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Show BAR, OF KAZAN VSON Ml;, tu&y, by leng-fange- JAMES OLIVER WNU Barrio Chapter iX Continued -- 16 Baree had not forgotten Nepeese. turned his head back A dozen times he and whined, and always he picked out accurately the direction In which the cabin lay. But he did not turn back. As the night lengthened, his search for that mysterious something which he had not found continued. His hunof the ger, even with the fading-ou- t moon and the coming of the gray dawn, was not sufficiently keen to make him hunt for food. It was cold, and It seemed colder when the glow of the moon and stars died out. Under his padded feet, especially In the open spaces, was a thick white frost In which he left clearly at times the Imprint ' of his toes and claws. He had traveled steadily for hours, a great many miles In all, and he was tired when the first light of the day came. And then there came the time when, with a sudden sharp click of his jaws, he stopped like a shot In his tracks. At last it had come the meeting with that for which he had been seeking. With her head toward him, and waiting for him as he came out of the shadows, his scent strong In her keen nose, stood Maheegun, the young wolf. Baree had not smelled her, but he saw her directly he came out of the rim of young balsams that fringed the open. It was then that he stopped, and for a full minute neither of them moved a muscle or seemed to breathe. There was not a fortnights difference in their age and yet Maheegun was much the smaller of the two ; her body was as long, but she was slimmer; she stood on slender legs that were almost like the legs of a fox, and the curve of her back was that of a slightly bent bow, a sign of swiftness almost equal to the wind. She stood poised for flight even as Baree advanced his first step toward her, and then very slowly her body relaxed, and In a direct ratio as he drew nearer her ears lost their alertness and dropped aslant. Baree whined. His ears were up, his head alert, his tail aloft and bushy. Cleverness, If not strategy, had already become a part of his masculine superiority, end he did not Immediately press the affair. He was within five feet of Maheegun when he casually turned away from her and faced the east, where a faint penciling of red and gold was heralding the day. For a few moments he sniffed and looked around and pointed the wind with much seriousness, as though Imas pressing on his fair acquaintance animal has done many a before him his tremendous Importance In the world at large. And Maheegun was properly Impressed. Barees bluff worked as beautifully as the bluffs of the animals. He sniffed the air with such thrilling and suspicious zeal that Mahee-gun'-s ears sprang alert, and she sniffed It with him; he turned his head from point to point so sharply and alertly, that her feminine curiosity, If not anxiety, made her turn her own head In questioning conjunction. And when Baree whined as though in the air he had caught a mystery which she could not possibly understand, a responsive note gathered in her throat, but smothered and low as a womans exclamation when she is not quite sure whether she should Interrupt her lord or not. At this sound, which Barees sharp ears caught, he swung up to her with a light and mincing step, and in another moment they were smelling noses. When the sun rose, half an hour later, it found them still in the small open on the side of the ridge, with a deep fringe of forest under tlem, and beyond that a wide, timbered plain which looked like a ghostly shroud in its mantle of frost- - Up over this came the first red glow of the day, filling the open with a warmth that grew more and more comfortable as the sun crept higher. Neither Baree nor Maheegun were inclined to move for a while, and for an hour or two they lay basking in a cup of the slope, looking down with questing and wideawake eyes upon the wooded plain that stretched away under them like a great sea. Maheegun, too, had sought the hunt-pacand like Baree had- failed to catch It They were tired, a little discouraged for the time, and hungry but still alive with the fine thrill of anticipation, and restlessly sensitive to the new and mysterious consciousness of companionship. Half a dozen times Baree got up and nosed about Maheegun as she lay in the sun, whining to her softly and touching her soft coat with his muzzle, but for a long time she paid little attention to him. At last she followed him. All that 'day they wandered and rested together. Once more the night came. It was without moon or stars. The snow began to fall at dusk, thickly, heavily, without a breath of sound. It was not cold, but it was still so still that Baree and Maheegun traveled only a few yards at a time, and then stopped to listen. In this way s all the of the forest were traveling, if they were moving at all. It was the first of the Big Snow. To the wild things of the forests, clawed and winged, the Big Snow was the beginning of the winter carnival of slaughter and feasting, of wild adventure in the long nights, of merciless warfare on the frozen trails. The days of breeding, of motherhood the peace of spring and summer were over; out of the sky came the wakening of the Northland, the call of all creatures to the long hunt, and in the first thrill of It living things were moving but little this night, and that watchfully and with suspicion. Baree and Maheegun felt the exciting pulse of a new life. It lured them on. It invited them to adventure into the white mystery of the silent storm ; and Inspired by that restlessness of youth and its desires, they went on. The snow grew deeper under their feet. In the open spaces they waded through it to their knees, and it continued to fall In a vast white cloud that descended steadily out of the sky. It was near midnight when It stopped. night-prowler- flesh-eatin- flesh-eatin- g g k, - d fan-shap- e two-legge- d two-legge- d stopped and would kavs let Bares go oa without her. As hour after they entered the plain there came suddenly out of the west the tongulng of the wolf-pacIt was not far distant, probably not more than a mile along the foot of the ridge, and the sharp, quick yapping that followed the first outburst was evidence that the hunters had put up sudden game, a caribou or young moose, and were close at its heels. At the voice of her own people Maheegun laid her ears close to her head and was off like an arrow from a bow. The unexpectedness of her movement and the swiftness of her flight put Baree well behind her in the race over the plain. She was running blindly, favored by luck. For an Interval of perhaps five minutes the pack were so near to their game that they made no sound, and the chase swung full into the face of Maheegun and Baree. The latter was not half a dozen lengths behind the young wolf when a crashing in the brush directly ahead stopped them so pharply that they tore up thft snow with their braced forefeet and squat haunches. Ten seconds later a caribou burst through and flashed across an open not more than twenty yards from where they stood. They could hear Its swift panting as it disappeared. And then came the pack. At sight of those swiftly moving gray bodies Barees heart leaped for an instant into his throat. He forgot Maheegun, and that she had run away from him. The moon and the stars went out of existence for him. He no longer sensed the chill of the snow under his feet. He was wolf all wolf. With the warm scent of the caribou in his nostrils, and the passion to kill sweeping through him like fire, he darted after the pack. Very soon he found himself close to the flanks of one of the gray monsters of the pack; half a minute later a new hunter swept in from the bush behind him, and then a second, and after that a third. It was as if Baree had belonged to the pack always. He had Joined it naturally, as other stray wolves had Joined it from out of the bush; there had been no ostentation, no welcome such as Maheegun had given him in the open, no hostility. He belonged with these slim, swiftfooted outlaws of the old forests, and his own Jaws snapped and his blood ran hot as the smell of the caribou grew heavier, and the sound of its crashing body nearer. It seemed to him they were almost at Its heel when they swept into an open plain, a stretch of barrsa without a tree or a shrub, brilliant in the light of the stars and moon. Across its unbroken carpet of snow sped the caribou a spare hundred yards ahead of the pack. Now the two lending u umers uu longer iuiiuwCQ direcuy )il the trail, but shot out at an angle, one to the right and the other to the left of the pursued, and like well- trained soldiers the pack split in In halves and spread out the final charge. The two ends of the fan forged ahead and closed In, until the leaders were running almost abreast of the caribou, with fifty or sixty feet separating them from the pursued. Thus, adroitly and swiftly, with deadly precision, the pack had formed a horseshoe cordon of fangs from which there was but one course of flight straight ahead. For the caribou to swerve half a degree to the right or left meant death. It was the duty of the leaders to draw In the ends of the horseshoe now, until one or both of them could make the fatal lunge for the hamstrings. After that It would be a simple matter. The pack would close in over the caribou like an inundation. Baree had found his place in the lower rim of the horseshoe, so that he was fairly well in the rear when the climax came. The plain made a sudden dip. Straight ahead was the gleam of water water shimmering softly In the starglow, and the sight of It sent a final great spurt of blood through the caribous bursting heart. Forty seconds would tell the story forty seconds of a last spurt for life, of a final tremendous effort to escape death. Baree felt the sudden thrill of these moments, and he forged ahead with the others in that lower rim of the horseshoe as one of the leading wolves made a lunge for the young It was a clean miss. bulls A second wolf darted in. And this one also missed. There was no time for others to take their place. From the broken end of the horseshoe Baree heard the caribous heavy plunge into water. When Baree joined the pack, a maddened, mouth-frothinsnarling horde, Napa-moothe young bull, was well out in the river and swimming steadily for the opposite shore. With Her Head Toward Him Stood Maheegun, the Young Wolf. The clouds drifted away from under the stars and the moon, and for a long time Baree and Maheegun stood without moving, looking down from the bald crest of a ridge upon a wonderful world. Never had they seen so far, except in the light of day. Under them was a plain. They could see its forests, lone trees that stood up like shadows out of the snow, a stream still unfrozen shimmering like glass with the flicker of firelight on it Toward this stream Baree led the way. He no longer thought of Nepeese, and he whined with pent-uhappiness as he stopped halfwny down and turned to muzzle Maheegun. He wanted to roll in the snow and frisk about with his companion ; he wanted to bark, to put up his head and howl as he had howled at the Bed Moon back at the cabin. Something held him from doing these things. Perhaps 'it was Malice-gun- s demeanor. She accepted his attentions rigidly. Once or twice she had seemed almost frightened; twice Baree had heard the sharp clicking of her teeth. The previous night, and all through tonights storm, their companionship had grown more intimate, but now there was taking its place a mysterious aloofness on the part of Pierrot could have exMaheegun. plained. With the white snow under and about him, and the luminous moon and stars above him, Baree, like the night, had undergone a transformation which even the sunlight of day had not made in him before. His coat was like polished jet Every hair in his body glistened black. Black ! That was it. And Nature was trying to tell Maheegun that of all the creatures hated by her kind, the creatura which they feared and hated most was black. With her it was not experience, but instinct telling her of feud between the gray the age-ol- d wolf and the black bear. Until they struck the broad openings of the plain, had followed Bathe young she-woree without hesitation ; now there was a gathering strangeness and Indecision in her manner, and twice she p . ham-strin- s, (TO BE CONTINUED.) By JOHN L. LEWIS President, United Mine Workers of America. Labor day la purely an American Institution, born of an American Idea, founded upon the Weighty Subject When a fat woman steps on a scale he always experiences that sinking jeling, observes Life. Women are weighed In the bal-nc- e and found wanting to reduce," ays the Hugo News. lf strip of postage stamps can De ed and carried in a compartment fountain pen the barrel of a t u-- 1 6 When we lay down our tools to celebrate Labor day each year we should recall all of these advantagee that we enjoy as American workingmen. Wo should allow our minds to wander over the vast domain of labor In America and visualize the wonderful blessings of American citizenship and American opportunity. Such thoughts will cause us to hold our heads a little more erect and It will make our step firmer and steadier when we march In the ranks with our fellow workers. Labor day Is Labors day. Trace History of Labor in America 5t and75t - Deliberative Progress lasting gain has ever come from compulsion. If we seek to force, we but tear apart that which, united. Is Invincible. There Is no way whereby our labor movement may be assured sustained progress In determining its policies and Its plans other than by No sincere democratic deliberation until a unanimous decision Is reached. This may seem a cumbrous, slow method to the impatient, but the Impatient are more concerned for Immediate triumph than for the education of constructive development. Samuel Gompers. Labor the Builder Labor Is discovered! o be the grand conqueror, enriching id building up nations more surely than the proudest battles. William Ellery Channlng. ,. 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The annual report of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds adds: Bejoiiil the margin of the laud, vessels outdo the danger of the motor car inland by emptying on every sea an oily refuse that means dentil to the sea birds. Tiie society reports that special perches placed on lighthouses nround the coasts have saved the lives of thousands of birds (Hiring the migration season. their Based on Justice Those who believe that the trade union movement exists principally for the purpose of securing higher wages, shorter hours aud Improved conditions of labor, fall far short Trom understanding the true purpose of trade unionism. The trade union movement of North America exists primarily and principally so that those who work for wages will have a controlling voice over their lives as wage earners. The trade union movement if it did not aim to establish freedom, and liberty, and Justice for the wage earners, would be a purely commercialized o Imlrui Anlw mnvanmiit rmmy dollars ana rents as were ponsi- ble, regardless of the rights and th welfare of others. Human liberty, the right of men to control their own lives, is the inspiration which has created and which will perpetuate our trade union movement. The wage earner knows from the most bitter experiences, that political liberty and religious liberty of themselves do not make men truly free. These two priceless conditions must be accompanied by industrial liberty before men are truly free, before they are In a position to have that full control over their lives which every ntHn must enjoy If he is to have the same opportunity as all other men to work out the problems of his life, and estubllsh human liberty upon a basis where everyone will enjoy the same rights, the same opportunities and the same privileges. The wage earner has the same right to exercise control over his life that the employer has to control his business. When employers take the position that cootrol over their business is of greater Importance than the right of their employees to have control over how they shall live and work, then there Is established a condition of inequality and injustice which Is equal to that which Is found In those countries where the people are prevented from enjoying through the power exercised by hereditary rulers. John P. Frey. Cuticura Soap for the Complexion. Nothing better than Cuticura Soup daily and Olnti lent now and then as noled to make the complexion clear, scalp dean and hands soft uutl white. Add to tills tiie Cuticura Toilet Trio. AdvertisehienL Oh, Well! Bishop Benjamin Brewster said at a Portland reception; Most of the religious quabbles (ill the newspapers and empty that the are as absurd as well, ns this story: A family lost Its pet parrot, and little Jimmy said: Poor parrot: lies an angel now, He aint no angel, author, said little Bill ferociously. lie is sol ' lie aint, I tell you! Only human churches beings can he angels. Well, what Is lie, then? Why a Bird of Paradise, course. " of When n new philosophy begins, It demands tolerance; after It grows old It practices Intolerance. Toilers Protected by Work of United Labol The shorter workday means reasonable regulation of the work period, so as to conserve physical and creative energy and to provide opportunity for the interests In life necessary to normal, Intelligent humans. The demand of the trade union that the worker be given protection against hazards of production has brought compensation legislation to assure his family the means to carry on In nn emergency. Workmens compensation has a tremendous stabilization effect in the lives of workers. The Dignity of Labor Secretary-Treasurer- s RED, ROUGH SKIN Result of Work of Years Industrial Liberty the Aim Soon to Be Given of Organizations of to World. Workers. Documents of tSe labor movement In America have be tn gathered at the University of Wisconsin Into a library of historical value. The proceedings of labor union meetings, trade agreements and other literature, Including writings of radical groups, have been accumulated during the last twenty years at a cost of nearly $50,000. Most of the material In this collection, which Is the foremost of Its kind In the United States, has been published in the eleven-volum- e Documentary History of American Industrial e Society and the History of American Labor, compiled by Prof. John R. Commons. Unlversitv of wia. cuufitiu pcoiioujjm., ana others. Among the Interesting documents are hundreds of personal papers and of Stephen Pearl Anmanuscripts drews, called the first American anarchist. Some of the Andrews papers indicate that he was the first American to Invent a shorthand method of writing. Also Andrews attempt to construct a universal language Is burled In the musty documents, as well as much of his unpublished writings. A special librarian has been employed since 1924 to collect and catalogue contemporary documents and to secure other missing documents to fill In the gap of fugitive material which came into existence after 1890. Mrs. Anna Campbell Davis, the librarian, spent much time in various sections of the country collecting and copying documents. From 1909 to 1918 the American Bureau of Industrial Research, headed by Professor Commons, spent $37,000 In collecting the documents. For several years after 1918 little work was done, but work was resumed nearly two years ago, and more than $5,000 was expended, a large part of which came from university appropriations. Graduate students In- economics are studying the material. Bell-a- n FOR INDIGESTION earth. on foil INDIGESTION, Hot water Sure Relief rock of American liberty and celebrated by American citizens. That la what makes Labor day an occasion of the utmost Importance In the yearly cycle of American history. Out of It all has come a deeper realization of the rights of those who toll, a broader recognition by everyone of what labor has done and Is doing for this great country of ours. Labor Is and must be constructive. It must build, not destroy. Labor makes all the things that are conducive to greater prosperity and happiness for all the people. The American worker Is the best In the world. He Is more productive and more efficient. His dally or yearly output Is larger than that of any other worker In any other country. This fact is proved by statistics from everywhere. The American worker Is more progressive than any other. He takes pride In advancement, In skill and knowledge, his aim and hope being to reach the pinnacle of achievement In his particular line of endeavor. The American worker may well boast his high degree of Intelligence and education, which fits him for the realities of life. America affords him opportunities In that direction that are not found In any other country. Here, In this beloved land of ours, there are schools for everyone, where man, woman or child may enjoy the benefits of development and opportunity. More sons and daughters of workingmen are In colleges and universities here In America than In any other country Great Secret Out LIge Ah tells yuh, Mose, dat Ah done foun out de dlffunce between de men an' de women at las. Mose Go long, Llge; it would take smarter man dan you ter a heap-lo- t find out dat. But lets heah whut you got ter say erbout it. Lige Why, Mose; a manll gib $2 fer a $1 thing dat he wants, an a womanll gib $1 (er a $2 thing dat she dpn't want. Sure Relief Great Is American Labor By VICTOR A. OLANDER Illinois Federation of Labor. The Dignity of Labor ia a wonderful blossom which flowers only on the thorny stem of willing effort, rooted deep In the knowledge of Life. ' It le the essential Joy of existence, for It Is the consciousness of achievement. At its coming the barriers between artisan and artist vanish as the mists of the night before the rays of the morning eun. Inspiration, that heavenly messenger at whose touch man works marvels, then reaches out with lavish hand, and 'Labor stands forth a shining creature, resplendent In the realiza. tion of hie being as the image and likeness of the Creator. 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