aivd all ike RsivJlxj jjPH
The
Yukon
By William MacLeod Ratne
(Continued)
A ring at the door interrupted!
her. Sheba stepped forward and
let in an Indian woman with a
little boy clinging to her hand.
"You Miss O'Neill?" she asked. !
"Yes."
From the folds of her shawl she j
drew a letter. The girl glanced at'
the address, then opened and read;
what was written. She looked up, |
puzzled, first at the comely, flat
footed Indian woman and afterward
nt the handsome little
papoose. She turned to Gordon.
"ThU> letter says I am to ask this
woman who is the father of her
boy. What does it mean?"
Gordon knew instantly what 't'
meant, thought he could not guess;
who had dealt the blow. The im- ;
pulse to spare her pain was stronger ;
In him than the desire that she;
should know the truth.
"Send her away," he urged. "Don't
ask any questions. She has been
to hurt y.ou."
A fawnlike fear flashed into the!
startled eyes. "To hurt me?"
"I am afraid so."
"But—why? I have done nobodyi
any harm." Sie seemed to hold even !
her breathing in suspense.
"Perhaps some of Maedonald's!
enemies," he suggested.
And at that there came star-flanh j
into the soft eyes and a lifted tilt |
of the chin cut fine as a cameo. She
turned proudly to the Indian woman.
"What is it that you have to tell |
me i'.bout this boy's father?"
Meteetse began to speak. At the I
first mention of Maedonald's name[
Sheba's eyes dilated. Her smile. hcr|
sweet, glad pleasure at Gordon's ar
rival, were already gone like the |
'Dime of a blown candle. Cl.Mrlyj
her heart was a-flutter, in fear of;
Hie knew not what. When the In- !
•lian woman told how she had first!
crossed the path of Macdonald, the;
onlor flamed into the cheeks of the'
Irish girl, but as the story pro- [
gressed, the blood ebbed even from I
her lips.
• Wit ha swift movement of her fin- j
gers she flashed on the hall light.
Her gaze searched the brown, shiny I
lace of the little chap. She read j
there an affidavit of the truth of his i
mother's tale.. It was impossible toj|_
5.. him and not .recognize Colby I
Macdonald reincarnated.
"What is your name?" asked
Sheba suddenly. .
The youngster hung back shyly
ftir.oi'g the folds of the Indian
woman's skirt. "Colmac," he Laid
in last softly.
"Come!" Sheba flung open the
<ioor of the living room and ushered
lliein in
.Macdonald, pacing restlessly up
i>"il down the room during her ab
.')ipe, pulled up in his stride. He
M ood frowning at the native woman,
1ln;:i ins eyes passed to Elliot' and
listened upon him. The face of the
WAKE yp FEEUNG
FREMAIW
r\ j. 1 n a . D-„ -X I ket Cascarets liven your liver and
Up! 3 l() l.pnt uOX OT i clean your thirty feet of bowels with
a IKJ V/Clll out griping. You will wake up feet-
X- Vsmiv ing grand. Your head will be clear.
UaSCaretS tor Your breat t h r 'K ht ' tongue Clean, stomach
sweet, eyes bright, step elastic and
I iwnr onrl Dnitmlo complexion rosy—they're wonderful
L|VGI ariQ DOWeiS. | (}et a 10-cent box now at any drug
store. Mothers can safely give a
. . . . whole Cascaret to children at any
J o-night sure. Take Cascarets and time when they become cross, fever
enjoy ".lie nicest, gentlest liver and ish, bilious, tongue coated or consti
[^^j^l^ansln)OglL£lgLgjiPgD^(.R(] | natPf ) —fnscnreU are harmless.
| AnAfter-InventorySale j
| of High-GradeFurniture |
(Odds and Ends)
Our inventory just completed revealed a M
number of odds and ends which we will dis- ( H
H pose of at most remarkable reductions. pj
The chief reason for the low price of these ||
H articles is that many of them are discontinued ||
M patterns and cannot be duplicated. Kf
Note These Saving Prices : jj
$30.00 Ivory Enamel Chiffonier—Adam style—
Special, at $17.50
gH $28.00 Ivory Enamel Triple Mirror Toilet Table P
g? —Mahogany top—Special, at $16.50 Vp
$27.50 Solid Mahogany Sanitary Wood Red—
§ Special, at $15.00 ff
$38.50 Fumed Oak Dining Table—s4-inch top—
8-ft. extension Limbert make Special, at Wa
m „ . $20.00 fe-i
Spanish leather slip seats—will match above
table—Special, at $35.00 S
$30.00 Decorated Lacquer Queen Anne -Arm
Chair—Special, at $17.50
any—Special, at $15.00 1
§525.00 Colonial Drop-Leaf Sewing Table—solid ==
Mahogany—Special, at $15.00 <P
ii p=] $25.00 Solid Mahogany Wall Bookcase—lattice |H
doors —Special, at $15.00
$22.50 Decorated Wicker Bird Cage and Stand
g —Special, at $11.85
I GOLDSMITH'S 1
= North Market Square
la
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THURSDAY EVENING * \ HARRISBURG TELEGKXPH! JANUARY 3, 1918.
Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1917, International News Service *-* By McManus
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Ufc ACQUAINTED with \OU FOND J I THE k?O?V NO-WHAT'S J k
A DICTIONARY- THE f^ATT&R
Scotsman was grim as that of a
hanging judge.
Gordon started to explain, then
stopped with a shrug. What was
the use? The man would never be
lieve him in the world.
"I'll remember this," the Alaskan
promised his rival. There was a cold
glitter in his eyes, a sudden flare of
the devil that was blood-chilling.
"It's true, then," broke in Sheba.
"You're a—squaw man. You be
long to tliis woman."
"Nothing of the kind. That's been
ended for years."
"landed?" Sheba drew Colmac
forward by the wrist. "Do you deny
that this Is your boy?"
The big Alaskan brushed this
aside as of no moment. "I dare
say he is. Anyhow, I'm paying for
his keep. What of it? That's all
finished and done with."
"How car it be done with when
when slit's the mother of your
child, your wife before God?" Stand
ing there straight as an aspen, the
beautiful l.osom rising and falling
quickly while the storm waves beat
through her blood, Sheba O'Neill had
never made more appeal to the
strong, lawless man who desired her
for his wife.
"You don't understand." Mae
donald's big fists were clenched so
savagely that the knuckles stood out
white from the brown tan of the
%!esh. "This is a man's country. It's
new—close to nature. What he wants
he takes — if he's strong enough. I'm
elemental. I—"
"Vou wanted her —and you took
her. Now you want me—and I sup
pose youM take me too." Her scorn
ful words bad the sting of a whip
lush.
"I've lived as all men live who
have red liood in them. This wnman
was an incident. I've been abovo
board. She can't say I ever prom-
ised more than I've given. I've
kept her afid the bos\ It's been no
secret. If you had asked, I would
have toid you the whole story."
"Does that excuse you?"
"I don't need any excuse. I'm a
man. That's excuse enough. The
one big tact you want to set your
teeth into now is that I love you,
that there isn't another woman on
God's earth for me, and that there
never will be again."
Her eyes flashed battle. "The
one big fact I'm facing is that you
have insulted me—that you insult
nie again when you mention love
with that woman and boy m the
room. You belong to them—go to
them—and leave me alone. I hate
the sight of you. W r hy don't you
go---a)l of you.—and leave me in
peace?"
It was a cry of bruised pride and
wounded love. Elliot touched the
Indian woman on the shoulder.
Moteetse turned stolidly and walked
cult of the room, still leading Col
mac by the hand. The young man
followed.
Macdonald closed the door behind
them, then strode frowning u and
tiowu the loom. The fear was grow
ing on him that for all his great
driving rower he could not shake
this slim girl from the view to which
she clung. His relation with Mete<itse
had been ratural enough. He be
lieved that he had acted very non
orably to her. Many a man would
have left her in the lurch to take
care of the youngster by herself.
But he had acknowledged his obli
gation. He was paying his debt
scrupulously, and because of it the
story had risen to confront him. He
felt that it was an unjust blow of
fate.
He kne-.v that he must justify
himself tcfore Sheba or lose her.
As ho stood in the dusk so tall and
rigid, he knew her heart was steel
to him. Ker finely chiseled face
hirl the look of race. Never had
the !;p°ll of her been more upon him.
He crushed back a keen-edged de
r-ire to take her supple young body
into his uvtns and kiss her till the
scarlet ran into her cheeks like
flashes of wine.
"Von haven't the proper slant on
this, Slieba. Alaska is the last fron
tier. It's (lie dropping-off place.
You're north of fifty-three."
"Am I north of the Ten Com
mandments?" she demanded with
the inexorable judgment of youth.
"Did j;ou leave the moral coda at
home when you came in over the
ice?"
He singed a little. "Morality' is
tho average conduct of the average
man at a given time and place. It
is based on custom and expediency.
The ruies made for Droglieda won't
fit Dawson or Nome. Meteetse does
not hold herself disgraced but hon
ored. She counts her boy far
superior io the other youngsters of
the village, and he is so considered
by the tribe. I am told she lords
it over her sisters."
A Jaint flush of anger crept into
her cheeks. "Your view of morality
put*! us on a level with the animals.
I will not discuss the subject, jf you
please."
[To be Continue*!,]
Fashions of To-Day - By May Manton
jffT This is a dress that can be
worn with the little vestee or
-JSmSM chemisette or without it, and
you can make it of cloth or of
m serge or of velvet or of satin
& as y°u like, and it will be smart
i whichever one you choose. It
j y'.jjSr p J||\ shows the surplice effect and
••if' art the side closing that are so well
1,, W] \X/ ~-r*lwr liked and it gives the sash at the
/X# A .fm T baclc t,iat makes an important
I V rrJmh ? feature of the new fashions.
\Mk. Here, it is made of broadcloth
'jm //' o IVlffiw with soutache braid as trim
mrek •11 \ mSI m '" g anc * the little vestee is of
/I/' -e IfUl satin banded with narrow braid.
'W j Jifb I Wh uttons are covered with
I |j|/ xM the cloth and such buttons arc
vl il l j * very much used this season. In
I' "® | place of the soutache, any band
I •© ! I trimming could be used or the
I O If I j trimming could be omitted alto-
O / I gether if you want a plainer
I ~1 I dress. Serge made in such way
6L I W ' tb sim P , y t^ie collar of velvet
or of satin would make both a
smart and a useful costume.
\ or t * ie me dium size the dress
V M will require, 5% yards of ma
l&fo\ terial 36 inches Wide, 4% yards
AaA h i h 441 yards 54, with >' ard
lIT 'l(h kk i I km
II I Oil I the collar.
I F '^' ie P attern No- 9627 is cut
1 1/ Br in sizes from 34 to 42 inches
bust measure. It will.be mailed
• to any address by the Fashion
Department of this paper on
. 9627 Coat Dress, 34 to 42 bust. receipt of fifteen cents, ten cents
Price 15 cent*. for the braiding design.
Life's Problems
Are Discussed
By Mrs. Wilson Wootlrow
The man in uniform is going to
and fro on the earth these days and
up and down in it.
You see him around "the hotels
and in the railway stations, in the
trolley cars and on the streets, and
always moving, always alert, always
with an air of purpose about him.
There is no dawdling uncertainty in
his actions; he knows just where he
is going and what he has got to do.
It is suggestive in a way of the pre
cision and purpose to be observed in
the different parts of'some intricate
and perfectly co-ordinating piece of
machinery.
Indeed, it is a wonderful machine
that T T ncle Sum has built up in the
past few months—this Army and
Navy of splendid, stalwart young
men—and a very different fighting
force from any that was ever before
assembled.
I had felt this in a way, had sens
ed the "different" quality without
knowing just where it lay; but it re
mained for a young captain of the
regulars with whom I was talking to
put it into words for me.
We had been discussing the ques
tion of desertion, and I asked him if
they encountered much of it.
"In the strict sense of the word,
hardly at all," he said. "Most of the
cases we have to deal with are those
of young fellows who run away in
order to see their girls. They get the
longing, and can't resist it."
"And what do they get when you
bring them back?" I asked.
"Six months in prison for a first
offense," he answered laconically.
"Repeaters in proportion." Then a
quizzical little twinkle showed in his
eye, and he added: "The circum
stances have a lot of bearing, though.
We know the men, you see, and we
know pretty well the motive behind
the desertion. One of these birds that
goes because he's simply bound to
jump the traces unywliere finds scant
mercy; but a poor, love-sick kid—
well, that's something else. The army
to-day, you must understand," he
observed reflectively, "is a pretty
human sort of an organization."
I looked about me. There were,
if I remember correctly, a couple of
naval lieutenants, a major of cav
alry, a lieutenant on staff duty, the
chief petty officer of a battleship and
several privates—a talkative, happy
go-lucky, fine lot of boys.
I had been interestedly watching
and listening to them, and as a re
sult the adjective which the cap
tain had employed to describe the
service as it stands to-day struck me
with a sudden realization of apt
ness. Human! That was exactly the
word to express it.
It was * formerly held that mili
tay discipline demanded that a great
gulf be fixed between officers and
men. But here they all seemed to be
comrades, quite regardless of their
rank. One of the men told me about
a football game in which tho teams
were composed partly of officers and
partly of men, and hilariously recit
ed the insulting epithets showered on
the shoulder-strapped players by
coaches who an hour afterward
would be standing at attention, with
hands up in stiff salute, when one
of these same officers passed.
The story would have made an
old-time martinet turn blue with
horror. I turned to the major pres
ent and asked whether such free
dom might not tend to create a cer
tain looseness and lack of efficiency.
"Not a bit of it," he affirmed. "The
soldier to-day responds more quick
ly to military training and accepts
its restrictions more readily than
under the old system because he
talks to his officers and understands
the reason for what is being done.
Wo have simply scrapped a lot of
snobbish junk, and are getting down
to essentials.
"That is the direction which the
whole modern method is taking in
I actual warfare. On the other side
I when a company goes 'over the top'
j the olflcers wear no distinguishing
j insignia nor uniform, neither do
they lead, but charge in a line with
their men, as like all the rest in ap
pearance as peas in a pod."
This conversation roused in me
a deal of speculation. When you
come to think of it, these young
men and the ones who will shortly
follow them into the cantonments
and training camps are the men who
will direct the future destiny of this
country. And the manner in which
they will direct it will be largely
governed by the impressions they are
now receiving.
They are shuttling .back and
forth across the continent, doing
more traveling in many cases
than they would otherwise have
dreamed of accomplishing in all
I their lives, and incidentally becoming
; familiar with tho people and cus
toms of all sections. More than that,
they arc going across the ocean and
coining into intimate contact with
the people and customs over there.
Does not all this point to a tre
mendous breaking down of section
alism and provincialism and to the
development not only of a new na
tional consciousness but of a new
world consciousness? Broadened and
enriched by their experiences, these
men should handle the problems of
the future with a quickened intelli
! gence.
Then add to this the effect of the
j "human" quality in that organiza
j tion in which they itre banded, and
i what is to be the result?
I For years the world has been
| talking about "The Brotherhood of
Man." The talk didn't mean very
I much. "The Brotherhood of Man"
was a nice mouth-filling phrase for
orators and could generally be
trusted to get a hand. But that was
about all there was to it. The few
idealists who from time to time tried
to put the principle into actual prac
tice found themselves extremely
lonely.
Yet in this hour when the whole
world is at strife, and men by mil
lions are tearing at one another's
throats, the better understanding and
the wider sympathy which are dawn-
A SUCCESSFUL REMEDY
All 'things succeed which really
deserve to, —which fill a real need,
which prove their worth. The fact
that the famous old root and nerb
remedy, Lydia E. Ptnkham's Vege
table Compound, has for three gen
erations been relieving women of
this country from the worst forms
of female ills and has won such a
strong place in our American homes
proves its merit beyond the question
of a doubt. It will well pay any
won;an who is in need of such a
medicine J.o try it.
What Women In Their
"Forties" Need
IIV V SIK< IAI.IST
Many women approach the critical
changing period of their lives that
cornea between the ages of forty and
fifty, unmindful of its tremendous
importance to their future health and
happiness. Not understanding the
functional changes taking place in
their bodies, they work beyond their
strength, often break down, become
nervous wrecks, their "bodies suffer
ing with fatigue and their weakened
nerves trembling at every step. Often
in their weakened condition capillary
hemorrhage becomes excessive, this
added drain compelling them to take
to their beds from nervous exhaus
tion.
What these women need is some
thing that will instantly relieve the
pressure on the overworked nerve
centers and give them the vitality to
utand up under the grueling strain.
Wonderfully effective results are
often given in such conditions by the
simple use of Margo Nerve Tablets, a
skillful combination of six of the besc
nerve vitalizing elements known to
modern chemistry. These little tab
lets contain no dangerous habit-form
ing drugs and are entirely harmless
in their action.
Thousands of women can testify
that Margo Nerve' Tablets strengthen
the Jaded nerves, revive the tired
bruin and put the energy and courage
Into the body that enablos one to
stand up under the unusual strain of
the changing period. Margo has to do
these things or it costs nothing as
Kennedy's Cut-ißate Medicine Store
and other leading druggists sell It on
a positive guarantee of relief or
money back. —Advertisement.
ing seem to presage the Brotherhood
of Man not only as an iridescent
dream but as an imminent possibility.
Many Exhibitors to Show
at Big Automobile Event
Thirty-two firms of the automobile
business have thus far promised to
exhibit at the big show of the Har
risburg Motor Dealers which begins
January 26 and ends February 2.
This includes the following accessory
dealers: Atlantic Refining Company,
Ej.celsior Auto Company, Front-Mar
ket Motor Supply Company, E. Ma
ther Company, Myers Accessories
House, Sterling Auto Tire Company,
H. G. Zimmerman.
This list of exhibitors includes: C.
L. Conover, E. L>. Cowden, Crispen
Motor Car Company, Denby Sales
Corp., Driscoll Motor Car Co., Ens
minger Motor Co., Harrisburg Auto
Co., Hupmobile Sales Corp., P. H.
Keboeh, (Jackson Motor Car Co.),
Keystone Motor Car Co., W. J.
Marks, Elmer T. Mehring, Miller
Auto Co., Monn Bros., Overland-
Harrisburg Co., Packard Motor Car
Co.. Pen Mar Auto Co., Andrew Red
mond, E. W. Shank, Velle-Harrls
burg Co., Geo. B. Zech., Martin IJ.
|j 308 Market St.
| Rummage Sale |'
| Begins Tomorrow Morning at 9 O'clock || ,
It's a Rummage Sale of odd lots of good, desirable merchan- 11
m dise —but in some cases only one article of a kind.
We have grouped many wonderful bargains into 4 big lots pj
'f ] and have marked each lot at one special price—a price that will W>.
tip more than make it worth your while to attend this sale. ; v<
v jjjn
This lot contains Serge Skirts—
k| Lot No. 1 Waists —Children's Furs, etc. —for- riO
merly values worth up to $5.00 — llj
Special Rummage Sale Price at ®
Q An assemblage of Children's
|j|| Lot No. 2 Coats; —Women's Bathrobes—Serge
and Fancy Cloth Skirts—and Silk
Petticoats—originally values up to rp OQ
Ctl $ 10.00 Special Rummage Sale •j * jil
j| Price at— .j|
s|j A collection of Women's Coats—
I Lot No. 3 Skirts Furs Serge Dresses that ™mm p!
■(Cj sold up to $1 5.00 formerly—Special m
Rummage Sale Price at — f|j
fj| This assortment consists of yD 4
Lot No. 4 Women's Coats—Misses' Coats— nri PP
gj Dresses of Serge and Silk—Suits, M* "1 ■ 1*"" m
H etc. —Special Rummage Sale Price g
ij I r —— ~l |t Three Lots of Women's $7.50 and i 1
ffl i . •'//SB.OO Shoes, Special at ffi
II 7/ $5.45 . |
0i; ;// LOT NO. 1— |j |f
fig; / *I, Field Mouse Brown Kid Boots—plain toe—long vamp—high cut B<4- > , J
My / "ill inch model—turned sole —high curved Ixmis liecls. S
1 i/\ LOT NO. 2 ~ . j; ]j .M
bpj ; L >\ African Brown Kid Boots, with Sand Suede Tops; also Brown Patent ■ ljl
ffij rn. xk I/eather Vamps, with Brown Kid Tops—B -inch models, with plain toe > W4
Hn VV XX —long vamps—turned soles—and high covered I-ouis XV heels. J
fp W[\X '\ LOT NO. 3
Mm \ \ \X*-A Gray Kid and Field Mouse Brown Kid, with cravenetted tops to ! I 5 j
\ maieh—B-inch models—long vamps imitation tips new 1 % -incii Ml
jyUl W \ Cuban heel—(iootlycar welted soles. I if S
SP The above are all new and up-to-date models and are t
Kjj here in all sizes ami widths. 1■ .||
'
| lumma, C. A. Slough, H. J. Wll
•liams (Williams Motor Co).
Two automobile insurance agents
will also have space in the show,
William S. Essick and A. L. Hall.
' U. S. TO USE MAIL TRUCKS
The introduction of motor cars for
handling mail routes came a step
nearer last evening when the time
expired for proposing bids to equip
the circuit that is to take in Har
risburg, Beading and Hagerstown. A
number of bids came in at the last
moment and with the others were
turned over the fourth assistant post
master general. One of the first
results of this new traffic, will be the
repairing of the road between Har
risburg and Beading, long in poor
condition/ The government will con
tribute SIO,OOO a mile for this re
pair work.
DECEMBER A BAD MONTH
Siventeen inches of snow and three
inches of rain felt during the month
of December, 1917. This informa
tion is given in the Monthly Meteo
rological Survey for the month of
December, and just issued by E. R.
Demain, chief of the local weather
bureau. The accumulated deficiency
of temperature since January 1, 1917,
was 576 degrees. The average daily
7
deficiency was 1.6 degrees. Decem
ber 30 was the coldest day of thafi
date in thirty years, a temperatura
of three degrees belo** zero being
recorded.
A Sure Way To
End Dandruff
There is one sure way that has
never failed to remove dandruff at.
once, and that is to dissolve it, then
you destroy it entirely. To do this,
just get about four ounces of plain,
common liquid arvon from any drug
store (this is all you will need), ap
ply it at night when retiring; use
enough to moisten the scalp and
rub it in gentlv with the finger tips.
By morning, most if not all, of
your dandruff will be gone, and three
or four more applications will com
pletely dissolve and entirely destroy
every single sign and trace of it, no
matter how much dandruff you may \
have. I
You will find all itching and dig
ging of the scalp will stop instantly,
and your hair will be fluffy, lustrous,
glossy, silky and so % ft, and look and
feel a hundred times better—Adv.