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BIG
TIMBER
By
BERTRAND W.
SINCLAIR
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Copyright. 19J6, by Littl*. Brow*
6 Co,
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SYNOPSIS
Estella Beaton, left a penniless
orphan, goes to join her brother
Charlie,, who is logging lumber in
British Columbia.
Charlie tells Stella of his prospects
and describes his primitive manner
of living. lie introduces a neighbor.
Paul Abbey.
(Continued)
"Be a long time before we get to
that stage here." Benton returned.
"And scenery in B. C. is a drug on
the market. We've got Europe
backed off the map for tourist at
tractions. if they only knew it. No,
about the only summer home In
this locality is the Abbey place at
Point. They come up
here every summer for two or three
months. Otherwise I don't know of
any lilies of the field, barring the
hotel people, and they, being purely
transient, don't count. There's the
Abbey-Monohan outfit with two big
logging camps, my outfit, Jack
Fyfe's, some hand loggers on the
east shore and the R. A. T. at the
head of the lake. That's the popu
lation and Roaring- lake is forty
two miles long and eight wide."
"Are there any nic-6 girls
around?" she asked.
Benton grinned widely.
"Girls?" said he. "Not so you
could notice. Outside the Springs
and the hatchery over the way,
fhere isn't, a white woman on the
lake except Lefty Howe's .wife
Lefty's Jack Fyfe's foreman—and
she's fat and past forty. I told you
it was a God forsaken hole as far
as society is concerned, Stell."
"I know," she said thoughtfully.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH SE PTEMB
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"But one can scarcely realize such
a —such a social blankness until one
actually experiences tt. Anyway,-
I don't know but I'll -appreciate
utter quiet for awhile. But what do
you do with yourself when you're
not working?"
"There's seldom any such time,"
he answered. "X tell you, Stella,
I've got a big job on my hands.
I've got a definite mark to shoot at,
and I'm going to make a bullseye In
spite of h— and high water. I
have no time to play, and tho-e's
no place to play if I had. I don't
intend to muddle along .making a
pittance like a hand logger. I want
a stake. And then it'll be time to
make a splurge in a country where
a man can get a run for nis money "
"If that's the case*" she observed,
"I'm likely to bo a handicap to ./ou,
am I not?"
"Lord, no," he smiled. "I'll put
ycu to work, too. when you got
rested up from your trip. You stick
with me, sis, and you'll wear diam
onds.'
She laughed with him at this,
dnd, leaving the shady maple, they
walked up to the hotel, where Ben
ton proposed that they get .1. enroe
nnd paddle to where Roaring river
flowed out of the lake half a mile
westward to kill the time that must
elapse before the 3.30 train.
The St. Allwoods' car was rolling
out to Hopyard when they came
back. By the time Benton had
turned the canoe over to the bath
house man and reached the*wharf
the horn of* the returning machine
sounded down the road. They waited,
the car came to a stop at the abut
ting wharf. The driver handed two
suit cases off the burdened hood of
his machine. From out the ton
ncau clambered a large, smoothfaced
j oung man. He wore an expansive
<Vs. some hand lokkers on the
smile in addition to a blue serge suit,
white panama and polished tan ox
fords, and he bestowed a hearty
greeting upon Charlie Benton. But
his smile suffered eclipse and :i faint
flush rose in his round cheeks when
his eyes fell upon Benton's sister.
Mis 3 Benton's cool, impersonal
manner seemed rather to heighten
the young man's embarrassment.
Benton, apparently observing noth
ing amiss, introduced them in an
offhand fashion.
"Mr. Abbey, my siste^."
Mr. Abbey bowed and murmured
something that passed for acknowl
ee'.gment. The three turned up the
wharf toward where Sam Davis had
once more got up steam. As they
walked Mr. Abbey's habitual
pnee relurned, and he directed pc.rt
0° his genial flow of conversation
t > Miss Benton. To Stella's inner
amusement., however, he did not
make any rcference v to their having
been fellow travelers for a day and
a half.
Presently they were embarked and
under Way. Charlie fixed a seat for
her on the afterdeck and went for
ward to steey, whither he was
straightway joined by Paul Abbey.
Miss Benton was as well pleased to
be alone. She was not sure >-he
should approve of young men who
made such crude efforts to scrape ac
quaintance with women on trains.
After about an hour's run, with
the south wind beginning to whip
the crests of the short seas into white
foam, the boat bore in to a landmrf
behind a low point. Here Abbey
disembarked after taking the trou
ble to come aft and shake hands
with polite farewell. Standing on
the float, hat in hand, he bowed his
sleek blond head to Stella.
"I hope you'll like Hoaring lake, '
Miss Benton," he said as Benton ,
jinkled the go ahead bell. "I tried
to persuade Charlie to stop over
awhile, so you could meet my
mother and sister, but he's in too
big; of a hurry. Hope to have the
pleasure of meeting you again soon."
Miss Benton parried courteously,
a little at a loss to fathom his bland
friendliness, and presently the widen
ing space cut off their talk. As the
boat drew offshore she saw two
I women in white come down toward i
the float, meet Abbey and turn
back. And a little farther out |
through an opening in the woods she]
saw a white and green bungalow,:
low and rambling, wide verandaed, I
set on a hillock 300 yards back from :
shore. There was an encircling area j
of smooth lawn, a place restfully
inviting.
Far ahead loomed a ridge run
ning down to the lake shore and
cutting off in a bold promontory. |
That was Halfway Point, Charlie |
had told her and under its shadow j
lay his camp. Without any previous j
knowledge of camps, she was ap-1
proaching this one with less eager i
anticipation than when she began'
her long jorney. She began to fear j
that it might be totally unlike any- '
thing she had been able to imagine,
disagreeably so. j,
In due course the Ohickamin bore
in under Halfway Point, Apened out
a sheltered bight where the watery
commotion outside raised but a;
faint ripple, and drew in alongside •
a float.
(To b* continued.)
WHEAT HERE IS •
SELLING BELOW
FIXED PRICE
"Soft" Grain Raised in Penn
sylvania Not Yet Consid
ered by Government'
Farmers and wheat-growers of
this section of the country do not
know at this time what price will be
paid f*>r Pennsylvania wheat, despite
the fact that the government has
entered the wheat market, and has
taken possession of the wheat in ele
vators and terminals in certain sec
tions, buying at the basic price of
$2.20 a bushel. Local concerns ex
plain that the price of $2.20 per
bushel applies only to northern or
hard wheat. This grade is not sold
In this section.
Soft wheat, of the variety general
ly grown in Pennsylvania, is not
ready for the market. While there
have been some sales, much of this
season's wheat is not yet threshed,
and the grain is not properly season
ed, even though threshed some time
since. Local concerns are paying in
the neighborhood of $2 a bushel
for the wheat now being offered.
Expect Action By Sept. 15
The government commission is
not yet in a position to.fix the price
locally, but it is thought that definite
information upon this score will be
received by the middle of this month.
The Paxton Flour and Feed Com
pany, which controls ten grain ele
vators and is one the largest buy
ers- in this section, is buying wheat
when offered at from $1.!)0 to $2.00
on the tracks. This concern sells ex
tensively throughout the SoutHern
States. It also iloea a large business
in New England, as wel as in Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and New York.
"We do not have any information i
to give regarding the price to be tixed j
for local wheat," said J. Austin '
Brandt, of that concern, in an inter- j
view to-day. "The government does |
not have any information of a-detl-j
nlte nature. We hope to have thisj
information by the n\iddle of the j
month. In the meantime, we are!
buying wheat at from $1.90 to $2 aj
bushel on our tracks."
Whether the government cpmmis
sion will permit the big concerns to I
sell to the millers direct, Is not
known, and this is a matter that will i
have its effect upon the buying and !
selling locally. It is possible that all i
wheat will pass through the govern
ment-controlled elevators.
During the past year, wheat was at
one time as high as $3.20 a bushel
in this section. Assuming that the
soft wheat grown here will sell at
from twenty to thirty cents below
the price tixed for the hardy north
ern variety, growers may expect that,
the price will be fixed locally at
about $2 per bushel.
Central High School Notes
About 450 freshmen reported yester
day at 3:30 p. m. at Central high
school. They were divided into eigh
teen sections and assigned to their va
rious classes.
Classes were resumed this morning. '
Slight changes have been made in the
general program for the coming year.
The first session will open at 8:15 a.
m. and continue until 12:30 p. m., and
the second session from 12:45 p. m.
until 5 p. m. Sessions will be revers
ed after the first six weeks. Chapel
exercises will be held Tuesday and
Friday of each week for the present.
• "Traffic Regulations" in the halls
are to be strictly enforced this year.
It will be considered a serious offense
if students do not enter and leave the
building at the proper doors and use
only one side of the halls and stair
ways between classes. A ten-minute
intermiMs'on will be given in the mid
dle of the session at which time traf
fic regulations are not enforced^
The fire alai'm test will be given at
the beginning of each session and stu
dents are requested not to move at
one tap of the bell. Principal Dibble
appointed the following seniors to
serve as fire patrol: Benjamin Wolfe,
Xoble Frank, Kenneth Kldridge and
William Uodgers. Members of the
faculty will give directions in the halls
during tire drills. ,
Football New*
A football meeting will be held be
tween session Friday in chapel. All
boys are requested to obtain equip
ment Thursday or Friday and attend
this meeting.
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ROUSING SENDOFF
FOR MEN GOING
TO CAMP HANCOCK
City Unites in Honoring Quar
termaster Corps; Civilians
and Military in Line
This city gave a splendid demon
stration in honor of the twenty-six
members of the quartermaster's corps
Pennsylvania administrative staff,
when they left for Camp Hancock,
Georgia, last evening
Thousands of Harrisburgers, to
gether with visitors from the sur
rtunding towns, made the parade a
complete success. The young men
who left for the southern training
camp presented a fine appearance as
they marched with steadf tread, to
the accompaniment of farewells from
tlie large crowd which lined the side
walks along the line of march.
The soldiers were brought from the
Aisenal to the City Grays Armory in
automobiles. Two hours before the
parade formed, whistles were blown
to notify tlie organizations which had
expressed a desire to participate, to
be in readiness. Promptly at 6.30
o'clock the parade moved.
Headed by the Commonwealth Band
and a detachment of the Governor's
Troop, the parade passed down Sec
(nd street to Market, and orj to the
Pennsylvania "station. ,
The first division was composed ot
Chief Marshal Thomas P. Moran, Chief
of Staff.Captain W. I* Hicks, the aids,
the Governor's Troop, Company I and
the machine gun company. Captain
W. 11. Roberts, of the Governor's
Troop, was marshal of this division.
Tlie second division was comprised
of a detachment of the Grand Army
of the Republic, Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Spanish-American War Veter
ans, Harrisburg Reserves, civic and
patriotic organizations, an escort of
honor to the departing men, a de
tachment of quartermaster's corps
under command of Captain D. S. Ores
sang, and the departing quartermas
ter's corps under command of Captain
Ia A. I>uttringer. Will I. Laubenstein
was marshal of the second division.
When the front of the procession
rtached the Pennsylvania depot, the
various organizations formed a review
arid presented arms, while the depart
ing soldiers marched down Market
street. The scene was an impressive
one.
Cnptain l.aubrnstrln Sprnkn
A farewell address was delivered
by Captain E. I.aubenstein from the
fiteps of the Pennsylvania passenger
station. The soldiers stood before the
speaker and a large crowd tilled the
station enclosure.
Captain- I.,aubenstein stated in his
introduction that he had not been
consulted when placed on the pro
gram, and that he did not feel equal
to the honor conferred upon him.
"What sentiment and precious mem-
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ories cluster around the word 'fare
well'. It has in it the spirit of hope,
of best wishes—a prayer. Thus we
e> press the deepest feelings of our
hi arts when we say 'fare thee well.
So to-day I say farewell as you go
into the greatest struggle in all hu
n.an history—war in which the mo
mentous question will be decided:
shall monarchy rule, or shall men be
freo to choose?
May Feci Proud
"You may feel justly proud that
yours is tlie privilege to serve your
country and four fellows in so noble
a cause,' conlinued Captain Lauben
stein. "You are fulfilllYig the divine
command, love thy neighbor as thy
self. 'Greater love hath no man than
tl.is, that he lay down his life for hia
friend.' '•
"We are now engaged in a war,
with no desire for conflict, but to
aid in extending the spirit of liberty,
to crush autocracy with all its des
potic power, oppression and cruelty
and to plant in its stead the highest
ideals of self-government.
"You have been called to the col
ors, to follow the flag of your coun
try that was never unfurled save in
the cause of liberty, justice and hu
manity. I have the unbounded faith
in the American soldier that when he
he plants the flag of his country on
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the battlefront that not a star or
stripe will loose its lustre.
• "May He who holds the destiny
of nations in His hand overshadow
you with His protecting care, and re
turn you crowned with victory to the
land of the free and the home of the
brave.
Farewell, brave friends, farewell
Private Kmponrt*
At the conclusion of Captain Lau
benstein'a address. Private Jay P.
Lecpole, of Philadelphia, a member
of the departing contingent, made a
fitting response. The young soldier
caught the fancy of the crowd when
he said that no tears should be shed
for the boys who were leavihg. He
declared that it was honor enough to
fight for the Stars and Stripes. Pri
vate Leopole paid a high tribute to
the Red Cross when he declared that
the boys who go to war to-day are
better equipped than any other army
in the world'.! history, largely through
the efforts of the Red Cross.
A few moments were given for
farewells, and the members of the
quartermaster's corps, who are soon
to join other Harrisburg boys at Camp
Hancock, marched through the station
and boarded the cars which were
Mother Why D
You Take
And Be Strong and Well and Have Nice Rosy Cheeks Instead of Being Nervous ajid Irritable All
The Time and Looking So Haggard and Old ?—The Doctor Gave Some to Susie Smith's
Mother and She Was Worse Off Than You Arc and Now She Looks Just l-'ine.
NUXATED IRON WILL INCREASE THE STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE OK WEAK
NERVOUS, CAREWORN, HAGGARD LOOKING WOMEN 100 PER CENT. IN TWO
WEEKS' TIME IN MANY INSTANCES.
Jngr organic in thousands of cases and >.
bo saved who now die every year from
THE CHILD'S APPEAL i:"-T'?^b. e fe 'l^ e oth^ d,i ;?ango 1 I i o v us _ Wm
I vmi/i/J nxrauexu niala(lies The rea , and true oause wEi
- - started disease wag^nuthj
"There can be no Beautiful: and te 8 8 l Vou can tell the women with
Healthy Rosy Cheeked women iCns ot m-rTOu/rundmvn 1 peoni.? who plenty of iron in their blood
without Iron. " Strength" andentVre'y healthy TOSy cheeked
F. KING, M. D. p ' c ?p ß ia* "Yi V e^- 63 a nd a otne? P t r oil")°esf y fn WOmen Life. VilU and
from ten to fourteen days' time simp- YltalitV
ly by taking iron in the proper form J
. ... . and this, after they had in some cases vere aggravated conditions with un
" There can be no healthy, beautl- been doctoring for months without failing results. I have induced many
ful, rosy cheeked women without obtaining any benefit. But don't take other physicians to give it a trial, all
iron " SHVH Dr Ferdinand ivlnir a New the old forms of reduced iron, iron of whom have given me most sur-
J: .. i A .. acetate or tincture of iron simply to prising reports in regard to its great
York Physician and Medical Author. eave a few cents. The Iron demanded power as a health and strength build
"ln my recent talks to physicians on by Mother nature for the red coloring cr.
h .rrnve and serious conseauences of matter in the blood of her ohildren is, Many an athlete and prize fighter has
the grave ana serious consequences or alag ( no[ that k , nd of , ron you mug . WQn the day slmply because he knew
iron deficiency in the blood or Amerl- ta j{e Iron in a form that can be easily the secret of great strength and en
can women, I have strongly empha- absorbed and assimilated to do you durance and filled his blood wltfc
•I7PI< lii f*rt that doctors should Dre- any good, otherwise it may prove Iron before he went into tlie affray
sized the fact mat doctors snouia pre an* than ÜBe iss. while many another has gone dowr
scribe more organic iron nuxated j ave j n inglorious defeat simply for th€
iron—for their nervous, rundown, used Nux- lack of iron."
weak, haggard-looking women pati- widely™ Su&eof Wt' Hoapltef
ents. Pallor means nly own New York City, said "1 have nevei
anaemia. The skin IA nractlcn in before given out any medical infor
of the anaemic wo- M mo xt „„ matlon or advice for publication, as
man Is pale, the moal sc ~ i ordinarily do not believe in it. Bui
fiesh flabby. The ' H so many American women suffer froir
muscles lack iron deficiency with its attendant ill:
the brain 'ag* .—physical weakness, irrlta
the memory fails, and blllty, melancholy, indigestion, flabby
become sagging muscles,
weak, Irrit- their weakened, run
able, despondent and down condition they are so Habit
melahcholy. When VK*,..-, to contract serious and even fata
the goes from diseases, 1 deem It my duty ti
the of women, advise take Nuxatec
the from j ron . myself
their cheeks. given to my patients with inos
"In the most common foods surprising and satisfactory results
of America, starches. And who quickly to ln<
gars, table syrups, candiea. Pol- creage a
endurance will a most re<
crackers, biscuits, macaroni, nin rkahle and wonderfully effec.
tapioca. farina,
degermlnated c °^ n, " ea > "° r~ NOTE—Nuxated Iron which li
Dr Ferdinand King, New Yorlc Physician
these impoverished "foods, f and and Medical Author, tells physicians that they |ety °J r c S" e^ c^f°^^Pd a y to b^ e o d 'i
hv Iy t hrowing down m the° o was r t y e should prescribe more organic iron—Nuxated which is well known to druggist!
"by throwing aown tne waste r a and whose iron constituents ar<
vegetables Jare cooked are °re- Iron ~f or their patients-Says anaemia-iron Un P/ToVh bed ln b ,Lrope Ur, a e n n f
sponsible t for anothei grave deficiency — lS the greatest curse to the health.* America. Unlike the older inorgani(
iron loss. .... . . iron products it is easily asainv
" T il r: ™„r vonthflfi „i to strength, vitality and beauty of the modern Hated, does not injure the teeth
preseive your youthful vim . . . . make them black, nor upset thi
and vigor to a ripe old oge, American rr oman.—Sounds waminn against Stomach; on the contrary, it is s
you must supply the iron de- •—— %—2 most potent remedy in nearly m
flciency in your food by using some form Use of metallic iron which^ forms of inHgestion as well as for n#r
of organic iron, junt as you would use . . vous run-down conditions. The manufac
salt* when your food has not enough may injure the teeth, corrode turers have such great confidence in Nux
salt.' , ated Iron that they ofTer to forfeit SIOO 0<
"As I have said a hundred times over ine B lomactl ana ao Jar more to any charitable institution if they cannon
organic iron is the greatest of all harm than good; advises !ro k n, VndTncres °The"r" s?re^g t h ' 1 o o & pe'
strength builders. If people would only , , . I cent, or over in four weeks' time, provide
take Nuxated Iron when they feel weak USC Oj only nuxated iron, the have no serious organic trouble Th^,
or rundown. Instead •of dosing them-* „i B o offer to refund your monev If It V™
selves with habit forming drugs, stimu- not t least double your strength and en
lants and alcoholic beverages I am durance In ten days' time. It ia dUi>m,,.,
convinced that In this way r they could in this city by Croll Keller O. A Goi-IrV.
ward off disease, preventing It becom- Jf. Nelson Clark and all good druggist*,
held in readiness. Mulberry street
bridge was lined with spectators
until the train left the station.
MERCHANTS ICE COMPANY
DECLARES DIVIDEND
At the regular monthly meeting of
the directors of the Merchants Ice
Company, last night at the Metropoli
tan Hotel, a dividend of 5 per cent,
was declared on all outstanding 7 per
cent, stock to September 1.
All Traces of Scrofula
Eradicated From the System
By the greatest of all purifiers.
A common mistake ir the treat
ment of scrofula has been the use
of mercury and other mineral mix
tures, the effect of which is to bot
tle up the impurities in the blood,
and hide them from the surface.
The impurities and dan-rers are
only added to in this way.
For more than fifty years S. S. S.
has been the one recognized reliable
blood remedy that hag been used
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL iN CHARGE
1 Gettysburg, Pa., Sept. 5. —Abbotts-
town has finally succeeded in getting
a principal for their schools,
year's principal resigned to accept □
1 better position and a new man was
elected, but he was caught in the
draft, leaving them without a head
to their schools just when ready tc
open for the year's work. Samuel A.
Johnson, of Spring Run, Franklin
county, was finally secured and
everything went off on schedule time.
with highly satisfactory results for
Scrofula. Being made of the roots
and herbs of the forest, it is guaran
teed purely vegetable, and absolutely
{iee from all mineral ingredients.
You can obtain S. S. S. from any
drugstore. Our chief medical adviser
is an expert on all blood, disorders,
and will cheerfully give you full ad
vice as to the treatment of your own
case. Addivss Swift Specific Co.,
Dept. P214. Atlanta, Ga.