THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
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HAZEL GETS A TERRIFYING
WAYS OF THE
Synopsis. Miss Ilnzel Weir, a stenographer, living at Gmnvlllo,
Ontario, Is pluctMl under 11 cloud ly circumstances fur which she Is
entirely blameless. To escape from the groundless gossip, that pursues
her, she secures o position us schoolteacher nt Curlhoo Meadows, In n
wild part of British Coliimhla. There, at a hoarding house, she first
sees "Konring Bill" WngstnfT, n well-known character of that country.
Soon after her arrival Hazel loses her way while walking In the woods.
She wanders until night when she reaches "Konrlng Hill's" camp fire
In the woods. He promises to take her home In the morning. -hut she
Is compelled to spend the night In the woods. After wandering In the
woods all the next day, "Itoarlng Hill" finally admits that he Is taking
Hazel to his cabin In the mountains. Hazel finds upon their arrival nt
the cahln that she cannot hope to escape from the wilderness before
spring. Purine the long winter "Roaring Rill" treats Hazel with the
greatest respect. He tells her lie loves her and tries to Induce her to
marry him, hut she refuses. In the spring he takes her to Relln Coola,
where she can get n limit to Vancouver. At Vancouver Hazel takes n
train for Oninvlllo, hut on the way she realizes that she loves WngstafT
and decided to return to him. "Roaring Rill" Is overjoyed and to
gether they travel to a Hudson hay post and are married. After
several menths they decide to go farther Into the mountains to a spot
where Rill Is confident there Is gold.
CHAPTER X Continued.
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On the second day they crossed the
Skeena, a risky and tedious piece of
business, for the river ran deep nnd
strong.
I'rcsently the way grew rougher. If
anything. Roaring Hill Increased IJs
pace. He himself no longer rode.
When the steepness of the hills nnd
canyons made the going hard the pneks
Were redlvlded, nnd henceforth Satin
bore on his hack n portion of the sup
plies. RIII led the wny tlreiessly.
Through files, river crossings, camp
lahor, and till the petty Irritations of
ttie trail he kept an unruffled spirit, a
fine, enduring patience that Hazel mar -
Ycled at nnd admired. Many n time,
wakening at some slight stir, she
would find him conking breakfast. In
every way within Ms power he saved
her. ,
Many n strange shift were they put
to. Once r.i!l had to fell a great
spruce across a twenty-fo t crevice. Tt
took him two 'days to hew It flat ro
that his horses could he led over. The
depth was bottomless to the .eye, but
from far below rose the cavernous
prowl of rushing water, and Hazel
held her breath as each animal stepped
gingerly over the narrow bridge. One
lliis'.teli
(.(nee they climbed tliree weary days
np n precipitous mountain range, nnd,
turned back In sight of the crest by
an Impassable cliff, were forced to
back track and swing u fifty-mile do
lour. September wns upon them. The
days dwindled In length, and Die nights
grew to have a frosty nip.
Early and late hu pushed on. Two
rump necessities were fortunately
iibulidatit. grass and wnter. Even so,
the stress of the trail told on the
horses. They lost flesh. The extreme
steepness of succeeding hills bred galls
miller the heavy packs. They grew
leg weary, no longer following each
other with sprightly step nnd heads
hlpli. Hazel pitied them, for she her
self was trail wenry beyond words.
The vagabond Instinct had fallen
nslecp. The fine nura of romance no
longer hovered over the venture.
Sometimes when dusk ended the
day's Journey nnd she swung her stlf
fened limn out of the saddle, she '
would cheerfully have foregone all the
fold !n the North to be nt her ease
before th" fireplace In their distant
cnliin. with her man's bead nesting In
her lap, and no toll of weary miles
looming sternly on the morrow's horl
f.on. It wns all work, trying work, the
more trying because she sensed a
latent uneasiness on her husband's
part, an uneasiness sle could never In
duce him to embody in words. Never
theless. It existed, and she resented Its
existence n trouble she could not
share. Rut she could not put her fin
ger on the cause, for Hill merely smiled
a denial who", she mentioned It.
Nor did she fathom the cause until
iifMtn n certain day which fell upon
the end of a week's wearisome traverse
of I he hardest country yet encountered.
They broke out of a canyon up
which they had struggled all day onto
a level plot where the pine stood In
somber ranks. A spring creek split the
fl;it In two. Reside this tiny stream
I.lll unlnshed his packs. It still lacked
two hours of dark. Hut he made no
comment, and Hazel forbore to trouble
him with questions. Once the packs
were olT and the horses nt liberty, Hill
crincht up his rifle.
"Come on. Hazel," ho said. "Let's
take a Utile hike."
The fiat was small, nnd once clear
of It the pines thinned out on a steep,
n't;,V slope so that westward they
could overlook a vast network of can
yons and mountain spurs. Rut ahead
of them the mountain rose to nn up
standing backbone of Jumbled granite,
and on this backbone Hill Wagstnff
bent nn anxious rye. Presently they
sat down on a bowlder to take a
lironthlng spell nfter n stiff stretch of
cllinhlng. Hazel slipped her hand In
Ids nnd whispered :
"What Is It. Hilly-boy?"
" I'm nfrald we can't get over here
with the horses," he answered slowly.
"And If we can't find a puss of some
kind well, come o! It Isn't more
than a quarter of a mile to the top."
Just short of the top Hill hnlted, nnd
wiped the sweat out of his eyes. And
vk he stood his gaze suddenly became
fixed, a concentrated stare at a point
mirthwnrd. He raised bis glasses.
"By thunder!" he exclaimed. "I be
lieveIt's me for the top."
' He went up the few remaining yards
with n haste thnt left Hazel panting
behind. Above her he stood balanced
on a bowlder, cut sharp ngnlnst the
sky, n:d she reached blin Just as he
lowered the field glasses with a sigh
of relief. . Ills eyes shone with exul
tation. "Come on up on the perch." he In
vited, and reached forth a lung, mus-
Bertram w Sitidair
GLIMPSE OF THE RUTHLESS
WILDERNESS.
culnr.nrm, drawing her up close be
side him on the rock.
"Heboid the Hroinlsed Land," he
breathed, "and the gateway thereof,
lying a couple of miles to the north.'
They were. It seemed to Hazel, roost
lug precariously on the very summit
of the. world. On both. sides the moun
tain pitched away sharply In rugged
folds. Rehlnd them, between them nnd
the far I'aclflc, rolled n sea of moun
tains, snow-capped, glacier-torn, gi
gantic.
"Down there," Roaring Hill waved
his hand, "there's n little meadow, nnd
turf to walk on. Lord, I'll be glad to
get out of these rocks! You'll never
1 ratch me coming In this wny again.
It's sure tough going. And I've been
scared to death for n week, thinking
we couldn't get through."
"Rut we can?"
"Yes, easy," he assured. "Take the
glasses and look. That Hat we left our
outfit In runs pretty well to the top,
about two miles along. Then there's
a notch In the ridge that you'ean't get
with the naked eye, and u wider can
yon running down Into the baslg. It's
the only decent break In the divide for
fifty miles so far as I can see. We're
lucky to hit this pass."
"Suppose we couldn't get over here?"
Hazel asked. "What If there hadn't
been n pass?"
"That was beginning to keep me
awake nights," he confessed. "Do you
realize fiat It's getting late In the
year? Winter may come blng 1 In
side of ten days. And me caught In
a rock pile, with no cabin to shelter
my best girl, nnd no hny up to feed my
horses! You bet It bothered me."
She hugged him sympnthetlcnlly, nnd
Hill smiled down nt her.
"Hut It's plain sailing now," he con
tinued. "I know that basin nnd all the
country beyond It. It's n pretty decent
camping place, and there's a fairly
easy way out."
He bestowed n reassuring kiss upon
her. They sat on the boulder for a
few minutes, then scrambled downhill
to the Jack-pine fiat, and built their
evening fire. And for the first time
In many days Roaring HII! whistled
anil lightly burst Into snatches of song
In the deep, bellowing voice that had
F,vpn ,,lm hls nnn,c ,mrk ln ,ne Girl-
i"i eiuinir.v. ins numor was infec
tions. Hazel felt the gods of hleh
ndventure smiling broadly upon them
once more.
At noon, two days later, they stepped
out of n heavy stand of spruce Into
n sun-warmed meadow, where ripe yel
low grasses waved to their horses'
knees. Hazel came nfoot. n fresh
killed deer lashed ncross Silk's hack.
Hill hesitated, as If taking his bear
ings, then led to where n rocky spur
of :i hill Jutted Into the meadow's edge.
Swung the Keen Blade in the Heavy
Grass.
A spring bubbled out of a pebbly ba
sin, and he poked about In the grass
beside It with his foot, presently stoop
Ing to pick up something which proved
to be a short bit of charred stick.
"The remains of my last campfire,"
he smiled remlnlscently. "Racks off,
old pal. We're through with the trail
for a while."
CHAPTER XI. '
Four Walls and a Roof.
Hrought to It by a kindlier road,
Hazel would have found thnt nook In
the ICIappan range n plerisant enough
place. She could not deny Its bentity.
Rut she wns far too trnll wenry to np
preel"e the grnndenr of the Klappnn
range. She desired nothing so much
as rest nnd comfort, nnd the solemn
mountains were neither restful nor
soothing. They stood too grim nnd
nloof In a lonely Innd.
There wns so much to be done, work
of the hands; a cabin to build, and a
stuble; hay to be cut and stacked so j
that their horses might live through
the long winter which already her
alded his approach with sharp, sting
ing frosts at night, and flurries of
snow nlong the higher ridges.
Rill staked the tent beside the
spring, fashioned a rude fork out of
a pronged willow, nnd fitted a handle
to the scythe he had brought for the
purpose. From dawn to dark he swung
the keen blade ln the heavy grnss
which carpeted the bottom. Rehlnd
him Hazel piled It In little mounds
with a fork. She Insisted on this,
though It blistered her hands nnd
brought furious pains to her bnck. If
her man must strain every nerve she
would lighten the burden with what
strength she had. And with two pair
of hands to the task, the piles of hay
gathered thick on the meadow. When
Hill Judged that the supply reached
twenty tons, he built n rude sled with
a rack on It, nnd hnuled In the hay
with a saddle horse,
"Amen I" said Hill, when he had emp
tied the rack fur the last time, nnd
the hay rose In a nent stack. "That's
another load off my mind. I can build
a cabin nnd n stable In six feet of
snow If I have to, but there would
have been n slim chance of haying once
a storm lilt us. We wouldn't go hun
gry there's moose enough to feed nn
army ranging ln that low ground to the
south."
"There's everything that one needs,
almost, In the wilderness, Isn't there?"
Hazel observed reflectively. "Hut still
the law of life Is awfully harsh, don't
you think, Hill. Isolation is n terrible
thing when It Is so absolutely com
plete. Suppose something went wrong?
There's po help, and no mercy nbso-
lately none. Nature, when you get
close to her. Is so Inexorable."
Rill eyed her a second. Then he put
his arms around her, and patted her
hair tenderly
"Is It getting on your nerves already,
little person?" he asked. "Nothing's
going to go wrong. I've been In wild
country too often to make mistakes or
get careless. Life Isn't a bit harsher
here than In the human tint heaps,
What does the old, settled country do
to you when you have neither money
nor job7 It treats you worse than the
worst the North can do; for, lncklng
the price. It denies you access to the
abundance that mocks you In every
shop window, nnd bars you out of the
houses that line the streets. Here.
everything needful Is yours for the tnk
Ing. No, little person, I don't think
the law of life Is nearly so harsh here
as It Is where the mob struggles for Its
dally bread. It's more open nnd
nboveboard here; more up to the Indi
vidual. Hut It's lonely sometimes. I
guess that's what nils ydii.'
Oh, pouf!" she denied. "I'm not
lonely, so long as I've got you. Hut
sometimes I think of something hap
pening to you sickness and accidents.
and all that."
Forget It!" Hill exhorted. "That's
the worst of living In this big, still
country It makes one Introspective,
nnd so confoundedly conscious of what
puny atoms we huninn beings are,
nfter nil. Rut there's less chance of
sickness here than nny place. Wait
till I get that cabin built, with a big
fireplace at one end. We'll be more
comfortable, and things will look a
little rosier. This thing of everlnstlng
hurry nnd hard work gets on every
body's nerves."
The best of the afternoon wns still
unspent when the hnystncklng termi
nated, nnd Hill declared a holiday.
When the fire had sunk to dull em
bers, and the stars were peeping shvly
In the ope.i flap of their tent, she whis
pered In his ear:
You mustn't think I'm complaining
or lonesome or nnythlng. Hilly-hoy,
when I make remarks like I did today.
I love you a heap, nnd I'd be hnppy
nnywhere with you. And I'm really
nnd truly nt borne In the wilderness.
Only only sometimes I have a funny
feeling; ns If I were nfrald. I look up
nt these big mountains, nnd they seem
to be scowling ns If we were tres
passers or something."
"I know." Rill drew her close to
him. "Rut that's Just mood. I've felt
thnt same sensation up here a foolish.
Indefinable foreboding. All the out-of-the-way
places of the earth produce
thnt effect, If one Is nt nil Imaginative.
It's the bigness of everything, nnd the
eternal stillness. It would be hard on
the nerves to live hero nlwnys. Rut
we're only nfter a stake then all the
pleasant places of the earth are open
to us; with that llttl old log house
up by rino river for a refuge when
ever we get tired of the world at large.
Cuddle up nnd go to sleep. You're a
dend-game sport, or you'd have hol
lered long ngo."
And, next day, to Hazel, sitting by
watching him swing the heavy, double
bitted ax on the foundation logs of
their winter home, It nil seemed fool
ish, that heaviness of heart which'
sometimes assailed her. She was per
fectly happy. They had plenty of food.
In n few brief months Hill would wrest
a sack of gol 1 from the treasure house
of the North, nnd they would Journey
home by easy stages. Why should she
brood? It wus sheer folly a mere
ebb of spirit.
Fortune favored them to the extent
of letting the October storms remain
In abeyance until Bill finished his
cabin, with a cavernous fireplace of
rough stone nt one end.
Followed then the erection of a
stable to shelter the horses. Midway
of its construction a cloud bank blew
out of, the northeast, nnd a foot of
snow fell. Then It cleared to brilliant
days of frost. Hill finished his stable.
At nlgjit he tied the horses therein. By
dny they were turned loose to rustle
their fodder from under the crisp
snow. It was necessary to husband
the stock of hay, for ppring might be
late.
After that they went hunting. The
third day Hill shot two moose In an
"pen glade ten miles afield. It took
them two more days to haul In the
frozen meat on a sled.
He also laid 'In a atock of frozen
trout by the simple expedient of locat
ing a large pool, and netting the
speckled denizens thereof through a
hole In the Ice.
So their larder wag (amply supplied.
And, as the cold rigidly tightened Its
grip, and succeeding snows deepened
the white blanket tiy snowshoes be
enmo Imperative, Bill began to string
out a line of trups.
December winged by, the dnys sue
ceedlng each other like glittering pan
els on a black ground of long, drear
nights. Christmas came. They rous
tered up something of the holiday
spirit, dining gayly off a roast of curl
boil. For the occasion Hazel had saved
the last half dozen potatoes. With tho
material at her command she evolved
n Christmas pudding, serving It with
brandy sauce. And nfter satisfying
appetites bred of a morning tilt with
Jack Frost ulong Hill's trap line, they
spent a pleasant hour picturing their
next Chrlstmns. There would be holly
nnd bright lights and music the festl
vtil spirit freed of all restraint.
A day or two nfter the first of the
year Roaring Hill set out to go over
one of the uttermost trap lines. Five
minutes after closing the door ho was
back.
"Knsy with that fire, llttlo person."
he cautioned. "She's blowing out of
the northwest again. The sparks are
sailing pretty high. Keep your eye
on It, Hazel."
"All right. Rillum," she replied. "I'll
he careful."
Not more than fifty ynrds separated
the house ami stable. At the stablo
end stood the stack of hay, n low hum
mock above the surrounding drift. Ex
cept for the place where Rill dally re
moved the supply for his horses there
wns not much foothold for n spark,
since a thin coat of snow overiald the
greater part of the top. Hut there was
that chance of catastrophe. The chim
ney of their fireplace yawned wide to
the sky, vomiting sparks and ash like
She Was Working on a Pair of Moc
casins, After an Indian Pattern.
a miniature volcano when tho fire was
roughly stirred, or nn extra heavy sup
ply of dry wood laid on. When the
wind whistled out of the northwest the
line of flight was fair over the stack.
It behooved them to watch wind and
fire.
nazel washed up her breakfast
dishes, and set the cabin in order ac
cording to her housewifely instincts.
Then she curled up In the chair which
Hill had painstakingly constructed for
her especial comfort with only ax and
knife for tools. She wns working on
n pair of moccasins nfter an Indian
pattern, and she grew wholly absorbed
In the task, drawing stitch after stitch
of sinew strongly nnd neatly Into
place. When nt length the soreness
of her fingers warned her that she hnd
been nt work a long time, she looked
nt her watch.
"Goodness me! Hill's duo home nny
time, nnd I haven't n thing ready to
eat," she exclaimed. "And here's my
fire nearly out."
She piled on wood, nnd stirring the
coals under It, fanned them with her
husband's old felt hat. forgetful of
sparks or aught but that she should
bo cooking ngnlnst his hungry nrrlvnl.
Outside, the wind blew lustily, driving
the loose snow ncross the open In long,
wnverlng ribbons. Hut she had for
gotten that It was In the dangerous
quarter, nnd she did not recnll thnt Im
portant fact even when she sat down
again to wntch her moose steaks broil
on 4,bo glowing coals raked apart from
the leaping blaze. The flames licked
Into tTie throat of the chimney with
the purr of a giant cat.
No sixth sense warned her of Im
pending calamity. It burst upon her
wltlw startling abruptness only when
she opened the door to throw out some
scraps of discarded meat, for the blaze
of the burning stack shot thirty feet
In the air, nnd the smoke rolled ncross
the meadow In n sooty manner.
Bareheaded, In n thin pair of moccn-
slns, without coat or mittens to fend
her from the lance-toothed frost, Hazel
ran to the stable. She could get the
horses nut, perhaps, Jiefore the log
walls became their crematory But Bill,
coming In from his traps, reached the
stable first, and there wns nothing for
her to do but stand nnd wntch with n
sickening self-reproach. He untied
nnd clubbed the reluctant horses out
side. Already the stnble end against
the hay was shooting up tongues of
flame. As the blnsso lnpped swiftly
over the roof nnd ate Into the wnlls.
the horses struggled through the deep
drift, lunging desperntely to gnln a few
ynrds, then turned to stnnd with enrs
pricked up at the strnnge sight, shlv
ering In the bitter northwest wind thnt
assailed their bare, unprotected bodies.
Bill himself drew bnck from the lire
nnd stared nt It fixedly. Ho kept si
lence until Hazel timidly put her hand
on Ids arm.
"You watched thnt fire nil right,
didn't yon?" he said then.
"Bill, Bill !" she cried. But he
merely shrugged his shoulders, nnd
kept his guze fixed on the burning
stable.
To Hazel, shivering with the cold,
even close ns she was to the Intense
heat, It seemed nn Incredibly short
time till a glowing mound below the
snow level wns nil thnt remained; a
black-edged pit that belched smoko
and spnrks. Thnt and five horses
humped tall to tho driving wind, stol
idly enduring. Sho shuddered with
something besides the cold. And then
Hill spoko absently, his eyes still on
the smoldering heap.
"Five feet of caked snow on top. of
every bhule. of grass," she heard him
mutter. "They can't browse on trees,
like deer."
He had stuck his rlflo butt first In
the snow. He walked over to It; Ilnzel
followed. When he stood, with the
rifle slung In the crook of his arm, sho
tried again to break through this silent
aloofness which cut her more deeply
thnn any harshness of speech could
have done, -
"Bill, I'm so sorry 1" she pleaded.
"It's terrible, I know. Whnt can we
do?"
"Po? Huh!" he snorted. "If I ever
have to die before my time, I hope It
will bo with n full, belly and my head
In the ulr and mercifully swift."
Kven then she had no clear Idea
of his In t out Ion. She looked up at him
pleadingly, but he wns staring nt the
horses, his teeth biting nervously nt
his under Hp. Suddenly he blinked,
and she saw his eyes moisten. In the
same Instant ho threw up his rifle. At
the thin, vicious crack of it, Silk col
lapsed. She understood then. With her hand
pressed hard over her mouth to keep
bnck tho hysterical scream that threat
ened, she fled to the house. Rehlnd
her the rifle spat forth Its staccato
message of death. For a few seconds
the mountains flung whlpllko echoes
bnck nnd forth In n volley. Then the
sibilant voice of tho wind alone broke
the stillness.
Numbed with the cold, terrified at
the elemental rnthlessncss of It nil, she
threw herself on the bed, denied even
the relief of tears. Pry-eyed nnd heavy-
hearted, she waited for her husband's
coming, nnd dreaded It for tho first
time she had seen her Rill look on her
with cold, critical anger. For nn In
terminable time she lay listening for
the click of tho latch, every nerve
strung tight.
Tie came nt last, nnd the thump of
his rifle ns he stood It ngnlnst the wall
had no more than sounded before ho
wns bending over her. Ilo sat down
on the edge of the bed, nnd putting
his arm ncruss her shoulders, turned
h.-r gently so thnt she faced him.
"Never mind, little person,
ho whis-
pered. "It's done and over. I'm sorry
I slnshcd at you the way I did. That's
fool man's way If he's hurt and
sore he always has to Jump on some
body else."
"P-don't, Bill !" she cried forlornly.
"I know It's my fault. I let the fire
almost go out. and then built It tip
big without thinking. And I know
being sorry doesn't make any differ
ence. Hut please I don't want to be
miserable over It. I'll never be care
less again."
"All right: I won't talk about It,
lion," he said. "I don't think yon will
ever be careless about such things
ngaln. The North won't let us get
away with It. The wilderness is big
ger thnn we nre, nnd It's merciless If
we make mistakes."
"I see that." She shuddered Invol
untarily. "It's a grim country. It
frightens me."
' Ion t let it, ne sain lenneny. ",o
long ns we have our health nnd
strength we can win out. and be
stronger for the experience."
"How can you prospect In the spring,
without horses to pack the outfit?" she
asked, nfter a little. "How can we get
out of here with all the stuff we'll
have?"
"We'll mnnnge it." be assured light
ly. "We'll get out wljh our furs nnd
gold, nil right, nnd we won t go bun
gry on the wny, even If we have no
pack train. Leave It to me.'
Hazel, by a queer twist of
luck, makes a rich "strike,"
which atones for the thought
lessness that previously had
brought disaster upon her and
Bill. The next installment tells
how It happened.
(TO HE CONTINUED-)
JAPAN ISSUES NEW CURRENCY
Fractional Amounts in Paper Money,
Relieving a Great Need, Now
In Circulation.
Two recent steps taken by the Jap
anese government Illustrate the diffi
culties attendant upon the use of sub
sidiary coin whose metal value Is com
paratively close to Its mint value,
states Commerce Reports. Announce
ment was made recently that paper
fractional currency would be Issued to
the amount of .'IO.OOO.ihh) yen (?1 1.!I0,
IXHJ). F.nrly In November a portion of
this Issue was put In circulation. Tho
new notes are exchangeable for regular
bank notes and are legal tender up to
ten yen (?l.!s).
More recently the Japanese govern
ment has nmiouucfd three prizes of
1,0(H1 yen, ft hi yen and 'M) yen for the
best designs submitted for a new silver
.Ml-seii piece (L'l.! cents). The new coin
Is to he materially smaller thnn the
one now In circulation. '
The present Tid-sen piece Is "80 per
cent pure anil weighs v 2.7 mommo
(0.:!1',m ounce troy). Tho coin, there
fore, contains O.'JOOl ounce of pure sil
ver and (Midi ounce of copper. At par
the money value of tho coin Is IM.irJS
cents. This corresponds to l).".7 cents
per ounce troy if the value of the cop
per Is disregarded.
For n considerable period the excess
of the bullion value over the mint
vi.!ue made It profitable to melt Jap
anese subsldary coin or ship It to
China. The country, ns a consequence
became denuded of small change, nnd
It was and Is extremely difficult to get
money changed except through money
changers nt comparatively high rates.
It was no urtusunl thing to pay ten sen,
or even more, to change a five-yen
note; and In that case the buyer would
receive four one-yen notes and only
the fraction less thnn a yen In subsid
iary coin.
Protecting the Bank.
The public entrance doors of the
Rank of 'Kngland are so finely bal
anced that n clerk, merely by pressing
n knob under his desk, can close them
Instantly. This, of course, has been
designed with n view to prevent rob
bery by mobs. Hut Inside the building
Ingenious machinery has nlso been set
up to prevent robbery by persons who,
by cunning, have gained access to tho
premises nt night, or by dishonest of
ficials. The bullion departments are nightly
submerged In several foot of water,
nnd wherever the money Is stored In
genious alarms hnve been fixed up. If
during the day n dishonest person
should take even so much ns one from
a heap of a thousand sovereigns In the
safe tho whole pile would Immediately
sink, and a pool of water occupy its
place, besides letting every person In
the establishment know of tho theft.
Turkish Language Easy.
The Turkish language, although spo
ken In many dlalectu, la so uniform
In plan thnt anyone Who speaks Otto
mnn Turkish cun be understood while
traveling from Enrwean Turkey
through Asia Minor taA Central Asia.
!. i " l'f l.".T. , uumM Ml, muhUI,1,H.I1M)im.
FIVE LOVE LETTERS
W 1
By AGNES PLUMS.
(wopyrignt. win, t) t!:o Wostern Newspa
per Union.)
, Colorado Springs, June 11
My Hear Mr. Mcminn :
I suppose I owe yon nn apology. I
really ought to have let you know be-
turn T li.ff t til.Mifpn nnrl tu..t,M l,n.,A
done . b.i.1 v,.n trr..,i.in,i .-.,.V...i
let me hear from y.;u .luring my last
two weeks nt home. Of course I un-
ilersland that our discussion of your
niisuni jealousy is tho cause of your
silence. I really did thbtk you nbove
;:uch petty feelings, nnd trust by this
timo you have overcome them.
Very sincerely,
Caroline Cnrrolton.
II.
Colorado Springs, Juno 22.
My Penr Ted : '
I wrote to you more than n week
ago, end have received no answer. I
didn't think you would stay angry nt
me so long especially when I wrot
you the first letter. Really, Ted, I'm
awfully sorry I didn't let you know be
fore I went away, but I wns m wild
at you! I am beginning to see that
perhaps you had a llttlo cause for
I your anger that night Just u little.
I'leaso write to me soon.
Yours,
' in.
Carol.
Colorado Springs, Juno 29.
My Pear Teddy:
Hy this time you must have had my
second letter at least five days, nnd yet
you won't answer. Well, I'm going to
keep on writing till you do, for I'm
bound you shall know thnt I still want
you to forgive me. Dense, Ted, please!
I'll explain everything about that hor
rid drive, and I'll do anything to show
how sorry I am and I was so mean
about It thnt night, If you'll only write
to me and tell mo that you still love
mo. I know you do, for you aren't
the kind to forget n girl In a hurry.
It's strange that you can still love such
n hateful thing ns I nm, but I feel
sure you do. Oh, you must, Teddy,
darling.
If I don't hear from yoti soon, I'll
go Into the nursing huslncsf, and take
care of n sick young man In this ho
tel. He Is nway down the hall, but
the chambermaid sometimes tells mo
about him. It seems the poor fellow
was knocked down on the street, where
he ran out nnd picked tip a baby who
was on the car track. It was a brave
n n tmil fiiiiil.. liltn fi twm l,nf If 1.t,,,ln
" ' " " "
For my part, I am not Interested la
nn... mi in... inn my oiuiiii i eu.l.v, lid
Is angry with me. Dense forgive and
write to Carol.
IV.
Colorado Springs, July 4.
Teddy Dear:
This Is a pretty nice Fourth of
July, but I don't care much. Do you
remember the picnic we went to one
year ago today? That was the first
time you ever made love to me. I
can see you yet ns you stood In front
of my hammock, talking so earnestly;
nnd I laughed. Oh, well, I'm getting
my pay now.
I'm going to tell you nil about that
horrid nffnlr with Paul Elliot. I wish
to goodness I'd told you before.
It wns this way. Of course, when I
promised to go driving with you I
meant to go, nnd I got rendy nnd wait
ed. You said "four o'clock," you
know: nnd when you didn't come, nnd
Paul did, nt ten minutes past four,
why, I said I'd go with him for mean
ness. I remembered how you disliked
him, nnd I had made such a special
point of being ready on tlmo that I
wanted to punish you for being late.
I felt cut up when we passed you down
about n block driving so fast, for I
knew what n horrid position It put you
In, and how delighted Paul was; nnd
besides. It was the first time you hud
ever failed to be on time.
Then that night when you came up
nnd talked so awfully to me you've
no Idea how stern and nngry you were,
Teddy, and how scared I was why, I
just wouldn't tell you how sorry I
was. You made me lose my temper so
quick that I didn't have time to tell
you while I was repentant, and nfter
that I didn't want to say nnythlng but
how angry I was.
You had never spoken to mo so Ive-
fore, and well, I didn't like It very
much. I can't forget what you said
when you left. You banged the door,
too, Teddy, did you kijgw It? It rings
In my ears: "You never cared for mo
n bit, or yon couldn't have put mo ln
such a position. Since you won't ex
plain, I'll go, nnd wait till you tie!"
Those words hurt me more than I can
tell, Teddy, and I can't forget them.
Now that I have nt last explained,
will you come back to me ngaln? You
know you said you would and I
can't live without you. Carol.
P. S. The lady next door Is ln, nnd
Is telling Aunt Mary about the young
man with tho broken leg. She says he
Is "such n fine, handsome fellow." I
wish she could see my "fine, handsome
fellow!" C. C.
V.
Colorndo Springs, July 8.
My Darling Girl :
Your letters hnve just been forward
ed to me. I am the fellow with the
broken leg hurry up and come to me ;
I am wild for a sight of you. I heard
you bad gone to your uncle's ln Salt
Lake, and started nfter you, but broke
my leg the dny I struck here. Isn't It
all the strangest thing you ever heard
of special Providence or something?
If you aren't here In five minutes, I'll
be up there on n stretcher, broken leg
nnd all. Darling, hurry! Ted.
Classify Him.
Reggy Tnus, I confess I prefer
dear old England to this country. I
should Lko to be a subject of the
king.
Peggy Vnln longing. Of course,
you can never be anything but nn ob
ject Great Need.
"Miss Prim told mo the other dny
she wus so embarrassed she chunged
conntennnce."
"Well, she dldnt do It before sho
needed too." ,
i nnnnn
I in rS
UIIUI u
Got an Excellent Start. b;
Vialrln KlMif Aaa,.mj
Never In the history of .i
Canada did the seed enter the cm J
' u,l,ll'r " favorable conditions, -n,.'
i Weuther ,durl"ff tho n,,mth ' AM
v" J""1 f"r 8('e'"n PTfiti.Jm
i , mnf "m""n8 mh lut
' ,. ,,i w
! emy ncre 1 ,flt f0"1'1 be PfflhUl,
j iown w,,s I'lllt'pd. um,,'r fiui-itim
ri.nmn.il ..... ... . 1 1. .
. mull-la riiiere'i Heart ana Sill! Irtto I
un.- laiiipaigii ot greater pro'lie
mere nus uie nine nnit Uie oplmrt-.
nltv for careful nt-onm-nflm i
vvnni-ijueuee wirn lavorillllO V.e:ii1(,
from now on there will be n v:isivi..
creased yield. They renll::cd It vas,l
winy uiey oweu to Humanity to t.nni,.,
ii fi fit ti,,.,. ..,..,1.1 .i,.. i. .
, .... wi-, imun Ull IMil'l. T,,,,
only this year but next ns we!!, i,
lemiuiMi io i in patriotic aspect, t!,e;
j nre aware that the more they k'kI
j the greater will be their own retu'ri
, in uoiiars and cents.
I In many districts wheat seed!;i" m,
compicieu ny tile 1st ot May, nf,,,!
v.iiic!. date oatii nnd barley on :!r,,.
ncrenges than usual were planti-d,
.is iias neon sain, invoraiiie wei'h,.
conditions made possible exi,!!,,..
seed-bed preparation, nnd th" se.., j,
gone Into tho ground In unusual!;.-
shape. The available moisture In
soil has been ndded to by rn!:n. ww
, navo not been so heavy, however, sst?
I interfere long with the work hi th
I fields. The grain Is germlnatln.' rcai
; lly. ni.d on ninny fields the young crop;
j mitues or the cereal are already Miot
ic.
i An optimistic feeling prevail , niuon;
i.-irmers tnat western t'nnada willed
n record harvest. If the season fr(,:
; now on Is ns favorable ns It has b,.ri3
tnese nopes should be realized, v.
J. P. McCrogor of the Federal Fotf
Board, who Is nlso nn old ami SUCIYtt I
ful farmer in W"estern Canada, nw
ed n few dnys ngo at Calgary that cm
conditions throughout the Pralrlt
I'rovinces were excellent. "S;e;i!;!-
gmernlly," he said, "the crops lum
never gone Into tho ground in In tv:
snnpe thnn this year, nnd with at
even brenk of luck ns fnr ns the veri
er Is concerned, there should be a:
enormous crop." JTj.s present diilii sli
connection with the Fon! Oniri
Hoard. tnLIn? Mm In nil nni-tc .if t.
... . . . I .
v, esr, .Mr. siecregor has cwvj tvni
or.rcrtUKlrles of -observing conditio
j 811 over the country. Advertl. nwt.
On Hictoric Ground.
The division hea liiuarlers at Ci i
l.ce is within a slene's throw .f t!i
" I ' 1 1 where he house slo.nl tly
housed in. nt and Ids staff (ini-ii,: :ti.
siege of Petersl.nrg. Last fall ;tj..
wns n cimft di rate reunion nt ivt-r
' in-:.', and 'he eld S'lhliers vlsli.il ti,
emit itiioeiit. The man win-, had .-rvc!
as Oeneral Lee's cook during the
was tin-re; nn.i in mat camp, sn sm
propriately named for the great mi!
tary leader of the South, lie met th'l
.-ii-andsoii .f th" famous general,
"Ulcer III the American army, Iralnh:
Americans to fight for America. Wil
liam Siavens McN'utt In ( 'oilier'.
Weekly.
WHY WOMEN DREAD
OLD AGE
Don't worry about old line. Don't won?
shout being in other people's w iy wha
you are getting on in ye-irs. Keep J.w
body in good condition and you cm t
hale und hearty in your old d.iys a pi
were w in n a km, and every one vnii V
glud to fee you. 1
The kidneys nnd bladder are tin- ciuw
ot senile ultlictums. Keep tlicm r'.in :u
in proper working condition. Drive l
poisonous wasU-a from the svsit.m ml
nvoid uric ncid accumulations. Tdke Gi'lD
Ml-'.DAL Haarlem Oil Capsules periuii
ly and vou will lind that the system ri
nlwnys be in perfect working order. Vnf
spirits will be enlivened, your piiki
made Ftrong and your faco have OM
more the look of youth nnd health.
New life, fresh strength anil heilth
rome as you continue this treatment. Win
vnur first vipor has been restored cont'B
lor nwlnle taking a capsule or two eitj
day. They will keep you in condition
prevent n return of your trouble.
There is only one guaranteed linn 1
llaailem till L'ansulcs, liUI.IJ AIhli
M'hoiv. nrA ninnv ft.L-nu n !. n.n.-l.ot W
sure you jret the Origins! d'OLI) MKDAl
Imported Haarlem Oil (. apsides. Iheyw
the only reliable. For sale by all first-tb
Protected.
Soph I 'was over to see ln-r W
night when someone threw a I'"1'
through the window and hit thy- ""
irlrl in the side!
Frosh Did It hurt her?
Soph Xo; but it broke lliree of of
lingers. Iturr.
Examine carefully every bottle i
CASTORIA, that famous old renifJJ
for lnfunts and children, and see that"
Bears the
Slgnaturo of (
la use ror over itu leurs.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castorn
Too Many.
'Did von com. nemua ninnv
buildings 111 your automobile tour'"
"I should say so. Some of the tort
wo went thi'OML'li bud n notice C""rt
ijt each end."
To restore dry, fulling hair and get n
of dandruff, rub Cutlcura Olntnj
Into Renin. Next mornlnir shiunDOO
vuiauiu junt uuit aivii, -
free samples address. "Cutlcura, w
X, Boston." At druggists andJtf !
Soap 23, Olntmeut 25 and 50.-E-AJ-
.His Inventions.
"ll.;'s nn inventor."
"What does ho invent?"
"Excuses for not working mostly-
B-Klf4At.-il Dun le-ltM Aflt.
f nmuuAibai r uiiioihhv- .
"Mnyme says she likes to feci i
mliwl " i'T ihm't tlilnlf she's gnlliS"
do It by devouring serials." ,
Dr. Pry's "Dead Shot" Is pow"'?',
infe. On cl.no la rnouKh to expel "U,.V
Tapeworm. No castor oil neoeuary.
Most men are willing to serve
country lu nn official capacity.