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Show TIIE BEAVER COUNTY WEEKLY PRESS. BEAVER, UTAI1 r:. A1V him. ' But because Dan had learned the lesson of tandlng milt because his ollve-dra- b sporting clothes blended softly with the colored leaves, Crans- ton did not detect htm. He turned and strode on down the' tW.- He didn't move quite like a man with innocent purpoxes. There was something stealthy, something sinister in his stride,, and the. way' .be .Jept such a sharp lookout lu all directions. , Vet he never glanced to the trail for deer tracks, as he would have done had he been huutlng. Without even,, I waiting to meditate on the matter,, Dan started to shadow him. Before one hundred sards had been traversed, he eoultl better understand the joy the cougar takes In his hunt-- dryw A cauV9 ing. It was the sanie process tious, silent advance in the trail of prey, lie had to walk with the name caution, he had to take advantage of the thickets. He becan to feel a curious excitement Cranston seemed to be moving more the same experience again with no now, examining the bruoh carefully im embarrassment His whatever. first TO SHOOT OR BLUFF? the trait Now and then he along pression then, besides abounding, In U credible astonishment, was that she glanced up at the tree tops. And Synopsis. Warned by his physiIn once the knelt and he at cian that he hai not mora than alx stopped had quite knocked out his breath. But months to live. Dan Falling sits let it be e&ld for hlni-tha- f he recov drx,.8hniblenv.despondently on a par bench; woni'" was see flrxt ' all At thartanrculd ered with notable promptnexs. His dering where he should spend thone Cmns-to- u knife a blade. of the six months. Memories o( his grandglitter own anna had eone un and closed seemed to be whittling a piece of father and a deep love for all around her, and the girl Ttad wriggled things ot the wild help him In dead pine Into fine slut vlnjrs, 1 Now free. reaching a decision. In a large "But you mustn't do that T she told he was gathering pine needles and .southern Oregen city he meets small twigs, making a. little pile of : him. people who had known and loved Crnnnton his grandfather, a famous fronYou did It them. Andf then. Just as 'But good Lord, girl! tiersman, lie makes his home with his saw drew his Pan purpose. match, tome! Is there no Justice In women ?' il&a lennox, a typical westerner. Cranston was at his old trade set The only other members of the "But I did it to thank you for this . . . household are Lennox's son, "Bill," ting a forest fire. For remembering me lovely gift. and daughter, "Snowbird." Pan two Their For reasons, good very so for good and considerate. being abode la in the Umpqua divide, and didn't call to him at once. The two You haven't any cause to thank me." there failing plans to live out the abort span of life which he has He had many serious difficulties In reason were .that Cranston had a riftV " and that Dan was unarmed. It might been told Is his. From the first thinking It out. And only one con be extremely likely that, Cranston Fallings health shows a marked was Snowbird obtainable clusion that Improvement, and In the companwould choose the most plausible and kissed as naturally a she did any ionship of Lennox and his son and effective means of preventing an Inter kiss the daughter he fits Into the woods life meant and thing else, exactly same as if he had been born to it By what she said it did and no mre. ruption of his crime, and by the quick thinking and a remarkable token, prevent word of the crime ever But would the remained he that fact display of "nerve" he saves LenThe rifle have walked a good many miles far- reaching tbe authorities. nox's life and his own when they are attacked by a mad coyote. ther If he thought there was any pos contained five cartridges, and only one ; ; was needed. . , , Lennox declares he Is a reincarnatsibility of a repeat. ion of his grandfather, Dan FallBut the of Idea backing out nnseen. were But all once fantasies at his ing I, whose fame as a woodsman never even occurred to Pan. The fire is a household word. Dan learns suddenly and rudely dispelled by the would have ft tremendous headway be that an organised band ot outlaws, lutrusion of. realities. Dnn had been summon help' Although he could fore of which Bert Cranston the walking silently himself In the pine leader, la setting forest fires. Lan- It was near the lookout, station, every As needles. Lennox had wondered at dry Hlldreth, a former member of condition pointed to a disastrous fire. , the gang, has been Induoed to turn long ago, he knew how by Instinct; state's evidence. Cranston shoots and Instinctively he practiced this at- The brush wastry as tinder, not so ' Hlldreth and leaves him for dead. tainment as soon as he got' out into heavy as to, choke the wind, but yet name tne into Whlsperfoot, the mountain lion, tan to carry enough tha u'tlfV Thtt nvfltnra "h had honed spring on Hlldreth and finishes tr tops. .The stiff breeze up the was fully one hundred yardsWlstant him. . . ... rWge would certainly carry the flame yet ian could bear mm witn entire And for while a he couldnt for miles through the parched Divide plainness. even guess what manner of thing it before help could come. In the mean CHAPTER II Continued. time stock and Uvea and homes wonld might be. , x be endangered, besides the Irreparable A cougar that made so much no'ae And as for Whlsperfoot the terror of timber.. , There were . many loss from would be bethat choked his heart with blood immediately expelled that Dan might do, but giving things gan to wear off In a little while. The the union. A wolf pack, running by up was not one of them, k man lay so still In the thickets. Be After all, he did the wisest thing of sides, there was a strange, wild smelf all. He simply came out in plain sight . air. Whlsperfoot's stroke had and' unconcernedly walked down the.-tragone home so true there had not even toward Cranston. At the same been a fight The darkness began to Instant the latter struck his match. lift around him, and a strange exalta - Aa Dan was no longer- - stalking, , tion, a rapture unknown before fcCall Cranston Immediately beard his atep. his banting, began to creep Into his He whirled, recognised Dan, and for wild blood. Then, as a shadow steals, one long Instant In which the world he went creeping back to his dead. e e seemed to have time In plenty to make a complete revolution, be stow perDan Falling had been studying nature on the high ridges; and he went fectly rootlonjess. The match flared in hia dark fingers,, hia eyes full of tin- - ' home by a back trail that led to. bid Bald mountain. gular conjecturing rested on Dan'a The trail was just face, No instant of the letter's life a narrow serpent In the brush; and had ever been fraught with greater It bad not been made by gangr of peril He understood perfectly what laborers, working with shovels and was going on In Cranston's mind. The , picks. Possibly half a dozen white d was calmly deciding whether, men. In all, had ever walked along It. to shoot or whether to bluff It out It waa Just the path of the wild creaOne required no more' moral courage tures, worn down by hoof and paw than the other. " It really didn't make and cushion since the young days of a great deal of difference to Cranston. the world. But he decided that the killing was It waa a roundabout trail home, not worth the cartridge. The other but yet It had Its advantages. It took course was too easy. He did not even him within two miles of Snowbird's dream that Dan had been shadowing lookout station, and at this hour of him and had seen his Intention. . He. . day he had been particularly fortunate would have laughed at the Idea that a In finding her at a certain spring on "tenderfoot" could thus walk behind the mountain aide. It was rather a Wthout concern, be coincidence. Along about four him, unheard. scattered with hia foot the little heap he would usually find himself wanderof kindling, and slipping hta pipe Into ing up that way. Strangely enough, bis mouth, he. touched the flaring at the same time. It was true that match to It It was a wholly admlr- she bad an Irresistible Impulse to go able little piece of acting, and would down and alt In the green ferns beside have deceived any one who had not the aame spring. They always seemed Dan Saw Hia Purpose. seen his previous preparations. Then to be surprised to see one another. In the trail toward. reality, either of them would have sight might crack brush as freely; he walked on ' down r ? ,' been considerably more surprised had hut a wolf pack would also bay to Dan.J Dan! stopped and lighted hia own the other failed to put In an appear- wjl-- (he dead.' Of course It might be ance. And always they had long talks, an elk or a steer, and atill more likely, pipe. It waa a curious little truce. a bear. He stood still and listened. And then he leaned back against the as the afternoon drew to twilight " "Bat I don't think you ought to wait The sound grew nearer. great gray trunk of a fallen tree. .. ... "Well. Cranston," he said civilly. so late before starting home." the girl " Soon If became evident that the creawould always say. "You're not a ture waa either walking with two lege, The men. had met on previous ocd animal, put- casions, and always there had been human hawk, and It Is easier to get or else waa the same Invisible war between them. lost than yon think." ting two feet down at the same now do you do; Falling, Cranston tiad learned to wait" He And thla aoHdrude, Dan rightly" figured, was a good sign. There was stood perfectly still. And gradual!,; replied. No perceptions could be so blunt ,aa,to premedtt ateL bv only .one ob Jectloa to 1 1 It . resulted keme.iJlheIclusl.oa.alJh.e; In an', nnmlstakble Inference' that she was' listening to the footfall of n sult hrthe tone. He didn't speak In his own tongue at all. the short, gutconsidered him nnahle to take care other man. . But It was rather hard" to Imagine tural "Howdy" that Is the greeting of himself end that was the last thing on earth thst he wanted her what a man might be doing on this of the mountain men.. He pronounced lo think. " He understood her well lonely hill. Of course It might be a nil the words with an exaggerated pre- enough to know that her standards deer hunter; but few were the valley clslon, an unmistakable mockery of vcre the standards of the mountains, sportsmen w ho had penetrated to this Dan's, own tone. In bis accent he , ' ' far Isnd. The footfall was much too threw a tone of sickly sweetness, and raining strength and his Inference was. all too plain. He shove all things. He didn't atop to hesry for Snowbird. The steps wer question why. every day. he trod so evldmtly on another trail that Inter- was simply calling Falling a milksop sected his own trail one hundred yards and a whlte-llveJust as plainly as many weary miles to be with her. : and farther np the hill. lie hod only to If he had nsed the words.' . a She as was fawn as natural A The eyes of the two men met many times she had qnttt taken away stand still, and In an Instant the fian ; . bis breath. And once she did It liter would come In sight Cranston's lips were slightly curled la He took one step Into the thickets, an unmistakable leer. Dan's were slly. He (DdnU think that so long a death him he would ever be prepared to conceal himself If It he-- " very straight. And In one tht.tg at able to forget thst experience. It was csme necessary. Then he waited." Soon toast their eyes looked Just the same.' her birthday, and knowing of It -- In the man stepped ont on the trail. , The pupils of both pairs had contracted .Even at the distance of one hundred to steel points, bright In the dark gray time he had arranged for the delivery of a certain package, dear' to ..girlish yards, Dnn had no difficulty whatever of the Irises. Cranston's looked some-wh- st red j ami. Dan'a were only hard s .heart, at her father's house. In the la recognlxlng him. He could not " trysting how liCMfl enme trtdtfng mistake thts tall, dark torn. The sofrtd. and bright. over the hills with It and few experisloucby clothes, the rough balr, the ences In his life had evir yielded ucb Intent dark features. It was a man nnmltlgated pleasure as the. eight of about hit own age, hia ewn height Sawb2rJ t the reacae. her, glowing white and red, as she took but weighing fully twenty pounds It Its wrapping paper. It was a Jolty more, and the dark, narrow eyes could old gift, he recollected and when she belong to no one but Bert Cranston. tTO JIB CONT1NVKO tad aeen It aha fairly leaped at him. He carried his rtfls loosely In Ms arro He stopped at the forks In the 'rail Her warm, round anna around his Has te 8 Clever. week, and tie softest loveliest lipa In and lopked carefully la all directions. "She's a clever conversationalist" the world prwuted his. But In those Dan bad every reason to thlnk'.tbat "She lias' to be, to Cover c? tit days he rtldnt have the strength that Cranston would see him at first glsnre. , .. rt fej fc fonjd endure Only one clump of thicket sheltered breaks br husband makes," bf -- ii v -- 1 IP'S ' m . f . . By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN. -- U f,., much-quote- '( I 1U ill If f ! mantle of auperhBman-perfect- s self-evide- nt a&Z.'.2 - C -- acounted Americana have hugged aselves for sheer Joy upon reading General Washington got so ex- ! over the dlsgracefuLjetreatpt Charles' Lee at the "begtnnln-j- f of battle of Monmouth (1778) that mrsed Lee to his face till "the rnrled upon the trees," and then his beloved white horse to death ertlng disaster. 1 George was the nal Sheridan at' Winchester that That George Washington could imT and swear eo completely that nay waa satisfied la pretty good In most part of the U. 8. A. ? truth Is that George was con-til- e of a fighter, and If a good that be wasn't exactly unhappy ; me scrap, tie got ma preiim Question fighting Indians nd J world saver saw a Misr ait GUCIER . PARK RECORD Tourists This Ytar Saw th nlo Bsautles of Montana y Wendsrland, hgton. Glacier National 'park broken all Its records for travel, according to the report j Goodwin, the superlntendeht onal parks. , His figures show is year a total of 22,440 toor-Ite-d Glacier park. The major-bes- e tarvslers entered the part h t- I . I u " J I yfT T irC AL - 1 ' rjf , :. !l 1 will ever again be thrown over m. The Americans of. the future ' n Itnow the real man. . revela-nAnd this Is the added Joy of The djsclosure of the man's il nature but adds to his greatness. !th each disclosure the marvel of I greatness of the. man grows. That could be so human and so great s tt his tonntry't pride In him.- -, a Tiere Is an old saying that no man It Is one of I hero to his valet truths tlat we ac-Yet It is a safe Instinctively. wr that the written words of Toi Lear are true. After Washing- service as President and his re-- : to Mount Vernon, his corre-denc- e became so burdensome that roployed Tobias Lear, a native of Hampshire and a graduate of vard, as his secretary. Jeorge Washington Is, I believe," r wrote after two years at Mount son, "almost the' only man of ex-- d character who does not lose some his respectability y an intimate 1 have never found a dalntance. ,le thing that could lessen my reel for him.'. A complete knowledge i!s honesty. nprlgl)tne8S and can-i- n all his private transactions has etlmes led me. to think him more "a , debates In the senate I'M of the last congress, on the League, of Nations. The Influence of his life, acts and utterances Is II U our with increasing better understanding "of ie cnaracter or. tne "latner 01 ma ' . untry." And it is- - a- - better understanding. ror the curlier literature and history blative to him threw about our mill- hry hero of the Revolution and our fret President such an atmosphere of h'ntliness and perfection that iardly seemed a human being. There f as a gasp of astonishment whenlimpses of the real George WashingNobody'a feel- Jon began to appear. likes American figs were hurt The s national heroes The bile was soon asking for more of c same, thanK yon. it goi more. nd when at last It became evident hat George Washington had the mak-fig- s of "a regular fellow," If all the ruth were known, the American peo-- e were simply tickled to death and he hero of the cherry-tre- e fable forth- lth took his rightful place ln.th ireat American heart' v (Now we know, a lot about the real 'eorge Washington, and every now ad then something new sees daylight here is now no danger that the awe-an- e i ..) T EORGE WASHINGTON d a was statesman lu the Mg I ,Hiif ! 2f I?;-- . W (' ft; J . J: ... ..I In-th- e lira fighter than the American skin. He admitted then that he in the found "something charming sound of the bullet's whistle. In the Virginia state library at Richmond Is a letter from him to Governor Benjamin Harrison of Pennsylvania under date of May 8. 1782. which says: "No nation has ever yet suffered, in treaty, by preparing," even In the hour of. negotiation,' most vigorously for the field." Here's Theodore Roosevelt's "Speak softly and carry a big stick.". The old Idea of George Washington ued to be that he hadn't a glimmer of humor in his makeup. Don't you In the Virginia collection Is think It n letter 'from George to his brother John, written from Fort Cumberland, after Braddock's defeat In which he saysr; "Dear Brother: As I have heard, since my arrival at. this place, of a circumstantial account of my death and dying speech, I take this early op portunity of contradicting the first and assuring you that I have not as yet composed the latter." Here's Mark Twain's famous telegram: "The report of my death is ' greatly exaggerated." When Thomas Jefferson was governor of .Virginia Washington wrote n to him In verbiage, teeming with apologies and references to "your excellencies deslrea," beseeching tne - Immediate shipment of flour and clothing for the soldiery, or the money with which to procure the same, ' Accompanying thl official document, however, ther wan a personal note whlcbfeegab :My Dtr"TfcoDas'r In It .Washington suggested that Jefferson send "a quantity of liquor", to him. "The men are deserting by hundreds," be added.- - Then, Jestingly: "If this something Is not 'done red- I 1 high-flow- letters by Washington which speak plainly of two other, love affairs.' One, written In 17 to. "Dear. Friend Robin," speaks of his "passion for your Lowland Beauty." Both friend and sweetheart are unknown. . Another letter, written In 1752 to William Fauntleroy of Virginia says: : I should have been down long . "Sir before this, but my business In Frederick detained me somewhat longer than I expected, and immediately upon my return from thence I was taken with a violent pleurise which has reduced me very low; but purpose, as soon as I recover my strength, to wait on Miss Betsy, In hopes of a revocation of the former cruel sentence, and see If I cannot win any alteration In I have enclosed a letter my favor. to her." ' George Washington was the John D.. Rockefeller of his day so far as wealth goes. John D. once said he would rather lose a, thousand dollars than be cheated eut of a nickel,-We- ll, George evidently felt the aame way; at least his letters so Indicate. Yet be accepted no pay at a' soldier, and spent 172,000 (at least) of his own money. He was generous as he was He dekeen to get what was his. lighted In a good bargain. Aa for efficiency, It was bis middle name.' There never was a better farmer and business man, and Mount Vernon was a model plantation. . ;. George Washington proved himself a regular fellow In these ways, among others: ' He dozen counts cards, played j?ards,and prdereda packs at a time; one of his ac contains the Item: "Lost at 8 shillings." ... v '" - wine. beer, mm and brandy always In moderation. , He loved horses, and Imported fine ' ' stocks 1 fond rot fox; hunting;- his m 'eTlo'.'deMrt'','also.w".: pack of fox hounds was famous; he Washington, as an ardent lover Is wore the ' latest and best In hunting something newv again. This side of clothes. , the man Is not In evidence In the middleHs loved to fish, to sbot ducks and -aged husband of Martha Washing- to hunt deer. ton (the widow Custls). Yet they He wore' good clothes, and Insisted tell In Williamsburg that George of- upon having them to his liking In fered his band' when Je was, a young eery detail. surveyor to Mary Cary and waa In short the real George Washingturned down cold by the prood, beauty. ton was not the mythical Washington Later, when the brilliant young officer who has been foisteJ on the AmertAn came back riding at the head of his school, boy of past generations. The men, Mary swooned 'a way. marvel is, that so human an American Then there was Mary I'hilllpse, "an was ever so mummlfled In a land like exquisite damsel of Fairfax county, America. They couldn't do It to whom he wooed most vigorously. ... And It will George when he was atlv In the Virginia collection are twe never happop again. . r. inyadjbjbjj z"; He--dran-k Her-waa- " . via the main gateway, at Glacier Park Station, MoaUna. These tourists came from every state In the Union and from nearly every country upon the ...... face of the , A new wonderland section of Glacier park Is to be revealed by the government next year, when horse trails will be completed, opening to the tourists a stretch of marvelous scenic beauty" In that part ef the Rockies lying between Many Glacier chalet village and the Canadian boundary. Therelp are many square mllea of picturesque country ea.rth. which hitherto has only, been .traveled by' Indiana and a very few white explorers. IverythlKQ Handy for the Robbers. Cambridge, O. The city will Install four, riot guns and two rifles In a glass case In front of a local bank, tc be uw! nhen rohhrra come. But no one eei-ni :nf tutored out what will liiipKH If tl.e rubers rearh V.r mm-- dm. high-powere- d il -- fire-fien- sin-gul- ar lip ! . ' four-foote- . misae . self-relian- r; " , , : There Is n win a ! |