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Show THE LEIH SUN, LEIII, UTAH ' 11 109 t U il i.i ions daio wtenfe 5S. III! r 8,1c the Did:, ids itus, tlf wai bc.. boutf amid -? thefc PUS Dr(s! f 3LU uce thet 01 su )LCT lata if-'-IP id tin irefe-rata- 3 Mi It 4 ml re mm a uide Bo w IIS of tie mm I 1 Tl By HAROLD TITUS WKD Service ,iriPTER IV ,lt in those first days fWT rent front devoia " I.ddresrf as Jim. r-fhr.. nromotly when Lberthathewa up-rS up-rS more than any other .. he managed l.r,le he had assumed. 'm walked JIC'J ' . - lawyer. Into - fa town. "v . 1 eir who. they tearned. IW .. ivn and deter- j hit there was no -?S rSsoaable settlement of m stalemate there titevertbe reason ... fJl . , -.woe- ha rela te nima, - ., With unfriendly competi-Stbe.h competi-Stbe.h surely was a facte fac-te considered, Steve realized. WretSt nian uw4' J.IJU"- - -i iinre arriving at GOOd- im. . . it twice nu - - ( .. nfffht when I n inai iuai e - ..m Bin flown ami, no'"i Entered him with the Laird ... i A- rtvoi Rut another 5( iuni rater with Franz to add to the nf ia ortt. fadj Heavy o"rucu Ul ty for the man Known us iuuS wm to the cards, It appeared. .min at the . .. , . ae flay ior louauco, U a n SM. wastea inaian s'ld on the doorstep, tij Hm Todd was busy selling jj to an Indian girl and as fve stepped behind the counter Selp himself, his Interest was A k fin amua.QnM ;;!er racially flat face was a fine . i ii i i.t l : i mo me ugni uruuzn bum use in, Ber large eyes were widely ud wj neiu ou sieve as ma xm her body, still sienaer nut i those voluptuous lines that are reransers of the grossness which m accrue witn years, a loveiy ,3; inimal, be was thinking, as renew for the can of tobacco, then looked back into her face ;le rat staring at him and atkls; like scorn and nride and srsnt ihowed In her eyes. He ii fi conviction that she hnA -aised his admiration and had upon It the usual construction. "Mary, I ain't got any green," Tom ii laid, turning from the shelf ! Mch he kept his scant stock of "Gift me blue and yellow," the r! replied. "I make green." She spoke with the broad rowel fm usual In Indians and also f .1 the careful Inflection of one en has been schooled In a lan-other lan-other than their own, and art her back on Kfevi ho Kht, with conscious purpose. weni out smiling sardon-Those sardon-Those Indian clrlo Via n-A urn, probably were Justified In -"uS me emotions Dehlnd the U Of Khitfl nun Pepaddledtothe wood camp and l a thers until noon. Then, start-M start-M Mck, be encountered the In- ia And with them, this fa, was Frans. Jeir two canoes floating side by 11 8rst ""'acted his attention. 5 t glistening paddle blade W to the sunlight as the old ;rwnng it Franz, whose back see Drake's nnrnon, ..-i.. padd, an7Up'ed bS 5 J?.?- the fTierir,Z',I!y.Ulere!,, e4tw, uul answer. She 5T,at tte man deep Soldered In ho, " p 5 " ! 1 fraai l."111 without mar.. ' '.P" to herd jon tSn' no feeling lir: ' ,na he caUed out I S,9paM,,' Nals tim,!tthe I 5Jttbretr,thIS f & It? ?Ke?t that O-V1 of row d-d af-rV af-rV "Mer be asked frS'ed on bin, and Don showed to kkt Jave head a ' ItiT ,1 u 'on know ' I( you, "Healthy for me?" Steve laughed derisively. "I took you on once before, be-fore, Franz, and I know pretty well what your threats amount to. You're getting rough with the girl I don't like you and I don't like that sort of thing, anyhow. Now, what's the rowT" "Have I got to tell you In so many words to go to h 1?" Steve ignored this and addressed the girl: "Won't you tell me what the trouble Is? There is trouble of some sort, of course. If you, too, say it's none of my affair I'll get going. But it seemed to me that, maybe, you could use a little help here and there." He smiled encouragingly. "We go to the Mad Woman," she answered simply. "My father is sick. He wants to be In the bush. He" with a look at Franz "tor me not to go." . "That's It, eh? And is It . . . that is, has he any right to tell you what to do and make you do it?" He thought that something like pride and, also, something kindred to shame showed in her face. She hesitated a moment and then said: "No." "That's a lie I" Franz cried. "Haven't I bought you two flour and pork? Where'd you've gotten those clothes you're wearing if it hadn't been for me? Where'd your seed for crops come from if I didn't furnish It this spring?" "lou got pay," the girl said and though she spoke dully or perhaps because of It and although her gaze simply smoldered, Steve read in those three short words the whole sorry story. "Why, you're crazy to take him Into that country I" Franz burst out "He's a sick man. He's got his ticket. The doctor told you that Back In your shanty he'll keep warm and dry and have somothlng to eat and if you go dragging him off into the bush he'll just lie down and never get up I" The girl answered: "Yes. He die. He know that I know that He wants to die in the bush, in a lodge. Not in any house. He wants that" she said again as If that want justified anything. "Think I'm going to let you get away with that?" Franz demand- "Ig it after all, really a good thing to take him away when he's sick?" "He wants to go," she replied simply. "You've been to school, haven't you? I can tell from the way you talk." "I was four winters at the sis ters' school." "What's your name?" "Mary Wolf." "Well, Mary, wouldn't you be bet ter off at home? I take it you've got some crops in." "Some," she said. "He can't work corn now. I can. Not him. ne don't like to stay home. He remem bers how to make birch canoe. He likes that He can make canoes til he die. He wants to go by the Mad Woman. Birch is good there." "But how're you going to live? You haven't enough grub here to keep going very long." "Lots fish. Plenty rabbits," she answered. Steve rubbed his chin. Certainly she was a beauty, he remarked to himself, and again realized that her eyes were on him as they had been in the store earlier that day. He had, too, the feeling that once more she detected bis thoughts but this time, If they were true, she did not resent them. The old man began to talk excitedly, excit-edly, looking and gesticulating down the stream where Franz had disappeared. "What Is he saying?" "He says Franz took his paddle." "Sure enough I Well . . . here, I've got two. Take this. Good luck, now, and If Franz follows you and starts bothering you again Just get word to me." To this Mary made no response whatever. She did not thank him for the paddle nor for the aid he had rendered. She spoke a word to her father and dipped her blade and as though ' they bad simply passed on their river Journey went on. "All Injun and no mistake!" Steve laughed to himself as he resumed his homeward way. But he did not laugh when his mind went back to Franz. He realized that McNally was right: that to give the man added reason for disliking him was to Invite more trouble. Back at headquarters, Steve went OPENING CHAPTERS OF THE STORY Stephen Drake, with his four-year-old aon, Is rescued from a blizzard by Jim Flynn, big timber operator, whom Drake has robbed. Flynn gives Drake another chance, and the father, until his death, Impresses on the boy, Steve, the debt they owe "Old Jim." Twenty years later, Steve meets "Young Jim" Flynn, his benefactor's son. Sent by Old Jim, incapacitated through an accident In which Kate, his daughter, Is temporarily blinded, to take charge of the company's the Polaris woods operations, the youth is Indulging in a drunken spree. Learning of Polaris' dire straits, and hoping hop-ing to do something for Old Jim, Steve hastens to the company's headquarters. headquar-ters. He finds Frans plotting against the Flynns. Worsting Frans In a fist fight, the Polaris crew assumes that he Is Flynn's son, and Steve takes charge, as "Young Jim." A photograph of beautiful Kate Flynn, which Steve finds. Immensely increases his desire to aid Old Jim. He gains the warm friendship of LaFane, queer woods scout. ed. 'After holding you two up all this time, think I'm going to " "Hold on!" Steve snapped. "Let me talk a minute. "Where've you been living?" he asked the girL "Where is this shanty he talks about?" "By Shoestring." "Handy, eh?" Frans winced from the scorn in his question and Steve said to him: "Get on your way. Franz I . . . Beat it Get away from these folks and let 'em alone to do as they please!" He had left his canoe drift off but now shoved the bow between the other two craft "Get out 1" he said, grasping the rails of the other canoes and shoving shov-ing Franz's out Into the current "If you bother these people again Til make it one of my jobs to run you over the horizon, you skunk!" Until then Franz had made no comment ; did not even remonstrate when Steve shoved at his canoe. But now, stung beyond discretion, perhaps, he taunted : "Want her yourself? Want her 1 But as Drake drove his paddle deeply to be close and seize the man and retaliate for the insult, Franz grasped one paddle and started start-ed rapidly down the river. "You keep right on doing that I" Steve called, satisfied, though his voice still shook with just anger. "I'm going to keep a check on you with this pair and If you give 'em any trouble at all you'll think h l's busted loose for sue on the Good-Bye!" Good-Bye!" Sulkily, Franz paddled on and Drake turned toward the others. The girl was watching the departing canoe and although her face bad the native stolidity be thought he could read in it along with relief, the shadow of a shattered dream, "I don't think he will bother you," he said, "but If he does . Do you know who I am?" She did not answer; Just averted her eyes. Tm at Good-Bye. Yon Just ask there for Young Jim If he tries to make you any more trouble." He looked at the old man In the bow who, beyond any doubt, was desperately des-perately IIL i to LaFane's, got the fishing tackle the man had mentioned, paddled to the mouth of the creek below the store, and until dusk, took trout and pondered on this and that He stopped at the store after dark and sat for some time on the steps talking with old Tim Todd. They spoke softly, but their voices carried car-ried In the still night Almost any sound would travel far In that atmosphere at-mosphere and yet a canoe which had been lying behind a point while Steve fished made no sound as It passed the cluster of buildings. After a time the man In the canoe ceased to paddle and let the breath of a breeze carry him to the beach. He stepped out in the reeds and carefully drew the canoe In until it rested on bottom and then with great caution took the trail that led through the thicket to Steve's cabin. In his hand be carried a gun. At a moss-grown boulder which the trail skirted, he paused, put down his gun, and rolled a rock to the trail; another, and still a third. He arranged them in a sort of nest, with meticulous care, and then took a ball of stout cord from his pocket and unwound It This all required time and it took more time to set the gun with proper prop-er firmness, stock held fast by those well arranged rocks. Next be stripped branches from a young birch, carried the cord back from the gun around that on down and parallel to the trail for a dozen feet around another tree and finally across the trail Itself. He took In the slack with precise caution and made the end fast to a stump. He bad worked In darkness; be had moved slowly, he had listened, always listening. And the time which elapsed gave two men, walking the beach so quietly that they disturbed do pebble, an opportunity to travel from headquarters to the foot of the trail where the canoe lay In the reeds before he bad finished. LaFane bad glided Into the light that fell through the store doorway. a tall, statuesque figure, ne stood a moment at some distance, before he spoke. "Jim," he said In bii deep voice. Via yon come here?" Impressed Steve had risen, left Tom Todd and followed as LaFane turned back Into the shadows. They walked to the water's edge and halted. "Don't go to your camp tonight" LaFane said. "No? Why not? What's up?" The man shrugged. "Don't know. But a man does not paddle his canoe so quietly that even a dog is not sure he hears, twenty rods away. A man does not walk up the trail to another man's camp with a gun in his hands for any good purpose." pur-pose." "What are you getting at? Somebody Some-body gone to my shanty?" LaFane nodded. "Whof' "That would only be ft guess. I could almost touch him as be passed but I could only guess." "Well, seems to me that's the time a man should go." "That's for you to decide." "Come along, then, or" hesitating hesitat-ing "I don't want to drag you Into any Jam." LaFane laughed softly. "Hurry," he said, "or you may only guess, too." The sand deadened their footfalls foot-falls and they went with utmost care. At the cabin trail they halted, halt-ed, Steve laying a hand on LaFane's arm. Just the breath of a sound, the merest suggestion of approach, reached them as they sank together in the high reeds. Some one was coming, surely approaching with stealth. He loomed above them so closely that they could hear his breathing, so near that both could have touched him. He stooped for his canoe with a light whiff of breath, as in relief. "Looking for somebody?" Steve's words, so sharp, so un expected, caused the man to gasp. But he did not turn, did not hesi tate. He pitched forward in a lunue for his canoe. Drake flung out a hand to grapple with the figure before him but he was too late. The canoe rasped bot tom, water splashed. Steve floun dered, LaFane behind him. His fingers tore at the, figure there, clutching the heavy shirt - The move caused an inarticulate syllable to burst from the man's lips, all but dragged him from his balance, but he tore free. Drake, his hold gone, was fall Ing prone in Inches of water while LaFane stumbled over him. But a foot had found purchase, leg had straightened; under that drive the canoe shot outward and although LaFane hurled himself for ward and swam stoutly he could not overtake it and as he gave up the sound of swift paddle strokes reached them mockingly. Steve, reaching Into his pocket for a flash-light, turned Its beam on bis left band. In bis palm was a button, torn threads clinging to it ; a plain, brown button. . . , "D -n I" he 6ald. "Come on, La Fane, let's have a look at the tralL" The light of the torch showed them the cord and, edging around It they reached the gun, it was Russia Removes Fairy Bans Childish Classics Restored, Though the Russians Were hy No Means the First to Consider Nursery Literature Dangerous. "All Injun and No Mistake I a twelve-gauge shotgun, safety off, set for the first unsuspecting traveler travel-er on that traiL Steve cut the cord, set the safety and ejected the slielis. He gave no sizn of excitement but when be spoke his voice was somewhat husked. Buckshot," he said. "It'd have blown my guts out Much obliged, LaFane. . . . And can I get you to keep this to yourself? No use talking until we have somebody to talk to." "That's right" tie man sail "Good night" He went quickly down the trail. Three days later Steve paddled up the lake bound for tie wood camp. He was frowning, filled with misgiving. mis-giving. I If the belief Is widespread that the world is going mad, counter-evidence Is furnished in a quarter least to be suspected Russia, That country has removed Us ban on children's classics and fairy tales "Robinson Crusoe' is first on the list of nursery favorites to be reprinted by the hundred thousand. It may be that this book will not come from the press Just as Defoe wrote It, for it has an element of piety that Soviet Russia does not formally endorse. Robert Lynd, of the News-Chronicle (London), finds It difficult to understand un-derstand bow the Russian authori ties originally came to believe that reading the nursery classics was likely like-ly to turn good Bolshevik children into wicked reactionaries. He points out that "The Emperor's New Clothes" is "as sharp a satire on the ways of courtiers as any Communist could have written." Also he argues that the marriage of a poor man with a princess or a poor girl with a king might be used as propaganda for human equality, but ideas were rushing too fast In one direction for Soviet officials to see it that way. He draws upon America for support : "The American Republic has sur vived the perils implicit In fairy tales for a century and a half without ever having had to revise the stories so as to make the beggar-maid marry the president Instead of the king and to 'eave Cinderella living happily ever after as the wife of the mayor of New York." Mr. Lynd does the Russians Jus tice In saying that they have not been the first people to suspect the presence of poison In nursery literature. litera-ture. "There have been Puritans of so stern a cast that they looked on fairy tales as frivolous lies which it was dangerous to put into the hands of children." It might also be added that modern radicals have come near the Puritan Ideal by condemning fairy tales for another reason that they give false Ideals of life. Our early Furitans may have known nothing of these stories and so did not condemn them, but the substitutes they offered are shown in recent book by Dr. A. S. Rosen- bnch, "Early American Children's Books," upon which Miss Carolyn Wells offers this comment In the New York American : "To me the book is of absorbing Interest because it convinces me of something I have heretofore refused to believe in the stern and rock-bound rock-bound hearts of the Pilgrim Fathers. I felt the awful tales of their strict and rigorous training of young peo ple must be exaggerated, If not positively posi-tively untrue. But judging, as one may and must by the literature given giv-en to youth In those times, It la evident evi-dent that the Fathers were more cruel to their offspring than the younger generation of today Is to its parents, "The first book for children printed In America, published In Boston In 1GS2, was "The Rule of the New-Creature to Be Practiced Every Day, In All the Particulars of It Which Are Ten.' The book begins thus: 'Be sensible of thy Original Corruption daily, how it inclines thee to evil, and lndlsposeth thee to good; groan under it and bewail it' "I had no reason to be surprised at these admonitions, for at my own Sunday school I recited from an Infant In-fant catechism, which I still remember remem-ber almost word for word. One of its early questions was: 'What are you then, by nature?' To which my glib reply (for I always knew my lessons) was, 'I am an enemy of Gol a child of Satan and an heir of hell.' "At that time I had reached the mature age of four." Literary Digest Di-gest Matter of Comparisoa At that we don't believe the men who now bave to kiss a face full of paint have as big a kick as the women wom-en nscd to when they had to kiss one full of whiskers. CInclnnaU Enquirer. WEM SHE OPSIT SUFFERS I .;.,,,-, ,....,.,.Ai&Jtaf X Constipation Drove Uaw 4ll1 made ber fed crow, besd-Ilcr besd-Ilcr WIICJ achy. naif-alive. Novate baa lovable disposition, new pro and vitality. Heed Nature's warning: Slut tk Dowe'a invar, ably rwult in poiaonous wastea ravaging yoursya-ttm yoursya-ttm oflfn the direct cauae at headanrsL rlia-tinna, rlia-tinna, folds, completion troulilca. NATURE'S REMEDY the mild, all-vretable lajative tatily stimulates tlx tmtirt eluninatrve tract- strengthens, regulates the bowrla for norma Ij natural functton- a'll1 " ' "liin Vanished Americans The Missouri Indians actually are vanished Americana, No pure blood Missouri Indian lives, Indian officials offi-cials say, although a few were among the Otoes, who were brought from Nebraska to Indian territory in the eighties. I France's Interests in India Although India is almost entirely entire-ly controlled by Great Britain, France has five dependencies on the east coast lying on the bay of Bengal. Ben-gal. Altogether they have an area of 100 square miles. Cultural and Natural Pearls Cultured pearls sell for about half the price of natural pearls, but technical tech-nical experts using chemicals, X-rays X-rays and ultra-violet rays are unable un-able to detect any difference between be-tween them. Weight of Gold The weight of gold depends upon its fineness. Gold having a density of 19.3 grams per cubic centimeter is practically pure gold. A cubic inch of such gold would weigh .09 of a pound avoirdupois. A cubic foot of the same gold would weigh over 1,200 pounds. - He Believed In Cheis Because he believed that chess had helped him at the beginning of bis career, Col. Sir William Thomas Depree, Bart, former mayor of Portsmouth, England, left 7.400 for the encouragement of chess among boys. Important Prehistoric Remains Explorations of the sub-soil extending ex-tending between Mitandola and San Felice, Italy, has yielded evidence of the existence of Important prehistoric pre-historic archcologlcal remains. iJsLJ m r warn The medicinal and emollient properties of Culicura, which protect the akin ana prevent ekia irritations so common after sharing, are found only in Cut ieura Shaving Cream. The medication of the Cream comprises fra grant, oriental, balsamic essential oils 'which soothe, cool and comfort tcodcr, sensitive skins. - . At your dealers or sent postpaid on receipt of 35c. Address: Cutlcura Laboratoriea, Maiden, Mas. Abba Pierre's Ufa Pierre the Venerable, abbe and re former of Cluny, was born in Au vercne In 1002 or 1094. He died at Cluny In 1156. ne was raised to the rank of abbe of Cluny In 1122. His title of venerable was given him as a memorial of his great spiritual gifts. Cardinal Virtues According to the ancients, the car dinal virtues were the virtues of Justice, prudence, temperance and fortitude. An attempt to modernize modern-ize them led to classification: Benevolence, Be-nevolence, Justice, truth, purity and order. Old Ironiides The C. S. S. Constitution was first called Old Ironsides by the sailors when she won her famous battle with the Guerriere, August 11), 1812, when she withstood the shots of the British so well Fooling the Judge "De trouble 'bout lettln a bad citizen off easy," said Uncle Eben, "Is dat he don't appreciate mercy but simply takes personal credit foh bein' smart enough to fool de Judge." Tha Twelva Godfathers' The Twelve Godfathers" was an old English expression for a Jury. It was a taunt to say, "You will be christened by 12 godfathers some day before long." No Technocracy Then In the year 1SO0 not a single conn- try in the world had reached a point where population was pressing heavily upon subsistence. In present-day terms. Marsh Rabbit Swims The marsh rabbit of our south eastern swampland Is as much at home in the water as on land and actually swims for sport. First Indian Head Pennies InHan head pennies were first coined In the year 1858. The design de-sign was changed a little in 1SG0, and a slightly thinner coin was made In 1864. The Indian head 1-cent piece was made from 1S59 to 1009, inclusive. Causa of Mildew Mildew spots are growths of some species of mold. They appear on cotton material and sometimes on woolens which have been left in a damp, dark place. Leather, too, is very susceptible to mildew. Finger-Prints Not Forged Finger-prints cannot be forged, according to one expert because of the microscopic marks which occur between the ridges. These are due to the perspiration ducts. No Chanca Jud Tunkins says "Turn Backward, Back-ward, Oh Time in Thy Flight" Is a pretty song, but about as sensible as requesting the sun to go into reverse re-verse and rise In the West Three Famous Explorers The three most famous of the western explorers. Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Simon Fraser and David Thompson, all gave their names to Canadian rivers. Holds Oil-Drilling Record In , twenty-seven years Hugh Maley, Findlay, Ohio, well driller, bored more than 200 oil wells la nine different states. Silk Worm's Industry A single pound of raw silk, the product of the silkworm Industry, contains more than 800 miles of fiber. Animal Preserves in British Africa Twenty wild animal preserves, covering 200,000 square miles, bave been established In British Africa. Old Burial Grounds In Spain Workmen discovered Vlslgothlc burial grounds of Mt Horquera, In Cordova, Spain, Eighteen sepul-chers, sepul-chers, containing relics of warriors, were seen. South Africa Cold South Africa's gold production which was $400,000,000 In 1930, it is estimated, will have fallen to $314,000,000 by 194a Feed 'En First "A good leader." said II! Ho, the Sage of Chinatown, "should be able to see to It that his audiences are well fed." U. S. Has Big Twin Bin The Post Office department uses nearly 3.000,000 pounds of twine annually an-nually for tying packages of letters. Skunks Hibernate Part Tim The skunk is typical of anhnals which go Into hibernation, but remains re-mains only part of the winter. Developed White Blackberries White blaefcberriea were developed devel-oped by Luther Burbank, Egypt, Ethiopia and Liberia are the only Independent nations on the African continent, with the exccp-J Hon of Morocco, which is a native sultanate under the protection of; France, and la sometimes Included in this category. 1 United States and Russia Russia by far has more territory than the United States. Its author-ity author-ity extends over 8,144,228 square miles while the United States and its outlying posesslons embrace 3,738,395 square miles. ... i Built the Pyrasalds According to Herodotus, the great Pyramid of Egypt was built by Cheops of Khufo, about 8733 B. C The second pyramid was built by Suphls Ii, and the third by Mon-fcare, Mon-fcare, ' - y i Have Homing Instinct The homing instinct is exceptionally exception-ally strong In wild ducks and geese, which, guided by an unerring instinct return to the same localities locali-ties year after year. Old Clay Dolls la Meiico Clay dolls bave been discovered In Mexico, marked with the Insignia of the sun and appertaining to the cult of the ancient, Aztecs, probably 3,000 years old. Usa Salt for Money Primitive conditions still exist In Mlxteca, Mexico. Change la still made In salt, goatskins or hats, as In Spanish times. Army's Court Martial Old The army's court-martial system of trial goes back to the time of Charles I of England about 1623. Plenty of Ice In Siberia In the whole of Siberia the rivers are frozen over for at least fire months ef the year. Careless With Mail Nearly 800 letters are placed la the malls every day without any address ad-dress on them. Navigable Canals ia U. S. There are about 2,500 miles of navigable canals In the United States. Quean Bea Heavy Layer A queen bee can lay twice her weight In eggs in 24 hours. "Glass Snake" Leg! ess Lizard The European "glass snake" Is In reality a legless lizard. |