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Show PTTTTE COITTV NFWS. JUNCTION. UTAH He was ee engrossed to vengeance. It that he did not hear the epproech V(SON OF KAZAN by JAMES OLIVER CURWOODv COPYRIGHT BYPOUDlfDPYWCP WNU G Birtlet the trees and shrubs; It gave tall white caps to the rocks, and underfoot It was so light that a cartridge dropped from the hand sank to the bottom of It. Faree was on the trap-linearly. He was more cautious this morning, for there was no longer the scent or snowsboe track of MeTaggart to guide him. He struck the first trap about halfway between Lac Fain and the shack In which the Factor was waiting. It was sprung, and there was no halt. Trap after trap he Chapter XIV Continued 23 The man's hatred was different from the beast's, but perhaps even more Implacable. With MeTaggart It was not hatred alone. There was mixed with It an Indefinable and superstitious fear, a thing he laughed at, a thing lie cursed at, but which clung to him as surely ns the scent of his trull Ihiree no clung to Baree's nose. longer stood for the animal alone; be stood for Nepeese. That was the visited, and all of them be found thought that Insisted In growing In sprung, and all without bait. He McTuggarts ugly mind, lie had not sniffed the air suspiciously, striving ceased to hate I.aree; he still hated vainly to catch the tang of smoke, a e him as he bad never hated a man, but he had an even greater reason now fer wanting to kill him. It came to him first In Ids sleep, In a restless drenin, and after that It lived, and lived the thought that the spirit of Nepeese was guiding I.aree In the ravI aging of his trap-linIt was In January that McTaggari caught Ids first glimpse of lluree. lie had pluced his rifle ngnlnst a tree, and was a dozen feet nway from It at the time. It was as If Itaree knew, and had come to taunt him; for when the Factor suddenly looked up Ihiree was standing out clenr from the dwurf spruce not twenty yards away from him. Ids white fangs glcumlng and his eyes burning like coals. For a space MeTaggart stared as If turned Into stone. It was Ilaree. II recognized the white star, h white-tippe- d ear, and his heart thumped like a hammer In Ids breast. Very slowly he began to creep toward Ills rifle. Ills hand wns reaching for It when like a flash Itaree was gone. This gnve MeTaggart his new idea, lie blazed himself a fresh trail through the forests parallel with his trap-linhut at least five hundred yards distant from it. Wherever a trap or deadfall was' set this new trail struck sharply In, like the pojnt of a V, so that he could approach his line unolwerved. By this strategy he believed that in time tie was sure of getting a shot at the dog. Again It was the mun who was reasoning, and again It was the man oho was defeated. The first day that MeTaggart followed tils new trail Farce also struck that trait. For a tittle while It puzzled him. Three times lie cut back and forth between the old and the new trail. Then there was no doubt. The new trail was the fresh trail, and lie followed in the footsteps of the Factor from Lac Fain. MeTaggart did not know what wns happening until his return trip, when lie saw the story told In the snow. Faroe had visited ench trap, nnd without exception he had approached each time at the point of the Inverted V. After a week of futile hunting, of l.iing In wait, of approaching at every point of the wind a period during hieh MeTaggart had twenty times cursed himself Into fits of madness, another Idea came to him. It was like an Inspiration, and so simple that it seemed almost Inconceivable that he bad not thought of It before. lie hurried back to Post Lac Fain. The second day after he was on the trail at dawn. This time he carried a pack In which there were a dozen strong wolf traps freshly dipped In beaver oil, and a rabbit which he had annred the previous night. Now nnd (hen lie looked anxiously at the sky. It wns clear until late In the afternoon, when banks of dark clouds began rolling up from the east. Half an hour Inter a few flakes of snow began falling. MeTaggart let one of lliese drop on the back of Ids hand, nnd examined It closely. It was soft and downy, nnd he gave lent to his satisfaction. It was what I e wanted. Fefore morning there would he six Inches of freshly fullen sr.ow covertng the trails. lie stopped et the next and quickly set to work. First he threw away the poisoned bait In the house" nnd replaced It with the rabbit. Then he began setting his wolf Imps. Three of these he placed clo;e to the "door" of the house, through vhich Iaree would have to reach for The remaining nine he the bait. scattered at intervals of a foot or Inches apart, so that when be was done a veritable cordon of t ops guarded the house. He did not fasten the chains, bit let them lay lo:--in the snow. If Faree got Into one trap he would get Into others and there would be no use of toggles. His work done, MeTaggart hurried on through the thickening twilight of winter night to his shack. He was highly elated. This time there could be ro such thing as Allure. He had sprung every trap on his way from In none of those traps I.ac Fain. would Faree find anything to eat until lie came to the nest" of twelve wolf e e mlt-tono- d . trap-hous- e e . traps. reven Inches of snow fell that night, ino the whole world seemed turned a wonderful piiw-- - fe!bers white robe. Like the snow hung to whiff of the Along toward noon he came to the nest" the twelve treacherous traps waiting for him with gaiilng Jaws half a foot under the blanket of snow. For a full minute he stood well outside the danger line, sniffing the air, and listening. lie saw the rabbit, and Ids Jaws closed with a hungry dick. He moved a step nearer. Still he was suspicious for soule strange and Inexplicable reason he sensed danger. Anxiously he sought for It with Ids nose, his And nil about eyes, nnd Ids ears. him there was a great silence nnd a grent pence. Ills Jaws clicked again, lie whined softly. What was It stirring him? Where was the danger he could neither see nor smell? Slowly ; he circled ubout the three times he circled round It, eadi circle man-smel- trap-house- drawing him a little nearer until at last his feet almost touched the outer cordon of traps. Another minute he stood still ; his ears flattened ; In spite of the rich aroma of the rabbit In bis nostrils something was drawing him away. In another moment he would have gone, but there came suddenly e and from directly behind the a fierce little rat-llk- e squeak, and the next Instant Faree saw an ermine whiter than the snow tearing hungrily at the flesh of the rahblf. lie forgot his strange premonition of danger. He growled fiercely, hut his plucky little rival did not budge from his feast. And then he sprang straight Into the "nest" that Hush McTaggurt had made for him. The next morning Hush MeTaggart heard the clanking of a chain when be wns still a good quarter of a mile from the nest. Wns It a lynx? Was It a flsher-entWns It a wolf or a fox? Or was It Faree? He half ran the rest of the distance, and at last he rnme to where he could see, and his heart leaped into his throat when he saw that he had caught his enemy. He approached, holding Is rifle ready to fire If by any chance the dog should free himself. Faree lay on bis side, panting from exhaustion nnd quivering with puln. A hoarse cry of exultation burst from McTaggart's lips as he drew nearer nnd looked at the snow. It was packed hard for many feet about the traivbouse, where Faree bad struggled, and It wn red with blood. The blood had come mostly from Farce's Jaws. They were dripping now as he glared at his enemy. The steel Jaws hidden under the snow bad done their merciless work well. One of his forefeet was caught well up toward the first Joint ; both bind feet were caught ; a fourth trap had closed on bis flank, and In tearing the Jaws loose be had pulled off a patch of skin half as big as McTaggarts hand. The snow told the story of his desperate fight all through the night; his bleeding Jaws showed how vainly be bad tried to break the Imprisoning steel with his teeth, lie was panting. Ills eyes were Fut even now, after all bloodshot. his hours of agony, neither his spirit nor his courage were broken. When he saw MeTaggart he made a lunge to his feet, almost Instantly crumpling down into the snow again. Fut Ids forefeet were braced. His bead and chest remained up, and the snarl that came from his throat was tigerish In Us ferocity. Here, at last uot more than a dozen feet from him was the one thing in all the world that he hated more than lie hated the wolf breed. And again he was helpless, as he had been helpless that other time In the rabbit snare. The fierceness of his snarl did not disturb Hush MeTaggart now. He saw how utterly the other was at his mercy, and with an exultant laugh he leaned his rifle against a tree, pulled off his mittens, and began loading his pipe. This was the triumph he had looked forward to, the torture he had waited for. In his soul there was a hatred as deadly as Harees, the hatred that a man might have for a He had expected to send a man. bullet through the dog. But this was better to watch him dying by inches to taunt him as he would have taunted a human, to walk about him so that he could hear the clank of the traps and see the fresh blood drip as Bare twisted his tortured legs and body to keep facing him. It was a splendid trap-hous- ? of snowshdes behind him. It wm voice e man's voice that tttrnel him round suddenly. The man was a stranger, and be was younger than MeTaggart by ten At least he looked no more yeata. than thirty-fiv- e or six, even with the short growth of blonde beard he wore. He was of that sort that the average man would lifce at u glance; boyish, and yet a man; with clear eyes that looked out freckly from under tlie rim of his fur cap, a form lithe as an Indians, sHd a face altogether that did not bear the hard lines of the wilderness. Yet MeTaggart knew before he had spoken that this man was of the wilderness, that he was heart and soul a part of It. Ills cap was of fisher-skin- . He wore a wlndproof coat of softly tanned caribou skin, belted at the walst wlth a long sash, and Indian fringed. .The Inside of the coaf was furred. He was traveling on the long, slender bush-countr- snow-sho- y Voice of World War Veterans Potent in Policy of Nations Protection By HANFORD MAC NIDER, Assistant Secretary of War. American Legion has fought its waj to recognition aa the of the great war Teterans, overcoming indifference, even organized opposition. A our generation becomes the active generation in American affairs, so will the legion become the dominant voice concerning all those things on which expenence qualifies it to speak. On all questions of proper national defense, the voice of the generation which fought the war will be final. Only the men who fought have the necessary background to speak authoritatively. It is logical to presume that the nation will be glad to take advantage of their experience and abide by their advice. They know what war is and they have no desire to see it again. They do not want it for themselves and certainly they do not want it for their sons. Men who have seen their comrades maimed and killed about them know what sacrifices have been made to preserve American citizenship. They have no intention of allowing that hard-wo- n heritage to be dissipated or left at the mercy of a still unsettled world. TQE his pack, strapped over the shoulders, was small and compact; he wes carrying his rifle In a cloth Jacket. And from cap to snowshoes Wh& he was travel-worn- . MeTaggart, at a guess, would have said that he had traveled a thousand miles In the last few weeks. It was not this thought of Canada. that sent the strange and chilling By MACKENZIE KING, thrill up his hack ; hut the sudden fear that In some strange way a whisper It is' necessary to direct attention to the false and foolishly false reof the truth might have found Its way down Into the south the truth of mark so frequently made by a voter that his vote is only one and that in consequence his ballot among an avalanche of others is of little or no what had happened on the Gray Loon and that this travel-worstranger importance. wore under his carlhou-sklcoat the This misconception of a public duty has had disastrous results in unbadge of the Royal Northwest Mounted lollce. For that Instant It was numbered elections. almost a terror that possessed him, It is obvious that an avalanche of ballots is merely an accumulaand he stood mute. tion of single ballots, and that if everyone were fool enough to come to The stranger hud uttered only an amazed exclamation before. Now he the conclusion that his particular vote could have no material influence, said, with his eyes on Faree: the election system would break down. "God save us, but youve got the of the possible vote is In very many elections just about one-ha- lf poor devil In a right proper mess, class And fcuriously enough it is just this indolent non-votipolled. haven't you?" There was something In the voice which protests the loudest and most piteously when the government goes that reassured MeTaggart. It was not awry, and when the tax collector bores deeper than ever into its pockets. a suspicious voice, and he saw that Burdensome taxation, inefficient government, and indifferent voters the stranger was more Interested In the captured animal than in himself. go hand in hand. This fact cannot be borne too deeply in mind by the He drew a deep breath. man with the ballot. A trap robber," he said. The stranger was staring still more closely at Faree. He thrust his gun stock downward In the snow and drew nearer to him. wee "God save us again a dog!" he exBy DR. E. B. FORBES, Pennsylvania State College. claimed. From behind, MeTaggart was watchThe greatest error man ever made was that of basing his diet on ing the man with the eyes of a ferret. "Yes, a dog, he answered. "A wild tereal food. Having first learned to cook his food, man softened its comdog, half wolf at least. Hes robbed ills me of a thousand dollars worth of fur position to the detriment of his physical welfare, a train of physical caused. cooked food this winter. following the decayed teeth that The stranger squntted himself beMan heaped insult on injury when he screened out the fine white fore Faree, with his mlttened hands flour from the grain, leaving the best parts for his farm animals, and the resting on his knees, and his white climax of tragic comedy came when he learned to make chemically pure teeth gleaming In a half smile. You poor devil I" he said sympaBugar containing no essential nutrient and to eat this on his refined So youre a trap robber, thetically. foods. The results are the deficiency diseases, which were termed An outlaw? And the Police cereal eh? the And God save us once have got you! great qualitative food problem of civilization. more they haven't played you a very More acute, however, than that problem, is the one arising from square game!" the constantly increasing population of the world. Three ways of solvHe rose and faced MeTaggart. "I had to set a lot of traps like ing the problem are possible : Starvation, warfare, or the attainment of an that," the Factor apologized, his face equilibrium between births and deaths at a population level allowing adreddening slightly under the steady equately for variation in food production. gaze of the strangers blue eyes. Sudrose. his animus And golies denly ing to die theye, Inch by Inch. Im going to let him starve, and rot in the traps, to pay for all lies done." lie picked up his gun, and added, with his eyes on the stranger and his finger By LOUIS I. DUBLIN, Insurance Statistician. ready at the trigger, I'm Bush MeTaggart, the Factor at Lac Fain. Are Sickness costs the people of the United States more than $2,000,-000,00- 0 you bound that way, ms'eu?", A few miles. Im bound a year in lost wages and medical bills, and premature death a beyond the Barrens. siim equally large. MeTaggart felt again the strange Less than 50 cents per capita, or about $60,000,000, is expended thrill. "Government? he asked. each year on public health work, only a part of which amount is directed The stranger nodded. to the prevention of disease. This is altogether inadequate. "The Police, perhaps," persisted Expert opinion is that an expenditure of $2 per capita wisely diMeTaggart. Why, yes of course the Police," rected against the preventable diseases and for health education would said the stranger, looking straight Into reduce the annual death rate two points per 1,000 and correspondingly the Factors eyes. And now, msieu, as a very grent courtesy to the Law increase the expectation of life possible five full years. The value of an Im going to ask you to send a bullet added year of life is estimated at $1,000 at least. The addition of five years through thnt beasts head before we length of life of the 117,000,000 Americans would add $600,000,-000,00- 0 go on. Or shall I? to the value of living capital of the United States Its, the law of the line, said MeTaggart, "to let a trap robber rot In the traps. And that beast was a devil. Listen Swiftly, and yet leaving out none of the fine detail, he told of the weeks and months of strife between himself By DR. ELMER B. 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