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;u<?t have good shoes.
HIKE lIILLII BIT iHt.M/
Jost at this time we all want to:
make a dollar go as far as possible
&Ld a', the same time get shoes that
will do good service and keep tbe I
children's ftet warm and dry.
We Are In lid Shape
To serve yoa at this time; all our 1
fall shoes has been selected with
great care and we leel safe in saying
that yon fan t>n; 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<<ri St.
Seanor &Nace's
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
j Hear of Wick House, Butler, Pa
The be.it of horses and rirst class
! rigs always on baud and for hire.
Best accommodations in town for
i permanent boarding 1 and transient
i trade. Special care guaranteed.
Stable room for sixty-five horse*.
A good class of horses, both driv
ers and draft horses always oa hand
and for sale under a full guarantee;
and horses bought upon proper nc'-i
--ficatlon by SKANOR & NAC.E.
All kinds of live stock bought and
• sold.
Telephone at Wick House.
ItTTTLEJR, PA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24,
Constipation
Causes fully half the sickness in the world. It
retains the digested food too long in the bowels
and produces biliousness, torpid Fiver, lndl-
Hood's
gestion, l>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 <O2
i X-relitum... 7 4.! 603 12 2<; 352 COT
h priiijfelalc T52 912 12 3*
I Ciaremorii SO7 <* 25 1253 in: r,
j Hharpst'ar« sii 931 )01 422 032
| Allegheny City 825 942 114 433 G42
A. li. A. M. P. M. r. M. P. M.
S»;3I>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 - <l>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[<C. Trains are run by Standard Cen
tral Time (90th Meridian).
COING NORTH. GOING SOUTH
11) 14 { 12 : STATIONS 3 11 13
p.in pru J p.m. Arr Lv 'ea.ni. 'a.m. n m.
... 3 24; 1 IMJ Dunkirk ! 6 fifi 1 4
a.m.
7 00 1 42 9 4X Krle 6 10' 8 35 3 3
i; 25 l :i is . Wallace Junct. a 47; » is t l
6 in 1 04 ail (ilraril 650 flB 4 1
6 09 12 54 X 59 .... I>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 <lt>. .. 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
... B<s . mill ir<l. .lv •25 11 I*l ...
I . #J•' ' ■! v • IMI I H . 4 10112 SAI 7 4*l
1 . 42! 5 211 . Kuolid .. 8 :'2 I 121 HO3
< ' • I ■(". . H >H' 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
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[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 <f thunder f Mowed simul
taneously. Then he mounted and gal
loped for tho mountains.
Henry Kyle's shot unfortunately did
not take effect on the would be assassin.
Patch was untouched, hut thoroughly
off, Patch sat oil the ground and felt all
his limbs to make sure he luwl not Ix -r-n
hmt. When he became satisfied on this
point, his spirits and his courage rose
wonderfully. He was saved a job that
from x lie l!rst he did not like, not because
lie would !:< iiate to do murder, but be
cause, i ke all men of his class, he V.--3
at I* . .t <• AV: r.i. He w< nr directly to
the r •./ v.-!-. -< the sisters were sitting,
and v. ! :i •>. : :.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 <f my life. By
the God of my fathers I will avenge
this deed and wipe it out in blood!"
He stopped and a fkxxl of toars fol
lowed his vow.
"And you will leave the valley now?"
"No. I must let my horso feed and
rest. For me there is no more rest"
"Do not talk so. Your mother's heart
will gladden to see you, and your father
1B every ready to forgive."
"Let me right the wrongs I have done
before I u*k for forgiveness."
Henry Kyle unsaddled his horse and
led him down where the grit** was green
and long and staked him. Then he
rarne back and sat talking with Kushat
till near midnight. He threw himself
on the ground, and even as he spoke he
dropped farther and farther back till his
lead lay 011 the grass and his voice be
came a murmur.
"Call me before daylight," were tbo
Last words he attored before sinking to
sleep.
The Indian girl did not sleep. When
the colder blasts came down from the
snow peaks, she took the blanket from
around her own shoulders and laid it
over his head.
"Kushat," said Henry Kyle, wide
awake the moment her hand touched
him, "Kushat, I have misjudged yon."
"Why so?" she asked.
"I felt today that excepting mynjoth
rr I had not a friend In the world "
"You had forgotten me. I could not
forget you unless my heart wero dead."
"No, I hud not forgotten you, bnt I
have given you no reason to love mo.
Now I must ride again.''
No. 38
"You \v, >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.