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Show THE LEIII SUN. LEIII, UTAH BLACK SHEEFS GOLD by Beatrice Grimshaw Illustration by Irwin Myers o $ P A 1 M if it I, Copyright by Hugh Hassle A Co. WNB Senrlee CHAPTER XII Continued 22 ; "Is this road shorterr "Him say, suppose big rain no come, this road plenty short." "If we left at sun-up, when could we arrive?" "II im say, morning time nex day." "What happens if it rains?" "Him say, altogether we die." "How?" ' "Plenty devil stop along this road, aiakem big rain come, breakem up you-me." i "Get ready to start at daylight," said Pla. "Tell him, If he shows the wrong road, and if we don't arrive as soon as he says, he'll be shot" ; It was pure bluff, but she trusted to its carrying, with the aid of Sergeant Ser-geant SlmoL " Papuans do not wink; Slmoi, however, how-ever, gave the SInabada a look that amounted to winking, as he described. In vivid language, the trouble that would await that murderer, should his guiding be poor. - The carriers settled down to rest. Slmoi rolled himself up in his blanket and lay down across the open end of the carriers' fly within sight of Pla's tent The old sergeant had acquired the art of sleeping with one eye more or less open, on march. Suddenly he was broad awake. There was some one outside the Slnabada's tent. ', Simol reached his arm softly down the barrel of his rifle, as it lay along his leg.- He could see the person, standing In shadow; it was not a native. He rather thought it was the white man Simisson. What did he want, there at night? Still watching, the sergeant swung his legs over the end of the stick platform, and raised the rifle to his shoulder. ... What 1 It was the other SInabada, after all Who could tell Taubadas from SIna bada, when they both wore trousers? He had been very near firing. . . . i Crouching Inside the fly. Sergeant Simol kept watch. He did not approve of these late visitors, of whatever sex ; he was here to protect his charge, and he would do it What was the other SInabada going into the tent for? What were they talking about? Within the tent, Pla, in soldierly khaki, busy packing up her few be longings for the morrow's start, had been suddenly confronted by a vivid figure wearing silk pajamas, wild red- gold hair flying in curls about its face. Jinny, sobered ; Jinny, In a new strange mood, was there. I "I come to hear," she said, hoarse ly, "what you're going to do." . - "But that's what I wanted to ask you," said Pla, looking, sadly, at the flawed beauty, the wasting youth, of her who was called "Gin-Sling." "I can't think you knew what you were doing " i "I knew blasted welL I got him away, and kept him away. It was Spicer made me; you don't know that man he's silly .on top, but underneath, be can buy and sell all the wise men. I always sort of liked him. You wouldn't understand. ... I married mar-ried him when he asked me; I think he's another wife or two knocking about somewhere, but I reckoned I'd get what I could out of him. A girl has got to live. , You don't know. You don't know much the like of you." The light woman's contempt for bread and butter Innocence flashed out. What are you going to do?" I "What are you?" I don't know as that matters much to anyone, but Smithson's cut and run. He wouldn't 'a left me alone in the bush, not if there'd been nobody there but when the drink was out of him, he got scared at what he done, and he says, says he, 'I'm off tonight; HI take the outfit and go, and you can go to blazes or to Mrs. Philip Amory, says he, for you got me Into this trouble,' says he, 'and there isn't a miner in Papua will ever take a drink from me again, so I'd better go south and swing a blanky pick at Newcastle,' says tie. And he went. And I got no carriers and no tent. And if you ilke to tell me to go to blazes, same as he done, you can do It ; you've every right. No carriers 1 Pla had learned her New Guinea by now ; she understood as well as any miner or explorer, what "no carriers" in the far interior, meant It meant death, death certain, and little delayed. If 6he had been in cllned to cast this creature out, if she bad hated her, as she well might have done, for the ruin Jinny was bringing on the man they both loved even so. it would not have been possible to de sert her. But Pia had no hate for Jinny; pity, rather held her. "Of course you must comt with us,' sse said. "We're trying to get through by a short cut in time to save the claim. My carriers think it can be done. I'm afraid well have to hurry you.' "loure going to hut you cant The rime'4 up day after tomorrow mid day. And Spicer, he's waltlrj there with his eyes gogglln' out read? to put in his pegs If some one else doesn't beat him. Sinithson, he meant to go back with the boys and me, and see the fun; Spicer promised him half as much again as as" her voice shook "as Phil was allowln' him, to work it along with him. And he promised me half of the whole thing. He thought he'd bought me soul and body for that But I knew the minute I saw you come in that the game was up so far as I was in it I was snickered, and when I'm snickered I'm half mad, but all the same I knew when I'd sobered down a bit I'd be off the whole thing. I'm like that I'm on, and I'm off, and when I'm on there's nobody can put me off, and when I'm off the devil himself cant put me on. I'm through with Spicer and with Smlthson and with the whole d n crew, and I wish to God I'd never done It, only tt's too late now." "It's not too late. If we start Just at dawn, and keep going hard, we can get there before midday the' day after tomorrow. And we're going to do It" "You're going to stop him?" cried Jinny, springing to her feet "I'd give the heart out of my body to see him turned down proper. He's he's made me hate mesclf. I've done things that all the pussy cats meow at but I never done a dirty turn to anyone before, be-fore, and it's owin to Spicer that I've A Certain Obscure Instinct of Phys ical Repulsion Kept Her From the Joint 8leepfng Place. done it now. If you do know another way we can get back by, for God's sake take it, and I'll know what it Is to sleep o'nights again. It was when I heard from Port that he'd married you Phil, I mean It was then I went off me nut and Spicer, he took advantage of It I'm with you, there's my hand on It" She struck her thin fingers almost painfully Into Pla's. "Have you got anything to drink?" she fin ished with sudden pathos. "I have one bottle of brandy In the medicine chest," answered Pla. "I'll make It do," said Jinny, briefly. "We'll get there, or we'll die." CHAPTER XIII In the bottom of the river gorge it was extraordinarily stilL The thin tinkle of the Romilly river among high boulders, parched with drought, seemed only to emphasize the absence of all other sound. Far away among the castellated heights that blackened the stars, rock wallabies may have moved with loping thump, winds stirred in wild grasses, the stately cassowary sounded his loud drum. But here at the bottom of all things, in the great crack that seemed to cleave the very bowels of earth, there was no life, save that made for one night by the carriers, the camp Ores, the moving forms and shouting voices of Pla's ex pedition. When these died down, when suppers were over, and hacking toma hawks silent; when the natives were sleeping under their flies, and the two white women had come out to sit for a few minutes under cool sky, before they got beneath their close mos quito nets and went to rest then, the stillness of the deep valley came forth once more In a slow flood ; wrapped all things, seemed to climb higher and higher up the bare stone walls, above the low, " exhausted river that was breathing feebly in the heart of It as life, leaving the body of a man, breathes ever more and more faintly through the rising tides of death. It had been a hard day for both women, forced to drive strength to the utmost behind the greater and more enduring strength of the men; but strangely it had not been as hard Radio Messages First While Marconi generally Is credited with being the Inventor of wireless telegraphy, the first radio messages were sent during the Civil war, says C. Francis Jenkins, veteran inventor. "Although Prof. Joseph Henry, In 1S32. discovered that electrical oscillations oscil-lations could be detected a considerable consider-able distance fom the oscillator. It remained re-mained for a Washington dentist Dr. Mahlan Loomis, actually to send the first radio messages," Mr. Jenkins said. "Id 1SC5 he built an oscillating circuit cir-cuit and connected It to a wire aerial supported by a kite. One station was set up on P.ear Den mountain, Va, not very far from Washington, and a duplicate station was set up on top of Catoctln spur, 15 miles distant as either had anticipated. Pia was sl most puzzled to find the whole party I so near, by all accounts, to Tatatata. They bad traveled up the canyon without much trouble, and reached a good camp well before dusk. It was too easy, as roads went in that wilderness; wilder-ness; and In consequence, It gave Pla to think. There was no going back; she had wanted that road, and taken it but why was the carrier so strongly strong-ly averse to using It, and why would Sergeant Simol, when questioned, say nothing about the matter? By all showing, this way saved a whole day of travel. And yet so far. It bad been neglected by the makers of the track. "I wish." said Pla suddenly, "I knew more about this country." Jinny was sitting on a rock, near by. A long way ofT, among the peaks of the Pla Laurier range, distant thunder thun-der broke, grumbled, and, was still. In the silence that followed on the thunder peal. Jinny spoke. "I know something about it" 'be said. "I've been once on the field. I reckon It's floods Is the matter here." "Floods?" said Pla, swinging round to look up and down the enormous gorge. "You told me the carrier said the place was full of devils, and when It rained the devils came along and broke you up. That means you'd die.9 "I suppose l might be very inconvenient," incon-venient," said Pia, "Sergeant Simol did mention something about it ; but diet I really don't see why one could not get out of the way, if a flood came. One has only to climb up the sides before it has risen too high. "There's places you couldnt climb." "Well, then, one could hurry along, and find another place." "If you'd time." "Why shouldn't you have time?" r "I've heard stories," she said presently. pres-ently. "Likely they wasn't true. . I'm going to bed."' Pla sat a little longer, out there alone in the blackness of the. canyon, looking up at the river of stars that ran so far above. A certain obscure instinct of physical repulsion kept her from the joint sleeping place; made her feel, as she had secretly felt last night that a twelve by fourteen tent was too small for her and for Genevieve Gene-vieve Treacher together. But her innate in-nate courtesy made her hide the feeling. , "I'll come presently," she called. "It's so cool out here." Jinny made no answer; she was flinging her clothes recklessly about in the tent and Pia could hear her muttering to herself. ' "Has she been drinking again?" wondered the girl on the rock. "It's a terrible pity. She could be so fine . . . " she might even yet But If that has got her, her time will be too short How long," she wondered, with a certain fearful curiosity, "would it take a woman like her to reform, change entirely, make up for It all?" Life had no answer ready to offer Pla Laurier ... that night ' By and by, when Jinny's mutterlngs and fllnglngs had given way to silence, the other entered the tent; sat down on the edge of her bed, and began to unwind puttees and unlace boots. She felt that sharp eyes were watching her from behind the mosquito net of the other bed, but she tried to remain, Or look, unconscious of the fact Without warning Jinny burst out "I hate you; I think I'm mad." "She has not been drinking," thought Pla. "I dono what Fm doing It for," went on Jinny, speaking more and more rapidly. "Why should I? Why should I hand you over to him, and fill the pockets of both of you, when I could knock you over any one of them precipices, or I could set the carriers on to take your head oh, you don't know; there's nothing any man, black or white .won't do for me except one except " The threatened storm burst ; she fell into frantic tears. - Pla acted by instinct now. Her repulsion, re-pulsion, somehow, had died. - "Jinny," she said, "stop crying, dear. It hurts you to cry like that and it hurts me to hear you." "Why should I stop? Why shouldn't I get them to kill you and your sergeant ser-geant too? For two pins I would. You took Phil away from me." "No," said Pia calmly. "I did not That was done long before either of us met him. Can't we be generous to each other, Jinny, since we both care for him? Can't we want the best for him? Pve thought often, that you might have been the best if you and he had met earlier." "Say It out I know what you mean." "If you know, I needn't say. Jinny, I can't give him quite what you might have given. It's a puzzling world; things don't ever fit neatly as they do in books. There's something about me that's not not (TO BBS CONTINUED) Sent During Civil War "Messages were sent alternately from one station to the other by dot and dash Interruption of a buzzer spark circuit Reception was attained by deflecting a galvanometer needle at the receiving point" , In 1869 a bill was Introduced in congress con-gress to incorporate the Loomis Aerial Telegraph company. Nobody would buy the stock and It remained for others, years later, to reap the reward of radio broadcasting, Mr. Jenkins saje. Knocking or Boosting? Men do make a great fuss doing things, but the fact tht they are doing do-ing is Important not the thing, but the doing. Woman's Home CoBifsnloa, AND ITS PEOPLES By Capt. L R. Claud Robinson A BRIEF SURVEY OF INDIAN HISTORY TF WE try to form a mental picture of Indian history, we see a confused con-fused procession of kingdoms taking shape and dissolving again. Here and there great figures stand out the founders of mighty dynasties or the makers of kingdoms. At one moment we are dazzled by the magnificence of some unusually brilliant reign; in the next we are left contemplating the ruins of all this greatness subsiding amidst anarchy and confusion. In the Fourth century, B. C. Chan-dragupta Chan-dragupta holds our attention as be wrests an empire from the generals of Alexander. A century later we find Asoka is equally compelling for his patronage of Buddhism, which resulted re-sulted In its becoming one of the greatest religions in the world, in the Second, Fourth and Seventh centuries, we catch passing glimpses of greut sovereigns In Kanlslika, Samudruguptu and Harsha; and in the Eighth century cen-tury we witness the rise of the celebrated cele-brated warrior clans of the Rajputs. During the Rajput dominion Buddhism was attacked and vanquished by Hinduism. Hin-duism. Hardly have we realized the meaning mean-ing and greatness of the Itajput swaj than we see new forces pouring through the defiles of the northwest frontier, conquering, slaying and proselytising, pro-selytising, and assailing Hinduism with a militant fanaticism inspired by a creed which recognized only one God. With this Mohauimtdun conquest con-quest of India, we Inevitably associate associ-ate the fierce figure of Mahraud of Gazui in the Eleventh century, and the resplendent epoch of the Mogul dynasty. Towards the close of the Mogul period, we see the close of the Marathas of the Deccan, and once more we witness that familiar sight in Indian history of a great empire crumbling crum-bling and finally disappearing from the land. While there Is romance in plenty to color these fleeting pictures of the mind, our Impressions, based on hard fact, will show us that It Is war that casts Its sinister shadow over the whole; the result of fierce ambition and a clash of rival creeds. Nor does the early period of European ascend ancy in the East differ In this respect from the eras which preceded it Spain, Portugal. France, Holland and Great Britain, fought fiercely for dominion do-minion until at length a single power emerged triumphant ONE CANNOT GENERALIZE ABOUT INDIA T INB people out of ten still . talk A v of the people of India, when they mean the peoples of that continent When over a period of time one has been brought into contact with the business like oars! of Bombay, the in dolent and easy-going Burman, the cultured Brahman of southern India, the nrimiUve Kohl or Bhll of the lun eles of Central India, the emotional In habitant of the towns of Bengal,' the cheerful bill men of the eastern HIma layas, the great landowners of f the United Provinces and the Punjab, the proud aristocracy of Bajputnna. the wild Afrldl of the Northwest frontier and the Dicturesque people of Balu chlstan, one realizes It is impossible to generalize about India, One does not generalize about Eu rope, and in some respects Europe l tar more homogeneous than India. Nevertheless there are certain rough generalizations which may be made. Thus it mav be said that India is es sentially an agricultural country. 72 Der cent of her people, or approxl mately 219.000,000 being -dependent in one form or another upon agrl eulture fc their livelihood. The pop ulation as a whole lives in small towns and villages. There are on the whole of this huge contlnen less than 750 towns with a population of 10,000. and only 30 towns with a population of 100,000 and upwards. Azaln. take the case of climate. In a general way India Is a hot country ; and the fact that there are parts of India where cold weather Is experi enced during certain seasons, and oth er Darts where winter of almost arctic severity prevails, docs not disprove fhe general contention. If India were not a hot country, It is unlikely that her people would consume about 2.000.000 miles of cotton cloth every year, as In point of fact they do. It mav also be asserted that as a Epneral rule the outstanding charac teristics of Mohammedan architecture are Its simple grandeur of outline. Its ourttv and Its statellness, while Hindu architecture is characterized by an amazing detail of ornamentation and elaborate intricacy of design. Lastly, it Is undoubtedly the case, excepting in those regions which are dominated by Mohammedanism, that the Hindu doctrine of transmigration exercises an almost universal sway. These are generalizations which are unquestionably true. But having made them as a protest against a too rigid Interpretation of the statement that one cannot generalise about India, let me add that I subscribe to It on the whole. t& Uti. Weatara Newspaper Uoiaa. A TRUE sportsman Is as careful atout his pipe tobacco at be is about His lures. Why distress the poor fisn. and taint the pure air wit n a strong pipe when Sir Walter Raleigh's fa-' fa-' vorite smoLing tobacco costs so little, and is so mild and fragrant? 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She seemed to be dreaming; Mechanically, I stepped up to her and kissed her fair cheek. "'0 my ! " she breathed, still with her eyes shut, "'I didn't know I was so near Heaven!'" Philadelphia Record. Profanity Discouraged . Antiswear clubs are being formed among British railway men to curb the too frequent use of profanity. A gang employed in a yard near London has drawn a code of rules and penalties for the preservation of culture In the spoken word. The members agreed to place a box in their shunters' cabin for the receipt of fines Inflicted for every word that offended against the code. That box was opened after one week, and as a result $2.75 was sent to the orphan or-phan fund of the National Union of hallway Men. Something Awry "Was Ilotboy's plan to thrash the editor carried out?" "No, but Ilotboy was,H B -l II J liTi 1 Kill Moth or They Will Cost You Money Get Your Flit and The Special Flit Sprayer Today! 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