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Show THE TIMES-NEW- NEPIII. UTAH. S. r. wni'e heap of hones reinxlowi. many and terrible had oeen the ageuu at work upon them. The clothes, however, particularly the coat, were praca OF" TUB i mm i . 4-il- l rri'Ml Hi 1 pirn ir 11 1 I CHAPTER IV 15 Continusd. Hut the terrible fangs were never to know her wliite tli'sh. Some one had come between. There wns no chance to shoot: Whisperfoot and t lie girl were too near torct tier fur Hint. Hut one course remained; and there was not even time to fount the cost, n tills most terrilile moment of Pan Failing's life, there was nol even nil Instant's hesitation. lie did not know that YVhlsjierfoot was wounded, lie Raw the heast creeping forwnrd in ilie weird dancing light of the fallen and he only knew that his ilesli. not hers, must resist Its rending talons. Nothing else mattered. No other consideration could come between. It wns the test ; and Dun's instincts prompted coolly and well, lie leaped The cougar with all his strength. hounded Into his arms, not upon the prone hody of the girl. And she opened her eyes to henr a curious thrashing in the pine needles, n strange grim battle that, rs the lantern flashed out. was hidden in the darkness. And that hntlle. In the far reaches of the Pivide, passed into a legend. It was the tale of how Dan Failing, his gun knocked from his hands as lie met the cougar's leap, with his own unaided arms kept the breath from the animal's lungs and killed him In the pine needles. Claw and fang and the frenzy of death could not matter at all. Thus Failing established before all men his right to the name he bore. And thus he paid one of his debts life for a life, ns the code of the forest has always decreed nnd in the fire of dnnger and pain his metal was tiled and proven. Inn-ter- , g springs of motive that few men can see clearly enough within themselves to recognize. Even the first day, when he lay burning from his wounds, he worked out his own explanation in regard to the murder mystery. lie hadn't the slightest doubt hut that Cranston had killed Hlldreth to prevent his testimony from reaching the courts below. Of course, any other member of the arson ring of hlllmen might have been the murderer; yet Pan was inclined to believe that Cra listen, the lender of the gang, usually preferred to do such dangerous work ns this himself. If It were true, somewhere on that tree-chiridge clues would he left. Moreover, It was wholly possible that the written testimony Uildreth must have gathered hnd never been found or destroyed. Pan didn't want the aid o the courts to find these clues. He wanted to work out the case himself. It resolved itself into n simple matter of vengeance: Pan had his debf to pay, and he wanted to bring Cranston to ruin by his own hand nlone. While It wns true that he took rather more than the casual interest that most citizens feel in the destruction of the forest by wanton tire, and had an actual sense of duty to do 'till that he could to stop the activities of the arson ring, his motives, stripped and hare,' were really not utilitarian. He had no particular interest in case. He remembered him simply as one of Cranston's disreputable gang; a poacher and a fire hug himself. When all is said and done, it remained really a personal Issue ;,e- 's BOOK TrjREE The Payment. tically Intact. Gripping himself, Pan thrust his fingers Into Its pockets then Into the pockets of the shirt and trousers. All paper that weald In anj way serve to Identify the murdered man, or tell what his purpose hud been In Journeying down the trail the night of the murder had been removed. Only one Itself explanation presented Cranston had come before hlin and searched the body himself. Pan looked about for trucks, and he was considerably surprised to find the blurred. Indistinct Imprint of a shoe pther than his own. He hadn't the least hope thnt the tracks themselves would offer a clue to a detective. They were too dim for that. The surprising fact was that since the murder had been committed Immediately before the fnll rains, the water had not completely washed them out. The only possibility remaining was that Cranston had returned to the hody after the week's rainfall. The track hnd been dimmed by the lighter rains that had fallen since. Hut yet It was entirely to be expected thnt the examination of the hody would he nn afterthought on Cranston's part. Possibly at first his only thought was to kill nnd, following the prompting that has sent so many murderers to the gallows, .he had afterward returned to the scene of the crime to destroy any clues he might have left and to search the body for any evidence ngainst .the ursnn ring. Pan's next thought wns to follow along the trail and find Cranston's umbush. Of course It would be In the direction of the settlement from the body, ns the bullet had entered from tlie front. He found it hard to believe Hint Hlldreth hnd fallen In the exact spot where the body lay. Men Journeying at night keep to the trail, and the wliite heap itself wns fully forty feet hack from the trail In the thickets. Perhaps Cranston bad dragged It there to hide it from the sight of anyone who might pass along the lonely trail again ; and it was a remote possibility that Whisperfoot. coming In the night, bad tugged it into the thickets for dreadful purposes of his own. Likely the shot was tired when Hlldreth was in an open place on the trail; and Dan searched for the ambush with this conclusion In mind. He unKred back, looking for a thicket from which such a spot would he visible. Something over fifty yards down he found it; and he knew it by the empty brass rifle cartridge that lay half burled in the wet leaves. The shell was of the same caliber as Cranston's rifle. ' Pnn's'hand shook as he put It In his pockoti Encouraged by this amazing find, he turned up the trail toward cabin. It might be possible, he thought, that Hlldreth had left, some of his testimony perhaps such rudely scrawled letters as Cranston had written him in some forgotten drawer in his hut. It was but a short walk for Pan's hardened legs, and he mnde It before mldafternoon. The search Itself wns wholly without result. Hut because he had time to think as he climbed the ridge, because as he strode along beneath that wintry sky he hnd a chance to consider every detail of the case, he was able to start out on a ne.v tack when, Just before sunset, he returned to the body. This new train of thought had as its basis thnt Cranston's shot had not been deadly at once ; thnt, wounded, Hlldreth hnd himself crawled Into the thickets where Whisperfoot had And that mennt that he found him. had to enlarge his search for such documents as Hlldreth had carried to Include all the territory between the trail and the location of the hodv. It wa possibly a distance of forty feet, anil getting down on his hands nnd knees. Pan looked for any break In the shrubbery that would Indicate the nth that the wounded Hlldreth hnd taken. And It wns ten minutes well rewarded, ns far as clearing up cetnin detail of the crime. His senses hnd been trained and sharpened by bis months In the wilderness, and l.e was able to back-tracthe wounded mnn from the skeleton clear to the clearing on the trail where ht bad first fallen. Hut as no c!tie pre sented theiuselies, be started to turr. 's CHAPTER I. The T.onnox home. In the wilderness of the Umpqun Divide, looked rather like an emergency hospital for the first few days after Pan's fight with Whisperfoot. Its old sounds of laughter nnd talk were almost entirely lacking. Two Injured men and n girl recovering from a nervous collapse do not tend toward cheer. But the natural sturdlness of all three quickly came to their aid. Of course Lennox had been severely Injured by the falling log, and many weeks would pass before he would be nhle to walk again. He could sit np for short periods, however; had the partial use of one arm; and could propel himself after the first few weeks at a snail's pace through the rooms In a rude wheel chair that Hill's Ingenuity had contrived. The great livid cratches that Dan bore on his body quickly began to heal; and before a week was done he began to venture forth on the hills again. Snowbird bad remained In bed for three days; then she had hopped out one bright afternoon, swearing never to go back Into It again. Kvldently the crisp, fall air of the mountains bad been a nerve tonic for them all. Of course then hnd been medical attention. A doct.r and n nurse hnd motored tip the day after the accident : the physician had set the bones and departed, nd the nurse remained for a week, to see the grizzled mountaineer well on the way of convalescence. Rut It was an anxious wait, and Lennox's car wns kept constantly In readiness to speed her awny In case the snows should start. At Inst she had left him In Snowbird's hands, and Hill had driven her back to the settlements In his father's cnr. The d'e wns now east as to whether or not Pan and the remainder of the fntnlly should winter In the mountain. The snow flouds deepened every day. the frost was ever heavier In the dnwns. nnd the road would surely remain open only a few days more. Once more the three seemingly had the Divide all to themselves. Hert Cranston hnd evidently deserted his on cabin and was working a trap-linthe Umpqun side. The rangers left the little station, all dnnger of fire past, end went down to their offices In the federal building of one of the little cities below. Hecntl'e he was worse than useless In the deep snows that were sure to come, one of the ranch hands that hnd driven up with Bill rode away to the valleys the lnt of the live stock the horse that Pan tisrt ridden to Snowbird's defense. Nothing hnd been heard of Handy hi used to live on the Hlldreth. trail to the mnrvh. and both and hl daughter wondered why. There who had wr alsti certain officials A yet. Pnn twffiln to be curious. had told no one of the xrlm find he tufa"! on hi return from hunting. )t4 Am re would riave round it an ex net rtifflctiU fact to explain. It All went bach, to those liner e A Strange, Grim Battle. tween Pan and Cranston. And personal Issues are frowned upon by law and society. Cltr ilizntion bus toiled up from the dnrkness In a great measure to get aw.iy from them. r,m human nature remnlns distressingly the same, nnd Dan's desire o pay his debt wns a distinctly human e. iotlon. Sometime n breed will live upon the earth that can get clear away from personal code vcnzeni.ee f rom thnt age-olof tie hills that demands a blow for n Mow tul a life for a life but the time Is not yet And after all. bv o men as men. not nil the stanitn-l- s as read In denl sttc philosophies. Pnn'a debt war entlr ly real. .Hy the lltrht held high by Ms ancestors, be could not turn his other cheek. Just as soon as he was able he went bnck to the scene of the murder, He didn't know when the snow would come to cover what evidence there was. It threatened every hour. Every wind promised It. The air was shnrp ami cold, ami no drop of rnln could fall through 't without crystallizing Into snow The deer hnd all pone and the b'irrow'.ig people had ought their holes. The bees worked no more In the winter flowers. Of all the greater forest creatures only the wolves and the bear remained the former because Ihrir fenr of men would not permit them to go down to the lower hills, and the Intter bethnt when cause of bis knowledf food became scarce he could always burrow In the snow. No bear goe VIs Into hibernation from choice. old bachelor, he much prefers to keep Just as late hours as he can as lone as the enflnjj places In tli berry thick ets remain open. The cougars hnd oil gone down with the deer, the birds had departed, and even the squirrels were In hiding. The scene didn't offer much In the Of the bod Itself ouU way of Tint GEiff An Important New Arrival 15 nTIEB RUSSIAN BUSINESS COMPANY FORMED COMMERCE TO FACILI-TAT- E BETWEEN EUROPEAN NATIONS Industrial and C iking Un ts In Endeavor To Stimulate Trade and Return Business To Normal Shipping, In- terests Hamburg. It is the purpose of the German sh'pping, industr'n! and banking interests here to take ;he initiative in carrying on business with ltus sin. An important slep has been taken by tlie organization of the Oerman-Iiussln- n Transport company, iu which the soviet government holds a hali! Interest and which will exercise general supervision of rail and water v i ll 1 VJ caps, scarfs, WEIIAVi: lifidknittel coats and capes nnd now we are wondering why it did not occur to some one long ago to furnish knitted suits for tlie outdoor-Inwoman. Her needs have grown g more important with each succeeding season, nnd now enters the knitted uit In the blouse and skirt, or coat and skirt, to furnish her with nn ideal outfit for all sorts of outdoor pastimes. Tlie cape, the scarf nnd the separate skirts are usually knitted in stripes, employing a color with white, or two or more colors, as brown and white, block and white, orange and white. e nnd gray, green nnd orchid anil so on. These separate knitted skirts, finished at the bottom with fringe, are worn with plain tailored blouses and plain coats In one of the colors of the skirt, a wide, knitted scarf I traffic between (lermany and llussla. The new organization has' only a capital of lUO.tXH) nuirks, as at present it contemplates using only the service of German traffic experts who in will serve the soviet government an advisory capacity, as Hussla, by the agreement, assumes tlie payment and operating of all transportation charges connected with the forwarding of commodities purchased for iiussla to Gorr.tany. A leading member of the Warburg hankink house told the Associated Press Sunday that German commercial interests purposed to take the Moscow regime as it is. He said he did not look for tlie early downfall of N'ikolat Lenine and Leon Trotsky, and he Jrelieved their forced disappearance from the government would result in chaos. The banker said he failed to understand why the I'nited States ignored the soviet administration. to match the skirt, finished at the "We liel'eve Russia is beeejning ends with fringe and a plain, soft more liberal, i:ml are not inclined to sport hut finish a spurt costume of share the opinion prevailing in many fine distinction. quarters that the country is being run The suit pictured looks wed in any by radicals," he continued. of the usual colors, light brown, gray-bluThe hanker said he firmly believed dark green nnd other practical that the task of "winning back Ilus-siu- " could not be accomplished withshades. The skirt is accordion-plaiteat the front and back and tlie blouse out active participation of German inis n slipover model with long girdle terests and technical skill. nnd sasli to match. There is a collar lie reflected opinions expressed, by in a darker shade than the Motive ther leaders of Hamburg's commerwhich may be made of duvetj-- or of cial interests. At the office of the satin, and the same material pro- Hamburg-Americalino, which convides a piping for the round neck. trols the other Iiulf interest in the new Such a dress sets neatly to the figure, German-HussiaTransport company, gives perfect freedom to the muscles tlie correspondent found a feeling of for any kind of sport or pnstltne nnd optimism on early prospects for an will not get mussed. It Is worn with active of trading between resumption which satin a sport hat of quilted and Uussla. Germany duramatches it in adaptability and Thnt the United Slates, by deferbility. ring action of recognizing Kussia. was depriving Itself of practical advantages which should be seized iinined-iatelwas the opinion expressed by one of the German shipping leaders, lie said tlie newly founded German-- ' Russian Transport company only had tlie framework for a comprehensive forwarding service. The Hamburg-Americaline is placing its traffic experts at the disposal of the soviet government. They will work In conjunction with the soviet trade commission recently established in I'erlln. All are to he made liy the Russian government exclusively, pending the restoring of free traJIng. Four of the largest German Iocoiim-tlv- e builders are working on the first installment of engines ordered by the Russians, who have mnde an ample rdvnnce payment it !s said. Among firms which have Itooked orders from Russia are the Krupps and and tlie Vulcan works. Although the Hamburg-Americaline is the only Gcrtmin concern represented !n the new German-RussiaTransport company, the latter, It was aid. would freely Invite competitive bids from all German shipping lines. PA e, d n n y Importance of Accessories n pun-base- s n UR. J. K. ANGELL k home. He walked twelve then turned back. Out of tl.e corner of his eye It seemed to him finl he had caught a fbisb of white, near the end of a great, dead log beside the path thnt the wounded Uildreth hnd taken. For a moment he searched In vain. Evidently a yellow leaf had deceived blin. Once more he retraced his steps, trying to find the position from which his f't. ; twice In a while the eye bad caught the glimpse of white. EVEUY once of styles and fashions Is Then he dived straight for the rotten constinined to think of the Importance end of the log. (TO UK CONTINUED) of accessories of dress. The success of the aspirant In the gentle art of dressValuable to Science. ing faultlessly seems to dei'tid upon The telescoe gives enlnrjed vlew her Judgment In the choice and use of of distant objects, the microscope finishing touches, at least as much as shows only what Is lmnst In contact unon her choice of gowns. It Is by with Its lens, nnd by giving a meant i means of these niceties of the toilette of making Intermediate observation that women vary their daily dress nnd Hip modifications of the I hi von micro make It Interesting. There Is a long list of these aids to telesco(e have proven a boon to th naturalist. With great depth of foru beauty, to be worn from head to foot and large field of view, the short and with admirable effect, as every woman knows, when some one touch focus type, for example, has a work tng distance of 10 to IS Inches, and "makes" her dress. They Include coifmagnifies 15 to 3S diameters. An ad fure ornaments, Jewels, trinkets, fans, rod serves a s glotes, scarfs and other neckwear, .Instable rubber-tipperest to support the Instrument at th sashes and other gnrnlshlngs for the desired he,ght for studying such oh gown, as corsage ornnments, buckles nnd other deciiratiotis for footwear. lifts as Insects, plants and rocks. They cannot all be dealt with at one Chief Alfment. time, and only those for the street or A large jroKrttnn id omf trouble other outdoor wear appear In the pie-ti- r above. ,s caused by too trnich bone In tth nd and not enough In the back. O Appraising the carefully and attrac iwtbua 'C. CJ IUcwd. i. tively dressed lady at the right f thu group, we find she wears an embroidered vestee, a small one-ski-n senrf of Ilium marten, a short necklace of pearl bends, and white niousquetalre gloves made of kid. These are all of good quality and she has seen to It that none of them la too conspicuous for the afternoon promenade. At the top of the picture one of the new fiber silk scarfs la shown, knitted In two colors. These are among the new "outdoorlng" things of which sport clothes were the forerunners. Many scarfs are made to match abort knit-te- l Jackets or coata of fiber silk, and sometime hats and parasols to match In the vivid tones worn with white for midsummer. The scarf nt the left la knitted of silk and shows large colored llks on a plain ground. ' V' Dr. Jama Rowell Angell, the new president of Vale university Ilr. Forestalling a Touch. Grubeoln, a lady wishes to see you." "What ds-- she want?" "She looks like nn upllfter." "I,ock my checkbook In the vault und tell her I can spare her five mins ute." I'.Irtninghiim He-M- lo In mimes? Age-Heral- Acquired Liking. you believe there Is anything My girl rh't"i' She es, I do. name Is tlllve. nnd I l iin'! lil.e I,, r Ttuiisi-ripi- . Ml all al fimt. Hus;o , |