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Show I ~ picture. The sun. 1'1r•,,dln~ thrclllgh wi:ldow, lfghtet't up her marvf'iotH! hair; her flushed face was framed In I It!! lustrous darknes~ like 11 tinted cameo. ne had dreamPrl, ·but he had pictured. nothlnl! lilw thi,; wo~ll !1ll who I stood. hefore him now. her l·~·es wid· ' enlng wtth fear oml tl1e flush lea dog IJ her f11ce eY!'n as he looke<l at her. ll was not a Ion;; interval !n which their ey!'s met In that t('rrible silt'nee -teJTlhle to the J!irl. \Yortls were un· n{'<'f'S ~m·y. At ln<"t she un<leJ·stoorl·-. under~tood what her peril had bPen that tln.v :>.t thP eclc:e of Ua• clw~m an<l . in the forest, wiJPn f••nrlpssl~· i'he harl pl<~,YNl wl!h the mPtLH'e that \\aS confr,wltlng !1cr now. A hr!"':dh that W:lR li!;f' a sob hrokt from hPr lipR. '':l['~iP'1 1" ~h<' tried to c~y. nnt It wa~ onl,v a ;rn~p-un effort. !'he ~f'('lll('tl chnkillJ!. Pl:dnly she hear<1 thf' click or the Iron holt :1s It 1.wke1l the rloor. lllc· I th~ OF KAZAN by JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD;~ CO!'YRtCfiT 8Y DOU(J!FOArPIICE &G> . WNU BerTie• Chapter X-Continued ~I -18Pierrot, deep In his own somber thoughts, scarcely heard the strange laugh that came suddenly from her lips. Nepee~e was listening to the growl that was again In Baree's throat. It was a low but terrible sound. \Vhen half a mile from the cabin, shf' unslung the panniers from his shoulders and. c11rrled them herself. 'l'en minutes later they saw a m11n advancing to meet them. It was not McTaggart. Pierrot rec· ognlzed him, and with an audible breath of relief waved- bls hand.. It was DeBar, who trapped in the Harren Country north of Lac P.nin. Pier· ,oot knew hlm well. They had exchanged fox-poi~on. They w<,re fl'iend~ and there was pleasure in the grip of th<>lr hand:;.. DeBar stared then at NepCfSl'. ''Tonnerre, shP ha~ grown Into a woman:" he crlec\, and lil;e a womrm Nepee~e looked at him straight, with the color ueepening in her cheekB as he towed low with 11 courte~y that <latecl back a couple of centuries heyon<l the trap-line. DPI3nr lost n.~ time In explaining his mls!'.ion, an<! brfare they reaf'hed. the cabin Pierrot ant! ~epee;;e knew why he had come. :lf'sleu: the Factol' at Lac Rain, was leaving on u journey in five rlays, and he had sent DeBar as a f'p!'clul messenger to request Pierrot to come up to as,;ist the clerk and the half-breect storekeeper In his absence. Plerrot made no comment at first. But he was thinking. Why had Ilush McTaggart sent for him? Why had he not chosen some one nearer? :"~rot until a fire was crackl!ng in the sheetIron stove in the cabin, and Nepeese was busily eng-aged getting sur1per, did he voice these questions to the fox-huriter. DeBar shrugged llis shonlrlers. 1 "He asked me, at first, If r could stay. But I have 11 wife with a bad lung, Plerrot. It was caught by f1·ost last winter, and I dare not leave her long alone. lie has great faith In you. Besides, you know all the trappers on the C<nnpa ny's hook!'l at Lac Baln. So he sent for yon, and hegs you not to worry about your fur-lines, as he will pny you double what you would. catch In the tlmP you are at the I'o~t." "Anrl- J\'epeese"/" said l'ierrot. "lll'sieu expPCls lTI(' to bring her?'' F'rom the stove the \Villow bent her head to listen, an<l her heart leapetl free again at DP!:;t~··~ an~wer. "He said nnthing 11bnut that. But surely-it· \\'Ill he a ~reat change for li'le m'st•'l.·.·· Pierrot n ',, 1 d•·•l. "Possibl,\', ).p(c)(lti,HI." Th!'y cliscussecl the matter no more th11t night. But for hours l'ierrot was still, tlllnklng, nud a hundred times he nskeu h!m~df the same question: \Vhy had ~leTag~art sent for him? •t must be. he told himself finally, that M'sieu hall sent for him because he wanted to win over the father of NepeeRe and gain the frleud«hip of Nepeese herself. For this wus undoui.Jteclty a ve• y great honor that the Factor was confening on him. And yet, deep down in his heart, he was filled with 'suspicion. 'Vlwn DeBar was about to leave the next mol'lling, Pienot said: "Tell M';:ieu that I will leaYe for Lac Bain t11e day after tomorrow." After De nar had gone, he s11id to Nepeesl': "And you shall remain here, rna cherie. I will not take you to Lac Baln. I have had a dream that !II'f"leu will not go on 11 journey, but that he has lied, and that he will be sick when I arrive at the post. And yet, if It shoulfl hapr .:n that you care to go-" Nepeer.<. straightened suddenly, like a rec:>cl that has been caught by the wind. "Non!" she cried, so fiercely that Pierrot laughed, and rubbed his hands. So it happt'ned that on the second day after the fox-hunter's visit Plf'rrnt left for Lac Bain, with 1'\epep;:e in the door wa\"ing hlm good-by until he wn>< out of sf~ht. • • • • • • This ulonene,:;s wa~ to Kepeese bur<l!'ned with no thoug-ht of dan;.-;er. There were times, now, wl1en thf' thought of being alone was pleasant td' her, when she wanted to <lream by herself,. when she vl~loned thing-s Into the mysterie~ of which she would not admit even Pierrot. ::lhe was ~rowing into womanhood-just the sweet, closed bud of womanhood as yet-still a girl witll the sort velvet of girlhood. In her eyes, yet with the mystery of woman stirring gt'lltly in her soul, as If the Great Huntl wer·e hesitating betwef'n aw:1kenlng her ann letting h.er sleep a little longer. At these times, when the opportunity came to f'teal hours bv herself. she would put ou the · re<l tlress and do up her wontlerful hair as :<he saw It fn the pictures of the mngazine'l I'lerrot hucl st•nt up twice a year from ::"\elsnn House. On the second day of Pierrot's ab· sence ~epeese dres~ed herself like this, but tollav s! 1e let hpr hair cascnJe in a ,;hinin; glory about her, mul about her for<>hea<l bound a circld of retl rihhon. She wa~ not y~t clone. To· da).' she had man-elous <le~lgns. On the wall clo~e to her mirror she had tacked a large pagP from a woman',; magazine, and on this pa?;e was 11 Iov<-1\' vi><lon of curls. Fifteen hundrP<l. miles no1·th of the sunny Callfornla studio In \YhiPh the picture had. been taken, ::-lepee~e. with pouted. rerl lips and puckered foreheafl, was fighting to ma;:ter the mystery of the other girl's curls! She WHS looking into her mirror, her face flushed and her eyes aglow in the excitement of the struggle to Tn.~t!nr·t. Mark High Places ol Enemy Two hundred ll.nd forty granite landmarks strett:hing from the Swiss frol.ltler to the seaco!l st of Belgium indicate the limit of the enemy advance in the war. Seven of theRf' are in the Ypres ~alfent, and the Ypres Ie11gue, at the invihttion of the B!'lglan govemrnent, has provided the stones. They are four feet high, and each is surrounded. by a caned repre~entatlon of the "tin hat." On each Is Inscribed in English, French and. Flemish the phrase: ''Here the In· vader was brought to u standstill!." The league has also erected 40 landmarks on sitE's which became famous during the fl.e:ht!ng in Flander!'l. Each is an iron post hearing the name hy which the place was known to the troops engaged. Some of the names which have- become Important, like "Sanctuary Woo<i" and "Kltchenm· Wood," have a curious origin. The latter has no connPction with the name ot the gr!'at field marshal, but Is a soldi'er's translation of its real name, Bois de Cuts;nier. ad,·:1rH·ec1 n ::;.tP!J. _. Only a singiP ~tPp l\lt'Taggart a ... ,·anl'<'rl. ()H the t1oor Ilaree hacl re· mained like n canen thin;::. He hall packs not moved. Ile hnrl not ma<1e a smm<1 · hut that mw wnrnin;:: snarl-until Me· Tngg-nl't tool' tlH~ st<·p. And tlwn, like Tulip• in Northwest a tla~h. he was up anrl In front o1' 'l'he culture of tullp"', which has '\<'n<'<'Se. e\·ery hair of his bod~· on thus far been contlned to Vancouver nnrl; nP<l at thf' fm·y in his growl McHere is a treat that can't l!l!lnd, promises to extend to the mainTn~g-art lnngPrl back agaln~t the he bead Benefit and plea· land. bul'l'e<l door. A worrl from ~epeE"~e The Tinder to mlly, experl.,uced bulb sure in generous measure! in tP.rt momPnt, nnrl lt would have Gl40 producers in Holland, are investlguthl•Pn OYPr. nut an in~tnnt wn~ Jo~t lng the possibilities of the Fraser val· an instant hefo1'P her <T~' enrne. In ley. Proper soil for tnl!p buill~ Is hard that rnnmPnt mnn's hand nn£1 hraln WANTED tor large to find, but exc~vaOon operation!~ nPar 'f t)1n, n hrute under- REPRESENTATIYE!III raincoat tnanutacturet·. '10 s.Jckere, $2.Si:.. wrll'kf'd ""' 1 tf'r " Cloverdnle have unPoYerEd sand \Vh!c·h All coJor~-outftt fn e. WE8'IEHN SLiCKEH. !=ltf!Jl(lin;.:; anrt as nnrPe launcherl him- CO., Dept. 200A, 1834 North Ave .. Chicago. •t Is believefl wm be sult!'hle mixed self at th!' Fn<'tor's throat, thPrP came wifh other soil. PAID FOR FALSE TEETH, GOJ,D n flr.~h and a cleaf••nlng explosion al· CASH Lrldges. crowns, old plateslidlnmonds, dlsca.rdPd jew · ~fr. Bader has sl'nt to Holland for elrr. m&l(:lPto po~uts. Oas toy return mail. Flot1dn. nJMt in t11e \Yil!ow's Pyes. Uol<1 Rryfintns Oo., Zl Adams, .raeksonnlle, Fla. another tulip pro<lu<'e:- to eome und Tt wns a ehpnre !'hot, a shot from -------- - - .ioln him and tl ey will pt1rn1e the[,· tl1e hip with :lleTa!!'1'nrt'~ antnnwtic. invPstigatlan;: nr d. the enlture together. Dar<>c ff'll ~l10rt. 11<> ~tnu.k thf' tlnor The New Freely-Latherin!r with fl thud anrl ro11Ptl ag:un~t thP_Iog ~ Hawaiian Relics 1\'flll. Ther<> was not a klcl; m· 11 <JnlVP" .John H. \Yilson, Ill.'H1or of lion tlu. l!"'ft in hi~ ;,~<ly. ~leTa~r~ar! lnn!!:h<'d will direct the repairs ·to he ma<lf' ur>n nervonsl~· as ,H' f;hpve,J Ius rn><tol back For Tender faces the old Qnf'en FJ,1mn home, th<' grn!'S· in it"l hol>:ter. He knew that only a 1 EMOLLIENT MEDICINAL ANTISEPTIC thntched rellc of m'ln•lrchi:tl d.a~·:::. It hrai~ ~hot could have done that. stands in the ::\'uunnn valley. The w:"'-1 her bacl{ a~ainst the further mayor was commh•~loned to do the wall. KepPPR<' waR walling. 1\fcTagHas "Dad's Auxiliary'' job by the Daughter~ of Hawaii hegart could henr hPr pantin~: breath. In New England, Dad and the boys H<> a<lvancPd. halfway to her. are enjoying scouting together. }\fore cause of his knowled~e of grm;s "KepeP~e. I have come to make you than half tne fathers of Tronp 4, Dal- houses, acquired when he lived In my wife." he said. ton, Mass., nr~ members of a "dads' one at Wuikilcl while a youngster. The She <licl not answer Re could see auxiliary." The troop has over 100 Queen Emma home, now 75 years old, th~ 1 t h!'r breath wns choking her. She boys in It; and ~2 fathers make up the was completed in the time of King Kamehameha V. rais!'d a hand to her throat. He tool! second group. two morf' step;:, and. stopped. He had never seen such eyes. American people are buying goods "From labor health; from health "I have come to mall.~ you my wife, 1 on credit at the rate of $5,000,000.000 · contentment springs." .Tames Beattie. Nepeese. Tomorrow you will go on to a year. -The Minstrel. Nelson ITousf' with me, anrl then back to Lac Rain-forever." He add· ed the last words us an afterthought. "Forever," he repeated. He cUrl not mince wOI'ds. His cour· 1 agf' and his determination rose 11s he 1 saw her body droop a little against 1 the wall. Rhe w11s pow~rless. There 1 was no escap!'. Pl~rrot was gone. 1 Bn r~Ce was rlead. He had thought that no liYing crea· ture could move ns swiftly as the Wil· low when his arms reached out for her Rhe rnnd.e no soun<l as she dart· etl under one of his 011t~tr!'tch!'d arm~ TIP mnrle a Inn!!!"'. n hrutnl grab, and his ftngPrS caug-ht 11 bit of hair. He hearrl the snnp of It as shf' tore her· ;:el r free and tlf'w to the door. She harl thrown hnck the holt when he caught h~>r :>nd his arms <'lof;erl ahout her. He <lrnggcd hPr hn!'k, nnd. now she criNJ out-eric•! out in her tle~palr for l'i!'rrot, for naree. for some mlrncle of God that might ~ll\'P her. And ::\'eJWf'Se fought. f'hf' twisted in his ar·ns until she was facin:J; him. Sl 1e roulll no lonl!;er see. !"lw wa~ 1 smoth!'re£1 in hf'r hair. Tt coYerf'rl ~P.t 1 "Tell M'sieu That 1 Wlll Leave, the face and hrl'aRt nncl l>ocl~·. sufforatll\g, her. pnU!nJ:rling hPr hal"!~ and nnnR- 1 Day After Tcmorr<Jw.'' an<l !'till )<he fo'wht. Tn thr' !'trn!!;::::l~ fashion one of tl!e coYetP<l ringlets ;'\fcTa!!.£;'11'1 "tnmhle<l m·pr thP ho<ly o! from a tJ'Pss tl!at fell aw:1y h<>l<lw her P.:n·eP, ancl thl'~· wl•nt tlown. :\'epe<'>'C hips, when the door OPPIH.!d behind was up full~· five ''!'rond" ahearl of the 1 ber, anJ llu:,ll l\lcTagga 1'1 wuiked in. man. She cn:JI£1 have reaPhc:>cl tl <> door. But n::::nin It was lwr hair. ~ne pau•e<l to tlin" hael; tl1f'. thick ma>.~(·S 1 Chapter XI of It so thnt ~llf' coui,J se<>, . nn<l 7\fc· ']'n::::::art waR at the c]o,lr nhl'acl ot hpr, 1 ThP Willow's h:wk was toward. thf' IJe dill not lock It a;;aln, hut ~tootl door whPn thr F>1Pto1· from Lac Hnin facing h!'l'. lli~ face was f;<'r:\trh('t] entered the c11bin. anrl for a few ancl blel'cllng. Ile wns JlO lon;::er a stul'th>d se<·o1Hl,.; she did nnt turn. Her man but a rleYil. NepPe~r wn;: bt•ol~>n, first thought was of l'ionot-fOI' some 11anting-a low ~obhin(i came with her· rf'ason he had retul'lle<l. Rut even as hrenth. Rhe hertt rlown. nnrl pi,ked I this tl10u;:ht came to her, she hear<l In up n pi Pee of fi !·ewoorl. !\fc'l'aggn i't Raree's throat a ~narl t!Jnt hron;.:ht could ~Pe thai her stren~th wns at. her suddenly to he1· feet, facing- the:> mo~t gone. door. f'l1<> clntehetl thP stick as ht:' ap· The puce set by Fioher-and exempli• Ml'Tng;nrt was sll!n< 1ing w•t 11 1t 1q . . ;)ronrh<'d. her ~~!!nin Hnt ~,fcTa''"'l11'1 1 lied in the beautiful new General Motors baek a;::am:st the <lnor; ancl at :'-iepre<;P • ' . , · , . "'": , 1 •f 1 ". " • 1 11 ... ha<t il•st n.! thce:;.·t of f<>a1· or rnnl 11111 ' cars now commanding public attention . I I - n Jf'r \\folllt'l u uJe;-;s .lilt ow1n" l'l 1 ~ hair-he was starin:: as if sttl!H1<'d for Ill' ~prau<.:: ll!'on 1,,,,. 1~'e nn an ml~ .. -is the t;uidc for the en:ire motor [' t 'fh<> -;f!c-1; <·f fir!'\';r,,.l f,,,J. An<l a::aJ. • . industry. · t tl H~ ~ 1I~.1 r II 11~1 a space a t w h at l1('· !'HW. • 'a e. (lT f.-}'•p· pl•lYC'-(1 :lO'HJil~ • aCCld<·llt. \\"liS pill l'lllg ll:!>Un~t !hP ' ' '" " . · · terror nnrl hop~i<'>'~'llPS~ ~he h'lC Fi!!her's vast experience, Fisher inven. _ . \VIllow now. If rtoPre had been a cau;:ht up t!JP fir~<! ~t1cl, hf't hnn<l hn, tivene!:ls and Fisher's unapproached spark of slnmher·ing ehivalry, ,,f mer- tonl'hP•l·--a li!.rht n;P, \Yith her last facilities devise and perfect the beauties, cy, eYen .. ill !~u<;!J :ll<:T.;:~g:\rt's ~on!. It str·pn,~th ~he ~~ rnC'k at ilf<·Ta:J;:::arl comforto and conveniences which attract was exllnr.w:she<l lJy what lit> snw. wlth ·it. :111 <] as It fr!l on his hea(l, hE [ . .et 1 1, ,l<'l·'· p.,t It <ll'<l not " ~•• you to the leading new cars in all price NeYPr ha<l ~'l'peesP looJ.:p<l more h<>nn- s t a:·g!'l . .•. .; 1 ..... tlfnl. not !'Yf'n on that rlay when :lfn<'· him loosr llis hold. classes-Cadillac, Buick, Chevrolet, Oakland, Oldsmobih and Pontiac. Donal!! the :lap-maker -~111<1 taken_ _ _ _ _:_'T~BE _co:·nr:--:u:~D . > I Cluzmplon Xexclusively for Fords '"P"clted In the Red Box Does not affect the Heart Unless you see the "Bayer Oross" on packflge or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians over twenty-five years for Colds Neuritis Toothache Neuralgla ) Headache Lumbago Rheumatism Pain, Pain "\ ChamPion-for care other than Fordo-packed Each unbroken "Bayer" package con· ts.lns proven directions. Handy boxes of twalve tablets cost few cents. Druggists also ~;ell bottles of 24 and 100. I -- - -~ In the Blue Box CHAMPION Simplifying Values Ignorant of the values of foreign monsy, flyers of the first Ameri<'nn det~rhment gnmhlecl with It hy m'ltching bills of the same color, ~ccordlng to a younr nvlator whose war diary has b bl' ·J d 1 I lb t . "W h t een pul u; te tnt ' er ) ·, h e 8 0t0 rrnps n our i' .u eroom~. e \\To e, " d I d II ll tl ll ~n am gra ua Y co er ng 11 kmds of money-Italian, Fl'ench, Eng. . h , an(1 b es t o f a 11 , a !Itt! e A mencun 11s we don't know whl1t all this monev Is · · worth, so we have to shoot it by the color-green against green, and yellow • against yellow. The coins rank by size. I guess It's ull even In the end." ' Dependable for E"er;y Engin• Toledo, Ohio ~:;=::::=::=::=::::=::=::=::=::=::=::=::=~~.~~ _ To hate violently ts to sink below those we hate.-La Rochefoucauld. I I I I ! . •, ... , l\Iothe1 s were the only 'oh.rs and descent was in the female line ln the · I dl L , f ""I "· · . d n an eague 0 "' X N ,ttJOUS, uccor ing to the election laws of the league, j t t t d b, D J N II II 1 t us rans 111 e J r. . . . . ew e of the bureau of American ethnology. The laws lnduded. the referendum d II Tl t ttl t fan recad . f 1e proper y tse etnllen or mur er o a man was en s r ngs of wampum but for a woml1n twenty . ' st rmgs. Alaskan Reindeer There are now approximately 300,000 reindeer in Alaska and it is estimated that thet·e is pasturage there for 4,000,000 on land worthless for agriculture. FISHER DESIGN SETS THE PACE For instance. Fisher achieves a new degree of safety-and nothing less than a Body by Fisher can approach it even after seasons o£ striving. Dan Beard Organized American Boy Scoub 1 The expPI'iences of Lieut. G!'n. Sir llobert ::;, S. Ilnden Powell of the British arm~· with boyf; a>: messengers during the P.oer war in South Afri<"a so impressed him that he came later to deYote almost his entire time to work with boy10. lle organized the boy scouts in Engl11nd, and from there the movern!'nt spread to mo1:1t othf'r countries, and the membership has grown until it now Includes millions of boys. "The boys' gf'neral," however, free· ly acknowledgefl his deht to movf'· ment;: of n ~lnrilar churucter In the Unite<! States. And so, although the Boy ~kouts of America were not In· corpo1·atert until 1910, which was some little time after the Rl'itish or.~ranlza. tlon hrtd been formed. the scouts In this ('OUntry really dnte to a boys' or~-:anization founded by Daniel Carter Beard-Dan I\eard-11hout 1905. This hocl~· be<'ame, with another foundrd by Ernest Thompson Seton, the foundation of the Ameri<'IID scouts. F Industry" !<'rom thf' IJpginning pork was salte<! down and packed h: barrels, hen<'e I arose the name now glvPn the meat ln<ln~try. It !~ u:ore or less a mis nonwr today becau:::e tt applies In ' greater d\'gr~ to the ln<ln,;trie,; o fruit and V!'getahle caunln~ wher• pa<·k i ng In ;!on tainer~ '" an iJUportnni fenture dustry follows. Fisher create'S new standards of beauty in !ine and finish-and those standards are the measure of value for all of the worid's cars. It is easy to see. therefore, why the foremost of the new cars in all price classes carry the emblem-Body by Fisher. And easy to understand why buyers the world over proclaim as the hallmark of that same magic symbol-Body by Fisher. E GENERAL <~Packing Fisher leads the way in luxurious :fitments and decorations-and all the in· quality MOTORS Indian Election Laws 1 Between Girls Mndge--I'm tired of refusing Jack 1\farie-I think myself an engagement would rest you. 75c Each 1 I 60C Each @ticura Shaving Stick ! You know how your car performs on the "test hill" in your vicinity. Install a set of Champions and compare the increased power and performance with your previous best. This is the simplest and surest way to prove that it pays to install Champions and that they are the better spark plug. in "Bayer" Package 1 I CLIMBING ·Take without Fear as Told Peppermint Flavor • On the morning of this some -tay Bush l\IeTuggart t'n><e from hi~ bed while it was still rlark. The time had come. He had lresitated at murderat the killing of Pi~>rrot; an<l in hls he~itation he ha<l found a better way. Thet·e could be no escape for Nepeese. It was a wonderful scheme, so easy of accomplishment, so inevitable in its outcome. And all the. time Pierrot would think he was away to the ~ast on a mission ! He ate his breakfast before dawn, and was on the trail before it was yet light There was a vast amount of brutal :;atl>~t'actlon to McTaggart In anticipating what was about to hap· pen, and )le reveled in it to the full. There was no chance for disappointment. He was positive that Nepeese would not aecompany her father to Lac Baln. Sb~> would be at the cabin a thr Qray Loon-alone. "B YER ASPIRIN" ROVED SAFE Adv~nce |