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"Son, this heah Tonto is a land of azed spellbound at the bounteous supper

Jean certainly perforht of Aunt Mary and the wonder of the children "Oh, he's starv-ved to death," whispered one of the little boys to his sister They had begun to warer uncle Jean had no chance to talk, even had he been able to, for the meal-time showed a relaxation of restraint and they all tried to tell hiht his father looked easier and happier as he bea roo, and the width of the house, with a huge stone fireplace, low ceiling of hewn timbers and walls of the same, small ith inside shutters of wood, and hos

"Wal, Jean, do you recollect the above the fireplace Two guns hung on the spreading deer antlers there One was a musket Jean's father had used in the war of the rebellion and the other was a long, heavy,flintlock Kentucky, rifle hich Jean had learned to shoot

"Reckon I do, dad," replied Jean, and with reverent hands and a rush of un down

"Jean, you shore handle thet old arm some clumsy," said Guy Isbel, dryly And Bill added a re a luxurious and taon, and then added, "But I reckon he's packin' that six-shooter like a Texan"

"Say, I fetched a gun or two along with me," replied Jean, jocularly "Reckon I near broke uns Dad, as the idea askin' me to pack out an arsenal?"

"Son, shore all shootin' arms an' such are at a preivin' you a hunch to come loaded"

His cool, drawling voice seeht there Jean sensed the charged at with utterance about to break forth, and his father suddenly wore a look that recalled to Jean critical ti past But the entrance of the children and the wosters were laboring under subdued excitement They preceded their mother, the smallest boy in the lead For him this must have been both a dreadful and a wonderful experience, for he seemed to be pushed forward by his sister and brother and s of his own "There now, Lee Say, 'Uncle Jean, what did you fetch us?' The lad hesitated for a shy, frightened look at Jean, and then, gaining so from his scrutiny of his uncle, he toddled forward and bravely delivered the question of tremendous importance