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Show THE PAYSOX CHRONICLE. TAYSON. UTAH that row. ""'0.' thi-- 1 , I n- V.1,1, cal! jou that?" Cat' .j, I from p. r f,,r (It, 'h. t I got -- k vv'.'h I .iM ,1 A !,. Vnll'te Ter Hi I.t Hi in, ui." n (I,,, Hoot B,l three v, h.nen't .'on? Know the timber prettv well?" I know Iverj quarter stake fr fii'- by name: -t Its How much birdVce and veneer birch t there within dr.ivlm; ,is. tnnoe of the steel? Lets get down 1o eases. Iio you think there's ten thousand? Or fifty?" "I'ift.v? Naw Fin? twisting tils head. "Twiet that, annvhow. 'Nd on tvv the 's another hunch av lit. Scattered all through, too hut hunched, Misti, or Klliott, hnke ye don't see ut frequent. That makes nt easy to What I'm getting at is th's; With the crew I've get could we get thirty thousand out In ten dao?" Pil'd Kv e shrugged. Dointi, h'y, hut that's a chore: With this crew av hay toss.-rs?He shock his head. ton coitiu .'ul1 ni Iaul runMn. Must Hicn ouiiltln t t tii so much U'i Inty-thre- demijohn badly concealed beneath the end of a log. He sniffed its neck and nodded grimly. "Yonder , f urn A Bri the lumUerlng The fuel of an Incendiary had been Kts (hT,nl.,P. Vn TK1NI! along an carried to the mill In that container. n who had been .M1 r! "And now," Able said, after he ,ra"' Nicholas ,i. T nuupalso had snllTed the bottle In Pulcitizen. the toons hading .....st me, trying to lers house, what's to he done?" He tried to smile but deep trouble was tVe a,.,, kmuks him down In his old eyes. a friend finds hut ' arrt.d, For the first time since ho had The l;1f Judge Aide Armitage. to run the one lumber come to Hoot Owl Ren Klliott shook IP1 Hrandon his head a the Hoot owl. that dubiously as he dropped This nnt been aide to grab. a into chair. He was both grave and M. Manus. daughter s - o.l partner. w ho has troubled. murder charge "Theyre getting the least bit Brandon i.nd. he observed. rough, heat to up pm.il, Rather rough, Id say!" Abie's him In a (1st w.o'-tlam out of camp. fare flared suddenly In righteous leaving a let-ri,is. wrath. "I) n Nick Brandon! Id -to be used when EH ott. fr bed s too tough. Ben give a good deal to hang this night's ' eongto op. a the letter at this work on him! "Itll take no less Ilian a miracle bdieviiiu- - lie cm win the fight on elf- ts. Fire breaks out now to pul! us through. Two weeks h the mill. to get the mill running? Benny, In that time well he busted wide open ! I CHAPTER IV Continued They'll have a case against me, I'll 7 he walked as administrator and the her!" Ren panted as timber will he at Brandons mercy." Celtinc Al e tried to say something to him, "Yeah. . . . Wide open . . . and ' etfiiiK tier Me coughed and his at his three-gallo- i , irg n I. t, I i I I mercy." half strangle Able rose and paced the small in his room, hands in Ids hip pockets. He exultation i.t, even so. the as unmistakable. e came to a halt before Klliott and Llvinc flu rm no longer leaped and eyed him narrowly. He stood so a r:rl through the lmlp In the floor, moment as if In debate with himself, 'lii'l: snake swept upward but tfmt We had a fire, he said. Not the :s all and as Ben ran up thp Icy kind you fight with fire, exactly. . . . p for the fiist time and saw this Rut old Don told Bird Kve that crieil nut : youd have to use fire to fight anGood work. Puller! Over there, other kind with, didn't he? much; lcol; Ren smiled slowly. Fire had taken fresh hold In a "You're thinking of the old timtimber and was worming Its ers letter, eh? . , . Well, maybe ay np beneath the trimmer saw. . . . But we're not licked yet. Someidler dashed a half dozen palls of thing may turn up. No, I guess I aternn the spot and it went black. wont use whatever It was Stuart Keep going, Puller!" lien cried. gave me just yet! HI take half your men. The old man shook his head and He went slipping down the slide resumed his pacing. d at the bottom called men "What can turn up to give us a from ip tucket line. fighting chance, now? he muttered. "Stretch out, the rest of you ! he iM Now, this way, yea lads; CHAPTER V here and mop her up, and make fast! did turn up. STII.I., something i Stubborn flames ate Into the at breakfast time, while the ground floor. Again and Ben was prowling the mill, admittain they broke out, but the driv-i- ting to himself that perhaps it was heat was gone, roaring gases do time to look at Ills hole card the mger gave Impetus to the spread letter that the old cruiser had sent destruction as the first need fer to him with its Intriguing Inscripfeed became less Imperative. tion a stranger behind a light drivNot until the , final curl of smoke ing team swung Into the id been subdued did stopped and tied his horses. completely en Elliott relax. Then, with lan-'rWell, you had a fire! he said as lighted, he entered the saw Ben approached. See youve still wr, completely Ice glazed, charred got a mill standing, though?" Places, and surveyed the "Standing, yes. But that's all you she swung his lantern anddamage looked can say for it." t,out Paring at timbers eaten half Thats tough ! The man eyed ay, at burned belting, at other him In genuine concern. "Are you Ital damage, he moved slowly, said by any chance Ben Elliott?" We, as a man will who is thlnk-i- ? "I am. soberly. "Elliott, my name's Blackmore. Hytopped beside Able Armitage Glad to see you I I was In here and talked with Harrington week beHell, the Insurancell cover It, fore last and he was saving out old Justice said, as if trying to some veneer logs for me. Im with late the best of things, Veneer the corporation Exporting to laughed shortly. and were In the market for quite But shes two weeks Idle at the a few cars of stuff. Wondpr If I side. And belting gone and a good could Interest you in a deaL Mal8n7 other things, if rkets right good and were In need "Bay, chum 1" to fill out a shipthe n'ght watchman. of some more stuff ment. Maybe with your mill shut D flakp8 of ,ce from his down you might he Interested. down, w hom Ren hailed, Thats a close guess. Shoot 1" "here were you? "I'll pay you a hundred and twenw,len 11 broke out Ben ty dollars a thousand for bird's eye watchman, by long and ninety dollars for veneer t0 the hoardlnS house maple Itchen for 'll! standard specifications and birch; S D!,dnieht meal where ) Inside of two weeks on, a for him. -- I delivery kr't,lp varfl thousand. I know you're say, thirty and the miii ist I name the top and pass so busy, me to do. I at, tlle holler the last any dickering. dn. ,hher" f D 0,U of bere ten A hundred and twenty. . . . And Jnst happened to ninety for birch I Bens heart leaped Brough the window and see but he gave no outward Indication of the great relief that surged r76ah' Gaso,i"e starts In a hur- - through him. "Two weeks? he asked. Sure1"18? t,IP 'vn,cllInnn croaked. "Tes, and less. Lets see. . . . n l;",i:1Pd Ill have to have thirty thousand dedr"y- - The tond flo, V in just eleven days to be livered (lrenched wIth Vd em to Montreal on in safe getting r"hl)sh ,nto Piles rd soaked time. Ill take fifty thousand at the t08 T,)y almost good I!18", price but the thirty will have to he m"s five mIn,tes hurt, or ip i h'"ln t hf,PIened to loaded on track first." 8 Thatll he fast production." tee wLr.T8 "!'e rilt out wlth salt "All of that! But if 1 cant get e,se was handy smother it10 ',nK ltd have beeD a11 the stuff from you 1 can from Bran- a fj with don by going up a few dollars thousand. My cards are on the ta"DldTt'1 'S.,t'll'n thoughtfully, ble, Elliott Can we deal? t'Jhody? Or hearany- elyf Ben considered, nibbing his chin a knuckle. lie looked up the with " s'ainddnr road which led toward camp to see snow was i.llng. a man approaching with that quick, stride of the 'blaTkened 8aM?d The foremnn, space devouring woodsman. h iro"'8 Bne, came t his he asked. hnii .:VI "ITad breakfast? prd thls crew in f1 se. It sn "No." 8ar,y ,n ,he eve-- I Mavhs Blanket your team and go eat n, 'I f d 8 3b hailing and Ill have an answer for you by the n 1 want ver the tracks time you're through." count rv. As the veneer buyer entered the Rlnlne The hoarding house Bird-Eyofa the traveler from camp had reached the ' wpflt he began, u''? nf logs. The For the love av I',,on,B ,ba siding turning his amazed stare from the not follow mill to Elliott. when he found a 1 Yes, a fire. Bird Eve Nevermind in a rds litbl cotm p n g f mill-yard- n ireV"e ml? LT C 1 - ui-81- S' - - h 1 b mill-yar- 1 fBe il 4; start;' W t Idll, chagrined hi da - t ut his failure. l.r union's got a crimp in p , "hole country," tie inuitcicd a? i.i hove on toward camp. nl ho:.. I mu. trviig to do four nen's wi.l. Tough out? I'll tell the w or! '" In Tincup be drove to the ex ptv?s office to Inquire for the new IlMon head for the locomotive wlmlt was due. He wanted to ?t ait loading his veneer logs and getting them out to the siding its rapidly as they came from the woods. He had signed a contract with the time for delivery specified and wanted to run no chance of delay. Put thp repair part was not there. Got the hill of It," tie station agent said, "But it hiiMi't shown up. Ought to he along tomorrow " However, the next day did not bring the repairs and the driver of Pen's supply tv am reported the fact to him. "And the agent, fie wants to see you," tfie man addld enigmatically "Didnt that piston head come yet?" Pen demanded angrily of the supply teamster after the mans next trip to town. "1 told you the agent wauled to see you." The other's nianner was doggedly niystci ions and Elliott, without Pc n P III...,!, ait here. I'll see you In a few ai 1, t- .rred further questioning, harnessed and minutes." lie entered Pullers house where drove to Tincup. Aide Armitage sipped cotTee The agent shook hands cordially glrone and drew him Inside the tlnv ticket iiy, neglei ting the food on his plate. 'lids Is tlie nineteenth, Pen office. He spoke In a cautious tone, said. With what batik balance we although they were alone. The messenger on thp train says have, how much must we get together to meet the pavroll, that one he put that engine part ofr for me note that you think cant he re- the night the hill entue through. It newed and interest on others that'll tiint here and Im tailin' a chance of losing my Job just toil.ng you he due? My figures are ail up at even that much." camp." m consdei-e- I e r, Elliott. Iin through. A man has trouble enough without hunting It. I'm not a young man, son. I've no years nor strength anv more to put into another man's losing fight." Brand .n's tr'ed Ve won't ire hiding fire te ncl up everything timber fer good, !"-- e. nnd'hP hasn't got me licked vet. route along w"h me, Tim Jo"ers. and well run him Ino his lode !" But the man was obdurate and Asrl-la- nt crop to get worm free apples. If the grower can answer all six of the following questions In the alllrm.itlve, he can feel that he Is pruning heavily enough for effective spraying against the codling moth. Has the tree been thinned out enough so that the nun on the tower of a spray can drive the spray material through the tree? Are there enough openings In the tree so that the ground man can get into the center and spray the With large, fairly dense Irees, some growers leave three or Pen frowned. What are yen driving It? Its mt "Jhree thousand might let us here and you'll lose You mean, the out. Why?" express compnny'Il hold you responHe put that quest', n divly. sible for an article lost out of the I just wondered." Pen turned to Puller. "How many men will you depot? That dont worry me. T! e shipneed to get the mill In sluice? I mean, how many can yon use arid ment came In and I never saw It mol If 1 was to tell you that the not have them faliig over each onlv thing that could've happened other? was that It was taken off thp truck tia, four or five besides nivscif, Pen nodded. "That'll give me fif- while I was handling baggage It teen of the mill crew to throw into wouldnt he a had guess Put If certhe woods. Ili.s eyes snapped ns he tain parties knew 1 told you that looked hack at Aide. "A half hour nnieh the railroad would get such a ago I was feeling about half licked. complaint about me that I'd he out Ill make the three thousand by the of a Job between dajs and don't you forgot It first or break my neck "Oh, I see." Ben looked nt a calWhat are you getting nt, Penendar. "It took them five days to ny?" Able demanded. It hack to me. Cant wait that Pen hitrhed his chair get "Tlds. Give me a telegraph blank. long. close to the table and with a relish Ill have 'em notify me hy wire when they ship and If 1 have to meet trains myself . . . why, 1 can do that, too. The other nodded and gave Ben a worried look. "I sort of liked the wav you did tip Duval In that log rollin; aud I heard about the trlininin you gave him at camp. And I'm. . . Well, Ive seen enough raw stuff go on around this man's town to feed me up. I'll help joit all I can but Eve got kids to think about." Bon made a wry face. Even children don't seem safe," he said. "Some of us have got only our dander Invested In the particular fracas Im mixing In, hut everything the little McManus girl has got Is nt stake. Little girl?" Yup. You're "Yes. The McManus girl. She owns the Hoot Owl. the agent said with a "Oh, queer look. The following morning, a half hour afler the men had gone to the woods, a sawyer came running to wnrd the camp office just In time to catch Ben before he left for the "Getting Her! mill. "Ill, Elliott!" he called. "Hold on which Indicated the love of battle, a minute! sketched his plan. He came breathlessly up to the By noon that plan was In partial sleigh. his Blaine, operation. Ilird-Eycut three Inches often duties as barn boss temporarily del- the Somebody measures lust night Thought egated to another, and Ben Elliott you ought to know. Itgs three cruised through the timber north of Inches short be thrown out" might In hands. And their camp, belt axes Iluwd you find Somebody cut In the morning the camp crew, augthat out?" from men fifteen the mented hy "Well, we left the measuring mill, left off the work of felling atlck In on a tree wed dropped timber In strips, scattered through last lay Id marked It myself, night. the woods and dropped marked on making one more log befigurin trees. Swampers were with them, fore we quit and then we decided clearing the way for teams that not to. It snowed Just a mite durin followed close on the sawyers heels the night. I laid the measure down and drnyed these high quality logs again this morning and made anout to the railroad. other mark, forgetting about the "But Its a mans sized job to first which was covered up with keep your eye on such an opera- snow, you see. When I marked, It Eve knocked the snow off the log, showBen declared to Able. tion ! got to watch F.uller and the mill, ing up my first one three Inches off. too. Ive got to think about mar- I thought that was funny so I measkets so well he all set when we ured again. Somethin was wrong, commence to saw again. And the sure. We looked tier over and found devil of It Is I'm only one hand and where a piece had been cut off the hours In stick and then we saw where there are only twenty-fou- r Wheres this tracks a day 1" He grinned. good man you told me about? Jef"Be wl'h you pronto," Ben mutfers? Is that his name? tered as he turned his team hack "Tim Jeffers? Over In the next toward the barn. town! But I doubt hell even lisHe found five of the saw gangs ten. ne hasn't wanted a job In with shortened itien'otres. Fortuthroe years. the discovery was made earnately, "Poiihtlng Isnt knowing," Ben ly In the day and only a said grimly and the next afternoon logs had been made. How-evedrove hard for Jeffers little farm It proved to Ben that menacclearing. Influences struck in unexpected The old logger met Elliott with ing and from all quarters. An unways an eye that seemed at first to he explained snow shoe trail was found hostile but which on closer obser- which led in from the north and vation proved to he only one of se- none knew who had made It. The vere appraisal. visitor evidently had gone out hy So youre after a camp foreroad in the dead of night. man." he said. No, I've quit the I'K C iNTINI'ED Aide (TO No Railroad Fe Is the cap tal S.int.i Although of New Mcx ''". no railroad (titers tliH". A cjt.ebry In love with its re'u-e- d ha- - cor,-- Gently (ju.et ci'y to permit t' e ra! mads to build be-through S'lbia Fe. It largely the (harm of of thl tl caci-the ancient town has been Santa Fe Ha 1 TOO MUCH FOOD They had not seen each other for ALWAYS PAYING Jerry '1 hey certainly didn't wear IK months. much nt the seashore last summer. Bill, the shorter of the two, asked Rufus The fact represents n How's the world treating you these economy. My wife's coat of sunburn cost me over J.IOO. days? Heavier Trailing ecescary Rotten, was the reply. People are becoming too distrustful. I have Dr. Tierce Pellet are best for liver, During the Early Winter, not had a penny In my pocket for a bowel and stomach. One little Pellet for a laxative three for a cathartic. Adv. week. I go up to a fellow who look j Entomologist Says. likely, ami Rsk him If he could give Their Relationship By S. C Ctiander, Fmomolo- - me the price of a meal. What does s Stilt Natural Old I.ady Backbite Is the devil he do? Instead of slipping a coin UNI felvlnHnuiy S,rv..y Villi Hie codling moth as bad as Into me hand, he takes me round to aunt. (ld Saying. It Is In apple orchards, growers may a cafe and watches me eat the have to start pruning their trees meal." heavier this winter In order to do a What are you growling about, more thorough job of spraying In then? asked Bill. If you get meals, the spring. you can't complain." Ties may mean fewer apples, tint "Cnnt 1 1" replied the other. Ive It will mean higher had nine meals today I" Smith's fruit. quality As It Is, one out of every ten ap- - Weekly. pies grown In Illinois in lt'.'H was inte-ti- d with codling moth worms. On the Down Grade Too many growers still think only Too much contentment leads to of producing the maximum number Inzlncsa. of bushels rather than harvesting quality fruit. It usually Is not nee-- i however, to reduce the total End Codling Moth by Spraying Trees four such openings. After the operator gets to the Inside, lias the txee been thinned sufficiently so that he can do a thorough Job of spraying? Have too many low hanging branches been left on the tree? Trees twenty five years old may have a spread of fit) feet. If the branches touch the ground or come vvilhln n foot nf If, the side of the tipple facing the trunk will not he hit hy he spray. lias the height of the tree been lowered as much ns practicable? The top of the tree Is the playground of the codling moth and Infestations are usually worse there. Have all hibernating places about the tree, such ns punky, decayed wood, old knot holes, split branches and pruning tubs he removed? These are favorite "hideouts" the moth. of Home With Copper Wall Bungalows with copper walls are constructed In Germany, because copper Is rust proof and requires no protective coat of paint. 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