THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
North of Fifty-Three
By BERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
(Copyright: Little, Brown A
HAZEL FINDS SHE CANNOT HOPE TO ESCAPE FROM
"ROARING BILL'S" CABIN IN THE WILDERNESS
BEFORE SPRING
Synopsis. Miss Ilazen Weir Is employed its n stenographer la the
ofllco of Harrington He Bush ut Granville," Ontario. Slio Is engaged to
Jink Harrow, a young real estate agent. Mr. Hush, Hazel's employer,
suddenly notices hiT uttra'ctlveness and nt once makes Iter his private
stenographer. After three months Bush proposes marriage. Hazel
refuses, and ufter n stormy scene, In which Hush warns her lie will
make her sorry for her action, Hazel leaves the olllce, never to return.
Shortly ufter this Bush U thrown from his horse nnd killed. Publleu
tion of his will discloses that he left Hazel $.ri,000 In "reparation for
any wrong I may have done her." Jack Barrow, In a Jealous rage,
demands an explanation, and Hazel, her pride hurt, refuses.- Hazel's
encasement Is broken and, to escape from her surroundings, she se
cures u position as schoolteacher at Cariboo Meadows, In a wild part
of British Columbia. There, at a boarding house, she first sees "Hoarlng
Bill" Wugstaff, n well-known character of that country. Soon after her
arrival Hn.cl loses her way while walking In-the woods. Shewunders
until night when she reaches "Uoarlng Bill's" ramp fire In the woods.
He promises to take her home In the morning, but she Is compelled to
spend the night In the woods. After wandering In the woods ull the
next day, "Koarlns Hill" finally admits that he Is tukln' Hazel to his
cabin In the mountains.
CHAPTER V. Continued.
i "Anyhow," he went on. when she re
mained silent, "I didn't. And you'll
hnve to lay the blame on nature for
muklng you n wonderfully attractive
woman. I did honestly try to find the
way to Cariboo Meadows that first
night. It was only when I found iny
elf thinking bow fine It would be to
pike through these old woods nnd
mountains with n partner like you that
1 decided os I did. I'm human the
woman, she tempted me. And aren't
yoa better off? Do you know that you
look fifty per cent better for these few
luys of living In the open the way
every normal being likes to live?
You're getting some color In your
cheeks, and you're losing that worried,
archnngol look. Honest, If I were a
physician, I'd have only one prescrip
tion: Get out Into the wild country,
jind live off the country us your primi
tive forefathers did. Of course, you
can't do that alone. I know because
I've tried It. We huninns don't differ
no greatly from the other nnlmals.
We're nindo to hunt In couples or
packs. There's a jiuYpose, a law, you
light say, behind that, too; only It's
terribly obscured by a lot of other non
essentials In this day and age."
But slip would not tnke up the cud
gels" against him, would not seem to
countenance or condone his offense by
discussing it from any angle whatso
ever. And she was more determined
to nllow no degree of friendliness, even
la conversation, becuuse she recog
Blred the masterful quality of the
ainn.
After a lupse of time they dropped
Into another valley, nnd faced west
ward to u mountuin range which Bill
told her was the Kockies. The next
day a snowstorm struck them. It was
not particularly cold. Bill wrapped
her In a heuvy canvas coat, and plod
ded on. Noon pnssed, and he mude
no stop. If anything, he Increased his
pace.
Suddenly, In the lute afternoon, they
stepped out of the timber Into a little
denrlng, In which the blurred outline
of a cabin showed under the wide arms
of a leafless tree.
The melting snow nnd soaked
through the coat; her feet were wet
with the clinging flukes, nnd the chill
of u lowering temperature hud set Ua
tel shivering.
niiiirlnc Bill halted nt the door and
lifted her, down from Silk's back with
out the formality of nsklng her lenve.
Ho pulled the lutchstring, and led her
In. Beside the rude stone flreplnco
wood uml kindling were piled In readi
ness for use. Bill kicked the door
nhut. dropped on his knees and stnrted
the fire. In five minutes a great blaze
leaped and crackled Into the wide
throat of the chimney. Then he piled
on more wood, and turned to her.
"This Is the house that Jack built,"
he said, with u sober face nnd a
twinkle In his gray eyes. "This Is the
man that lives In the house that Jack
nullt. And this" he pointed mis
chievously at her "Is the woman
who's going to love the inun that lives
In the house that Jack built."
"Thnt's u He!" she flashed stormlly
through her chattering teeth.
"Well, we'll see," he answered cheer
fully. "Get up here close to the fire
and tnke off those wet things while I
put away the horses."
And with that he went out whistling.
CHAPTER VI.
A Little Personal History.
Hazel discarded the wet coat, nnd,
drawing a chair up to the fire, took
off her sopping footgear nnd tonsted
her bare feet ut the blaze. Her cloth
ing was also wet, and she wondered
pettishly how 'n the world she was
going to maiinge with only the gar
ments on her bnclj ond those dirty
and torn from hncklng through, the
brush for a matter of two weeks. Ac
cording to her standards, that was
roughing it with ll vengeance. Hut
presently she gave over thinking of her
plight. The fire warmod her, and, with
the chill fcono from her body, she be
stowed a curious glance on her sur
rounding. There was fnrniture of n sort un
known to her, tables und chairs fash
ioned by hand with Infinite labor and
rude skill, massive In structure, uphol
stered with the skins of wild beasts
common to the region. Upon the Willis
hung pictures, dulnty black-und-white
prints, and a water color or two. And
between the pictures were nailed heads
pf mountuin sheep and gout, the nnt
lera of deer and caribou. Above the
fireplace spread the huge shovel boms
mf a moose, bearing across the prongs
Co.)
n shotgun nnd fishing rods. The center
of the floor Itself, us she could see,
of hnnd-smoothod logs was lightened
with a grent black nnd red and yellow
rug of curious weuve. Covering up
the bare surface surrounding It were
bearskins, black nnd brown. Her feet
rested In the fur of a monster silver
tip, fur thicker nnd softer than the
pile of nny carpet ever fabricated by
man. All around the walls ran shelves
filled with books. A guitar stood In
one corner, a mandolin In another.
Except for the dust that hnd gath
ered lightly In Its owner's absence, the
place was as neat nnd clean ns If the
housemaid hud hut gone over it. Uuzel
shrugged her shoulders. Hoarlng BUI
Wagstaff became, If anything, more of
an enigma than ever, In the light of his
dwelling. She recollected thut Curlhoo
Mendows hnd regarded him askance,
nnd wondered why.
He come In while her gaze wns still
roving from one object to another, nnd
throw his wet outer clothing, boy
fashion, on the nearest chair.
"Well," be snld, "we're here."
"Please don't forget, Mr. Wagstaff,"
she replied coldly, "that I would much
prefer rot to be here."
He stood a moment regnrding her
with his odd smile. Then he went Into
the adjoining' room. Out of this he
presently emerged, dragging a small
steamer trunk. He opened It, got down
on his knees, and pnwed over the con
tents. Hazel, looking over her shoul
der, saw that the trunk was filled with
womuVs garments, und sat amazed.
"Say. little person," Bill finally re
marked, "It looks to me as If you could
outfit yourself completely right here."
"I don't know thnt I care to deck
myself In another womun's finery,
thank you," she returned perversely.
"Now, see here," Hoarlng Bill turned
reproachfully j "see here "
Up grinned to himself then, nnd went
ngnln Into the other room, returning
with a small, squiire mirror. He plnnt
ed himself squurely In front of her,
und held up the glass. Hazel took one
look nt her reflection, nnd she could
have struck Hoarlng Bill for his au
dacity. She hnd not realized what
on altogether di.sreputuble nppcarance
n normally good-looking young woman
could acquire in two weeks on the
trull, with no toilet accessories and
only the clothes cm her buck. She
tried to snatch the mirror from him,
but Bill eluded her reach, und laid the
glass on the table.
"You'll feel n whole lot better nble to
copo with the situation," he told her
smilingly, "when you get some decent
clothes on nnd your hair fixed. That's
a woman. And you don't need to feel
squeamish about these things. This
trunk's got n history, let me tell you.
A bunch of simon-pure tenderfeet
strayed Into the moutttnlns west of
here a couple of summers ago. There
were two women In the bunch. The
youngest one, who wns about your nge
nnd size, must have had more than
her share of vunlty. I guess she fig
ured on charming the bear and the
moose, or the simple aborigines who
dwell In this neck of the woods. Any
how, she had nil kinds of unnecessary
fixings along, thnt trunkful of stuff
In the lot. You can Imnglne what a
nice time their guides hnd packing thnt
on n horse, eh? They got Into a deuce
of n pickle finally, and hnd to abandon
n lot of their stuff, umong other things
the steamer trunk. I lent them a hand,
and they told me to help myself to the
stuff. So I did after they were out
of the country. Thnt's how you come
to hnve a wardrobe iU 1 ready to your
bund. Now, you'd be awful foolish to
act like a pienn nnd stiff-necked female
person. You're not going to, are you?"
he wheedled. "Because I want to
make you comfortable. What's the
use of getting on your dignity over a
little thing like clothes?"
"I don't Intend to," Hnzel suddenly
changed front. "I'll make myself as
comfortable ns I can particularly if
It will put you to nny trouble."
"You're bound to scrap, eh?" he
grinned. "Hut it takes two to build n
fight, and I positively refuse to fight
with you."
He dragged the trunk back Into the
room, nnd came out carrying a great
nrmful of mnscullnc belongings. Two
such trips he mude, piling ull his things
onto n chnlr.
"There I" he said ut last. "That end
of the house belongs to you, little per
son. Now, get those wet things off bo
fore you catch a e&ld. Oh, wait n min
ute!" He disappeared Into the kitchen end
of the house, and enme back with a
wash-basin and u pull of water.
"Your room 13 now ready, mndnm,
an' It please you." lie bowed with
mock dignity, and went buck Into the
kitchen.
Hazel heard" him rattling nots nnd
dishes, whistling cheerfully the while.
She closed the door, nnd busied herself
with un Inventory of the tenderfoot
Indy's trunk. In It she found every
thing needful for complete chunge, nnd
u variety of gurments to boot. Folded
In the bottom of the trunk wns a gray
cloth skirt und a short bluo silk
kimono. There wns a coat and skirt,
too, of brown corduroy. But the femi
nine iustlnct asserted Itself, and sne
luld out the gruy skirt nnd the kimono.
For a dresser Rourlng Bill hnd fush
loned a wide shelf, nnd on It she found
n toilet set complete hnnd mirror,
military brushes, nnd sundry articles,
backed with silver and engruved wnn
his Initials. I'erhnps with a spice of
malice, she put on a few extra touches.
There would be some smull satisfac
tion In tantlllzlng BUI Wagstaff even
If she could not heln feeling thnt It
might be a dangerous gnme. And, thus
nrrnyed In the weapons of her sex, she
slipped on the kimono, nnd went Into
the living room to the cheerful glow of
the fire.
Bill renmlnoil Imsv In the kitchen.
Dusk fell.' The glenm of tl light showed
through a crnci: In the door, in tne
big room only the fire gave bnttle to
the shadows, throwing a ruddy glow
Into the far corners. Presently Bill
enme In with a pair of candles which
he set on the mantel above the flre
plnco. "By Jove!" he snld, looking down nt
her. "You look good enough to entl
I'm not n cannibal, however," he con
tinued hastily, when Hazel flushed.
Sh" was not used to such pluln speak
ing. "And supper's rendy. Come on !"
The tnble wus set. Moreover, to her
surprise nnd yet not so greutly to her
surprise, for 6he was beginning to ex
pect ulmost nnythlng from this para
doxical young man It wns spread with
linen, nnd the cutlery wns silver, the
dishes chlnn, In contradistinction to
the tinware of his camp outfit.
As a cook Roaring BUI Wugstnff hnd
no cause to be ashamed of himself, nnd
Hu.el enjoyed the meal, pnrtlculnrly
since she had enten nothing since six
In the morning. After n time, when her
appetite was partially satisfied, she
took to glancing, over his kitchen.
There seemed to be some ndjunct of a
kitchen missing. A fire burned on n
hearth similar to the one In the living
room. Pots stood nbout the edge of
the lire. But there was no sign of a
stove.
Bill finished eating, nnd resorted to
clgnrette mnterlal Insteud of his pipe.
"Well, little person," he said at last,
"what do you think of this Joint of
mine, anyway?"
"I've Just been wondering," she re
plied. "I don't see uny stove, yet you
Hazel Saw That the Trunk V t Filled
With Woman's Garments.
hnve food here that looks as If It were
baked, and biscuits that must huve
been cooked In nn oven."
"You see no stove for the good nnd
sufficient reason," he returned, "that
you can't pack a stove on a horse nnd
we're three hundred odd miles from
the end of nny wagon rond. With a
Dutch oven or two thut heavy, round
Iron thing you see there I can gunr
nntee to cook ulmost nnythlng you cun
cook on a stove. Anybody enn If they
know how. Besides, I like things bet
ter this way. If I didn't, I suppose
I'd have a stove and ninybe a hot-wa
ter supply, nnd modern plumbing. As
It Is, It affords me a sort of prldeful
satisfaction, which you muy or muy
not be able to understand, that this
cabin nnd everything In It Is the work
of my hands or stuff I've pneked In
here with all sorts of effort from the
outside. Maybe I'm a frouk. But I'm
proud of this place. Barring the In
cvltnble lonesomeness thnt comes now
nnd then, I cun be happier here than
any place I've ever struck yet This
country grows on one.
"Yes on one's nerves," Hnzel re
torted.
BUI smiled, nnd, rising, began to clear
nwny the dishes. Iluzel resisted an Im
pulse to help. She would not work;
she would not lift her finger to nny
tusk, she reminded herself. Ho hnd
put her In her present position, nnd he
could wait on her. So she rested nn
elbow on the tuble and watched him.
In tho midst of his work he stopped
suddenly.
"Tin re's oceans of time to do this,"
he observed. "I'm Just a wee bit
tired, if anybody should nsk you. Let's
cump In the other room. It's n heap
more comfy."
He put more wood on the kitchen
fire, und set a pot of wnter to bent
Out In tho living room Hnzel drew her
chnlr to one side of the hearth. Bill
sprawled on the bearskin robe with an
other cigarette in bis lingers.
"No," he began, after a long silence,
"this country doesn't get on one's
nerves not If one Is a nonnnl human
being. You'll find thut. When I first
cumo up here I thought so, too; It
seemed so big and empty and forbid
ding. But the more I see of It the bet
ter It compnres with the outer world,
where the extremes of luxury nnd wunt
ure always In evidence. It began to
seem like home to me when I first
looked down Into this little bnsln.' I
had a partner then. I said to him:
'Here's a dandy, fine place to winter.'
So we wintered In a log shack sixteen
foot square thnt Silk and Satin nnd
Nigger have for a stable now. When
summer enme my partner wonted to
move on, so I stayed stayed and be
gan to build for the next winter. And
I've been working at It ever since,
muklng llttlo things like chairs and
tables and shelves, nnd fixing up gnme
heads whenever I got an extra good
one. And maybe two or three times a
yenr I'd go out. Got restless, you
know. I'm not renlly a hermit by na
ture. Lord, the things I've pucked In
here from the outside I Books I hired
n whole puck trnln nt Ashcroft once to
bring In Just books; they thought I
wns crnzy, I guess. I've quit this place
once or twice, but I nlwnys come buck.
It's got thnt home feeling that I can't
find anywhere else. Only It bus nlwnys
lacked one Important homo qualifica
tion," he finished softly. "Do you ever
build air castles?"
"No," Hazel nnswered untruthfully,
unensy nt the trend of his tnlk. She
wns learning thnt Bill Wagstaff, for
all his gentleness and patience with
her, wns n persistent mortnl.
"Well, I do," he continued, unper
turbed. "Lots of 'em. But mostly
nronnd one thing n womnn n dreum
womnn becnuse I never snw one thnt
seemed to fit In until I ran ncross yon."
"Mr. Wagstaff," nnzel pleaded,
"won't you plense stop talking like
thnt? It Isn't It Isn't"
"Isn't proper. I suppose," Bill sup
plied dryly, "Now, thnt's merely nn
error, nnd n fundnmentnl error on your
pnrt, little person. Our emotion nnd
Instincts nre perfectly proper when you
get down to fundamentals. You've got
nn artificial standard to Judge by,
that's nil. And I don't suppose you
hnve the lenst idea how ninny lives nre
spoiled one way nnd nnother by the
operation of those same artificial stand-
nrds In this llttlo old world. Now, I
mny seem to you n lawless, unprin
cipled Individual Indeed, becuuse I've
ncted contrary to your Idea of the ac
cepted order of things. But here's my
side of It : I'm In search of happiness.
We nil are. I have n few Ideals nnd
very few Illusions. I don't quite believe
In this thing called love at first sight.
That presupposes a volatility of emo-
tion that people of uny strength of
ennrncter nre not likely to Indulge In.
But for Instance, a man can hnve a
very definite Ideal of the kind of wom
nn he would like for a mate, the kind
or woman he could be happy with nnd
could make happy. And whenever he
finds a womnn who corresponds to thnt
Ideal hes opt to make a strenuous nt
tempt to get her. That's pretty much
how I felt about you."
"You had no right to kidnap me,"
Hazel begun.
"You had no business getting lost
nnd making It possible for me to carry
you off," Bill replied. "Isn't thut logic?
"1 11 never forgive you," Hazel
flushed. "It wus trencherous nnd un
innnly. There ure other wuys of win
ning a woman."
"There wnsn't nny other way open
to me." Bill grew suddenly moody,
"Not with you In Curlhoo Mendows.
I'm taboo there. Why, I'd have been nt
your elbow when you left the supper
table nt Jim Brlggs' that night if I
hadn't known how It would be. I went
there out of sheer curiosity to tnke a
look nt you maybe out of a spirit of
defiance, too, becnuse I knew that I
was certainly not welcome even If they
were willing to take my money for a
menl. And I came nwny nil up In the
nlr. There wns something about you
tho tone of your voice, tho wny your
proud little bend is set on your shout
ders, your makeup In general that
sent me nwny with u lnrge-slzed grouch
nt myself, nt Cariboo Meadows, und. at
you for coming In my way."
"Why?" she asked In wonder.
"Becnuse you'd have believed what
they told you, and Curlhoo Mendows
can't tell anything nbout me thnt Isn't
hnd," he said quietly. "My record
there makes me entirely unfit to asso
ciate with that would have been your
conclusion. And I wunted to be with
you, to tnlk to you, to tuke you by
storm nnd make you like me ns I felt
I could care for you. You can't hnve
grown up, little person, without realiz
ing thnt you do attract men very
strongly. All women do, hut some far
more thnn others."
"I'erhnps," she admitted coldly.
"Men have annoyed me with their un
welcome nttentlons. But none of them
ever dared go the length of currying
me nwny ngalnst my will. You can't
explain or excuse thnt."
"I'm not attempting excuses," Bill
tnnde nnswer. "There nre two things
I never do npologlze or bully. I dnre
say that's one renson the Mendows
gives me such u black eye. If they
weren't u good deal nfrold of me, and
always laying for a chance to do mo
up, they wouldn't let me stny In the
tpwn overnight. So you enn see what
a handicap I was under when It 'dime
to making your acquaintance nnd
courting you In the orthodox manner."
"You've mado n grent mistake," she
said bitterly, "If you think you've re
moved th,e handicap. I've suffered a
groat deal nt the hands of men In the
past six months. I'm beginning to be
lieve that all men nre brutes ut henrt."
Hoarlng Bill sut up nnd Clasped his
hnnils over his knees uud stured fixedly
Into the fire.
"No," he snld slowly, "ull men nre
not brutes any more than nil women
are ungels. I'll convince you of thut."
some, then," she cried for
lornly. "That's the only way you can1
convince me or make amends."
"No," Bill murmured, "that Isn't the
wny.' Walt till you know me better.
Besides, I couldn't tuke you out now If
I wanted to without exposing you to
grenter hardships than you'll hnve to
endure here. Do you realize thut It's
fall, and we're In the high latitudes?
This snow mny not go off at all. Even
If It does It will storm ngnln before a
week. You couldn't wnllow through
snow to your waist In forty-below-zcro
weather."
"People will pass here, and Til get
word out," nazel asserted desperately.
"What good would thnt do you?
You've got too much conventional re
gard for what you term your reputa
tion to send word to Cnrlboo Mondows
thnt you're living bnck here with Rour
lng BUI Wngstuff, nnd won't some one
please come nnd rescue you." He
pnused to let thnt sink In, then con
tinued: "Besides, you won't see a
white' face before spring; then only by
accident. No one In the North, out-
sldo of a few Indlnns, has ever seen
this cnbln or knows where It stnnds."
She snt dumb, rnglng Inwardly. For
the minute she could hnve killed Ronr
Ing Bill. She who hnd been so sure In
her Independence cnrrled, whether or
no, Into the heart of the wilderness at
tho whim of a mnn who stood n self-
confessed rowdy. In 111 repute nmoni
his own kind. There wns a slumber
ing devil In Miss Hazel Weir, nnd it
togk little to wake her temper. She
looked at BUI Wagstaff, and her breast
heaved. He wns responsible, nnd he
could sit coolly tnlklng nbout It. Tho
resentment that had smoldered ngalnst
Andrew Bush nnd Jack Barrow concen
trated on Rourlng Bill ns the arch of
fender of them till. And lest she yield
to n savage Impulse to scream ut him,
sho got up nnd rnn Into the bedroom,
slammed the door shut behind her,, nnd
threw herself ncross the bed to muffle
the sound of her crying In a pillow.
After a time she lifted her hend.
Outside, the wind whistled gustily
nround the cabin corners. In the
hushed Intervals sho henrd a stendy
pad, pad, sounding sometimes close by
her door, ngnln faintly nt the far end
of the room. A beam of light shone
through tho generous lutchstring hole
In the door. Stenllng softly over, she
peeped through this hole. From end
to end of the big room nnd bnck ngaln
Roaring Bill pneed slowly, looking
straight nhend of him with a fixed,
absent stnre, his teeth closed on his
nether lip. Hnzel bUnked wondering
ly. Slimy nn hour In the lust three
months she hud walked the floor like
that, biting her lip In mental agony.
And then, while sho wns looking, BUI
abruptly extinguished the candles. In
the red gleam from the heurth she snw
him go Into tho kitchen, closing the
door-softly. After thnt there was no
sound but the swirl of tho storm
brushing nt her window.
In lino with Ronrlng Bill's foreenst,
the wenther cleared for n brief span,
nnd then winter shut down In earnest.
Dally the cold Increased, till a half
Inch layer of frost stood on tho cabin
panes. ,
How Hazel passes the winter
In the "wilds" and what hap
pens when spring brings a
chance for her release, Is told
in the next installment
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
ONE OF WORLD'S GREAT MEN
Johnny Appleseed, Responsible for
Many Orchards in Wide Range, Will
Not Soon Be Forgotten.
John Chapman's namo occupies nn
Important place In our American his
tory, for lie Is known ns "Johnny Ap
pleseed, tho Apostle of Applo Grow
ing." Moro than a hundred years hnve
passed since Johnny Appleseed scat
tered npple seeds throughout a wide
rnnge of territory from Pennsylvania
to the Mississippi country, und In hu
mility, yet his name bus been Immor
talized, und wo of future generations
will be n long time forgetting the name
of this great father of the modern
npple-growlng Industry, the Chrlsttun
Herald states.
Johnny Appleseed was horn In
Springfield, Mass., In tho yenr 1773,
eventful In American history In more
ways than one. About the your 1801
he emigrated from Massachusetts, Join
ing those forces starting for the un
known western country.
In the territory between Massachu
setts and Ohio, and. as far as Iudlanu,
Mr. Chapman was n familiar figure.
He foresaw the tide of migration go
ing to the West, nnd seeing the need of
fruit, devoted bis life to Its culture.
Gathering all the apple seeds he could
secure In his native state he would
hiake long trips west, planting tho
seed und supplying tho scattered set
tlers with enough to provide them with
dependable orchards. The result was
thousands of producing apple orchards
throughout this vust territory.
Kiss Under the Mistletoe.
The mistletoe wus held In great
reverence by the Druids. It wns be
lieved to be particularly and divine
ly healing; In fact, It was given this
attribute for centuries. It hud special
significance ns the cause of the death
of Balder, tho Norse Apollo, who wns
killed by an urrow mude from its
brunches.
Subsequently Balder wns restored to
life, tho mistletoe tree was placed un
der the care of Frlgga, nnd from that
time until It touched the earth wns
never again to be an Instrument of
evil.
The present custom of kissing un
der the mistletoe Is tho outcome of nn
old practice of the Druids. Persons of
opposite sexes pnssed under the sus
pended vine nnd gnvo each other tho
kiss of love and pence, In full nssur
ance that, though It had caused Hai
der's death, it had lost nil its power
of doing barm since his restorntlon.
Cause of Rainfall.
Rainfalls nre governed by the law of
repartition of the temperatures In the
atmosphere, nnfl to break tho equili
brium nnd bring nbout rnln requires
so great nn energy ns ennnot be at
tributed to such a fceblo cause as thnt
determined by the local vibrations pro
duced even by the most Intense firing
of cannon.
Ill ECLIPSES
ALL OTHERS
Bond: Bought by Nearly Seven
teen Million.
M'ADOO THANKS NATION
Psople Of All Means Getting The In
vestment Habit And Expected To
Put More Money Into Next
Loan.
Washington. Analysis of Liberty
Loan reports showed that probably
17,000,000 persons bought bonds In the
campaign closed Saturday midnight
7,000,000 more than In the second
loan end 12,500,000 more than In the
fir t. Latest tabulations showed $3,
316,628,250 reported subscriptions, but
the Treasury now believes the actual
total, which muy run to $4,000,000,000,
will not be definitely known until May
13, four days after individual banks
are requlrnSl to report to Federal re
seve banks.
"Whatever the money total," said a
Treasury statement, "the loan just
closed probably Is the most success
ful ever flouted by any nation. The
marvelous 'distribution of the third
Liberty Loan Indicates that one out
of every six persons In the Unlred
States may have participated In this
lo:in."
Hanks' resources, It was pointed out,
have been druwn on comparatively lit
tle to make the loan a success and
ths prospects for future loans are
brlghier us a consequence. An added
reason for Jubilation umong Treasury
officials Is the indication thut the Gov
ernment bond-buying habit Is becom
ing stronger umong people of small
means and that they probably will
Invent even more heavily In the fourth
loan next fall.
Secretary McAdoo, in a statement
thanking the nation for its support of
the loan, said the widespread distribu
tion of bonds "Is particularly gratify
ing." nn'd added: "This Is the sound
est form of national war finance the
distribution of the loan among tho
people themselves."
He urged subscribers to retain their
bonds unless there Is a pro-sing neces
pity for selling them, bof.i to help
maintain the credit of the Government
and as a stimulus to "those economies
and savings which release materials
nnd labor necessary to the support, If
not to tho very life of our army and
navy."
STEEL SHIP BUILT IN 27 DAYS.
New York Shipbuilding Company Es
tablishes New World's Record.
Washington. When the steel collier
Tuckahoe went overboard from the
Camden ways of the New York Ship
building Company Monday morning a
new world's record in rnpld ship con
struction was established, a record
that has never been even approxi
mated In the history of the murine
Industry.
The record established was 27 days,
2 hours and 50 minutes for the build
ing of a 5,550-ton steel steamship. The
vessel was complete from keel to
truck in every detail, except a few
finishing touches by the painters nnd
outfitters. The boilers In place, en
gines installed, masts ' stepped, fun
nel In position, propeller fitted, rud
der hung and all ready for business,
except n full head of steam.
The Tuckahoe was to have been de
livered Juno 15. The Emergency
Fleet Corporation designers and offi
cials did not believe when the contract
for her was let that it wus humanly
possible for any group of workmen to
do better than June 1, ut the outside.
Hut American enterprise, genius and
pati -loth-iii accomplished the job 41
days nhend of time.
PENETRATE THIRD GERMAN LINE
An American Raiding Party Fail To
Find Any.
American Army In France. Amer
ican troops In the Lorraine sector car
ried out a raid on the German lines
south of Hallevllle. on a fiuo-ynrd
front.
After an Intense but brief artillery
preparation, the Infantry, accompa
nied by pioneers, went over the top
nnd penetrated the German positions
to the third line. They found not a
tingle German.
The attack was on a German sal
ient, he artillery completely leveled
the German positions and the pioneers
finished the Job by blowing up all the
enemy work, thus "eliminating the
salient.
North or St. Mlhiel (Verdun sector)
the enemy bombarded the Ameri
can positions. The American nrtll-'
lory countered effectively, evidently
thwarting a German raid.
KILLED IN 2,000-FOOT FALL.
Army Lieutenant Mests Death At
Florida School.
Arcadia. Fin. Lieut. S. T. Valen
tine, of New York City, attached to
the Army Aviation School near here,
was killed Instantly when the airplane
in which he was flying fell approxi
mately 2,000 feet.
UNCLE SAM WILL TAKE HIM.
German Lion Tamer Held Under
Espionage Act.
Winchester, Va. William Hlunke,
31 years old, until recently a resident
of Winchester, Is held In Hlchmond
as an enemy alien, halving been arrest
ed In Orange county, where he had
taken refuge after hurriedly leaving
Washington last fall. While here
Hlunke worked at locul garages and
frequently boasted of German military
proweii.
To. drive a tank, handle thcgtin,
weep over the enemy trenches, tak '
strong nerves, good rich blood, a
stomach, liver and kidneys. Wn
'time conies, the mnn with red bloou
his veins "Is up nnd at It." He ml!r
nerves for hardships nn Interest inhj!
work grips him. Thnt's the wuy ...
feel when you hnve taken a hlnoi a,i
nerve tonic, mndo up of Blood tin
Golden Seal root, Stone root, fh.m
bark, and rolled Into a sugar-rim
tnbletnnd sold In sixty-cent vlalshyf
mrict nil ,llllirrrluta fill finuf lift.
as nr. rierce's uoiuen Medical nuPo,
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There Is no eurthly hope for ma:
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Sore Eyea, Blood-Phot Eyre. Watery Em
Sticky Eyi-a. all hi uliil promptly with nub:
ly appllcatlona of Roman Eye Balaam. A4'
Mattcr-of-Fact Youth.
Teacher April showers bring fori'
(vlint, Tommy?
Tommy I'nibrellus, miss.
With a Loud VoVice.
"Money talks."
"And Just now It Is shouting the ba:
tie cry of freedom."
Only for Fun.
Mrs. Smith Of course, you p!i!
bridge whist only for fun?
Mrs. Swift of course. But it i-n
nny fun unless you are playing f;'
money.
One Instance.
She (with enthusiasm) Oh, n
dear, look what bargains I've R"1
They sold such cheap tilings '
Takeiii & Breakem's today.
He (with disgust) Ves, I see the'
Sold you.
' Says Fish Have Brains.
Stephen Decatur Bridges of VcroM
near Bangor, who Is known a th'
salmon ami ulewlfe king of the IVt
obscot, Is as positive not only that
have brains, but that fish reason "
form dislikes and likes und tell tln'i'
opinions to each other.
Bridges explains the dlsnppeiiran1"
of salmon from -the Penobscot In I'
ways either "salmon tell other mv
nion how dirty Its waters are and Ik'
It Is not lit for any respectable
mon to live In," or "the fish resent!'
becnuse at the hatchery In Kust C'
land they are taken from tho waM
uud stripped of their eggs."
"The llsh resent thnt because It I'
ngalnst nature," Mr. Bridges nssert
"They decide they are not being in1'
ed right and stay away." Boston H''r
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