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Show TltE LEHI SUN. LKIII, UTAH by GEORGE MARSH br t-Mt rb. ce, fWNTJ gerrtes) Ute IV-Co ltlnued , .ith surprise he met .h. depths of her un- b mrbed no trace K are going so 6on-KoaS 6on-KoaS with . poor Pl w . . ina .r? she fal- 1 ii r" Stuart I" e; do-yoo do love me her jnQtmvfl mISu Ke9ner voice, iuuc -.iciwis or toe we-R-Ithaqulck movement he ia bis arms. 1 love me-Aurore!" he J breathing in the fra- k.t. as he crushed inf ner uu L, to him. .deep sigh she turned in land flung back her head, fvj bronzed face between n tbe glowing eves of the L to his. . A,,htori Are you His hungry lips crushed tr words. Hey sat on tne snore ui e of the Sand Beaches, the tbe forests and the girl of .Mtrtniw nf the culf which td them; forgetful of the it long montns woum miei-: miei-: ,re the return of Aurore to hanee. Hours were but rnin- m two wno naa iouna eut-u fej to separate. tin irac e oi juur nwus ju. Ie!f on a fur trader I" Jim ?ailng. father Is a fur trader," she U "And I thought I was Lcued by a Viking that day M me Into your canoe. Oh," M. with her contagious smile, rescue me again, some fa&T I're In great danger, now, iio are," laughed the enrap-3a enrap-3a "I'll have to rescue it the sand." And be swung iiis lap, that he might run fera through the raven rlp- her thick hair; marvel at tillering depths of her chang-s; chang-s; touch with his lips the bare of her skin. Jr spent the golden hours, 'I stopping to lunch from the fAarore had brought And tbe sun swung toward the 1 ridges, with a pang, like f of steel, Jim realized that ta was near its end. For It hi unreal, Imaginary this Jeadstrong creature caring I Stuart, fur trader. pa so beautiful," she said, fr. "If we never meet again, N this day." ? meet againr he gasped, pn think of it! Meet again! P only exist until you come p all I have to live for." m have your duty," she Nth a toss of her black j We might have many days Miefore September only I duty." I be sure to have trouble P father. He'd find out" His head gravely. "And I1' really want me to forget . would you? Ion wouldn't to Winnipeg?" - 2 not love thee half so I! not honor more,' "she un, you men! You'd dl f you say; but your duty 1 o ! of another XT tears . " itn a moan .d the neck of the man !fcii,w' 1 lOTe yon think of your going fS her thick hair. nay go south in the railroad might bring Ifori?1? "ights-that iue ractor AS THE STORY OPENS At ils fur poit, Suniet House, in the Canadian north, Jim Stuart, trader in charge, with his headman, Omar, rescues a drifter on an overturned canoe, Aurore LeBlond, daughter of his rival in the fur business. LeBlond, with Paradis, Para-dis, bis hall-breed lieutenant, arrives in search of the missing girl Paradis displays dis-plays enmity toward Jim. Before leaving, Aurora and Jim arrange to exchange notes on a certain island. Going there, Jim is ambushed by Paradis and forced to travel toward the LeBlond post. On the way he overturns the boat, leaving his half drowned enemy on the beach. His superior, Andrew Christie, displeased at the trade showing, allows Stuart, at his request, one year to "make good" Returning to Sunset House, Jim and Omar are fired upon from ambush. Paradis has bribed an Indian to kill or disable them. The attempt fails and Jim takes the Indian to LeBlond. After hearing the story LeBlond discharges Paradis from his employ. slonately Into bis arms. "This Is my secret I love you, Jeem Stuart," 6he whispered. "You'll not forget me down there In Winnipeg not forget me among all those city men?" he asked. "Forget you?" Through half closed lids, she looked up at him as she shook her head. "You're a magician a medicine man. They don't have them down there. I had to come to the forest to find one. You've put a spell upon me, Jeem Stuart." As the canoes approached, the two In the alders said their farewells. I ha!, r6151003' as he I u eyes, her 4eTnr Solden : War landed. rmv we you with ? rv e great 5v X r - its fa j. ,w-' 1 . rum sv. M9 ' Secret 1 i n-:ule nerself pas- "You'll Not Forget Me Down There in Winnipeg Not Forget Me Among All Those City Men?" He Asked. Stepping Into her boat, she turned to the man beside her with : "Good-by, "Good-by, magician I Don't forget me!" Jim bent to shove off the craft and his lips touched her hair as he said : "It will be black night up here through the long snows, Aurore. Come back soon!" The canoes of Aurore and Jim left the beach a'nd separated. Then across the water she called back to the man whose eyes had not left her: "Au revoirl Until spring!" CHAPTER V FAR to the north of the Sand Beaches, In the heart of the unmapped un-mapped -Klwedin wilderness, lay a land of lake and forest and muskeg. From this country, for years before the advent of LeBlond, had come the best fur traded at Lake Expanse. To the men from Sunset House It was strange country, and often, as their canoe pushed north beyond the Height-of-Land In search of the summer fishing camps of the Ojlb-was, Ojlb-was, Jim wondered how he was to win over these superstitious hunters hunt-ers who, since the building of his little post had traded only with the North-West company. At last, one windless evening, the smoke of supper fires, rising from islands, announced that the voy-ageurs voy-ageurs had reached the first of the fishing camps they sought "Ah-hah!" exclaimed Omar, trailing trail-ing his paddle while he wiped his wet forehead. "Tomorrow we mak' talk wld dese peopl'." "But It's going to be a Job to get them to listen to us," said Jim. "Dey listen all right, w'en we tell dem we come nord, before Crlsmas, in de Little Moon of de Spirit to trade wld dem." "I'd like to know Just how Paradis Para-dis and Jingwak have got them to believe all this devil stuff." "We fin' out, Esau and Omar." "I trade for a bark cano an' tak leetle trip by myself. Den I know w'at mak' de trubV said Esau. "You'll have to be careful, Esau. These Ojibwas are a wild lot They wbuldn't .hesitate to do away with you If you Interfere with their shaman, sha-man, Jingwak." The lean face of the old Indian wrinkled In a grin. "You see w'at Esau do to dat shaman." "Goin' to get his earsr laughed Jim. "Eef I fin heem, he mak no more bad medicine for Sunset House," was the cryptic reply. So the travelers turned In shore, where Smoke awaited them, and made camp. Later, as they smoked beside their fire, the ears of the dog lying beside them suddenly lifted; lift-ed; the hair of his back and ruff straightened, as his aeep throat rum- mea in a low growl. The men stopped talking to listen. "W'at you hear, Smoke?" whispered whis-pered Omar. The dog rose and picked his way on stiff legs to the beach. "Cano' comin'I Ah-hah. Dey see us an' come to have a look," muttered mut-tered Omar. Shortly, as the canoe neared the camp, came the hail, 'Bo-jo,"bo'-Jo' I" "Bo'-Jo!" answered Omar, strolling stroll-ing to the beach to receive the strangers and quiet the excited Smoke. Presentlv. from where Jim nut hv tbe fire he saw the dark shnne nf the boat slide In to the beach and two figures step out Reaching the circle of light, the Indians exchanged the customary salutation and hand shakes with the white man and Esau. Handing the strangers a plug of tobacco, Jim Invited them In Ojibwa to sit down, while Esau went to the lake for water and put the tea pail on the fire. "You have come far," vouchsafed the older of the Indians, In his native na-tive tongue, when he had lighted his pipe and made a minute Inspection of the young white man through narrowed eyes. "Yes," answered Jim, "we have come to talk to the people of the Pipestone lakes and Sturgeon river." "You are chief at the post of the old company, called the House of the Setting Sun?" "Yes." The small eyes of the Indian snapped, his body stiffened, as be leaned toward Jim and angrily demanded, de-manded, "Why do you bring your evil spirits to the Pipestone lakes?" At the embarrassing question Omar, who had been studying the Ojibwa, broke into a loud guffaw, joined by Esau. "Paradees, he tell you that?" demanded the half-breed. half-breed. "Are the men of the Pipestone Pipe-stone lakes children to believe the lies of the Frenchman? He told you that to keep your fur for himself!" him-self!" Disconcerted by the ridicule, the Ojibwa glanced doubtfully from Omar to Jim's smiling face. "Paradees plays with you to get your fur," went on Omar in Ojibwa. "He Is a liar, and LeBlond Is through with him ; he has sent him away to the south. You will see him no more." At the words, the Indians ex changed surprised and puzzled looks. For a time the older man smoked In silence, his eyes on the fire ; then he addressed Jim. "You do a foolish thing to come to the Pipestone country. The hunters fear you." "Do I look like one to be feared?" demanded Jim opening his arms. "I come from the old company who gave you and your fathers honest guns and blankets, flour and tea, before be-fore LeBlond poisoned your hearts against us.' I come here now to seek your friendship and kill the lies of this Paradis. This moon, In the south, he tried to have me shot, and his master LeBlond has sent him away. If I say but the word the fathers in Ottawa will send men to take him to the railroad to be punished." As Jim spoke the Indian's small eyes probed his frank features as if attempting to measure his sincerity. "You seem to speak with a single tongue," said the Ojibwa. "Your eyes are not the eyes of a Uar, but the hunters fear your medicine. They say you are tbe friend of demons. I came to warn you not to Journey into the Pipestone country." "What is your name?" asked Jim, impressed by the speaker's sincer- "My name is Baptiste Wagosh. This is my son." "Where Is the shaman. Jingwak V asked Esau, abruptly. Wagosh scowled at tie question. He looked hard into the swart faces of Omar and Esau thrust toward him. "Whv do you ask?" "Because," answered old Esau with a grin, "he Is a false shaman, a wabeno, and Is paid by Paradees to keep tbe trade for LeBlond. Wagosh and his son exchanged significant looks. "Jingwak Is a big medicine man.", replied the older man, quietly, "this Is bis country. Go back to Mitawangagama, berore it Is too late." The blood darkened the bronzed face of Jim Stuart as he replied: "Go back and tell your people that : the old company traded with their fathers' fathers, and wishes to trade with them. I have come to talk to them as their friend and will not be driven out by this false shaman, this wabeno, Jingwak, who Is paid by the French." With muttered "bo'-Jo's" the Indian In-dian and his son went to their canoe and paddled away Into the gloom. "Well, what d'you make of It?" asked Jim of bis friends. "You think they'll do as he said try to drive us out of the country?" "Eef dey t'Ink we got devil wld us, dey might try somet'Ing, ah-hah." "Well, are we going to be driven out by this Jingwak?" Omar spat into the fire and puffed for a moment before answering. "Esau and Omar tak' good care ov dis Jingwak nevaire fear dat. But we want de fur dis long snows so we go easee." "You're right, Omar, we'll go slow. They're wild and superstitious these people. They might even ambush us if we didn't handle them right We've got a tough Job ahead of us, but it's the only thing that'll save Sunset House reaching these Indians." Jim rolled up in his blanket to struggle with the problem which faced him, while the voices of Omar and Esau, smoking by the dying fire, reached his ears in muffled monotone. mono-tone. But desperate as were the present fortunes of Jim Stuart and Sunset House, he shortly found himself him-self back on the sand beach at Mita-wangagama, Mita-wangagama, gazing Into the dark depths of Aurore LeBlond's changing chang-ing eyes; watching the sunlight caught in the meshes of her thick hair, listening to her low laugh. Long since, the embers of the fire had grayed and died, leaving the camp In gloom. Overhead the night had thickened, masking the stars. Through the spruce no air stirred. Like a blanket the murk had settled set-tled upon the great lake. Except for the heavy breathing of three muffled figures there was no sound. Curled near his master, nose buried und'r bushy tail, Smoke dreamed of snow-shoe rabbits leap ing before him, of lurking timber wolves and the white sterns of fleeing caribou. Then, of a sudden, his visions of the chase faded and he stirred uneasily In his sleep. Presently a faint sound drifted to his pointed ears. He slowly lifted his head. His black nostrils quiv ered, but the air told him nothing. Again his keen ears caught an al most imperceptible sound. The great dog rose to his feet, his back hair stiffening, his nose testing the air, as be listened. Then, satisfied, with a roar he leaped toward the lake. There was a muttered warn ing, the sound of moccaslned feet, the churn of paddles, as the husky reached the beach to snarl his challenge chal-lenge to the unseen enemies who had faded like ghosts into the gloom. Then Omar, grasping his gun, fol lowed by Esau and Jim, reached tbe shore. Seizing the dog by the nose to choke his yelping, Omar listened, head close to the water, to get the direction of the retreating canoe; then fired twice. "Take dat I" he muttered. "Light a candle, Esau. They were after the canoe when Smoke heard them," said Stuart "They may have ruined her!" Already Omar was groping with his hands over the upturned peter-boro peter-boro on the beach, seeking possible damage, when Esau returned with a lighted candle. "Not a mark," he announced; "dey want to steal her, but Smoke he hear dem too quick." "Well, we know now what to expect ex-pect from the Pipestone country," said Jim gloomily, with a shake of his head. "Do you suppose it wag that Wagosh?" "No," said Omar, "he know de dog was here." "We'd better paddle straight to the islands in the morning and talk to them as If nothing had happened." hap-pened." "Ah-hah, we go to de camp, first t'ing. I see w'at dat Wagosh say." By sunrise they were on their way. As the strange canoe approached ap-proached the fishing camp on the islands, groups of shawled women gathered in front of tbe tlpls. Men, visiting their gill-nets set In the channels, stopped their work to call to each other, curious of the Identity Iden-tity of the strangers. For the canoe of a white man bad seldom nosed Its way over the waters of the Pipestone lakes, deep In the heart of Kiwedin. A rabble of wolfish dogs met the canoe as It slid into the beach of an Island. Leaving Esau in the boat, with tbe challenging Smoke who, with stiff mane and bared fangs, answered an-swered the snarls of the Indian huskies, Omar and Jim stepped ashore. (TO BX CO.VTIMIEDJ Insects Cut Profit3 of Vegetable Patch Gardeners Pay Big Toll to These Enemies. A tax of four or five million dol lars la collected annually In Illinois by Insects that damage vegetable crops, according to a circular which the college of sgrlculture, University Univer-sity of Illinois, has Issued as a means of helping gardeners and truck growers save these losses. Truck growers and gardeners are paying more attention to losses caused by Insects than they did a few years ago and they will have to fight these pests even harder in the future If the growing of vegetables Is to be profitable, according to the circular. No vegetable crop is without with-out its pests. Damage ranges from 10 per cent or less on some crops to 50 per cent or more on others. Occasionally an. entire crop Is lost Both spraying and dusting sys tems and cultural methods that have been found most effective In combating the more common insect pests of truck and garden crops are described in the circular. Important Im-portant points in the life history, together with a brief description of each Insect, are given In order that the grower may apply control measures meas-ures more Intelligently. Each insect in-sect is considered In the order of Its Importance under the crop upon which it is usually most abundant and destructive. 71 )r If mULTPU Oats as Starting Feed Said to Prevent Bloat Oats as a starting feed for beef cattle prevents bloat according to Information obtained by Louis Vlnke, Montana State college. Trials were conducted with several fattening grains and alfalfa. The greatest number of bloat cases occurred oc-curred in the group fed barley and alfalfa. In most cases the critical period occurred when the cattle were receiving from five to seven pounds of grain a day. Few cases occurred after this period had passed. Oats as a starting feed proved 100 per cent effective In preventing pre-venting bloat at Havre and Boze- man during two years. Similar ex perlments at the Colorado experi ment station confirmed these tests. The plan which seems most effective effec-tive among several tried is to start the steers on two pounds of oats a head a day. As the appetite devel ops the amount of oats is increased until the critical period is paBt Then the fattening grains are grad ually substituted for oats. This change requires about two weeks. Copper's Farmer. Substantial savings In the poul try ration may be made by using an abundance of home-grown grains in rations for tbe farm flock, according to poultry specialists in tbe department depart-ment of poultry husbandry at the Ohio State university. Grains and milk, they believe, con stitute tbe simplest rations known for satisfactory results. It is best to keep two or more grains in feed ers all the time and to give the birds only milk to drink. The choice of grains and the proportions that may be used can be varied according to their price and availability. If suf ficient liquid milk is not available. allow the birds free access to meat scraps alone, or with dried milk in hoppers and give water to drink. Any change In this system of feed ing, the specialists say, should be made gradually. If the birds obtain water from the range or elsewhere when they are receiving liquid milk. the protein Intake of the ration will be too low unless meat scraps or dried milk or both are kept avail able In hoppers. Legume hay, such as alfalfa, soy bean, or clover, Is best available at all times If the flock does not have access to green grass or if yellow corn does not constitute 60 per cent or more of the grains fed. Birds kept in confinement are best supplied sup-plied with cod liver oil This may be fed by sprinkling one-half pint of cod liver oil per 100 birds over the scratch grain In the hoppers every other day. Taking Care of Wool Wool growers are again urged to exercise care In preparing the clip for sale. One of the first steps is to keep the fleece as clean as pos Bible before It is taken from the sheep ; keep the animals away from straw stacks and out of burry weed patches as much as possible. Shear only when the wool is dry and In a clean place. Clip off the tags and stained wool and keep out dirt and chaff. Roll the fleece with the flesh side out taking care to keep it In one piece. Tie each fleece separately with paper twine, Never use binder twine or string. Pack the dead, gray, seedy, burry wool and tags separately. Ex. change. Sudan Emergency Crop Sudan grass is a good pasture and hay crop for emergencies. Since it is a hot weather crop, it should not be planted until after the corn Is in. Sudan can be drilled in rows or broadcast and will provide an abundance of feed. Some farmers cut two crops of hay from sudan by taking off the first crop as soon as the first heads ap pear. The sudan Is more resistant to Insect damage than some other crops. Caution must be taken not to turn live stock onto It too early or the yield will be seriously reduced. re-duced. Sudan seed should be used at the rate of 20 to SO pounds per acre. Prairie Farmer. HOW TO MAKE CUT IN RATION COSTS Use Home-Grown Grams, Is Advice of Expert Snakes Ar Misiad The lniDortatlon of great numbers of reptile skias Into the United States from French Indo-Chlna is said to be responsible for an alarming Increase In the rat population of the terri tories of the latter country from which the reptiles were taken. Snakes destroy many rats and other rodent pesta, so this condition does not seem unlikely in view of the fact that 80,-750 80,-750 pieces of reptile skins were Imported Im-ported to this country from French Indo-Chlna In the final quarter or last year alone. Agricultural Notes Clean up the farm woodlot during dur-ing spare hours. Potato seed should be warmed thoroughly before planting. The best silage Is made from corn that is glazed before the corn Is cut Use bacterial cultures sold for inoculating in-oculating legumes while they ar still fresh, urges the New York ex. perlment station. For best success with orchards and small fruits, protection must be provided. A good shelter belt of trees is an asset to any farm. Illinois has 56 herds of cattle accredited ac-credited as being free from Bang disease. More than 750 herds are now enrolled In a cleanup project under the supervision of the University Uni-versity of Illinois department of agriculture. Wisconsin tests show that steers fed once a'day gained Just as rapidly rapid-ly as those fed twice a day In addition ad-dition to the fact that a great deal of labo was saved. Keeps Skin Young kla m1 OH until .11 Mm (uab u pimpU. lirv and Tlrtjr. I out Im loot rr ramttir. rnimmmm Wu brino out U aiddM bwuty of rw !. . airtiiktaa amm mam ounas Fowderad 8xolHa duaolnd la oa-hill pint witok had. A t draa Mans. Easy to Minimize Loss From Hens Eating Eggs Complaints of hens eating eggs dropped on the floor or In the nests of the pens are quite common. The habit usually starts from hens find ing a cracked egg. Curiosity and appetite are the incentives that lead the hens to taste the contents of the egg. Being very palatable they take advantage of every such opportunity op-portunity and soon look for eggs, whether broken or not If the nests are kept dark there will be little trouble from layers offending. If the eggs are gathered regularly from the floor, that will minimize tbe loss at that point If the contents of the normal egg are removed through one end and the shell Is refilled with a mixture containing mustard, pepper, pep-per, gasoline and other ingredients distasteful to hens, combined with any substance that will hold them together In a paste some may be cured of the habit If they taste the concoction. Easy Way to Get Eggs Otto Harz of the Greenleaf community com-munity in Washington county purchased pur-chased some white Leghorn males a few days ago to use in breeding up his flock. In commenting on that transaction, Leonard F. Neff of Washington, the farm agent of Washington county, mentioned a project carried on at the Kansas experiment ex-periment station at Manhattan. Mongrel Mon-grel bens having a trapnest record of 72 eggs a year were mated with pedigreed Leghorn males having an ancestry record of 200 eggs or more. Their daughters averaged 150 eggs, the next cross 183 eggs and tbe third cross 193 eggs. Kansas Farmer. Give Hens Floor Space Crowding is the cause of a great deal of trouble. Poultry of the Leghorn Leg-horn type should have at least three square feet of floor space per bird. In addition, there should be space of at least 18 square feet per 100 birds at the mash hoppers. A form of cannibalism often results from crowding, due in part to the fact that crowded birds become irritable ir-ritable and begin picking at one another. an-other. The appearance of blood leads others to attack the victims. Idaho Farmer. POULTRY FACTS A pullet usually gains in weight until the end of her first winter. The etandard weight for an adult Bronze turkey is 86 pounds. It Is the heavyweight of the poultry yard. Start the chicks eating at twenty-four twenty-four hours of age the forty-eighth hour theory and practice has passed Into history as a rearing fallacy. fal-lacy. Eggs have been very low in price, but quality eggs continue to demand a substantial premium In the larger towns and cities, at least The brooder bouse should always be placed far enough from the other buildings so that If the worst comes. It won't Involve other farm buildings. The Pekln duck originated In China, and was introduced Into this country about 1S73. It soon became the most popular breed on coromer clnl duck farms. Salt Lake City's ' 'fewest Hotel MM HOTEL TEMPLE SQUARE 200 Rooms 200 Tile Baths Radio connection In every room. RATES PROM 1.30 Jml eppotilt Harmon Ttbmmctt ERNEST C. ROSSITER, Mgr. Here'a On Honest Men A Berlin cabinet marker's wife had nothing to offer a beggar but a pair of her husband's old shoes, which, unknown to her, contained his entire , savings, 1,500 marks ($380). The beggar did not inspect them; sold them to a second-hand dealer. The dealer read the owner's story In the newspaper, turned over the shoes and the money to the police, po-lice, who returned them to the right owner. Rheumatic Pains usually yfeW quickly wncn LSsjCS THB PENBTRATINO GERMICIDE" it freely applied three timei e day. It hat helped many after other treatments failed. Ask your Drusstst for the $1.25 size. F.E.R0LL!flSC0.i Battlefield Will ' A will, written on a battlefield In France by a Philadelphia soldier mortally mor-tally wounded In action, was filed with the register of wills for probate. Henry J. Keckhuf, who died September Septem-ber 17, 1918, at St. Mlhlel following tbe American offensive, penned the will knowing that he was about to die. ITe left his war risk insurance of $2,500 to his mother and sister. Pttarman'i Ant Food ! ure death toents. Sprinkle It about the floor, window eUle, ebelvee, etc Effective 24 noun day. Safe. Cheap. Guar nteed. Mot than 1,0410,000 cane old teat year. At your tlru&fiUt'a. Over-Officered At a recent Inspection before the mayor of a small New Jersey town. It developed that the village had seven police officers and three policemen police-men on Its force. The officers the chief, the captain, the lieutenant, three sergeants and a finger-print expertlined ex-pertlined up with the mayor to watch the patrolman trio pass by. Sh-hl Doa't Dfctnrb Them Author You are late; my play started half an hour ago go ia on tiptoe. Friend What? Is everybody asleep already? Die Woche Im Blld (Olten, Swltt). A man "of rugged character" is one that seldom agrees with you. Sufferer avoid dnnfferona operation and poUon remedies "WINE OF KELP" l rich In KATCRAL OBOAMO IODTtfa, Phosphorus, MtMcaeHtnui. Calcium, &tdiHm, en4 oitoer necarf minerals. BuHds np Un tritem. tsUNli rOK t EBB BUOKXKT Oneiric Laboratories, Dept. C Lane Sen. CaL FPILEPTirS. Gladly tU how my daurn-tr daurn-tr was quickly relieved at heme by Enr discovery without the e of harmful drnn. Nothing to sell. Write MRS. BURKS. DRAWER F. ARLINGTON. TEXAS. W. N. U, Salt Lake City, No. 23-1932. |