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CHAPTER I
UQL'Cll hair! Such ees! h'uch
O color! Laugh if you will. Whltte
more, hut I swear that she was the
tywdsomest girl I've ever laid my e es
Upon!"
There was an artist's enthusiasm in
'tlregson's girlishly sensitive fare as he
looked ncross the tahle at Whlttemote
agd lighted a cigarette.
"She wouldn't ho much as give me a
look wncn I stared," he added. "I
couldn't help It. Had, I'm going to
jnako a full-page 'cover' of her tomor
row for Burke's, Burke dotes on pietty
women for the cover of his magazine. :
'Why, demmlt, man, what the deuce nie
you laughing at?"
"Not at tilts particular eae, Tom."
apologized Whlttemore. "Hut -- I'm
Wondering "
His eyen wandered iimihiatlvi'ly
about tne lough Interior of the little
cabin, lighted by a untitle oil-tamp
hanging from a cross-beam ill the
celling, and he whHtled softly.
"I'm womletlng," he went on, "If
you'll ever strike a place where you
won't nee 'one of the most henutlftit i
things on earth.'' Tho last one was at
the artist, IleCKing uie an irom uir.
tfp of his cigarette.
"Kven the Valencia glii. eh?"
There was a chuckling note of pleas
ure In Phlllii- Whlttemoie's voice as
; l, Heve8rve VtTouV letter yet! and I'll i0ilM
IM I tVi"hu vSw. ,he """ from ' ,1 ifiSJliiftiftftl
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lie leaned half across the 'table, his
handsome face, bronzed by snow and
wind, illumined In the lamp-glo".
Oregson, In strong contrast, with his
round, smooth cheeks, slim hands, and
build almost womanish, leaned over his
Bide to meet him. l'or the twentieth
time thHt evening the two men shook
hanils.
"Haven't forgotten Valencia, eh"
, chuckled the artist, gloatingly. "I-ord.
but I'm glad to r-ee you again. Phil.
Seems like a century since we weie
out raising the Old Ned together, and
ypt It's less than three ears since we
came back from South America. Valen
cla'. Will we ever forget it?
"When Burke handed me bis first
turn-down a month ago and said,
Tom, your work begins to show you
want a rest,' I thought of Valencia,
and was so confoundedly homesick
for those old days when you and T
, pretty nearly started a revolution, and
came within an ace of getting our
scalps lifted, that I moped for a week.
.Oad, do 1 remember It? You got out
by fighting and I through a prettN
girl." f
"And your nerve." chuckled Whitie
more, crushing the other's hand.
. x"That was when I made dp my liiind
A were the nerviest man aliie
Oreggy. Dili you ever learn what be
came of Donna Isobel'.'"
"She appeared twice in Burke's, unce
as the 'Goddess of the Southern He
publics' and again as 'The Olti of Va
. lencla.' She married that reprobate
of a Caraliobo planter, and 1 believe
they're happy."
"It seems to me there are othei-."
5H1 f wind, illumined In the lamp-glo-'. ! hi2.-l-j V.'T.c'iae-hllfS
Efi'KVF firegson, in Htronff contrast, win in- v:fx3WJrti5!S
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f Gad. do 1 remember it? Vou got out M;j b rV&S-J&i-5 WAWM:xKS7mMWmmMimeM!mA'M W
continued Whitieinure, pondering for .1
moment In mock seriousness. "Tln-ie
was one at Kio whom ou swore
would make your fortune If you could
get her to sit for jou, and whose
husband was on the point of pulling
six Inches of steel Into you for telling
her so, when 1 explained that oil
were young and harmless, and a lit.
tie out of your head -"
"With our list." cried (iiegson
joyousl. "Clad, but that was a
mighty blow! I can see that inife
now. I wns Just beginning my pater
noster when chug! ami down be
went! And he desened it. I said
nothing wiong. In my very best
Spanish 1 asked her If she would sit
for me, and why the devil did he
take that as an insult? And she was
beautiful
"Of couise," agreed
Whlttemore.
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II l 1 l-llll-UHlt-l . 1.11.1 HUH llll.- lUVCIIl'Sl
creature jou had ever seen
And
after that there were other.-.! score
oi mem ai nasi, e.icu lov-uer tnnri
tne one netore.
"Tliey make up my lif." said flrep
son. more seriously than he had yet
spoken. "They'ro the only thing I
cun draw and clo well. I'd think an
editor was mad if ho asked nie lo do
something without a pretty woman
In t' 'iod bless 'em. I hope I'll go
on J-eelng them forever When I can't
see beaut;, in woman I want to die."
"And vou always want to ste it in
the superlative degree."
"I insist upon It. If she lacks some.
thing, as Donim Isobel wanted color,
i imagine mat it Is theie. and she Is
perfect! But this one that I saw
tonight is perfect! Now what 1 want
to know is this. Who tho deuce Is
he!"
"where can she bo found, and
will she sit for a Burke, two or three
miscellaneous, and it '-tudy' for the
annual sale." struck In Whlttemore.
"Is that It?"
"Kxaell. You've a natural ability
for hitting tlie n.nl on the head. I'hll."
"And Burke told ou to take a
rest."
CiregMiu offered his cigurettes.
"Yet, Burke Is a good-natured, poetic
old houl who has u honor of spiders
snake, and skyscrapers. He -aid to
me: 'dreggy, go and seek natuie In
some quiet, secluded plate, and forget
everything for a fortnight or two ex
eept our clothes nnd h ilf a dozen
eases of beer,' Best! Natuie: Beer!
Think of lhoe cheerful suggestions
Phil
u-hile I u-ii. ili-.iuiiili,.. ..f -..i....
c.a.orion..auobeu. and places whereesn't it remind y0U of the night we,
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FLOWER OF THE NORTH
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By JAMES OLIVER CVRWOOD
SOMETHING ABOUT THE AUTHOR
.lames' Oliver t'urwood was horn In Owosso, Mlcji., dune 12, 1878. Ho
1m a descendant on his father's side of Captain .Marryatt, the novelist. He
broke Into the newspaper business
leslgned as editor of the Detroit News Tribune to devote himself entirely
to llteratme. He Is a former member of Troop II, Michigan Ktnto Cavalry,
tine of the foremost authorities on matters pertaining to the Canadian
Northland, he Is the only American ever employed by tho Canadian Oof
eminent as an exploratory and descriptive writer. He has one of the
largest collections of great game photographs In America, He took them
himself. He Is author of more than a dozen not els ami numerous short
stories,
nature cuts up as though she hud been
taking champagne all her life, (lad,,
jour letter came Just In time!"
"And I told jiiii little enough in
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pacing unea-lly back ami fo, .1, across
the cabin liuor. I gave you promise
or e.xciiement. ami uige.i jnu to Join
ine a jnu mum. no wiiy.' lie
eause-
He turned sliaiply, and fared tlieg
son across the table.
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looe prettv soon
tieedof help. 1'ndeistand? It's nut fun-
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(.recsnii shmed back his chair and
ro-e to ins feet. Ho was a head
shorter than bis lompanion. of almost
delicate physique. Ye' there wns koiho.
tiling in the cold giay-blue of his eyes,
a peculiar hairiness of his chin, that
compelled one to look ut him I hum nml
,,.dered firm Judgment unsafe. His
'Utl tiiS'i'ii rinsed like sted about
I'hlllp's.
"Now jou'te coming down to busl-
lipss. Phi!." be exclaimed. "I'vn lieen
waiting with the patience of Job-- or
" - --
of liule U-ilihv Tucket!. If ou ruiieni
ber him. who began courting .Minnie - from thai blackness nnd mystery out , llurWs, and hud called r "The Fight
Hlieldon sien e;ns ago and married 'there, fiom Dunna Isobels and mcll.v er." Burke himself had i.itieie,i it h...
ner ine uuy liner 1 cm our teller. 1
vra loo busy tlguimg out wnat ou
hadn't wri'lcn lo go 10 tho wedding.
I tried to ieml between the lines, and
fell down completely. I've been think
ing al1 iho way up from l.e Pas, nnd
I'm still at eu. You tailed. I came.
What's up?"
"It's going 10 kouml a little mad -
at ilisl dreggy," thuckieii Wllltl'-
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more, lighting his pipe. Its going to.
gle lour esthetic lustes a Jar. Look
here!
lie seized llregson by the arm and
led him to ihe door.
The i nil) northeiu sk wu brilliant
with stni m 'le i-aliln. its logs half
Biiiuui-ieu 1.1 iiiiik ui.is!.-s 01 e,-u,e
which had climbed about It during the
whete out of It Ihere ciiiub tlle low,
weeping inonutone of surf beating on
a short'.
Philip, with one ham! on (Iregson's
shoulder, pointed with ihe other Into
the lonely desolation which they were
facing.
"Theie Isn't iiiuch between us ami
the Arctic Ocean. (iregg." he said.
"See that light off there, like 11 gie.it
me that has half a mind in die out
Olle minute ami dates nn llm im.l'i
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,..,.. .... ..m... .... .., ... iv .. ,, ,.eK ,)rtf.r ,VH ,rm,k ,, , u ,.,, H11,t. ,, ,,,, olt, nol.lh,, .I V " , "u,,," I Jack and Jill went up the hill
one of .he w i.,,1 . ropped ridges which .,., (reMy, W)B , uncr , ,. or d a. ,u' IT ' f0ed ' To " "'' '"f "'t '
are called mulintiilns in tlui far nut til. ,.,. , , .... ..- .,, ,,. , ' "1R " 01 id, and that IUHb rln of lakes Jack fell down and bioke ids ciown I
, e.i. i., ........ "s- "' H'e wasn't half pretty at W then. are. possibilities and that I've manned n. ..,.. ., ' ... 1 a.i. . 111 ,..,-. i.m.J' ..,.'"" !
ness. while and gra where llm starll UlHt'" iiion-. iegH-- ,B hmI.1. "I didi.'l ask of the coming ,ailro.wl represents n "'"' ,,"UI b,,'B "'! '" al "';"stlf
tops of the spruce ro-e up at their f.et. ' " '- I'- '!"" a girl." wen, on ' '"" " I' me tight n,r nnd money value of m,lolls. TluU .as J ' P" himself but now he
..in..!, . ,., .Ms,..n i.-,.. .,. Philip. "Scene: The palm nla-,, at '"""""I""- And I'io promised ,,, u the Idea thut came to .,. in .1 ., X . ' i.i ,,,?", ,"'., . .,".,. . ?
" -' " "" BW.l.w . . - --- w,,.
In 1900 and broke away In 1907. He'
got away from Cirabobo, when Donna
Isobel pointed out our way to Us, with
tho moon coming up over the nioun-
tains as a guide? That Isn't the moon.
II I... .1 1 II.. - .
i. siiiriiun.n. nuiv.iii". urn can near
the wash of tin- b,y .low,, there, and If
lyoti,ie keen ou can catch the smell
or Icebergs. There's I-on Churchill
- .t rule snot uejoiiii tne Huge, asleep,
riicre's nothing but Hudson Hay Com -
- panj's posts, Indian camps and trap
, , . ...
'ers between hen- and civilization,
which N too miles down there. .Seems,
Hewer nf ihe North
qiri t in ,1 ,ieaieful m.ti
it ' Tlitie'- humethmg almul
il'i
it tli. ii make Mm iiniiMind wondt-r if
ibis 1-n't tin- higg.-st pait of the tin!
verto after nil. Listen: Hear the In-
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Tlini'u ll.r. ..,,,,,.1 ,.l.. I.. .1.1 ij
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iii' .iii-.i oi un- nun, liven inai lieul-
inc of the suif Is filled with the s-anie
tiling, for It's tolling up mystery in-
K,wul of history, it s telling what
lni" doesn't know, and In a l.mguage
which be cun.jvt uinlerslaiid. You'ie
a bcaui. !. nu-t Oreggy, This must
sink deep."
"It does." caul (iregsim. ".What t'l"
deuce are m.u getting at, I'hll?" '
"I'm m living urnduallv nnd without
imilmi hmii. in ,h. m ,-.,..... t-...
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U...J1,. ... ,.-i, juu iiy,i jiitiuceu jnu
to Join me tin heiv. 1 hesltntr, .11 tho
uiMjiii in h'ii ou wny j inmieeu oui""""h '" "" "" "i i Linger, laugh
Inst u-nnl. H ..i.. nin,n.i i.,..,.ni '
l-eems nlmost lii-mnl
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taking Into consideration your phlloso-
phy of beaut), to drop from all this
oyes. down to - fish'
M''ih!"
's, tl$h."
(iiegHUi. lighting a frei-h cigarette,
hold the match so that the tiny flame
lighted up his companion's faco for .1
moment. .
"Look here." ho expostulated, "you
naven l goi mo up hro to go tlih-
Inc-"' '
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-y,. and , gahl X'hillp, "But
oven If I have "
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Ho caught tliegson bv Hip nrm'thla was whl In all liiat timo lie had
again, and Iheie was a tightness In
,ie grip of Ids lingers which con-
vinccd iliu other that ho was speaking
seriously now.
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1(lvolut ton down in Honduras the sec-
feilM. President B.-zn is drinking
wine Willi bis cousin, tiio fiancee of
(ieneral OKelly Bunilla. the half Irish
half l.atln.Aineilc.in leader of i,
101 ccs, nnii nis warmest friend. At
a, moment when their comer of the
plaza Is empty Belize helps himself to
11 cousinly kiss. O'Kelly, unpeiceived,
arrive In time to witness the act.
r'roin that moment his friendship for
Belize turn to hatred and Jealousy.
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.mum nnii- wcchs no nas Marten a
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r.i'iiiniiiiii i.iiiu .1.. . .... .
capital, gets .NMcarngii.i mixed tip In
the trouble, and draws three Krench,
... ' , : . . .able that vou and I will get lost
two tierman. nnd two American war-,HUle l,,al ou nll(1 ' "'" Ktl lual
ships to .the scene. .Six weeks aftel j"'0 """' somewhere. "Wore two,
the wine-drinking he Is president ofl,n0-p- -""d we're going up against
tho remiblle d rnn n.i nil of this I forces which would make a dozen
n -l" ,10' " fnV "', ' ",la' ,,rt" With American revolutions look like
dreggy, because of a kiss. Now, If n HOl American leioiuuons "
I...
K kiss can start a revo ut on. unseat a
President, send a (lovrrnment to
smash, what must bo the possibilities
of a fish?"
Tin getting Interested." said Oreg.
con. "If thcic'x a climax, come to It.
Phil. 1 admit that theie must be cnor-
mous possibilities,,,-a fish, doon!",
CllAP'l KK II
T7K)lt a motnent the tvo inen stood In
1 silence listening to the M.llen beat
suence, listening 10 ine iiiiiien oeai
of surf beyond the black edge of forest.
.... T . .
i neli 1'lilllp Icil tile way imcK into t no
cabin.
CJregson followed. Tn the light of
the big oil l.imp which hung suspended
from the celling he noticed something
, In WlilUcmore'n face he had not ol
served before, a tenseness about the
muscles of his mouth a restlessness In
his ees, rigidity of Jaw an air of
dcmoiH.nwli.n puzzled Urn.
.'only ohM-niiiit of ilenuls
"iii'p i
lie W
and knew ,.,. ,es0 ilungs had be,,,
missing .. short tinm befoie. Ti.
Pleasure of their meeting that af.e,- i
noon, after a senaiation of ne-iilv
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two. eai. had dispelled fi
for a lime the
trouble which he now saw revealing
Itself in 1ii companion's f.ico and at
titude, and the lightness f Whltte
more's manner in beglniiimr his ..vnin.
BM
...iifrtn r.... ... i.. i . , , . iriess '
nation foi Inducing him to come into boast that situations could not feaze '
th north had helped in complete theihim, that he was Immiinn n ... '.
mask. Tbern ,-..... i .!.!. , . ""uiuno to outward !
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Instant, a puttin whlcli ho had nnp
drawn of Whlttemore as he had known
him III certain Mining 1 lines still ffosh
i" the mrmoi of 1.11I1 n lilntino of
tlmold. t-ool. Iri-eklstil.i.. ri.i,..,..
smilinn- in ii,. r. .1 .... .'l
- ' -"--- "i n.iiiKt-r, aitign.
i"K outright nt imrnlf itles. nln-m-a
ready to light with n L'ood.nnttn-nri
reudv to flclit with u i.,,n,i n i,,...i I
... - ...... . iswuii'lllliui l-l 1
"i"'l n his lips.
lie had drawn that iiIciih-r for
i-auso ot the smile. But (ir-gson knew
his man. Jt was Wluttemore.
Thero was a change now. He had
grown older, surpiislngiv older. There
were deeper lines about his eyes, His
f.u was thinner. He s;nv. now. that
I'hlllp's lightness had b.cu but it pass-
lug flash of his old bum .1 my. that the
"Id life- and sparkle hud gone from
1, - .. ..,...... . . I
.inn. 1 " .Miiis, hi. jiiii.-f,i, nan w-oven I
things into Philip's life w lu-li hu could I
not un,l...st.ii,.l nml i. 1.......1 ,,,
received no word fiom m. old college
ehu"'- "'
They bad J-eated themsehes al
1 "I"
riltirfiti uiiIuj .( llu. Ii.l.l 1 r. . ... ...
msido pocket Philip pioducea small
Imndle of papers. From these he drew
light
Have jou ever seen a 1 tit in
a
trap Willi a bloodthirsty terrier '
giiartllug th
Utile iloor that la about
" 'e opened? Thrilling spoit for the
prisoner, Isn't It? But when the rat
happens to be human "
"I thought it was a Hsh," protested
Lregson. mildly. "Pietty soon you'll
he having It a girl in u trap or at the
end of a fish line "
"And if I should?" Intel ruptctl Phil-
ip, looking steadily at him. ' What If
''
......... .. . .
I score, a hundred of them? 'What then
dreggy?'
"I'd say there was going to be a
glorious scrap."
! "And so there Is, tho biggest and
most unusual sciap of lis kind you
ever heard of, flreggy. It's going to
1 1)0 ft I'leor kind of flght-and queer
,""" Anu " possiuie ery iu
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iloVAfi' til-no.
il.Ui.. ..ul II.m. i1..u ll.nl ll'a lllDH'
, '"'" " -u,c '""" '""" ' ." ""r'''
I He some centuries ago, See her
He turned the map to Oregson,
pointing with Ills finger.
.,See that mt lme7 That's the new
railroad to Hudson's Hay. H Is well
' w. t. van now. nml Its huilders
,.,.,,,,., B' .,
! complete It bj next spring, it
, nmst wonderfu I) cce of railroad
we'll be In the wrong locality w hen , JIo,t;srmvl some excuse to del! ay the !?& Jf tfroi nanllu emoilo m
certain people rise In a wrath which a , , of .Mohammed Boyd's dead S-ySu will Hml l"nmnB such as
i Hplpn nf Tin moused In another peo-' body. .i,.. ,i i,.,rl,l 1t Is ro-
,uuln(r 011 th American continent,!1"'''. Sho Is not dead only slightly
uu
,... wonderful because It has been
"' ,0 MomethlnK like a
, ....,,.., ,,.,, neo,e imve been
. , ,, enormoiis value, and
i ., , . , ,,, , ,..
, they're Just waning now.
"That road, cutting across four hun-
I .i,.o.i n,u. f wllrlceness Is iinpnlnc
",ied nul" ot noerness. is opening
up a country Halt as Dig aa tne
United States, In which more mineral , a few minutes before. The excite-1
wealth wltt bo due during tho iiRtllllent ot "' encounter with Moham-1
wealth wlir loUuetIUnKu',(,xtnied neyd, as well as the dangers which,
fifty years that will ever be taken l(. ow face,i ut tho hands of the
; from Yukon or Alaska. It Is short- . 1 alders when morning must Inevitably
enlng the route from Montreal,
Tin.
'' l
luth, Chicago and the
ie Middle AVest
to Liverpool and other ;
Kuropean poits
by a thousand miles. It means the
mbiM f ,. ,.ii.i .. .., c
Hudson's Bay. cities on Its shores .'
and great steel foundries close to and chivalry, has he ever possessed1 ,A ,110''n homa lia.u btfn ulroun "P but he did not see him craw! under
the Arctic Circle wheithcro Is coal ,lle,n- Blt" llever entirely eradicated "bo,ut th.e ..c,,m,''', to ''i!" I l'le canvas at the rear and sneak cau
me aiiiii, uirtie unere uicio is coal character and thoucli lbeit ''older of the hungry carnlvora. A 1 1 ous y to the tent Which the nrlsonei-
and iron enough to supply the world j Wei'per hadlong sin" ceaied'to eVfrce l? ,ff l1?? L',? 'Jil'Vu .'J ' llad P'" ""ero now lay the dead
' iur iiiinurfKiR 01 vrai-H. 'ihrit'u nn v
n small part of what this road means,
v , w...
Oreeirv Two veai-s iim vmi i-omem.
negg. iwo jeais ago-jou lemem-
her. T asked ou to Join me In the
adventure-I came up seeking oppor-
tunlty. I didn't dream then-"
1 ,.., 1.. -. . . .
AMU temoro paused, nnd a flash of
his old smile passed over his faco.
"I didn't dream that fate lnH .ie
1 . .1 , ,.
, tieed mo to stir up what I m going
to tell you about, Greggy. I follow,
ed the line of the proposed railroad,
looking for chances. All
asleep, or too much Interested
west, and gave me no com
was alone west of the surveyed line-
east of it steel corporation men had
. ,, , ....
optioned mountains of iron and an-
other Interest had a grip on coal-
fields. Six months I spent among
t, t.,,ii i- i j . ...
the Indians, Ire.ich and half-breeds.
I lived with them, trapped and hunted
with them, and picked up a little
Cree ami IVenr-h Th tir ..i. i .
L-iee and I lench. The life suited me.
I became a northerner in heart nnd
soul, if not quite yet in full expert-
ence. Clubs and balls and cities grew
lo be only memories. You know bow
I always hated that hothouse sort of
existence, and you know that same
world of clubs and balls and cities has
gripped at my throat, downing me
again and again, as though it re
turned my sentiment with interest,
t'p here I learned to hate It more than
ever. I was completely happy. And
then"
He had refolded the map, and drew
another from the bundle of papers.
It was drawn in pencil.
"And then, Greggy." he went on,
smoothing out this map where the
other had been. "I struck my chance.
1 it ralrly clubbed me into recognizing
It. It came in tho middle ot the
r.lght. and I sat up with n campflre
laughing at mo through the flap
'my ten., stunned by ,o knocko
i. i..,.i .. .. "uuo"1
" , ZZ . . . , 'l'": ut n,'st'
.""... h"'" mlne ,,au walked
1 ' ' , ", ,wwn at y feet,
llll nn.l Inl.l ll. .If
""iiuvicu now tnein rmti.i u.
- mail) sill IOOIS 111 tills WOtld Of
mis. jnne a look nt that
Oieggy. what do ou spp-'
map,
Oregson had listened like one under
. ;-rcii. ii -was one nf hi.. ,.,...
n.rnii .. ... .... ..- .
indifference bis litrln.(nn.i I
. . oueming
..,,..,, .,1 r-riisaiinn. "ill.. -- ...
.-...-.w,,..,, uttitlltie
in the faco of most serious nfft...
wniil.l L... . 1. ...
u
, .: , "",u" ' iniiure of him I
'" """ 'mngs. 1
But his lens. 11 . ,, . .
"Ilni"ii 11111 not hide
"Self now. A cigarette r,.,.,-.!,,.,.. ....
ligllted hetween ills llni.c' 1,,..
never took themselves for. an Instant
f.om I, s companion's face. Something
that AU.Ittemo.e, bad not vet said
thrilled him. He looked nt tho man
IBll J. I M Ul'Iltl
"There's not much to see" i, ..!
"but lakes and livers." ' I
"You're right." exclaimed
Philip,
jumping suddenly from hi, ri.ni.. ...,
beginning to wall; back nnd forth
across the cabin. j -akes nd rWt.,.s
hiiudieds of them-thuusands of them!
ti'eggy, there uvc mnn .!.., .1
1 ., ... ' lm"i iiiree
! tlioiisantl lakes between hero mm ...-.
lllzatlon and v.iihi..
' 'u,iy inues or the
,1PU' "l- And nine out of ten of
those lakes ate so full of i, 1...
. ii'iii iiiiu 1111;
alH a,ul,B 'cm smell flsliv. While-
, ' ''rssnn- whiiensh (ind trout,
rh''rr' ls " f''t-hwater area tepie-
as the wbnl ,.r .1,.. ... ,. . .
-" " '" " .ireai i.aKes
' Mtlll Vfll 11m !.... ..11....
vt ,.v vniiamuis ami tin. ttw.
I!, ..,,., !'V' wak,'n,',J UP to
of the night, and then 1 tl.nnvi.ti. '
I could iret a em-no.. ., ...... ..
.,i. .. .,,, ...cr-v
lakes, securo fishing privileges before
the road came"
"You'd be a millonalre." said Greg-
.on b
(TO BH CONTINL'KD)
"HCSINKSS CAKKKK OK I'ETKU
FLINT,"
A Story of Salesmanship,
Will llu Found on Pag 20
n
Tarzan artel the Jewels of Opar
By EDGAR RICE BVRROUGHS
CHAPTER XlV-(Conllnuc.I)
v-tti.1. ...... . . .... . i..
In W"'"" ,,cnru ul mc" "I'P'"'"-"'
"'I VV ... .. ,.. ...j.., ....
tho m
jpprehe
, """ io ue "" "e le,,c" "? , " "Are you quite mail?" sho asked,
'slajei of Mohammed Beyd would , -jJo you Imnglne that the mntrles will
equivalent to n sentence of Immediate credit any such ridiculous tale?"
death. The fierce and brutal raiders . , "Vou do not know them," he ie.
,.. ...'piled, "Beneath their rough exteriors,
,!,..,, , "i .:.. i ... Vi...i ..,......
IVIIIIII1 ll'HI III IIIHI'HI II I IIIISIlllll tl llll
Kfturnlne h ipvolver to Its nolfller,
I mm mimra quicaiy io ine emiu ice oi
.. -" . ,, ,
the tent. Parting the flaps, be stepped
out and confionted the men. w;ho weie
I J M p?" ! "f ' Z'lZJX
I bravado to force n smllo to bis llpo
' V"' held up his hand to bar their
' ruitlier progiesi.
, ..rhl; wo IP8M,.,,,.. )lt. ,!,!, 'and
Mohammed lievi Wns forrei in s limit
wounded. You may go back to your
i-ritiiiiiei. .iiuiutiniueu ue.vti anil i will
look after the prisoner." Then ho
turned and re-entered the tent, and
t,le "'alders, j-atlsttcd by this explana.
t won, giauiy reiurncu to tneir uroxen
slumbers.
! As. he again fared .lane Clayton Wer.
,,:I louu mniseu animated oy quite
1(Ufferelt ntentIoiis from those which!
per found himself animated by quite
had lined him from his blankets but
revfal the truth or what had occurred
1 . . . a ... ..
In the tent of the prisoner that night
i...,, t,.ii.. t,i i, i, ..i
whlcli had domimtted him when he en-
tered the tent. .
"ut another and stronger force was
f" i" 1V. .J1&. (!:.
itho u rr iiut in m 4.1 .inin t rtt.
,.,,. i'nnim.171 V.IUHII j niuvi nic tflJr
or tllB other, the spontaneous acknowl-
Bu"":"1 ,u iiiei" which me gin h
speech ,,ad ,)re8Umea hlll reawakened
, them both within him.
jor the first time he realized the
'frightful and almost hopeless position
of the fair captive, and the dentlis of
,lBnomIny a l Va.l I Z thai
I had made It possible for him, a well-
boln Kuropean gentleman, to have en-
Itertalned even Vor a moment the part
tmt i,e Im1 takpll th ..,. of ,.
.home, her happiness and herself.
.home, her happiness and herself.
i honest Intention to undo. In so far as
?' w,Uhl' ,1,s V0Wf'' t,ho CV" ,hat
,hls criminal avarice had brought upon
this sweet and unoffending woman. !
As he- stood apparently listening to j
tlle 'treating footsteps of the Arabs, '
i though actually engrossed In thought,
j11Ile Clayton approached him.
"What are we to do now?" she
aH,J0(1- "SIol'nll? will bring discovery
i0' this," and she pointed to the still
U0(ly of Mohammed Bed. "Tliey will
'kill you when they And him."
For a time ' Werper did not reply
"lp" '10 turned suddenly toward the
I "'"Th'ave a plan!" he cried. "It will
require nerve and Yournge on your
part; but you have nlready shown
that ou possess both. Can ou en- ,
dure still more?" , (
"1 can endure anything." she 're
plfed with it bravo smile, "that may
oner us even a slight chance for
escape.'
You must simulate death." he ex
plained, "while I carry you from tho
camp. I will explain to the scuttles
that Mohammed Heyd has ordered me
to take your body Into the jungle.
This seemingly unnecessary act I
shall explain upon the grounds that
Mohammed Beyd had conceived a
violent passion for ou. and that ho
so regretted tho act by which ho had
become your slayer that he could not
t Tnn ntltMi rif hQcnnAsu nlxAmlit lm ,
Canada was ?t the threshold of his conscience for "fl "' -"- ".VJ'..' ' ".."-"?" " sw :,B """",," '
I . . wv.ii.." .-.hu .,. i-lIi fliffliiilti ill at T ui'flt'antoil llltu uMrtiiTrli nn.l Hl1tl 11 .
In Us iV?1,,,. ,"opS2 "?,.i?.re2.e.!.7 Across the speaker's shoulder, limp ' narrow opening which Upnmted to
ntitinn t , "n '.u i' ' .1 " "'. 7 7" """'Z , nn" rrlgliteneil, the girl waited for the prisoner's tent from that of the dead
,-..... ....... . v. buiiu iiiun iiiv limn vui kciiru uu
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
By DADDY
A cniHVltt HfH otfinihitr enrh wcclt.
"FLNIiAVI)"
iln (lit storj; I'tpuii nml lltlly Uth
Ilium hare nn odd nifrriifmr in the
realm of King Fun.)
CIIAPThK I
A Mump -and What Folloucd
BILLY BKLGH'-M wan running along
the sidewalk when one foot chanced
to land upon n banana, pool, l p new
.. . .. l. ... .;. .. t,t..t..i nt.- .
Ills neeis anil immmi iir ..in."--. ..-.
pinwheel. his head -coming down ker-
smack upon the pjcmcnt.
...,-i. ,. i,,,,,,..- -rlH,i Ulllv. sitting
... ... -t.... i.. '
i.tm. ......., ...- -----..
un il 7.7.11V. '1 see i see i urn nc i
.V... i.V j,'.ini .,.- i.nt n hmk rami Into !
e-.in nr ..i'. .- -- -...-- ...
"Is eyes that scared Peggy, wno nail
run nn to find If lie
to. a ruin it na ui'if 11111 1. ur-iiiit- 1
pfKBv could ask him a nuesllon hei
,, .liimed 011 the banana peel.
Ulie turned an unexpected somersault,
and there she was on the sidewalk rub
bing her head.
What a bump!" Peggy nlfo cried,
nnd then she, too, added. "1 see I
fee " stopping rigid there.
11 v. un ntiniitrh trt make nliv one halt
In astonishment. The bumps had opened
1 i.e. .v., nf 11111 v nnd I'eircv to hidden .
Whines, and they had suddenly found!
themselves surtounded by 11 scoie of
queer sprites that Had a moment Derore 1
been Invisible. '
The sprites were shadowy, misty crca. I
tures, about as tall us Hilly. Sonic I
were fal and some were thin. All weie
gat bed In rainbow-like colors and wore I
jester caps and long, pointed shoes.
But wlille their bodies and clothes '
were much alike, there was a f-harply
marked dlffetence In their faces. Half of ,
them weie ngreeablo looking the oilier
half weie mean and unpleasant In their i
appeaiance. It tuol but a glance to see '
that the sprites weie divided into two '
clans, the agreeable sprites In one and '
the mean t-pnles in another.
'iio, ho, ho:" laughed a fat spilte nf ,
the mean clan. "That was a dandy 1
banana peel. It caught two tumblers
at one time. The boy was funny, but
the glii was funnier."
"He, lie, he!" Jeered a long, thin
way. but was oulck to lesent Jeers. He-
'sides, he wasn't going to have Ihese
strangers poke run at IVkkv.
"1 don't like p. be laughed at bv
, strangers in Just that 'way," he warned
"T.,,"1 '1 "in sprites.
Ho. bo, ho! We people -of Kuiiland 1
have kiionn you a long time," lauglied '
the fat sprite, pointing at a blue sash
' lle "ole "C"5''9 his breast. Then Ulllj
nun 1 mRj ii.i.it-i;u niui an ine sprues
wore sinnes, the mean ones having blue
saHhes and the others wearing rose color.
un tne rashes weie printed the sprites'
names. Among tho mean sprites were
Joker, Mocker, (liin, Howl, Snicker, Jpl
Illy, Hilarity and Wit Among the
Hgieeable sprites were (Had, Uay,
Humor, Chuckle, Mirth, Smile, Launh
endure tho silent reproach of your
lifeless body."
.''"" '""'. .. ... . .....
The gin Held up her linnu to w
him. a .mii ..,,,i,..,i hue in.
uespne tneir cauouseci ami cimm.
I . . . . . . . ....!.. mill
.. ...i,iJTi. t...- .o, in tomi wm
HiailV M IIILII lUlil HIVII ...-.
llvps )f ol,(aWry and clime. Tile ruse
.in ' ,.o,i.in.-... four."
., ' Cla ton shrugged.
"We can
. .iir.1!!. VilV'VC ,,
' continued tlin HelglaVi; "tfomlng for
, VOu alone and with two horses 111 tlio,nd he passed on and out through tho
'morning."
m,t how will vou explain Moham -
1 t,...e.. .1. ...,. .1,. ..ui...i "It
,,.111 i,e discovered before ever you can
esc.npe the camp in the morning,
cape the camp m tne morning. , ouruen. and wlien safelv hidden from
"I Minll not explain It," rep led er- j the sentry's view lowered the girl to
'.,:J,"m"lci.H:jd, ,"UVla !!'!!e.':..,?e.t-wl' I? "8"'-h" when she
npr
It himself we must leave that to
him. Are you ready?"
"Yes." .
"But wait, T must get you it weapon
and ammunition." ami werper waw
ed qulcklv from the tent.
ed qlllcKlv rrom tne tent.
Very shortlv he returned with an
! extra revolver nnd ammunition-belt
strapped about his waist,
-"Are you ready?" he asked.
"Quite ready," replied the girl,
"Then como and throw yourself
limply across my left shoulder," and
enter kiicii to receive m-i.
' lift!. An 1. . .nl.l II. lln tf
There," he said, as he rose to his
feet. "Xow. let your arms, your legs,!
alld '0Ul' lleatl "a"lf l'm')1Vl Kemem -
, bci: "jl?'.0", ",l'e, ''.eiV!,'l , ....ii,.,,
..." ,''"",- l""' . .- V." . .., .i,
woman across bis shoulder.
out linu ine camp, hik "i"j "
tho light of n fire which they kept
burning brightly. The nearer of these
looked up In surprise us he saw Wer -
tier ..iinrnarhinir.
l""
)0ud
..... imnrnaplilnir ... i .. n .rr uiC1ii. wiiiiiii ann ap-
I ' 'wbn are vou'-'' be cried. "What Poached the corpse. Without an In-
have vou there"'" ant's Imitation he seized the wrists
Werner raised the hood of hN.bur.'iV"1 UlaBeed the body upon lis back to
noose that the fellow in lghtse his ' iJle ,pol"t whfr,e I,e ,,nd JU9t entered.
fn un hands und knees he backed out as
, fhls Is the body of the woman." " la come l drawing the corpse
he explained. "Mohammed Heyd hasnrter ,llm- Once outside, the Belgian
nsked mo to take It Into the Junglo. 1 crcPt to the side of the tent and sur-
'for he cannot bear to look upon the I ve'.ed much of the camp as lay
faco ot ner wiom he loved, and whom within Ills vision.
necessity compelled him to slay. Ho
suffers greatly ho Is Inconsolable. It
MOV IXC PICTURE FUNNIES
Tm tUH WA t-Kte.
CIRCLE
Cut out tliu picture. xm ail tour
aides. Then carefully fold dotted
line 1 Its entire length. Then
dolled lino 2, und so on. Fold each
section undernenlli. nccurately.
When completed turn ovf antl you 11
find a surprising lesult. Savi th
Pictures.
hrglanhig Mo.iday rtmt rutting
Saturday,
'J
'and I'lclile. . The fat sinlt ii-nu ii. I
headers T Z'mT Arl ?$? bm,a l
oMhrJlU? "i..I?,k "' ,h0 face's! Just then Carrie Caruthers and ..
''I""--.
mm was too much for Blllv Hi
wouldn't let any
.' mm ..nil I....-..
Take that bach." 1.. ArT...'' . "'""'
"Blllv wnnlri iii-i.i 1 . 11 11 T. ,
Mocker B f"r Jll,y' jeered
" r' 1
Out (lashed Hilii-'u nu. .....,. .
Mocker's noe wltii mi' ii, f". ...
!.. --....
iini..-- i..i.- w..i.i..., ,.
- '-..- mi-iiuui ii.
nose and went rlchi 'iii.-ni,n-i. 1. ''.
. , - ue.i ,,, 1, lieu ,
...in,. 1,,. , ,,, . -. "'." ',l, -vniiir .iiuuuu uie turner oc
i.ni .. j okc' sl"-v ,vhe" he followed ,he house and came to Join them. John
"Uly, Jeered Mocker. nie observed young Doctor Arnold with
- ""'"- '"' ' stop, Hilly iost hlS.yung doctor liearllly. "How much o
. - ------ i"ii.iii 11 liii nine 11 iiniii;aii a
ioo.v to tin, ground. Astonished, at th!
Ila lw.l ..1 ... a ' '"'
unlit In II.. . -----. VIO.
his, I
his
I
,. '..""" "i" " ""o -Mocker, unh
r....,,,.,s ,p,- ,,, am ieers Jm
face.
tin Ihr ij:I vhnptcv 1H1IU pniirj
that brains re mightier than fists,)
Everyday Stuff
Hero or iKvri'ottti Wreck?
No alibi nnd no excuse
He offers; for appluuso uncaring;
A hero thus I Introduce;
To be a Daniel ho is daring.
Ho stands nlouc. Ho does not need
Your praises or our elocution.
11 Is the man he Is, Indeed
Who kept his New Year's resolu
tion. Ho said ho smoked too much
knew
Ho
Ah, nn one belter! Just what
tilled him.
He said the proper thing t do
was "cut 11 out!" His
ne'er failed him.
nerve
Ilu hasn't had a smoke f,M. days
Thus for life's puzzlo ttnds solu
lion. He Is the man .he earns our
praise
Who kept his New Year's lesolu
tiou. Yes. people get what they deserve,
Who egged him on? His partner
lawful! ,
And now she says (die loves his
nerve
But thinks his nerves are some
thing awful,
Things great and small bo will be
ra to
Till home's a dippy Institution.
He may fall down, but up to date
He's kept his New Year's resolu.
tlon.
OMK ALRXANDRIt.
Arab's reply. He would laugh at this
preposterous story, of that she was
:..... .... ."' . "
"""' in an insiant he would unmask:
the decent on that t i.v..i. ....
attempting to practice upon him. and
they would both be lost. She tried to
plan how best she might aid her
wou dberescuer In the fight whlcn
must most certainly follow within a
. .ui.meiii or iwo.
... .- .
Then she heard the voice of the
Arab as he replied to M. Krcoult.
"Are you going 'alone, or do you
wish me to uwaken somo ono' to ac
company you?" he asked, and his tone
denoted not the least surprise that
Mohammed Heyd had suddenly dis
covered such remarkably sensitive
characteristics.
I shall go alone," replied AV'erper.
I narrow opening In the bonta, over
which tho sentry stood guard.
A i,... ... 1." ...... ...-...j
nmong tin. boles of Him n'eu tili i.t.
1 noma nave spoKeli.
1 Then he led her a little fnrtlie Infn
the foiest, halted beneath a largo tree
with spreading branches, buckled a
cartridge belt and revolver about her
waist, and assisted her to clamber Into
the lower branches.
"Tomorrow." he whispered, "as soon
ns I can clifde them, I will leturn for
you. Bo brave, I.ady Oreystoke we
may yet escape."
"Thank you," she replied In a low
tone. "Vou have been verv kind nnd
j very brave."
-Werner did not mile. nn,t tho ArT.
, ness of the night hid the scarlet flush
"f ?h,a,mp, ,vllleh swe,)t nclosa hs ce.
"-' "e lurneu and mado his way
, oacK to tile camtl. Tho ontev. f.nm
his Post, saw him entpt hla nu.r. .....
body f Mol,amme(f "'.,, "
I italslne 11 e 1 mver L f
, ...j,, . Wer , ?. Z -m i?f
Wall. erper crept W t 1 111
the rear
o one was watching.
1 Returning to the body, he lifted It to
man. Behind tho silken wall he halted
and lowered his burden to tho ground,
and thero lie remained motionless for
several minutes, listening.
Satisfied .at last that no one had
seen him Ihe stooped nnd raised the
bottom ix' the tent wall, backed in
and dragged the thing that had been
Mohammed Beyd after him. To the
sleeping rugs of the dead raider he
drew tho corpse, then ho jfumbled
about In the darkness until he had
found Mohammed Beyd's revolver.
' (TO BK CONTINUED)
THE DAILY NOVELETTE
THE GOOSE
) Celia E. Chute
SOLOMON, the Caruthors'fl goose, bad
grown so plump and so pompous tha't
It seemed as if he must be awnre that
great things were expected of him and
'ins doing his best to fulfill expectations.
"Solomon is almost ns much of a re
sponsibility as Johnnie." .Mrs. Caruthers
'said one tiny, when her husband was
extricating Solomon from a tight placs
In the poultry yard fence. "I begin to
be nfrnld that having hint so much on
our minds and in our company may af
fect our appetites for our dinner."
The next afternoon Johnnie came run
ning into the house In great excitement.
"The Leonard dog Is chasing Solomon,"
he wept. "Muvver, come and make him
go home !"
Mrs. Caruthers looked out. Solomon
was certainly having a perilous adven
ture. The Leonard dog wns circling
about him, making vicious charges.
Nothing but tho spreading of Solomon's
Inimv nr. ,-.!.- L. ." -
,, . '"0, aay neiore no had Heard
his Aunt Kunlce ca!l the doctor a fore-
so? conclusion. . He watched him nar-
' o iv. irjlng to discover how a foregone
voni'"'sloti differed from other men l"!
thought, on the whole, that It would be.
-atlier nice to be on frlemllv trm u-iii.
,a foregone conclusion, so ho moved
'riw. n. 1.1. .1 -.. ...'.. ..iiiiui.i niiiiuiiiiueu inai hoio
nie fist hit the njon waa going to be cooked for dinner
ll,-a ii H 11
.,.-1. ,1 niuruuiu iiik leuow, ' said tre
11 iifiuiiiy. now 111
think you can pair'
The little face he waaVfcokliig at con
Vip n'sl ,l""' Jonnle had realized that
dinner meant eating .Solomon! Actually
nun mi .1 wu
1 ratine him !
Ie was filled lth th
eat him! Nobody's going to cat him" I
won'jt Jet anybody eat him !" The whirl
wind ot defiance ended In a hum of
1 f-ay. Johnnie." said Iloclor Arnold
"dd ou know that I'm thinking of car-
Irylng Carrie off to my house Vo that
, h'JSV- '' ,lcm "f -m for Solomon
- Jolmnlo noticed ihat this remark
seemed lo strike his mother dumb To
him. personally, It did not seem an al.
together objectionable arrangement, all
though he thought it very foolish for
u-no;: ,,ur.,V,u" lliaV tuera
hardly know what to do about It then
i;vs,r,,er'nd,,,oM,a'h-"-'
Johnnie turned an unbelieving eye on
"Vou'i a foggnne 'elusion !" he shout.
?1?.KS "'at'8 w"at u art,
."Johnnie!- Mrs. I'arulhers seized him
o Uolenlly that the end of the i.V-e
ostelous nssel-llnn .. -.. ..i...,.l..lne. l".e-
HO
I pOHt
audibility. It had ben ,? 7" V" .
in:wl t1A ut..i. ' .Mfc uin
nml cotiMtious
tllt(l KOtl'ia tf
t'arrlH and Doctor
l.rg So!nninn's aimiiBi- nr,.. ' "e g.et
i.oiunn's supper now
askV'arin'lleVraboyr.
fan'e'r '' ' Wn,,t a"5hod' ,0 ' Holomo.
b.l;eeVfrs,yo,,d.Trvechamlel,, ,n
mud. I think lutkev u-ui .a.nged mJ'
better thaugoose fo? , ,erUln!',8 ,f
going til order the biggest ah. "fi..1"!
turkey I can find In fliS inarki. H"?
rle, loo, In that great house. "Carru
ln t going oft 10 your house to lire" I !
said sternly. "I won't In her"
"Oil. Is that so?" snl.l th. !..
J'.UIllL'ft llliil
beau died w Uhln ' er" " ." n siirhea
t on Johnnie's lips. "We'll tail abnni
."le. "!"'. ""'. dear.'' she said t?v!
lllfc 11J Hllllll' imu'n ll nVn
Hint
It was an unlucky remark. Johnnie'.
i-uffvin-ir
BW, .iietfiv- -nnla';
l.n..r. VM' -I.Mh.
i
Mji I
.. U-f n'mi ii.ij
fs i-,-
-i'mmmf.ii'f
K -si
$ y'-f.1"' wuwrae!U ifl' rtaMatrt'jtMtaJMa
. i t-
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