THE pyLTOW rOTTNTY NEWS. MoCONNELLSBURQ. PA.
Glass of Hot Water
Before Breakfast
a Splendid Habit
Open sluices of the tyttem each
morning and wash away ths
poisonous, stagnant mattsr.
Those of us who are accustomed to
feel dull and heavy when we arise;
splitting headache, stuffy from a cold,
foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stom
ach, lame back, can, Instead, both
took and (eel as fresh as a daisy always
tr washing the poisons and toxins
from the body with phospkated hot
water each morning.
We should drluk, boforo breakfast,
a glass of real hot water with a tea
spoonful ot limestone phosphate la
It to fluHli from tlio stomach, liver,
kidneys and ten yards of bowels the
previous day's lndigi'stlblo waste, sow
bllo and poisonous toxins; thus cleans
ing, sweetening and purifying the en
tire alimentary canal before putting
more food Into the Stomach.
The action of limestone phosphate
nd hot water on an empty stomach
Is wonderfully Invigorating. It cleans
Out all the sour fermentations, gases,
vast and acidity and glvos one a
Splendid appetite for breakfast and it
b said to bo but a little while until
(be roses begin to appear In tho
Cheeks. A quarter pound of llmo
Itone phosphate will cost very little at
your druggist or from the store, but
U sufficient to make anyone who la
bothered with biliousness, constipa
tion, stomach trouble or rheumatism
real enthusiast on the subject of In
ternal sanitation. Try it and you are
assured that you will look better and
feel better la every way shortly.
id 7.
Ever notice how many females of
the specks wear hair that looks as If
It Lad been nailed an by a carpenter?
As Explained.
Blpgs I understand J'11 pald I waj
a miserablo cur.
Diggs Not guilty, old man. I mere
ly said you were a sal do-?
EIkks Oil, that's different. Come,
let's have a drink.
TENDER SKINNED BAEIES
With Rashes and Irritations Find
Comfort in Cuticura. Trial Free.
I
' Daby's tender skin requires mill,
ootlilns properties such as tiro found
In tlio Cuticura Scap and Ointment.
Cuticura Soap Is 30 sweet, puro and
cleansing and Cuticura Ointmuit fo
soothing and healing, especially when
baby's fkiii is Irritated and rashy.
Free sample each by mail with Ron::.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Costou. Sold everywhere. Adv.
Hire Woman Detective.
A woman detective has received an
appointment from tho Uristot authori
ses. There is notlrn? amateurish
about the isristol appointment. The
Dew oflicer has received special train
ing in rollce work, and although t
duties will chiedy concern women and
Children her services will be utilized
In solving all classes of crime and
mystery. "Women," r,n authority ex
plained, "are particularly adapt 'd for
ork which corms outside the scope
Cf the ordinary detective, but um'or-t-inate'y
It Is sometimes unsafe to
trust a woman with an important l:
Tcstigaljcn where young men are con
cern d. They are swayed by emotion
They CKn't help jt; it Is their ti.i ue.
and they have be-.n known to fall In
love with tho man they have been set
to watch."
Wages and San.tation.
"Fay the worker mote and be will
live Letter, mid his family will escape
Oiueb of the danger from disease,'
Said Surgeon General Corgas of the
t'nited States army, In an address to
churchmen in Washington.
"In the treatment of tropical dis
eases," he said, "poverty must ahvas
be considered as one of the most Im
portant cvi's to Le eradicated. Dou
bling tho wagis of workmen in Ma
Tana raised them from their former
Impecunious state and enabled them
(o live In more sanitary fashion than
before."
"Sanitation is possible; only where
One is able to mt'ke the people under
stand tho necessity of right living,"
be a !d"d. "in my expi-rYnce 1 have
found that a h'gher rate of pay Is the
pjost r tfectlve way of alleviating their
former condition."
HANDY HUSBAND
Knew How to Get Part of the Breakfast.
f m1 know one dish I can prepare for
breakfast as well as any cook on
earth,' Bald my husband one morning
when the cook was ill and be had vol
unteered to help get breakfast. He
appeared with his dish and I discov
ered It was Grape-Nuts which, of
Course, was easy to prepare for it was
perfectly cooked at the factory, but it
was a good illustration of tho conven
ience of having Grape Nuts about.
"We took up Crapa-N'uts Immedi
ately after returning from a Ave years'
sojourn In a hot country. Our stom
achs were in bad condition and we
were In poor health generally.
"In a day or two we liked Grape
b.'uts better than any other kind of
food on the table. We both gained
Steadily In health and strength, and
this was caused by Crape-Nuts and
Postum.
"A friend of ours had a Bimllar ex
perience. She was seriously 111 with
Indigestion and could find nothing to
eat that would not give her heartburn
nd palpitation, especially at night
"She found that a small dish of
Orape-Nuts with cream made her a
satisfactory supper and gave her a
comfortable night's rest. In a fh rt
lime she g-lrai ceveral pciuv.a In
weight"
"There's a Reason." Name ir ten by
Postum Co., Tattle Creek, Mir a.
T.rrr rend Hit liknv Irllrrf A v
fm anpenra fritt l!ni In t I e. 'I hrf
trt ci-aulu, (ru, mat (all ( kwu
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A STORY OF THE GREAT NORTH WEST
Oy VINGIE E. ROE
ILLUSTRATIONS 6y m(fsti&E
copyPcrr oy podd. wad
8YNOP3IS.
5
Slleta of Pally'a lumbor cnrrip fllrccts
a mranjeer to ihe cuni). Wultrr H.imlry
Intrutluica lilrmo'lf to John L.uly, fire
man. ha "tlm Dilllnicwurtli l.umlHir (u..
or most of It." Hi? niakra u iiinnlani-i
Willi the enmp ami th work tit h.'ts rnmtf
from tli( Kait to snpirliiirnil uri'l miike
aiuvi-sii-fiil. He rlo to I1I.4 fiiili' ttnit
he lutcinl to K"t a liunrlfiil of tie veultii
In trie uncut titular uf It..1 n-Onn. H.-clu-a
Sllrfj p-rtii:sf 'in (. r..l Ili.ick
tilii tulitia her'. In nn r rnerK-nrv n
l"'k t".nli;ir. ut. Silitz .-!' Inn nf tin"
I'raA-litT. Mm dhcovim (ht Siletx Itctr
V:t aiicn of ihi 8'lcis irlln- of lmliarm ,? I
wonlrra wlmf hvr mirnjiuu' h. In t.
fluNti of a ti-ndur mornot li" chI'h hf,'
"(lie NlKtu Wind In tli I'ln-.t" niui M-nt
h-r. I'ne;v Oriirtiw. a n.nTuzlno art,'
fioin Ni-ii York, com-" 10 lailv"a to -t
ncitHrlnl ffr u ronvHi-- of tti lumber
r Rion. IInnii',-n of (li Yellow I'lm-n
I'o. warn Haiulry to kt'p ofT a irwi-t of
a'liiiipiKe li- liilnn tllio to aP'l S;iiiitry
t lil n k m h hn bounlit n thr Kimt H'-lt.
HumiMti-n nil up a rnMn on th Kisi
Heit nod wurria trt.-p-m,.'r!i off. Hsinlry
run fliw! no written pvutenc of tlilp to
the trait. Ilia men pull il n t!" cuhln.
Suniliy coniuara Sihu and I'oiipy.
CHAPTER X.
The Fl(,ht In the Timber.
When Randry awoke next morning
the gray day 'vas allnht outside his
pane and he could hear the rumblo of
the dinkey as It rocked up from tho
lower rollway. Dy this he knew that
breakfast was over and tho crews out
In tho hills. Therefore he got Into his
clothes In double ytilck time, swung up
to the cook shack, washed In tho porch
and presented himself with apologies
to Ma Pally.
Piletz camff In In tho dupk of the
Ion? room andiset the cup besldo him,
quiet, soft-footed, slim and straight
In her plain garments. She seemed
mado for service, tho unquestioning
service of woman, as she waited upoL
Ms needs after the fashion of tho prim
itive mute of man. She placed a last j
touch here and there, smiled at Lira
and crossing to tho west door, snapped
her tinserj to the big Mongrel und
hepped out.
k-andry, his band unconsciously
poised with raised spoon, watched her.
He saw her hasten ai she nciird the
Pilpo of the level, and dually, as If una
could no longer h )!d brs'!lf to tho
decorum of her p ice, break into lllsht,
running like a deer up r.mong the, pines
with long bounding leaps. As sho tils
appeared he dropped his Imnd and bo
ranie aware of Ma Daily in tha door
to tho kitchen. She, too, was watching
ber.
"Mrs. Pally," he said suddenly, "what
Is S'leU?"
The old lady turned on him quickly
the piercing glance of her sharp eyes.
"Just a girl," 6ho said succinctly.
Hie turned to her realm and Satnlry
ro:e and went out In tlio mist. 11';
climbed skadily with something of
the logger's movement. This much he
hud learned along with a thousand '
other thin!;? of the free life, end yet
he was a iio ito Johnny Kastorn 1
still.
He was thinking deeply as ho j
rnmneu, lost 1:1 ttie majestic silence of
the hushed pities with the stilling car
net of needles ut their lent, and it was
some time after the first Bounds from !
ahead had come to him dimly that he
wakened to he loud voices of men la
quarrel. As ho broke throegh the wall
of dripping wal't hl;,h fern ho came
full upon a Blht that Htlrred his blood,
and fired his wrath, In spite of hi3 ef
fort to keep calm. There in tho new
cutting stood Ilcmpden, his faco red
with fury, h!s eyes napping, his dou
b'ed fists shaking at Caily who front
ed him. llehind the two the men were
grouped in menacing bunches. They
IHlh'. Il.lilyn.7, t.UlJ S1!7 111 I, ltltl,
os If they had been picked purposely,
bare armed, open throated, wet with
the constantly fall itif. eft mist.
Those of Hampden were armed with
pikes uml peavies to a man and these,
are deadly weapons. Daily's crew car
ried axes kud beveral bad cant
hooks
"I told your johnny Pastern to slay
o!T this here land I" cried the owner
of the Yellow 'Iiks. his voice running
up on the last word in a squeak of
rage, "an' I'll see 't he docs! An' you
an' your river hogs that you pass as
loggers! Rotten cutlit. ye are! You'll
git off an" stay off! This land belongs
to rne by rUht of good money paid
an' you tort down O'C'onnel's home
steader's cibin! That's a?'ln the law!"
He thrust out his heavy face belliger
ently, Inviting insu't, a lirat movement
of violence. It cama. not from Daily,
the easy going, tactful foreman, who
had righted man toppling crises, but
from Jim Anworthy, tho curly-headed j
young scapegrace who was the worrl- I
menl Hnd favoritt of Ma Dally. He :
'lour nmaolf fnm-nrd with H whot). '
EIG DUST CLOUD IN ALASKA
Volcanic Ashes From Katmal Delayed
Progress of Steamer Explosion
Heard Afar.
As we approach Kndlak. sirangn
dark clouds ert seen obscuring the
horizon at several points and one so
heavy and black tnst It resembled
smoke from a great forest fire. Cup
tatn Jensen si art led us by explalnmx
that this whs dual blown by ine mm
breeze rrom tne loftv hills all about
u. These hills seemed covered wnn
snow, hut the whitish ileposiis proved
to be ashes, ranifd don aeverol lf3
deep upon ail mis aectlon durng in
eruption ol Mount hatn.al in June,
It) I Katmal Is still smoKing
The sun looked HKe a dull slivr
dollar as It blione through me asnv
mist The dust cloud whs id inn k
dial It hem our steamer up lur lour
hours until tne wav was el "sr. Psh
Ing your hand over the rail of tna
bout you luiind your nnnera strenen
wiin Ihu impRlpHnle gruv tiowo-r.
When we lamleil'ut Ho'liaK we Innml
piiea ol soil gray ashea and targt
,W t-4 t- or EI VI EV
ffj
ano company
"Rotton are we! 'Live clean to th'
heart!"
And with a lightning pass he slapped
Hampden square In the face, leaping
backward like a cat. In a flash the
two groups of men had mingled and
tho silent woods rang with a conllict
that was a delight to every heart in
the mlxtip, with tho excoptlon, perhaps
of Hampden, wno was too small end
mean of nature to lovo anything for
Us own sake.
Sundry on tho outskirts beheld It
with consternation.
"Men!" he shouted, Jumping up on a
i stump, "llampdon! Hampden! Dully!
Hampden!"
A baro arm shot forward Into a fae
which crumpled and sank out of sight
and the owner of tlio arm looked up
at him,
"Come off your perch, Johnny!" he
cried with the Insolence of Indlffer
enco, and even In tho excitement of
the moment the thrust wont homo to
the young owner. Ills Jaw tightened
and ho marked the man, one ot 'be
fullers, for future reckoning.
How tho fight would have ended
Sandry, thinking It over afterward,
could never decide. They were evenly
matched In Intent, the two factions,
and nearly bo In numbers, though
Hampden's forco was a triile the
Btronger.
Blows rained fast and furious.
Wood was flowing freely and the oaths
and laughter had given place to pant
ing silence.
"You low-down cheat!" ho heard
Dally say as ho eloped with Hampden,
"We'll settle a few things now."
There was the scent of heated llcsh
and of warm blood In the close, moist
air, and the clump and swish and
crunch of heavy boots threshing the
fern. From under the trampling feet I
he caught sight of a limp figure, cruui
pled on its elite.
Something In Its ghastly stillness
caught at Lis heart nnd set a purpose
In Its horrified nmao.
He must stop this thing at nny cost.
Springing down he caught up a long
blacksnako whip lying colled bc3lde a
stump. It Lad evidently come with the
Yellow Tines outfit, for what purposo
he did not know, for there was not
suth an article itnywhero In camp.
Raising his arm bo whirled It back
to send the long lash singing in among
the struggling mass, when a sound,
coming clearly out of the brewing
stillness of the great pine woond, ar
rested him.
It was the high, silvery note of a
fluto. Shrill and clear, it cut into the
rush of tho tight like a Hashing blade.
Tho men heard It, even through the
light ran. Here and there the furious
action halted a moment, without voli
tion, It seemed, and a man drew quick
ly out on ono side. In the moment a
hush that followed a whole cascade of
sparkling notes fell from tlio ridge
liko a handi'ul of diamonds trickling
down, and sweet and tender came tho
strains of "Lead, Kindly 1 Irht."
Laily caught his antagonist by the
throat nnd burled Lira backward,
opening up a space in the locked and
panting swelter.
"The Preacher!" ho panted. "The
Preacher's comln'!"
With common consent the two fac
tions fell npart, tho Yellow Pines own
er getting to bis feet blind with tho un
caring anger of the bully.
So It was the Preacher who was com
ing thus with the herald of those sil
ver notes tho Preacher whoso worn
old Plblo lay In the little south room
und whoso name brought the light of
gladness Into tho somber face of
Siletz.
Sandry, still holding .h trailing
whip, waited expectant. What bo be
held, when at last the player came out
In a watery bar of the slanting light,
astounded hlrn beyond measure.
The stranger wore a garment of
some coarse brown fiber, buttoned
down from tho throat to tho feet nr.d
belted at the waist with hempen rope.
He carried hi3 flute high with a mar
tial air. as If It told of victory and
conque-jt, and bis thin form walked
lightly and erect. White and tine and
delicately lined, tho face above shone
radiantly from between heavy hair
which fell In long, loose curls, white
as the winter Bnow. Plue eyes, under
level brows, looked out with the half
vacant Innocence of the very young.
For him the world had stopped scroo
time ago. As he emerged through the
fern, Sandry saw that the brown gar
ment was wet to the knees, the heavy
snoe? upon Lis teot sodden with
earth.
"Ah. John, my son!" he said In a
and small pieces of light, friable
stone, like pumice stone, which bad
been thrown nu by th3 volcano.
In lied states Marshal V. u. Ilren
nernian or Valdez. who was a lellow
passenger wlu me. says (he explosion
t the volcano was heard at hut
place. 400 miles awar from Knuiak.
oud sounded like a cannonading. It
was rollowed by a deposit ol tine
ashei in Vaidez.-john A. Sleicber In
Uisllea Weekly,
Oeer With Gldts Eye.
Ahalatdu Cooper 01 Haimus, Cal..
while hunting In the ruutuexs ol in
Sun Lucia range, killed a lour point
buck HihI iH I green giuus eye in ouu
of lis sockets.
Besides, ine ears hnd been swallow
tailed, a common practice in mm king
Ihe ears of cattle and is la'l hud been
cut oft In some nitimer so Uui o0iy
stub an Inch long kiiii-k out
It Is thought poNHibly Hie flrpr was
a pet of one ol IhP ranehea down in
Ihe Sallnan vallev. hii.I when in ' run
mug season atari ed tin. ie,-r mh
awHieil Ihe (all ol Its oial.iH ud aluit
ed lur the wlhls
- B V
voice as gentle as his eyes, "It has
been long a'.tico we met! I have
wearied on tiut way for tlio facoa of
friends!"
Ho hold out a hand, slim and shape
ly, yet which bore tho look of one-time
strength. The foreman took It, after
wiping his own 6,vlftly on his cordu
roys. "We ben waltln' for you a long
time," he said, "an we're mighty glad
you've come."
The stranger nodded and, turning to
the shifting lumberjacks, went round
among them with a word for each and
that same delicate handshake, Dofore
he reached Hampden, the owner of the
Yellow Pines, straightening bis dishev
eled clothes, swung out of the group.
As he passed Sundry he glared Into
his face.
"I'll stop you before another twenty
four hours," he said savagoly, "and
don't you forget It Vour Ilttlo deed
to tho l-'nst Itelt an' this strip happens
to have been made by a bogus ownor,
who soaked old Frazer for a pile an'
cleared. It's been filed on as a home
stead an' sold to mo. an' I'll see you
In boil but what I'll get it all. 1 was
kecpln' the belt as a surprise party for
you, but 1 guess It's duo right now!"
The vindictive triumph in his small
eyes was a guaranty of his earnest
ness and Sandry returned It with a
glance as earnest. "You speak In rid
dles, Mr. Hampden," lie said coldly,
"and I'm inclined to think tho pummel
Ing John gave you has Injured your
mentality."
The Preacher reached him as the
other turned away, followed by his
men, who shouldered their tools and
disappeared through the undergrowth
in a shambling (lie, abandoning the
fight for other means.
"A stranger?" asked the newcomer,
extending that fine w-hlto hand, "a
stranger at the camp?"
"The new owner, father," rolun
teercd Dally, "Mr. Sandry."
"Ah, yes! You are young, sir, in the
ways hf the world! But God guides the
feet of tho young. It is a lnbyrinthlan
path the way of youth! Thero are
butterflies along It and primroses and
both are so easily trod underfoot!
Ah, so easily! And a little farther
along there is regret and shadow. Ah,
mc! Ah, me! What is the way out?"
He tnrned troubled blue eyes to the
foreman and the latter, strong and
Answered His Wistful Query With the
Plaintive Sweetness.
lumbering a3 nn ox, laid a light touch
upon the i-acred flute.
The troubled eyes dropped thereon.
"Why certainly. How could 1 for
get!" And lifting the instrument and his
silver head he answered his wistful
query with the plaintive sweetness of
"Jesus, Lover of My Soul."
"That," he smiled, "is the way out,
son, In case you should lose yourself
In the shadows the lonely shadows
of dishonor and sin."
He laid his band on Sundry's arm
nnd slowly the young man's face grow
darkly crimson. His Hps twitched and
he turned away. "I'll go down to camp,
son," said the preacher to Dally,
"there are those there who are al
ways there?"
There was a quick sliding ot some
thing like fear In bis voice.
"All there," said Dally kindly ns the
peculiar arrival turned away.
"He Is a bit embarrassing at times,
Mr. Sandry," he apologized, "but Inno
centand a bit o' tho God he preaches.
Says he's tho father of all things fath
erless. It's the strongest grip of his
trouble, the idea that he's a father to
everybody an' everything that neods
him regular lunatic on the point.
Pitiful sometimes In his eagerness.
Rut he's loved from Seattle to Santa
Rnrbara, and known ail over tho
coast.''
"Let's go down to the troll," said
Sandry, changing tho subject; "we'll
rush the work on the double quick. Hut
on an extra crew. I'm going to take
heed to that swindler's words. He
meant what he said. There's some
thing crooked here."
Stars and Bars.
"Stars and Burs" wao the name of
the flag recommended by the commit
tee for the Confederate States. The
official description from the report
or the provisional congress. March 4,
li6 1. Is as follows: "?hut the Hug
of he Confederate States or Ameri
ca shall consist or a red Held with a
white space extending horUnniu'iv
through the center, and equal In width
10 one third the Idlb or tbc flag. I lie
red spaceB above and below to be or
the same widtb as tho white The
union blue extending down through
the while space and stopping at the
lowr red space In Ihe center or in
union a circle or wbite stars corre
sponding in 11 11 rr ber with the ou inner
or atates In the Confederacy.' I nn
huge Is in plan like ihe Stars and
Stripes, wilb three bars 0 stripes in
stead 01 the HI stripes, red on lop jnj
ooiiooi and wblu u the middle.- I bit
square ol blue has u circle ol aevwa
five pointed white Mars.
A fnctorv In which radium Is being
produced rota been opened In Scotland
hv r dcotcn chemist
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CHAPTER XI. '
An Unrecorded Deed.
The Preacher proved to be tho
strangest thing In all this strange
country to Sandry as he watched lilm
in the days that followed. Ho spoke
but seldom and then with a quaint pre
cision, a beauty ot speech and thought
that amazed tho man from tho East.
But they were old thoughts, Sandry
found at last, thoughts formulated In
the fire and enthusiasm of youth, hence
stilt burning when youth bad fled and
age had brought Its empty seeming.
"And It Is there," be said to himself,
"that S'letz gets her manner of speech,
though her visions are her own, born
of her centered soul,"
At the end of tho week Sandry went
to Salem. When be returnod his face
was drawn as If from loss of sleep,
and he summoned Dally to the ottice.
Sandry pullod open a drawer in his
desk and took out the deed to tho East
Belt
"This," he said tonsoly, "has never
been recorded. I searched tho records
at the land office and our deed Is not
there. Instead there is a brand new
homestead filing In the nnme of T. J.
O'Connel. Dally, either old Frazer was
crooked or a fool."
There was a strained note In tho
owner's voice. Ills foreman sat In tho
tip tilted office chair, open-mouthed
and round-eyed.
"Then Hampden's 6ot th' strangle
bolt damn his soul to bell! He
knows about the coutrack nn' he'll bilk
it If h can. Put Frazer wasn't crook
ed, Mr. S&ndry, I'd stake my llfo on
that."
"Then why did ho soli me the East
Belt stumpago tho prize curd In the
Dllllngworth pack without a record
ed deed? This Isn't worth Its paper."
He waved the folded slip.
"And why didn't you verify all pa
pers, Mr. Sundry, when you made thj
deal?"
Dally was entirely earnest and un
conscious of tho effrontory ot his
words. Sundry's boylBh face flushed
painfully.
"Incvperlcnco," he said bluntly;
"faith In men, though by all the signs
I should have lost that, and lastly no
conception that such a thing could be
done, Our lirat move now, however,
Is to find Frazer."
Dally shook his head.
"That new bucker we took on yes
terday In the bunch of now men told
mo last night that Frazer was In
'Frisco two weeks ago, nnd was goln'
south. Sailed on tho mull boat for
Panama."
Sandry regarded his foreman grimly
out of sparkling blue eyes.
"Then," ho said, after a moment's
thought, "we'll save our contract first
and light for our stumpago luter."
Ho rose and began gathering up the
papers on his desk.
"At noon," said ho, thinking rapidly
and with astonishing ease In this, his
first business crisis, "you will take
every man off the present work. We
will build no more trail toward the
East Bolt now. Instead wo will lay
track as fast as possible Into the tim
ber at the head of tho valley there to
the north. You know that contract
calls for six million feet of logs to bo
in raft at Y'aqulna bay by tho sixteenth
of March. If it is not there wo loso
our big profits and the connection w ith
this powerful company. Now get busy."
Speculation nnd comment wero rife
In camp when Dally announced at
noon that all work along present lines
was to bo dropped and that all hands
were to fall to laying tracU to the
north.
"By Jingo." grumbled Collins openly,
"we're gettin' scairt out by th' Yolla ,
l ines! Kf it ain't plumb dlsgustln !" j
"Quit?" cried Jim Anworthy, "let a I
bunch 0' cutthroats call us quitters?
What's eatin' you. John?"
"Orders," said tho foreman warning
ly, and the men buzzed like a nest of
hornets. Among the old hands at the
camp It was almost a personal affair
and they took It to heart, criticizing
with that frcedo.n which characterized
their kind and laying the blame upon
the new owner, tho tenderfoot from
the East. Feeling at the abrupt giv
ing up of operations at Hampden's
threats ran so high that three old-timers-
Including Smith the hook
tender, a Jewel In the crown of any
logging camp rolled down their
sleeves and called for their tlrao.
"Can't stand the atmosphere," said
little Smith, settling his round, narrow-brimmed
felt hat a trifle forward
on bis bullet head, "It's gettin' too cul
tured. We'll be asked to stop swearln'
next, an' eatin' with our Bpoons. Me
for th' timber right 1 don't like civili
zation." "Lot them go," said Sandry grimly.
"I'll learn how and tend hook myself
If necessary."
Days slipped by so swiftly that San
dry scarce found time to count them,
ard they were all too short. He was
out before day had even crept up the
eastern slopes of the great Cascades,
and was still going when it died half
across the Pacific to tho west. He
ate like a logger and slept without a
dream.
Tho dampness freshened his cheeks
and curled his hair Into a rlct under
his crav folt hat: and Siletz. elnnclne
HUNT HELPS MAKE SOLDIERS
Preparedness lor Military Emergency
la Undoubtedly Aided by Out
door Sport.
While not every one of the three
hundred thousand citizens who se
cured hunters' licenses last year
could qualify as a shurpshooier. Doc
tor Kalolns. secretary ot Ibe state
game commission, is not wholly imag
inatlve In suggesting lhl in the mum
lenunce ol lis game preserves and in
the encouragement 01 Ihe hunt (be
stale Is contributing lo lis prepared
ness lor military emergency, says ihe
Philadelphia Bulletin.
An essential ol a soldiers equip
menl Is lo know bow in shorn, and
iruiiftng lor marksmanship in the pur
suit or bird or rabbit' 13 nhvioimlv ,
value, Hnt even morn essennai Is
Ihe soldier a health, the ruKgedness
or constitution and physical condition
lo stand t hi Mires nl iiisn n and work,
and outdoor (ruining la in Nine iuu
non. Anything mat I tin stale does
to gel Hi young mi r 0111 ol ilniirn and
to interest tneiu In beauu building.
sldewlso from under hoi' level brows,
flushed darkly beneath her dusky sklr.
at the wonderful man-beauty of him.
Sho could not forget tho day in the
J forn glade when' ho had stooped to
her for that passing kiss. She folt a
constant pulling of nil her nature to
fall in a Ilttlo way behind and. follow
him. This feeling puzzled her and
several times sho caught herself al
most In the act when bo passed
through the big room, or paced the
length of the porch.
She fed sugar to Black Bolt, Bat on
the seven-foot fir stump on the ridge
with an arm over the staid shoulders
of Coosnah, watched tho wonderful
gold lights In Miss Ordway't hair, and
dreamed more than ever. Upon the
Preacher she waited band and foot
with a devotion beautiful In Its un
consciousness. Ma Dally went about ber business
In an unusual silence; and she, too,
took In all the details of the author
from the East, but with a fur different
eye
"Don't Ilka her rmllo," she solllo
- '.Ijud In tho steam rf cr Important
realm, " 'taln't thick. It's spread on
mighty thin like a slop-ma's Jam."
Cut to Sandry, when he found one
of his rare half-hours of cessation
from the rushing work, that same
smile, bril'lant and well-poised and
of tho distant world, was a refreshing
wind.
"You're working too hard, Mr. San
dry," Miss Ordway often told him,
"why don't you go after this Hamp
den man?"
"Haven't time. This contract may
mean the slow gain of years. I must
save It first and by all means." ,
"H'm. I'm keen for the unusual.
There may be a lot in this. I believe
I'll do a Ilttlo Investigating. You
know I spoke of it and you said go
ahead?"
"I wouldn't mix up with that man,
Miss Ordway. He's tho coarsest type
I ever met with."
"Trust me," said Miss Ordway brief
ly, and tlio next moment could have
shaken herself for the salf slangy,
half-boastful expression.
And upon the word sho put her In
tention Into action, for with her usual
far-sightedness she saw an almost un
canny opening and dovetailing of
plans.
The next day but one a fitful, blowy,
tearful day, she ventured forth, clad
in a smart suit of corduroy thnt had
dono service on many a bridlo path in
the far metropolis and she sat Black
Bolt liko a soldier! Sandry watched
her go with an uncomiclous prldo In
her urban appearance. She rode
astride in his saddle, but though he ad
mired every line of the splendid pair,
he was conscious of a comparison
which left something to he desired.
Black Polt with Siletz swinging drunk
culy to the dip end lift of his running
stride, hnd been one. They had boen
the West. This was tho F.ust ond It
was artificial.
While Sandry stood at the block
watching Miss Ordway cantering dowD
the valley, he heard a light step be
hind and Siletz came around the filing
shed. Ho turned to her,, smiling Into
hnr eyes, which lighted slowly as they
rested on him.
"V.'hcro have you been, Llttlo
Squaw?" he asked.
"Over tho hogback."'
"Eight miles! You shouldn't go oft
like that, child. Don't you know you
might lose yourself tn this wilder
ness?" Sundry moved slightly and Siletz
glanced across his shoulder down the
valley. A gnsp, as of Indrawn breath
made him look up.
Her lips were open and Intense as tonishment
sat upon her face. For a
moment she stared at the distant
rider. Then she whirled, so swiftly
that ono of her long braids whipped
across Sandry'B face liko a lash, and
dashed Into the lean to.
Whon she emerged the dark color
had drawn out of her cheeks and lips,
leaving them ashen. Her face worked
nnd Sandry foil back a step at sight
of her eyes. .They were all savage,
faming with a rage which astounded
him.
"Why why S'letz!" he cried
catching her by the wrist as she
passed him, "I didn't know you felt
like this about the horse!"
But she flung his grasp loose In a
perfect fury and dashed up tho.,steps
to the kitchen, the sobs coming wildly.
With an Indescribable sensation
somltng shivers down his spine, the
young owner went to bla office.
When Miss Ordway returned lute In
tho day her smart habit was stained
with mud, ber little cap was charm
ingly awry, and she bore all the ear
marks of adventure.
"But I know Hampden of tho Yel
low Pines," she whispered intimately
as Sandry assisted ber to dismount,
"if I did have to manage a rathor
spectacular full and ruin my, coat in
your unspeakable mud. I think he'll
furnish idmlrablo data."
"What?" cried Sandry, "you did
that? Well, tor tho i wo of heuven!
No wonder you can cortrar other
folks' emotions! You aimply (to out
and tnaki '"' situations!" -Tr
vn; roN'T'Niitcn
muscle-strengthening. nerve-resting
sport, goes rur In preparing ethciem
soldiers, and to this physical condition
there Is added the practical training
in the handling of gun and Nile.
All Lessons of Life.
Tbe worst kind 01 trouble and sor
row should only leacb us tbe lessen
of wider sympathy and love. We
should never allow ourselves to b
come immersed in our own grieis lot
that only Intensities them. Lei us
shut them oul ol our minds as djucii
us possible.
Ky letting no day pass without di
ing some 1 indues 10 others who are
uerbups far worse oft than w are.
(he tiouble. which seemed so gigantic
si lirat. will gradually sink to l.ilupu
nun dtojetisioua. By thinking gunny
tuouguts and shutting out t tie intrud
ing dark ones we can rob griel ol an
iti st 1 11 g. My admitting only tn
iliouttUia of love girl uegre we help
ourselves and manv others.
New Yorkers Fond of Candy.
New fork Is Ihe targeal candy con
suniing center in in world.
11
900 Million Dollars in New Wealth
Added in 1915.
aaaaaaaaas
Canada as a whole has enjoyed won
derful prosperity 'p 1915, from ths
products of the farm, the orchard and
the centres of Industry. No country
wrote a brighter page of history In
agricultural and Industrial develop
ment during 1915 tban Canada. Nearly
a billion bushots of grain produced.
Taxes In Weitorn Canada average f 24
and will not exceed $35 per quarter
section, which Includes all taxes. No
taxes on Improvements.
Whon Western Canada was faced
with her enormouo harvest last fall
the military authorities decided that
soldiers In Canada could give the- Em
pire no batter service for tbe lime
being than to assist In harvesting ths
crops. For that reason leave of ab
sence was given to soldlors whi
wished to work in the harvest fields,
and their labor was an Important fac
tor In harvesting the bis crops success
fully. .
The necessity for Increasing th ag
rlcultural production Is commandlni
even more attention In 1918, and It ti
now announced that soldiers tn Can
ada may obtain leave of absence from
their military duties In the spring foi
a certain length of time to enablt
them to plant the ted for the crops
In every Province of the Dominion.
The fact that the Government rec
ognizes the seeding and harvesting ol
Canada's crops as being ot the first
Importance Is perhaps tbe best evi
dence that conscription or any in
crease of taxes which would reduc
the agricultural activity ot Canada
will never be considered by the author
ltlcs.
Owing to the number who have en
listed for oversear service It has be
found necessary to secure farm laboi
In the United States. It Is hoped thai
fifty thousand can be secured. Adver
tisement. England's Best Dog.
The premier dog of all England and
America, being valued at 11)09 a
pound, ought to bo a massive Dane or
St. Bernard, but Is actually a Pom
eranian, and can make no better show
ing in total avoirdupois than a mere
five pounds, total valuo $l,f0). St
Julicn, that being his name. "Is an
orange snblo with a profuse coat, won
derful plumage and a short, cobby
body."
Kidney Medicine That
Stands the Highest
Some twelve yeurj ago I bcnn handling
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and we havs
heard nothing but praine for it aa it mnu
to give entire satisfaction in every instance.
From the manner in which cuxtomera speak
of your remedy, we have learned to place
BuOlcient confidence in it lo recommend
Swamp-Root above all other kidney reme
dies. From the demand I judge it to be
the most generally ucd kidney medicine
in this country, ond rcparta regarding it
are always favorable.
Very truly yours,
C. It. McCOY, JR.,
Eouth Height riinrmiicy,
7C2 Tortcr St. San Antonio, Texas.
Jan. 11th, 1918.
Letter to
Dr. Kilmer t Co.
Blnshaqjton. N. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For Toe
Svnd ten centa to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binglmmlon, N. Y., for a sample iia bot
tle. It will convince anyone. Y'ou will
tlso receive a booklet of valuable infor
mation, telling about the kidneys and blad
der. When writing, be sure aqd mention
thia paper. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar ai?e buttles for sale at all drug
itorei. Adv.
Didn't Make Good.
"I hear De Ilamm has loft vaude
vlllo." "Yep to Its fate."
Cautious Calculation.
"Can you afford a motor car?"
"Yes. I've figured that out. But
I'm not so sure about the gasoline."
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NOT WOHK
How She Was Relieved fr.'om
Pain by Lydia E. Pinkhar a's
Vegetable Compound ,
Taunton, Mass. " I had pains Irn both
sides and when my periods came tl bad
to stay at home
from work ant 1 suf
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One day a woman
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and aaked ; my
mother why .' was
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told her that 'I suf
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and she Eoid, ' ' Why
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mother bought it and the next month I
was so well that I worked all the month
without staying at home a day. I am
In pood health now and have told"l lots ci
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2 Russell Street, Taunton, Ma&n.
Thousands of girls suffer In fe silence
every month rather than consul v a phy
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