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DOOOOOOOOO00 Told by COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD AND UNoaRwoeD my. 1905: (Copyright, 1803, by G. P, Putnam's Sons.) (Published under arrangements with . P. Putnam's Sona, New York and ndon.) NO. 14, _A “Wagon Trip’ Hunt. jown, no unusual UR wagon broke O ineldent In nd, where there is often no road, while the hauling through steep strain {© great in quicksands and up or across broken hills; It rarely makes much dif- ference beyond the temporary delay, for plainsmén and mountain men are very handy and self-helpful. These kt after deer or antelope with the wagon usually take our or five days. I always ride some tried hunting horse, and the wagon Mtself when on such a hunt Is apt to Jead a checkeret career, as half the t the vestige of a tral time there is to follow. Moreover we often make a hunt when the gooq horses are on the round-up, or otherwise employed, and we e to get together a scrub team of cripples or else of 0 is dev! used from The best : ster for that we ever hed eaten old on the ranch was a weatl fellow know as “Old Man Tompkins,’ Old Man Tompkins,” In the course of a lumberman, plains teamst hunter and Indian fighter he had passed @everal years as a Rocky Mountain tage driver: and a stage ver of the ‘klés is of necessity a man of su h kil and nerve that he fears no team @nd no cxuntry. No matter how wild the ses, Old Tompkin and he hated to drive long career buffalo unb never as ely less than four-in-hand. When he a grip on the reins, he let no horses’ heads. ong hold the One of these wagon trips I remember Decause I mi falr running shot which I much desired to hit, and afte ward er ich more difficult shot a@boutywhich I cared very little. guso® and I, wit lvane and one or twb others, had gone a day's Journey down the for a hunt. We went along t crossing the stream avery in r with an occasional atrugsle throu up the st fato h couple the re: ssed a d TIVer n banks, An old but. e the wagon, with @ t y-legged ponies; d along In front on Jos hordesnck, picking out a trall through the® bottoms and choosing the best a, OO crossing | Next day I took a long tramp and lind after mountain sheep and missed @ rimming shot ata fine ram, atout a hundred yards off; or rather I hit him and followed his bloody trail a couple of miles, but failed to find him; whereat d to camp much cast down, farly the following morning Sytvane and | started for another hunt, this time on horseback. Sight of Game. ‘As evening grew on we rode river- wards; we slid down the steep bluff walls, and loped across a great bottom of sage brush and tall grass, our horses now end then leaping like cats over the trunks of dead cottonwoods, As we came to the drink of the cut bank svhich forms the hither boundary of the Roosevelt’s Own Sito ting Big Game Ra et | pool, on the farther s vid or quicksand, or| The Evening Worid et The Million Dollar Kid JAMES , Y CAN'T STAND Himselt er in freshet time we suddenly. » deer, a doe and a well fawn—of course long out of the spotted coat ‘They were walking with heads down along the edge of a sand-bar, near a e of the stream bed, over two hundred yards distant. They saw us at once, and turning, gal- loped away, with flags aloft, the ple- tures of springing, vigorous beauty: T jumped off my horse in an Ins! knelt, and covered the fawn, It going straight away from me, mui very evenly, and I drew a coarse | at the tip of the white fag, pulled trigger down went the deer all liaving gone into the back of its head. The distances was a good th hundred yards; and while of there was much more chance than skill [in the shot, 1 felt well pleased with it— thougy I could not help a regret that while making auch a difficult shot at @ | mere whitetail I should have missed a | muck easter shot at & nodle bignorn | A Feast. | wad ing As 1] the ec had a} for Not only I, but all the camp cal interest in my succ we had no fresh meat, anda fat wh 88 tall fawn, Killed in October, ytelds best of venison, So after dressing deer I slung the carcass behind my sad- die, and we rode swiftly ba camp | ough the dark, and that evening we sted on the juicy roasted ribs. the cattle country the ranct (pate are often shut during the months of | nthe round-ups ec: | done another without intermissivn, | must be branded, the s ed and ed, long trips to eollect strayed animals, and | the traf! stock driven from the breed ing to the fattening grounds, At that) time all the men-iolk may have to be ) weather the calves :ng among the horned herds, whether plodding along the trail or wandering to and fro on the range | \ Late one summer, when my own | house had been thus closed for many jmonths, I rode thither with a friend | Ito pass a week. ‘he placa already | wore the look of having slipped away | from the domain of man, * * ¢ | Lines of delicate, heart-shaped foot- | prints in the muddy reaches of the halt) jor river bed showed where the deer came to water, and in the dusty cattle | trails among the ravines many round \tracks betray g and re-| ce or twice savage and in s burrowe tail ra da, Within doors the bushy tailed) pack rate had possession, at night they leld @ perfect witches’ saboath in the garret and kit. while a white-footed mouse, aving half the stuffing out of a made thereof a big fluffy ne: filling the oven. & * * One morning, instead of tr ito hunt I stayed at home, and sat rocking chair on the veranda r | Suddenly my attention was arres by a sight splashing in the water; | glancing up ftom my book I saw three deer, which had come out of the thick fringe of bushes and young trees across the river, and were atroiling aiong tne| gandbars directly opposite m Slip- ping stealthily into the house I picked up my rifle, ani slipped back agai ALong Shot. broadside of me; it was a lon, yards, but L had rest agains! yr of the veranda. I held true, the smoke cleared away the struggling on the sands. AB the whitetail .8 Lie most common and Widely distributed of Ameriewi | game, so the Columbian, blacktall has the most sharply limited geographical range: for it is confined to the nortl west coast, Where it is by far the mos: abundant deer, ¢ * * The only one I ever killed was a fine {young buck, We had camped near a | ittle pond, and as evening fell I | atrolied off towerd it and sat down, Just after sunset the buck came out of | the woods. For same moments he hesi- jtated and then walked forward and | stood hy the edge of the water about sixty yards from me. We were out of meat, so I held right behind Dis shoul- der, and though he went off, his bounds | Were short and weak and he fell before ‘the revrhed the wood. less, May Manton’s Daily Fashions. |, Sleevele: How Call or send by mail to te TON FASHION BUREAU, Ovtain } York. Send 10 cents tn col ‘These Patterns, } ways opecity sie wanted. 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D ail THIS WEAT MY, TRU T MusT BE GREAT To (ee Ricy! CAR, Toe WANT WHERE rece, A Story of New York Theatrical Life, “nis Novelization of “The Chorus Lady” Was Made By John W. Harding. w ) DING CHAPTERS. 1908, by G Olllingham Com pany: SYNOPSIS OF PREC Copyright Dan Mallory, a Virrinia horse trainet, le I'll have a hand in managin’ my als ted with 4 promised my mother to take care of| n, Patricia's | her, an’ you bet your life I'm goin’ to.''! engaged to Patricia O'Brien, trl, whose father #00 usiness, Mallory takes aa partner Yorker named Crawford, Crawtor: ora. O' Brie itish girl. wh. ter, 8 ONS to RO On the stax rawford kissing Nora. "BYE, Looie! 1M GOING UP NORTH WHERE IT's coon! HURRY AND FIX THAT D00000000000gD 000000000 rica catches To save the firl | terests,”* PACK Nk! WE SUTTINLY 1$ GOIN’ To GeT CooL! ' BR-R-R! REA ! DY IN AN HOUR To GET BACK ‘FL DON'T FREEZE ITS WARM! YES, B05! y Magazine, Wednesday, | -'- By R. W. Taylor HERE'S A MILLION GWE ME THE FASTEST CAR YOU HAVE IM GOING To THE 7, ARCTIC CIRCLE. / Ce snow, HEY? THIS? IS Whe BE a Vuk Give You ONE | OF THOSE ‘AROUND | THE WORLD" CARs! Two mies 4 MINUTE | _ aN DEM OLE ICICLES | DONE ' BODDER | DE CAHBRETTAH . 4 \ ice Ly) a — oe aN red “Yi ae i" \MAVCH | ATxtLoR ness. This note with the phony signa- ture brings pop an the family into the murs." | “The matter Is entirely between your! sister and me. We are competent to nage our own affairs, and we will.” You can manage yours, all right, but ter’s or know the reason why, I've! »| “And Jam going to protect my In- WOODO00 0000000 00Q0 00000000 000000000 The door opened simultaneously with DODO 000000000000; The Chorus Lady GOLDYHATSHOGOHOIONSOHOHWM, Based on the Play By James Forbes, ‘help them to become reconciled to @ knook upon it, and Rogers came in,/the changed conditions. much flustered, “Mrs. O'Brien's In the hall, sir,” he Another person by whom Nora's @b- sence waa keenly felt was the Duke, and her departure had further conee- announced, ‘Mom! exclaimed Patsy in great quences for him in trowoles of various alarm kinds and another flerce encounter with She and Crawford looked at each the Shrimp. The Duke's liveliness had | other ‘T can't receive her," sald Crawford, “She says she won't seeing you, sir.” “It won't do for her to find me here,” leave without yeen succeeded ‘by a gloominem that |, Was positively melodramatic and al- ternated with periods of sickly sentis mentality, His moroseness waa 90 | marked, especially as it was accom> panled by dinnnished appetite, that Mrs. ) his lures takes her to New)... | Sry, 0 ps G 7 a CHES nee e seni te ont it | “Well, let me tell you you're not goin’ | Munpered Petey. She wouldn't uni cies noticed il, and her mother! meets Crawford secretly in New York apout it ht. ¥ if derstand, and’ I couldn't explain ; po BN 4 7 with him occasionally and paying ut_it right. Your Interest in Dan, without givin’ Nora away. What'll 1) <olleltude was aroused, She rather Itked oT ae Ce al torgeac teat | cco, eecoles) @ pretty ‘good thing; |/ao%) where!ll| 1160?! Wel facher's name to ‘a $30) note (anion tart eat eal liecpewtery: aay fal ies lone canae lo doll nt ein ante cholld,”” she Craw n rf o pay nigney hat has that to do with te" | sate vq said one morning after watching him Ps at oth A himself. The complication was beyond mM Be eee a's apattmenia: toe bax him | Patey locked at film grimly. ree 20nd attentively. "YIr livers all upret, eee noes Mea Mion Gntatten ate Rees | oie tee fe eee 00) do. witht shell rvou people are) getting. on) my ol uate ¢> phyelo) ye.)/Shom me) yir Dan tells Crawford, thet fr. and. Mre said, ‘You get gay with that phony} nerves,” he growled, "Here, step bee | (onsuer” OMirten, worrying about’ thelr, daughters oy ; 2 Phon ! : ; , step oe ne ee eee tort eet iy (note an’ I'll ahow you up, Dan wouldn't! hind the curtains.” In Love. | i . but not, before the latter hag had do A thing to you."’ | i 4 of Nora's-arm through the door, | Crawford laughed | But Patsy had darted for the bed- | : r Patricia's voice tn the hall. Nor rawtord! Jaughed/at her, room door, which she had been told| The Duke shook his nead. *t You myke a mistyke, mum," he re- ‘Do you think you ean frighten dee in r eu t Nora has come for the n: th isd han followed her to Crawfont's amrtmenr With your threay he sneered. “I'm | Crawford’ dentes. that, Nora ie there, He | not afraid of Mallory or of any other | alm refuses to eive Patricia the note, and seeks to change the subfect. CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.) Patsy to the Rescne, “Sure, we'll discuss It and settle ft now.” she said, rising and facing Aim. “It'll save me a trip to your office to- morrow." “This cohcerns your sister and mo alone,” he told her, The Clash of Wills. “You mean it's none of my business?” “Precisely.” “Then I'm goin’ to make tt my bust- The Flat-House Agent TG07 SOME NEW \ RECORDS TO RR OAY, PERR > @ man. Besides, he wouldn't be euch aj was that of a closet “No, no; not there!” erled Crawford, rushing forward to stop her. It was too late. She had gone tn. joven to jeopardize the future of his | Cursing deeply unden this breath jes | Crawford turned to mest the o [Nol No! Not There} | woman. “He wouldn't, eh?” replied Patay. | TE i quickly. “A lot you know about i, CHAPTER XV. Why, he'd dump you an’ that stable so quick on my eay so It ‘u'd make your head sw Dan's all to the good, he is, It's the fight steer I'm givin’ you, Crawfont, an’ if you've got a lick of sense you'll pass over that note an’ let me go home. I'm tired.’ She took up her hat and put it on “If you've stayed here all this time it len't Decause I've detained you,” he Back Home. OWN at Maple Grove the winter D had ibeen a long one to every- bedy. After Nora had left the life seamed to have gone out of the homestead, O'Brien and his wife miseed the girl badly, As to Dan, he understood the state of mind of both of them and tn Said sarcastically. ‘As for the note’——| Ma wmobtrusive, uneciish way sought HAS HIS OWN HENRY (Th GET _ NNT | GOING To TOMIGAT, TROUBLES e e e . AND THE TENANTS’, TOO. e <= THERE (oe § THAT ONG IT Any SLEEPY C2 _—~_ 2 IE ( y Lspy cur iy Our ISL AY YOURE osm Bae rhe lo p BONS mist we Puruentin THEI’ Meow aD cytyr melt IF Ty? “Tain Wye YOU —Don'7 VU NUISANCE UPSTAIRS. Tey eLfy THAT Twert LEY THENMOVE THAT. me roa UE ProwoceAPn x ANAC Th HC CONT MVOTSLY (8 USE SS I ~~ plied. “It aln't because I don't feel [ike blowin’ aout me kite thet T wants | physle." | "Thin, phwat's the matter?” she de. | manded. Nothin’, habsolutely nothin’, Him all right.” he assured her. “But ye're not all right.” whe sald a thoritattvely, ‘an’ ye can't fool me t sayin’ that vez are. If {t's not yir liver, | phwat is it? ye Duke heaved a heavy sigh. “Tvs ‘igher hup, Mrs, O'Brien—Igher up," he sald tragically. “Thin It's Indigestion,’ He shook his head “T carn't tell you what It Is, 80 don't arsk me,” he sighed. “Time p'r'aps ‘ll cure it.” It dawned upon Mrs. O'Brien that te cause of his trouble might be other than physical (To Be Continued.) By F. M. Berkley h she diagnosed Tad TF ey Two) THEY Cay MEP OS Anant EVERY WGNT eed | A | | their faces tn return for Oe Oo: By Barton 3008 Or, Why the Heart PIRES RAE RATA, h Loses Its Lustre. W. Currie No, 2.—The Strong-Minded Wife. predicament of the second part tract that dates back to the leafy vales of Paradise. BARTON Vi CURRIE In the rare cases where the man ts also strong minded the first tableau at. ter the slening of the contract Is a pains ful scene. More painful scenes. follow. Some lead to the hospltal, But you may count on a quick curtain upon a thrilling tured or easy go-| Jane remarks, ing, Before he wag! Are not good for you fully awake to his| Does he get used to this? He does. he| Why? had become party} Wil! | | HE) husband, “Yes, dear,” says Harold, and offers ah OQ tho|te Salute connubtal, She embraces him Strong With a hygiente caress, They sit down Minded Wite 1s/'% supper usually good na-/ ‘There Is nothing you like, Harold,” ‘as the things you lke Because Hers {s the dominant Does he Iike it? ‘He never fully makes up his mind. He becomes #0 ao- to the social cone | CUStomed to having his mind made up for lim that he aequvesces with a fee- ble simile when she tolls iim he is the happiest mortal alive Some canny pe, although their wits are not Samsonian, allow the strong-minded wives not only to run them and the fa establishment, * but to provide for them as well, That Is one solution and occasionally @ haps py one climax that shows stupid Mr, Cupid jbeing booted off the front porch with jorders from boti) partles to return no pnore. However, to blossom forth to full sinewy fibre the Btrong Minded Wife must be equipped with a properly sub- [missive subject, After twenty-four hours (lf so long) of honeymoon she takes the reins and ikewise the trous- ers, Then she orders the domestic menage to will, He becomes Her Husband. She Is the Lady of the House. Returning home o' nights from his dally grind Harold ts not greeted senti- mentally, He {8 Inspected. She amiles upon him formally and asks if he ts hungry. ‘Supper has been waiting forty- nine seconds and he muat endeavor to make better time from the station. Why didn't he wear his rubbers? Where is his umbrella? Ete., eto. YOU NEVER GET ean Jee LIKE BECAUSE — WHAT: YOU: LIKE TO EAT ISN'T GOOD FOR You DOES HE GET USED TO THIS? Often it Is said of the husbands af the Strong Minded Wife that they weer thetr happiest and cheertest expresstons after being fitted with an omken over- coat with silver handles and an en- graved name-plate. The grief of thetr dearest friends Is somewhat alleviated by the manifest testimony that death was not without its sweet benison, The children of strong-minded wives regard their fathers as well-trained ac- cessortes household, but not quite up to the caste of ine hired girl and the man who tends the furnace, The furnace tender is a forceful per- sonality, who regularly beats his wife after breakfast and before retiring. All the children on the block look up to him and even the strong-minded wives are In awe of him, The husbands look to the after him wistfully and speculate vaguely on his splendid courage. oages are opened and the un- tamed menageries called college grad- uates are turned jose upon a de- fenaeless world. In my day of tm- sotle inexperience I mnce thought that (P otleges taught man- fi ners, and that to be aduated from those famous inst!- tutions stamped young men with the trade-mark of the gentleman But thet just shows you how gullible can be when I try. For, after a while, I began to ha’ more experience with those unlick cubs, and then I began to see that col- lege Ifo seemed to be the very reason why some men emerge into real life handicapped with such egotism, conceit, mistaken {deas of thelr own importance, contempt for their elders, scom for their homes and supertority over thelr Creator that there aeems to be no room on earth for anybody but the freshly grad- uated exhibits, if we take (hem at their owa valuation, If we took them at ours, a militon of them would rattle in a mustard send But they don’t know this, and if they did they wouldn't care. For the opinion of averybody else on earth put together js of no consequence to this style of emancipated genius compared to his own opinion that he is the great I AM Jand the only person in the world who Ifmds it no trouble at all to be ALWAYS RIGHT. One of the curious phenor |the fresh college graduate ly seams general! 8s own valuation, a figuratively speaking — kneel feet, fetching and carrying for him like tained retrievers, while he puffs very villainous pipe in hose favors Even his sister, who prom sits on any attempt to assert himself of the a about that his wel) smoke from a OBGDODODODODOHOOODOOOODDHOOHDHOOOOOSHHOOIOOSOHO \$ Lilian Bell Writes of The Beastly Manners Of the College Graduate. HIS j@ the gea- ache, lets him smoke In bed and aff son when the | during meals, Father permtts famillarities he would take @ bed slat to the other boys for using, He answers to the name of ‘Guv'nor” and smiles with fatuous pleasure when he hears himself referred to as ‘the old man.” The younger boys Hsten to his views on politics with awe and cherish his ‘igarette stubs as holy things The college graduate patronizes hig father’s and mother's friends openly dubbing them “old fogies” and “has beens." He never answers notes, nor pays dinner calls, nor dances with any but the most popular girls. He can't pay a fifteen-minute call on a girl with. out smoking, He infurlates his father’s vusiness friends by hia clothes and made dens his townspeople by his bad man- ners, He Puffa Smoke in Their Faces, Elderly ladies regard him with abhor rence and elderly men with contempt. And nothing that any iy can say will do him the slightest good. Then why have I wasted my time by writing about the animal? Because It may stir up some girl with brains to see the good that is concealed in him beneath al! his foolishness amd conceit and rawness, and she will @o to work to make him fall in love with Jeommercial brotier who refused college and has been earning money and paying THE BRoo' board to his own famfiy, while father FE Lee Br ale cet reaiagay ating (6 (86 as if it had been Holy Writ J flattered if he lets her All nis | Mother, wio hates tobacco because | her. amoke always gives her a sick head-! That will train nim! / |