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Show JUAB COUNTY TIMES, NEPHI. UTAH The Heart of Wind Night A STORY OF THE By vmge e. Roe Illustrations by Ray Walters GREAT NORTHWEST Cuuyrubl CHAPTER I. Out of th Vine Maples. Biloti eat, her knees drawn up to 'her chin, on the flat top of fir tump, lleslde ber lay Coosnah, heavy muzzle on huge paws, bis eyea aa pale a the girl's were dark. Tbey were both. Perhaps that accounted for the delight both found In the solitude of thla aerie, where they could look down toward the west on the feathery, green soa of pine and fir, of spruce and hemlock and toward the east on the narrow , r strip of slough and the shacks of the lumber camp huddled above Its rollway. It was . the magnificent timber country of the great Northwest Slleti was wondering, as she always did, how far the mountains ran to the south, how far It was to that 'Frisco ' 'of which she bad beard so much from the tramp loggers who came and went with the seasons, their "turkeys" on their backs and the Joyous liberty of the Irresponsible forever tugging at tholr eccentric souls. Over the facing ridge she knew that the cold Pacific roared and coaxed on the ships, to play with them In the hell of Vancouver coast. She could hear It sometimes when the pines were still; yet she had never aeon it. Sho had pictures of It In her mind, many pictures. She knew w,cll how tt would look when she should see It a gray Coor, a world of It, shot through with the reds and purples of a tardy sun. Of the cities she had no clear pictures. They were artificial, man made, therefore alien to her, who knew only nature, though she bad llntened Intently to roomers from every corner of the globe; for Daily's lumber camp bad seen a queer lot. It all resolved Itself Into these dreams when she sat on the edge of a fir stump, or, better yet. In the ex-- , , . alted cloud high airiness of the very apex of the Hog Back. There had been no sun. neither to-flajTiior for many days; and yet there .rwft'1Ks surely prescience of approach-- ' Ing night as If shadows forewarned Slleti had hoped for a break.'one of ... those short pageants when the sun should shoot for a moment Into the gloom, transfiguring the world. Now, aa she' scanned the west, the dog sud denly rose from beside her, peering down 1th his huge bead thrust for-ward, his pendulous ears swaying. A hundred feet below In a tangle of vine maple something was laboring. Presently the slim trees parted and out of their tangle struggled a horse, s magnificent black beast wllb flaring nostrils and full, excited eyes. After very few steps It turned Its head to right or left with the Instinct of the mountain breed to zigzag, and as often (he man In the saddle pulled It sharp- ay back. With the first sight of the Intruders the girl on the high stump had sprung up. leaning forward, a growing excitement In ber face. It was the boms that caused It Something was stir ring within ber all suddenly and her heart beat hard. She gripped ber braids tight la both bands and swalbill-bre- close-packe- . tldo-wate- ' 1 Tl... . W . J 1 I "Oh. -. lips and called down: "Let him alone! lie knows bow to climb! ow, Its pine floor Innocent of cover ng. From end to end ran two long :ables, neat In white oilcloth, with Intervals of catchup bottles, pepper sauce, sugar bowls, cream pitchers, and solidly built receptacles for salt and pepper. Along both edge stood an army of white earthenware plates, flanked by knives and forks and tin spoons. At the west, beside an open door, was a high pine desk littered with papers, a telephone bung at one Bide. A small table stood before a window, with a rocking chair In proximity rockone of those low, ing chairs that old women use, and that Invariably hold a patchwork cushion with green fringe, and a white knitted tidy. That rocker was part of Daily's camp. It bad followed the march of progress as the camp cut Its way Into the hills. "It's my one comfort," Ma was wont to say, "though land knows I don't get to set In It more'n a quarter what I'd like." A the logger slid noisily on to the benches, their caulk giving up the mud they had held purposely for the swept floor, Slleti came and went setting the substantial viand In the open spaces left In the expanse of white oilcloth. She exchanged a word here and there, always a sensible word, something of the work, the day, or the men themselves. She was putting a plate of cookies, sugar-sandewith currant on top, between Jim Pole, Anworthy and a black-hairewhen a foot struck the step at the west door. There was something In the sound that drew every bead around at once. A stranger stood against the misty darkness between bone-handle- d the ( Let him alonel" The man looked up startled, and tightened bis grip on the rein. The gallant animal went down upon Its ! side, rolling completely over, to lodge, feet downward, against a stone. The man swung aldewlse out of the saddle, saving himself with a splendid quick ness. I'.efore he could gather bim elf for action the girl tor down upon a W ' l bim. 7l "Wbet bava you done? she cried wildly, "what have you dona to Itf She dropped on her knees and her bunds wet.t fluttering over the black bead in a very passion of pity, touching the white star on the forehead, "Blunderer)" She Said Aloud. mouthing the quivering nostrils. didn't let bim climb you his "Why light he had noticed, and be was quick own wsyT He knew he's a enough to comprehend that It was pasNothing could go strslgbt sionate longing for the big black bep! hind bim. She bad forgotten his prea 8he raised her eyes to him ac be ence. Out of the ferns bad crept the aaw they were burning behind a film mammoth mongrel. They two stood of tears, lie saw also what gave bim together in a subtle comradeship a strange feeling of shjck a faint, which struck bim by Its isolated suffitlue tracery extending from the left ciency. corner f ber Hps downward nearly to the point of the chin, a sharply CHAPTER II. broken fragment of a tattooed design. Her eyes were very dark and ber balr, An Amszlng Arrival. fiartod after the first fashion of womIt was quitting time quitting time In the coart country, whlrb means an, was straight and very dark also. Th ; accusing words Irritated him. whatever time the light fades. Prea "You re right," be said coldly, "notn ently the loggers came creeping down Ing could In such a country. Staol the trail, sturdy men In spiked boots laced to the knee. blu flannel shirts, tsrk, please." Biletx looked up at him and Instinc- and, for the most part, corduroys tively rose to ber feet, though V.r Tbey trooped down to the llm body wss alert with an uncona long building of untainted pine. Its scious readiness for prevention of two side doors leading, the one Into the dining room, the other sheltered something. But the man only stepped io the by a mde porch. Into the kitchen. ) black's head, tightened the rein a bit Inside, "Ms" Dally, a while haired ' and cluf ked encouragingly. general ormeals and men In their or"Come op." be said sharply, "up, der, creaked heavily from oven to pine sink, her placid face flaming with .txry!" ' I The boriM stretched Its head for- - the beat of the great steel range. The eating room was long and car Ward, arched Its neck, gathered Its bunch-grssse- cook-shar- t 2 pink-lippe- Jamba. young, apparently about twenty-fivor six. welt set up, with straight shoulders above narrow blps and a poise that claimed Instant atHe removed bis soft bat. tention. holding It In hi band, while bis bright blue eye looked Impersonally over the room. Over bis shoulder a pair of big. dark ones peered anxiously, while a black muzzle with a small white patch nosed bis elbow aside. "John Daily It was a call that demanded, not a question. From the bead of the nearest table a giant of a man, easy natured, lax featured, loose Joint banded together by steel sinew, rose lumbertngly. "I'm bim," be said. The man In the door brought bis eyes sharply to focus on bis face, reading It with lightning rapidity. "I'm the Dlllingworth Lumber companyor most of It" be said clearly, "and I've coma to stay. Wbera shall I put my horse T" There was a startled silence after these amazing words. An unexpressed ejaculation went from face to faca up and down the table. Then John Dally showed why he wss the best foremen In thst region. lie got himself loose from the end bench and walked over to the door. e r A thick, white fog struck him tn the face with an almost palpable touch. It lay close to the earth, a sluggish monster spread down In the Nature is a wise merchant She knowi that the human heart wsnU changes. valley as If for warmth. Through a lantern Thl' why we an always showing something It whiteness enshrouding new. Each day you can tnd something diff. gleamed faintly across the slough. col in out show cases. Already the little locomotive wa Little gilts big gilts high values. getting up steam and the donkey Oui modest prices make buying ay. showed a red throat for an Instant as McDonald shoved In mora wood. From ahead came shouts and a laugh or two a the men straggled up to the rollway. MAKERS OF JEWELRY WO MAIM MBit! . There were five cabins set around IAU IMJt CITY on the edge of the small, sloping WOMEN. Now Is lb mountain meadow which gave back WANTED MKNtoANO ieam the barber trade. Bar ti,e in ground for Dally' camp; and In all br great demand. Bpeolal rata open for 80 days. Only short time required. the window lights were gleamlffg In now Tools lumlsned and commission paid while learnone cabin a door opened and a man ing. Call or writs Moler bahor tiobobl, U Comcame out, stopping a moment on tha mercial St., Bait Lake VUj. Utah. sill to reach up and kiss a woman, who stood silhouetted against tha MAN AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS light, when the door closed and Sandry could not Bee tha man, though ba Anthropologlsta Have Discovered could bear hi footstep. Tba foreMany Interesting Fact That Hav ' man swung ahead In tha path. . Bearing an Thoar Rslationa. here," be ald. "Tbey' a foot-lo"tidewater slough. Tain t deep." At a recent meeting of tha German! They stopped at tha foot of tha Anthropological society, Prof. Ed HahnJ ridge where the donkey, tha rollway lectured on human races and proper-- i and the track terminal huddled tie of domestic animal, dwelling es against the bold uplift and Dally In- pecially on such relation a are found troduced him to Hastings and Murphy, to exist between tha outward appear-- , the latter of whom bung out of the ance of human race and the race of window of hi diminutive cab and man' animal companion. The hue peered at the stranger out of laugh- mainly occurring in the case of man twinkled had whose forbear ing eyes a well as of domestic animal ar on Donegal' blue bay and Erin' black, brown, red, yellow and white, a daughter with Impartial Joy. remarkable feature being that these "Ah, Mlsther Dlllingworth." he said external characteristics seem to ba heartily, "an' phat d'ye fink av the connected with the whole of bodily West Coast now?" constitution. A distinguished anthro"Sandry, Murphy," caught up Dally pologist. Prof. Eugen Fischer of Fret-- , easily, yet with a warning note. Baden, on evidence afforded by; "Shure! Sandry 'tis! Excuse me, burg, the aye of mammals, consider thai Mlsther Sandry, but ain't tb' scenery whiteness of domestic animals and' folne?" white man to be kindred phenomena,' an"What I've seen. ye. Murphy," nor does he hesitate to suggest many, swered Sandry after a Blight pause other of a similar kind be-- , As ba turned after Daily the Irishmaa tween analogies man and animal. According toi stuck bis tongue In the corner of his tha lecturer, humanity as a whole. In- -, lips and drummed a minute on the elusive of what are called primitive sill, the broad smile lessening on bis peoples, has been subjected for soma reckless face. time to similar to those at "An' phat d'ye know about thott" work in condition tha case of our domestic anihe asked retrospectively of the tog. mals. The classification mainly based (TO BE CONTINUED.) on color may be replaced by a system LEARN WAY TO MAKE LIVING of darker and lighter strains within a given rsce. Attention Is drawn In this connection to the Blmmentbal oxen, Good Advice for All Women Wss which, within memory of man, bava That Tendered at Woman's Club , become remarkably a at Pittsburgh. well as to tba fact that tha subsequent darkening of adults points to A woman of wealth, but who I nevthe merging. In olden times, of brightwork civic with Identified ertheless and Is a practicing lawyer, lately gave er and darker varieties of man. American. a talk before a Pittsburgh mothers' club. Here Is a part of what aha GGOD CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA said: which to cne Is There question every woman ought to ba able to an- Former American Physician Tastlflea to Benefits That Hav Followed swer Yes. It is this: "Can you earn a living if you abould need to do?" Doing Away With Vodka. If there Is one lesson mora than an"Fewer eaaea of Insanity are beiag other that has been empbaslzed In recent years It Is that tba untralne.1 received In tha asylums and hospital suffer most wben a pinch comes. An- of Russia today than before tha war, other lesson thst Is moat sufficiently notwithstanding tha bralnracklng exunderstood I that thera I practicalperiences which hundred of thousands of people of that country bava ly no security In fortune. Be prepared, I advice for a woman gone through during tha last year. a well aa for a nation. Train your This Indicate to my mind that prohidaughters, yon mot here, to something bition of th sal of vodka ba been that will pay a return sufficient at a great thing for Russia." Thla statement was mad to a releast for a livelihood. It can do no barm, and It may mean Just the dif- porter by Dr. Philip Newton, formerly ference between happiness and misery a hospital physician of Washington, now a brigadier general In tha medical In later Ufa. There Is nothing more pathetic than branch of the Ruastsa army. Doctor the sight of some unfortunate woman, Newton arrived here recently after brought up to a competency and ut- having served for fifteen month la terly unprepared to support berselt Russia first aa a surgeon of the who hss been suddenly reduced to American Red Cross and since OctoWa all know some such ber, 1815. In the Russian army. poverty. womsn. The prohibition of the sal of vodPottering along at things tbat are of no real use, at work given ka and other Intoxicant ba made a by pitying friends or strsngers, more better cltlxen and aoldler of the Rusor less dazed by contact with a world sian," Doctor Newton said. "II may tbat Is foreign to her. sinking little not be as smart as the English, and and French, but be can do harder work by little to mesner surrounding more desperate makesblfta. she at last and better withstand hardship. Th dissppears. sucked under In tba mael- Russians make Ideal hospital patient. strom she bss neither tba strength nor The manner In which they endure the most painful Injuries Is asiierfuL" tba training to resist. Surely you dont want to run even Washtn gton (P. C.) Star. the faintest cbsnce of becoming such Growing Unconventional ity. a derelict, you don't want your daughWoman' rebellion la amthara ters to run any such risk. So ba prepared. Ba fit for something, trained indicated; ber brilliance, ber failings, to something, ready to take bold II her unreasonableness, all tbeae are exyou must Know at least on thing cellent sign of ber revolt. She la so well that people will be glad to even revoltingagainst ber own pay you for doing It Ba able to say tHISUty: Often Sheneclacta her elnlhaau Yes If tb world should ask you If aer hair, ber complexion, ber teeth. you ran return fair value for a living. l ms is a pity, but It must not be Ukea It I the surest of human safeguards too seriously; men on active service ;row beards, and woman In ber eman cipation campaign la still too busyo Iodine for Treating Wounds. Many Inquiries reach th editor ol think of the art of charmlnar. 1 sua. tbat as time paases and she euf- this page on how best to apply Iodine pect to a cut or abrasion In order to pre- er less Intolerably from a sense of vent It from becoming Infected One injustice, she will revert ta th r.M Tb art of charming wa a of the most convenient methods Is to grace use a stick Impregnated with iodine. response to convention; and of late These ran ba obtained at any drug rears unconventionalltv. a. . j i f which is ridiculous, bss grown much store. They come in bunches psrked more among women than among men. twenty In a small glass tube. The W. U George, In Atlantic Monthly. a each stick head a of has tike tip of made resubllmated Iodine match, Look High and Avoid Snares. CO cent and Iodide of potassium W hy, It la asked, are there so many This when dipped In snares? 40 per cent we may not fly low, but water liberates an average 10 pr cent may seek Tbat the things which are above. solution which should ba applied free-l- For Just aa birds, so long as they to tha cut and left to dry. cleave the upper air, are not easily I In using Iodine It essential tc so thou also, so long a thou remember that no wet dressing may caught, lookest at thing above, wilt not easbe applied. Exposure to the air will be captured, whether by a snare of do no harm, and tha sore should ba ily covered only when there Is dsnger of by any other device of evlL Sf John It being Irritated by coming In con Chrysostom, tart with foreign bodies and thus be Youth and Old Age. Ing torn open. My little tilece Grade was amine on grandmother' lap. A ah wa Scientists Interested In Find. to and fro baby kept staring rocking At a recent scientific gathering. Pro Into her face, and after aft fftajr tn Inula el foptors Edgeworth, David snd Wllsor of silence she eitfd: "Grandma, yon described a completely minersllzd bu aren't so very man skull foind near Wrwlrk. in thf cs go Tribune. new, are your ChiDarling IXjwns of Queensland dates from a period when th Greater psrt to Act. great fossil marsupials were still t Te mount from a workshop to a pat ie and earlier than Ing. any other aea I rare and beautiful, so yo remains hitherto found to A think j to mount from error to trota tralia. l more we and bsauufuL Victor Hugo. BOYD PARK i . Set-entlf- It Was a Call That Demanded. separated at the tragic record of King David and tha words of that ancient father-hear- t stared up at bim. "Ob. Absalom, my son. my son!" vital In their anguish. With a snap ba closed tha book, holding It tightly clasped In bis bsnds while ba stared Into the flame of tba lamp with knit brow and twitching Hp. It waa as If tha fateful cry had touched some sore spot In his heart, set throbbing soma half healed pain. For a moment a shadow a of a vague remorse darkened hi expressive faca Then a resolute strength tightened hi lip and be laid tba Bible gently down and blew out the tight It wa cold In tha llttla room and tha rain wa dripping from tba eaves. CHAPTER III. Tha Wondrous Hills at Dawn. awskened next morning by "All right Mr. the thunder of heavily shod men stormHa waited easily, as If It was per- ing tn from the bunkhouse. Tba smell fectly natural for stranger to drop of cooking wss In the air and ibo from a hilltop and announce them- crack under bis door showed lampselves the ruling power of the country. light . or more strictly speaking one of the The rain was still dripping softly from tha eaves. As Sandry came Into ruling powers, for there were two. "Sandry," finished the other, "Wal- the eating room the old woman of the ter Sandry from New fork." kitchen waa looking over tba crowd "Coma In. Mr. Sandry you're Just of men a Impersonally as ba biraseir In time." bsd done tba nlgbt before, with a Daily turned back to tba lighted poise as assured and a subtle force as room. strongly Indicated. Her bright old eyes, blue a bl "Hllett, give Mr. Sandry my place Harrison, I'll bava to take your filing own, met hi lifted glance a ha hesished for tonight Tomorrow well Si tated. thins in better shape." "Set down In the place you bad last , an Important person-sg- night. Mr. Sandry," she aaid In a rich The and one to be conciliated, frowned voice, "It's your now. Jobn'll mova In bis plate, but the foreman had lost down a notch." She went back Into the mysterious sight of him. He resetted out a bug hard hand and took tba bridle rein region of pic and doughnuts, and from the newcomer. Sandry was conscious of a slight feelAlready this man was standing In- ing of wonder, lie wss already taken side the rude building, with a subtle In as one of the family In air of force, of personality that wsy, and It did not quite suit him to made Itself felt In the most stolid na- be so. If be missed certain lifelong ture present It glanced down the attributes of service and surrounding. double line of face and for a second. If ba took his flare among these Just a fractional, fleeting moment, rough men with an Inward tremor of seemed to hesitate. Then be laid hi rebellion, he male ro sign. bat on the small table, walked round Again the girl he bad tret on tha to Daily's empty (. swung a leather fsrther side of the mountain tended puttee and a well built shoe over the In silence, a trifle more aloof. She bench and set down, lie was In place, wss clad In the same sort of blue flan and a vague feeling of adjustment, of nel shirt the men wore, with a red solidity, accompanied bim, a If be tie tinder the turndown collar snd a was there, as ba ssld, to stay. Every rather short blue skirt showing her man In the room felt It; and one of feet laced trimly Into miniature boots. those strange sensations of portent The latter were even full of small communlcsted Itself to them, as when steel caulks. It wss still dark when the loggers the everyday affair of life come to a turn In the road. trooped out Into the fine rain. John Daily came to aim. "Dally' was on the ere of a charge. The girl was putting a thick, white "Now, what would you like, Mr. he asked. "Will you come Into plate, hot from boiling water, before him. deftly laying the simple cutlery, the bills with us, or would you rather pushing back an Intruding dlh rest around campf You come a long There was an air of detainment about ways, I guess." ber. No portion of her garment "Yes. From New York." touched him. he was slwsys so. "I wss thlnkin yetrday tnebhy aloof In a quit way. Now, she you d rather Just loaf around " tended the stranger silently, one of "Yeeterdsyf Did you evpect me?" her lor.g braids slipped over her sboqi-de- r "Oh, yes. I got a letter from Mr and fell across his hand He drew Ffsiter last week. He said the comawsy from the contact sharply and a pany bsd made a chsrze snd I might look foe a visit." dozen pairs of eyes mw the artiasi. "I think III go about" said Sandry "Hell!" murmured a man at tha Outside It wss fresh snd slightly other side In mild amazement ssw-ftler- cold. bright-colored- He was r lowed. "IllundereT." aha said aloud. ttbe blunderer!" cook-shac- by Lkxid. Mead and Cuenoanv feet and lurched mightily upward finding difficulty and floundering little by reason of the stone which ba saved It from rolling down the moun tain. It placed Its feet gingerly, brae Ing against the declivity, shook ttsell vigorously, drew a good, long breath and turned Its soft nose to Investigate the girl. With a little gurgling cry her bands went out again to caress It, hungrily, forgetfvJ of the man, ber face alight with the joy of Its escape from injury. She smiled and passed her hands along the high neck, over the shoulder, down to the knee, bend' Ing to finger with a deft swiftness the fetlock and pastern. When she looked up again she smiled at the man frankly, ber anger gone. "He's all right, but you want to give bim the rein. He knows bow to go up all right All Oregon horses can climb If you give them their time and way." He slipped the bridle over bis arm. "I'm looking for Daily's lumber camp. Can you toll ma bow to get there and how near I am?" "It's right over the ridge. You'll see tt from the top!" "Thanks." he said, lifted bis soft gray hat perfunctorily and turned up the slope. He took the ascent straight with a certain grimnesa of purpose. Soon be fe'.t a slight pull on the reins toward the left, which slackened Immediately to repeat Itself to the right. The black was trying to zigzag in the narrow play of the confining bridle. After an Interval that tried bim severely In muscle and breath the stranger reached the sharp crest of the ridge Below him lay the valley, the wind' Ing slough, the yellow huddle of the camp, the toy railway, with Its tiny engine, the donkey whose puffing rose In a white spiral, the rollway and tbo huge log trail winding up the other slope like a giant serpent Even aa be looked there came the staccato toots of the whistle bob whose Invisible line crept away Into the bills above the cables, the engine got down to work with a volley of coughs, the spools screamed and the great steel rope lifted heavily along the trail. Presently a long, gray shape, ghostly and sinister, came creeping over the lower ridge, gliding down the face of the bills, silent relentless, a veritable thing of life. Ha leaned forward, watching It come to rest above tba rollway. halt a little while the antllke men darted here and there, and then roll sldewise Into position against tba taya. When the small play of the woods was over. Just as be started down be glanced Involuntarily back along tba way be bad come. The girl still stood by the bowlder looking up. ber fsce Illumined by that But not even the importance of the arrival of the Dlllingworth Lumber company could keep silent this bunch of men from the ends of the earth. They were free lances, following wherever fancy and the lumber camps led them through the mountains and (he big woods, contented in this place or moving on, bound by no rules, as Independent and unboldable aa the very bird of the air. In three minutes the laughter was sweeping gustily again, accompanied dishes, by the solid clink of the clatter of knives for the most part used as very adequate shovels, and forgotten or Walter Sandry wa over. passed An hour later he stood alone In the middle of a tiny room at the south of the building, looking fixedly at the on yellow flame of a glass band lamp a stand. Under the lamp waa a woolly mat of bright red yarn, a wonderful creation under that a thin, white scarf, beautifully clean, tba Ironed creases standing out stiffly. Beside conch shell the lamp lay a and a Bible. Sandry looked longest at the Bible beside the lamp and presently he took It up curiously, fingering It with a quizzical, weary smile. It edges were thin and frayed and be noticed that It wa greatly worn. Walter Sandry smiled and glanced at random through the book. "Motherhood," be said half aloud, "Is there nowhere a father? a dear old chap of the earth, a gentle old man with white balr? One who has raised a son " As If tn answer to the whimsical words, the fragile leaves He wa e hlgh-beade- d Ssn-dryT- " pr y |