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pulpit chair lent by the Presbyterian Church, resting upon a rug of

skins, and destined as the seat of honor for the fair guest of the

evening Moffat surveyed all this thoughtfully, and proceeded proudly

to the hotel to don a "boiled" shirt, and in other ways prepare himself

to do honor to his exalted office Much to the surprise of McNeil,

lounging with soenially, adding a hearty, "Hello there, Bill," as he passed carelessly

by

The invited guests arrived fro for a hundred miles over the hard trails The

majority came early, arrayed in whatsoever apparel their limited

wardrobes could supply, but ready for any wild frolic The entler sex five to one, but every feminine

representative within a radius of about fifty miles, whose

respectability could possibly pass ations of

a not too critical invitation co,

attired in all the finery procurable, and supremely and serenely happy

in the assured consciousness that she would not lack partners whenever

the enticing an