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THE BEAVER
dog
laree
Part wolf
months
meet
Synopsis part
two old
first
Papayuch (y
Fighting hard, the
are plunged
a swollen ereek buffeted
and half drowned final
ly flung on ta the
water des of
direction and
and hungry
one
when
his
enemy,
owl).
onists
has with an
ounseK
antag
suddenly nto
ree is
but
has sense
lonely
any days his
life
He
the
thune
more
1s and distre
meets Vari 8s oreatur
wild thro
lerstorn He Is lear
and more He st
trapping grounds
Nepee Ne pe
with a rifle
Baree decovers and
wture's secrets rapidly
is determined to catch
tame him and tries aga
is strongly drawn to the
wtill fears un
qe ese
but
an
Chapter V
saan a
vild
of the
of
Ipelled by the
Willow's terrible er
Pierrot dashing y toward him
from the dead body of Wakayoo, Bares
« not stop runn until
his
breath Wis
ng
ax though lungs oo
phot hier ‘Nn stoned
wns well
for
out of the canyon and heade
the beaver pond
Exactly wherein la)
would be difficult to say
it w not because of Nepeese
"Ss
Willow hu
|
ul chaesed hin
i Lhe he
nng herself upon hiu
the clutch of ber hands
her soft
er of hair,
: If
1 ' t
en in his flight
wus not afrald
und tl
OW
sipped
looked
to see if
HS Nepeese wax following
would not have run hard fr
Her
had something
alone ayes voice and
neds
Le
and a greater loneliness now
was awed with a greater yearu
and
ams
in
thant
troubled dre
dreamed
night he
Paree was
He did
down to the
glad when the
not f i
tCenne seek Tag food
but
went [here
hope and anticipa
now. He
And
when
these passin
the hloodd of
wet dormant
the
he
in
instinetis
was
it
not
in men
es hy strange dangers
Deep northern
the
in dark
forests
in
does not work
anly. but
HE
and lay
uses day even more than
gh and 1 ny
pie
of Beavertooth's peo
were began dis
the
fry t
if a
iwake when Baree
to eRtiznte shares
He did
mself now, and at least
not 0
hi
'
f
ers had a good look a
i
to th
half a
wandered
arrowed] down
of
from
width
mile
~
almost the
Al
the
ti'enin
Then he back.
morning he hovered about
pond, showing himself
In
holds
openly
their
the
They
were
mud-and-stick
beavers held a eouncll
distinctly
hig strong
of
puzzled
which
war
There
were
four
nll
who destroyed thelr dams in the win
tes and
trom cold and by
they could not
supplies ;
enemies they
dreaded above others
time brought death
lowering the
get
0
i) fo
nll
snl
for
very
and oid alike:
who wonid
in order to
young, like Umisk
young
wolf,
hours
und the fox
we In
pounce on the
and his play-
mates
these four, wily Beaver-tooth and
people wonld have known what to do
But
if he was
laree was surely not nn otter,
fn fox or a wolf or a lynx,
actions were very strange, 10 say
least
apportunity to pounce
Le had been seeking pres
on his prey,
fut at no
time had he shown the desire to harm
them
It may be that the beavers discussed
the matter fully among themselves It
is possible that Umisk and
mates told their parents of thelr ad
venture and of how Baree made
move to harm them when he
(ite easily have caught them.
ever this may be,
Beaver-tooth took It
end the suspense,
It was early in the afternoon that
for the third or fourth time Baree
walked out on the dam. This dam was
fully two hundred feet in length, but
at no point did the water run over It,
the oyerflow finding its way through
narrow slulces, A week or two ago
Baree could have crossed to the oppo-
site side of the pond on this dam, but
old
io
courageous
upon himself
now—at the far end-—Beaver-tooth
his engineers were adding a wee
of in
new
tion dam, and order to accom
the low
of
were
flooded fully fifty
ground which
The dam held a
I'he it
th tlozens
yards
on thes
fascination for Baree,
high and dry, and
of
hich the
top of was
Sere were smoothly
1
little hollows in w
i taken their sun-bat in one of
Is
Baree stretehed
out, with his eves on the
pond
smoothness
rinnple stirred
ripple stirred
Not a
of the
have
«ound broke
The |
nsleep
afternoon
been dead
they
t Baree
or
Arnel a Knew
i her »
flood
ade ot they
stir
tha
he lay
and it
a time he
wis the dam
on
ell warm
that
the in a
wus so comfortable after
had difficulty in iis
hen
aeeping
pr
open to watel wind
asleap.
sensed this
how Beave
1 mystery inter
quietly,
nt
moments
without
rds of Baree
ie up n splash
or a sound, with
few
water
{ty yn
he scarcely moved
Then
vith the dam
[For a
in the he swum very
slowly parallel ACross
At th
and
e pond e other side he drew
nite
his
ashore for nnothe m
olionless as stone, with
"n
of tl
Not
WAN Very ws
thot part ie dam ere
another heave:
won
hated hu
ohiser
ap
fod one
n close;
he
String
eniered
tao Beaver-tooth's
better loo old
in an Instant His Feet Shot Out From
Under Him.
flat tall out beyond him and rose to a
witting on hind quarters,
his two front paws heid squirrel-like
his breaat, In this pose he was
three tall He
forty pounds, and
te resembled one of
good-antured, silly-looking
go largely to stomach, But his brain
wns working with amazing celerity,
Suddenly he gave the hard mud of the
dam a single slap with his tall-—and
Baree sat up. Instantly he saw Beaver:
tooth, and stared. Beaver-tooth stared
For a full half-minute neither moved
the thousandth part of an inch. Then
Baree stood up and wagged his tall
That cnovigh., Dropping te his
forefeet, Beaver-tooth aaddle] sispre
ly
postire his
aver
fully
welghed
wave
feet probably
in some
fat,
dogs that
those
Wis
He neither eantious nor
in very great haste now. He made a
comynotion in the water and
awn boldly back and forth under
Inree., When he had done this several
times he cut straight up the pond to
the largest of the three honses and
disappenred Five minutes after
eaver-tooth’'s exploit word was pass
ing quickly among the colony, The
Baree-—wnas not a iynx. He
was not a fox. He was not a wolf,
Moreover, he was very young-—and
harmless, Work could be resumed.
Play could be resumed. There was no
danger. Such was Beaver-tooth's ver:
diet,
If some one had shouted these facts
in beaver language through a mega-
phone the response could not have
been quicker, All at once it seemed to
Baree, who was still standing on the
edge of the dam, that the pond was
alive with beavers, Ile had never seen
so many at one time before. They
were popping up everywhere, and some
over wns
grent
THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL. PA.
of them swam up within a dozen feet
of him and looked him over in a leis
urely and curious way. For perhaps |
five minutes they seemed to have no |
particular object In view. Then Beav- |
ellmbed out, Others fol.
Half a dozen workers dis |
appeared in the canals, As inany more
waddled out among the alders and
willows. Kagerly Baree watched for |
Umisk und his chums, At last he saw |
them, swimming forth from one of |
smaller houses, They climbed out on |
their playground-—-the smooth bar |
i above the of mud. jaree |
| wagged his tail so hard that his whole |
| body shook, and hurried the ,
: mixtures
dam. !
When he came out on the
Umisk
supper from long,
The other little
into nu ciump of young
shore and
lowed him,
Vogue for Tailored Suit Is
Defined in Versions of
Wide Range.
The Increasing vogue of the sult,
discerned last fall, Is now sharply de
fined, notes a fashion in the
New York Tribune. It embraces the
severe tallleur Im innumerable ver
executed In mannish
halre-lne cheviots, two-tone
checks, blocks, and
aib- } plain cluster stripes. The jacket may be
cut {| short and hoxy short and snugly
bad] molded to the figure. Again It may
: strike the finger tip or knee length or
ul flare It
mannish waistcoat,
writer
shore
sions, tweeds,
along
dlagonals, plaids
level strip
there alone,
freshly
beavers
of shore,
bling
I willow,
was
or
i
| gone thich .
{ - at the side or across the back,
1
ai
collar and
may +0 develop a
He
Baree
This t did
his
me Umisk not run
feminine waistcont
Silk
shan
ribbed
tie, or a
from stick.
squatted himself, ling
friendly and ingratiating manner,
iM with a high lace collar and jabot.
annits Introduce the heavy crepes,
tu f
ail
«ilk combinations
{ most
For
wigg in a
. ngs, silk alpaca, 1 eta and
a few seconds Umisk regarded him
Then, very he resumed his
stpper.
at the
proved superfine
to the smart
spring wardrobe. Woolen material was
mn
revealed
that
prominent
Fabrics recent open-
woolens
ings
are be in
seen
Ao
vil
Wiis
8, COALS, CAPES and dresses,
ral or
the
er
ng were fine o 1
2
wWree :
frisca
. ariel
coverts ang t
wool crepes,
an arhit
weight
of
rayon
tweeds, he
might have gone
\ his
new combine
and
4 Patterns str
Him,
it h
» place of
hecks,
riation,
Wear
Ties
af most
. and e range
in the beavers themse
are the
of
outstanding feature
new
whieh made up
ft
zan nn
companionship
for the
friendship of Ka
This
the mport ns
wny los% : Hue 15,
Wolf
he
companionship conld
§ went just
With each day
nore Ld in
At the end
pid gone away
heavers hecnme
seeing Baree
vor weeks, if Baree |
ave missed him—but not
that
eadd-natured tolerant
w
With Baree it was
N One ese
still uskahis, as
d moth
fhe pup
not ve
Beaver-tooth's
roe ate his menls a mile u
where there were plenty
Nig
large pa
[Lut the pond was home
found there and n
He slept at
on it on
nights, and the heavers accepted
They
did
him
is day the end o
dam. or top of particularly
lear
iim guest
if
as na permanent
worked in his presence as he
not exist
He still could
he other ve
and
n
he
indoce Umisk
not
wine heavers to join him
and after the first week or so
In fact
s effarts their play
wt as
fwo.-Piece Frock
Blouse
oh
ot
Jersey;
Is Featured.
Longer
Lars
roy front lines
irving
inches
hig
ks and
an a lead
1 built
{ from three
i
fer
The tie
" .
ruffled
* %
ta the cam, Umisk a 2
in dresses
1 opt
iarge
no
his pinay
dam
twigs :
or spring
Although
are
to
! around tt wneil to turd
around ti penci the styles in sweaters for
ground, an nake-believe two mod
h In
1
=
La rhicl
this
and slip-ons
niors many
be m
pring are the Inmberia«
The are particularly
adapted for wear because they
ire knitted In what
waffle stitch Ti
staple color ot
of his o i
i aromise +L vogue
hour
an at =n
as industriously
Umisk would work
time on this play-dam
as his father and mother were working
le
away,
lumberjacks
early
woven
the
are seen in
ax tan or gray
grounds with horizontal stripes in red,
or black They button
and are finished with
willtary collar and two pockets, « The
dlip-ons, however, are featured in the
ight colors only, the horizontal stripes
n many instances being supplemented
»y a row of bright-colored flowers. A
| sricket neck permits the collar of the
to be worn
and Baree would
belly
1
38] i»
fint
the g dam,
on his “ feet
watching him and wondering n
fle could see some reason for nibbling
closely of
few # known
iweanters
as
ightily -
vinations, such back
at sticks—he liked to sharpen his teeth
on sticks himself: but it puzzled him
in why Umisk so painstakingly
range, navy
to expl the
) neck
stripped the bark from the sticks and
mn to
swallowed it
Another method of play still further
discouraged Baree's advances, A short
distance from the he had
first seen Umisk there was a shelving
bank that rose ten or twelve feet from
the water, and this bank was used by
the young beavers as a slide. It was
worn smooth and hard, Umisk would
limb up the bank at a point where it
wus not so steep. At the top of the
slide he would put his tail out fiat be
hind him and give himself a shove,
shooting down the toboggan and land:
ing in the water with a big splash,
spot where
louse outside
' Brassiere an Article
of Comfort and Beauty
| irassieres are no longer associated
{ with heavy confining materials or the
tightly drawn lace models of the past
| sensons, but are now being shown as
| an article of comfort and beauty. as
| well as style. First in importance is
the uplift model which Paris has de
| ereed In the return of the molded fig
| ure. Naturally the fabrics chosen
One afternoon, when the toboggan
was particularly wet and slippery
from recent use, Baree went up the
heaver-path the top of the bank,
and began investigating Nowhere
had he found the beaver-smell so
| strong as on the slide. He began
| eniffing and incamtionsly went too far
1 ap Instant his feet shot out from
under hun, and it a single wild
yelp he went shooting down the tohog-
gan. For the second time in his life
he found himself struggling ander
water, and when a minute or two later
he dragged himself up through the
«oft mud to the firmer footing of the
shore, he had at last a very well-de
tined opinion of heaver play.
to
| but the woven silks of the jersey va:
riety, nets and fine laces. These bras.
| gleres are narrow In width and cut
go as to conform with the natural
lines, Delicately colored ribbon
Inge are aged for the elastic shoulder
| straps and the adjustment bands
| ACTORS the back.
vy
Tweeds for Spring Are
Thin and Finely Woven
| Tweeds have taken on a new supple
ness this spring. They are so thin
| and finely woven in some pieces that
they might be taken for wool volles.
A% nu rule this material is not for all
figures. It la too bulky and too stir
to be used when a slenderizing effect
{8 desired. A small herringbone pat.
tern. woven rather finely, is one that
any woman might wear, Those woven
in pastel colors shading from light to
dark are also new,
The kasha toile Is an attempt to
make the new kashas thinner and
more adaptable, These sometimes
have borders In designs seen on In
dian blankets made by the Hopls
Baree's stay with the beaver
shows that at bottom he is more
dog than wolf, and so fitted for
human companionship,
om—
s—
(TO BE CONTINUED)
"A A
Mind Developed Early
william Ewart Gladstone, “The
Great Commoner,” four times prime
minister of England, was graduated at
Oxford In 18351, at the age of twenty.
two, with the highest honors ia the
classics and mathematics,
|
i
i
This Chic Outfit Is
for Spring Sport Wear |
¥
KEEPING WELL
DR. FREDERICK R. GREEN
Editor of “HEALTH”
| HHO OOOLOLO000
@.
DUST IN THE LUNGS
S° MUCH has been written about
tuberculosis that any one who
following cold influenza
infection, develops a persistent cough
of or difficulty
breathing suspected by his family
and friends and
| himself of being a victim of this
Yet
fitions wh
for
an early
192¢, Western Newspaper Union.)
0 BeYere or
a shortness breath in
is
often by the patient
ire
dread
disease, there are several other
lung ich may easily
ption
very
and in
mistaken
which
act o«
be Cong
recognitio
Is of the
n of the ex
mdition
portance
The New
of
par
not
abhor
phlet
Cause
although
of fe
whose
1g of stone
ar
» . £
The charming coat shown here is a SCA Is
sport model of orange, green and yel. by pulverizing
low plaid, with a white fur coliar, and
lined with white kasha, The hat is of
green felt
Or
Connor of stone
Gold, Silver Negligees
Among Fashions of Hour
Wotnen
thelr
gold apd silver
gradually
irritatio
in
develops
NECPSEATY
fect. The
does not
t hard te
negiiges an reathe arke fy N “ean't get
he Unit Then
of America altacks of pleurisy
turned
recent
show of t hreat
f pag .
League has ]
ibinations have chest or the mice
into glorified chorus girl costumes, Ther
fashioned from bits of colorful chiffon. | to
lace and interlacing
time the patient
ix deyegloping
0 night
loss of weight or appetite as the early
He looks w
begins
fear he consumption
gold and silver
ribbons
As |
and
made
th
But he has n sweats, fever or
1 $ 2
or negligees they are pajamas. consumptive has
lace well ¢ f
trousers of gold and silver pols
»
with ship
tops draw
wi coats mo elaborate
and flowered
seem
RAT-BITE FEVER
HAT rats 26 deutr
That
with 1
are destructive and dan
reco
3
nized
Black and White Liked
for Jewelry Novelties
jewelry
pests is generally
rats, carryin fleas in
germs
principal
‘end ‘ Lene] he
Biaeck novelties f
a : nlague, are he
findir a pla among hs
gt!
understood
are the many
is disease is
But
bite,
another and entirely
generally known
has long been known
in Japan under the name of soduku. It
has aise been recognized in this coun
try
The
| has generally
The patient, frequently a child, is bit
ten by a rat, the wound healing iu
| three or four days apparently without
any trouble. In from five days to
fourteen days, the wound, apparently
well, becomes swollen, painfol and
biuish-red, the giands near the wound
swell and become tender. There is ne
| abscess and no matter forms in the
in several strands. all long. and with wound or in the glands. At the end
a bracelet matching. The long-strand | of two weeks after the bite, the pa
crocheted beads ne doubt “Welomg to | tent has a chill, followed by a fever,
the matronly woman who prefers with prostration, pain in the back
white for summer wear and who does and a sensation of weakness in the
legs. About twenty-four hours after
the chill, a biuish-red eruption ap
pears on the body, which gradually
| fades gs the fever goes down in the
next four or five days
These symptoms then entirely dis
appear and for four or five days there
is no trouble, except that the patient
feels exhausted. This free period. how.
ever, is followed by another chill, then
fever and eruption. ‘These varying
| periods of chills and eruption with
| periods of no symploms may go on
for a short or long time, one case being
reported where, at fourteen-day in
spreadin also now gen
rat
the
distinet
and aACCesRories Cut
onyx in
acelets and earrings lends
varied
eraily
jtself
3 3 oh *
ervstal combined it or that (he
by
Cause of
aces, bi its own may be
touch of brilliancy to both
Hat
in
usually
of
a snarkling
disease is not
sport and afternoon costumes 1 a 3
naments in black galalith come
r
or "
all Rat-bite fever
fin
wilver
and are
heads
sizes and
off
rl
features
Pearl
rings
and
button
shapes
jshesd with animal
with nestone settings indicating the
disease is a peculiar
following
one and
the history
and
fet heads
A pair of pearl
a flat rim of
with black
groups of
#s they
hracelets
with
necklaces ear
alternate
notifs of
earrings
which outiined
and set with tiny
Old-fashioned
also
onyx
have
silver, iw
enamel
and white has made its reappearance
This season, however, it will be worn
that breaks the line of the figure
Period Styles to Be
Popular This Spring
Probably the most important and
gignificant phase of the new méades of ¢
or the robe de style, as it is often
called.
Costumes of this type have never
really gone out so far ag evening fash. |
jons are concerned. Certain designers | tervals, the attacks continued for over
have always included them in every | elght years
collection of new models and certain i The cause has been proved to be a
women who wear this mode with much | peculiar germ found in the rat. These
grace and distinction have always pos: | garg gre more frequently found in
sessed one or more gowns of this Char | Guy rug than in the ordinary domesti.
acter. cuted rats,
This spring wide, full skirts and | AS :
the germ is very much the
tight little bodices, which distinguish in appearance ns that of wh Pge
the picture frocks are not confined to | rally occurred to students of the
evening modes bul appear in the
smartly simple ittle costumes de Seuse Yo ee 3 usuamtes
signed for daytime and afternoon | woo .q of Asheville, N. C., a four-year.
wear. Fashioned of taffeta, thex are | 5 poy pitten in the wrist was appar
usually in shades of navy blue and ently cured by two injections
black with a lighter touch introduced | A .
in sheer collars and cnffs | Rr hile, keep the rats away from