4
BIG
TIMBER
By
BERTRAND W.
SINCLAIR
Copyright, 1916, kjr Little, Brown
6 Co,
SYNOPSIS
Estella Benton, left a penniless
orphan, goes to join her brother
Charlie, who is logging lumber in j
British Columbia.
Amtinucd
Sne affirmed this, and ho took
her baggage, likewise her trunk !
check when she asked how that ar- j
ticle would be transported to the j
lake. She had some idea of route
and means from her brother's writ
ben intstruetion, but she thought he
might have been here to meet her. At j
least he would be at the Springs. '
So she was whirled along a coun- i
try road. Jolted in the tonneau be- '
tween a fat man from Calgary and
a rheumatic dame on her way to
take hot sulpnur baths at Sit. All
woods. She passed seedy farm-|
houses, primitive in construction, '
and big bams with moss plentifully j
clinging on roof and gable. The \
stretch of charred stumps was left I
far behind, but in every Held of i
grain and vegetable and root great j
butts of tir and cedar rose amid the j
crops. Her first indefinitely agree- I
able impression of this land, which J
so far as she knew must be her
home, was of those huge and num
erous stumps contending with crops
fo 1 possession f the fields.
At first she had been overw>wered
with a sense of insignificance utter
ly foreign to her previous experi
ence, but now she discovered with an
agreeable sensation of surprise she '
could vibrate to such a keynote. And i
tvhile she communed with this pleas- i
•ont discovery the car sped down a |
straight stretch and around a cor-1
ner and stopped short to unload |
sacks of mail at a weather-beaten
yellow edifice, its windows displaying
indiscriminately Indian baskets, gro- j
ceries and hardware. Northward
opened a broad scope of lake level,
girt abound with tremendous peaks
whose lower slopes were banked
with-thick forest.
Somewhere distant along that
lake shore was *o be her home. As
the car rolled over the 400 yards
between shore and white and ureen
St. Allwoods she wondered if Charlie
would be there to meet her. She
was weary of seeing strange faces, [
of being directed, of being hustled
about.
But he was not there, and she re- i
called that he never had been
notable for punctuality. Five years
is a long time. She expected to find
him changed for the better, in
certain directions. He had promised
to be there, but in this respect time
evidently had wrought no apprecl- j
able transformation.
She registered, was assigned a
room and ate luncheon to the mel- j
ancholy accompaniment of a three- ;
man orchestra struggling vainly j
with Buch in an alcove oit the din- j
ing room. After that she began;
to make inquiries. Neither clerk nor |
manager knew aught of Charlie Ben- ;
ton. They were both in their firstj
season there. They advised her to (
ask the storekeeper.
"MacDougal will know," they j
were agreed. "He knows everybody
around here and everything that goes
on."
The storekeeper, a genial, round
bodied Scotchman, hau the infor
maton desired.
"Charlie Benton?" said he. "No;
he'll be at his map up the lake. He
was in three or four days backs. X
mind now he said he'd be down
Thursday. That's to-day. But he
isn't here yet, or his boat'd be by
the wharf yonder."
"Are there any passenger boats
that call there?" she asked.
MacDougal shook his head.
"Not reg'lar. There's a gas boat
goes t' the head of the lake now an'
then. She's away now. Ye might
hira a launch. Jack Fyfe's camp
tender's about to get under way.
But ye wouldna care to on her,
I'm thinkin'. She'll be # loaded wi'
lumberjacks—every man drunk as a
lord, most like. Maybe Benton'll be
In before night."
To lie Continued
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Bringing Up Father --.*- copyright, 1917, international News service By McManus
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Automobile Drivers
Warned of Speed Laws
Halifax, Pa., Sept. 1. —Constable ;
Ross Zimmerman on Sunday was j
kept busy warning reckless auto'
drivers of the new speed law now ex- J
Istlng in the borough. .Arrests will
follow for second offenses. The Rev. !
E. O. Krenz, a representative of the
Harrisburg district of the Anti-1
Saloon League, spoke in the Reform- !
ed Church and also at Fctterhoff's |
Church, near Fisherville, on Sun
day.—Eleven members of Camp No.
128. P. O. of A. visited their sister
lodge at Elizabethvilje on Tuesday
evening.—Mrs. Charles Lichtenberg
er and two children of Enola, spent
Tuesday with her uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hoffman. —
Mrs. Martha Hoffman ant daughter,
Mrs. Elias Flowers, of Steelton, and j
Mrs. Lizzie Pest and daughter.
Frances, of Dauphin, spent Sunday
at the Hoffman home.— Miss Elsie
Cramer has returned to her home at
Philadelphia, after spending several
weeks with Miss Helen Wert. —
George Williams, of Williamsport.
spent Monday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Zinn, below town.
—Mrs. Mary Sheetz, who took sud
denly ill while attending the Eliza
bethville campmeeting early this
month, is now improved and is stay
ing at the home of her son, Sdward
Sheetz, and family.—Mr. and Mrs.
Lester R. Jackson, upon their Re
turn home to New Brighton, Beaver
county, on Monday, were accompan
ied by Mrs. M. C. Behm and Mrs.
C. R. Shope.—Mrs. John C. West
fall, of Marysville, spent Sunday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Wostfall. She was accompanied home
by her little son, George Westfall,
who spent several weeks with his
grandparents.—John Wagoner and
daughter, Mildred, of Marlon, Ohio,
visited at the home of his niece, Mrs.
H. S. Potter, on Tuesday.—Mrs. C. C.
Zimmerman and daughter, Martha
Zimmerman, of Harrisburg, have
opened their town home and will
spend several weeks here.—Mrs.
Warren Disney and children, of Pal
myra, spent Sunday at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David
Hoffman. Mrs. C. F. Still and
daughter. May, of Hummelstown,
paid a visit to her sister, Mrs. W. J.
Jury.—Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Calder
and daughter, Ellen, of Steelton,
were Sunday guests at the home of
Mrs. Calder's mother, Mrs. Ellen
BishofT.—Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bress
ler, of Norristown, were guests over
the week-end at the home of his
i brother, Ryan Bressler.—Mr. and
I Mrs. Frank Reisch and sons, of Har
f risburg, and Mr. and Mrs. John
; Reisch, of Williamsport. were Sun
day guests at the home of their moth
er, Mrs. Ellen Reisch. —Mr. and Mrs.
James M. Chubb and children, of
Millersburg, were Sunday visitors at
the home of her mother, Mrs. Mary
Troutman.
Many Visitors Guests at
Annville Hospitable Homes
Annvllle, Pa.. Sept. 1. —Mrs. Ralph
! Diehl and family, of Old Orchard,
near Harrisburg, are guests of
M. C. Brightbill and family.—Master
Howard H. Henry, of Chicago, who
has been spending the summer with
his grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Henry, recently returned to his home
under the care of Paul Moyer, of
Derry Church, who returned to Fort
Slieridaa.—Mrs. Agnes Longenecker
returned to her home in Lancaster
after visiting relatives in Dauphin
nnd Lebanon counties. —Miss Blanche
i M. Risser, instructor of German and
, history in the Annville high school,
' is spending several weeks of the sum
mer vacation visiting the Yellowstone
National Park, in Wyoming, and
. other points of interest in the West.
—Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Lehman aro
spending several days at Wildwood,
N. J. —Mrs. Ralph Stlckell, of Pitts
j burgh, is visiting at the home of her
I parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Bach
| man. The annual pieaic of the
I Union Hose Company bids fair to be
i one of the season's big social events.
! —The Boy Scouts of Pinegrove who
! are camping at the Union Water
i Works, neai here, attended the
| United Brethren Sunday School last
, Sunday—Dr. Harry Imbodn, of New
i York city. In the medical corps of
I the United States Army, is visiting
hiss parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
1 Imboden, of College avenue.—Edwin
| Zeigler, who has been pitcher for
the Bethlehem baseball team this
' summer, has left for Laurel, Miss.,
l where he is engaged as physical di
rector in the Young Men's Christian
j Association. Clement H. Kreider,
I son of Congressman and Mrs. A. S.
Kreider. and Ammon and Joseph
BoltZ, all of whom received commis
sions at Fort Niagara recently, have
been spending several days with their
parents in town.—Superintendent C.
G. Dotter has made all preparations
for the opening of the public schools
next Tuesday. Homer Fink, con
nected with the United States am
bulance corps at AUentown, visited
| his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charbs
Fink, on Sunday.
BAKER QUITS BUSINESS
New Bloomfleld, Pa., Sept. 1.
| High prices of materials has forced
j H. 11. Harlan, a local baker, to dis
continue his business, temporarily
at least
All's Well That
Ends Well *r
II y JANE M'LBA.X
Every night when James Forsyth
went to bed he determined to save
up for a new suit. He knew that he
looked shabby, he was (juite consci
ous of the fact that to him that hath
shall also be given, but there were io
many others to be considered first and
so many ways in which he was con
stantl) asked to spend his hard-earn
ed money that his personal appear
ance seemed a thing too trivial for
consideration. That is. it did when
duty crowded the truth out of his
mind. At other times, James Forsyth
knew quite well that he looked a cen
tury old and a decade behind the
time.
His appearance used to bother him
after he had gone to bed at night.
And if perchance a tiny thought in
veigled itself into his brain, he would
try to invent impossible ways to make
extra money, and when sleep finally
pressed heavily, he would console him
self by thinking that there was no use
of worrying about a thing that could
not be helped, and then he would drop
asleep ana forget his troubles for a
time. ♦
Forsyth made a fair salary, but he
was one of the downtrodden men who
succumb easily to infiuence. His wife
took only what she considered her due
to run the house and clothe herself
and the children. The amount left
over certainy would not go very far
In giving Forsyth a decent wardrobe.
Certainly he might have asserted him
self. but he did not, and In conse
quence he wore his old clothes and
looked shabby.
When he married there had been
those who had remarked upon the fact
that he was a fine looking man. He
had obtained his position with Graves
and Ellery at that time, and people
had also said that he had a bright fu
ture. But Mr. Graves. ,\vho had given
Forsyth the place, had,been heard to
remark frequently when Forsyth
passed through the office:
"My, how that man has aged. Why,
be is a young man, but he doesn't
care anything about keeping up a neat
appearance: he looks like an old man
already. We can't allow him to make;
any sales for us. we'll have to put
some younger man in who can make
a snappy appearance."
Of course, Forsyth did not know
what was passing in his employer's"
mind, hut his thoughts still lingered
upon his coveted new suit, and he
still determined periodically to actu
ally get it.
Once he had saved tip secretly to
make his purchase. He intended to
go downtown and buy his clothes
and surprise everyone, and Just as
he had enough or nearly enough, Ruth,
the baby, came down with typhoid
fever. Every cent available had gone
into doctor's bills and medicines, and
his wife, surprised at the influx of
extra money, had bitterly accused him
of a secret fund that she knew noth
ing about.
"Of course, your money is your
own," she had sobbed, "but it seems
strange that you would want to keep
i It away from me."
' Either his wife did not notice or
schooled herself not to notice his ap
! pearance, and her accusation hit For
t-'yth hard. He resolved then and there
that he did not need the new things
anyway.
"A man can get along on almost
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nothing," he had argued. And of
course he was all wrong, and he
vaguely knew It.
He went through a period then
when he had convinced himself that
he was greatly exaggerating mat
ters anyway. Perhaps It was his
own imagination, and -no one noticed
his clothes but himself. And just
as he had himself nicely deluded and
the load was lifting a little from his
mind, he overheard a remark that
hurt him cruelly.
"Isn't old man Forsyth a guy," one
of the office boys had Jerred. "L*)oks
for all the world like l a vaudeville
comedian."
Anda then Forsyth knew that other
people did not notice that his appear
ance was really bad.
Then he enlisted. Which fact was
made possible only through the gen
erosity of his firm. The day he came
home In his uniform he felt like a
hero. Unconsciously his body had re
sponded to feel of new clothes
and the self-respect of decent rai
ment.
"Gee, pop," his small son had said
delightedly, "you look great in those
things. Wish I was big and could
wear "em."
"Dear," his wife had breathed soft
ly ,and her eyes were tender, "you
loelcllke you did when I married you.
You should have had a neA- suit long
frgo."
* When he walked down the street,
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Uncle Sam's Thrift
Thought For Today
Meat Turnovers
Chop the meat. If the quantity
on hand Is small, mix with it left
over potato or rice. Season with
salt, pepper, onion, etc. Place
filling on circular pieces of bis
cuit dough about the size of a
saucer. Fold over the dough and
crimp edges together. Bake foi*
about one-half hour in a hot oven.
A brown sauce made from two
tablespoonfuls of flour browned
in two tablespoonfuls of butter to
which a cupful of water or stock
and a half teaspoonful of salt is
added, may be served over the
turnovers.
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Build
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Money is plentiful
The man who needs
a home, or other
buildings, will prob
ably never find a bet
ter time to build than
right now.
* Lumber at present
only 15 per cent,
higher than its* normal
average for ten years.
Wages will not be
lower during the war
and for a considerable
period after the war.
This fall is the best
time to build.
It won't pay you to
delay.
United-Ice & Coal Co.
Forster & Cowden Sta.
sq " area ' b ° d> erert \ h * n . d Lightning Kills Mule anil Which 'wore fastly smothering Mr. just issued under the names of three
held high with new courage in hi* WgUinillg IVIIIB ITIUie and Campbell and rescued bis helper local dairymen This is an advance
veins, he ran into Mr. Graves. Cgj. C* 4 M an ' s Clothin? from under the mules - Mr - Camp- of one centner quart advanco
"Hello, Forsyth," said that big man, OCIS r,re 10 ITldn 5 V,loUling be „ although.il> a serious condition, of ono cent P° r l uart -
"how well you look. I see you've en- „ „ is expected to recover. The team {■■■■■■■■■■■ l
listed, good for you. Well, a '' ■Sr'j belonged to H. R. Wentzel, on whose 1
position is ready for you whenever rt nnlmnm lfi* 1 "J 1 farm the men were working. B ¥ G Rdlein (Sap
you come back. How'd you like to be struck a nair ' of m ules.°killing"onl 1 "
a salesman. You re the very man foi | ns tantly and etunning the other. MltiK PIUCE RAISED I 212 LoCtlst St*
the Place. the Btunned mule fell on a farmhand, N ew Bloomfleld, Pa., Sept. I. H v .„
And Forsyth, the man. the soldier, w h o was standing near. The light- t ? , , . I New Location
walked on proudly, after all there ning passing on set the clothing of t - ommencln * to-day local house- ■ Optometrists Opticians
was P a voun/man with °the w'orid A,ex Cam P bell on "re. The driver holders aro obliged to pay eight H Eyes Kxamlncd (No Drops)
still unconquered. it was good to be of the team, after securing help, cents per quart for all milk in ac- H Bclsinger Glasses as low as $2.
alone and feel contented. succeeded in putting out the flames cordance with an announcement SesSS>W*Sl*B*a™*sH*eewe
CARRY PARCELS JlgL-AVOID RETURNING
POSSIBLE
Do Not Ask A Fighting Man
To Carry Your Parcels
The United States Government Snakes the request of Retail Merchants and the Public
at Large Avoid waste in labor, capital, material and
equipment and thereby release when needed men and
capital for the defense of this Nation."
To conform to the Government's request Retail Merchants of
Harrisburg will after August 15,1917
. Make "but Two Deliveries to Each Home Per Day
Help Harrisburg Stores Help the Government
MAKE CAREFUL SELECTION A HABIT
BUY ONLY THAT WHICH YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP
AVOID C. O. D. PURCHASES WHENEVER POSSIBLE '
A number of vacancies have already been caused in • Similar action is being taken in all cities of the
the delivery departments of the stores of this city on Country. •
account of enlistments, and no doubt future enlistments Every citizen can now do his bit.
and drafts will bring about a mortf serious shortage of Opportunity to serve in this war has come to few
men in this line of service. The Government says that J. s s P rea ding to all. This is your opportunity.
the places of these men cannot be filled by taking men England smarting under bitter experiences, due to
from occupations more vital to the conduct of war. delay, urges the United States to act immediately.
~ , ... _ ... . France allows but three deliveries a week. The United
Merchants and the Public must organize to meet this States Government asks that you help reduce deliveries
condition before it becomes acute. * - to one a day, and may later request further sacrifice.
These Stores Are Co-operating With the United States
Government and the Council of National Defense
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, The Hub, Walk-Over Shoe Store,
Bowman & Company Bogar, Sporting Goods, v/m Strouae
Kaufman's Underselling Store, R e | a l Umbrella Store,
.DoutrichV Steckly's Shoe Store, ? 7? , '
The Globe, * Crego Shoe Store, Ladies Bazaar,
Rothert Company, H. Marks & Son, Salkin's Golden Rule Department Store,
J. H. Troup Music House, p. G. Diener, The Hoff Store, New Cumberland.
Goldsmith*, j. H. Brenner, Harrisburg Light and Power Company,
Robinson s Woman Shop, Paul's Shoe Store, Gately & Fitzgerald Supply Company,
Witmer, Bair & Witmer, Fackler's, Robinson & Company,
SEPTEMBER 1917