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? FRANK H. SPEARMAN J
| Author of "WHISPERING BMITH" 2
(Copyrif lit bj Ch.-'e Scrlbncrs Sees*
(Continued)
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I—On Frontier day at Sleepy
Cat. Henry de Spain, gunman and train
master at Medicine Bend, is beaten at
target shooting by Nan Morgan of Music
Mountain. Jeffries, division superinten
dent, asks De Spain to take charge of the
Thief Hiver stage line, but he refuses.
CHAPTER ll—De Spain rees Nan danc
ing with Gale Morgan, is later derisively
pointed out to Nan on the street by Gale,
and Is moved to change his mind and ac
cept the stage line job.
CHAPTER III— De Spain and Lefever
Tide to Calabasas Inn and there meet
Gal* Morgan with Deaf Sandusky and
Sassoon, gunmen and retainers of the
Morgan clan. Morgan demands the dis
charge ot a stage driver and De Spain re
fuses. De Spain meets Nan but falls to
overcome her aversion to him.
' Morgan pointed a finger at him. "I
Rive you a chance, De Spain, right now.
[Will you discharge Elpaso?"
i "No."
' Morgan almost caught his breath at
the refusal. But De Spain could be
extremely blnnt, and in the parting
shots between the two he gave no
jground.
"Jeffries put me here to stop this
kind of rowdyism on the stages," he
ffid to Lefever on their way back to
the barn. "This is a good time to be
gin. And Sassoon and Gale Morgan
are good men to begin with," he added.
As the horses of the two men
emerged from the canyon they saw a
slender horsewoman riding in toward
the barn from the Music Mountain
trail. She stopped in front of McAl
pin, the barn boss, who stood outside
the office door. McAlpin, the old Medi
cine Bend barnman, had been pro
moted from Sleepy Cat by the new
manager. De Spain recognized thfe
roan pony, but, aside from that, a
glance at the figure of the rider, as
he sat with her back to him, was
enough to assure him of Nan Morgan.
kHe spurred ahead fast enough to over
hear a request she was making of Mc-
Alpin to mnll a letter for her. She
also asked McAlpin, just as De Spain
drew up, whether the down stage had
passed. McAlpin told her it had. De
iSpain, touching his hat, spoke: "I am
going right up to Sleepy Cat. I'll mail
your letter if you wish."
She looked at him in some surprise,
and then glanced toward Lefever, who
now rode up. De Spain was holding
out his hand for the letter. His eyes
met Nan's, and each felt the moment
■was a sort of challenge. De Spain, a
Jlttle self-conscious under her inspec
tion, was aware only of her rather
jfearless eyes and the dark hair under 1
her fawn cowboy hat.
"Thank you," she responded evenly, j
**lf the stage is gone I will hold it to |
add something." So saying, she tucked
the letter inside her blouse and spoke
to her pony, which turned leisurely
down the road.
1 "I'm trying to get acquainted with
your country today," returned De
Spain, managing with his knee to keep
his own horse moving alongside Nan
as she edged away.
Nan, without speaking, ruthlessly
widened the distance between the two.
De Spain unobtrusively spurred his
steed to greater activity. "You must
have a great deal of game around you.
Do you hunt?" ho askd.
He knew she was famed as a hunt
ress, but he could make no headway
whatever against her studied reserve
and when at length she excused her
self and turned her pony from the
Sleepy Cat road into the Morgan gap
trail, De Spain had been defeated In
every attempt to arouse the slightest
Interest In anything he had said. But,
watching with regret, at the parting,
the trim lines of her figure as she
dashed away on the desert trail, seated
as If a part of her spirited horse, he
felt only a fast-rising resolution to at
tempt again to break through her
stubborn reticence and know her bet
ter.
H~' J CHAPTER IV.
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First Blood at Calabasas.
' Nothing more than De Spain's an
nouncement that he would sustain his
stage-guards was necessary to arouse
a violent resentment at Calabasas and
among the Morgan following. The
grievance against Elpaso was made a
general one along the line. His stage
singled out and ridden at times
both by Sandusky and Logan—the
really dangerous men of the Spanish
sinks—and by Gale Morgan and Sas
soon to stir up trouble.
All Calabasas knew that Elpaso, If
he had to, would fight, and that the ec
centric guard was not actually to be
cornered with impunity. Even Logan,
who, like Sandusky, was known to be
without fear and without mercy, felt
at least a respect for Elpaso's short
ened shotgun, and stopped this side
actual hostilities with him. Sassoon,
however, nourished a particular griev
ance against the meditative guard, and
his was one not tempered either by
prudence or calculation. His chance
came one night when Elpaso had un
yrlacly allowed hltnaelf to b$ drawn
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
The Scribb Family—They Live Right Here inHarrisburg—By Sullivan
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into a card game at Calabasas inn. El
paso was notoriously a stickler for a
square deal at cards. A dispute found
him without a friend in the room. Sas
soon reached for him with a knife.
McAlpin was the first to get the
[ news at the bnrn. He gave first aid to
J the helpless guard, and, without dream
j ing he could be got to a surgeon alive,
1 rushed hlin in a light wagon to the
| hospital at Sleepy Cat, where it was
■ said that he must have more lives than
! a wildcat. Sassoon, not caring to brave
I De Spain's anger in town, went tem
! porariiy into hiding. Elpaso, in the
l end, Justified his old reputation by
making a recovery—haltingly, it is
! true, and with perilous intervals of
1 sinking, but a recovery.
It was while he still lay in the hos
pital and hope was very low that De
Spain and Lefever rode, otfe hot morn
ing, into Cajabasas and were told by
McAlpin that Sassoon had been seen
within five minutes at the inn. To Le
fever the news was like a bubbling
spring to a thirsty man. His face
, beamed, he tightened his belt, shook
out his gun, and looked with benevo
lent Interest on De Spain, who stood
pondering. "If you will stay right here,
Henry," he averred convincingly, "I
will go over and get Sassoon."
The chief stage-guard, Bob Scott,
the Indian, was in the barn. He smiled
at Lefever's enthusiusm. "Sassoon,"
said he, "is slippery."
"You'd better let us go along and
see you do it," suggested De Spain,
who with the business In hand grew
thoughtful.
"Gentlemen, I thank you," protested
Lefever, raising one hand In depreca
tion, the other resting lightly on his
holster. "We still have some little
reputation to maintain along the sinks.
Don't let us make it a posse for Sas
soon." No one opposed him further,
and he rode away alone.
"It won't be any trouble for John
to bring Sassoon in," murmured Scott,
who spoke with a smile and in the low
tone and deliberate manner of the In
dian, "if he can find him."
Lefever rode down to the inn with
out seeing a living thing anywhere
about it. When he dismounted in
front he thought he hear.l sounds with
in the barroom, but, pushing open the
door and looking circumspectly into
the room before entering, he was sur-.
prised to find it empty. He noticed,
however, that the sash of the low win
dow on his left, which looked into the
patio, was open, and two heelmarks In
the hard clay suggested that a man
might have Jumped through. Running
out of the front door, he sprang into
his saddle and rode to where he could
signal De Spain and Scott f o come up.
He told his story as they joined
Mm, and the three returned to the inn.
A better tracker than either of his
companions, Scott after a minute con
firmed their bolief that Snssuon must i
have escaped by the window. He then !
took the two men out to where some- j
one, within a few minutes, had mount-1
ed a horse and galloped off.
"But where has he gone?" demanded ;
Lefever, pointing with his hand.
"There is the road both ways for
three miles." SCott nodded toward
the snow-capped peak of Music moun
tain. "Over to Morgan's, most likely.
He knows no one would follow him
into the gap."
(To Be Continued)
THE HONEYMOON HOUSE
By Hazel Dale
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By HAZEL DALE.
Janet's invitation to Barry Neil to
have dinner with them in the studio
[had done several things. li had
I brought back to Janet the wide dif-
Iference between the men she used 10
] know and the men who went to make
up the little set in which she moved
' now. Not that Rarry himself was so
! different essentially; he Jiad enjoyed
| every minute of the evening, Janet
i knew that, but the atmosphere about
I him was somehow different, and even
lif he became one of tljem, it would
.take a time to change his ideas of
| life.
I Then his visit had assured Janet
| that she had not lost her men l'riends,
| and the conversation that had ensued
| concerning the relations between men
i and women had in a way coincided
I with what Janet had always known.
I Life is no different in one city than it
!is in another. Human nature is Just
j the same everywhere. Janet might
I Just as well have lived in any other
city in the United States, as far as
a revelation of human nature was con
cerned.
In every city there are certain
phases of life viewed in a different
manner, certain problems that come
up for discussion and that are decided
differently according to the individual
jor the little set ho moves in. New
! York, like every other city, has its lit
, tie cliques: the people who live in one
' part of town live different lives, and
outsiders do not realize this until they
I come in contact with some one outside
' of their own circle.
i Janet had discovered in the short
' time that she had been married that
everything interesting in life came
through the exchange of ideas. She
[and Jarvis were always meeting inter
esting people—no two were the same
—but the friend 3 that they had wore
easy-going people, stanch as to friend
ship, free to praise or criticize, and al
ways ready for something new.
It wasn't until Neva had said so
plainly that even in her code of morals
I men and women were no different, as
I far as Platonic friendship is concerned,
| that Janet realized that basically
I things were the same in any society—
| they simply differed on the surface, or
! according to the life of the individual.
She felt a little bit ashamed of
i herself, and she realized perfectly well
why Jarvis stuck to his belief. He
considered women mentally, or from
a standpoint of outside interest; lie did
not consider that his love for Janet
could be questioned. Therefore he be
lieved that, no matter how many
women he knew, It would not make
any material difference in his life, and
he was light to a certain extent; but so
was Neva.
Jarvis was no different, from any
other man. He was upright, and
true, and had high ideals, and he
was very much in love; but let Janet
differ materially from him in her man
ner of living, let her have a different
set of friends, make it impossible for
Jarvis to go to her for advice and
counsel, and . substitute another
woman, and where would Janet be?
For a time, perhaps, old ties would
hold them together; but there would
soon be a change. Subtly things would
begin to be different; there would be
a breach betwwen them, and soon the
Platonic friendship between Jarvis and
the other woman would be only a
cloak to cover a feeling that neither
dared to acknowledge. And thus did
Janet realize that love is made up of
hundreds of different angles.
For the llrst time realized
herself apart from "The Honeymoon
House," and the sight surprised her.
Her business was to keep Jarvis
against every other woman who ever
existed. And how was she to do this?
By developing herself, by keeping her
self always fresh, by giving him from
herself what he needed for the day's
battle— : to meet another woman's
weapon's with her own fully ready.
Janet must always be a hundred
women in one, and lier personal charm
was her greatest asset, unless, perhaps,
It was the fact that Jarvis loved her.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
If a man truly loves a woman, It takes
a long time to open his eyes to the
fact that she is not all he has thought
her.
When Janet realized all this it
I meant a great deal to her. It meant
| that it would not be necessary for her
I to have men friends unless she wanted
| them. It meant that need not con
i sider Jarvis as related to another
woman unless she herself failed in
some way. The knowledge had broad
ened her love, and because Jarvis him
jself did not realize the fact that Neva
i had put so bluntly, Janet intended
it hat he should never see it.
She would be everything to him;
nothing else mattered. Marriage was
a far more wonderful thing than even
she had thought it to be. It meant
real union, a recognition Of each other
as individuals, each adjusting himself
and herself to the qualities of another
so that the result spoke for the high
est manner of life. 1 Janet felt as
though she was attuned: her love took
on another meaning; the petty, little
things that dally beset her were for
a time removed, and she felt that She
loved Jarvis more uhderstandingly
than she ever had.
The Honeymoon House seemed a
place to be kept free from discord
mainly through her own effort; Janet
had become a woman.
(To Be Continued.)
HIKE AFTKR SPECIMENS
Enola, Pa., April 4.—Members of
the freshmen class of the Enola high
school, in charge of Miss Helen C.
Markell, teacher, hiked to Pine Hill
yesterday afternoon Ui search of
physical geography specimens. Those
in the party were Miss Helen Markell,
Miss Esther Reigle, Miss Vesta Wag
ner, Miss Janette I.yons, Miss Gracella
Allen, Donald Welker, Lawrence
Schsusman, Clarence McDonald and
Lie Roy Bordlemay.
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PARSNIPS, SALSFY, CARROTS
Material From Correspondence Course in Vegetable
Gardening of the College of Agriculture,
Ohio State University
By h. M. MONTGOMERY
Parsnips are not a full-season crop
and must be sown early in the spring:
in order to secure good germination.
Seed more than I year old should not
be used as a poor stand is likely to
result. Seed should be drilled*in rows
12 to 15 inches apart and the plants
thinned to two to three inches.
On account of the slow germination
it will be found a good practice to
drill some Early Globe radishes thin
ly in the rows to mark their position
and assist the parsnip seedlings in get
ting through the soil. Radishes must
be removed promptly when large
enough to use, else they will damage
the parsnips. Parsnips should be
grown on a fairly rich, deep, loamy I
soil.
Clay soils are not very suitable un
less well filled with organic matter
and deeply prepared. The Hollow
Crown is the chief variety. The roots
are regarded as being of better quality
after having been frozen. Commonly
they are left In the ground over win
ter and marketed In the spring, though
some are used in the fall.
Salsify is sometimes called the veg
etable oyster, because of its rather dis
tinct oyster flavor. Its culture is al
most identical with that of the parsnip.
It may be used at any time after
reaching suitable size, but, like the
parsnip, the flavor is regarded as be
ing Improved by freezing.
Salsify may be used as a seasoning
for soups or creams or served as a
side dish. It is worthy of a place in
any garden.
There are four or more loss distinct
forms of carrots, with immediate
graduations: (1) the short, round or
blunt carrots; (2) the half-long blunt;
(3) the long blunt,' and (4) the long,
tapering or conical form. The latter
form is used mostly for stock feed
hig. There are also a variety of col
ors in these several forms, from white
to yellow and purple. The latter is
uncommon.
The short varieties, such as Early
Scarlet Horn and Early Short Scarlet,
are popular early sorts. French fore
ins is an excellent variety for cold
frames and other forcing work. This
is an almost perfectly rounded form.
Danvers Half-1-.ong and Chantenay arc
most popular for general cropping and
winter storage. Long Orange is a pop
ular variety for livestock but is not
Cocoanut Oil Makes
A Splendid Shampoo
If you want to keep your hair In
good condition, be careful what you
wash it with.
Most soaps and pftpared shampoos
contain too much alkali. This dries the
scalp, makes the hair brittle, and is
very harmful. Just plain muUifled
cocoanut oil, (which is pure and en
tirely greaselessT. is much better than
the most expensive soap or unything
else you can use for shampooing, as
this can't possibly injure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with wa
ter and rub It In. One or two tea
spoonfuls will mako an abundance of
rich, creamy lather, and cleanses the
hair and scalp thoroughly. The lather
rinses out easily and removes every
particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and ex
cessive oil. The hair dries quickly
and evenly, and it leaves It fine and
silky, bright, fluffy and easy to man
age.
• You can get mulslfled cocoanut oil
at most any drug store. It Is very
cheap, and a few ounces is enough to
last everyone In the family for
: month*.—Advertisement.
APRIL 4, 1917.
so valuable for market It is difficult
to harvest in perfect condition on ac
count of having such a long, slender
root.
Carrots, like beets, may be sown al
most as early in the spring as the
ground can be prepared, or as soon as
the danger of severe frost is past. The
soil should be finely pulverized and
smoothed before planting.
The seed is slow in germinating and
requires more favorable conditions as
regards soil and moisture than beets.
Light crusts of soil are more likely to
prevent the seedlings from getting
through the ground. Carrots also re
quire a longer time for the roots to
attain marketable size.
17 NEAR THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
THURSDAY WILL BE COAT DAY
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Miss Fairfax Answers Queries
WHKX I.OVK COMKS LATE IST 1,1 FK
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am thjrty-elgyt and In love with
a man some years my senior, whom 1
have known since childhood. Until re
cently I had no great affection for
him. but now 1 find myself thinking
of im very often. Would you advise
me to make known my feelings to him,
or remain as I am. an old maid? Are
marriages at my age really happy?
In a conversation with my mother
recently he told her he always thought
a great deal of me and to him I ap
peared so different from other women
he knew.
Is it not strange that I feel this
way now? When my girl friends were
making homes for themselves X was so
indif£rrent toward ro*n and never
courted favor with any of them; in
fact, avoided them as much as possi
ble. And now I am seeking love and
companionship.
DISCONTENTED WOMAN.
The love of maturity is o|ten far
bigger and tlned than that of youth.
Don't deny yourself happiness becauso
your emotion lias come to llower lato
in life. You have a basis of under
standing and old friendship upon which
gr t happiness will still be yours—
|after all, the autumn has beauties as
'great as any the Spring can show.
YOU MUST Sl'fiAK PLAINLY
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am seventeen and a stenographer.
My employer is a man of forty and is
married, but does not live with his
wife. My feelings toward him
amount to little less than a mere
friendship. On various occasions he
has shown that he cares a great deal
for me, and has taken me to a great
many places of amusement. As Ido
not care anything about this man and
do not wish him to take up my time,
how can I let him know? He is so
fine to me that I hesitate to go up
and speak plainly. Lorraine.
Don't be afraid of plain speech. I
never advocate hurting people's feel
ings, but when a man of forty is
troubling a girl of seventeen wibh jus
attention the greatest kindness she
can show him is to tell him at once
if she finds his interest unrecipro
cated. Just tell your employer that
; you appreciate his kindness to you,
J but that you hope he will understand
I you when you tell him that you pre
fer to keep your relations on a purely
business basis. lam afraid you have
coquetted a little bit and encouraged
him too much. Now take this stand
at once,
MISSIONARY ENTERTAINMENT
Wormleysburg, Pa., April 4.—A
missionary entertainment will be
given in St. Paul's United Brethren
Church on Friday evening under the
auspices of the Woman's Missionary
Association, directed by Mrs. J. J.
Hemmer and Mrs. I. V. Kister. "The
Voices of Women" will be given by
thirteen girls representing different
nations. Other readings and music
| will also be on the program.
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS
You have swollen feet and hands!
Stiff, achy joints! Sharp-shooting.
; rheumatic pains torture you. You have
aching back, pain in the lower abdo
men, difficulty when urinating! Look
out; These are danger signals. Trouble
is with your kidneys. Uric acid pois
oning, in one form or another, has set
in. It may lead to dropsy or fatal
Bright's disease if not checked.
Get some GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil
Capsules Immediately. They are an
| old preparation, used all over the world
i for centuries, combining natural heal
] ing oil and herbs, well-known to phy
! siclans and used by thousands in their
! daily practice. The Capsules are not
l an experimental, make-shift "patent
medicine." or "salt," whoje effect is
only temporary. They are a standard
l remedy, and act naturally, gently and
I quickly. But when you go to the drug-
I gist, insist on getting the pure, origi
nal Haarlem Oil In Capsules. Be sure
the name GOLD MEDAL is on the bo*,
and thus protect yourself against coun
terfeits.
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