and with eager joy shouted: "Father! Father! Howard!" "My daughter!" came tho impassion ed response. t*r, mm" MOW they could hear tho jingle of bridles and tho snorting of the ap proaching horses. The girls caught sight of the riders, but the awful cituyon yawned between them. CHAPTER XVH. No language can describe Dr. Blanch ard's joy at sight of his dauglit* rs. Li his eagerness to clap them to his breast he would have rushed into the canyon had not Captain Brandon restrained him. "Let me go to my children!" cried the delighted old man. "see! They are reaching out their hands to me. " "The canyon separates us," said the captain. "Wait till we have spoken with them." Alice saw at a glance the futility of attempting to join the party at that point, and she knew that the same ob struction prevented them coming to her side. Mutual congratulations passed back and forth, and, at Captain Brandon's re quest, Alice told of their escape and the condition in which they left Bouton's camp. "Remain where you are," said the captain when Alice had concluded the brief but thrilling story of their flight. " Hide in (Tie shadow of that rock and we will come to you." "How long before you can reach us?" said Alice. "It will take till the middle of the afternoon to flank the head of tho can yon, but keep up a good heart'' "Would it not be better for us to go and meet you?'' "No. Though if there were no danger in the way, I would consent. We know where you are now. Should you leave, we might not be able to find you." "And what are we to do with the horses?" '' If you can find grass near by, let them graze. I see you have rlatas fas tened to the saddles," said the captain. With words of encouragement the party rode off, Dr. Blanehard remaining in the rear, and every few paces he turned to look back at his daughters and to wave his hand to them. A cloud seemed to come up from the canyon and settle on the landscape when tho gocxl white Jietul diaat>pfurnj The girls found a little space closo by covered with nutritious bunch grass, and hero they secured the horses, tying them so that they could graze. They .ound a rock walled cave in the glen where they could sit, or, if they chose, lie down with comfort, but though much fatigued tho novelty of the situation, the recent happy meeting and the de lightful anticipation of soon being with their father and brother again kept them awake. The same feelings prevented them thinking of food or tho fact that the only water for miles around was roaring in the inaccessible depths of tho canyon. Tho day was very hot. The rocks glistened along the volcanic summits as if they were becoming ignited and must soon burst forth in lurid flames. Tho heated air rose up in shimmering waves and looked as if it were panting. The distant landsoape became fantastic and distorted. "Can wo not find some place where there is a little water or air?" asked Clara, her brow beaded and her cheeks crimsoned with the heat "We might," replied Alice, "but 1 feel it is better to endure where we are safe than to venture out where some of tho outlaws may see us." As in all things, Clara yielded to this opinion and drew closer into the strip of shadow made by the rock towering above them. They had just settled down again to endure with patieuco the swel tering heat when both were startled by the actions of the horses. Tho animals ceased to bo languid, and now, with di lating nostrils, heads erect and fright ened eyes, they looked up the walls of the glen directly above where the sis tors were sitting. "What can it be?" asked Clara, look ing anxiously about her. "We cannot see from here," replied Alice. "Lot ns go ont where the horses are." They rose and were walking to the oenter of the gleu, when, to their amazement, tho horses started back with snorts of alarm and tugged at the ropes till they mrT.pcd like pistols. Alice saw the danger 1 ran forward to catch and soothe t!.«- i:>la, but before she could loaeli (h i . had turned and sped away u:; 1 i .'i'■ .ied horses can. "Can you see anything d Alice, who ir,ii« red tho loss of tho horses in her anxiety to learn what frightened them. "I think I see a man," gasped Clara. "That is a shdaow," said Alice. "But it moves. Seel It comes this way." As they watched the shadow it rose till it locked as if cast by a giant. "That can't be a man," said Alice, who still retained her fine presence of mind "What do you think it can be?" "It might bo some animal. Better that than any of Bouton's per pie. It has disappeared." "But why remain here, sister?" "Why fly from a shadow, Clara?" asked Alice, encircling her sister's slen der waist to give her confidence. "It is not a shadow, sister. There it is! See its glaring eyes and hanging tongue!" Alice looked up the rocks and saw coming down one of those mountain terrors, a grizzly l>ear. Neither of them had ever seen such a monster before. But while crossing tho plains they had often heard Captain Braudon describe the tierce creature's appearance and con duct, so that now they recognized him. For the moment they were frozen with terror. The instant the grizzly caught sight of them he rose on his haunches and si nt forth a series of growls that indicated his humor. At the sound of his voice Alice and Clara, with shrieks of alarm which they could not restrain, IIP> out of tho glen, holding each other's hand. They had no time to discuss the line of flight. Away—any place to jret out of the mon ster's roaoh! After running about 200 yards they stopped for breath and look ed back. To their horror, the animal traveled faster than themselves and was now only 50 yards away and still rolling after them. Seeing that they stood, the grizzly rov litrnin on his liuunches and surveyed them v fierce eyes. They were about to 11/ e.i .ij . u. A huge rock on the canyon wall rose ai: . ■ .. "ice ahead, and at the same instant i... , . d that this oould only be turned by back. Jiut it was tot) late to retrace their steps. They stood, white faced and clasp | cd in each < ither's arms, resigned to tiio worst, when they heard a ringing voice from the other side of the chasm. "Come closer to the canyon—out on tiiat projecting rock. " They saw the rock and obeyed the voice. "Lie down! Lie down and do not fear,'' rang < >ut the same confident ton» - This was the opportunity the yom:; rifleman sought. With a rapidity that gave ihe exjdosiems almost a continuous rvar, Henry Kyle discharged his rejx-at ing rifle. Tho animal remained erect during this deadly fusillade. As they lay down Clara lexked across i4>.v»s. «aA.Jß»w.J3nns Hrfio r-Trf.- shoulder. Tho grizzly came on—came so elose that they imagined they could feel his hot, fetid breath in their fares. At a lialloo from over the canyon.the bear rose again on its haunches and just on the brink of the wall that dropptnl with a shear perpendicular full to 1,000 feet \ / It was too late tit retrace thc±r steps. below. The riflo cracked. The bear tot tered as it attempted to bring down its ponderous fore feet. The blood spurted from its mouth. It tried to cling from the angular rock; but failing, it sent up an awful roar and plunged into the black abyss. "Get bark!" shouted Henry Kyl% "That danger is over." The sisters obeyed him, and, with the impassable chasm between them and him, they looked at each other in silenoa. Alice was the first to speak. "For myself and sifter lot mo thank you for this brave and most opportune act, " she said, with a gracious bow. " Opportune it certainly was, but from my position I could hardly call it brave. I can assure you, however, that had I been on that sido I would have acted in Just the samo way,'' replied Henry. Alice was beginning to feel that they could trust the man who had just secur ed them from an awful fate. ' 'Take this course," said Henry Kyle, pointing in the direction opposite to that from which the captain was expect ed, "and halt when it is dark. Befuu, (i.,v i I*} 1 r you will flml a friend who take you to your father." "But what if we take the other course?'' "I can hardly expect you to believe me when I say that if you take the oili er course you will be in Bouton's power again before the sun sets. " Henry Kyle shouldered his riflo and moved iis if anxious to continue his march. "Wo shall remain hen*," said Alice, "and think over what you have told us." Henry Kyle made no reply to this. He hesitated for a moment, then raised his cap and was soon lost to sight among the rooks. The sisters sat down in the shadow of a rock and discussed Che situ ation. As usual, Alice had her way, but, curiously enough, this way lay in tho oourse suggested by Henry Kyle. At heart sho believed that tho young man wanted to befriend them. If anything, the air seemed to grow hotter. The were on foot and not accus tomed to walking. They were hungry, and their thirst became a torture. Hand in hand they struggled on, the sharp rocks cutting through their shoes and the sun blistering their fiu** and hands. A short time before sunset they discov ered some water in the hollow of a rock, and though it was anything but cool they drank it and bathed their faces In it with a sense of satlsfaction and relief such as they had never before experi enced. They rose to their feet and were about to resume their indefinite march when they heard the tramping of horses and tho unrestrained voices of men down the hill. Their recent familiarity with danger had wonderfully increased their self possession. Secreting them selves as well as they could, they reach ed a position from which they could see tho slope of a mountain stretching away beneath them till lost in the shallows of tho valley. They saw Black Eiiglo and his warriors, and in their midst they saw the prisoner, Louis Kyi a CHAPTER XVIIL Aware that his brother Louis was a prisoner in the hands of Bouton's Indian allies and anxious to rescue him, Henry Kylo was in search of Black Eagle's band when ho so opportunely came to the rescue of Alice Blancliard and her sister. After leaving the girls he went to where his horse was grazing and rode on over the hills. His object now was to reach tho opposite side of the canyon, and, without forgetting his brother, to do all that he could for the girl that ho loved and her sister. He headed his horse for the valley, whose every sur rounding was so familiar to him, and stood on the rocky rim just as the sun was setting. The horse ulso recognized the place and seemed anxious to go down. (iiving the animal loose rein, Henry Kyle was soon galloping across tho meadows and along the shore of the lake in tho center of the valley. With his quick observation, he saw that there were no rattle, horses or sheep where hitherto the green expanse swarmed with them. This struck him as strange. He urged on his horse, dashed into the grove in which the home that had OVIT welcomed him stood and reined in be side the ash heap that marked the site of his father's house. The stillness of death hung over grove and mountain. Even the birds seemed to have flown from the trees, through which the evening breezes went sighing like a requiem. With a cry of agony Henry Kyle flung himself from his sad dle and gazed wildly about him. The old house was gone, but in the rush of feelings he could not think of the house. Where were the occupants? "Mother! Mother!" he cried, and the rocks behind the woods returned, like the ghost of his own voice, the echo: '' M other I M' ith'"~!" He shouted for liis father, ho shouted for Nora, but only the echoes, like a mockery, replied. "OGodl O God!" he wailed; "this is my doing!" His first thought was that this had bwn done toy Indians. "Tie IOOSMT atxmt him, and his trained eyes soon discover ed in tho soft, trampled ground the im press of white men's feet. There was not a moccasin track among them. He knelt down and read the impressions as a scholar would read a simple book, and leaping to his feet he cried: "Bouton has been here. Bouton came lieav when he left me In charge of the oainp." "You, Bouton had been here," shout ed a voice behind him. "Who is that?" he demanded an he clutched his rifle and tried to discover tho spoakex through tho increasing dark- II CSS. "One who would die for you. Ku shat!" As the Indian girl uttered her own name she sprang forward and throw her arms about Henry Kyla. "Yon, Kusliat!" he said, gently dis engaging himself. "Yes, and I thank the Spirit of tho Mi iimtains that you have come hero. " "When was this done?" he naked, :, LLst nigli£~ rr " "And my mother and father?" "They are fugitives in the moun tains. '' "And Nora?" "Alas, she is a captive." "A captive!" "A captive iu the hands of Bouton I" "O God!" "Yes, call upon your God, Henry Kyle, Lut he will not hear your cry, for his eurs were closed to your father's lam entations and your motht r's wailing. Your oompanions haw done this thing, yet I will not blame you. I cannut de ; nounce the idol I have so long worship ed. " "But tell me of them, Kushat. Do not wait to be questioned, but tell mi' all about it." "I will, but sit down. You are weary.'' And forthwith Kushat threw down her long black hair, and iu a low musical voice, like one improvising a dirge, alio told all with which the reader is already familiar, and then continual: "We hid in the r<>cks, but B'«itonand his men found us. They rau in like wild beasts. Tho Prophet fought like the dead chiefs of the Sioux and carried back your mother." "And my father?" ' 'I never saw him angered before, but he was in truth a warrior aud feurless. Yet wounded and in darkness, what oould ho do? Nothing to prevent them when they seized Nora and bore her away." "And Nora is in Bouton's hands?" "She is, or may be that she is dead." "And my father and mother?" "They are in the care of the Prophet. " "Do you not know %v4iere they are?" "I do not" "Did you remain with them till they were safe?" "No." "Why not? Did you not lore them?" "I did and do, but it was my love for you that made me steal away and hide in the rocks near by." "What did you do that for? What had your love for mo to do with such con duct?" ho Asked angrily. ' 'Do not blame me, Henry. I thought to seo you when daylight came." "To sec me among tho plunderer* of uty futlnjLi-'* lioxum hmH tho eiipt/rry of my darling sister!" "Have you not been with them? Have you not told me that Boutou wua your chief?" "Yes, O God, yes!" "Then that is why I expocted to see you," she said iu a plaintive ton a "I do not blame you, Kusliat. You were right ill thinkiug I would be with the man whom voluntarily I ohc*e an a "I will (trern/c thU deed find ulj* U of it tn blood!" leader,'' groaned Henry Kyk< on be sat down with hin fare burled in his hand*, and his body swayed to and fro in the intensity of his grief. "You arc* not angry with IUO, Heiiryf" "Angry, Kushat?" "Yew, my words do not ploane you." "Kushut, I should drop on my knees and worship your fidelity were I not too degraded to worship anything. " Ho gave her his hand, but still sat with his head bowed 011 his breast. Aft er a painful pause he leaped to his feet, and, dashing his cap to the ground, raised his faoe and his hands to the stars. "Oh," he cried, "I cannot invoke the God I have so long defied. Hut hear me, heaven, low, degraded, vile though I ain. Hear my oath and revive it as the first resolution for good uld save mc from Buffering?" "I would. Kushat." "Thi-u lo< Hi*.? go with yon. Let nw fbllow, if you will not permit me to stay by your side, und I will bo as faith ful aft til-- bound aud troo as the Ron." she said, rc:u!:'.jig out SCI luaatx — "I will do it, Kushat. Eat, mind yon, I mil not worthy of your devotion. I «tt» hud. thoroughly bixl." "An. ihcr ojulU uot say that to me. I know iu.< whithi r you be good or bad. as the white men use those words; I only know that 1 love you. *' "Then you remain with me," said Henry, taking her little rod hands and raising them as if lie were going to kiss them. But lie did not do so. "It will make me stronger to know that I am not wholly worthless and degraded. Your love will keep alive my self re spect. But even here I see my own self ishness. Come, Kushat, bring your horse hero." Kushat flew off, silent as a shadow, and came back in a few minutes mount ed on a spirited, graceful animal. Henry Kyle saddled his horse and with the Indian girl by his side rode out of the silent Talley. r. t [CONTIXCED.] j niiriteranr« Wheo Opposing Fret Coin age Twenty Vcan Ago. (Extract from o Speech Delivered July 13, 1878.) In opposing the free coinage of silver President Garfield used the following Im pressive words: "Mr. Speaker, I can hardly conceive a situation is which the house could be brought more directly face to faco with what seem* to present, on the one hand, public honor, and on the other, the deepest public disgrace. "It has happened in the fluctuation of these metals that there is now a notable opportunity to cheat seven millions of men by adopting the baser metal as the standard of payment, and thos accomplish a swindle on so great a scale as to make the achievement illustrious. By the pro pnc .1 measure one-fifth of the enormous aggregate of public aad private debts can be wliied out with a sponge. This nation owes t9, 100,000,000 and private citizens of tho United States probably owe (9,000,000,- 000, possibly more. At the present mo ment tho relation of debtor and creditor in the United States involves nearlytS,- 000,000,000. It is proposed by the amend ment of the gentleman from Indiana that, at one fell stroke, one-fifth of all this enormous sum shall be wiped off, re pudiated, and that the process shall be called holiest legislation. Since I have boon In publlo life I have never known any proposition that contained so many elements of vast rascality, of colossal swindling, as this. "Gentlemen may remember the finan cial shock of 1837, the later shock of 1867, and the still later shock In 1873. Conceive them all in one vast crash, and the finan cial ruin, tho overthrow of business would bo light in comparison with the' shock which would follow "Put la operation the provision now suggested, and all our gold coin will leave the country «s fast as It can be carried abroad. Do this uud a revolution In our monetary affairs, utterly unparaleled in the history cf our nation, would follow." THOU SHALT NOT STEAL A Pertinent yui-ry Itespectfully Addreued To Candidate Bryan. The oommandraent, "Thou shalt not steal," thundered from Blnal and reit erated in the legislation of all nations, is no respector of persons. [Mr. Bryan at Madison Square Garden]. . Does not that commandment furl>ld the enforcement by legislation of a policy which would require the owners of life In surance policies and mortgages, tho de positors in savings banks, and tho mem bers of building associations and similar organizations to receive lu satisfaction of their claims dollars having a purchasing power of only 63 cents in place of the dol lars having a puichnslng power of 100 cents which thoy Invested, loaned or laid by, and to which, u.'ulor present laws, they are < it;:!od? Does It n-it forbid the reduction, by nearly one-half, of the value of tho thousands of small mortgages held by widows and orphansP Does it permit Mr. Bryan and his party to out the pen sioner's monthly allowance in twof There are in this country 1,878*000 sav ings bank depositors, tho owners of mow than 11,000,000 life insurant* polloleg or contracts, 1)70,000 pensioners, and a great many persons of small means who have loaned their savings on mortgages. A groat majority of these pefsons havo now, or will have lie/ore November next, llrinly Axed opinions as to the application of this commandment to the Bryan sliver pro gram.—New York Times. 'axdrkw JACKSOJTH KIOHTH AN-* NHL MRMAGK. "A depreciation of the currency Is always attended by a loss to the la boring rluir). This portion of the community have neither time nor op portunity to watch the ebbs aad flows of the money market. Kogaged from day to day In their useful toils, they do not perceive that, although their wage* arc nominally the same, or even somewhat higher, they are greatly reduced, In fact, by the rapid increase of currency, which, as It appears to make money abound, they are at first Inclined to consider a blessing." The Pensioner's Dollar. You say you want a little about the old soldiers. Well, my friends, the criaU which is approaching now, tho question before the country now, appeals to the old soldier as much as It did In 1801. I am not afraid that any man who has risked his life in his nation's behalf is going to be influenced by the arguments that apt addressed to tho soldiers now by tho financiers, etc., etc.—Mr. Bryan, at Mil waukee, Sopt. 5. Not one word in answer to the question whether the purchasing power of the monthly pension payments to 070,000 pen sioners would Ihj reduced by the free ooln agc of I*l to 1 silver dollars. Not a word as to the effect upon pension payments hereafter, of the "extermination" of the 800 cent dollar" because it is worth too much and buys too much. We do not assume that veteran soldiers are thinking of nothing but pensions, but they should compel Mr. Bryan to say frankly what would lie the effect of free coinage upon tho pensioner's dollar. Make him answer the question one way or the other. A frank answer would be Interesting to many other persons In addi tion to those whose names are on the pen sion rolls. | Hryan's Had Taste. For a man of his reputed culture Mr. Bryan at times shows a wonderful lack of good sense and good taste. This feature crops out In every speech he makes. Hie declaration that tho Creator did not use any superior kind of mud when he made financiers Is a case in point. Such a state ment offends not only our sense of de cency, but of reverence. Even a nonroll glous man turns from such irreverence with disgust. But It seems to be Mr. Bryan's nature to say such things. It le alb A In accord with the idea that domi nates him to array the poor against the well to do Is such the kind of a man tho AmericaA people deslro to sot In the chair of Washington and Adams and Harrlsonf —Hollldaysburg llegister. —Ahram S Hewitt proposes to vote di rect for MoKinloy and honest money. Ha is not going to waste his vote ou a third ticket.