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Show THE NKPIIT. ITT AH. TIMS-NKW- S. plied. "I hope, unknown to me, Uk Dan bas already diapatcnetl those let The arm of th law la long (era. r' I 'lii S! IMS I J i 'ill i Ml CHAPTER I under the dark lashes. He went to Dan's room, searched his bureau drawer and all the pockets of the clothes hanging In his closet. He upset hla trunk and puwed among old letters In the suitcase. Then, stealing like some creature of the wilderness, he care back to the living room. Lennox was not on the divan where he had left him. He lay Instead on the floor near the fireplace; and he met the passion-drawface with entire calmness. His motives were perfectly plain. He had Just made a desperate effort to procure Don's rifle that hung on two aets of deer horns over the fireplace, and was entirely exhausted from It. He had succeeded In getting down from the couch, though wracked by agony, but had been unable to lift himself up In reach of the gun. Cranston read his Intention in one Lennox knew It, but he simglance. ply didn't care. He had passed the point where anything seemed to matter. "Tell me where It Is," Cranston ordered him. Again he pointed his rifle at Lennox's wasted breast. "Tell you where what IsT My Continued. la- ne came stealing across the snow munlier of the first degree. Very silently and swiftly he slipped off his anowhoes at the door. The door It-"ns unlocked. Just as he had supposed. In an Instant more he was tiptoeing, a dnrk. silent figure, through the corridors of the house. He held tils Hfle ready In his hands. 1 lf lie peered Into Lennox's bedroom n The room was unoccupied. Ten the floor of the corridor creaked 'lencplh his step; and he knew nothing further was to be gained by waitIf Lennox suspected his presing. ence, he might be waiting with aimed rille as he opened the door of the living room. He glided faster. He hatted once more a moment at the living-roodoor lo see If Lennox had been disturb"!!. He was lying still, however, so Cranston pushed through. Lennox glanced up from his mnga-sb- e to find that unmistakable thing, the barrel of a rifle, pointed at his breast. Cranston was one of those rare marksmen who shoot with both eyes open and that meant that he kept his full visual powers to the last Inmant before the hammer fell. "I can't raise my arras," Lennox an Id simply. "One of 'em won't work ot all besides, against the doctor's orders." Cranston stole over toward him, looking closely for weapons. He pulled aside the woolen blanket that Lennox bad drawn up over his body, and be pushed his hand Into the cushions of the couch. A few deft pats, holding hi rifle through the fork of his arm, finger coiled Into the trigger guard, Assured him that Lennox was not "heeled" at all. Then he laughed and went to work. "I thought I told yon once," Lennox began with perfect coldness, "that the door of my house were no longer open to you." "You did say that," was Cranston's guttural reply. "But you see I'm here Jnst the same, don't you? And what are you going to do about It?" "I probably felt that sooner or later yon would come to steal Just as you and your crowd stole the supplies from the forest station last winter and that probably Influenced tne to give the orders. I didn't want thieves around my house, and T don't want them now. I don't want covotes, either." I ".And I don't want any such remarks out of you, either," Cranston him. "Tou lie still and shut up, and I suspect that sissy boarder of yours will come back, after he's through embracing your daughter In "the miowj and And you In one piece. OtherwUe not" f If I were In one piece." Lennox answered him very quietly. "Instead of bundle of broken bones that can't jr:sU Cranston laughed with harsh scorn. "But that Isn't the question. I said I've waated all the time I'm going to. You ars an old man and helpless; bnt I'm not going to let that stand la ths way of getting what I cams to get They're hidden somewhere sround this house. I've watched, and he's had no chancs to take them Into town. I'll give you Just five seconds to tell me where they're hidden." "And I give you," Lennox replied, "one second less than that to go to h 11 !" Both of them breathed hard In the quiet room. Cranston was trembling now, shivering Just a little In his arms and shoulders. "Don't get me wrong, Lennox," he warned. "And don't have any delusions In regard to me, either," Lennox replied. "I've stood worse pain from this accident than any man can give me while I yet live, no matter what ha does. If you want to get on mo and, hammer mi in ths spprovsd Cranston way, I can't defend myself but you won't get s civil snswer out of me. I'm used to pain, and I can stand It. I'm not used to fawning to coyote like yoC and I can't stand It" But Cranston hardly heard. An Idea had flamed In his mind snd cast a red glamor over all the scene sbout him. It was Instilling s poison In his nerves i nd a madness In hia blood, and It was searing him, like Ore, In his dark brain. Nothing seemed reaL He suddenly bent forward, tense. "That's all right about you." he said. "But you'd be s little more polite If It was Snowbird and Dan that would have to pay." Perhaps ths color faded slightly In Lennox's faca; but his voice did not I "They'll aeo your footprints before they come In and be ready," Lennox replied evenly. "They always come In by the back way. And even with a pistol. Snowbird's s match for you." "Did you think that was what I meant?" Cranston scorned. "I know s way to destroy those letters, snd I'll do It In the four seconds that I said, unless yon tell. I'm not even sure I'm goln' to give yon s chance to tell now; It's too good s scheme. There won't be any witnesses then to yell sround In the courts. What If I choose to set firs to this house?" "It wouldn't surprise nis great Lennox deal. It s your own trade. shuddered ones on his place on ths floor. "I wouldn't Raise My Arms," Lennox Said Simply. lift Its arms, I'd yet op off this conch, unarmed as I am, and stamp on your "lying lips." But Cranston only laughed and tied Lennox's feet with a cord from the window shade. to work very systematically. First he rifled Lennox's desk la room. Then he looked on ths llV-oII ths mantels and ransacked ths cupboards snd ths drawers. FI wss taunting snd calm at first. Bat ss ths snOsnsaU passed, his passion grew open him. ITs no longer roiled. Ths rodent features becams Intent; ths was nsjrvwsd to curious, bright slits g have to worry about those letters then, would If They sre somewhere In ths house, snd they'd bs burned to ashes. But that Isn't stl that would bs burned. Yon could assy bs crawl out, but yon couldn't carry ths guns, and you couldn't carry ths pantry full of food. Yoa'rs nearly eighty miles up hers from ths nearest house, with two pair of occupied anowshoes for ths threo of yon snd one dinky pistol. And yon can't walk at all. It would bs a nlcs pickle, wouldn't It? Wouldn't you have a fat chancs of getting down to civilisation 1" Ths voles no longer held steady. It trembled with passion. This wss ns Idle threat. Ths brain had already seised upon ths schema with every Intention of carrying It out. The wil derness lay stsrk snd bar, stripped of II delusion not only In ths snow world outside hat la ths hearts of these two men. Its sons. "I hsvs only sno hop," Lennox ra Consider the Young Girl ths Prone Lennox. Body of barn, and ths wind flung ths flams through It In an Instant Ths shads and other outbulldlnga were treated with oil. And seeing that his work was dons, hs called ones to ths prone body of Lennox on ths snow and mushed away Into the silences. curss Lennox's answer was not this time. Rather It was a prayer, and In his long years Lennox had not prayed often. When hs prsyed st all, ths words were burning Ore. His prsyer wss that of Samson that for a moment his strength might corns back to him. CHAPTER Siisp gffijjfe- ITingIS oftothebe regrettea that the ij - allowing them to be overdressed or dressed beyond their years. Left unrestrained. It Is natural, with their own sense of fitness undeveloped, that they should ape their elders, and the results are pathetic; they are neither fish nor fowl ; have neither the charms of young girlhood nor those of young womanhood. Much of the time of the young girl Is spent In clothes suited to her sports not distinctly sports clothes but sturdy things that are both pretty and practical. Jersey cloth Is an Ideal fabric for her dally wear, with gingham end other durable cottons for hot days. ft w I v I ' I Dale Collier of Itock Island, HI., has the honor of being the first scout to win the new gold medal Just designed for the Court of Honor, by Belmoro The Incident Brown, the explorer. whiii won the coveted National Scout Medal of Honor for young Collier last January. The boy had Just started on an errand for his mother when he noticed three men walking on the ice on the. river. Even as he saw them he perceived to his horror that the ice was breaking beneath them. He ran about 800 . yards and found an old boat There were no oars but he snatched up a piece of board and Jumping Into the boat broke his way through to where one of the men was sinking. The boy threw him the board and pulled the boat, fast filling with water, close to the man, got him into It and back to shore. Then emptying out the boat he set out again In search . of the others. This time, not having even the board to help him, he beat . Lis way through the Ice downstream with his fists. By this arduous process he finally got to where the other two men were. He managed with much ' difficulty to get both Into the boat which then began to sink from the weight and having shipped so much water. The men being unconscious, , the boy balled for dear life with his hands, screaming for help. Another boat reached them In time and all were gotten ashore. Not content with his already heroic achievement young ; Collier worked over the- - unconscious men trying to Induce artificial respiration. He succeeded In the case of one man but the other who was Just recovering from an Illness never re-The story is gained consciousness. one of the most striking of the many noteworthy Instances of scout pluck snd resourcefulness that have passed through the hands of the Court of Honor and Scout Collier well deserves the honor accorded him. fine wool sweaters, in light weight and plaited or plain skirts In wool or cotton, to wear with them,, make her an ideal outfit. The new knitted suits are to be reckoned with and we shall see them come to the fore for fall. Already knitted capes with angora collars or capes entirely of angora, provide the young girl with the most convenient and appropriate of summer wraps. One of these Is pictured above and Its usefulness will outlast the summer. Organdie, dotted swIss and other sheer cottons. In many gay and love- SCOUTS ON THE JOB. ly colors, make dresses that youth delights In and is a delight In. It Is Out In Beillngham, Wash., some something of a task to teach thai spectators chuckled with approval younger girls restraint In this matter over the following Incident and re-of dress, but it Is essential, for ai to the local papers: A It ported dothosi Is for woman easily forgiven of milk had been dropped bottle quart Isj too quiet, but for overdressing she In the street and Jay splintered Into a-mercilessly condemned. thousand pieces prepared to do their worst to all passing tires. Two lads in khaki "happened long." Instantly their sharp eyes took In the situation. "Boy Scout Safety!" they shouted In unison and swooped down upon the broken bits of glass, which in another moment were gathered up and deposited In the proper receptacle. An excellent object lesson this, to all who witnessed the incident and .another jet 'jt, proof that scouting Is doing Just what It claims to do makes responsible citizens. A small boy pushed accidentally to the ground In a school yard recently suffered a broken leg. Instantly there were boy scouts at hand to take charge -- For Rivals of the Mermaid i t . II ' Two miles across ths ridges. Da a and Snowbird saw a faint mist blowing between the trees. They dlda't recognise It at first It might bs Has snow, blown by ths wind, or even one of those mysterious fogs that sometimes sweep over the snow. "But It looks like smoke," Snowbird said. "But It couldn't bs. Ths trees srs too wet to burn." But then a sound that at first wa Just the faintest whisper In which pelther of them would let themselves believe, became distinct past all denying. It was that menacing crackle of a great Are, that In the whole world of sounds Is perhsps ths most terrible. "It's our house." Snowbird told blm. "And father can't get out." She apoks very quietly. Perhaps the most terrible truths of life srs always spoken In that seme quiet voles. Then both of them started across tha snow ss fast as their unwieldy snow shoes would permit "He csn crswl a little," Dsn called to her. "Don't glvs op. Snowbird mine. I think he'll be safs." They mounted to the top of ths ridge; sod the long sweep of ths forest wss revealed to them. Ths honas waa a stngulsr tsll pillar of flams, already glowing that dreadful red from which firemen, despairing, torn away. Then ths girl seised his hands astd danced about him In a mad circle. "Ilea alive!" shs cried. "Yoa ess see htm Just dot on ths snow. Bs crawled out to safety." Shs turned sad sped at a breakneck pace down ths rid go. Daa had to racs to keep op with her. Bat It wasnt entirely wiss to try to mush so fist A dead log lay beneath ths snow with broken limb stretched almost to Its surface, and It caught her soowshoo. The wood cracked sharply, and shs fell forward la ths snow. But shs want hart, sad ths snowshoo lUelf, la spits of a smalt crack In ths wood, waa SCH serviceable. "Haste makes wests," hs told Mr. "Keep your feet on ths ground. Snow bird; ths bonus Is gone already sad your father Is safe. Remember what lies before ns." (TO IS COtmwPKD.t If troth Is stranger than Action, H to beet ate fart sntrans Imaglasnos Bay FIRST TO WIN GOLD MEDAL dressond younger girls in their teens is not so carefully considered as it should be. There Is a charm that belongs to young girlhood that has been lost sight of in the last few seasons and obscured by Ho Called Ones to by National Council of th Scouts of America.) (Conducted half-bllnde- money ?" "You know what I want and It Isn't money. I mean those letters that Falling found on the ridge. I'm through fooling, Lennox. Dan learned that long ago, and lt'a time you learned It now." "Dan learned It because he was sick. He lsu't sick now. Don't presume too much on that." change. 1 Cant Croni'on. It's easy to forget that fact up here. It will reach you In the end." Cranston turned through the doo.. Into the kitchen. He was gone a long Lennox heard him at work ; time. the crinkle of paper and then a pouring sound around the walls. Then bs heard the sharp crack of a match. An instant later the first wisp of smoka came curling, pungent with burning oil, through the corridor. "You crawled from your couch to reach that gun," Cranston told him when he came In. "Let's see you crawl out now." Lennox's answer was a curse tha last, dread outpouring of an unbroken will. He didn't look again at the glitHe scarcely watched tering eyes. Cranston's further preparations: ths oil poured on the rugs and furnishings, the kindling placed at the base of ths curtains. Cranston waa trained In this work. He was taking no chancea on the fire being extinguished. And Lennox began to crawl toward ths door. He managed to grasp the corner of the blanket on the divan as hs went, and he dragged It behind blm. Tain d wracked him, and smoke blm. But he made It at last. And by the time he had crawled one hundred feet over the snow crust the whole structure was In flames. Ths red roar. tongues spoke with on his Cranston, the face, hurried to the outbuildings. There he repeated ths work. Hs touched a match to the hay In the IVwrn jW.WI".".HW"-- ,iiimiii). " "' ""' "V'"). nm iiwwjwijw c mm A G. A. R. VERDICT. j AO. Ohio, r V r'liMI v it oi lorzsoi maid so well equipped for that she may undertake to battle with strenuous breakers or Indulge In water sports must he clothed In some such fashion as that pictured here. She must go down to the sea In strong, elastic, knitted garments and wear a tight cap of rubberised cloth. AU that she wears must be and firmly adjusted or nothing wUI stay adjusted. This Is the practical sort of suit for swimming In quiet waters also. A swimming outfit Is completed by caps or coat ot rubberised silk or other materials. Ths knitted swimming suits are made usually In quiet colors, as dark green, blue, brown or black, and are bsnded with mors vivid colors. Csp. capes and coats sre ss gay and bright as snyone can wish. They are pastime garments and there Is a liking for making them somewhat Mtarre or even musing, especially for very young people. THE close-fittin- g ao For placid waters and play that Is not a wrestling match with the waves,' there are many sorts of bathing suits, and one Is privileged to wear strong snd vivid colors In them. Ths knitted suit of wool Is the most popular mads! with trunks and a stralghthang- Ing overgarment reaching almost to the knees. Most of these suits are attractively banded with a plain color! or Roman stripes on a ground of sea A. It veteran of Columbus, says: "While attending our Orand array encampments for the past few years In many cities of the United States I have come to the conclusion we could not get along without ths boy scouts' everwllllng help. They are the first persons we meet when we get off the train, to carry our luggage to our stopping place, and If we have no place engaged they will take ns to one and see that we are made comfortable. They can beat the police at their own game when it comes to watching a street crossing or keeping the streets clear for parade. They are always on hand with a cool cup of water; In fact, everywhere to do a good deed for somebody. I hnvo learned to love them. I consider the boy scout movements one of the best srhools of American education. I say Ood bless them and the men who contribute their time and money to boost tfcem. Boys, the Orand Army of ths Republic are your friends." SCOUTS DO EMERGENCY WORK. Boy scouts did noteworthy work after the tornado d I winter In the South Isst spring, workins- - tirelesslr for many hours, rendering first aid, searching for the dead, and removing ths I.oral papers at Die time wreckage. expressed the greatest admiration for the pluck, energy and endurance of these young citizens pledged to service of others at all times and under all ennillrlonjr green, dark blue or gray. A girdle orj sash, also knitted, gives them srfta,' VETERAN CORPS ORGANIZED. and this sash Is sometimes of tsffefaj silk. Taffeta silk makes many of the: Veteran scout made op prettiest bathing suits; there ars a! of men who haveassociations served at lesst flvs few of crape, and even gingham gives' a good account of Itself when mads np years In the movement are now being organised throughout the country. In the light way. Philadelphia, Baltimore and Chicago have respectively ths honor of establishing ths first, second and third Veteran Scout corps. Over LTO men fc.ivs registered already as ten year sr-men and hundreds more are ellglhle. Here Is a roll of honor of whHh ths movement tnsjr be Justly proud. V" . ' ! |