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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION. UTAH California Has Longest Multiple Arch Dam her picture. The sun, flooding through the window, lighted up her marvelous hair; her flushed face was framed In Its lustrous darkness like a tinted V.SON OF KAZAN by JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD, WNU ftonrlo Chapter Continued X ia his own somber thoughts, scarcely heard the strange laugh that came suddenly from her lips. Nepeese was listening to the growl that was uguln In Rarees throat. It was a low but terrible sound. When half a mile from the cabin, she unslung the panniers from his shoulders and carried them herself. Ten minutes later they saw a man advancing to meet them. It was not McTaggart. Pierrot recognized him, and with an audible breath of relief waved his hand. It was DeBar, who trapped In the Bnr-re- n Country north of Lac Rain. Pierrot knew lilm well. They had exThey were friends changed and there was pleasure In the grip of their hands. DeRar stared then at Nepeese. Tonnerre, she has grown Into a woman 1" he cried, and like a woman Nepeese looked at him straight, with the color deepening In her cheeks as he bowed low with a courtesy that dated back a couple of centuries beyond the Pierrot, deep trap-line- In . PeRar lost no time In explaining his mission, and before they reached the cabin Pierrot and Nepeese knew why he had come. Msleu, the Factor at Lac Rain, was leaving on a Journey In five days, and he hud sent PeRar as a special messenger to request Pierrot to come up to assist the clerk and the hnlf breed storekeeper In his absence. Pierrot made no comment at first. Rut he wns thinking. Why had Rush McTaggart sent for him? Why had he not chosen some one nearer? Not until a fire wns crackling In the sheet-iro- n stove In the cabin, and Nepeese was busily engaged getting supper, did he voice these questions to the This aloneness was to Nepeese burdened with no thought of danger. There were times, now, when the thought of being alone was pleasant to her, when she wanted to dream by herself, when she visioned things Into the mysteries of which she would not admit even Pierrot. She was growing Into womanhood Just the sweet, closed bud of womanhood as yet still a girl with the soft velvet of girlhood In her eyes, yet with the mystery of womnn stirring gently In her soul, as If the Great Hand were hesitating between awakening her and letting her sleep a little longer. At these times, when the opportunity came to steal hours by herself, she would put on the red dress and do up her wonderful hair as she saw It In the pictures of the magazines Pierrot had sent up twice a year from Nelson House. On the second day of Pierrots absence Nepeese dressed herself like this, but today she let her hair cascade in a shining glory about her, and about her forehead bound a circlet of red ribbon. She was not yet done. Today she had marvelous designs. On the wall close to her mirror she had tacked a large page from a womans magazine, and on this page was a lovely vision of curls. Fifteen hundred miles north of the sunny' California studio In which the picture had been taken, Nepeese, with pouted red lips and puckered forehead, was fighting to master the mystery of the other girls curls! She wns looking into her mirror, her face flushed and her eyes aglow In the excitement of the struggle to PeRar shrugged his shoulders. lie asked me, at first. If I could stay. Hut I hve a wife with a tunl lung, Pierrot. It was caught by frost last winter, and I dare not leave her long alone. He has great faith In you. Resides, you know all the trappers on the Company's books at Lac Rain. So he sent for you, and begs you not to worry about your fur lines, as he will pay you double what you would catch In the time you are at the Post. said Pierrot. And Nepee.se? "Msleu expects me to bring her? From the stove the Willow bent her head to listen, and ier heart leaped free again at I tellur's answer. lie said nothing about that. Rut surely It will be a great change for ll'le mselle. Pierrot nodded. Possibly, Netootam. They discussed the matter no more that night. Rut for hours Pierrot was still, thinking, and a hundred times he asked himself the same question: Why had McTaggart sent for him? t must be, he told himself finally, that Msleu had sent for him because he wanted to win over the father of Nepeese and gain the friendship of Nepeese herself. For this was undoubtedly a vety great honor that the Factor was conferring on him. And yet, deep down In his heart, he was filled with suspicion. When PeRar was about to leave the next morning, Pierrot said: Tell Msieu that I will leave for Lac Rain the day after tomorrow." After PeRar had gone, he said to Nepeese : "And you shall remain here, mu cherie. I will not take you to Lac Rain. I have had a dream that Msleu will not go on a Journey, but that he has lied, and that he will be sick when I arrive at the post. And yet, if it that you care to go should hapr-Nepeest straightened suddenly, like a reed that has been caught by the wind. Non!" she cried, so fiercely that Pierrot laughed, and rubbed his hands. Sd It happened that on the second visit Pierrot day after the left for Lac Rain, with Nepeese In the door waving him good by until he was out of sight. , n the morning of this same ay Bush McTaggart rose from hi bed while It was still dark. The time had come. He had hesitated at murder at the killing of Pierrot; and in his hesitation he had found a better way. On There could be no escape for Nepeese It was a wonderful scheme, so easy of accomplishment, so inevitable in its And all the time Pierrot outcome. would think he was away to the East on a mission ! He ate his breakfast before dawn, and was on the trail before it was yet light. There was a vast amount of brutal satisfaction to McTaggart in anticipating what was about to happen, and he reveled in it to the full. There was no chance for disappointment. He was positive that Nepeese would not accompany her father to Lac Bain. She would be at the cabin the Gray Loon alone. Tell Msleu That I Will Leave, the Day After Tomorrow." fashion one of the coveted ringlets from a tress that fell away below her hips, when the door opened behind her, and Rush McTaggart walked In. Chapter XI The Willows back was toward the door when the Factor from Lac Rain entered the cabin, and for a few startled seconds she did not turn. Her first thought was of Pierrot for some reason he had returned. Rut even its this thought came to bar, she heard in Rarees throat a snarl that brought her suddenly to her feet, facing the door. McTag;art was standing with his back against the door; and at Nepeese in her wonderful dress and flowing hair he was staring ns if stunned for a space at what he saw. Fate, or accident, was playing against the Willow now. If taere had been a spark of slumbering chivalry, of mercy, even. In Rush MeTaggarts soul. It was extinguished by what he saw. Never had Nepeese looked more beautiful, not even on that day when Macr Donald the had taken cameo. He had dreamed, but he had pictured nothing like this woman who stood before him now, her jes widening with fear and the flush leaving her face even as he looked at her. It was not a long Interval In which their eyes met In that ten hie silence terrible to the girl. Words were unnecessary. At last she understood understood what her pprll had been that day at the edge of the chasm and In the forest, when fearlessly she had conplayed with the menace that "as now. her fronting A breath that was like a sob broke from her lips. Msleu ! she tried to suv. Rut It Shi was only a gasp an effort seemed choking. Plainly h henrd the click of th( oren m, Iron boltSs R locked the door. Mo When the last batch of concrete was slid through the chutes Into the ctest of the great F a grea conCal of Fresno, miles northeast one hundred a advanced In about step. San river the the Taggart high Sierra's, spanning Joaquin three-fifth- s of a mue, ana u tne Only a single step McTaggart ad struction project was brought to a close. The dam has a crest measurement of vaneed. On the floor Raree had re longest multiple arch dam In the world. It has a maximum height above the river of 147 feet -malned Ilka : thing. He hud s not moved. He had not made a sound but that one warning snarl until took the step. Anft then, like a flash, he was up and In front of Nepeese, every hair of his body on end ; and at the fury In his growl the lunged back against barred door. A word from Nepeese In that moment, and It- would have been over. Rut an Instant was lost an Instant before her cry came. In that moment mans hand and brain worked swifter than brute understanding; and as Raree launched himself at the Factor's throat, there came a flash and a deafening explosion almost In the Willows eyes. , It was a chance shot, a shot from the hip with MeTaggarts automatic. Raree fell short. He struck the floor with a thud and rolled against the log wall. There was not a kick or a qulve left In his body. McTaggart laughed nervously as he shoved his pistol back In Its holster. He knew that only a View of Horta, chief dty of Fayal Island, In the Azores, which was wrecked by an earthquake that wan brain shot could have done that. followed by a tidal wave. With her back against the further t McTng-garwas waiting. wall, Nepeese 7 Earthquake Levels City of Horta in Azores rt ... could henr her panting breath. He advanced halfway to her. Nepeese, I have come to make you my wife, he Raid. She did not answer He could see that her breath wns choking her. She raised a hand to her throat. He took two more steps, and stopped. He had never seen such eyes. I have come to make you my wife Nepeese. Tomorrow you will go on ro Nelson House with me, and then He add back to Lac Rain forever. ed the last words os an afterthought Forever, he repented. He did not mince words. His courage and his determination rose as he saw her body droop a .llttiq against the wall. She was powerless There was no escape. Pierrot was gone Raree wns dead. He had thought that no living creature could move as swiftly ns the Willow when his arms reached out foi her. She made no sound as she darted under one of his outstretched arms He made a lunge, a brutal grab and his fingers caught a bit of hair. He heard the snap of It as she tore her self free and flew to the door. She had thrown hack the bolt when he caught her and his arms closed nhoul her. He dragged her hnck, and now she cried out cried out In her despair for Pierrot, for Raree, for some miracle of God that might save her She twisted And Nepeese fought. In his arms until she was facing him She could no longer see. She was smothered In her hair. It covered her face and breast and body, suffocating her, entangling her hands and arms and still she fought. In tho' struggle McTaggart stumbled over the bodv of Raree, and they went down. Nepef-was .up fully five seconds ahead of the man. She cpuld have reached ft e door. Rut again It was her hair. Sue paused to fling hack the thick masses of It so that she could see. and was at the door ahead of her He did not lock it again, but stood facing her. His face was scratched and bleeding. He was no longer a man hut a devil Nepeese wns broken, panting a low sobbing came with her breath. She bent down, and picked up a piece of firewood. McTaggart could see that her strength was almost gone. She clutehed the stick as he approached her again. Rut McTaggart had lost all thought of fear or caution He sprang upon her like an animal The stick of firewood fell. And again fate played against the girl. In her terror and hopelessness she caught up the first stick her hand ha touched a light one. With her last strength she struck at McTaggart with it. and as It fell on his head, lit staggered back. Rut It did not maki Wm loose his hold. HE--s A cannibal Weather Map Now Broadcast by Radio For the first time In the history of the United States, weather map have been broadcast by radio. The United States weather bureau la cona dally weather-ma- p templating to' ships at sea. Q. radio service by Francis Jenkins, shown In the photograph, Is. the Inventor of the device. Big Reward for Their Capture a: (TO BE CONTINUED ) map-make- :x -: Xvx -:- xvx -:- x -:- xx -:- x -:- x -:- x:- x -:- x -:- x -:- x -:- x -:- x -:- x -:- x:- x -:- x -:- x -:- x -:- x -:- x:- x -: Dan Beard Organized American Boy Scouts The experiences of Lieut. Gen. Sir Robert S. S. laden Rowell of the British army with fos as messengers during the Rot-- r war in South Africa so inipre ed him that he came later to devote almost his entire time to He organized the work with hoys. boy scouts in England, and from there the movement spread to most other countries, and the membership has grown until It now includes millions of' boys. The boys general, however, freely acknowledged his debt to movements of a similar character In the United States. And so, although the Boy Scouts of America were not Incorporated until 1910, which was some little tinu after the Rritish orgjnlza tion had been formed, the scouts In this country really date to a boys organization founded by Daniel (Tarter Reard Dan Heard about 190,1. This hotly beonme. with another foun led by Ernest Thompson Seten, the foundation of the American scouts. Packing Industry From the beginning pork was saltefl down and packed ic barrels lienc arose the name now given the meal industry. It Is more or less a mis nomer today because It applies in 1 greater degree to the industries o fruit and vegetable canning when packing In containers is an important feature Spire of the historic Harvard Conchurch of Brookline, gregational Mass., all wrapped up In a temporary wooden staging, undergoing extensive repairing for the first time since Its erection In 1673. The tower Is made of brown sandstone and has been gradually deteriorating. Let, to right, Roy. A. A., Ray Charles and Hugh De Autremont,' yo ro lers who lived at Eugene, Ore., and are accused of holding up a South Padflc train In the tunnel near Siskiyou on October 11. 1923, dynamiting ma car and murdering the mall 'clerk, engineer, fireman .and rakerr For three years the best of officer's have sought these men in vain, and i e the department offers $15,900 reward for Information leading their arrest and conviction. 0. Rlddiford, e Inspector at Spoki Wash., has charge of the case. Post-Offic- post-offic- |