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Show • TRE JORDAN JOURNA L, MIDVA LE. UTAH ~---- OF KA ZA N by JAM ES OLIVER CURWOODAI WNU Sei"YIOe Chapter VII-Co ntinued -14- Wlth her wet clothes clinging to her tightly, she was like a slim shadow a!l she crossed the soggy open and burled herself among the forest trees. Baree &till followed. She went straight to a birch-tree that she had located that day and began tearing otr the loose bark. A.n armful of this bark she carried close to the wigwam, and on It she heaped load after load of wet wood until she had a creat pile. From a bottle in the wigwam she secured a dry match, and at the first touch of Its tiny tlame the birch-bark flared up llke paper soaked In oil. Not untll It was blazing a dozen feet Into the air did she cease putting wood on lt. Thf\u she drove sticks Into the soft ground and 4 over these sticks stret,i1ed the blanket out to dry. After that she hecan to undress. The rain had cooled the air, and the tonic of It-laden with the breath of the bal11nw and spruce--se t the Willow's blood dancing In her veins. She forg t the discomfor t of the deluge. She forgot the Factor from Lac Bain. and what Plerrot had told her. She danced about Baree, tossing her sea of hair about her, he!" naked body shimmerin g In and out of tt, her eyes aglow, her lips laughing In her un· reasoning happines s-the happiness ol being alive, of drinking Into her lungs the perfumed air of the fol"est, of seeing the stars and the wonderful sl(y above he!". She stopped before Baree and cried lan,hlngly llt him, holding out her arms: "A.he, Baree-lf you could only throw otr your skin as easily as I have thrown otr my clothes I" · She drew a deep breath, and her eyes ahone with a sudden Inspiration . Slowly her mouth fol"med Into a round 0, and leaning still nearer to Baree, &hP. wh!soered : "It will be deep-and sweet tonight. Nlnga-ye s-we will go I" She called to him softly as she slipped on her wet moccasins and followed the creek Into the forest. A hundred yards from the oven she came to the edge of a pool. It was deep and full tonight, three times as big us It had been before the storm. She could hear the gurgle and inrush of water. On Its rutned surface the stars shone. For a moment or two she stood poised on a rock with the cool depths half a dozen feet below her. Then she tlun~ back her hair and shot llke a sllm wlilte arrow through the starlight. Baree s:nY her gn. He heard the plunge of ht>r hod~·. For half an hour he las fin t and still, close to the edt;;e o! the I">ol, und watched her. Once !he was gone a long time. He whined. He knew she was not like the beavel" Vld the otter, and he was filled with Immense rellef l\•hen she came up. So . their first night passed-st orm, the cool, deep pool, the big fire; und later, wnen the Willow's clothes and the blanket had dried, a !ew hours' &leep. At dawn they returned to the cabin. It was a cautious approach. There was no smoke coming from the chimney. The dool" wus closed. Pierrot and Bush McTaggar t were gone. lng; but when she left him, f•lllowpd by Baree, and limping n little In the tightness of her shoes, the smile failed from his face, leaving It cold and staring. "Mon Dleu," he whispered to himself In French, with a thought that was l!ke a sharp stnb nt his heart, "she Is not of he1· mother's bloodnon. It Is French. She Is-yes-li ke an angel." There was a change In Pienot. During the three days of her dressmaking 1'\epeese had been quite too excited to notice this change, and Plerrot had tried to keep It from her. He had been away ten days on the trip to Lac Bain, and he brought back to Nepeese the joyous news that M'sleu McTaggar t was very sick with pechlpoo -the blood polson-ne ws that made the Willow clap her hands and laugh happily. But be knew that the Factor would get well, and that he would come again to their cabin on the Gray Loon. A.nd when next time he came-It was when he was thinking of this that his face grew cold and hard, and his eyes burned. And he was thinking of It on this he!" birthday, even .as her laughter floated to him like a song. Dieu, In spite of her seventeen years, she was nothing but a child-a baby! She could not guess hls horrible visions. And the dread of awakening her for all time from that beautiful childhood kept him from an . Chapter Vlll 1t was the beginning of August- the Flying-up Moon-wh en Plerrot returned from Lac Baln; nnd In three days more 1t would 11e the Willow's lie brought seventeen th birthday. back with him many things for Nepeese-t·lb bons tor her. hair, real shoes, which !he wore at times like the two English women at Nelson House, and cb1ef glory ot all, some wonderful red cloth for a dress, In the three winters she had spent at the Mission these women had made much of Nepeese. They had taught her to sew as well as to spell and read and pray, and at times there carne to the \Vlllow a compelling desire to do as they did. So for three days Nepeese worked bard on her new dress and on her birthday she !ltood before Pierrot In a fashion that took his breath away. She had plied her hair In great glow· lng masses and coils on the cr0\\"11 ol' her head, as Yvonne, the youn~o:er or the English women, had taught her, and in the rtch jet of It had half buried a vivid !:prig of the crimson fire-flower. Under this, and the glow In her eyes, and the red flush of her !Ips and checks came the wonderful red dress, fitted to the sl!m and sin· uous beauty of her form-as the style had been two winters ago at Nelson House. And under the dress, whieh reached just below the knees-!\Ppeese hncl quite forgotten the proper !t•ngth. or Plse her material had run ont- -came the coup de maitre of her to!IPt, rNII srockl:ngs and t11e wonderhi !eh()('~ v.. ith high heels! She was n "'~ion hpfore which the t.:ods of the . ~~~;t ml~ht have felt their hearts "'"11 ht"ttln~. Plerrot turned her round ~ul1 "o•md wlthoof a word, ~ut smll- Bart'<-'. at ltr~t he Wtt!! susp!Cot>US ot• Pierro!. Aftpr a llttle lte tolerat~ him, and at lnst accepted nlm .. 11 pal"t of the cabin-an d 1'\epet>se. It was the Willow w!los;.• P!ludow he became. Pic t-rot noted the nttaclunn:~ with the deepest satlsfn ctlon. "Ah, In n few months more, If he should IPn Jl at the thront o! M'sieu the FaPtor," he said to hltn:;t>lt ont> • da~ In Septpm!wr , when he wall sh: months 0lcl. naree ''"ns almn!'t :1. lnr!!P as Gra~· \Yn!f -hl !r-hOnNl, Inn~ fnn~Pd. with a tll•c•p cl•e~t. nncl jaw!! that C'Ould nlrently C'rnrk a bone ns If It were n sticl:. ne was with :\'epeese wio!'nev~r und where,·er she ruo1'e d. It was l11te In August whr>n TinrPe "a"· till" f1r~t of hi" kind o:ttsld!' o1 Knznn nn•l f:rny Wolf. Daring the .::nmmPr PIPnot nllow<'d his 1Jo;;s to run nt l!trtre nn 11 f<mall ls!nnol In tl1e ('('nter o! n In 1"" two or three' mile~ nwny, and twire 'I wPek h(" netted On ~me of thesE' trips ft~h for thern. ~Ppe!'sl' nrromp~n!Pd him and took nnrf>e with h<>r. l'iC'rrot carriNl his Tie expe!'ted Jon~; carlhon-gu t whip. a fight. But there was none. Bar~ joined the pn rk In thPir rush for fish, nnrl ate with them. This pll'ased T'lerrot morp thn n twer. "lle will make a grent sledgP-do~," he chucklt'<l. "It Is hest to leave him for 11 WC'ek with tlle pack, rna Ne- lv:.diaP.• Increase The Departi>~ent of the Interior says that the Indian population Is approx:lmatelv 3:>0,000. This represents fl galu during the past 12 years of nlmost 19,000, while during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, the lncrea~e was 2,693. These figures apply strictly to the United States. Ala:<ka, with a large Indian population , Is omitted. Chewin g Guth America's chewing gnrl\ blll 1n the last ~·ear wnf; ~()0,000,000, e. ·clush·e 0f the co><t of ga~ol1ne necessary to remove It from the trousers. Not H;s Habit "Why don't you P>IY attention? " he !"hnute!l. "I nHf'r pay nn~·thing-," the dead· heat snortNI. flood IInrclware . Blind Girls Show Skill With Needle GET--AWAY A dress !:how remarkabl e in several ways was staged at Bush house, Strand, \V. C., where the first fl"ee publlc e.x.hil>itlon in London of the handicraf ts of the blind was displayed, says the Westmins ter Gazette. Dainty frocks were shown, but the girls whose clever fingers made them never saw them. Some of the girls are deaf and dumb as well as blind. Their wol"k is so. good that It sells on !ls merits In the best salons of Paris and London. In the Hue de Ia Pab:, in Bond street, flegent street and Oxford ~treet women are unknowin gly buying the work of these afflicted girls and pmislug the perfection of the articles and the "extl"a finish." Each girl Is responsibl e for a garment throughou t all Its processe sfrom the yarn to the completed parts. 'rhe wages are hlghel" than those paid In factories whel"e the employees are sighted. Between 300 and 400 garments are turne1l out a week. You must try Champi on Spark Plugs to prove how the hotter, more intense spark they produce in· creases the rapidity of your get-away . Why be left behind when thetraf· fie signal flashes when a set of Champi ons will put you out in front? ChamPion xexclwivelv for fords-pack ed mthcRcdB ox Each Helping the Plumbe r Kill All Flies ! ~is~~~~AD l_'m~ed "'!J'Where, DAJSY FLY KILLER attrncts and Neat. clean, ornomentfll, eon\-·enient and &Mql all flies. eheap. Lasts llllsca· son. Made of metal, can't •pill ortipover; will not soil or lnjore anythin~r. G u"""" teed. Insist upon pet'~e." The plurnbel"s In session In Waterbury objected to cartoons reflecting on their culling. Some of the pictures have to do with bloated Incomes and others dilate on the alleged habit of going back fol" tools. We can help by refraining fl"Om retell!ng the !'tory of the boss plumber who telephone s the hospitals as to a small job being done by the helper. "How Is Jones getting on?" he asked the nurse who, thinking the inquiry had to do with one of her patients by that name, replied: "Jones Is resting quletly."- New Haven Journal-C ourIer. fteluctnntl y 1'\epeese gnve her COD· While the dol!'s wel"e still n t ~<ent. their fish, the;v stnl"ted homew11rd. D.USY FLY KILLER from yout' de a !er. Their canoe had· stolen well out be- HAROLD SOMERS 8rookl;rn N. Y .. they fore Raree discovered the trlrk had played on him. Instantly he leaped Into the water and swnm aft«~r them-and the Willow helped him Into t11-e canoe. Enrly In Septembe r a passing In· dian brought Plerrot word of Bush McTilggar t. The Fnctor had been And :so,,.lnll!ln Emigran ts Seek Cities very sick. He had almost died from in In 1920 there were about 14,000,000 the blood pol~on, but he was well now. ALLEN'S FOOT EASE foreign-ho rn persons living In the With the first f.'Xhllaratlng tang of The Antiseptic, Healing Powder for Gnited States and of this number more llntnmn In the air a new dread optl..ed, swollen, smarting, sweating than 10,000,000 lived In the cities and pressed Pierrot. But at present he feet. It takes the friction from the mind his In spots was large towns. Of this latter number sore what and of blisters nothing said shoe, prevents and corns ot out sting the takes and almost had Wlllow than 5,000,000 entel"ed the counThe more Nepeese. to use Allen'• Foot•Eaae Always bunions. Baln, Lac fl"om 1!)00, whlle only 1,416,000 of Factor after the tQ· forgotten for Dancing and to Break ln New s wildernes of went to the rural secthrl.ll and entering those for the glory Shoes. Sold everywhere. blood. hPr In tions. autumn was Most of NepeeRe's hours she spent Thrifty Britishe rs They Often Are In training Baree for the sledge. She Freakis h .With nearly £15,000,000 ($75,000,00 0) began with a bablche string and a "I heal" your wife Is a brllliant conDlll-"Tw o heads are better than In their municipal bank, the people stick. It was n "·hole day before she versationa list." Glii-"It Is If you are looking of Blrmln~ham claim that the city Is one." "She Is in a card game." could Induce Raree to drag· this sUck for a clrc•Js .lob." the thriftiest In the world. without turning at every other step dumb A. bonehead ls a hard-head ed to snap and growl at lt. Then she Go to a friend for sympathy -to a A man Isn't afm!d of any woman anyway; while a pudding-h ead bell, to fastened atnother length of bablche pawnbrok er for a loal'l. whom he can flatter. him, and ronde him drag two sticks. Isn't. Thus little by little she trained him to the sledge-har ness, until at t!ie end of a fortnight he was tugging heroically at anything she had a mind ~o fasten to him. Plerrot brought home two of the dogs from the Island, and Baree was put Into training with these, and helped to drag the empty sled~re. Nepeese was delighted. On the day the f\. 0 0 T M A L first light snow fell she clapped her hands and cried to Plerrot: "By midwinter I will have him the ll.nest dog In the pack, mon pere l" This was the time for Pienot to say what was In his mind. He smiled. Dlantre--w ould not that beast the Factor fnll Into the very devil of a mge when he found how he had been 1 , cheated! And yetquiet voice his lie tried to make and commonpl ace. "I am going to send you down to tltP school at Xelson House again this winter, rna chetie," he said. "Haree will help draw you down on the first good snow." The Willow wu tying a knot In Ba!"ee·~ ltuhiche, nnrl she rose slowly •t Am Not Going, Mon Perel" to her feet and looked at Plerrot. "I am not going, rnon pe!"e !" telling her the whole truth so that was the ,tl.rst time Nepeese had It she might hnYe undl'r!<tood fully an1l that to l'lenot-l n just that said ever completely . !\on, lt l'hould not bP IYa). It thrilled him. And he could that. His soul bent with 11 great an<' scarcely fnce the look In her eyes. He gentle loYe. He, Piern>t D~ Quesne, wus not good at ululfing. 1'\epees~ diu would do the watchinA". And she not walt for him to gather speech. shuuld laugh and sing and play-ntH! "I am not going!" !<he repeated with hav-e no share In the black forebod- eYen gt·eater flnllllt~·. and bent ngnln Ings that had come to spoil his life. OYer Ga re<'. On this dny there cnme up from the With n shrn~ of hi!'C !<houlders Pil'r south ?llacDonnld, the governme nt rot W!HchNl her. Afhr nil. was he m!lp-make:-. lit.> was gray and griz· not glnd? Would his heart not have ?.led. with a great, free lnu;;h nn!l a turned !<lck If !<lie hacl been hnppy at dean heart. Two days he remalnecl tlae thought of len ving him? Il!' with Plerrot. He t<>hl Nepeese of his moYetl to her side nnd with great gPO· i daugl1ters at home, of tl;elr mother. tlr UPS!' lflld 11 hand on her I!'I""'RY I whom he wor~hiped more than any- h~1HI. Up from ::.ull'r it the Willow ,. tltlng else on eat·th-nn d before !1e sr~:lit'ci at him. Between them thP,. went on In his qut•st of the l<t,;t tim heal'<i th dick or 1\;tree'f! jaws liS It~ 1 ber line of Hanks'an pine. hP took rPl'tPd h muzzle on the 'YilhnY's n nu. pictures of the \\"iJiow !IS he lmd fir~! For thf' flrst time in "eeks the \\'Urlcl geen hPr on her hirthtlay: lwr hair aeewed StHic1Pnl.v filled wlth snn!'<hine plied In glo!'~~· {'O!is nnd masse~;, hl'r for l'l<•n·ot. \\"hen he weut back to re(l dre~s. the hlgh-heel<.•d l'<[J~s. He the cnbin he held his !tend higher. Ne-~· curried the ne~ath·es on with him, pee!'P woultl not lea,·e him! He promising l'lerrot that he would g<'t laughed softly. He rubbed his hand>< LOO K AT THE NEW CAR S a picture burk In some way. Thus together. HI!< tear of the Factor from fnte works In Its strange and nppnr· Lac Buln was gone. From the cahin AND SEE- BOD Y BY FISH ER £.ntly Innocent ways as It spins Its door he looked back nt Nep~>ese and webs of tragedy. Baree. • • • • "The saints ht> blessed!" he uur· For many weeli.s after this there mured. "~ow-u.nv-lt Is Plerwt Du followed tranquil d:t)"S on the Grny Quesup who knows what to rlo !" Loon. They were wonderful days for (TO BE C:vNTINUE D.) G E N E 411 W. N. U., Salt Lal(e City, No. 32--1928. Ultimat e in Class Spirit The one surviving member of Am· herst college's class of 1881 held a reunion all by himself, elected himself pl"esident and secretary, at his dinner and adjourned himself. He Is Rev. Edwin A. Adams of Walpole, Mass., and no alumnus Is· more loyal to alma mater.-Br ooklyn Eagle. Boys love dogs undoubted ly, but who Is It that ties tin cans to dog8' tans? s • If you set out In this world to maktl money, your success will depend more on your personalit y than on lntelli· gence or ability as a scholor. And •t sense of humor won't help you so very much, either. What you will need to stock up on are the tmits usually displayed Ln abundance by self-made men of so many "success" stories; aggressive ness, enthusiasm , accuracy In work. and self-relian ce. A. study of the mathemat ical relation between personalit y and Income has been made ut Purdue university , and the tr11lts that go hand In hand with money milking are listed In order of their Importanc e. Typical college men, who were graduated trom ~1- neet·ing school five years ugo, were taken as subjects for the study. Originalit y and address are of more monetary Importanc e In personalit y than neatness and sincerity, the In· \·e::;tlgatlon Indicates. Reasoning abll· lty stands twelfth In the series of 2:i personal tl"alts correlated with Income. Moral habits al"e the last thing In pet·sonallt y makeup that has any con· nectfon with financial success.-K illl· sas City Star. A Common Wi6h We often wish the Christian spirit didn't feel It necef!Sat·;v to haw! out anyone tltat doesn't agrpe wlth It oa all points quitP. 110 hn~cl.-{)hlo Stat• J Olll"n..\. 75c LADIES: WE l'AY ,1.00 l'ER HUNDRED to gild Jrreetlng cards. Free partlcularo tor addresaed envelopes. YORKVILL E CARD. Dept. F, 884 Lexln&'ton .Ave.. New Torte. ! Brains Minor Facto r in Finan cial Succes s Fordto-pac:k ed lD the Blue Boz Dependa ble for Bt~er)' En.ln• Toledo, Ohio t • Champ{on-lor can other than CH AM PIO N I • 60c The new car announcements of General Motors have swept Fisher into the greatest eminence in motor car hiStory. Everywhere you see the embleffi -Body by Fisher. In all price classes, it is the inescapable badge of quality. The leaders, such as Cadillac, Buick, Chevrolet, Oakland, Oldsmobile and Pontiac, all display as one of their proudest assets the symbol -Body by Fisher. It is their assurance of public satisfac tion-in safety, in charm of line, in beauty of color and appointment, in comfort and convenience. FJSber- the greatest body builder in the world-s tands head and shoulders above all others in quality. The new General Motors ccu~ all help to pwvc Fisher leadership. |