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A detachment of the Eighteenth In<antry from Fort Bethune trapped byIndians In n narrow gorge A man I themU Ii stranger who Introduces himself bythe name of Hampton also Olllls theipoKt trader and his daughter Olllls andn majority of tho soldiers ore killed durlag a three days siege Hampton andthe girl only escape from thoThey tall exhausted on the plalrw Acompany of the Seventh cavalry IJcutOran In command find them Hamptontnd the girl stop At the Miners Homo Intllohcald Sirs Duty proprlcteex Humpion talks the future ovsr with IIt alhe lad She shows htm her moth1ira picture nnd tells him what xho canaf her parentage and life They decidethe shall live with Mrs Ilcrndon

CHAPTER VI ContinuedI reckon Id rather try It alone

she announced stubbornly Maybe Imight have stood It with you DotHampton but a woman is tho limit-

I expect It will go rather hard atfirst Kid ho admitted craftily but1 think you might try It a while just tosort of please me

Whowho Is she doubtfullyMrs Herndon wife of the super

intcndent of the Golden Rule mineand he waved his hand toward tho dlstant houses They tell mo shes amighty fine woman

Oh they do Then somebodyjbeen stirring you up about mo havethey I thought that was about theway of It Somebody wants to reformme I reckon Well maybe I wont boreformed Who was It Hob

The Presbyterian missionary heconfessed reluctantly a nervy littlechap named Wynkoop he camo In tosco mo lat night while you wereasleep He faced her open scorn unsbrinklngly his mind fully decidedand clinging to ono thought with alltho tenacity of his nature

Apreacberlbervolce vibrant withderision a preacher Well of allthings Bob Hampton You led aroundby tho nose in that way Did ho wantyou to brjng me to Sunday school Apreacher And I suppose tho fellowexpects to turn me over to ono of hisflock for religious Instruction Hellhave you studying theology inside of ayear A preacher Oh Lord and youagreed Well I wont go so there

As T understand tho affair Ham pton continued as she paused forbreath it was Lieut Brant who sugBested the Idea of his coming to meBrant knew GIllls aud rememberedyou and realizing your unpleasant situation thought such an arrangementwould be for your benefit

Brant sho burst forth in renewedanger he did did he The puttylaced dandy I used to sco him atItethune and you can bet he neverbothered his head about me then Noand ho didnt even know me out yonder until after tho sergeant spoko upWhat business has that fellow gotplanning what I shall do

Hampton made no attempt to anewer It was better to let her Indlgnatlon die out naturally and so ho askeda question What is this Brant doingat Bethune There Is no cavalry sta-tioned there

She glanced up quickly Interestedby tho sudden change in his voice I

heard dad say he was kept there onsome special detail His regiment is

stationed at Fort Lincoln somewherefarther north He used to come downand talk with dad evenings becausedaddy saw service In the Seventhwhen It was first organized after the

warDld you did you ever hear eitherof them say anything about Maj AlfredBrant He must have been this ladsfatherNo

I never heard much they saidDid you 1mow him

Tho father yes but that was yearsago Comp Kid all this Is only anclent history and Just as well forgot-ten Now you aro a sensible girlwhen your temper dont get away withyou and I am simply going to leavethis matter to your better JudgmentWill you go to Mrs Herndons andfind out how you like It You needn-stop there an hour if she Isnt goodyou but you ought not to want to rmain with me and grow up like arough 110-

yYouyou really want me to godont you 1

Yes I want you to go Its a chancefor you Kid and there Isnt a bit ofa show In the kind of a life I lead 1

never have been in love with myselfand only took to It in the first placebecause tho devil happened to drivemo that way The Lord knows I dontwant to lead any ono else throughcacti a muck So It la a try

The lock of defiance faded slowlyout of her taco as she stood gravelyregarding him The man was in deadly earnest and she felt the quiet in-

sistence of his mannerYou bet if you put it that way

she consented simply but I reckonthat Mrs Herndon is likely to with1 hadnt

TogiHher yet scarcely exchanginganother word the two retraced theirsteps slowly down the steep trail leading toward the little town in the val-ley

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CHAPTER VIIIve Come Here to Live

Widely as these two companionsdiffered In temperament and experience It would bo impossible to decidewhich felt tho greater uneasiness attho prospect Immediately before themThe girl openly rebellious tho manextremely doubtful with reluctantsteps they apprbached that tall home-ly

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yellow house outwardly tho raoslpretentious in

They were GlencaldItheso two thatpasserby glanced curiously towardthem as they picked their way onwardthrough tho red dust Hampton slender yet firmly knit his body held erectas though trained to the profession ofarms hIs features finely chiselled withthreads of gray hair beginning to showconspicuously about the temples Illsattire of fashionable cut black clothand his Immaculate linen while neatand unobtrusive yet appeared ex ¬

tremely unusual In that careless landof claybaked overalls and dingywoolens Hcsldo him In vivid con ¬

trast the girl trudged In her heavyshoes and bedraggled skirts her sulleneyes fastened doggedly on the roadher hair showing ragged and disrep ¬

utablo in tho brilliant sunshineHampton himself could not remain al¬

together Indifferent to the contrastYou look a little rough Kid for a

society call he said If there wasany shebang in this mudhole of atown that kept any womens things onsalo fit to look at Id be tempted to fixyou up a bit

Well Im glad of It she respond ¬

ed grimly I hope I look so blamotough that woman wont say a civilword to us You can bet I aint goingto stralu myself to please the likes of

herYou certainly exhibit no symptomsof doing so ho admitted frankly

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But you might at least have washedyour taco and flied your hair

flashed one glance nt himstopping In the middle of tie road herload back us though ready forbattle Then as if by some swiftmagic of emotion her expressionchanged And so youre ashamed ofvoiceoseen me youare But I tell you Mr Bob Hamp ¬

ton you bo tho next time Andwhats more Just dont need totraipse along another step with monow I dont want you I reckon Iaint very much afraid of tackling thisPresbyterian woman all alone

Sho swutjj off fiercely and the manchuckled softly as ho followed watch ¬firstttruth is Mr Hampton possessed troubles and scruples of his own In connection with this contemplated callHo lied never mel tho lady but ho re ¬

tamed some memory of the husbandas having been associated with a stren ¬

uous poker game at Placer in whichhe also held a prominent placeU would seem scarcely possible thattho wife did not whoso bullethad turned her for some weeks Into asick nurse A cordial reception couldhardly bo anticipated Hamptonmentally braced himself for tho worst

It was a cheerless lookingpainted a garish yellow having star

tar windows and devoid of a frontporch or slightest attempt atto render Its uncomely front loss unat ¬

tractive Had tho matter been left atthat moment to his own decision thisglimpse of tho house would haveturned them both back but tho girlUnhesitatingly pressed forward andturned defiantly In through tho gateless opening Ho followed in silencealong the narrow footpath borderedby weeds and stood back while slidstepped boldly up on tho rudo stoneslab and rapped sharply against thowarped and sagging door A momentthey stood thus waiting with no re-sponse from within Onco sho glancedsuspiciously around at him only towheel hack Instantly and ouco moreapply her knuckles to tho wood Before ho had conjured up somethingworth saying tho door was partiallyopened and a rounded dumpling of awoman having rosy cheeks her hairIrongray her blue eyes half smilingin uncertain welcome looked out uponthem questioningly

Ive como to live here announcedthe girl sullenly That Is if i7 like it

Tho woman continued to gaze at heras if tempted to laugh outright thenthe pleasant bluo eyes hardened astheir vision swept beyond towardHampton

It Is extremely kind of you Imsure sho said at last Why Is It Iam to be thus honored

Tho girl backed partially off thodoorstep her hair flapping In the windher checks flushed

Oh you neednt put on so muchstyle about It she blurted out YoureMrs Ilcrndon aint ou1 Well thenthis is tho place where I was sent butI reckon you aint no moro particularabout It than I am Theres others

Who sent you to me and MrsHerndon came forth Into the sunshine

Tho preacherOh Mr Wynkoop then you must

bo the homeless girl whom LieutHrant brought In tho other day Whydid you not say so at first You maycome In my child

There was a sympathetic tendernessapparent now in tho tones of hervoice which the girl was swift to per ¬

ceive and respond to yet she heldback her Independence unshakenWith tho quick Intuition of a womanMm Herndon bent down placing onohand on the defiant shoulder-

I did not understand at first mydear she said soothingly or 1

should never have spoken as 1 didSomo very strange callers como hereRut you are truly welcome 1 had adaughter once sho must havo beennearly your ago when God took herWont you come in 1

While thus speaking sho never onco

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I Kid What Does This Mean anti What Are Doing Here Alone

She angry

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glanced toward the man standing InsHcnco beyond yet as the two passedthrough the doorway together ho followed unasked Once within the plain-ly

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furnished room and with her armabout tho girls waist the lines abouther mouth hardened I do not recallextending my invitation to you shesaid coldly

He remained standing lust In handhis face shadowed his eyes picturingdeep perplexity

For tho Intrusion I otter my apol ¬

ogy ho replied humbly but yousee II feel responsible for this youngwoman She sort of fell to my carewhen none of her own people wereleft to look after Tier I only came toshow her the way and to say that 1

stand ready to pay you well to see toher a bit and show her bow to gethold of the right things

Indeed and Mrs Hcrndons voicewas not altogether pleasant I under ¬

stood she was entirely alono andfriendless Aro you that man whobrought her out of the canyon 1

Hampton bowed as though halfashamed of acknowledging tho act

Obi then J know who you arc shecontinued unhesitatingly You aro agambler and a barroom rough Iwont touch a penny of your money Itold Mr Wynkoop that I Shouldnt butthat I would endeavor to do my Chris ¬

tian duty by this poor girl Ho was tobring her hero himself and keep youaway

The man smiled slightly act In Ihsleast disconcerted by her plain speechProbably wo departed from tho hotel

somewhat earlier than tho ministeranticipated he explained quietly hitold caso of manner returning in faceof such open opposition I greatly nBret yosr evident prejudice madamand can only say that I have moro confldenco In you than SOIl appear to haveIn mo 1 shall certainly discover somemeans by which I unity do my part Inshaping this girls future but in themeanwhile will relieve you of my undesired presence

Ho stepped without into tho glareot the sunlight feeling utterly untoless as to tho itoman who had affronted him yet somewhat hurt on seeingthat the girl had not onco lilted hotdowncast eyes to his face Yet he hadscarcely taken three steps toward theroad before she was beside htm herhand upon his sleeve

I wont stay she exclaimed fierce-ly I wont Rob Hampton Id rathergo with you than bo good

Ills sensitive face flushed with de-light but he looked gravely down Intoher Indignant eyes Oh yes you willKid and his hand touched her roughened hair caressingly Shes a goodkind woman ull right and I dontblame her for not liking my style

Dodo you really want mo to stickIt out here Bob

It was no small struggle for him tosay so for ho was beginning to comprehend Just what this separationmeant Sbo was more to him than hehad ever supposed moro to him thansilo had oven been an hour before andnow he understood clearly that fromthis moment they must over run far-ther apart her lIfo tending upwardhis down Yet there was but one docision possible Then ho answered

This Is your best chance little girland I want you to stay and fight It

outTheir eyes met each dimly realizing although In a totally different waythat lure was a moment of Importantdecision Mrs Herndon darkened thedoorway and stood looking out

Well Mr Bob Hampton sho questioned plainly what is this going to

beHe glanced toward her slightly lifting his hat and promptly releasingthe girls clinging hand

Miss GillIs consents to remain heannounced shortly und denying himself so much as another glance at hiscompanion strode down tho narrowpath to the road A moment the girlseyes followed him through the dustcloud a single tear stealing down hercheck Only a short week ago sho hadutterly despised this man now he hadbecome truly more to her than anyono else In the wide wide worldThen Mrs Herndon camo forth qulntlyanti led tho girl now sobbing bitterlywithin the cool shadows of the house

CHAPTER VIIIA Last Revolt

It proved a restless day and a satflclcnlly unpleasant one for Mi Hampton For a number ot years ho hadbeen diligently training himself In theschool of cynicism endeavoring to perRtiitdo himself that he did not Sn theleast caro what others thought norhow his own career faded Impellinghimself to constant recklessness In lifeund thought He had tJsfls successfullybuilt up a wall betwetft the presentand that past which long haunted hislonely momenta and had finally decided that It was hermetically sealedYet now this odd chit of a girl tbliwaif whom he had plucked from theJaws ot death bad overturned thiscarefully constructed barrier as if Ithad been originally built of mere cardboard and he was compelled again tosee himself loathe himself Just as hehad In those past years

One thing ho grasped clearlythsgirl should be given her chance noth-Ing In his life must ocr again soil heror lower her Ideals Mrs Hcrndoawas right and ho realized it ncltbelhis presence nor his money were fit tlInfluence her future ilo swore be-tween his clinched teeth his fadgrown haggard Tho suns rays bridgedthe slowly darkening valley with cordsof red gold and the man pulled him-self to his feet by gripping the rootOfB tree Ho realized that ho hadbeen sitting there for hours and thatho was hungry

Down beneath amid tho fast awakcnlng noise nnd bustle of early even-Ing tho long discipline of the gamblesreasserted Itselfho got back liltnerve It was Bob Hampton cool resourceful sarcastic of speech quick oftemper who greeted the loungersabout the hotel and who sat with hitback to tho wall In the little dftlnroom watchful of all others presentAnd It was Bob Hampton who stiillcdcarelessly out upon the darkened yOrcl-tan tour later leaving a roar of lughter behind him and an enemy u wellLittle ho cared for that howor fchis present mood and he stood thereamid tho black shadows looking contemptuously down upon the stream olcoatlcss humanity trooping past onpleasure bent the blue smoke clrcllnohis lead his gray eyes glowing hallangrily Suddenly he leaned forwardclutching tho rail In quick surprise

Kid he exclaimed harshly whatdocs this mean What aro you doingalone lucre

Sho stopped Instantly and glanccoup her face flushing In tho lightstreaming forth from the open doorof the Occidental

I reckon Im alone here because Jwant to be sho returned defiantly

I aint no slave How do you get itthere-

TO BIS CONTINUED

Division of PopulationConsiderably more than half till

people of the world live la the fountries which border o till Facimoceam

BARN PLAN

Round Type of Dulldlnp Has Advancages Over Other Forms

arlfordIlrlcoslofshelter and tho prices of lumber willnever bo less and now they prohibittho old style of haphazard buildinghaving a building for each kind ofstock and then most of tho feed out-

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and tho water from two to 20

rods from tho barns This is an eraof concentration and nothing can facilitate tho Intensive style of farmingand concentrate a mans energies tohis life work on a farm like n com-

modIous comfortable barn Personallysays a writer In Wallaces FarmerI would not build a barn without asilo nor would I advise any ono olioto do so as tho barn and Its proper useIs the mainstay of our calling us soon ¬

er or later wo must all como to theSteeping of live stock to consume thegreater share of our crops and thencarefully eavo and apply tile manuremade Nothing produces as muchfeed per aero as corn and nothingsaves corn HO economically as tho siloNeither would I build a barn of suitable size for a farm of SO acres or moreany other shape than round and havetho silo in tho center but to avoidcriticism on account of tho silo I will

Plan of Darn

say If a silo Is not wanted tho craterspnco can be used either for granaryor box stalls

Tho round typo of barn has thoseadvantages First the same amountof outsldu surface used In nqtMre orrectangular kerns will Inclose ngreater sufrfaco in circular form Sec-ond tho circular form has the decidedadvantage of strength over the flatside Third the gable ends are totallosses and are avoided In the circularbarn Fourth the roof of a circularbarn Is solfsupiwrtlng and does notsag and Is far loss liable to damagefrom heavy storms Fifth the spaceInclosed is moro convenient to userequiring loss tlmo and work to carofor tho same stock than In any othertypo of learn

Hero Is n Ulan of the ground floornt n barn OS feet In diameterhaving the same outstdo surface thata barn 36x00 feot would havo It provides room for 12 horses and23 cows In stanchions having threefwt for each cow This loaveseight feet behind tho cows so ateam and wagon can bo used to cleanthe burn or If dairying Is not fol-

lowed there will bo 1150 squarefeet floor space which will accommodate 30 to CO head of young stockowing to slzo Everything can be foiland watered from tho ono nlley I

defy anyone to comfortably housesuch a number of stock nnd as convenient to food in any other than thoround typo of barn and In additionthere Is a space of 18 feet In diameterIn the center to store feed In Havlag built a round barn that has provensatisfactory In every respect 1 cannot speak In too high terms of It andwhile I would not build a round barnIt building a small me believe thatwhen we got to a size suitable for SO

acres or moro theta la only one proporstylo round If sand grovel orcrushed stono Is convenient I wouldwo cement to build the lower story ofbarn nnd If possible build so as tohave a natural elevation on ono sideso as to be able to drlvo in tho second story without too much of a fill

CANT EAT TOO FAST

Feed Manger That Will Control aGreedy Horse

A box to seduce a greedy horse toMot slowly Is arranged through the

partition with justa narrow openingat tho bottomYou put the grainIn tho box on theoutside of tho par-tition

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and thohorse gets Itslowly It saves

grain and tho horso takes moro timeto grind It

A Wise PlanTho wise man who lured two or

three sows nt about the same tlmo cannow attend to several young litters atonce thus saving travel time andtrouble At feeding and fattening tlmoalso the economy is apparent forthey may be graded and sold then In abunch with loss fussing

Pasture for Young PigsTko young pigs should bo gotten out

ov the ground as early as possible to-

dealt their gelling too tat

DARN FOR LAMB RAISING

Arrangement of Building Which WillProve Most Convenient

In this section of the country writesa Jefferson county Illinois fanner InIthe Breeders Gazette stock ralsIIIR line become the lending oociipatlon Sheep are easily raisedand pay a largo profit Wokeep about TO owes and take de-light In handling them especially during lambing season Our main I

IH the Shropshire although wo 11RoIa few CotswoldB and Hampshirelatter are good hardy lamb raisersWo prefer Shropshire as they havecloser wool and endure more litul

weatherOur shown In Fig 1 Is a convoulent ono nnd Is largo enough forabout ISC owes When the owes be

to lamb we put the first ewe In

Iloln 1 Then whoa tho second lambsput her In Ten 1 putting No 1

WIn Van 5 and so on until tho vena arefull Then wo begin to remove themone at a tlmo to tho largo pen forowes and lambs When tho lambs sure

about two weeks old they will beginto out some small grain A pen forthis purpose lists been made Pig 1and Is provided with small grain boxeson two shale The ends are rondo ofPortable gates

A small creep holo will be noticed Intho gate between the lamb pen andtho owes and lambs through whichtho lambs can pass Those gates maybo removed the next fall and againglvo the flock tho entire barn Thogate marked X can bo set back toany doslred place and thereby enlargetho ten and rack room as more ofthem have lambs

Tho gates In the small pear can bomade so that by oponlhg them bookto the right or left It will mnVo an

I alley through which any sheep cnn bodriven otiUlilo tho others arotip In their puns ckcdJIThe hay and feed racksgood type those around tho wall Fig I

2 l cnn be vastlyfilled by leavtHKa spare betweenthe loft floor andthe wall Under

flU nooth the slanting II

board In PIt 2 Is n grain trough Inwhich corn onto or other grains capbo fed Thoro Is alto a feed way tltntIhas this type of bay and grainon either side liy casing tight ivhorutho slanting line In In Fig It pre ¬

vents the seeds and trash from Setting In tho wool when throwing downhay

BREEDING UP IS CHEAPEST

The Way to Get Into the Business ofRaising Pure Dredi

Tho farmer that Intends to secure ahoed of purebred cattle will find Itcheater to breed up than to boy pure-bred stock especially If ho Is propering to raise cattle for tho purpose ofmaking beef If he buys all purebredstock tho Investment will be so heavythat ho cannot afford to soil the progoy for the block but will feet con ¬

strained to RO Into tho business ofraising breeding cattle for which homay not have taste and adaptability

Good females of purebred beefstock bring high prices and ho wouldneed n considerable number of purebred cows to mako a good start IJutIwith n bull ho can In a few years havea herd of cows that will mnko It pos¬

sible to send to market hlghgradobeeves market toppers For the beetmaker then this Is about the onlycourse possible and It Is the rourwthat Is recommended by tho breedersof purebred stock

In selecting a herd of cows forbreeding up says Farmers Review aman should try to set animals Inkeeping with tho breed of tho bull hoIntends to buy Thus If ho Is goingto use n purebred Shorthorn bull hoshould pick up cows having hue gen ¬

eral conformation of tho ShorthornsHe will find It easy to secure good ani-

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having In them considerableShorthorn blood though these animalswould have bo regarded In lids breed-Ing operations as without any pureblood simply because tho buyer wouldnot generally know how mulch Short-horn blood such animals contained

Tho same Is true In tho use of purebred bulls of any breed It a manbuys a Hereford bull ho should huntup cows having some of tho generalconformation of Herefords and usethese for his breeding operationsIf such animals cannot bo secured Inhis own vicinity ho can generallyfind them nt tho big stock marketsand get them at meat prices Thobrecdlngup process offers many advantages that the other process dOMnot offer

A Big DifferenceThe difference between bloodedI

swine and scrubs is surprising Goodstock puts moro money In your pocketthan poor It Increases the Intorwt la-

the business and that is what makesthings go smoothly and keeps the boyon tho farm

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Clean Water for SowsClean water should bo provided all

i the time for the sows

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