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COPYRIGHT “ZX_~ ~ HARPER Ameron measu the water in his canteen by its weight. Evaporation hy heat consuamed as much as he drank. During one of the rests, when he had wetted his parched mouth and throat, he found opportunity to pour a little water from his canteen into Warren's. At firs restless acti ameron had curbed his v to accommodate the pace of his elder comrade. But now he felt that he was Josing something of his instinetive and passionate zeal to get out of the desert. The thought of water came to occupy his mind. He began to inagine that his last little store of water did not appreciably di- minish. He knew he was not quite right in Lis mind regarding water; nevertheless, he felt this to be more of fact than fancy, and he began to ponder. When next they rested he pretended to be in a kind of stupor; but he cov- ertly watched Warren. The man ap- peared far gone, vet he had cunning. Ile cautiously took up Cameron’s can- teen and poured water into it from his own. This troubled Cameron. He reflect- ed, and concluded that he had been unwise not to expect this very thing. Then, as his comrade dropped into weary rest, he lifted both cauteens. Ir there were any water in Warren's, it was only very little. Both men had been enduring the terrible desert thirst, concealing it, each giving his water to the other, and the sacrifice had been useless. Instead of ministering to the parched throa of one or both, the water had porated. When Cam- eron made sure of this, he took one more drink, the last, and poured the little water left into Warren’ teen, IHe threw his own aw: Soon afterward Warren dis I “Where's your canteen?’ he asked. “The heat was getting my water, so I drank what w left.” “My son!” said Warren. = The day opened for them in a red and green hell of rock and cactus. Like a flame the sun scorched and peeled - their faces. Warren. went Dlind from the glare, and Cameron had to lead him. At last Warren plunged down, exhausteq, in the shade tl of a ledge. Cameron rested, and waited, hope- less, with not, weary eyes gazing down from their height where he sat. Movement on the part of Warren at- tracted his attention. Evidently the old prospector had recovered his sight and some of his strength. For he had | arisen, and now hegan to walk along the arroyo bhed with his forked peach branch held before him. He had clung to that precious bit of wood. Warren, however, stepped in n deep pit, and, cutting his canteen in half, began to use one side of it as a scoop. He scooped out a wide hollow, so wide that Cameron was certain he liad gone crazy. Cameron gently urged him to stop, and then forcibly tried to make him. But these efforts were futlle. Warren worked with slow, ceaseless, nuethodical movement. He tolled for what seemed hours. Cameron, seelng the darkening, dampening sand, real- ¥zed a wonderful possibility of water, and he plunged into the pit with the other half of the canteen. Then both men toiled, round and round the wide hole, down deeper and deeper. The sand grew moist, then wet. At the hottom of the deep pit the sand coars- ened, gave place to gravel. Finally water welled in, a stronger volume than Cameron ever remembered find- ing on the desert. The finding of water revived Cam- eron’s flagzing hopes. But they were short-live Warren had spent him- self utterly. “I'm done. Don't linger,” he whis- pered. “My son, go—go!" Then he fell. Cameron dragged him out of the sand pit to a' sheltered place under the ledge. While sitting Leside the failing man Cameron dis- ered painted.images on the wall. Often in the desert he had found these evidences of & prehistoric people. Then, from long habit, he picked up & piece of rock and examined it. Iis weight made him closely scrutinize ft. The color was a peculiar black. He seraped through the black rust, to find a piece of gold. Around him lay scattered heaps of black pebbles and bits of black, weathered rock and pleces of Dbroken ledge, and they showed gold. “Waren! Look! See it! Feel it! Gola!” ’ But Warren was too blind to see. “Go—go!"” he whispered. iCameron gazed down the gray reaches of that forlorn valley, and something within him that was nei- ther intelligence nor emotion—some- thing inscrutably st m"r—xmpojled hiny_to promise, .- Yy RNg ZANE GREY | 2 fuitios of Riders of the Purple Sage. AND BROTHERS. “Warren! Look! See it! ‘Feel it! Gold!” ~Then ( En built up stone wenu- ' ments to : ®is gold strike. That done, he tarried beslde the uncon- sclous Warren. Moments passed— grew into hours. Cameron still had strength left to make an effort to get out of the desert. But that same in- scrutable something which had or- dered his strange, involuntary promise to Warren lield him beside his fallen comrade. As the long hours wore on he felt creep over him the comfort- ing sense that he need not foreve: fight slecp. Absolute silence claimed the desert. It was mute. Then that inscrutable something breathed 19 him, telling him when he was alone. Ile need not hive looked at the dark. still e beside him. Another face haunted Cawmeron’s—a woman’s face. It was there in the white moonlit shadows; it drifted 'in the darkness beyond; it softened, changed to that of a young girl, sweet, with the same dark, baunting eyes of her mother. Cameron prayed to that nameless thing within him, the spirit of something deep ~ana mystical as life. He prayed for mercy to a wom- an—for happiness to her child. Both mother and daughter were close to him then. Time and distince were annihilated. He had faith—he saw into the future. The fateful threuds of the past, so inextricably woven with his error, wound out their tragic length here in this forlorn desert. Cameron then took a little tin box from his pocket, and, opening it, re- moved a folded certificate. He had | kept a pen,and now he wrote some- thing upon the paper, and in lieu of ink he wrote with blood. The moon afforded him enough light to‘see; and having replaced the paper, he laid the little box upon a shelf -of rock. It would remain there unaffected by dust, moisture, heat, time. How long had those painted images been there clear and sharp on the dry stone walls? Years would pass. Cameron seemed to fee them, too; and likewise destiny leading a child down into this forlorn waste, where she would find love and fortune, and the grave of her father. , Cameron covered the dark, still face of his comrade from the light of the waning moon. That action was the severing of his hold -on realities. They fell away from him In final separation. Vaguely dreamily he seemed to behold his soul. Night merged into gray day; and night came again, weird and dark Then up out of the vast void of the desert, from the silence and illin: itableness, trooped his phantoms of peace. Majestically they formed around him, marshaling and muster ing in ceremonious state, and moved to lay upen hfm ‘their ;mssnonless serenity. CHAPTER Old Friends. Richard Gale reflected ;that s Journ“in the West had béen what disgusted - father - had - predicted— fdling here and dreaming there, wltlx no objective point ot purpose. It was reflection ‘such as this, only more serious and perhaps somewhat desperate, that had brought Gale down to the border. For some time the newspapers had been printing news of the Meoxican revolution, guerrilla warfare, United States cavalry pa trolling the international line, Amel can cowhoys fighting with the rebels. and wild stories of bold raiders and handits. Regarding these rumors Gale was skeptical. But as opportunity, and adventure, too, had apparently given him a wide berth in Montana Wyoming, Colorado, he had struck southwest _for _the _ Arizona _ bhorder I3 'THE» BEMIDJ} DAILY PIONEER .MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1922 where life. Tt was after dark one cvening in v October when Richard arrived ie hoped to see some stirring in Casita. There was a jostling, jab- bering, sombreroed crowd of Mexicans around the railroad station. He felt as if he were in a foreign country. After a while he saw several men of his nationality, one of whom he en- | aged to carry his lnggage to a hotel. 1 Of the many people encountered by | Gale most were M . His guide expiained . that the smaller half of Casita Jay.in; Arizona, the other half in Mexico, and, of several ‘thousand Inhabitarts the majority belonged on the southern side of the street, which was,. the boundary line. He also said that rebels had entered the town that a causing a good deal of ex- citeme ! , Gale was almost at the end of his which fact occa- { financial resources, | sioned him to turn tentious hotel and a cheaper lodging house. was o ! the otlice, and al When this It of the loungers in a desire for com- |7mL persuaded Gale to change his | traveling clothes for rough outing | earb_and boots, (Conhnnea in Nsxt 1ssue) | It's toasted. This one extraprocess gives a delightful quality that can not be duplicated Meet Me At HE — West Hotel MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Everybody seems to be there Good Service—Low Rates Splendid Cafe In Connection PAID ADVERTISEMENT (Inserted by and for Ethelyn Hall in her own behalf. Amount to be paid for series $20.00) ETHELYN W. HALL Candidate for Superintendent of Schools Beltrami County General Election Nov. 7, 1922 Twenty-one years of teaching and ising—twelve years a teacher Beltrami county. QUALIFICATIONS Graduate of a High School. Graduate of a Teachers College Completed courses at the Uni- versity of Minnesota. :EXPERIENCE - Taught in rural school in ane. ...sota. Taught in Training School for ' rural teachers in Minnesota. Taught all grades in Minnesota. Supetvised zll'grades in Illinois -~ Bupervised Junior High school in Bemidji. i Now supervising all Bemidji. AIMS To sccure the teachers. To bring to the districts the maximum state aid, and thus les sen the burder. of taxation. To promote health conditions in the schools. To promote th- study of Amer- cianism and Good Citizenship. To closely and intelligently su- perv the working details of the cntire county system. grades in best qualified POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT PAID ADVERTISEMENT | (Inserted for and by A. D. |(Inserted by and on behalf of Gra- Johnson = in his own behalf.| ham M. Torrance, of Bemidji, Min- Amount paid for scries $20.00). :;e‘:)ota.) Amount paid for scries .00). GRAHAM M. TORRANCE Candidate for County Attorney for Beltrami county, Minn. To the voters of Beltrami county: I wish to thank you for the con- fidence ynu have placed in me in the past ‘in selecting me as your County Attorney, and if re-elected I again promise you the best measure of service of which I am capable. GRAHAM M. TORRANCE PAID ADVERTISEMENT (Inserted by and for J. L. George in his own behalf. Amount to be paid for series $20.) 3 A. D. Johinson Present County Auditor secks your support for election to a second term as zuditor of Beltrami' county, November 7th. He hag 'endeavored to serve all without fear or favor and granting special privileges to none. This of- fice for the past four years ranks among the foremost in the state as having been efficiently and econ- omically conducted. He pledges you the same high standards in the future if re-clected another term The same cordial wel- come will be accorded all and the hospitality enjoyed by so many in the past will continue to be extend- ed in the future If you favor this kind of policy by | one of your public cfficials exercise your right of franchise on November "Ith. He will appreeiate your support and vote. = ———— — PAID ADVERTISEMENT (Inserted by and for J. G. Morrison in his own behalf. Amount paid for series $20.00) For County Auditor Vote For J.L.George “Mr. George is painstaking,- - ae- commodating and capable. - -~He brought order out of chaos in the Auditor’s office and while in charge always maintained a hlgh order of efficiency.” Vote for him Nov.. 7 at General Election YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE . APPRECIATED PAID ADVERTISEMEN'I;‘ (Inserted by and for John C. Parker in his own bekalf. Amount to be paid for series, $20.00) g0 J. G MORRISON. R POLITICAL ANNOUNCEM&NT (Inserted for and by Edward Paul- son in his own behalf. Amount paid for series $15). EDWARD PAULSON FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER 1st DISTRICT Respectfully solicits the support of the voters at the general election, November 7th. His record as a fair and, edficient .commissioner during the past term.speaks for itself. He has served the county well and his frierds as well as voters general- ly speak highly of the service he has rendered.——- Your.vote‘and support will be ap- preciated. +EDWARD PAULSON| 'POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT (Inserted for and by Andrew Johnson in his own behalf. | Amount to be paid for series $20.00.) ANDREW JOHNSON Re-elect him sheritf of Beltrami County at the 7th. He has been a conscientious of- ficial and asks the support of the voters on his past record as their sheriff. Your vote will be greatly apprecia- ! Andrew Johnson, Present Sheriff of Bel-| trami County. PAID ADVERTISEMENT (Inserted by - and for - 8. M. Kéefod Bemidji, Minn., in his own behalf. 2mount to be paid for series $20) SUCCESSFUL NOMINEE F OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER From 3rd District I am a-candidate for the above| office and stand for good roads, good schools and farm development. An: aim to reduce taxes throughout the county will bé given my earnest| consideration at all times. If eleeted I will meet with the township board in the district at least once a year to discuss with the people the problems that become my duty to solve as their representative. Your support and vote will be ap- preciated election day Nov. 7, 1922. J. G. MORRISON, JR. | —— ———— | POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT (Inserted by W. T. Noonan in his own behalf. Amount paid for series $20.00). JOHN € PARKER First Commissioner District . Thinking it is ahout time our city had a representative on the county board, I hereby announce myself a .andidate for county commissioner for the first district of Beltrami county. My motto if elected will be to safeguard the financial intercsts of our county by judicious economy in lisbursements of expenses. | The duties and retponsxbxlmis in- cident to the office shall nbt be ightly considered. I shall strive dil igently to see that the business of || the county is conducted on safée and sane_ principles, and with miétukes corrected as soon as discovered. The tax business will be the first in my mind and anything I can do to relieve the present burdensome tax will surely be done I will appreciate your support and if elected I will consider myself a servant of a!l the voters of Beltrami county, ready and willing at all times Elect NOONAN TO THE LEGISLATURE He has lived in Beltrami County 14 to co-operate with one and all for years. He knows the measures that!the betterment of our county | and are needed for its development and | city. will work to lel.!bem‘ * Sincerely yours General Election Nov. 7, 1922: ."C.. PARKER S. M. KOEFOD JUDGE OF PROBATE BELTRAMI COUNTY Candidate for Re-election November 7, 1922 election November, PAID ADVERTISEMENT (Inserted by and for C. O. Moon in his own behalf. Amount to be paid for series $20). C. O.FMOON or REGISTER OF DEEDS TO THE VOTERS OF BELTRAMI COUNTY: Having been nominated by a ma- jority of all votes cast for the office Register of Deeds at-the primary election, 1. am dgainibefore you as a candidate. It is true, as stated by my opponent, that I have thrice been elected’ as Register of Deéeds, one 2 year term and . two 4 year:tetms. Dur ing the whole of that.period:the pub- lic hds had access to the records of the office at any and all ‘reasonable ~ times. I have heard né complaint. i On the contrary, I have been inform- ed by many persons who are familiar with the subject that, for the first !time in the history-of the country, | the land indexes may now be relied upon. If accuracy and attention to business are factors to be considered in the choosing of county officers, I respectfully solicit your support at the coming election. . 0. MOON POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT (Inserted for and by C. A.-Huff- man in his own behalf amount to be oaid for series $20.00). C. A. HUFFMAN Successful Nominee for REGISTER OF DEEDS My candidacy for this office is based upon the theory that it is poor | policy for any man to be given a life hold on a public office. The present incumbent has been in the court house for twenty years and for three terms has held thé office of' Register of Deeds. In the scnse of fairness and jus- tice the people are entitled to make a change at the?election Nov. 7th. The present incumbent - has been highly honored by the voters in the past and should gracefully step down. I have been a resident of Beltrami county for fifteen years, have built a home, raised my family and con- ducted my self in a manner that the people will have no apologies to make should they see fit to entrust me with the duties of this office. I stand squarely upon my record as a citizen and my training for this par- ticular work. I will appreciate your support and assure you that so far as the conduct of the office.is concerned you will never have cause to regret such sup- pert as you may see fit to extend. Very sincerely, C. A. HUFFMAN POLITICAL- ANNOUNCEMENT—Inserted for and by O M. Skinvik in his own behalf. Amount to be paid for series $9.60 0. M. SKINVIK Candidate for the office of JUDGE OF PROBATE - Beltrami County ELECTION NOV. 7, 1922 8 W LAKIN, President C L ISTED. Secrotary-Treuuure: ~ BEMIDJI LUMBER & FUEL CO. 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