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Show NEWS. OICEL .Jl KB ifxitiuiaiu bre;U. Leant. m.kk u . my pm-kwhre I couio fignt for It at dny mlMite." Cranston had hem mistaken, ftr. all. ! thinking that lu tear of hlinsell Dun would be afraid to keep th pucket on his person, and would crav-enlconceal It In the house. lie would have been even more surprised to know that Dan had lived In constant hope of meeting Cranston on the 11 ridges, showing him what It contained, I and fighting him for It, hands to hands. And even yet, perhaps the day would come when Cranston would know at last that Snowbird's words, after the fight of long ago, were tru The twilight was falling over the snow, so Snowbird and Dan turned to the toil of building a sled. The snow was steel-gra- y In the moonlight when the little party made their start down the long trail. Their at, copy'saw rss a rv r.rrrz.e?. IMIIIMI preparations, simple and crude as they were, had taken hours of ceaseless CHAPTER II Continued. stay here. You can take the pistol, labor on the part of the three. The ax, Its edge dulled by the flame and 19 and you'll have a fair chance of getThe thought sobered and halted her. ting through. I'll grub wood for our Its handle burned away, had been cooled In the snow, and with one She clnnced once at the dark face of camp meanwhile, and you can bring sound arm, Lennox had driven the hot her companion. Dan couldn't under-Blan- d help." the strange light that suddenly "And If the wolves come, or If help nails that Snowbird gathered from the ashes of one of the outbuildings. leaped to her eyes. Perhaps she her- didn't come In time," Lennox whisself couldn't have explained the wave pered, passion-drawfor the first The embers of the house Itself stil! red in the darkness. of tenderness that swept over her time, "who would pay what we owe to glowed Dnn had cut the green limbs of the with do cause except the look In Dan's Crnnston ?" earnest gray eyes and the lines that "But her life counts first of all." trees and planed them with his ax. cut so t'.ecp. Since the world was new, "I know It Jops but mine doesn't The sled had been completed, handles It has been the boast of the boldest of count at all. Believe me, you two. attached for pushing It, and a piece of fence wire fnstened with nails as a men that they looked their Fate In the I'm speaking from my own desires face. And this Is no mean looking. For when I say I don't want to make the rope to pull it. The warm macklnaws fate Is a sword from the darkness, a fight Snowbird would never make It of both of them as well as the one blanket that Lennox had saved from power that reaches out of the mystery, through alone. There are the wolves, and cannot be classed with sights of and maybe Cranston too the worst the fire were wrapped about the old liumnn origin. It burns out the eyes wolf of all. A woman can't mush frontiersman's wasted body Dan and of all but the strongest men. Yet Dan across those ridges four days without Snowbird hoping to keep warm by the was looking at his fate now, and his food, without some one who loves her exercise of propelling the sled. lix-cey for the dull ax and the eyes held straight and forces her on ! Neither can she pistol, their only equipment They walked together down to the stay here with me and try to make ruined house, and the three of them green branches burn In a fire. She's was a single charred pot for melting snow that Dan had recovered from sat silent while the Are burned red. got three little balls and we'd the ashes of the kitchen. Then Lennox turned to them with a all die for a pistol whim. Oh, please, The three had worked almost In " please silence. Words didn't help now. They "You're wasting time, you two," he But Dan leaped for his hand with wasted no said. "Remember, all our food Is gone. sorely needed breath. Bat glowing eyes. "Listen, man !" he cried. they did huvc one minute to talk when If you start now, and walk hard, mayknow "I another I know way yet. be you can make it out" ihey got to the top of the little ridgo more than one way; but one, If we've that had overlooked the house. "There are several things to do the Is almost sure. got Theie strength. "We'll travel mostly at night," Dan first," Dan answered simply. Is an ax in the kitchen, and the blade told them. "We can see In the snow, "I don't know what they are. It Isn't will still he good." and our rest In the daytime, by taking going to be any picnic, Dan. A man "Likely dulled with the fire " when the sun Is bright and warm, we can travel only so far without food to "I'll cut a limb with my Jackknlfe can snve our strength. We won't have keep up his strength, particularly over for the handle. There will be nails to keep such big fires then and at such ridges as yon have to cross. It In the ashes, plenty of them. We'll night our exertion will keep us as will be easy to give up and die. It's make a rude sledo, and we'll get you warm as we can the test, man ; It's the test j hope for. Getting up out too." all night to cut green wood with this his daugh JlAnd what about to Lennox seemed be " his dull ax n the snow would break us to studying ter asked-.- .wasted hands. "It's a chance, but It pieces very soon, for remember that "Oh, HI be all right. Besides It's the only thing that can be done. I Isn't worth It," he said at last "You'll we haven't any food. I know how to fight enough without tugging at build a fire even In the snow escan't walk, and you can't carry me on have a heavy sled. It will take all night pecially If I can find the dead, dry your backs. What else remains? I'll heart of a rotten log but It Isn't any stay here and I'll scrape together fun to keep It going with green wood. enough wood to keep a fire. Then yon We don't want to have to spend any can bring help." more of our strength stripping off wet He kept his eyes averted when he bark and hacking at saplings than we talked. He was afratd for Dan to see can help; and that means we'd better them, knowing that he could read the do our resting In the heat of the day. lie In them. After all, It's a fight against starva"How do you expect to find wood tion more than anything else." In this snow?" Dan asked him. "It will "Just think," the girl told them, take four days to get out ; do you herself, "If I had shot think you could He here and battle straight at that wolf today, we could with fire for four days, and then four have gone back and got his body. It days more that It will take to come might have carried us through." back? You'd have two choices: to Neither of the others as much as burn green wood that I'd cut for you looked surprised at these amazing redead-woo- d before I left, or the grets over the lost, unsavory flesh of under the snow. You couldn't a wolf. They were up against realikeep either one of them burning, and ties, and they didn't mince words. you'd die In a night Besides this Is Dan smiled at her gently, and his no time for an unarmed man to be great shoulder leaned against the alone In the hills." traces. Lennox's voice grew pleading. "Be They moved through a dead world. "That sensible. Dan!" he cried. The manifestations of Cranston's got us, and got us right wild life that had been such a delight I've only one thing more I care about to Dnn In the summer and fall were and that Is that you pay the debt! I quite lacking now. The snow was I to out say can't hope myself. get trackless. Once they thought they that I can't even hope to. But If you saw a snowshoe rabbit a strange brtng my daughter through and when shadow on the snow, but he was too spring comes, pay what we owe to far awny for Snowbird to risk a pisCranston I'll be content Heavens, tol shot The pound or two of flesh son I've lived my life. The old pack would be sorely needed before tho leader dies when his time comes, and Journey was over, but the pistol carso does a man." tridges might be needed still more, Ills daughter crept to him and shelshe didn't let her m!nd rest on certain tered his gray head against her possibilities wherein they might bo breast "I'll stay with you, then." she The Thing Bert Cranston Burned needed. Such thoughts stole the courcried. the House Down to Destroy." age from the spirit, and courage was "Don't be a little fool. Snowbird," to build It and It would cut down essential beyond all things else to he urged. "My clothes are wet alchances of getting out by pretty bring them through. too your snow. It's melted the from ready As long a way It will be too hard a fight near half. Remember the ridges. stood the dawn came out they all still and listened to the wolf and children I'm old and tired out. I Dun" "But we'll climb every ridge be- pack, singing on the ridge somewhere don't want to make the try hunger and cold; and even If you'd stay here sides, Its a slow, down grade most of behind them. It wns a large pack. They couldn't and grub wood. Snowbird, they'd find the way. Snowbird tell him he must make out Individual voices neither us both dead when they came back In do It" Snowbird told him, overpowering the more shrill cry of the females, the a week. We can't live without food, and work and keep warm and there him with her enthusiasm. And Dan yapping of the cubs, or the low. clear shook his shoulders with rough hands. note of the males. Isn't riving creature In the hills." cross our tracks " should "You're Lennox "If hurting. boy!" reminded they Dan the wolves," "Except warned. "I'm a bag of broken bones." I,etinox suggested. him. "No use worrying about that now "I'll tote you down there If I have Lennox the wolves," "Except to tie you In," Dan Falling replied. not until we come to It," Dan told echoed. "Remember, we're unarmed and they'd find It out You're young. "Before, I've bowed to your will ; but him. The morning broke, the snn rose Snowbird, and so Is Dan and you this time you have to bow to mine. two will be happy. I know how things I'm not going to let you stsy here and bright In a clear sky. But stilt they are, you two more than you know die, no matter If you beg on your trudged on. In spite of the fact that yourselves and In the end you'll be knees! It's the test and I'm going the sled was heavy and broke through the snow crust as they tagged at it, happy. But me I'm too tired to to bring you through." He mtant what he said. If mortal they had made goo time since their make the try. I don't care about It enough. I'm going to wave you good-by- , strength and sinew could survive such departure. But now every step wws and smile, and He here and let the a test, he would succeed. There was a pronounced effort. It was the dreadcold ctne down. You feel warm In a nothing In these words to suggest the ful beginning of fatigue that only physical weakling that both of them food and warmth and rest could little while" But she stopped his lips with her had known few months before. The rectify. n (TO BE CONTINUED.) eyes were earnest, the dark face fcand. And he bent and kissed It the determined voice did not "If anybody's going to stay with Oidthvto Sleeping Ceuchvs. clear. Ann waver at all. yon." Dan told them la The ancients slept on skins, bat re"Dan Falling speak el" Lennox voice, "It's going to be me. But aren't later beds were made of rushes, plied with glowing eyes. He waa re- heather and straw. The Romans any of the cabins occupied T were "Ton know they aren't," Lennox an- calling another Dan Falling of the the first to use feathers to make their a dead and his years, even boyhood hero, houses swered "Not the beyond beds mora comfortable. YTellofabalus, the North Fork, even If we could get remembered voice had never been 218 B. a. Is credited with having emnore determined, more masterful than ployed air cushions, and air across. The nearest help Is over sevwere this he had Just heard. enty mile." used generally In the Sixteenth cen"And Cranston didn't get his pur"And Snowbird, think t Haven't any tury. pose, after all." To prove his words. supplies been left In the ranger staThin his Inner thrnst hand Into his Same Very Old Treat tion T" Tew trees rrw to a great agt "Not one thing." the girl told him. coat pocket. He drew forth a little, Those at Torenta'o's ahbey, Yorkshire Ton know Cranston and hi crowd Hat package, bn f asIt thick as a pack California tip for them to England, wer old In robbod tin (face !aat winter. And the of cards. He held telephone tinea were dlscoanerted see. "The thing Bert Crsnstnti burned has tree thousands of er old It the hor.se down to destroy." he exthe Mariposa grove, and baobab tree-lwarn too rangers left Africa ara over (oar caoturfrs ae way i frr me to plained. "I'm learning to know UiH Tbea the I lit ll NFPHI. TTTAH WH05 WHO fnroKr jj&oiw n pt half-empt- VILL STOP holdouts; Player lias No Chance of in Pay. ji SRfSJf DECISION OF LANDIS se Sentiment in Rank and File Toward! Reviving Players' Fraternity-Ju- dge Taft Is Suggested as Head of Organization. Schwartz Wins Prix de Rome In a dingy third-floo- r back of New York's east side, ho stood among his canvases, a dark, tiiln young man in the smock and flowing tie of the artist Facing him an Irate lundlady delivered her ultimatum. "Twelve dollars by Monday, or out you go!" and with a vicious stamp of her foot and slam of the door she left hlra to his own reflections. Just then someone slipped under his door a thin envelope bearing a foreign postmark. It contained a long slip the 1021 Grand Prix de Rome had been awarded his canvas, "A Tribute to Heroism." I . A fairy story! No. It happened J to Frank Schwartz. And In September young Schwartz, In company with fir-S: the new fellows from the Academy of i Architecture and Sculpture, will sail x for Rome. The prize entitles him to three years of study at tho American academy In Rome, with a yearly al lowance of 81,000 In addition for his living expenses. Frank Henry Gerhurdt Schwartz was born In Chicago 26 years ago of French and German parentage. At sixteen he became a studen at the Art institute, and studied there Intermittently whenever he could rals money for his tuition for six years. He served under the colors for a year. At the age of twenty-thre- e he married Miss Gertrude Struck and tho young couple moved to New York, to separate a year later. Some of Schwartz pictures are signed "Gerhardt Schwartz." I !4 When Commissioner Landis handed down his decision In the Groh case he made bull players gusp. They saw tho. on the wall, which meant band-writin- g the end of holdouts, writes Richard Guy in the Pittsburgh Leader. "Why," began one certain player, who ranks league,- "If a high In the 'National player wants a raise In pay lie does not have a chance to get It now. If' he refuses to sign the club will let1 him stay Idle and then when he do9 to' sign he has lost all the time be, the opening of the season signing of his contract." I asked the player what action would be taken, and the reply was that there is sentiment In the rank and file towards reviving the Players' Fraternity. - "The Fraternity must be headed by! a young star In the majors," continued! the star. "If au older player were se- -j lected the club owners would ditch him quickly, but they could not a, y - - half-smil- f rain-soake- d Australia and the Japanese "When one comes to the alleged cause of disputes and of difficulties between Japan and America, those differences appear to be trivial compared with the tremendous evil .which war would Inflict upon both nations," says Prime Minister William M. Hughes of Australia. "What do the Japanese want? They want to hold land In America and the right to enter the United States. Our attitude Is very much like that of the people of the western states of America towards Japan. First let me say, speaking now as I believe as the spokesman of Australia upon this matter, that we desire above all things to live lu peace and friendship with Japan. "It Is utterly wrong for the Japanese people to think that because we have passed certain laws we regard them as our Inferiors. We do not. We admire their bravery and their patriotism and we stand amongst those who are loudest In admiration of lhelr magnificent achievements. For no other nation has advanced so far In so short a time. "We say. 'These are our Ideals and this Is our country; Japan Is yours and we shall treat you with courtesy; we desire your friendship and we want to trade with you, but we cannot go any further.'" t blt 11-1- a a' NO AID TO BABE RUTH The lively ball aids Babe Ruth less than his rivals. Big Bam has the might to swat homers without the aid of extra cork and rubber. He gets fewer good balls to hit at than the other would-b- e longdistance swatters. If lie got his share, he'd be getting bis one or possibly two swats per day. Babe Isn't getting a square deal. But, despite that, he is doing a fair business. And before the end of the year he ought to knock his record of 54 Into a cocked hat that Is, unless they quit pitching to him altogether. Hitchcock's Bank of Nations Establishment In New York of an International banking Institution, to be known as "The Bank of Nations." with $2,000,000,000 capital, to act as the fiscal agent of the Cnlted States and such other governments as might be admitted as stockholders, is proposed In a bill Introduced by Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska. Subscription by the treosury department to enough stock to control the bank Is proposed, and the measure would provide that of stock could be sold to "solvent governments" admitted to partlcl- - ever-prese- v Commissioner Landis, young star. My Idea Is to have a celebrity like Judge Taft serve as the head of the organization and handle all cases." The player added that early In tho spring there was considerable whis pering In the ranks of the players with the aim of reorganizing, and now that the Groh cose has been handled In a manner that does not give any comfort to the athletes there Is expected to be a revival In the talk of effecting an organization. ' W i, ... $1XX).-000.0- !.' V'. v..'' VNaf?- menta negotiated by the president "The resources and facilities of the Bank of Nations shall be used to k j promote International credit and to , ''X stabilize International exchange," the bill says. The bank would have power to lend money, deal In fecurltles, and Issue notes and currene with a S3 per cent reserve. The blf was referred without discussion to the banking committee.. Incidentally, approximately $1,000,000,000 Interest was owad the United States by European debtor nations up to about Mny 15, treasury officials told the senate finance committee In explaining the administration bill to give the secretary of the treasury broad authority In funding the allied debts. J DECLARES MOSUL IS CRACK Clarence Rowland Is Enthusiastic Oven White Sox Player Will Set 1 League Afire. Clarence Rowland, former manager, of the White Sox and present leader ofj the Columbus club In the American as- soclatlon. Is enthusiastic over Johniiyi Mostll, who comes to the Sox from' Milwaukee. Rowland says that In a1 short time Mostll will be the best bat-- , J. R. Howard on Farmers' Needs Extension of adequate credits to the farmer Is urged as the paramount duty of the American banker by J. R. Howard, president of tho America) Farm Bureau federation. Reconstruc tlon without such credit provisions Is Impossible, he says. "As arbiters of credit It Is Incumbent upon the backers of this country so to adjust their business that the farmer may have an opportunity to carry on without r forced liquidation until the other cornea to his leval of oredlt and Income, or the farmer Is again restored to his proportion In all adjustments," Mr, Howard declares. "Many of you view with apprehension the growth of tho marketing development among farmers. I an for It If well organized ami directed. Our distributing systems are overgrown and 'tremendously expensive," declares Mr. Howard. "A part of this grain marketing plan calls for the organization of a financing corporation. It will function by acceptance ot licensed warehouse receipts on grain and other commodities, and tho Issuance of debentures will be placed upon the market" To raise the "basic line of rro'llt" In agricultural states. Mr. Honard urges every country banker to afDH 1(0 wltb the Federal Reserve. fel-lm- 1 i ft r J V E Johnny Moetll. ter from the right side of the plait Is the American league on base hits. "Gleason Is particularly fortunato In getting Mostll." said Clarence. "Ho Is a brilliant Odder, a swift and sure thrower to the Infield, and he Is fast as greased lightning on the lisgn. I landed him for 1150 In 1014 and I'm betting be 'ts tho league afire one f these days." V |