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Show THE G RANTS VILLE, NEWS-OBSERVE-R. UTAH moY THE RED LOCK SCENTS jje iitiiuiiiiiiimiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim I I niiiiiiimimiiiiiiiminmimiiiiiimimn,. flatwooda CHAPTER IX Continued. DAVID By Author of 1- 1- ANDERSON He lifted Ills face after a moment and chuckled complulxantly. Elf Jack," he went un, couldnt kill him with a nigger uiaul. Didn't e fetch that chuckle head a groanin' HckT Lord I Leetls too high, though," he commented In the nice criticism of a nmu wlio, in his day, wan known to have been the most dangerous tighter on the border. He paused, and ids face assumed the same puzzled expression It had worn at the festival the evening before. I reckon hit couldn't 'a' ben, an' It's jlst as well not t say nothin about It, he went on, hut 1 thought that of ui' feller favored that scape-gurShoe's Ken Colin what 'e would 'u' be'n by now. 1 noticed It when 'e flared up oXn the floor tbur with the knife. Counterman leaned nearer. That's Jixt what I iimscyd up t talk about'' He lowered his voice. 'That wus Rlat-- Ilogus. Uncle Kick straightened. hr The Bobbs-Merri- ll Co. fr rougli-and-tuinl- u six-gu- Mosey'd Up t Talk About. Hs Lowered His Voice: That Wac Black Bogua. 'That's Jlst What I He may be Ken Colin that I dont know but I do know lies Bluck Bogus. I run afoul of lm three year back, down Vincennes way. It wus when The fisherman stopped, breathed hard, passed his hnnd up over his sunken eye socket and sat staring out Into tlie gathering night. The aged hunter studied him covertly. More thun once lie hnd thought of asking for the story of Mutt lost eye, but the Innate delicacy of the born woodsman hud restrained him. CalcMate you wus some suprised when 'e swarmed ini Counterman turned; felt along the edge of the porch floor with his hands. I 'low I werdnt no worse su'prlspd than he'd a be'n If he 'a' saw me. be back In the corBut I happened ner b'hlnd the crowd an' It's a good thing I were. dnsn't come face t face He tricked me with Black Bogus. once; be won't trick me no inure" the old hunter saw the weuther-stnlne- d fist of the fisherman grip tight; heard his lanky jaws damp towatched hliq instinctively gether; hitch the holster of Ills to an easier position at his hip ''an' I ve already got enough blood on my hnmis over " He stopped abruptly and again sal staring into the night. The man was a mystery. He hail come to Buckeye us the driftwood conies noliody knew ftoin where. He puid his way, asked no questions, answered none. In the silence that fell Uncle Kick sat pondering him whut his life story might Imve been. The fisherman roused himself after a iiiiiinent and went on. Wlmt crosses my pnth Is, how 'e emne t' lu here, p'tlc'lar liow 'e happened t' come out s' bold 'specially if 'e Is the man you think 'e Is. It aint his way. Ilq never would a' done it If it hadn't 'a' ben ffr Zeke I'ollck'a lie straightened, sipiir'l whisky. gluneed around at his aged friend, and had the light been sufficient, the old man might have seen that the twinkle, never long absent from the doubly cupable eye, hnd returned. Big Jack an tlie parson shore did show 'ini a good time while 'e lasted." Uncle Nick grinned. That parson lord ! I ain't h'en t church In fifty year, hut I'm cnlc'latln' on goln' next Suml'y. If that parson ran outface the devil the way he outfaced that hulkin' cliuckleheud, he ain't no hnd man t' hitch up with. I'nt only liopin," Counterman went on, Big Jack an' the parson, too. fr that matter has seen the last o' Black I'm hopin but ITn doubtin'. Bogus. Uncle Nick doubt. "I ain't nnry chuckled. "Your Black Bogus" the f long-barrel- six-gu- n other folks. Counterman thought a moment before he spoke again. Bluck Bogus game Is counter-fltln- ', but he's got the guts fr anything; ah Logo's nr'n'ry enough fr uny dirt. Tlier' aint nothin' I'd put Mm. He's done time twice't a'rendy, un' would be doin It right now If It werdnt fr 'Is sister. Thar's one good gul as different fom Loge as the devil font Sundy. Hit's Loge's one good plnt he thinks a heap of la sister." Well," commented Uncle Nick with his slow drawl, as the other paused, lilt might be the makln' of ol' Slme If somebody could manage t' pry a dollar r two offn him, an as fr Big Jack, I Mow tlier ain't none of 'em honeln fr more truck with him. He chuckled complalanntly, possibly fancying that he had put a particularly neat and unanswerable finish to the argument. That ain't It. Counterman pursued, "Bluck Bogus an' Loge are both the kind that strikes In the dark. "Thunder ! Uncle Nicks shoulder Jerked away from the porch post, and the fisherman caught the glitter of hla deep-se- t eyes In the twilight. They eayn't come nothin' like that on the hoy r Ill strike the warputli m'self. Dunno hut what I'll peel an eye on that cabin up the crick." The old ranger silt erect nnd restless, drumming with his fingers on the porch floor and looking away across the narrow mouth of Engle hollow to where Bluck rock poked Ills tumbled ramparts up agulnst the eastern sky. M'lie clatter In the kitchen ceased. Aunt Liza's still sprightly, vastly positive step came across the cnbin floor, and a moment later the creak of her nicking chair Joined tlie droning chorus of the beetles. "Womler whut Big Jack thinks o' around the way the parson's Ms gall Counterman mused. "An' her the best prize In the FI at woods, even If she didn't have a cent. Uncle Nick fumbled nut hls pipe, knocked it on the edge of the porch floor, and filled nnd lit it. I knowed Ms father, Col. David Wayhope, when 'e first come t the Flutwoods np'rils of eighteen years hack, an' I knowed 'is grandfather, Old Col. David Wnrhope. I fit an' the Irophct under the The lioinesiend wus a gran'fnther. present r him fom (Jen. Andrew Jack-soOl' Colonel David an young Colonel David, they wus both fine. up-stnndln' men, soldiers every Inch, un' Big Jack's like em. lilt's too hnd the homestead Imd.f he lost t' ol' Sitne, an' the hoy hound out to Mm. But even so, lin'd make a heap sight more fittln' nmn fr a Flntwunds gal than that squinty-eye- d parson. Bents tlie devil the headway lie's with 'er. I wouldn't V thought " No good'll come of It." broke In the acid tones of Aunt Liza. Didn't y'u see 'Is carryln's ou with 'er at the sociable las' night? Big Jack ain't go'n t' be a hound liny Trover. Rhe'll rue the day she drups e fine hid like lilin an' takes up with a furrlner." "Aw. IJza," drawled Uncle Nick, tlie parson ain't no furrlner he's a college pr'fessor. Don't talk to tne," snapped the tart I reckon I know what 1 see voice. with m' own eyes. Mind whut I tell y'u, sheMf rue It, un' so'll Rime Colin Mm harbor uround like thnt, don't keer If 'e did go t' school with UFE write her appreciation of a boy scout who, through hls prompt first aid, had saved her from bleeding to death. Mrs. Graves on the morning of the accident, while engaging In preserving fruit, came across a broken Jar, which site threw Into the ash can. Some time later as the fruit peelings piled upon the kitchen table, Mrs. Graves gathered them up and hastened to dispose of them. With her thoughts Intent upon her work, and forgetful of the broken jar, Mrs. Graves plunged her hands Into the ash can. Her right hand struck the Jagged glass which inflicted three cuts, and severed the artery. Horrified at tlie stream of blood which came from the wounds, Mrs. Graves ran to the telephone to call's fr doctor. In her effort to make the call, she became weakened from loss of blood, and staggered to the door to look for other assistance. At that moment Scoot Michael Salucka In passing the house noticed tlie Injured woman and ran to help her. Quickly the boy seized a clothespin which he espied on the back yard clothes lines, and with the wooden pin and a handkerchief Improvised a tourniquet The handkerchief he put right around the arm," states Mrs. Graves, and twisted the stick which he held twisted around toward tlie right ear, in place until the doctor arrived an the crisp iMisItlveness with which the hour later. I waa immediately taken words were uttered, almost made tlie to Jamaica hospital and kept over twilight seem to crackle, like stiff night. There Is no doubt that the bnv parchment being folded after the scouts knowledge of first aid and lil use of It saved my life, for which ! reading of some weighty mnndnte. Counterman dropped nn arm across am very grateful. I am now able ti his knee and sat very still, as If afraid use the right hand t give him all ap the slightest sound might touch off predation for hls timely aid. again that tongue; Uncle Nick looked sway toward Black Rock ; IN SCOUT AMBULANCE UNIT the bats darted about In the dim half light, Intrepidly threading the bewildering labyrinth of fruit trees; a cricket at the corner of the porch tried to match the creak of Aunt Lisa's rocking chnlr. hair-trigg- er CHAPTER X Warning of the Frog. the cricket carried on his squeaking contest with A lint Liza's rocking chair, Jack Warhope, In the tiny cabin at tlie homestead, sat ranting by the enndle on the small ceuter table studying would lie a truer word, for the book was Professor Asa Gray's celebrated Manual of Botany." Tlie breath of the trees caine down over the cliff, caught and rustled the pliant Bprays of tlie crimson rambler, then the countryside settled still; the words of the hook blurred, dimmed, faded away, nnd from the transfigured page there looked out at him a face with laughing eyes, A trim sllin figure flitting with unconscious grace across the lawn to where a tall, suave, profoundly bowing man awaited liy the rustic seat under the great maple at Whispering spring, crossed his mind and the face was Wlille Sure Relief ELL-AN- S 5$ AND 75 . . . slow through the suburbs ded the German farmer, with sis and fruit for tho market. Members of Boy Scout Rod Cross Ambulance Unit Number 1 of Syracuse, N. Y., demonstrating a carry" work. Tha unit uaed In flrat-ai- d and apecial training In first-ai- d placea Ita services at the disposal of the community. Nine of the members have been cited by the American Red Cross for heroism and outstanding work at tho Barnstable Art In that ths hook aside; blew out the candle; turned his chair and sat staring into the fire, still faintly alive and . fast waning, behind the open lieurtli of the cook stove. A stick city. LEAGUE ENDORSE8 SCOUTING That The descendants of the German farmers who plodded through Philadelphias streets during Evangeline's day art the Pennsylvania German or the Pennsylvania Dutch of the present. The land of the Pennsylvania German extendi northward and westward from Philadelphia a hundred miles or so In each direction, and so far as language and customs are concerned la a foreign land. The country la rich farm land and the Pennsylvania German la a notable fanner. Hls language la not German, but Pennsylvania German a dialect that savants my has not been spoken In any part of Germany for nearly a century. In order to conduct hla market business it haa been necessary for the farmer to learn some English, but It la memnot unusual to find bers of me family who can neither apeak nor understand English, at though they and their parent! and their grandparents were all born in America. The English they do speak la a queer hybrid, of the sort spoken by the tired market woman who remarked that she was tee totally ausge-spelled- Studying Would Be .the Truer Word, for the Book Was Professor Asa Grays Celebrated Manual of Botany. burned In two, fell Into the coals and stirred out a tiny shower of spark. A bright llttla blaze flared up, danced over the walls iiml' timbers of the cabin, glinted upon the sword and spurs hiinglng under the miiiiiunlon beneath tha pictures drajied flag. BOY SCOUTS AID ' (TO BU CONTINUED.) bet yu If 'er mother wus livin' Grass Hammocks. I tlier' wouldn't be no sich golns-oHammocks made of grass or fiber dunno what ol' Rime run be thinkln' about nothin' but money hoardin' an' were In common use among the Carili--I Ian' grnhhln', I reckon. If I had a teun Indlnns when Columbus discovgal. I'd no more think f lettln' 'er be ered America. harbors up with a teetotal furrlner Yon can always spot an Inferior per huh I'd no more think o' levin 'er than I'd think o takln' wings soil by hls superior air I n. ' On Rough and Ready Island near Stockton, Cal., there Is a vocational graining school for disabled soldiers, in one branch of which the art of hoemaking Is taught The scouts of Stockton know that thelrfrlends, the vets, who era practicing cobbling, ueed shoes to work upon and to use as samples. For this reason the boys e drive. recently carried on an homes at which called had worn They shoos to dispose of, and later took tbs shoes to ths future shoemakers. old-sho- I VETS" s, Ihdarge-Mat- Thickened, Swollen Curbs, Pilled Braises or Strains; stops Tlnnne Tendons Soreness from Spavin Lbumums, allays pain. Don not I bHatar, ramova tha hair or lay up tha hors. Only a faw drops required at each application. $2.50 s bottle at ruggistsor delivered. Book 1 A free, W. f. TOOTG be, IN baa ft. fcitaiUl, Iba. I ." Most of the Pennsylvania Germans belong to the Mennnnlte, or the Dun-ke- r church, although there are other sects nmong them. Including one that holds It sinful to cut the hair or to wear buttons on tha clothes. It la well worth a trip through a city market to see elders of the latter sect, longd men, with their haired, clothing held In place by large hooka and eyes The women all wear dresses with g waists and long, gathered skirts. The dresses are usually brown or black never of any bright color. Tlielr head covering la a little white net cap and a little dark bonnet Tho young girls dress In the frivolous style of the town until they join the church. Then they turn plain" and don the conventional white cap. From that time forth they are required to keep their heads covered. On very hot days tlie matron at work In a hot kitchen may shove her cap far back on her head, but aha never altogether aemoves 1L ..... - tight-fittin- J Xwl Nrealla far cribire Powaa AaiurioATion. 4c ' Unci apnipaf inr Amplifying ftanafnnMN ttlMfanamanathw'NtbbHt. Mfa.ca., Laica a toff. at,.. ! Poor Sleep Producer. much-bearde- Old Maggie (slck-a-bepowder, huh, so ya call Sleeping that sleeping powder yu gave me. I strewed It aU over ma bed one night; hut did oh not a wink I sleep? e, MOTHER! GIVE SICK CHILD "CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Harmless Laxative for a Blllou Constipated Baby or Child. Constipated, bil- ious, feverish, or sick, colic Babies and Children love to take genuine California Fig No other Syrup. laxative regulate 2L -the tender little a! bowels so nicely. It sweetens the stomach and starts the Uver and bowels acting without griping. Contains no narcotics or soothing drags. Say California to your druggist and avoid counterfeits! Man can live longer without food Insist upon genuine California Fig than without sleep. There are many re- Syrup" which contains direction! corded Instances where men have gone Advertisement. for forty or more days without food A Staggering Question. and have recovered from the experi"Did you ever see a company of numence. I do not know the maximum women silent?" perfectly ber of days that a man can go without once ; some one had asked Ye! The Is It short of but far forty. sleep, which of those present was the eldr expert workmen who line the great di- ext. London Answer! gesters In paper mills must often work for sixty hours without more sleep ASPIRIN "BAYER than they can snatch during the time DEMAND that new material la being brought In Aspirin Marked With Bayer Croaa to them, never more than ten minutes Haa Bean Proved Safe by Million! at a time. Surgeons and doctors sometimes work continuously for fifty or Warning I Unless you see the name Bayer on package or cn tablets you sixty hours at a time after great battle! These men are always exhausted are not getting tlie genuine Bayer after such periods of work and sleep Aspirin proved safe by millions and excessively long periods In order to get prescribed by physicians for 23 yean. 8 ay Bayer when you buy Aspirin. back to normal. It Is probable that a man who was not working could go Imitations may prove dnngerou! Adv. without sleep for s longer period ; but It seems to be the general testimony of Night Noise! those who have been kept awake for Here, said the salesman, Is a as much as sixty hours, by third de- pair of pajamas youll never wear gree methods, that by that time they out. Er ye! they are rather loud for are willing to confess to any crime or do anything else to get sleep. street weur, aren't they? Tlie virtues of sleep as a Milm of hurt minds la sung by Shakespeare In Keep Weill Avoid Sickness. the Tempest as follows: Take Rrnndreth Pills. One or two at bed time will cleanse the system, purify It seldom visits sorrow; whan It doth the blood and keep you well. Adv. It Is a comforter. n Hyer-- s Rsducoo Bursal stay-at-ho- august ally of peace and of the brotherhood of man, the League of Nations, has placed on record through s recent resolution Its appreciation of the benefit of the younger generation of the great scout program. The league assembly emphasised In its resolution the Importance of encouraging contact between the younger generations of different nationalities; and asked that conveniences of travel lie accorded groups of students of the higher and secondary educaYoung expressed much the same tional Institutions. thought In the lines : It further declared that the boy Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy scout and girl scout movements proaleepl like the world, hie ready vlatt pays moting closer understanding among He. Where fortune smiles tha wretched he the youth of all nations, are renderforsakes. ing valuable services to the cause of While the ancients described Som-nu- s, world peace the god of sleep, as the gentlest It should not bo forgotten, said of the gods, the tranquilizer of minds the resolution, that the thoughts and nod soother of care-worhearts-- " Sir feelings of the younger generation are I'hlllp Sidney sang of sleep as: an important element in forming the conscience of humanity, a pure and The bulling plare of wit, tha balm of woa; healthy element, free from prejudice, Tha poor man'a wealth, tha prisoner's release. rancor, Hud memories poisoned by hatred, an element of enthusiasm and Mrs. Browning refers to the Psalmgenerous sentiments." ists exaltation of sleep symbol EVERYWHERE Evangeline. that knlta up tha ravelld aiesva of cars. The death of each day's life, sore labor's bath. Balm of hurt minds, great natures second course, Chief nourlshor In lifes feast. Macbeth. gone. He laid PACKAGES plodflow- - Sleep hump-hacke- that-a-Wi,- v 6 Bellans Hot water The first uses Mrs. M. E. Graves ot Jumulca, Long Island, made of her Injured right band as soon as It was sufficiently healed to serve her, was to n. Ken. morion. SCOUT SAVES WOMANS Aw, dont be too hard on the parson, Interrupted Uncle Nick with a chuckle, I reckon 'e won't eat er. Huh! snorted tlie voice. In ultipuzzled expression touched his face What d' you know again got s bellyful las night lie mate contempt. no more, I'm bettln about raisin gals? Cayn't see an Inch aint honeln m bottom dollar e aint ahead o' yur nose. Hyur we set. In I dunno, Counterman pursued. our old age, bar'ly able t keep soul He's a hud lot Tlier1 ain't a worse an body t'gether, when we might 'a' man the length o the AY abash. An' tuck our pick an choice an me a then there's Isige Belden they say dingin' It Into y'u fom daylight t dark moved in the ol cabin up Eagle holler Jixt how It'd be, too, Oh, well, Liza the old man relast week with Is sister. Cordwood huh lie ain't no more a joined, In tones more serious, don't wood chopper than I be. He's a river throw It up to a man besyse Ms foreman. Come Tom the K'ntucky moun- sight ain't as good us Ms hindsight. tains In the first place, un' usen t' he You might 'a' done worse. I hain't a pearl fisher till they run Min oXn never be'n In jail ylt, an you hain't the river. I never knowed Loge, that never be'n In the pnrehuuse. The dim figure rooked a while In la, what yMi might say pers'n'ly. I never see'd '!m till 'e tangled with Big silence. Hals Is giftin' e'en ninost too Jack In the post office t other evenin', but I knowed Ms sister, not the one high falutHi' these days, she rethat's with 'itn now but tlie other sumed, though In a milder vofoa. Bound r free. Big Jack's one the one that's dead Tlie fisherman bent his head and Ills good enough Texle Colin, the best breath she ever d rawed, with nil 'er "No I voice fell low, finally stopped. Hit were." ''Black Bogus Is an old pal o money nn good looks. Use'n t be a gal could git along The old man swore, took out his pipe Luge's," lie went on ufrer a time. Wouldn't wonder lies harborin' up with one beau, hut nowdays huh again, stared at it aud put It back In his pocket. thar, an If 'e Is, why Is 'e? An' whut they aint sudlsfied 'less'n they've got two 'r three after em. Bluck Bogus lilt couldnt w'y, are they both V either one of 'em linin' up hyur In the Flntwoodsl lilt Tilings Is cornin' to s purty pass titers fifty sheriffs l"r him. that's what I say to s purty pass If "Yes, an' them same fifty sheriffs looks t me" lie bent toward his comain't none too dern'd anxioua t' find panion tlicy've got tlier eye on ol' n gal nin't sndixfled with one beau at a time, how In the name o' sense yin 'lin. lie's a bad man with a Slme Colin." Unde Nick sat thoughtfully fum- y'u expect 'er t' be sndlsfled with one liushan' at a time? now there's the bling his chin. Tliat'd leave Ken out, he mnsed. business of It, The air of hard finality with which He wouldn't a fell that low. Anyhow, ther's lots o' folks that looks like the grim lips were pursed up and Copyright of t Ingland. There ain't no and flyin' sense " The Blue Moon CLASSICS (Caadwtad by National Connotl1 of the Boy Seoul Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL Of all tha thoughts of God that are Borne inward Into aoula afar. Along the Panlmlat'a mualo deep. Now tell me If Hint nny la, For gift of grace surpassing thistle glveth Hla beloved Bleep. Scientists try every now and then to find some substitute for sleep. Just as they search for the secret of eternal youth and for perpetual motion. Instead of begrudging the third of onr Uvea thnt wo must spend In sleep, however, It seems much more to the purpose to try to lira more Intensively of our lives that during the we are awake. two-thir- Nothing Seriou! fiance writes etry." Only during hls spare time. T understand your Many a nmn Is ed po- s dost observer. Halls Medicine Treatment, both local and Internal, and has been success-fil- l la tbs treatment of Catarrh for ovet forty yean. Sold by aU druggist! F. J. CHENEY CO Toledo, Ohio Girls! 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