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Show SOUTH rAfHF. rniTmFR s&r dcr MYFRIEND cb MARY. x FLICKA', O'HARA . RN , But for Ken, there was, first, the to bed, wide awake, and shaken by a steady fine quivering, he could see creeping numbness of those parts it reflected in the opened casement where the head and the neck of the window of his room. filly pressed. Then the deep chill He hadnt completely undressed, from the cold water running over his but he had the sheet drawn up to legs, his thighs, almost up to his his chin, in case his mother or fa- waist The mountain stream was ther came in to look at him. He fed from the Snowy Range In the heard them talking together in their North West and the water was far room as they undressed. How long colder than the shallow, they took. It seemed to him hours surface looked. Kens legs were shrivelled and cramped with the before the whole house tvas quiet cold, and long before the night was as quiet as the night was outside. He waited still another hour, till over, his teeth were chattering and his body shaking with chills. everyone was so deep asleep there It didnt matter. Nothing matwould be no chance of their heartered but that he should hold Flicka, bed of and out stole Then he ing. hold and the life in her. rest of on his clothes. the put CHAPTER XVII At dawn, when there should have He carried his shoes in his hands and crept down the hall, past the been light, there was, first, a gray At dinner, Ken ate nothing. How gloom, and then persistent twilight. of his door room, taking The wind had failed and the clouds ard said, Ken isnt eating his din- half minute parents a for step. ner doesnt he have to eat. Mothhad their way at last, forced up On the far end of the terrace, he er? from all points of the compass by down and put on his shoes, his sat in the lower areas behind But Nell answered, "Leave him heart pounding and the blood almost pressureLaramie and Cheyenne, both alone. them, him. suffocating a thousand feet down, and the valKen had understood what his fa He Im coming, leys behind the mountains that were ther meant when he said, I wont Flickakept whispering, Im coming" to the north and south. have a thing like that on my place. His feet pattered down the path Often McLaughlin studied the sky, To allow an animal to die a lingerHe ran as fast as he could. the rims of Sherman Hill, especially ing death was something his father It was so dark under the cotton- and said, "Its trying its best to would not do. Flicka was to be shot. wood trees, he had to stand a mo- stosm,, but the clouds cant get over He didnt hear his father give the used to the darkness, the mountains. ment, order to Gus. "Pick a time when before getting he could be sure that Flicka Now they had got over. There Ken isnt around, Gus, and take the was not there. There stood her wasnt room for them all. They obWinchester and put the filly out of feed box but the filly was gone. scured the zenith and then doubled her misery. Unreasoning terror swept over up, one layer below the other. "Ja, Bos- shim. Something had 'spirited her But Ken knew nothing of the Ken .watched the. gun rack in the first days of spring are no Aiv'TpHE' weather only Flicka; the heat of were All room. the guns ' more colorful than the colors dining her that burned his arms. Tobody althis gay littlq canary, done life-s- standing in it. No gilns were .of ward morning he knew that the heai bunk lowed the house.' in Going ize in bright yellow With , and had gone, and it was not death, flowers of red, green and blue. through the dining room to the kitchwhen he spoke to her, her eyes still en a three times for meals, day Each design for tea towels, breaklooked back into his. He was full to Kens the scanned weapons eyes fast cloth or place doilies is 6 by 6 make sure of thankfulness. ' they were all there. That inches. Embroider them in simThe alarm clock broke the early The not were all there. night they ple line stitch for gifts! 't morning silence of the bunk house Winchester was missing. To obtain transfer designs for 6 Canary and jangled for sixty seconds. When Ken saw that, he stopped Towels (Pattern No. 5244) color chart for Before it stopped Tim and Gus He He felt kept dizzy. embroidering, send 16 cents in coin, your walking. were sitting, naked, on the edge of staring at the gun rack, telling himflame, address and the pattern number. their bunks, yawning and rubbing self that it surely was there he their heads. SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK he couldnt see counted again 149 New Montgomery St. Gus reached for his clothes and clearly. , San Francisco, Calif. to draw them on, remember his across Then began he felt arm an, ( Enclose 15 cents (plus one cent to ing as he did so that something un shoulders and heard his father covet .cost of. nailing) for Pattern voice. "I know, son. Some things pleasant was ahead of him. It was ....... No x. a moment or two before it came are awful hard to take. We just Name to him the shooting of Flicka.have to take em. I have to, too. When he remembered he dropped Ken got hold of his fathers hand Address .....2..." both hands on his knees and sat in and held on. It helped steady him, silence. Nothing for it, it must be Finally hei looked up. Rob looked Non-Voting Soldiers done. The filly might have been down and smiled at him and gave left to die of her owrf accord, but him a little shake and squeeze. Ken More than a quarter of Amer that was contrary to custom on the a smile too. managed icas 8,000,000 'fighting men canno Goose Bar Ranch. All right now? vote this year because they are Gus finished dressing, made the All right, Dad." tinder 21, tftd minimum voting age fire and laid the table for break They walked in to supper together in all states except Georgia, which fast, thinking that when he had ev Ken even, ate a little. But'Nell to vote in all permits erything ready except frying the looked thoughtfully at the ashen col elections. eggs and bacon and making the cofor of his face; and at the little fee, hed go down to the Calf Paspulse that was beating in the side of ture with the Winchester. It his neck. wouldnt take a minute. He had After supper Ken carried Flicka the gun with him there in the bunk her oats, but he had to coax. her house. It stood in the corner, still and she would hardly touch them WORLD'S URGES! SELLER AT IV loaded. Hed be back before Tim She stood with her head hanging, finished milking the cows and had when he stroked it and talked but, Housefathers have plenty of time to make break into to his her face she her, pressed Among the aborigines of Aus- The water rippled over Kens legs fast. and was content Gus walked down to the ranch tralia it is common for fathers tc chest He could feel the burning heat of and over Flickas body. look after the children while their house, stood the gun against the seem It didnt hdf ' possible ' body. a and went into the wives work. house that anything so thin could be alive. away he would never see her again kitchen outside, to make Gus down father come up the fire. his had Presently Ken Saw Gu come into Gus shaking down of the ashes He ran wildly here and there. At the pasture, parrying The Winchester. When hesa'w Ken.'Ae Changed last, when there was no sign of every morning was the rising bell Relieved in 5 minutes or double money back his direction and sauntered along as her, he began a systematic search for the family. When the kindling When excess stomach acid causes painful, suffocatiall through the pasture. He dared had caught, and the flames were if he was out to shoot cottontails. ng? gras, sour stomach and heartburn, doctors usually medicines known for licking up around the blocks of coal. prescribe the Ken ran to him. When are you not call aloud, but he whispered medicineshkethosem i eymptoraaticrehef s where are Gus closed the back draft and went Flicka Oh, Flicka brings comfort in a Tablets. No laxative. to Gus? do it, going or double your money back on return of bottle out. He took the gun and walked jifty you. to us. 26c at all druggists. Ay was goin down soon now, beAt last he found her down the slowly across the Green, to the gate fore it got dark creek lying in the water. Her head of the Calf Pasture. Orchid Species Gus, dont1 do it tonight. Wait had been on the A few minutes walk brought him bank, but as she There are no less than 5,000 till morning. Just one more night, the current of the stream to Flickas Nursery and showed him there, lay of orchids. Gus. species had sucked and pulled at her, and that Flicka was not there. He "Veil, in de morning den, but it she had had no strength to resist; walked down stream and soon found got to be done, Ken. Yer fadder and little by little her head had Ken sitting in the water, Flickas gives de order. slipped down until when Ken got head in his arms. "I know. I wont say anything there One look at the boys face was only the muzzle was resting . more. on the hank, and the body and legs enough. Gus went back to the bunk house were Gus crossed the creek, laid down 'swinging in the stream. and Ken returned to Flicka. 1 fs ) (& (' jd Ken slid into the water, sitting on his gun, and seizing the filly by At nine oclock Howard was sent the bank, and he hauled at her head. the head, dragged her out onto the by Nell to call Ken. He stood at But she was heavy, and the current grassy bank, as doctors drag Ine Service gives Calvert the corral gate, shouting. your child the same itudy plan usd in the like a weight; and he be- fants Into the world by the head Calvert l)ay School in famous Flicka was still standing in her dragged to sob because he had no never, safely, by any other park Baltimore with guidance by the same teachgan Ken could not move. Gus lifted ing staff. Used by 60,000 children. Courses nursery when the full moon rose at strength to draw her out. of kindergarten through first year high ten. It was the Hunter's Moon, as books and school. Daily lessons, supplies Then he found a leverage for his him in his arms and again crossed yellow as the Harvest Mpon. provided. Transfer to other schools often heels against some rocks in the bed the creek. Kens head dropped back with advanced standing. Low Cost. Stirt wounds did not pain her, Flickas for Write time. catalog, giving today any nf the stream, and he braced him- over the Swedes shoulder, turning g but the suction of the age of child. self against them, and pulled with to the filly for one last look. was an agony felt through "Good-by- , Flicka. It was only a spiral all his might; and her head came CALVERT SCHOOL every part of her. Now and then up onto his knees, and he held it whisper. Established 1897 her young body found strength to cradled in his arms. Rob was standing at his window Md, & ' 600 Tuscany Rd., Baltimore-10- , fight against it; she struggled; 'she He was glad that she had died of fastening his belt, when he saw the lifted her head. her owri accord, in the cool water, foreman passing, carrying Ken. He She was thirsty. The smell of under the moon, instead of being thought, "Flicka died I didnt hear the fresh running water drew her. shot the Winchester Kens found her by Gus.- Then, putting his face She waded into the stream and close to dead fainted and looking searching-lhers, drank; got her fill, lifted her head, He ran downstairs and out, took into her eyes, he saw that she turned it again to the house. The was alive and loo.king back at him. the boy from Gus arms, and then cool water rippled against her legs. the unbelievably shrunken, And then he burst out crying, and noticed There was no sound from the and the violent drawn features, and said, "Oh, my litchills. This was more than a faint. house, no feet running upon the hugged her, little Flicka. tle Flicka, my Gus told him how he had found path, and suddenly the last of her httle strength was gone. Lunging Ken, and Bob carried him in and up The long night passed. The comedy quiz forward, she fell, half on the bank, to bed. moon slid across The the slowly half in the water, and lay there, starring Rob and Nell put Ken to bed beheavens. tween hot blankets and tried to get struggling convulsively. The water rippled over Kens legs, some At last she was still. brandy between his lips. Some minutes later, from ten and over Flickas body. And graduGus returned to the Pasture to ally the heat and the fever went get the gun. Flicka was lying as he miles away on the towering shoulders of Pole Moun- out of her, and the cool running wa- bad left her, but at his approach tain, there stole out the most deso- ter washed and washed her wounds. held up her head. The man knelt late cry in the world the howl of The night took a heavy toll from down on the grass by her and felt of THURSDAY NIGHTS the gray t'mber wolf. It rode on Ken, but for Flioka there was re- her head, her neck, looked into her the uppe air without a tremor, high surgence. At the moment when Ken eyes. ' Veil veil Flicka, liddie 10:30 P.M. E.W.T. and thin, pointed as a drew her into his arms and cried gurl He was astonished to feel minutes the note was her name, the spring of the down- that her body seemed to have lost niivcrk sustained, longmournful ca tha and remote-thro- ugh whirling spiral was broken, Flicka its great heat; the fever had gone long moments it died, with a was released and not once again did He looked at the two wounds. The CONSULT YOUR in her cuts were clean and all the hard lling cadence of profound listless-ness- ; she feel it. The and even before it ceased, it body turned, and in weak and waLOCAL NEWSPAPER swelling had gone; and he could see had become the very essence of vering fashion, flowed upward. A by her face that she was brighter & McKesson roecins, inc. he quiet of the night. power went into her from Ken; all as one can see by the expression in CALOX TOOTH POWDER his youth and strength and mag- a child's face, even though it is stil' ' BEXEl VITAMIN B COMPLEX CAPSULES Ken seen had the Hunters netism given her freely and abun- pinched and wan, that life is com Moon rise over the eastern horizon dantly on the stream of his love ing back. before h TO BE COM I MED) 'et unstairs, and lying from his ardent eyes to hers. . SEWING CORCLE THE STORY SO FAR: Ken McLaughlin, given an opportunity to choose any yearling on hti familys Wyoming ranch, picks the filly of a loco mare. His father, a retired army officer. Is disappointed by Kens choice and by his failure at schooL When Flicka, the filly. Is liadly hart trying to jump the corral fence, Ken takes the opportunity to make friends with the wUd little colt. Althongh he Is now convinced that Fllcka Is not loco Uke her mother. Captain McLaughlin does not think she will get well. But Ken, who always wanted a colt of his own, is still hopeful. He believes he can tame FUcka, who Is to him something fine and beantilul. Now continue with the story. ;0 5244 Dressed Up. A LL dressed up in a three-pieensemble, the youbgster d one to six years will be as prettj as a picture in this set. The tolero type dress, matching bdnnet and panties are perfect for spring wear! c G -- - ... . Upset Stomach An Apron-Dres- s A GLORIFIED apron - dress which laps over in the front and is tied in back by means of die narrow belt. You can make it in an afternoon. Try it in pink :andy-strip- Pattern No. 8584 Is In sizes 1, 2. 3, 4, I and 6 years. 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