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Show PAGE TWO THE TIMES-NEW- en M arooned WNTJ STORY I By GEORGE MARSH SerTle. Copyright by Tba Penn Publlahlnc THE START FROM to the appeal of her genuineness her level-eyemeeting cf life the blond loveliness of Ethel, with her shrinking from the unpleasant the Inevitable intruded with the knowledge of disillusion. Ethel was growing so vague so shadowy here In a land where raw life admlttecf of oo subterfuge no compromise. And yet, Ethel would wait for the brother t.t Sir Charles Guthrie, he told hlmsell, with a tightening of the lips; of that he had no doubt. The York boat reached the open water of the hay as the sun lifted, bringing nn easterly breeze. As they worked up the channel to the post, a sense of loneliness chilled the heart of Guthrie. There would be no welcome, which, through the weeks of the summer, he had grown to cherish, on his homecoming no Joy In the wistful eyes of the girl who waited. All that remained to him now was t he memory comof a devotion plete. I'oor little Nlnda Old Anne and the wife of Etienne stood on the shore while the voyagers i.iaife the boat fast to Its buoy. As the men paddled In, It was evident that news awaited them. "Somet'Ing happen," said Etienne. "Marie ver' mooch excite' w'en she not stan" still." "Bon Jour, ladies!" called Guthrie, as he approached the chattering women on the beach. "What seems to be on your minds?' "Oli, dey have come here dos men !" cried old Anne. "What men?" "De man In de beeg boat she was here. Dat one wld de bad face McDonald Ha! Ha! de Injun call heem." Guthrie and Etienne started incredulously at the speaker. "What did he want?" "He want talk wld you. He leave dis." Old Anne handed Guthrie a folded sheet of paper. Opening It, he read : "The Hudson's Bay Company, Elkwan : "This is to save you a trip to the Island after the stuff left on the beach by that walrus-facegeologist, Quarrler. I can use most of It, and will pay St. John's prices for It on my return home. Have made an Inventory. d Garth Guthrie, Canadian war veteran, having to live in the open on account of weakened lungs, la ffcctor of a Hudson's Bay post at Elkwan. He cam back from the conflict with a permanently scarred face, which he realizes cost him the love of his fiancee, Edith Falconer. Sir Charles Guthrie, his brother, Is a millionaire war profiteer. With Etienne Snvanne, halfbreed, his firm friend, Garth meets Doctor Quarrler, geologist, and his sls- ter Joan. Their schooner has drifted ashore. Quarrler complains he has been robbed by a iran known as "Laughing At Elkwan an Indian girl, Nlnda, tuberculosis victim, whom Garth has befriended, Is dying. Joan, trained war nurse, cres for Nlnda, but the girl dies. Charles Guthrie writes reproaching his brother nr not coming home. Charles' wife assures him Ethel still loves him, but Garth In his heart knows better. 1 C HAPTER III Continued 6 "it was an act of Providence. I wonder," he hesitated, then went on, "If you would care to send word of yourself, to an exile, this winter?" tie saw" her brows contract In thought. For a moment she seemed In fioubt, then turned to him, tens in hi;r earnestness. "You are not merely courteous you really wish to hear fron me?" His face reflected his pleasure. 'You will write then, to the exile?" There was a sudden gleam of white teeth, a whlmslcul flash In her eyes, as she asked: "Wouldn't It be ungrateful to refuse so modest a request froSi one who has rescued the shipwrecked?" "It would be most ungrateful and ctu:1," he laughed. "If you'll write, I'll iiave a little spruce waiting for the Christmas mail, and hang your letter on the tree, with candles." "Unread ?" "Unread till Christmas morning. Then Shot and I will read It together liur Christmas, from you." "And the other letters?" she queried, avoiding his quick glance. "The others? Oh, they'll not be Interestingwith their criticism and and news of my distinguished brother's doings." Wone of them?" Joan Quarter's voice was strangely throaty as she gazed out over the shimmering river. ".None of them," was the quiet reply. He thrilled to the realization of the absolute sincerity of his answer. Without meeting his eyes, she turneii Impulsively to the airedtile who ac"Good by, Shut! companied them. Tin going to miss you, boy!" And she took the head of the dog In her hand. As Shot's tall bent the air, his hairy throat rumbled. Then he bared his great fangs and made little snaps at the girl bending over him. a "Why. you've made conquest!" cried Guthrie. "lie does that with no one here." The girl looked up as she rubbed the dog's ears. "He's only saluting a brother I mean a sister In arms." "One who served, as he did, with the wounded." added the man. They were at the door of the misnd-vh- sion. "Good by! The days will drag up there In the snow, waiting for the Christmas mail," said Guthrie, puzzled nt his emotion strangely reluctant to leave her wondering at himself. "Good by, Mr. Exile!" She gave aim her firm hand. Hardly conscious of his purpose, he iH'tit to search the dark eyes, frankly She smiled, he meeting his look. thought, wistfully as he said: "What you did for a comrade In distress he will never forget. Good by. Healer of Wounds." Her eyes widened. Groping for his mealilng. she watched him straighten, tiring his hand to his forehead In a military salute, and turning, walk rapidly away. Until his tail figure .vas lost In the shadows, she stood, Mps parted. wnmiVring; then slowly pclid the door and went In. CHAPTER IV l.mle did tln.se v nom Garth OufhLad brought to Albany In his York '.niit sense what this act of frlcndll-tstrangers might moiin In days if drudgery precious days lost from he goose hunt which was nearlng Its nd for the men from Elkwan As he bout drifted down the south channel of the delta past the scrub-growbores of Albany Island, Guthrie's - o Iho'uhls traversed the days since the storm anif the meeting with the girl hick at the Albany mission, who was rolr.g down the coast and out of bis "fe, as the "wa vies." from the Arc-- t llnirer tliroiiirh the soft September leather, until the sting of the first Mirther sends them down the wind, t'ut the "wiivlcs" return. There roti!d be no return to the west coast in- - .b.iiti ttiiarrler. lie tad left her. the night before, oiilfd by the elation l.er promise to vrite Iiini by the Christmas mall had nro'iscd. And, lit ways. n he Mn.if "o Dualize the nature of his niioN.e Ca. shortly repeat" the'flight. When they had elfot two loads, Etienne and Guthrie started for their camp out where a boulder-strew- n sandspit thrusting seaward rendered the launching of a loaded canoe possible at the height of the tide. A mile from the tent on the sandspit, Etienne lifted his lowered head banded by the tump-lin- e which held the flour bags filled with geese. Then he swung round to the bent figure following, eyes on back-breakin- g the ground. "Boat at de camp." Guthrie straightened until his range of vision Included the sandspit. Below the boulders at the nose of the spit lay a ship's boat. A boat could come only from the schooner of McDonald. What were they after? Nearing the camp, the packers dropped their loads and continued with their guns. If these people had abused Shot, chained to his stake Guthrie's pulse quickened at the thought. Near the tent three men Idled, evidently waiting for the owners. "You keep out of this, Etienne. You're sore. Let me do the talking," warned Guthrie, ns he approached the camp. Suddenly breaking Into a run, he shouted : "Stop baiting that dog, or I'll turn him loose on you!" Standing out of reach, a young sail-- , or tossed sand Into the face of the Infuriated airedule, straining at his leash. "All right! Turn him loose," was the truculent reply, and retreating, the sailor cocked his shotgun. "Put down that gun, you young fool;" commanded the elder of the "Mcdonald." "Well, he's a cool one!" commented Guthrie. Etienne shook his black head. "He 6teal dat stuff, he steal all de fur on Akimiskl." "Not If 1 know It I If he thinks he's going to get our share of the Akimiskl hunt, he'll have to fight for It He'll find he can't bluff us," replied Guthrie, wltli Increasing Irritation at the d method's thought of the. of the unknown. In the north a cache was inviolate, and the stores of Quarrler on the Akimiskl beach had not been abandoned, but cached, to be recovered later. McDonald's appropriation of them under the circumstances was a distinct breach of northern custom. If this wus a sample of what could be expected from him later. In the fight for the Akimiskl fox trade, the winter and spring would hardly be dull on the west const. As soon as they had shot their winter supply of geese, he would have a talk with Graham and Boucher, at Attawaplskat and Kapiskau. "Too bad. Etienne, we were not tire to meet Mr. Laughing McDonald. What did you think of him, Anne? He's a big man with red hair, Isn't he?" "Oh, ver' beeg, strong man, wld hair lak fire. I lees face!" Anne stopped to shudder, "lie got de crazy face nil tain, from bees hurt mout'." "Poor devil!" thought Guthrie, "branded for life with that grin! Then be asked: "Who came ashore with him?" The question was a signal for an emotional outburst from Marie. "Iey were bad men, M'sleu Guthree. One beeg one. wld de barbe nolr. black beard, he try kees me, de fciimip of Etienne Savanne." The black eyes of the comely wife of Etleiine flashed with anger at the memory. "W'ati Dey try dat wld ymi. dees peopl'?" The sinewy fingers of the halfbreed worked nervously as If groping for a knife handle. "Wat you do. Marie?" he demanded. "McDoiial' lla! Ha! broke In Anne, "lie talk ver" cross to de I. lin k beard give heem push Ink he wus llttl' boy. DIs McDonal', (ley all scare of been. dose nun. Deri dey paddle out to de boat." "Good enough! McDonald seems to he boss all right." laughed Ciithrie. "I'lai k beard; that must be the Newfoundland whaler. Etienne, the captain of the schooner." The face of Etienne hardened. "lie nuik mooch tronbl" on dis rnat dis McDonnl' lla! lla! mooch inniM'." "It looks like a lively winter for us, eh. Shot?" And the factor of Llkwsin bent to nih the ears of his dog. Friday, August 19, 192T "Well, he halls from there, too," waa the reply, but from the tail of bis ey Guthrie caught a look In the face of the companion of the spokesman which belied the accuracy of the statement "You say you'll self ns some shells?" continued the speaker. "No, we can't give you any I" It was Guthrie's turn to smile. "We need every shell we've got" Ue glanced at the muzzles of the guns of the strangers. "Our shells wouldn't fit those cannon of yours, anyway. We use twelve gauge guns with Ko. 6 shot At close range It gets more geese than this big stuff. "McDonald gets 'em with a Lewhs fires a burst Into a flock and kills a half dozen." "So you've got Lewis guns, eh 7" abruptly demanded Garth. "Oh, yes ! We're heeled. If you people should take the notion to try to run us out of the bay." "Why, man you've got as much right here as we have, but If you don't play straight we'll run you out that's all." The blue eyes of the sailor met the chill gaze of the soldier In a long, unwavering stare, and from that mutual appraisal, the reaction in the mind of each man was Identical. "You may but you'll sweat some. Now, I want to give you fair warning that some of your people have come to us tills summer of their own accord. There's an Injun who claims you stole 1 daughter " "What! That skunk of an Ojibwa? his He tells you that?" Guthrie sickened at the thought of Ninda's memory being made the catspawof Indian gossip. "That's what he claims. It's none of my business, but he's got It In for you, so don't blame us. He's working for us, of course, for the ' fur." "A girl he claimed as his daughter came to Elkwan in June, dying with said Garth tuberculosis," quietly. "She couldn't travel we took care ol her till she died. He tried to hold me up for stuff. I kicked him out, so he wants his revenge. Just tell him, " "Skene," prompted the other. Mr. "Just tell him for me, Mr. Skene, that I'll give him to the dog If he shows up at the post. He knows Shot." "Looks like a tough old veteran !" commented Skene, admiringly, glancing at the alredale, tense as a statue, hair and tail up, bristling at his stake. "He Is. He's an overseas man. Ile'o tear that Indian's throat out In one snap." "There's another matter, too," continued Garth. "When your people came to Elkwan, when we were down the coast, one of them fellow with a black beard tried something that will get him knifed If he shows up at the post again." At the words, Etienne slowly moved up to a position beside Guthrie, his right hand "resting carelessly on his hip, the fingers touching the bone handfe of his sheath knife. The bearded leader of the sailors glanced curiously at the flint-lik- e and face of the smiled Indifferently at the threat. "Just tell him for me, will you, tc keep away from Elkwan?" "Oh, you mean Black Breault. He's sailing master owns the schooner. I'm the mate. lie's a bit rough, I'll admit, but don't make any mistake about who's boss. McDonald's running this party." "That's why I'm asking you to tell McDonald that we won't stand for manhandling women on this coast," Insisted Guthrie. half-bree- high-hande- It was early October on trie west const, hunting weather, when the piece restlessly crossed and ri'cros"il the wide fiats tietween the timber mid the sea, and the duck. In Hoiks of thousands, eniflessly rose from the tll(. rim shallows to skirt for n of the tide, otity to settle again, and NEPHI, UTAH S, "I Kicked Him Out, So He Wants His Revenge." three strangers to the boy, as Garth readied the camp. "What are you people after trouble?" demanded Guthrie, fighting for his for the badgering of bis dog had left him hot. The man addressed grinned and extended his hand. "Good day, Mr. Hudson's Bay; we ain't runnin' away from none. We saw your tent and rowed In to get some shells. If you have any to sell." Guthrie took the hand of the speaker, a heavily built man, with a beard. The anger loft bis face as he said: "Oh. you're not going to take the shells, then?" lie was conscious, as he spoke, of the curiosity In the eyes of the man he faced, as they lingered on bis scarred cheek. "No," drawled the other. "You must think we're pirates. We pay as we go." "But you robbed that cache on Akimiskl you left a note at Elkwan to that effect." "McDonald will pay for that stuff It would spoil In the rnln." "Well, we don't touch a man's cache In the north. By the way. where Is this McDonald from?" "We all bail from St. John's, New- foundland." "But McDonald?" I'll tell him. Well, we'll "Ilight-o- , be off," said the big sailor, offering his hand, which Garth shook. "I'm glad"" to meet a reasonable Hudson's Bay man and one who wasn't sitting snug on the bay when we had our backs to the wall In front of Amiens." And as Garth stood pondering the remark, Skene turned and Joining his men, wnlked to his boat with a limp too, He, thought the man who watched. Is wearing bis service stripe The sailors launched their boat In the rising tide, and poling It out to the deeper water, rowed away. So the memory of Nlnda was to be mouthed on evil tongues? The story was going (Hit among the Crees that the factor of Elkwan bud taken her from her f ily. If was the kind of tale only too readily believed. Judg Ing front the coolness of Swan, the missionary, Quarrler. without doubt, bad published It In Albany; soon It would be the property of the whole west coast. Poor, loyal Nimln ! Then the thought of one who bad seen and understood came like a breath of clean nir from the spruce, lie saw her again, her heavy hair touched by the moonlight, her fine, dark rye with the questioning look, as she said: "Gooifhy. Mr. Exile!" t Notes News It ' a to Live in Privilege Utah With. 300 men employed, MOSCOW the "mammoth sawmill of the Clearwater Timber company at Lewlston began operations last week, this being the Initial run of the new mill. The d sawmill, has mill, which is a been under construction for more than a year and the beginning of operations was the realization of a dream of the community for a quarter of a century. PRICE Yield of an average of ten tons to the acre, and in some cases est high as thirty tons, is expected from the 730 acres of sugar beets that will be dug this fall in Carbon county, according to Ray Branch, field man for the Holly Sugar company of Grand Junction, Colo. The farmers' contract with the Holly company specifies a first payment of at least $6, but conditions are so favorable that a price of from $7 to $8 is expected. Digging of the beets will commence the first part of September. GOODING Work has been virtually completed by the state highway department in resurfacing and oiling the Stretch of road between the Bliss grade and the Malad power plant. Outside of a stretch south of Hagerman, this is the first road to be oiled in Gooding county. It is probable that more oiling will be done in this section In the near future. g HYRUM Work at the Morgan company bean factory in Hyrum kas begun and preparations were all complete for the canning of the second bean crop to be grown in the vicinity of Hyrum. Due to the fact that frosts made it necessary to replant tixty-fiv- e acres of beans last spring the opening of the factory was delayed one week. The crop is now being gathered and brought to the factory for canning. MOSCOW Active operations at the Oregon Packing company plant were inaugurated the first part of this week with the annual tomato run starting. Blight destroyed nearly all of the tomato crop in the Lewiston section last year and the run was light, but conditions are reported as being the best this year that they have been for Borne time and the run of the cannery will probably last about two months. RUPERT Farm activities in Minidoka county have for the past week been overlapping each other, the second cutting of hay not being in the stack in time to give the threshing machines, which are Just getting into action, a change to get men enough to operate as they would like. I.AYTON backward Although spring retarded development of the tomato crop by two weeks, Utah will produce enormous tonnage of extra quality tomatoes this fall, providing early September frosts do not occur, according to Frank Smith, of the Hancock Smith produce company. Shipment of green tomatoes from Davis county to various intermountain mar kets is expected to start soon. SALMON Owing to the supreme importance of the forthcoming harvest of potatoes in this county and the necessity of favoring the growers during their very busy season, it has been decided to hold the Lemhi county fair this year on September 21, 22 and 23 instead of on October 5, 6 and 7. This change brings the great fall festival and race meet two weeks earlier than was originally planned, and likewise earlier than it has been held in any previous year. BOISE Crop prospects as of August 1 promise a record production for Idaho, Julius H. Jacobson, federal crop statihtlcian for Idaho, declared In announcing production of ail the small grain crops. Potatoes, beans, hay, sugar beets, onions and apples will be larger than the harvest of 1926. Indicated harvests will exceed materially the average annual tonnage of the past five years, SALT LAKE During 1926 Utah was the leading silver producer of the United States, second In the production of lead, third in copper, fourth In r.inc and sixth in gold. Value of all metals amounted to more than flve-ban- Can-Bin- 1922-192- NAM PA Discussing the fall Idaho, Harry Sabin, director of the bureau of horticulture, recently expressed some highly optimistic views. "The price outlook is good and the fowers are very optimistic,' he said "I never saw the time when the general orchard prospects were as good as they are at pesent. Everything seems to combine In favor of the Idaho orchardist. (TO HS CONTINUED.) BHIGHAM CITY A showing or the latest designs and models of automobiles is promised Peach day celebration visitors in firigham City on Friday and Saturday, September 9 and 10. rode the bottles wherein It Is coi. In an auto show which Is announced tallied. The moisture of the air oftei by the Peach day committee of the The Dunn dissolves out the alkali, causing tin chamber of commerce. rainbow-likcolors (Iridescence) o building. North Main street, will be utilized for the show. This building some window panes. has its entrance on Main street. short distance from the fruit display Find OU reflector In an Iron case, (ncealed behln I7LACKFOOT- - According to James a wall, the llrst of the two great tele Pendlebury, the three bonded warescope reflectors with a aperture houses, operated by !he Blackfoot Poconstructed K'.l) years ago by Sir Wll tato Growers' association at Collins, Mum llerschel, the famous astronomer Wapello and Blackfoot, are In readifor bis 40 f ot astronomical telescope ness for the fall crop, which Is exhas been found during alterations to pected to begin In about the an old collage adjoining the ohservs first of September.corning The Innovation of tory bouse t Slough. England. Kli th season In the handling of potatoes Wiliiaif) llerschel devoted his life t, will be the shipment In the construction and ue of reflecting sacks. The association has on telescopes for astronomy, nmj jm hand 25,000 small sacks, each bearitiat fame of his Instruments was rapldl; the brand of the big. black foot across spread by the brilliant discoverle--whicthe front of the bag. with "United be acromplislijd by their alfi Etates No. 1 Quality Idaho Potato" in red around the foot out-loc- In Character cf Glass Only Recently Known of glass antedates authentic history. It Is only about three quarters of a century, however, since Its true character was ascertained. It Is now generally conceded to be a salt a chemical compound resulting from the union of an ncid with a base. The acid Is silica, the same that Is found In quart., or the quartz particles of sand. Hence the use of sand In Its manufacture. The base may be potash (or soda), together with alumina and lime or lead may lake the place of lime. Lime makes a bard glass, one less susceptible to acids and suited to windows and chemical purpose. Lead, a softer, more fusible and timre lustrous article, suitable for optical Instruments. All acids act to some extent on glass, especially If the hitter has an excess of alkali. Even wine may tor- The manufacture e I twenty-five-poun- k WIN AFFECTIONS OF MILKING COW; A calf should never be allowed to nurse its dam more than once or twice-tget the colostrum, or first milk, and It is even better for the cow to not allow the calf to nurse at all for this-firs- t milk can be fed by band from a pail as well as the after milk. But this Is done for the benefit of th cow not the calf. The cow's affectioa for her calf Increases the longer it 1 left with her. The sooner the calf is taken away t the easier it Is for the dairyman her to transfer some of this affection for her calf to him, and the more he succeeds in doing this, the greater success will be have in training the cow to yield her milk to him instead of the calf. If he Is unable to transfer any of this affection to himself then he will fall to produce tbe greatest milk production from the cow. The cow doesn't yield nlk because she likes to, or has to, but because she wants to sustain the life of her calf. Now, the right kind of a person can succeed In getting himself substituted almost entirely In the affection of the cow for her calf and If he does he Is on the road to develop the cow to her full capacity as a milk producer. Hence the best dairymen separate the calf from the cow very soon after birth ; by being kind to the cow encourage her to bestow some of her affection for her calf on him and feed the calf from a pail all he will eat until properly fattened. You will get Just about as good veal, few butchers can tell the difference, and you have not spoiled your cow as a machine. to-ge- g Find That Dairy Herds Are 20 Per Cent Culls dairy cow that falls to return for every dollar spent on her feed. Is seldom worth keeping. That means that she must produce 9,000 pounds of milk each year at present prices, according to analysis of cow testing association figures in a northeastern Ohio county. Assuming that dairy herds in this county are typical of the dairy sections of the state, more than 20 per cent of the dairy cows of Ohio ought to be discarded, says S. M. Scllsbury, animal husbandry extension specialist at the Ohio State university. "Of the 1S2 cows completing a full year's test, the lowest ten made an average production of 3,439 pounds of milk," be reports, "while six cows at the other end of the line averaged 12,710 pounds each for the same peA $2.50 riod. "In the lowest group of ten are considered all the cows in the survey which produced less than 4,0t)0 pounds of milk a year. This is the group that In the opinion of most men is not represented in their herds. It Is not until the scales are regularly used that such cows are credited with their rightful production. "An average of 9,500 pounds for the herd will set the lowest limit for an Individual at 7,500 pounds. This should be our goal in dairy production work." Babcock Tester Shows Yield of Butterf at No one can tell for sure whether or not a cow is worth keeping unless he knows how much milk she yields, how much butterfat there Is In her milk and bow much feed she consumes, says an authority on dairying. The man who can guess these things correctly Isn't living! But It Is easy to find out about a cow. If the milk Is weighed at each milking, the record will tell exactly how many pounds of milk each cow gives during any lactation period. The Babcock tester. It used once each month, will dlsclosi. how the butterfat runs. And If some sort of record of the food enten Is kept, It becomes a simple matter to figure out whether or not a cow Is a "lady boarder" or contributing to the farm Income. Dairy Squibs jf .:o-o-o-o-- o:: The silo on the dairy farm "tower of prosperity."' Is a Calves should have salt ns soon ns they begin to eat hay mid grain. If you want to make the old cow think all next winter Is June plan to have some silage for her. There are many who lil.e tbe flavor and odor of vegetables, but there are not many who like them mixed with cream or butter. Warm water is also essential for dairy cms. Milk consists of about S7 per edit water and anything which will cause the animals to consume less than (lie normal amount of water will cause n decrease In the milk flow. Now is the sen dairy static him to look over tbft see what Improve-mriii- s or changes can be made that vill lessen labor or increase the comfort of the cows. Les labor decreusej costs and greater eow comfort increases yields and profits. in |