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Show BOY SCOUTS J ' I CondtiJ by National By EDIS03H MARSHALL of the Council Boy Scouts of America.) LEAVES FOR WORK IN FRANCE Lome W. Barclay, director of the national council, department of Edu-- i cation. Boy Scouts of America, has again been loaned for the summer to the American committee for devastated " France of which Miss Anne Morgan Is chairman. Mr. Barclay sailed for France In May and will there direct i five scout camps. This work is prov-- i ing a notable contribution' to the up-- I France. As building of Mr. Barclay said in his recent report: '"These boys lived In ruined homes; they have been out of school for five years; there Is no place for them to find companionship in their villnges unless they go to the wine shops. They have suffered so much that They are undeveloped physically and mentally, yet they crave good wholesome education and recreation. They only ask the chance to grow into manhood with all the best scout Ideals of courage. J honesty and endurance." Many boy scout troops In the United States have" contributed $25 each, which qieans that each troop will have as its guest at one of the camps, a French boy, who will not only gain Immeasurably himself by the experience, but who will also go home carrying the message of scouting with him to reach other boys and the coni-- i SAVES SNOWBIRD DAN. 4 I war-stricke- n h ""--I ? ? x -- if. self-denia- l, minify. 1 J.V LATE presentations of afternoon 1 gowns for matronly wearers there is revealed a fine reserve In the use of decorations. The management of color and style features In them is directed with cleverness toward dignified but spirited effects and has redissulted In models of tinction. In materials crepe de chine, georgette and other crepes are mediums that all designers like to nork with. Figured foulards, in tapestry patterns and others are made much of, often in combination with georgette. Lace, doited or figured net over satin or taffeta Is reckoned with In every display and favored in the darker shades, ns brown and blue and in black. These of net are often embellished with sntiii folds, or narrow ribbon's in silk or velvet are used on tlini In ruflles applied In festoons or disks in graduated sizes. Two of the IcasP pretentious of the much-desire- i ? n (J j u - V' -- ' d new models, as pictured atx ve, offer the matrons a choice of stles that are simple and distinctly different from each other. The dress of crepe de chine at the left makes much of its wide sash and Its long under-sleevfinished with handsome lace that falls partly over the rand. The the lace vestee of tucked batiste collar display these two details in a new treatment. On the tall model the skirt Is too short for the present style. It is turned up in a cuff and the wearer, if she he a matron, will be sure to turn It down. A brown satin dress with long side panels of brown lace has Its underskirt laid in side plalls at the front bodice, and hack and a of easy adjustment, that dispenses wjth a girdle. Handsome lace forms the finish for the neck and sleeves. Kitiier of these models might he chosen by the mother of a bride or groom at the wedding ceremony. es long-walste- d New Habits Enthuse Horsewomen - liPW?4 - r Iv4mjj t mi Lome W. Barclay. This Is what a French boy scout wrote last summer from the camp at Compiegne : "What I am learning Is worth the sacrifice you made in letting me go from the work in the field. I will work all the harder when I go home but I must make a scout of every boy In our village too. -And they must know that It Is American scouts that have made this possible. Vrve la France and vlve IV Amerlque! We never salute our Aug without seeing In Imagination the stars and stripes of another Aug flowing beside our own 1" SAVE-- T HE-FOR- E '', ST CAMPAIGN. As soon as President Harding appointed May '1 to 28 as' Forest Preservation week, the Boy Scouts of America Immediately offered theil services in promotion of the cause t which they have all along been defl When the secre-tarniiely committed. of agriculture wrote requesting of ..the organization the the national council, through Its chief scout executive, gladly accepted th task and urged its scout lenders all over the country to get busy at once. The plnn is to have every scout troop promise to plant trees and cnre foi them, as many have been doing for some years past, to spreird forest flr prevention propaganda throughout the country and get ns many people a possible in and out of the scout move-rnvn- t actively eiilisted In this Important cause. HIGH ADVENTURE. Two parties of boy scouts of Snn Jose. California, went camping, one to the top of Mount Hamilton, the othel to the lilghowt point In the 8nta Crus mountain. When dark noun fell, communication was established between the two camps by means of flash signaling apparatus, designed and built by inomlter of Troop 4. Tb dlsfnnce covered was only a littlf rhort of fifty miles and both stallont were a lure the clouds at the llm br the mesRMjpt was In'erel'arvieu1 by Little. Brown & Co. were all obscured In a strange. whlt4 mist. A great wind roared in his ear Copyright. rA - ' t CHAPTER II Continued. 10 Pan felt himself straighten ; and the color mounted somewhat higher In his brown cheeks. But he did not try to avenge the insult yet. Cranston was still fifteen feet distant, and that was too far. A man may swing a rifle within fifteen feet. The fact that they were In no way physical equals did not even occur to him. When the insult is great enough, such considera tions cannot possibly mutter. Cranston was hard as steel, one hundred and severity pounds in weight. Pan did not touch one hundred and fifty, em! a deadly disease had not yet entirely relinquished Its hold upon him. "I do very well, Cranston," Tnii answered in the same tone,. "Wouldn't you like another tnsttch? I IxlUve your pipe has gone out." Very little can be said for the wisdom of this remark. It was s!;np'y human that age-olcreed to answer hlow for blow and insult for Insult. Of course the inference was obvious that Pan was accusing him, by innuendo, of his late attempt at arson. Cranston glanced np quickly, and It might be true that his finders itched and tingled about the barrel of his rifle. He knew what Pan meant. He understood perfectly that Pan had guessed his purpose on the mountain side. And the curl at his lips became more pronounced. "What a smart little boy," he scorned. "Going to be a Sherlock Holmes when he grows up." Then he half turned and the light In his eyes blared up. He was not leering now. Tlfe mountain men are too Intense to play at Insult very long. Their Inherent savagery comes to the surface, and they want the warmth of blood His voice became npon their fingers. guttural. "Maybe 'you're a spy?" he asked. "Maylie you're one of those city rats to come and watch us, and then nm and tell the forest service. There's two things, Falling, that I want you and his heart was evidently about to shiver to pieces. Hut still lie fought on, not daring to yield. He could no longer parry Cranston's blows. The Intter's arms went around him In one of those deadly holds that wrestlers know; and Pan struggled In vain to. free himself. Cranston's face Itself seemed hideous and unreal In the mist that was creep ing over him. He did not reeognlx the curious thumping souud as Crans And now ton's fists on his flesh. Cranston had hurled him off his feet. Nothing mattered further. He bad fought the best he could. This cruel beast could pounce on him at will and hammer nway his life. I?nt still he struggled. Except for the constant play of his muscles, his almost nn conscious effort to free himself that kept one of Cranston's arms busy holding him down, that fight on tht mountain path might have come to a sudden end. Human bodies can stand a terrific punishment ; but Pan's was weakened from the ravages of his disease. Resides, Cranston would soon have both hands and hot1' feet free for the work, and when ti e four terrible weapons are used at once, the Issue soon or late can never be in doubt. But even now, consciousness still lingered. Pan could hear his enemy's curses and far up the trail, be beard another, stranger sound. ,It sounded like some one running. And then be dimly knew that Cranv, ston was climbing from his body. Voices were speaking quick, voices Just over him. Above Cranston's savage curses another voice rang clear, and to Pan's ears, glorious beyond all human utterance. He opened his tortured eyes. The mists lifted from in front of them, and the whole drama was revealed. It had not been sudden mercy thnt had driven Cranston from Ms body. Just when bis victim's falling unconsciousness would have put him completely In his power. Rather It wns something black and ominous that even now was pointed squarely at Cranston's breast. None too soon, a ranger of the hilt had beard the sounds of the struggle, and btuj left the tryti:ig place at the spring to come to Pan's aid. It was Snowbird, very pale but wholly and determined and Intent. . Her pistol was. cocked and ready. eoia-mandl- nt CHAPTER III. Pan Failing was really not bad!? hurt. The quick. lashing Mows hart not done, more than severely" bruise the flesh of his face; and the mists of unconsciousness that had been falling over him were more nearly the result of bis own tremendous physical exertion. Now these mists were rising. "Co go awny." the girl was commanding. "1 think you've killed him." Pan opened his eyes to find her "kneeling close beside him, but Htlll covering Cranston with her pistol. Her hand was resting on bis bruised cheek." He wouldn't have believed that a human face could be as blte, while life still remained, as hers was (hen. All the lovely tints thsr bad been such a delight to him. the play of soft reds and browns, bad faded as an afterglow fades on the snow. Pan'a glance moved with hers to The Battles of the Mountains were Cranston. He was standing easily at Battles to th Death. a distance of a dozen feet ; and except for the faintest tremble all over his battle now. The rifle body, a muscular reaction from the had slid on down the hillside, to be violence of hi . be had entire'aught In a clump of brush twenty ly regained his self composure. This on below. Pan ounce feet called every o know." was quite characteristic of the mounPan ruffed at his pipe, anil his eyes of bis strength, because he knew what tain men. They share with the beasts loi.ied curiously mtitit through the mercy he might expect If Cranston a passion of living thnt Is wholly unfilm of smoke. "I'm not Interested In mastered him. The hnttles of the known on the plains; but yet they have mountains were buttles to the death. a rrrtnln quality (if Imperturbability 'v iit lng them," he said. They flung bads ntid forth, wrenchknown nowhere else. Nor is it limited "It might pay you," Cranston went on. "One of ' in Is that one mini's ing shoulders, lashing fists, leeth and to the native-bormountain! era. Sn feet and finsrers. There were no Marman who Intimately knows n member on) Is good as another's In a court . In this of iltnt curious, keen-eye!id It wouldn't tin you any good to quis of fjui'chshcrry rules little nrtny Ana In and a'nin Pun sent home of naturalists and run down utid tell titles. A man can burner bis blows; but they nil seemed Inefwho go to I In north hhimN every fall, "ghf his pipe on the mountain side fective. comI'.y now, Cranston bad as regularly and seenrngly as Inex"I'hont the courts being Interested overcome the moment's advanas the waterfowl go In spring, the second thing Is lust that I ilon'i pletely orably had obtained by the enn doubt this fat. tage the otli seem to iiit,k you'd find it a lualthv thing t H.vrr of his leap. He hurled P:m have acquired from theThey hi." silence and clinch and lashed at him the snows an from the "I suppose, then, that Is a threat?" Impiegnat'on of that with hard lists. eternal calm at d Imp. rturbtil illty that "It ain't Jut a threat." Crnnstrc If Is a very common tiling to hear Is the wilderness Itself. laughed harshly a single, grim mof n silent fik'ht. r.et It is really a wasn't In the least afraid. Cransipn Fcnr I able that was the most terrible sound more rare ocr.irrenc than most peo Usually a matt.T of uncertainty, anil he had yet uttered. "It's a fact. .lust If believe. U true that pie serpent try it. Failing. Just make one little will often fight In thr strangest, most he knew exactly where be stood. step In that direction. Ton couldn't eerie silerre; but human Iving are hide behind a girl's skirts, then. Why, not They partake more of "Oh, I ih I could tboot Vou city sissy, I'd break you to pieces the serp'fts. of the meat-eater- s the qualities In my hands I" ." you, & wolves nd felines." After the first Few men can make a threat without Instant the notse of the fight aroused a musrular accomimnimettt. Its very the whole hillside. The sound of blows (TO UK I'UNTIMfcU.) uttenance release !ent-iiemotion wa In Itself notable, and beside, both l ptiit of which can only pour forth In ,f the men were howling the primBaiting. muscular expression. And anger Is a ordial battle cries of hatred and venThis was m sport once popular la primitive thing, going down to the geance. England, but declared Illegal In most mjrsferlon depth of a man's For two long minute Pan fought A bull was attacked by dogs, and As Cranon spoke, his Up curled, with the strength of desperation, sumsometimes the nostrils of the bull werw bis dark fingers clenched on Ms thick moning at last all that mysterious re- blown full of pepper to Increase ba palm, and he half leaned forward. serve force with which all men are fury. Another form of the sport m Pnu knocked ont his plpv on th born. Hut be was playing a loMne to fasten the bull to a stake by a long ft whs the only sound In lha' log. irnme. The malady w'th which he had rope and then set bulldog at him, on whole mountain realm: nil the 'csse at a time, which were trained tt el suffered had taken too much of hi sounds were stilled. The two met vigor. F.ven as tie struggled. If seemed the bull by tha nose. The billdng stood face tc 'at e. Pan tranquil, (Van to him that the vista about him the seems to have been developed for this ton shak-- n dark pine, the colored leave ot 'he sport from a abort-eare- d mastiff callef passton. "I give ton." said Pun with eofln Iieretinial shrubbery, the yellow path "alaunt." d IT Vr' . , Bynopsli. Warned by hts physician that he has not more than six months to live, pan Failing sits despondently on a park bench, wondering where he ehould spend those six months. Memories of his grandfather and a deep love for all thlnKa of the wild help him in reaching a decision. In a large southern Oregon city he meets people who had known and loved his grandfather, a famous frontiersman, lie makes hla home wall Bilaa Innox, a typical westerner. The only other niembMs of the household are Lennox's son, "Hill." Their and daughter, "Snowbird." abode is In the Umpqua divide, and out the there 1'aUlng plans to live short spaa of life which he has been told is his. From the first Failings health shows a marked improvement, and In the companionship of Lennox and his son and daughter he fits Into the woods lire as if be had been born to It By quick thinking and a remarkable display of "nerve" he saves life and his own when they are attacked by a mad coyote. Lennox declares he is a reincarnation of his grandfather, Dan Falling 1, whose fame as a woodsman Is a household word. Dan learns that an organized band of outlaws, of which Bert Cranston Is the leader, Is setting forest fires. Landry Hildreth, a former member of the gang, has been induced to turn state's evidence. Cranston shoots Hildreth and leaves him for dead. Whlsperfoot, the mountain lion, springs on .Hildreth and finishes Hildreth and devours him, thus acquiring the taste for human flesh. Dan discovers Cranston In the act of setting a forest fire. coldness, "an opportunity to take that back. Just about four seconds." lie stood very straight as he spoke, and his eyes did not waver In the least. It would not be the truth to say that his heart was not leaping like a wild thing In his breast. A dark mist was spreading like madness over his brain; but yet he was striving to keep .his thoughts clear. Stealthily, without seeming to do so, he was setting his muscles for a spring. The only answer to his words was a luugh a roaring laugh of scorn from Cranston's dark Hps. In his laughter, his Intent, catlike vigilance relaxed, pan saw a chance; feeble though It was, It was the only chance lie bad. And his long body leaped like a serpent through the air. Physical superior though he was. Cranston would have repelled the attack wiili his rifle If he had had r chance. His blood was already at the murder heat b point nlways quickly readied In Cranston and the dark, hot fumes In his brain were simply nothing more nor less than the No most poisonous, bitter hatred. other word exists. If his class of degenerate mountain men had no other accomplishment, they could hate. All their lives they practiced the emotion: hatred of their neighbors, hatred of law, hatred of civilization In all its forms. Besides, this kind of hlllman habitually fought his duels with rifles. Hands were not deadly enough. Hut Pan was past his guard before he hud time to raise his gun. The whole attack ws one of the most astounding surprises of Cranston's life. Pan's body struck his, his fists flailed, and to protect himself, Cranston was obliged to drop the rifle. They staggered, as if In some weird dance, on the trail; and their arms clasped In a clinch. F'or n long Instant they stood straining, seemingly motionless. Cranston's powerful body had stood up well under the shock of Pan's leap. It was a 19D0, ? - ' ' .y - ." 1 t hand-to-han- d pns-;on- n hat-tie- blr-ram- e I.I. In the boyhood of the year" "V devotees of the saddle bear a fall to country rond and rity bridle paths. Voting summer and tarly n iutumn are Irresistible to (he and. If she Is not already fitted out. now Is the time In which to get A horse-wotnn- ready for the greatest enjoyment to If a hnblt he got out of the sMirt. Is to be" bought It should be given painstaking consideration, ror habits last a long time and styles do not vary much from season to season. It Is worth while to buy them, therefore, In good ma'trials and there are several models to choose from so that the matter of liecomlngnea may be glyen ttentlon. Variations In style are achieved ln roats. There are the loosely fitted, belted model with narrow belt made of the material In the coat, hnvlnir fnolenlng at the front, the semlfitted. Kngllsh model with fastening and trim lines, the paddock coat with skin portion sot onto the body and n shorter Vont with ripple skirt. Th se coot are faithlessly tailored ami fiieed up V t It bottom with rtlhU'i iireil clot It to two-butto- long-wnlste- one-butto- n t them from perspiration of thi, horse. Trousers are made In the peg-to- t knicker style and an Innovation unions them appears In a model that fasten with buttons at eneh side of the front, but It has no advantage over the reg tilallon "model. They are reinforced in the seat with chamois and on the legs with leather. The materials used for habits Include covert cloth and whipcord! among the higher priced models; tweeds, meltons, serges and corduroy among the moderately priced wool, khnkl and special summer wear materials a linen, pongee and I'alm Bench cloth. Color In wools Include tans, browns, blnea, mixtures, dark gray small shepherds checks In black and white (of serge or other suiting) nnd m few greens ond purplish reds. .Sinn mer habits are In the nnlnrni tin blenched totMs and blouses are osunl ly ofien at the throat. prite t p B-- na-tnr- |
