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.in E::2s,s.sTrm,
LEM BODES mad bta atrika e taa
fifth anoivarMry of the aettleaMat
et Boulder.
In thoie firtt five year of iu Ufa
Boulder bad managed to mtc the sum
of $3,000. Boulder naturally waoted to
be the county seat of the county of
Boulder, Aria., and she had starved and
stinted herself for those five years in
order to save up enough money to per
suade the county that she bad tbe best
seating capactty anywhere around. We
were pleased, therefore, to call this $3.
000 our seating fund., " ; i; i ' i
Jealous persons In our nearest neigh
bor, a little town known as "Bell-on-the-Border,"
about 20 miles away, called
this money our corruption fund.
Roder was chairman and treasurer
of tbe seating committee, and there
fore had charge of the fund.
The chairman and treasurer was
about as fine a man as ever came over
tbe nockies. If bo had been a hotel
keeper he would hove been called "that
most genial of Bonifaces." . As be was
only a bard-working citiren like tbe
rest of us, apparently wrapped up body
and soul In tbe success Of Boulder,
with an honest.healthy hand-shake and
a heart as large os the Great American
desert and as warm in his impulses, he
was simply, in the words of Tom
Cable, "a decent fellow."
We bad the most Implicit faith in
Ttoder. I do not know why. Certainly
be had never had a chance to prove that
he was over-scrupulous about honesty,
but men who live in the open, wayfarers
in a strange land, warriors of fortune,
friends of nature, grow to be like dogs
and little children, and their instinct
becomes so abnormally developed that
they can pick out a good man tbe mo
ment they see him. Eowever, I have
often seen a dog take a decided fancy
for a Bill Slkes; and I have often seen
a dog that wouldn't come within a mile
of a decent man; and then I've seen a
child who would be disgusted with a
clean, decent woman, and cry like all
possessed for tbe arms of Its wretched,
dirty, decrepit nurse. So that I do not
see, and have always refused to see,
why Boulder should be blamed for the
Implicit trust it reposed in Lem Roder.
From all of which, therefor. It is to be
Inferred that Lem wasn't any better
than the rest of us, and bad bis price.
The only mistake that Boulder made
was In placing Lem's price too high.
On the day that Lem ttcder left
Boulder the whole town turned out to
see him off, and rode with him some
UiV ASi Xttwi ifr Oaiy Wave. W . i.
"Talk bt fotablats Yptt am
had 'four children down WiUfUt
eatfeiioev'lUV Voir in.
I SETTS Cft,
B"T--n ( hna.rri.ra tills anmnar THtm.'
iaesli AienoSybaVe yo4r
7 WoitWt Smutty, but ha M
five miles Into the desert in the direc
tion of the nearest railroad station.
Lem was to take the train there for
I'hoenix. where he was to prove our
seating capacity with that $3,000 at so
toany dollars per proof. I have forgot
ten how many men he had to convince, .
but I remember that each proof was to
be wOrth several hundreds of dollars.
' Lem expected to be gone about two
weeks and to return with 1 Boulder's
prosperity In his inside pocket; for
wftftthe county seat we know we would
get'tQe railroad into our town. We
hod not a doubt of tbe success of tbe
venture, and so we gave Lem a rousing
send-off and made a hero of him and a
heroine of his wife, Mrs. Lem, a little
bit of a woman with eyes that shone
like mica in a dark canyon, and a
sweetness like a babbling spring In a
desert.
Mrs. Lem waa not atrong, and when
Lem kissed her fondly the big, strong,
handsome hero and tbe weak, sickly,
beautiful heroine there were tears in
our eyes, and we meant it when we told
him that we'd look out for her and the
boy.
The boy waa Buster, four years old,
a gallant little chap, who would fight
anything his else around, and cry when,
his mother took him in her arms and
bugged him o little and looked into hla
big brown eyes. Buster, you see, hadn't
learned what words he should use to
tell his mother how much he oared for
her, and so all he could do when the
love In bis heart hurt him too much
was to cry.
Mrs. Lem was something of a saint
to all of us. When she and the boy sat
down in the plaaa In the afternoon the
sun used to ahlne upon their golden
heads, and little balos used to dance
all around them. - Mrs, Lem had nursed
us whea the smallpox came to town via
a confounded greaser from Beno, and
when Buster waa taken down with it
Qod Almighty heard some new voices
and the recording angel had to look up
a glossary to translate the prayers.
So that there wasn't much that
wasn't done for her and that boy when
Lem waa gone.' Mrs. Lem was taken
down sick the next ?y, jnst from griev
ing, and then we had a chance to poyi
her back. Doc Sloane attended to ber
night and day. . There waan't any bill
tent In, either,
"Ill take IS out on the next Invalid,"
laid he.
' "If she diea I'll give her the best in
the house," said Tom Oable, the under
takerand he meant it, for, he was a
warm-hearted fellow. ' '
But the prospect, of such a horrible
(hlng was 4oo much for, us, and tbe
Free-for-AU did a great business until
we had washed down the awful fear in
our hearts.'' J t- .:Vi f
. Mrs.' Lem didn't die... 6he was well In
a week, and when she and Buster came
out for a walk tbe deaert reechoed our
cheers, and Mrs. Lem hugged Buster,
and Buster waa so happy that he cried
for five minutes, and was only quieted
when he- found big- dog bullying a
smaller, dog, whereupon, he trounced
the big dog unmercif ully.
We had hardly taken our first drink,
an hour latsW to Mrs. Lam, Buster and
Boulder, w'li -had'-swa. aai&a late
Mm. "Bad rata , m2 ir!V Ils fnai ,
all my fealty te Soaa returned, and X
knew how I had wronged him.
' "We are quite. Mr. Arden," I answered
lightly, yet proudly. "I do not know
what better assurance to give yoa than
to in farm you of my own engagement,
which is only waiting my lover's return
from sea to be ratified. Therefore, with
many thanks, I wiU decline your beau
tiful offering."
My words had hit the mark. Be bad
not expected a little country gtrl to
meet him upon equal ground, and a dark
red flush overspresd his handsome face.
Then hla own generous nature con
quered as he said:
"At least. Miss Rita, I may proffer this
aa a wedding gift."
As such I felt I could not refuse it, but
he went on:
"Only one thing I ask, that I myself
may place it on your arm."
Then, taking it up, he slipped It upon
ber wrist, where It fastened with a tiny
padlock, which he locked with a golden
key, placing the latter in his pocket
"You see you will wear my chains
while you live," be said, with hidden
earnestness, "and I shall have only this
In memory," holding up the key for one
moment, then pressing his lips upon it
snd again consigning It to its hiding
place.
I was still sitting where he had left
me. It was early in the evening, ana 1
had refused to go back to the bouse,
when some one whose footfall I had not
heard stood before me. Glancing up. the
moon's rays fell full on Ross' face. With
a glad cry of delight I sprang to my
feet, but, white and stern and still, he
waved me back.
"I have been home one hour," he said
quietly. "It seems to me a year. I waa
told you were here with your lover.
Where Is hs that may share the con
gratulations I have come to offer you?"
"Ross!" I said, "what do you meant
Ilave you no welcome for me?"
"Welcome!" he exclaimed, "and where
is mine? The star to which my yesrn
Ing eyes have all these months been
turned."
"Ross, you have heard falsely, bo not
be so cold, so stern to little Rita, Ilave
you not a kiss for me?"
My tearful tone bad melted him. A
great wave of tenderness swept over his
face. Almost had bis arm unfolded to
receive me and let me sob out my con
fession on bis heart, when his glance
fell on the bracelet clasping my arm.
Again the tiger in him leaped to bay.
"And what is this?" he said, fiercely.
"This token of your falsehood that you
dare flaunt in my sight. It is like a
woman. They would murder with a
smile. Do you know that I too could
murder? Yes, your very youth, your
very beauty, I could crush as the. flower
beneath my heel. Take off that bauble
and fling it into the seal"
"I cannot, Boss," I said. "It Is locked,
ne has the key."
"Curse him I "he muttered. "Then It is
to him I must look. He haa locked it,
but by tbe heavens above I will unlock
It, if to get the key I have to strangle
him." And. leaving me stunned, hope
less, wretched where I stood, he strode
away.
As I lay wakeful, pale and repentant,
next morning, my mother entered my
room with an awful pallor on ber face.
I think before she opened her lips I
knew all, knew that Ross my lover, my
promised husband was a murderer,
and that my soul must stand with his
at tbe bar of God to answer for the
deed. The two men had met the night
before one roused to frenzy, the other
refusing to answer to threats when rea
son might have prevailed. There waa a
blow, an answering blow, a scuffle aa
to the possession of a tiny golden key.
Ross had gained it, when, throwing bis
opponent from him he had struggled
one moment on the edge of the cliff,
then fallen heavily into tbe sea be
neath. . From his prison cell Ross sent
me the key. With a dull, heavy misery
I unlocked the golden thing whleh bad
wroaght such evil, and sat down to
live through the dark days of my lover's
trial. It was very short, and each hour
was bringing It to Its close. There could
be little doubt of the verdict Be had
murdered one man. I had murdered
twol
On the last day of his trial I roused
from my apathy to write him the whole
unswerving truth.
"I took It as my wedding gift Ross,"
I said In closing. "You may believe me
now,' since all my life is wrecked, nor
have I saved from it even your love."
The jury were out deliberating. Ross'
life was in their hands.' This was the
one ever-present torturing thought
when a great shout broke the oppres
sive stillness. What could it mean? I
knew not, and dared not hope, until
until the messenger of the glad tidings
came to us. The trial had come to an
unforeseen termination. The grave
bad given up ita dead. Rush Arden's
fall bad not killed him, but picked up
by a passing boat he had returned to
wreak the noble revenge of striking off
his enemy's fetters. .All this I heard
as in a dream, then the waves of uncon
sciousness engulfed ms and I knew no
more.- For long weeks I lived over In
delirium tbe tragic scenes which had so
lately encompassed me, but when life
and reason were restored the flush, not
only of health, but ; happiness, came
back to my oheek with the low whis
pered words with which Ross told me
ef his forgiveness. N. Y; Ledger.
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