v= WNU Service Chapter X—Continued re] Bee Pierrot, deep in his own thoughts, scarcely heard the laugh that came suddenly from her lips. Nepeese was listening to the growl that was again In Baree's throat. It was a low but terrible sound. When half a mile from cabin, his somber carried them her- later they saw a meet them, shoulders and self. Ten minutes man advancing It was not McTaggart. ognized him, and with breath of relief waved was DeBar, who trapped in the Bar- ren Country north of Lac Bain. rot knew him well They had changed fox-poison and there was pleasure in of thelr hands. DeBar sta Nepeese, “Tonnerre, she has woman!" he cried, Nepeese looked at the color deepening | bowed back trap-line DeBar lost no ¢ mission, at hefore the to an his hand. It ex the grip grown Into like a womar straight, with ‘heeks courtesy that as he low with a lated a couple of centuries beyond the time in cabin Pierrot and Nepeese he had come. M’sieu, the Lac Bain, was leaving five days, and he special n on a journ DeBar request Plerr sent 1e88enger to o to come up to assist the d ti lerk and half-breed storekeeper in his Pierrot made ut he was thinking ‘hy had McTaggart Why he not ch until a rd clin In the st fron and Ne was engage getting supper did absend Bush sent osen stove In peese busily he hunter. DeBar “He asked But these voice fox shrugges stay Besides, the Cor he sent worry for ferrot nodded Net They discussed that night. But for h« and a asked himself the Why had McTaggart for It must be, he told himself finally M'sieu had sent for him because wanted to win over the father Nepeese and the friendship For this great honor that conferring on deep down In his filled with suspicion, When DeBar was about next morning, Pierrot said: “Tell M'sieu that I will Lac Bain the day after tomorrow, After DeBar had gone, he said to Nepeese : “And you shall remain here, cherie I will not take you to Lac 3ain. I have had a dream that M'sieu will not go on a journey, but has lied, I arrive And should hapren that you care to go—" like the “Possibly ootam.” the matter no irs Plerrot thinking, hundred tim same him? , that sent he of of un- gain herself, a very Factor was yet, Nepeeosge was doubtedly him. And heart, for leave at the post, Nepeess straightened suddenly, a reed that caught by wind. “Non! cried, so fiercely that Plerrot laughed, and rubbed his hands So it happened that on the day after the fox-hunter's visit left for Lac door waving him good-by until he out of sight. ® » Ad » * *. . On the morning 3ush McTaggart from his while it was still dark. The time had come, He had hesitated at murder at the killing of Plerrot; and in his hesitation he had found a better way, There could be no escape for Nepeese It was a wonderful scheme, of accomplishment, so inevitable In its outcome, And all the time Plerrot would think he was away to the East on a mission! He ate his breakfast before dawn. and was on the trall before it was yet light, There was a vast amount of brutal satisfaction to McTaggart in anticipating what was about to hap- pen, and he reveled In it to the full. There was no chance for disappoint. ment. He was positive that Nepeese would not accompany her father to Lac Bain. She would be at the cabin on the Gray Loon-—alone, has been she second ain, of this same Kay rose RO ensy COPYRIGHT BY DOUBLEDAY PACE &G This aloneness was to Nepeese bur- dened with thought of danger. There were times, now, when the thought of being alone was pleasant no admit even Plerrot., She was growing just the sweet, closed bud of womanhood as yet—still a girl the soft velvet of girlhood In eyes, yet with the mystery woman stirring gently in her soul, as and letting her little At these times, the opportunity to steal hours hy herself would put on the red and her hair as her longer. tween awakening came she dress do up she Pler Nelson day of Pi rot had sent House. errot’'s nb magazines ‘ar from the second Nepeese ghe dressed herself like it today Hn ory her forehead boun ribbon y she wall “Tell M'sieu That | Will Leave, Day After Tomorrow.” the fashion one of the from a tress that fell when the door and Bush MeT coveted ringlets away below her behind ked hips, her, open odd aggart wal Chapter XI The Willow's back was toward the door when the Factor from Lac Balin entered the cabin, and for a few startled seconds she did Her first thought was for some not turn of Plerrot returned jut even as Baree's throat her suddenly door. McTagzart was standing hack against the door; in her wonderful a snarl that her feet, brought to the facing with dress and flowing A space at accident, was Willow now spark of cy, what he saw. playing against If tnere had slumbering chivalry, even, In Bush McTaggart's soul, It was extinguished by what he saw, Never had Nepeese looked more heau- tiful, not even on that day when Mae Donald the map-maker had Fate, been a of mer. taken her pleture, the window, halr; its cameo, lighted up her marvelous her flushed face was framed In lustrous darkness like a tinted He had dreamed, pletured nothing like this woman who stood before him now, her eyes wid- ening with fear and the flush leaving her fuce even as he looked at her. terrible to the girl. necessary. At last she understood what her peril that day at the edge of the in the forest, when fearlessly she had played with the menace that was con- fronting her now. A breath that was like a from her lips. “M'sieu!” was only a seemed choking Plainly heard the fron bolt as it locked the Taggart advanced a step. Only a step Mc vanced. On the floor Baree had re malned lke a carven thing. He had not moved. He had not made a sound but that one warning snarl-—until Me- Taggart took the step. And then, like a flash, he was up and in front of Nepeese, every halr of his body’ on end: and at the fury in his growl Me- Taggart lunged hack the barred door. A word and instant was hand been chasm and sob broke But It She to an tried gasp she say. effort, the Me- click of door. she single aggart ad- against from Nepeese oment, it would have heen over tut lost an Instant moment man's fter than and Factor’ fin hefore her £ that han worked gwi hrute unde standing; as Bs nt the a flash and It was “1 have co son Hou to Lac Inst “Forever,” He did ne ge and hi hack od the He cried spalr for Plerrot of od Nepeese fi arms until she nger that mi ucht was facin And She could no lo wee She was covered her body, nds and breast and suffocating her. entangling her ha and ATE struggle of Nepeose McTaggart stumbled over the body Baree, and they went down was up fully five seconds ahead of the She could have reached tle But again it was her hair. fne man, door she could and Me at the door ahead of her lock It again, but stood His face was scratched He no longer a Nepeese wna hroken, panting—a low gohbing came with her breath. She bent down, and picked up a plece of firewood. McTaggart could see that her strength was al that Taggart was He did not facing her. and bleeding man but a devil it so see, was fhe clutched the stick as he ap proached her again But McTaggart had lost all thought of fear or caution He sprang upon her like an animal The stick of firewood fell, And again the girl, In her and hopelessness had caught up the first stick her hand had tontched—a light ene. With her last strength she struck nt McTaggart and as it fell on his head, he ut It did not make Lim loose his hold. (TO BE CONTINUED) she The experiences of Lieut. Gen, Sir tobert 8. 8. Baden Powell of the British army with boys ns messengers during the Boer war in South Afriea sp Impressed him that he came later to devote almost his entire time to work witlt boys, ‘He organized the boy scouts in England, and from there the movement spread to most other countries, and the membership has grown until it now includes millions of boys, “The boys’ general,” however, free- ly acknowledged his debt to move- ments of a similar character In the United States. And so, although the Boy Scouts of America were not In corporated until 1910, which was some Httle time after the British organiza. tion had been formed, the scouts in this country really date to a boye' organization founded by Daniel Carter Beard--Dan Beard-—about 19, This body became, with another founded by Ernest Thompson Seton, the foun- dation of the American scouts, “Packing Industry” CENTRE HALL. PA. Beige, Gray Worn by Chic Sub-Debs Three and Four-Piece Com- binations Are in Favor for Sports Wear. There is nothing to which the Parisienne pays closer attention than the dress of her debutante daughter, This, writer in the New York Herald Tribune, is easily understood. For the well-brought-up young girl in France Is allowed little or no freedom until she has been led to the altar, and the family makes many sacrifices to provide her with the necessary dot without which she will not easily find a mari. The vogue for sport has been the salvation of the French jeune fille. It has emancipated her from frocks that almost nun-like In thelr sim- plicity. Now, llke her mother, she has the smartest two-plece dresses, and three or four-piece © As she is usually athletic observes a fashion nsembles, and glad oe An Attractive Tallored Suit of Brown and Birch.-Red Plaid. For outdoor she generall; plain br with o pted very tall, her flesh-colored wil haps a silk playing golf evening gowns pumps sandals, heel ada mother, she always k stockings, of per and woolen mixture for With she ks or satin smart fro has beige Nothing Somber About of black remains un Earlier in the season it that black had The changed nuite apparent gained | status wae re- Summer and ars In a than It had ever modes confirm its importance black frock, simple little street aspect, a subtle affair of georgette designed for afternoon enjoyed the whether it appe chiffon of lace for evening Is unquestionably the smart frock of the season There is nothing about black dresses of this summer, that is dull or uninteresting erly are they designed and so fully fashioned that oftentimes they have far more allure than of more brilliant colors, Frequently the contrast is achieved by pipings and bandings of a vivid tone. somber the nothing Ko clev. ekill- those Cubist Hats Eccentric hats are the latest vogue in London. Some have braiding in silver and bright colors are seen with eccentric brims and crowns, the colors of which must be In violent contrast Ribbons stray at will across these hats and dangle from un- down and packed In barrels, hence arose the name now given the meat industry. It Is more or less a mis Blouses for Summer Kipling once sald that an oriental greater fruit degree to the and vegetable canning where feature. According to that, the blouses to be worn this summer are highly civilized. Except in extraordi- nary cases the tunic blouse for day wear has given place to the blouse which is worn under the skirt and confined with a belt, Polka Dots, Big Hats A Polka dots and big hats—one of the in Hollywood. Here is shown an ensemble of red flat crepe, with a loose coat of red, with white dots. The enormous hat is also bril- lant red, Hit-or-Miss Fashion Checks of All Sizes in Fashion Limelight oat seems 14 f t} { a green and white the more conservatis check which sporty as the black.-and nation, But talllear quarters length coat and four Black and white makes the ing effect, although many found in deep purples is the with boasts o check, three inches square, most dash suits and are to dark Three Silhouettes on Summer Fashion List but oustanding fons of summer tinned vogue of slender another shows the and the third in the bl draperies (3f these honette is a bit more generally in due no doubt to the fact generally becoming Not glihonettes features of the One reflects the con- one, three are fash straight lines, flare at the bottom introduces a back and newer line snsed the cape 1 three the straight line sll evi that The New Static Line Fashionable Paris offers, York pays attention to, the “moderate- ly static” silhouette. This independ ent understudy of the leading flare ex- presses its lines in box plaits, stitched in from shoulder to hem, In unyield ing straight-line skirts of smart tal. lored sults, in cleverly scant-cut coat dresses, If thls “static” line does not superside, 12st seasons smart and practical “kinetic” line on the ave nues, it probably will haye its vogue on downtown streets and in business offices, and New Slips Without Straps Slips of newer type have no shoul der straps. This Is particnlarly true of the evening slip which is worn un der sheer chiffon frocks. The slip is fitted with elastic about the top which prevents It from slipping. If one wenrs a brassiere it may be fastened to the brassiere with tiny since the brassiere generally shoulder straps. The brassiere has match the frock or straps of silver, 5 ws TIE RITCHIE CABINL ivie, (& Western Newspaper Union.) Mid the rich stores ture’'s gifts to man Each has his loves, to his soul By assoclation’s golden links - Eliot, of na wedded close EVERYDAY GOOD THINGS There is nothl his akes place of a the luncheon supper good Garden De. light. each green peppe and eh with cupful of cottage hag been seasoned with butter er cream plates with lettuce, one-half of a banana add salad dressing to cover with one cheese and which enriched Line galad lay on each lengthwis cheese well the and each the cheese dressing Halibut Souffle.—Take on halibut flaked, one cupful of Biot +199 aten int be ‘ 5 yey Pr cupful of rhit gyuce re ege Wile sauce, one egg a } " tablespoonful of # Bpoor ful of nig lemon juice worcestershire sat Te and bread julce, ar J and pepper, wtif¥ in ing cheese on envy «1ted but. iuce Prune Cake —Take Baked Ham. —F or teaspooniul and or of soda, on raspoonful of salt one-fourth nuts cut into b Mi rell, roll thin and cut twenty raisins ve ry Bake oderate oven shapes minuies Ina m Oatmeal Soup.—Take one-half of tomatoes, one-thi can rd of a cupful of one of a taste, oatmeal, two of water one-half galt to and two tablespoon- Cook hour, add seasoning If cupfuls tablespoonful of sugar, pper i small onlon, p+ and a bit of bayleaf fuls of rub needed ar Hominy Gems.—Pour one cupful of scalded milk over half a cupful corn add one-fourth of a cupful of hominy, a tablespoonful of sugar and the same of shortening : mix well, add a yolk beaten thick and a white beaten stiff. Sift in one and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking pow- der and a little salt; beat and bake in hot wellgreased gem pans Corn Meal Gems.—Take one-half cupful of corn meal, add one of flour, three teaspoonfulg of baking powder, tablespoonful of sugar, tablespoonful of melted butter, one-half teaspoonful of salt, three fourths of a cupful of milk and one eER Boil milk, scald the corm meal, cool add the remaining In gredients, in well-.greased muf- fin tins Hominy and Pecan Croguettes.— Boil one-half cupful of hominy with a teaspoonful of salt in two cupfuls of water five minutes, then put into a double boiler and cook two hours, Add two tablespoonfuls of shortening, one-half eupful of chopped pecans and a teaspoonful of scraped onion, Cool and shape into cylinders. Beat one egg lightly, add two tablespoonfuls of water, roll the croquettes in crumbs, then egg, then In crumbs again and fry In deep fat. This makes one dozen croquettes, Rich Drop Cookies Cream one. half cupful of butter, add one-half cupful of sugar, one egg well beaten, three-fourths cupful of flour, one-half teaspoonful of vanilla, raisins, nuts or citron Drop by teaspoonful on butter sheet, spread thinly with a knife dipped In water; decorate with fruit and nuts, peanut butter one through a sieve, d serve hot of meal, cool, well cupful one one the and nke
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