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ed Tale
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CHAPTER Xlll—Continued.
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“How picturesquely that cabin nes-
tles there In the pocket of the hills.”
“A man named Belden, and his sis-
ter, lives there,” the girl sald, following
the direction of his upraised arm.
“They're Kentucky mountain folks that
Jist moved In—they say the sister's
quite pretty."
The preacher seemed to be studying
the place, with its wild wealth®of na-
ture about it, his eyes straying at
length from the cabin to its tumbled
setting of cliffs and down along the
opposite bluffs, mantled with half.
sprung leaves, abloom with haw and
dogwood and wild apple, until, as he
twisted arbund In the saddle, the
whole beautiful panorama of the nar
row valley had passed In review be-
fore him back te the winding road by
which they had entered.
As the girl followed ‘his roving eyes,
a black dead limb at the top of Eagle
Oak, towering high above the quicken-
ing foliage, came into view. She raised
her arm and pointed up and away to
the lofty landmark,
“That's where the big gray eagle's
be'n comin’ every summer—
white men first come t' the Flatwoods,
I guess. Look—jist over the top
that scrub poplar, stickin’ up
that white cloud.”
“I see it!" the
claimed, the simple gesture of point
ing out to the distant
vealing the native grace
still have been his but for the stooped
oO
upon him. “It stands out against the
fluffy whiteness plain as a flagstaff.”
“Nobody in the Flatwoods
think of harmin’—" *
She stopped,
for the
straightened
jerked his
had
his saddle and
toward the
woodsman
in
hand cabin
low. The others followed the motion
of his hand and sat staring.
Loge Belden's sister had appeared
from behind the cabin and was running
toward them,
ECT RC TOR OORT AS JH JRC JUTE TREE TIEC JAA
a finger toward them, dropped her
hand to the revolver at her belt and
looked around at the woodsman, He
caught the challenge in her eye,
grinned and nodded,
With a quickness and skill that
showed her mastery of the weapon,
she plucked the revolver from its hol-
ster, raised It and fired. The first bul-
let cut a twig close to a walnut, the
second brought one down.
Every horse there had been trained
to stand under gun-fire.” Rex merely
pointed his ears sharply forward and
stood to his tracks, but, even with
such a firm saddle under him, the
preacher flinched so at the first shot
that he almost lost hig balance, The
second brought an effusive exclama-
tion from him, '
The slow eyes of the woodsman
livened,
“Good I"
other girl
that.”
With a little wisp of a smile in her
eyes she glanced around at him, and
turned to the preacher,
“Now, Mr. Hopkins,
he cried. “Ther ain't an-
in the Flatwoods can do
you can try
The preacher almost set up a breeze
six-gun out of
its holster,
He committed the blunder of cock-
a bit of over.
the
apparent stolid
acting that did not
backing Graylock in
escape
the preacher pole the revolver for
ward and pulled the trigger.
was nothing to indicate that the bul
let even came near the target,
threw bis head back and exploded his
raucous laugh. Rex had firm
under the shot; he shied at the
The preacher brought the
back alongside of Brownlie and
stood
called the front of the yard,
den appeared In the open
threw up his hand and
door,
called
to the three riders.
tated ;
Belden stood aside: she
gor; Belden closed it.
Jack was watching the
He saw his quick grip on
rein; saw him stiffen In
and glance uneasily about,
“Astonishing! Quite extraordinary!
escaped him as the tense brief drama
closed,
“Mercy I” Texie exclaimed,
knowed she was—crazy.”
“She ain't,” the woodsman
tered.
preacher,
the
toe
“1 never
threw up his head
blarey_laugh,
for a Bough,
moment.
“Not bad philosophy, that,”
and exploded
they —act."”
That the preacher was acting,
woodsman fully believed,
ing was just a shade overdone—a cir-
cumstance that could
cer,” She Said.
larly after the chance clues that had
first set his suspicions geing. Why he
was acting and what part, the woods-
man was not missing any chances te
find out,
The three riders sat for some time
looking toward the cabin in the pock-
et, Texie and the preacher discussing
the astonishing drama that had flared
up for its tense moment in the elbow
ofsthe hills, :
But the drama evidently had but
one act, gnd that act was closed. It
seemed to the woodsman, as he covert-
ly watched the preacher, lolling with
overdone awkwardnéss in his saddle,
that he showed just a shade of relief
that it was closed,
The sun, a red warrior on the home
ward Frail, had journeyed far down
the paling fastnesses of the sky; had
ducked behind a huge cloud bank
piled like a breastworks across the
west. FPrefently, finding a loop-hole
in the turreted cumuli, he glared back
at the pursuing shadows: Munched a
shaft that fell spent and quivering
upon Eagle run and shivered into
glittering splinters upon the riffle,
Glum at the missped shaft, the red
warrior took his eye from the loop-
hole; drew farther back behind the
massed fortifications; unstrung his
bow. The pursuing shadows stole
down the bluffs; dulled the water;
dimmed the woods; waked the breeze
and shook the wild apple twigs till
the white blossoms snowed the grass
~-gymbol of the hopes of men, that
bloom, promise fruit, die.
The girl noticed the shadows, Her
eyes left the cabin; glanced up and
down the opposite bluff, where, under
the brow of the wooded escarpment,
objects were already beginning to dim.
The girl's roving glance stopped at
a black walnut tree ten or fifteen
yards; away, where some frost-blasted
walnuts of the season before still
elung to =» hilghted limb, She swept
i
agninst the oppesite bluff, but appar-
ently did not even fan a walnut. He |
fixed |
his spectacles tighter on his nose. and
settled seriously to the task; held the
weapon in both hands, and almed a
long time-—result the same,
Then the girl threw up her revolver
and fired again. The bullet cut a nick
In the rotted outer hull of a walnut,
and she turned to the woodsman,
“Now, Jack, it's your turn.”
“Aw, I couldn't hit one of ‘em ™
“Come on,” she coaxed, “I ain't seen
y'u shoot none since-—let's see—'way
b'fore corn plantin'”
He looked a! her curiously, and
shifted in his saddle. The preacher
had half turned and watched him nar-
rowly,
Suddenly the revolver leaped from
the woodsman's side and darted about
over the blighted limb. Three shots
rang out; three walnuts flew into frag-
ments and crumbled down upon the
leaves,
The preacher had straightened In
the saddle and sat watching the won
derful marksmanship with an eye that
suddenly kindled to flint and flame;
but as the third walnut shattered to
dust and crumbs, the stoop came back
to his shoulders, the air of tired studi:
ousness to his face,
The girl turned to the woodsman,
her fine eyes alive,
“You coulda’ got three more!”
The light In the brown eyes kindled
a response In the gray; a slow smile
crawled across his bold features,
“It's ag'in the law o woods t' be
caught with an empty gun,” he sald,
with a seriousness that set her won
dering, as he felt for the powder
flask and bullets In his pouch.
In the dusk of the evening, as they
rode back to the village, tHe girl
stopped her horse In front of the old
cabin, deserted and gloomy, (hat
Bh
squatted uguinst the side-hill a few
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Ae POOR ACTS EC SoA JET THC JEL JID
yards back from the Kagle Hollow
road—the uncanny hovel that the
woodsman had gazed down upon from
the top of the bluff that morning
while watching the swallows dart in
and out of its ruined chimney. .
“That place is enough to give one
the-—creeps,” was the preacher's com-
ment as he rélned In Rex beside
Brownlie.
The girl turned in her saddle and
sat for some time looking the place
over-—the gate now long unused, {ts
hinges black with rust; the rank
weeds and sprouts growing close up
to the sagging door; the single small
front window now yellow with clay
that the rains had washed from be
tween the logs; the rude clapboards
of the roof warped, loosened, dis
placed-~the crumbling remnants of
what had once been a home, now des-
olate and forsaken under its somber
canopy of trees
“It’s the cab in of dead Henry Spen
cer,” she sald, "where he murdered his
wife and Infant daughter with 'Is ax
one bitter cold night when 'e was
drunk, and then wandered out and
froze t' death in the snow
“I've heard the story—from
ah—brother
*T"his is the
“But not all the story——
He around at
zically.
“No, not all"-
her words half & que «tion
{ he—comes back.”
your
place.”
”"
glanced her
she spoke
“they
The preacher's teeth gleamed white
| through his heavily bearded lips; his
Jarred the silence of
“Why, Miss Texle, this Is the Nine
| teenth century, not the Fourteenth™
“Yes,"—in red embarrassment
“but that's what they say.”
that same half-cyni
| came 80 easily to his face, as he gath
ered up the reins
With mountain
| warning fresh In
woodsman gland
as they rode
been constantly
tering the hollow
uncanny cabin
again under
them that for instant shook even
is iron composure—a face at the win
| dow was peering at them through the
i clay-smudged pane,
| The face ducked out of sight, and,
I without much a flick of the
{ bridle rein as If he had seen
! nothing at wood
| He glanced at
parently he had not seer
| he had he gave
al expression that
the girl's
still his mind,
on he
first
80,
something
doing since
As he did
happ ened to
A sight
en
the
his
the
eyes,
RO as
precisely
all--the an rode
but ap-
»
Ir
Of
ih
no sign,
CHAPTER XIV
The Scrape of a Match,
| While grooming Graylock in his stall
| that evening Jack Warhope thought of
| fhe face that had appeared for Its
i startling instant at the smudged win
{ dow of Henry Spencer's unballowed
cabin. As a matter of fact, he had
| been thinking of It ever since riding
| out of the jaws of the hollow
He bung wp the curry comb and
| stepped to the barn The sun
| glared red through a slit in the cloud
{ bank, and still cleared the trees on the
distant foothills by a yard-—enough for
| the purpose he contemplated
A moment later he was climbing the
| rough path that led to the uplands,
Pausing, to search critically the woods
{ In every direction, he then stole away
| toward the ill-reputed cabin of the
dead woodchopper.
The sun Just edged the
when he came opposite
Down in the bottom of the hollow the
shadows lay heavy, but the light still
touched the uncanny hovel squatted
against the hillside,
Stealing through the bushes and
brambles, he crept up to the place un-
der cover of the falfen oak, with its
festoons of wild cucumber vines. Near
dODT.
treetops
between the logs, leaving a narrow
within, The cabin was empty,
Hugging the wall closely, he crept
around to the sagging door; softly
pushed It open, His eyes lifted at what
de saw=-an old box on end near what
had once been the fireplace, an empty
whisky bottle on the box, with a lamp
standing beside it ready to light; a
blanket ready to hang over the
smudged window,
The dusty floor was «wovered with
tracks—man tracks-——one man's, Step-
ping so as carefully to set his feet in
the tracks, he entered the cabin and
closed the door,
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Macawe.
Macaws, a kind of parrot, native to
South Amefes, can break with their
beaks nuts which resist attacks with
f hammer,
Iceland Producing Wool,
Wool Is an Importan: agricultural
export of Ieeland, much of It being
woven Into blankets In America.
United States navy saobmarines now
carry small seaplunes for scouting
work.
Gay and Neutral
Tones i in Fashion
Green, Yellow, Red, Orange,
Plain Colors on List
for Spring.
Everywhere he radlance of spring
Is. reflected In gay and neutral tones
with white always predominating, says
a fashion correspondant In the Port.
land “Oregonian. Greens, especially
In Soft moss and almond tones, CaITY
thé honors, with soft yellow a close
second. Then there are the red and
orange tints so numerous that there
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today, Roan stripes and
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one fabric and thereby offer a wide
range for the designer's Imaginative
art, to say nothing of the possibilities
for the wearer to establish her own in-
dividuality through
necessaries,
The Chinese Influence js with us for
another season. Thig Is evidenced by
the coloring “love apple red,” to
tally, different from tile
red, and the soft greens, might well
bh~ described as Chinese green. Dis
ti etly Chinese designs are yyed
patterning
wear. Many
her selection of
nog
lacquer or
empl
for
disclose
cretonnes
parasols these
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Street Costume
Red and White, With Underfrock
or Chinese handle and ferrule
silks most
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closely spaced, all-over
The fabric itself is usual
prints,
Printed
spring are
their small,
1880 motifs
suggestive
color. Daring floral designs
‘ge and small, and detached
rogistering - black and whi
siriking contrasts and are undeniably
chie.
All
to
'
te,
has been sald as to color
for minute the
that
discount one
Corded Materials Ate
Again Given Approval
The twills of other seasons are be
ing replaced by wool rep, and ribbed
in all fabrics. In combina-
tion with silk and artificial silk a
surface is effected which adds rich-
pess to the simple untrimmed frock of
today.
Such a tendency toward corded ma-
terials recalls the ottoman of ou
gown, The skill
and technique of the textile designer
and manufacturer today has made it
possible to revive these rich materials
vith all the suppleness that fashion
demands,
in the world of cottons, organdie
has given way to her unstarched sis
ter, batiste, Soft ecru tones in batiste
tensively
skirt fashion a dance frock for the
youthful, and a rosette of ribbon flow-
ers in pastel tones with streamers of
color dropping to the hem emphasizes
the low waistline where skirt and
bodice join.
All-over embroideries on a volle and
crepe background are prominent and
there 1s a feeling of the colonial spirit
in the patterning, althowgh in many
instances the spirit of 1880 Is evi
denced, as In printed silks,
New Sport Fabric Looks
Like Heavy Silk Crash
The new sport fabric, popular be-
cduse of its texture as well as (he
shades In which it is produced, be.
tongs rightfully to the eponge family,
¥t looks a bit like heavy, rough, fin
ished silk crash, and may be pure silk
or combined with artificial silk. Such
Little Misses’ F rock
of Pale Blue Chiffon
Most dainty is this little dress of |
and tiny rosebuds,
White Is present
It is sponsored by Paris
Ameri
well
inhood,
the
slik
popularity of white,
everywhere,
well as our
who Interpret
American wom:
Ag to
realm of silks
¥
be fashioned
i 3 § or
as Gesigners,
spirit
an
the
"iy of
in
t may
fabric, newest
is alpaca.
morning frock.
observed
Such
carried
sho sl ler to hem.
waistline wag ad-
at De glide
thereby eliminat
belt, The mod
was suggested In a
A Peter Pan
of this fabric
a long, tight
frock recently
unbroken line from
The fullness at the
} ris
arm,
r of a
usted three Jd:
under th
Shorter Skirt Faversd
Paris
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BRITS are noliceadiy
that
uw
Colhe reports
but
tuken
shorter,
ave not
very
appar
men bh
While
is quite
wn
long
th of
their type
¢ leng
ularly those
barely
any other
right Inches
of a
ntinues
ither as past
wrap ©
new yersion
part of a
the coming
are the last
umes and are won
AM: ide © nohair in
blue, of soft gray
red, th have
f fine white pique
buttons
the
of
ord in
sitractive fn
donna
| green and of Cl
{ derfully
| shades of mwa
i nese ey
little round collars o
th
rend
white pearl
just above
several Inches
The long sleeves
finished with cuffs of pique and |
there is a short circular cape that |
fastens onto the sleeves with flat but
i fons,
A cape similar in style Ig a feature
of the Charming In its
| straight lines, it is developed in heavy
| white tussor with conventional motifs
| embroidered in myrtle green silk. The
dress is. beltless and fastens with
loops and self-covered buttons
ind fasten wi
“He }
tunic oR
knees, allowing
knickers to be seen
i are
costume.
| a fabric has many uses and when
imade Into the new straightline
blouse adds a smart touch to au plalted
chiffon skirt. A scarf of this fabric
forms part of the blouse, for scarfs
have gained =o in Importance that one
| scarcely designs a frock without in
cluding this bit of throw carelessly
about the throat. A monogram on one
end of the throw may be the only note
of ornament and it Is Bsually black
There Is something about these soft
solid tones that invariably calls for
a note of black, however small.
In woolens, for they can never he
overlooked, regardless of season, flan.
nels, kadhas and creelins mark the
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Novelty fabrics are employed in the
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Striped, checked and solid colored
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Colored stitchings, leather appliques,
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Leather trimmings are prominent
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group of sport conte are presented in
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