"We'd Jeet u well throw up our h*nd», {mrdnrr. «n" ttke th" back track • fer Tucebaj I’ve led yuh on er rainbow chaae. Ptfckon.” It waa Lew' my partner, who aald thia, as wejmrcj gloomily down the hill upoo'*blch we were aundlng. Lew -waa a Alld of the desert. Innocent of book-learning and the ways of clvlllced man. but a crack shot with a rtOo and revolver, and a skillful prospector: -he waa blue-eied. tow-headed, and the sun aatPStjurof the desert had given bis face the' color of. leather. 1 took him to be about. 25 ytara of age. Our hcuutttstance began In Tucgon. I was .going along the main street one day. "■when he stopped me to ask for the loan of the'price of a meal: he was broke and hungry, be added.. His was not the whining plea bf the beggar, but the manly request for momentary aid of the self-reliant frontiersman who expects to return the favor at some future time, and so I gave him a dollar, although 1 had never seen him , before. Later In the day he hunted me up to tell me of a vallsy a few hundred miles away, where placer gold waa to be found, and ended by proposing that we go prospecting In partnership.-1 to buy the supplies and outfit, and he to lead the way to the valley. I agreed and we set out the next morning, our effecta packed on the hack of the “blamedeat. klckln’est" male, as Lew described him. that 1 have ever known. For two peeks we tramped across the blistering deaerts of Arlxona. and at last arrived where we could see dpwn Into the valley, but only to find it the ghost of a gold 'field: It had been worked by somebody else. Along the dry bed of a Uitle c i centre

.sold than!

* of'aahd.. which told us that we had

thos

r&r*'

blace of the aetkeduttkrly deaou> our glfeom and

which but gdded to our ( j

disappointment.

'“I’m mighty sorry." Lew went on. "but ynh c'n see't .l didn't lie "bout it I reckon. Taint no use ter beef over milk wo ain't never had ter spill, though, an' we'd better start-back—" He broke off and whs silent a few moments, then brought his ham on his thigh, with a hearty “Parilner. have yuh got th' nen give Ghost canon ' er try V he e claimed, "there's gold there, an’ Jc of IL they say; I've got th' grit ter :kle It' If yuh -have. What d'yuh

d dow

r slap,

e ter

**Tm willing." I there than empty-l

“ I replied: “better go ty-handec back to Tuccurprtsed. and silently

ton.” Lew

looked ms over

he asked finally.

' L aald: “but that cuts no flg-

r word for It that

“No." I re. I'll t

there's a chance, to find gold there.” "Maybe yuh've heard of. It by Ita Mexican name.. ‘Canon Encantada'?” Lew persisted, his voice sinking almost

to a whisper.

“No. 1 think not," I replied. “Dut

why do you ask?"

"Wy, 'twos there t th' Morris party i out-by T*acbes. three year*'

1 o' that killin'. I red. He referred to m Morris and four

icbe Indians.

“Oh. yea. I've heard pf It. but I didn't know Just where the killing took place." 1 raid. “Are you afraid

of the Indians

it wl

9 you a

•Wy, ‘twas a wiped out

ago: yuh'va 1 reckon." be answi the murder of j companions by

some o

"No.

that ain't what

still there?” bluflTS*," hi pouQr—th' coin

T'm—I'm

glttln' married

"Haunted." I exclaimed derUlvaly. •Well, if wc find gold It the canon We'll rout the ghost out. eh?" What

about the pinto pony?" •

•* Lew alowly ahook his head. 'Th' pinto's Jest where lh' ghost'comas In —he's th' ghost." he said seriously. I looked Lew In the face and laughed heartily. • “Lauth If yuh want." he said, solemnly, “but It's straight good-rm'glT-ln' yuh. Ain't never been «r man as went In that canon an’ come ont again, excep' Jest one. er greaser, an' It plumb locoed him: ever since then he's done nothin' but mouth an' mouth 'bout th' pinto pony what don't Jeave no trail. I d rather be dead than chfr like that. I seen th' pinto ' myself once, but I didn't hawe th' nerve Ur

' foller 'Ira In th' canon."

“Then how ls It that you want to fo He grinned sheepishly, and his face

flushed In spite of its tan. kinder figgerin' on .giUI soon's 1 git cr stake ahead/' he aered "Th' little girl's aald

.have me: she Lyes up In Prescott." "Ho! So that's the way the wind sets'" 1 laughed. "Well, If you art ready 1 to brave the ghost for .the little * girl's sake. I'm ready to do it for the

gold."

/-Tbeo It s er »>:" Lew aald. reaching out shd shaking my hand. And that wnt- how we peering in Ghost canon, i We camped where w^ were that night and started for the canon early the next morning following a broad valley lying between two ranges of mountains. It was after nightfall when we arrived In the neighborhood of our destination: ail day-the mountains had come nearer to ns with every step, and were now towering above u> closc\at hand cn-.« rocky sides awd pb white and ghoehy in thy bright light Eii-vt' our own.Sher* was pot a movement or sound to break the

» graves of the mur-

death-like stillness of the desert. As we neared the'scene of the massacre of. the Morris party, a preepy sensation went up my gplnr. gud I shivered In spite of myself at sight of the rough stones, each hearing In rudely chiseled lines the .tell-tale ’

■ • thw

dered men.

--V th' place, pardner.” *X*w aald In an awed whisper. “Th’ red devils was up in th' rocks there, on both sides, an' th' pore boys didn't have no more show fer their Uvea'n er rabbit. Ugh! but ain't things here ghosty-lookln?" Ghostly looking they were, without a dodlit; I no longer wondered that even a harmless spotted pony, had given such a place the reputation of haunted- "It can't be

iks for scaring others away tram

the vail

i. and

admit that, amid such

indlnge my sleep that night was ntlrely unbroken. Sunrise the next morning found us busily cooking

We cam| rowed Into

ashamed surroui

iped v o the

valley nar1 I am not

e pi nd \

half a mile

when Helen, our pack mule (“Helen Damnation" Lew had christened him Immediately after receiving a kick from the animal), showed a decided objection to going farther; stopping short and whistling as though in" fear,

ilanted his forefeet In the ground would not badge another Inch, aybe It's er hunch, pardner." Lew wrathfully surveying the stubtnal: “at any rate we'd jest as ell try fer gold here as anywhere

se."

We unpacked Helen and Lew took * pan and went to the edge of a pool, remnant of the torrents that ponred through the canon In the rainy season, where he filled' It with eand and began washing, while I picketed Helen In a grassy place where he could grate. Presently a cry from Lew carried c running to his side: he was pointing into the pan, and looking there I a spoonful of gold dust gleaming dull yellow. “We’ve struck 'er-rich, pardner!" Lew cried, trembling with excitement. “If that ghost of er pinto'il jest keep ray. we'll get our pile right here." "Nonsense! There's no such thing as a ghost. Lew.” 1 returned; “not

here, at any rate.”

Lew stared at me as though he nought I had loet my senses. “Not?" he cried; '•yuh ain't seen.that, then.” And he raised his arm to point to the

opposite side of the canon.

Where we stood the canon was about 300 yards wide, and the mountains on both sides rose almost perpendicularly, something like a thousand feet above

where Lew was pointing, d to see a Tillage of half-

ncstllny in' a the Bide of the

opposite mountain. Silent as the grave and without a sign of hi

snorting

is startled ti

cy. It was a strange, weird sight that, although It was In broad daylight, sehtx another creepy sensation writhing my back.

“Thi

place.

1 ain't never seen one o' an'-gone Injun towns yet but what waa haunted; I'll bet twas right round here somewhere t pore old Domln-

Cues taw th' pinto i T saw . that Lew

Intensely In

earnest, that his belief in ghostly manifestations was too deep-rooted in Igt tp. be overcome by anything 1. say. > “Well, there may be gboets here, aa you say," I answered, "but Jf I had a nics llcUe girl waiting for me. all the ghosts in Arizona shouldn't stampede me from rich dirt like this; they're not going to do It, =3 It is." * • • - I did not misjudge my man. ‘T'm with yuh there, pardner!” Lew raid, with determination. 'These here gtuis o' mlpe was made fer bis." I was still goring at the village, and suddenly saw something that caused me to raise my hand tofebe brim of my hat so that I anight see better. Lew Instantly Whed and/looked where I was looking. “What's th' matter? What'd yuh see?" bo presently asked, swallowing hard. "Oh. nothing; just a shadow. I gueas," I answered, carelessly. At the moment I had thought it a human face peering above a crumbling wall, but so great was the distance, and so quickly did the object disappear. I was far from sure what T • hod teen, and I deemed It best not to arouse Lew’s superstitious fears to a higher pitch: I did not relish the idea of being. left alone in the cahon, and I was determined to st^y' there and get the s f.cw said nothing more, but I could see that he was not entirely satisfied; he hitched his revolvers around to where they would be cot yen lent to his bands, and set to work agal

pipe: I waa not the least bit sleepy. Aa I lay there gazing with wide-open I eyes at the sun above me, suddenly. I

from fiot f

LEWIS T. STEVENS.

M. A. SCULL.

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. far away, come the gibber1 of a coyote; Instantly the

alls

>te: 1 c It u

ie cano i in b

y realising

i my every nerve

Ing, I

broken loose. I did. with

and twitching, I sprang wildly feet and fired a shot In the direction I thought the mangy little beast to be. and the canon roared with the echo. Blowly the uproar died away, and then 1 collapsed as a chuckle came from Lew's direction, and he remarked, "Reckon yuh wouldn't hare much show with er ghost, pardner. If er pore little enss of er kyote c'n start yuh ter ahoorin' slid like that." I made no answer. I was Indignant with myself for losing my nerve so easily. I lay down again, but not to sleep; I was quivering with nervousness. The coyote did not hckl agnin— my shot had scared him away—but the wind rose presently, and began wailing In. a moat nerve-distracting way In {he rocks above me. “S-w-l-s-s-s-h. oo-oo-oo. r-a-h-h-h," a stronger gust would go sweeping past, and then from across the canon would come a aeries of faint, mournful sounds, such as Borrowing ghosts might he .expected to utter. I began to understand how Dominguez came to lose his mind through his experience In the canon, and to’wlsh that I were anywhere else, when the wind died away as suddenly as It had risen, and there was absolute silence. I fell to watching the stars again; the hours dragged alowly by, and at last I fell Into a half sleep.Suddenly I awoke and aat bolt upright. straining my ears for m repetition of the sound that waked me. Soon I heard It again; it was Helen whistling and plunging U fright: He was picketed behind a point of rock where

him.

could not find their. Helen a

and plunging grew more violent With every moment, and at last, fearful lest he break £1* rope and we lose him. I gave up bunting my revolvers and started running toward him. The moon was now shlping brightly and When 1 came to where I could see the mule. I saw something just beyond him. something that brought me to a sadden standstill, and that seemed to

the blood in my veins—a beau-

ked piebald

ttfnlly mark)

piebald pony,

moving naturally, bat Its feet seeming not to touch the ground. And It was moving directly toward me! Paralyzed with terror, I stood as though grown to the spot; nearer Came the pinto, and I tried to yell to

e only i

a harsh rattle)'

my throat would’ t with fear. Helen was to me as he could

stretched to the breaking point

Quivering

idlng as close

* pinto was _ .

him, when he suddenly wheeled round, giving a wicked-squeal, and like a streak of lightning, bis heels flashed In

the moonlight, striking the i a surprising crash fairly In

t It was a si ling to Lew

floundering helplessly; the next moment however. Its side burst open, and a naked Apache Indian sprang out and ran at me. a long-bladed knife guttering In his hand. Instamly my superstitious fears vanished and my muscles regained their power. Unarmed. I turned to run; but my foot tripped, and I fell with 4>e Indian

on top of--me. M realised i a struggle for my life, and. Lew at the top of my voice,

I grappled with the Apache. Back and forth we rolled and tumbled. I trying to obtain possession of the knife, and he to pnt an end to my struggling with It, neither gaining any advantage over the other. Minutes seemed hours. Could Low never hear, 1 wondered, my breath coming In sharp gasps, my strength almost gone. How long we fought I can only conjecture; the Indian a powers of endurance were greater than mine, and at last he forced me over on my back, his one hand clutching my throat, his rthrr. grasping the knife, raised to et'.Uce. f saw the steel flash and glitter !s the moonlight, and a sickening fear shot through me: the knife waa In the act of descending, when two shots Jang 6ut In quick succession, and It flew to one aide, while the Indian sank down on me, quivering In death. The sudden reaction from utter hopelessness to a sense of safety was more than my tortured brain could bear, and 3 fainted where I lay; the next thing

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