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"This isn't your house," retired De
Spain angrily. "This house is Nan's,
not yours. When she orders me out,
I'll go. Bring her down." he thun
dered, raising his voice to shut oft
Duke, who had redoubled his abuse.
"Bring her into this room," he re
peated. "We'll see whether she wants
to get married If she does. I'll marry
her. If she doesn't and you've been
putting this up to force her into
marrying, so help me God, you'll be
tarried out ot' this room to-night, or
1 will." He whirled on her uncle with
an accusing finger. "You used to be
a man, Duke. I've taken from you
here to-night what I would take
from no man on earth but for the
sake of Nan Morgan. She asked me
never to touch you. But if you've
gone into this thing to trap your own
flesh and blood, your dead brother's
girl, living under your own protec
tion, you don't deserve mercy, and
to-night you shall liavij what's com
ing to you. I've fought you both fair,
too fair. Now—before I leave—it's
my girl or both of you."
He was standing near Drtiel. With
out taking his eyes off the other man.
he caught Drucl with his ieft hand
by the coat collar, and threw him
halfway across the room. "Get up
stairs, you old carrion, and tell Nan
Morgan Henry De Spain is here to
talk to her."
Druel, frightened to death, scramb
led into the hall. He turned on De
Spain. "I'm an officer of the law. I
arrest you for trespass and assault,"
lie shouted, shaking with fear.
"Arrest me?" echoed De Spain
contemptuously. "You scoundrel, if
you don't climb those stairs, I'll send
you to the penitentiary the day I get
back to town. Upstairs with your
message!"
"It isn't necessary." said a low
voice at the hall, and with the words
Nan appeared in the open doorway.
Her face was white, but there was no
sign of haste or panic in it; De
Spain choked back a breath; to him
she hac never looked in her silence
•o awe-inspiring.
He addressed her. holding his left
hand out with his plea. "Nan," he
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FRIDAY EVENING, HAREUSBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 4, 1917.
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said, controlling his voice, "W-.ese
men were getting ready to marry you
to Gale Morgan. No matter how you
feel toward me, you know me well
enough to know that all 1 want is the
t'uth. Was this with your consent?"
She stepped into the line of lire be
tween her cousin and De Spain as
she answered: "No. You know I
shall never marry any man but you.
This vile bully"—she turned a little
to look at her angry cousin "has
Influenced Uncle Duke—who never
before tried to persecute or betray
me—into joining him in this thing.
They never could have dragged me
into it alive. And they've kept me
locked up for three days In a room
upstairs, hoping to break me down."
"Stand back. Nan."
If De Spain's words of warning
struck her with terror of a situation
she could not control, she did not re
veal it. "No," she said resolutely. "If
anybody here is to be shot, I'll be
first. Uncle Duke, you have always
protected me from Gale Morgan;
now you join hands with him. You
drive me from this roof because I
don't know how I can protect my
self under it."
Gale looked steadily at her. "You
promised to marry me," he mutter
ed truculently. "I'll find a way to
make you keep your word."
A loud knocking interrupted him.
and. without waiting: to be admitted,
Pardaloe, the cowboy, opened the
front door and stalked boldly in
from the hall.
If the situation in the room sur
prised him, he gave no evidence of
it. And as he walked in Nan disap
peared. Pardaloe was drenched with 5
rain, and. taking off his hat as he'
crossed the room to the tire, he shook
it hard into the blazing wood.
"What do you want, Pardaloe?" i
snapped Duke.
Pardaloe shook his hat once more
and turned a few steps so that he;
stood between the uncurtained win-1
dow and the light. "The creek's up,"
he said to Duke in his peculiarly
slow, steady tone. "Some of Satt's
boys are trying to get the cattle out
of the lower corral." He fingered his
hat, looked tirst at Duke, than at
Gale, then at De Spain. "Guess they'll
need a little he'lp. so I asked Sassoon j
to come over—" Pardaloe jerked his
head indicatively toward the front, j
"He's outside with some of the boys |
now."
"Tell Sassoon to come in here!"!
thundered Gale.
De Spain's left arm shot out. "Hold
on, Pardaloe: pull down that cur
tain behind you:"
"Don't touch that curtain, Parda- !
loe!" shouted Gale Morgan.
"Pardaloe." said De Spain, his left;
arm pointing menacingly and walk- !
ing instantly toward him, "pull that |
curtain or pull your gun, quick." At i
that moment Nan, in hat and coat. \
reappeared in the archway behind s
De Spain. Pardaloe jerked down the j
curtain and started for the door De
Spain had backed up again. "Stop, ]
Pardaloe." he called. "My men are
outside that door. Stand where you |
are," he ordered, still enforcing his
commands with his right hand cov- ,
ering the holster at his hip. "I leave
this room first. Nan, are you ready?"
he asked without looking at her.
"Yes."
Her uncle's face whitened. "Don't
leave this house to-night. Nan," he
said menacingly.
"You've forced me to, Uncle
Duke."
"Don't leave this house to-night."
"I can't protect myself in it."
"Don't leave this house —most of
all, with that man!""He pointed at
De Spain with a frenzy of hatred.
Without answering, the two were re-1
treating into the semi-darkness of
the dining room. "Nan." came her
uncle's voice hoarse with feeling,
"you're saying goodby to me for
ever."
"No, oncle," she cried. "I am only
doing what I have to do."
"I tell you I don't want to drive
you from this roof, girl."
A rush of wind from an opening
door was the only answer from the
dark dining room. The two Morgans
started forward together. The sud
den gust sucked the flame of the
living room lamp up into the chim
ney and after a brief, sharp struggle
extinguished it. In the confusion it
was a moment before a match could
be found. When the lamp was re
lighted, the Morgans ran into the
living room. The wind and rain
poured In through the open north
door. But the room was empty.
Duke turned on his nephew with
a choking curse. "This," he cried,
beside himself with fury, "is your
work!'"'
CHAPTER XXIV.
Flight
De Spain, catching Nan's arm,
spoke hurriedly, and they hastened
outside toward the kitchen. "We
must get away quick," he said as she
buttoned her coat. And, knowing
how she suffered in what she was
doing, he drew her into the shelter
of the porch and caught her close
to him. "I'll take you straight to
Mrs. Jeffries. When you are ready,
you'll marry me; we'll make our
"peace with your Uncle Duke togeth
er. Great God! What a night! This
way, dearie."
"No, to the stable, Henry! Where's
your horse?"
"Under the pine, and yours, too. I
found the pony, but I couldn't find
your saddle, Nan."
"I know where it's hidden. Let's
get the horses."
"Just a minute. I stuck my rifle
under the porch." He stooped and
| felt below the stringer. Rising in a
moment with the weapon on his arm.
the two hurried around the end of
the house toward the pine tree. They
had almost reached this when a mur
mur unlike the sounds of the storm
made De Spain halt his companion.
"What is it?" she whispered. He
listened intently. Without speaking,
he took Nan and retreated to the
corner of the house. "There is some
body in that pine," he whispered,
"waiting for me to come after the
horses. Sassoon may have found
them. I'll try It out, anyway, before
I take a chance. Stand back here.
Nan."
He put her behind the corner of
the house, threw his rifle to his
shoulder, and tired as nearly as he
could in the darkness toward and
just above the pine. Without an in
stant's hesitation a pistol shot an
swered from the direction in which
he had tired, and in another moment
a small fusillade followed. "By the
Almighty," muttered De Spain, "we
must have our horses, Nan. Stay
right here. I'll try driving those fel
lows off their perch."
She caught his arm. "What are
you going to do?"
"Run in on them from cover,
wherever I can find it., Nan, and
push them back. We've got to have
those horses."
"If we could only get away with
out a tight!"
"This is Sassoon and his gang.
Nan. You heard Pardaloe. These are
not your people. I've got to drive 'em
or we're gone, Nan!"
"Then 1 go with you."
"Nan, you can't do It," whispered
De Spain energetically. "A chance
bullet—"
She spoke with decision: "I go
with you. I can use a rifle. Better
both of us be killed than one. Help
me up on this roof. I've climped it
a hundred times. My rifle is In my
room. Quick, Henry."
Overruling his continued objec
tions, she lifted her foot to his hand,
put her second foot on De Spain's
shoulder, gained the sloping roof, and
scrambled on her hands and knees
up to the window of her room. A
far-off peal of thunder echoed from
the mountains. Luckily, no Hash had
preceded It, and Nan, rllle in hand,
slid safely down to the end of the
lean-to, where De Spain helped her
to the ground. He directed her how
to make a zig-zag advance toward
the pine, and, above all, to throw
herself flat and sidewise after every
shot —and not to tire often.
In this way they advanced slowly
but safely to the disputed point and
then understood —the horses were
gone. A fresh discharge of shots
came from two directions—seeming
ly from the house and the stable. A
moment later they heard sharp tiring
far down the gap—their sole avenue
of escape.
Thej, - withdrew to the shelter of a
large rock familiar to Nan even in
the dark. While De Spain was de
bating in his mind how to mc-et the
emergency, she stood at his side, his
equal he knew, in courage, daring
and resource, and answered his rapid
questions as to possible gateways of
escape. The rain, which had been
abating, now ceased, but from every
fissure in the mountains came the
roar of rushing water,' and little
openings of rock and waterway that
might have offered a chance when
dry were now out of the question. In
fact, it was Nan's belief that before
morning water would be running
over the main trail itself.
"Yet," said De Spain finally, "be
fore morning we must be a long way
from this particular spot, Nan. Sas
soon has posted men at the neck of
the gap—that's the first tiling he
would do, I'll tell you," he said sud
denly, as when after long uncertain
ty and anxious doubt one chooses
an alternative and hastens to follow
it. "Retreat is the thing for us. Nan.
Let's make for Music mountain and
crawl into our cave till morning. Le
fever will get in here some time to
morrow. Then we can connect with
him."
Realizing that no time was to be
lost, they set out on the long jour
ney. Every foot of the troublesome
I HOW DOCS YOUR GARDEN CROW
At this time of year when we say I
beans our thoughts turn to the
"snap-short" kinds, which we hope |
to have in our gardens In the early |
summer, rather than the "pork-and" j
ones, which are perennial
There is an old tradition, common j
among country people, that the green !
beans are best for boiling with meat, J
especially pork, and the yellow-pod- |
ded or "wax" beans for dressing with
butter, pepper and salt, or a white j
sauce. If you have any such pref- j
erence, make your plantings accord- ;
ingly. There are a number of good |
varieties of each kind, both in bush [
and pole beans.
Nothing is to be gained by plant- (
ing the bush beans outdoors too .
early, as they are very tender and"
one light frost may either kill or re- I
tard them more than a week or
more's later planting. Of course, if
you are equipped to cover or other
wise protect them and are sure to
attend to it, you can get an earllec
crop by taking some risk. But, in
any case, it will not be wise to plant
until the ground is warm and the j
weather somewhat settled, as beans j
planted in cold or soggy soil are like- j
ly to rot In the ground.
The Various Varieties
Beans naturally divide themselves
in the following classes: The dwarf I
green and yellow podded, the dwarf !
shell beans, which are matured, and I
beans shelled out for winter use;
the tall, or pole, green and yellow I
podded, and the tall shell beans for |
wirtter. Few persons growi any of (
the shell beans in small home gar- |
dens, and we will not further con- i
sider them here.
For beans the soil should be rich |
and mellow. To get them tender at
picking time they should have quick
and continuous growth, and this is
best assured when they are planted
in a warm, rich, porous soil, well
drained and given plenty of water.
Well-rotted manure, dug into the
trench, is best, when applied at this
time of year, and the soil should be
made fine with the shovel when
digging and finished with the rake.
Beans arc planted In two general
ways: In hills and in furrows or
I drills. Cleaner cultivation can be
given by the hill system, but more
I can be grown in the same space of
! garden by the drill plan.
By the hill system you can hoe
! all around them, but when planted
in drills, if you have many weeds,
it will require hand-weeding along
i the rows where the hoe cannot
reach.
As some beans, for different rea
sons, do not germinate, it will pay
Ito plant them rather thickly, and
: thin out in the drills to four Inches
apart. Make the drills as far apart
as may be convenient. If to be work
ed entirely with the hoe. eighteen
inches apart will do: If to be worked
with the wheel cultivator, make
way offered difficulties. Water im
peded them continually. Nan picked
their trail. But for her perfect fa
miliarity with every foot of the
ground, they crfuld not have got to
the mountain at all. When they got
to the mountain trail itself they
found their way swept by a mad rush
of falling water, Its deafening roar
punctured by fragments of loosened
rock which, swept downward from
ledge to ledge, split and thundered
as they dashed themselves against
the mountainside. On a protected
floor the two stood for a moment,
listening to the roar of the cataract
that had cut them ofr their refuge.
"No use. Nan," said De Spain.
There's isn't any other trail, is
there?"
She told him there was no other.
"And this will run all night. Henry,"
them two feet apart between the
drills.
When using tho hill system of
I planting, drop four or six beans to a
| hill, making the hills a foot apart.
| When fully up, thin out to three or
; four to a hill.
Beans are legumes, like peas,
j clover and. alfalfa, and do best when j
the soil in which they are growing]
is inoculated with the bacteria which
j attach themselves to the roots and
j form little nodules This form of
i bacteria may be in your soil, but If
I the soil has lain dormant for a num
; ber of years or has been planted in
i grass or other non-leguminous plants
iit is likely that there are few or
I none. For cents you can .
j get from any seedman a package of j
I bacteria culture with which to in
oculate enough beans to plant an i
eighth of an acte, and it is not !
idlttlcult to use. The results will i
well repay you for using It. The re- !
suits writing for it, ask for "legume i
bacteria culture" for beans.
Beans require frequent cultlva
i tlon, always drawing the soil up |
j around the plants. If the wheel |
i cultivator is used it will be well to
i go over them with the hoe to get !
j the soli well up to the plants. Work
j them when the crust forms after
J rains, and at all times when neces-
I sary to keep down the weeds.
The Best Sorts
One of the best early green-pod
i ded beans is Strlngiess Green Pod;
! another Is Improved Extra Early
I Red Valentine. They can be used for
| succession all summer, plantings be
! ing made at Intervals so that there
j will be a crop every week, if you
I have sufficient space to do this. The
j aim should be to pick the whole
crop of one set of vines at one pick
ing.
j Good yellow or wax beans for first
| early are Brittle Wnx, Dwarf Black
I Wax and Stringless Refugee Wax.
Good pole beans are Kentucky
Wonder, White Creaseback, McCas
land, Lazy Wife and Golden Cluster
Wax.
Never work with or about bean
stalks when they are not perfectly
i dry, or you are liable to spread the
! spores of a fungus disease called
] rust, which covers them with brown
j spots and spoils them for snap beans,
j Select the afternoon of dry days to
| cultivate beans.
Lima beans come in both the
dwarf and pole kinds, and are grown
similar to the snap shorts, but the
bean alone is used for food. The
dwarf sorts should be planted six
inches apart in the row, and the tall
ones six beans around a pole. Give
them a top dressing of chicken
manure when well started, and work
it into the soil. The dwarf ones can
be sprouted in the house In moist
sand and set out as soon as warm
enough, and a week's time gained In
maturity.
she said, turning to him and as if
thinking of a question she wanted to
ask, "how did you happen to come to
me to-night when I wanted you so?"
"1 came because you sent for me,"
he answered, surprised.
"But I didn't send for you."
He stopped, dumfounded. "What
do you mean. Nan?" he demanded
uneasily. "1 got your message on the
telephone lasi night. In my office at
Sleepy Cat, from a man that refused
to give his name."
"i never sent any message to you,"
•she insisted in growing wonderment.
"1 have been locked In a room for
three days, dearie. The Lord knows
I wanted to send you word. Who ever
telephoned a message like that Was
it a trap to get you In here?"
(To Be Continue.)
"THEIR MARRIED LIFE"
Copyright by International News Service
"But Warren, It's the coat of my
new suit," mourned Helen tragically.
"What shall I do about it?"
As usual Warren was immersed
in the morning: paper, and he raised
his head to say:
"Huh?"
Helen was holding up the dark
blue serge coat that belonged to j
the suit she had bought at Crofts j
& Ordway's. It had been lined with j
white satin, and the satin was spot- j
, ted all over with water.
"Kor heaven's sake," Warren ex- j
claimed, "what have you been doing ]
[with it?"
'Just pressing it, and the damp I
cloth made those wet marks on the ]
I lining. The trouble lies in the qual- •
! ity. Why, wherever the water lias
| touched it the satin is just as stiff." j
"Didn't you notice the lining when
you bought the suit?"
"Yes, in a general way, but it
i looked all right. Of course in these j
| days the things are cheaper than j
I they used to be."
"There's no reason for putting u
lining like that in an expensive suit.
Of course it won't show though."
"Oh, but it will whenever I take
my coat off. I'll have to have it ,
reiined, dear."
"What, when the suit Isn't two
weeks old yet, and not even paid
for?"
"Well, what can I do?"
Warren was angry enough to give
his attention to the matter now.
"Get on your things and come
down with me," he said, rising from
the breakfast table premptoril.v. I
"Tou can see what Crofts & Ord- j
way's will do about it."
J "But they won't do a thing War- '
ron. They'll simply say that I should ■
have known water would spot silk." I
"But how could you know such a
silly thing. Naturally you would ex
pect a suit that cost foi'y dollars to
have a decent lining in it."
"Besides," Helen went on, "I don't
want to take a chance on having
another lining like that put in it."
"Of course you don't, but what is
it you do want to do?" asked War
ren sarcastically.
"X thought I would buy a simple
little lining and have the little tailor
around the corner put it in," Helen
said meekly.
"Well." exploded Warren, "if that
just like you. Well, you won't
[do anvthing of the kind. At least
I not until you see what can he done
| ahout It. A store ns reliable ns
I that one will fix it up. 1 am certain
lof it. If not, I won't charge another
thing there, and that's final." .
Helen really had a lot more to
say, but Warren in this mood could
not be persuaded to reason calmly,
so without a word she got into her
outdoor things and went out with
| Wnrren.
"I just hate to make a fuss," she
raid as they neared the subway sta
tion.
"I know you do. You'd rather pay
out all that good money instead of
trying to get satisfaction. Remem-
I her. now. stand up for your rights.
Good luck!" And Helen found her-
I self on the platform alone, while
j Warren was being whirled down
town.
I Helen was still imbued with some
of the courage that Warren had
pumped into her and she went di
rectly to the nice woman who had
sold her the suit. It was early and
few people were buying, so Helen
had no trouble In finding her sales
woman.
"I want to show you the lining
in this suit." Helen said, unwrap
ping the coat hastily and holding It
up to view. In the light from the
huge windows the spots showed up
more plainly than ever. The sales
woman gasped. I
"Why, what happened?" she
claimed
"I got It damp, and this Is th
result," Helen explained. "I hfcd
not noticed before just how cheap
the lining is," she went on. "You
see, I have hardly worn the suit at
all."
"Just a minute," said the sales
woman, beckoning another woman
who was passing. The newcomer
happened to be the buyer, and after
a cursory examination, she said
brightly, "We'll have it entirely re
lined for you, Mrs. Curtis. I'll send
it back to the factory and you'll
get it in a week's time."
"Oh, but I can't spare it a week."
Helen exclaimed quickly.
"Well, you see we'll have to make
the factory stand the expense for
the lining, or else I could do It for
you here."
Helen was thinking quickly. If the
suit were sent back to the factory
might, not the new lining he just
as bad as the old ? Besides, she want
ed to wear the suit the next evening,
and time was worth a little money.
"Could you have It reiined for me
here if I bought my own lining? Sho
questioned. "I'd almost rather do
that, and then I'd know just what
was being put in the suit. It is cer
tnlnlv worth a hette linlr~ •
has now."
"No doubt, they would put a bettor
lining in it," the woman responded:
"hut if you are In a hurry for It, I
could have it done for you imme
diately, if yon wanted to get your
owi lining." .
"I'll go down stairs and get it
now," Helen said, deciding quickly;
"and then I can have the suit to
morrow.'
"Certainly: it can be done imme-
I diately."
Helen hurried off toward the ele
j vator with a sense of satisfaction.
Of course the lining would cos* her
something, but the suit was worth
1 it. She was sure that Warren would
j approve of what she had done. If
it hadn't been for Warren, things
j would have have been all upside
j down.
(Watcli for the next instalment
of this interesting scries.)
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