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Show THE TIMES-NEW- NEPHI. UTAH S. bri M OF" THE m tm tin mm 0 i ilhii 3 1 in 41 r CHAPTER III Continued. "Good evening, Cranston," he said pleasantly. Cranston was also upon his feet the same Instant. His Instincts were entirely true. He knew If he leaped for would he upon his back bli rifle, In an instant, and he would have no clisnce to use It. The rifle was now out of the running, ns they were at about eiiiil distances from it, and neither would have time to swing or aim it. Dun's sudden appcfvance htid been so utterly unlocked for, that for a moment Cninston could find no answer. His eyes moved to the rifle. Then to his belt where hung his hunting knife, thiit 81 HI lay on the pallet. "Good evening, Fulling," he replied, trying his hardest to fail Into that strange spirit of nonchalance with which brave men have so oflen met their adversaries, mid which Dan had now. "I'm surprised to see you here. What ln do you wan. ?" Dan's voice when re replied was no more warm than the snow banks that reinforced the lean to. "I want your rifle also your snow shoes and your supplies of food. And I think I'll take your blankets, too." "Arui I suppose you mean to fight for them T" Cranston asked. His lips draw up in a smile, but there wns no smile In the tone of his words. "You're right," Dan told him, and he stepped nearer. "Not only for that, Cranston. We're face to face at last hands to hands. I've got a knifa In my pocket, but I'm not even going to bring It out. It's hands to hands you and I until everything's square between us." "I'err.aps you've forgotten that day on the ridge?" Cranston asked. "You haven't any woman to save you this time." "I remember the day, and that's 'irt of the debt. The thing you did yesterday Is part of It, too. It's ail to be settled at last, Cranston, and I don't believe I could spare you If you went to your knees before me. You've got a clearing out by the flrp big as a prize ring. We'll go out there side by side. And hands to hundn we'll settle nil these debts we have between us with no rules of fighting and no mercy In the etui I" They measured each other with their eyes. Once more Cranston's gaze stole to his rifle, but lunging out, Dan kicked It three feet farther into the shadows of the lean-to- . Dan saw the dark face drawn with passion, the hands clenching, the shoulder muscles growing Into hard knots. And Cninston looked and knew that merciless vengeance that ace old sin and C'hrlstless creed by which he lived had followed hfni down and was Hutching iiim ut last. lie saw It In the position of the form before him, the clear level eyes that Hie moon light made bright ts steel, the hard lines, the slim, pow- slal-war- of defeat, of death, of heaven knows what remorselessness with which this grove giant would administer Justice was upon him, and his heart seemed to freeze in bis breast. Cravenly he leaped for his knife on the blankets below him. Dan was upon him before he ever reached It. lie sprang as a cougar spings. Incredibly fast and with shattering power. Both went down, and for a long time they writhed and struggled In each other's arms. The pine boughs rustled strangely. The dark, gaunt hand reached In vain for the knife. Some resistless power seemed to be holding his wrist and was bending its bone as an Indian bends a bow. Pain lashed through him. man. who And then this hud never known the meaning of mercy, opened his lips to scream that this terrible enemy he merciful to him. P.ut the words wouldn't come. A ghastly weight had come at his throat, and his tortured lungs sobbed for breath. Then, for a long time, there was a curious pounuing, lushing sound In the evergreen boughs. It seemed dark-hearte- d (he lean-to- rain-soake- heart-breakin- V fl'-- 'K 'f g way. Again she went forth to the sapling, nd this time It seemed to her that :t Khe simply tossed the ax through the air, she could fell one of the gray crowd. But when she stooped to pick It tip she didn't finish the thought. .She turned to coax the Are. And then "Goad Evening, Cranston." erful bands He could read It In the tones of the voice tones that he himself could not Imitate or pretend. The hour had come for the settling of old - ' debt. lie tried to curse Ma adversary as a ig and degenerate, but the ob- he sowiit for would not Here was bis fate. uf,.-,.- , ..n me courage oi iireaks befnre the Cnm-tiwas r,v The fear inevs- - m . heart-breakin- she leaned sobbing over the sled. "What the user she cried, "ne won't come back. What'a the use of fighting any more?" Theie's alwoys tis of fighting." her father told her. He seemed to speak with difficulty, and his far looked strange and white. The cold and the exposure were having their effect on his weakened system, and unconsciousness was a near shadow Indeed. "But. dearest If I could only make yoo do "wliatTVfint you "Whatr to" "You're able to climb a tree, and If you'd lake these coats, you wouldn't freeze by morning. If you'd only have the strength " "And see yon torn to pieces!" "I'm old. dear and very tired and I'd crawl awny Into the shadows, where you couldn't see. There's do use niiuo- - IS GREAT HELP Suceea-fu- l in Demand and Outlining creasing Wde Dietnbution. Has Ben Found in- repareil by tbs United Stite Department of Agriculture.) It Is not so long ago that advertising of fnrm products was regarded as CI Ineffectual to lucreuse their sale nnd consumption. Advertising authorities had learned from experience ihat It paid to advertise on a wide hauls only such articles as measured up to high standards of quality and that could be supplied In dependable quantities. Farm products- - did not meet these requirements. But w ith the subsequent development of marketing associations awd the estab- - 4 g after-mldnlg- . X fired. A wolf is one of the most difficult pistol targets that can bs Imagined. It bordered on the miracu- fast-leapin- g JUDGING from the examples now on e O exhibition, of frocks for full, we may prophesy a season In which these dresses will follow the lines of the natural figure. It would be more accurate to say that they adjust themselves to It easily and gracefully In a way that Is flattering to all figures. Many of them are of the straight line type, showing a very slight definition of the waistline which they contrive to make a little long. Others have bodices bloused, over girdles, all around and still others are bloused at the front and hang straight at the back in the fashion of a "paletot,"' which extends below the waistline. Box and side plaltlngs are making themselves very useful In e s frocks, both In like that at the left of the picture and In dresses that do not simulate a suit. Some of the smartest of the have Jackets, capes or other one-piec- one-piec- suit-frock- . for her was past. She noticed that wTien she went to her hands and knees, laboriously to cut a piece of the drier wood from the rotted snag that was her principal supply of fuel, every wolf would leap forward, only to draw back when she stood straight agnin. She worked desperately to keep the fire burning bright. She dared not neglect It for a moment. F.xcept for the single pistol ball that she could afford to expend on the wolves of the three she hail the fire was her last defense. d But It was a losing fight. The wood smoked without flame. Hie comparatively dry core with which Dim had started the fire had hurried down, ond the green w ood, hacked with such difficulty from the saplings that Dan had cut, needed the most tireless attention to burn at all. Her nervous vitality was flowing from tier In a frightful stream. Too h.ng she had toiled without food In the constant presence of danger, and she was very near indeed to utter exhaustion. But at the same time she knew she must not faint. That nun one thing she could not do to fall unconscious before Uie last of her three cartridges wat expanded In the right ADVERTISING She was wholly unable to gain on the fire. Only by dint of the most toll was she able to secure any dry fuel for It at all. Kvery length of wood she cut had to M scraped of bark, and half the time tit Are was only a sickly column of whits smoke. It became Increasingly difficult to swing the ax. The trail was almost at its end. hours drew ons The by one across the face of the wilderness, and she thought that the deepening cold presaged dawn. Her fingers were numb. Once more she went to one of the saplings, but she stumbled and almost went to her face at the first blow. It was the Instant that her gray watchers had been waiting for. The wolf that stood nearest leaped a gray streak out of the shadow and every wolf In the pack shot forward with a yell. It was a short, expectant cry; but It chopped oft short. For with half-soh- , and seemingly without mental process, she aimed her pistol and It seemed to Dan that Cranston whispered faintly, from his unconsciousness, ns he passed ; but the victor did not turn to look. The snow shoes crunched away Into the darkness. On the hill behind a half dozen wolves stragglers from the pack frisked and leaped about In a curious way. A strange smell had reached them on the wind, and when the loud, fearful steps were out of hearing, It might pay them to creep down, one by one, and Investigate Its cause. The gray circle about the fire was growing Impatient. Snowbird waited to the Inst Instant before she admitted this fact. But it Is possible only so long to deny the truth of a thing that all the senses verify, and that moment AROUND ORCHARD and Othero Suit-Frcc- ks Her thought flashed to the clusn hunting knife that he carried In hit pocket. But her eyes lighted, and she bent and kissed him. And the wolves leaped forward even at tills. "We'll stay It out," she told him. "We'll fight It to the last Just as Dan would want us to do. Besides It would only mean the same fate for me. In a tittle while. I couldn't cling up there forever and Dun won't come back." merciless and endless. But Dun got up at last. In a strange, heavy silence, and swiftly went to vork. He took the rifle and filled It with cartridges from Cranston's belt. Then he put the remaining two boxes of shells Into his shirt pocket. The supplies of fooil the sack of nutritious jerked venison like dried bark, the little package of cheese, the boxes of hard tack and one of the small sacks of prepared flour he tied, with a single kettle, Into his heavy blankets and flung them with the rifle upon his back. Finally he took the pair of snow shoes from the floor. He worked coldly, swiftly, all the time munching at a piece of Jerked venison. When he had finished "he walked to the door of raln-sonke- r in words, Snowbird. Tou're a C'rl ahvavs have been since IUt thing, us God Is my Judge- -' -- und know we must face the truth. Better one of us die than both. And I promise I'll never feel their fangs. And I won't take your pistol with uie either." suit-froc- J wrups to match but this Is the exception and not the rule. The model pictured here, of dark blue cloth, has Its d bodice faced with crepe de chine and turret! hack to form a collar. It opens to the waistline over a vest of batiste, voile, net or other sheer wash fabric and has a narrow tie of bluck ribbon at the throat. Wide, black, clre ribbon is used for the girdle and groups of plaits at the sides break the straight lines of the skirt. Several successful summer Ideas are carrying over Into full and among them are long petal tunics as shown In the dress at the right. Four long petals rounded at the ends, are embroidered with a narrow band in a contrasting color and hung over a plain skirt. The embroidered band outlines the neclq and finishes the sleeves. There is a vestee and a wide sash of crepe de chine which match the embroidery In color. beige-colore- high-necke- d Fall Hats Follow Devious Ways 4 Some Resistless Power Seemed to B' Holding His Wrist. Ions that she did not BiIss him altogether. Her nerves were torn, their control over her muscles largely gone. Yet the bullet coursed down through the lungs. Inflicting a mortal wound. The wolf had leaped for her throat; but he fell short. She staggered from n blow, and she heard a curious sound In the region of her hip. But she didn't know t lint the fangs had gone home in her soft flesh. The wolf rolled on the ground: and If her pistol had .possessed the shocking power of a rille, he would have never got up agnin. As It was, he shrieked once, then sped off In the darkness to die. Five or six of the nearest wolves, catching the smell of his blood, bayed and sped nfter him. But Ilia remainder of the great pack fully 15 of the gray, gaunt crenturef came stealing across the snow U ward her. While fangs hnd gone home; and a new madness was In the air. Straining Into the silence, a perfectly straight line between Cranston's enmp nnd rttiowblrd's. Dan Falling came mushing across the snow. His sense of direction had never been obliged to stand such a test as this before. Snowbird's fire was a slnr'e dot on a vast plateau; yet he bad gone straight toward It. TO BE CONTINUED.) Device Overcomes Sleeplessness, No one need suffer from sleepless- ness any longer. A device has been Invented which, It Is claimed, will send the worst case of Insomnia to the land of nod In. a few minutes. The machine, which In appearance Is rather complicated, consists of a number of discs which, when the starting handle Is moved, rotste In opposite directions. All that the sufferer has to do Is to ker p his eyes on the discs as they turn, until after a short spell of watching he gradually sinks lots a sound sleep. Hadn't Wasted Any Tims. , young couple rushed Into a marriage license bureau recently and announced to the clerk that they wished to be married at once. Dsn Cupid's executive officer surveyed the couple from under grizzled brows and s! severely: "I'm afrnld this Is a rrnvt nway match." "Well, your lionet"!! returned tbe prospective groom, "1. can't say we rnn, but we walked pretty fast." A ej--tl- 'iood Quality of Product an J Abundant Supply Must Be Back of Advertising Campaign. nsnment of standard products the use of advertising in moving certain farm crops. In Increasing demand, and In obtaining wide distribution has been tried out, and In many instances found successful. Luscious raisin pies, fruity dessarts. oranges, apples, melons, grapes, portrayed In myriad colors and tints, greet the eye upon every hand In poster. magazine page and street-ca- r Musters of culinary art, famous Illustrators, and the most expert of advertisers all have handed together to Induce the housewife to produce the tempting dishes displayed. The mouths of even the most exacting epicures are nade to water. Through loyal organization, ener--etl- c salesmanship, and Judicious advertising the cranberry season during recent years has been extended from two months to six. The melon growers of the Imperial valley of California ave utilized much the same methods o obtain the nation-wid- e distribution which their highly perishable fruit now enjoys. Rocky Ford became so well known for Its melons that the name Is now applied to melons from practically nU of Colorado. The outstanding examples of successful large-scni- a agricultural production, coupled with standardization nnd advertising, nre found In the citrus fruit Industry of Florida and California and the boxed apple Industry of the Northwest, for the products of these regions have not only established nntton-wlddistribution but they have successfully entered the markets of the world. Even when conditions were such that natlon-wbl- e advertising would not pay, products from small farm have been so carefulJy graded and packed that when shipped ond sold under brands and labels nn Increased demand for Hie prodnct by name has resulted, with consequent increase of acreage and extension of business on a profitable basis. The success of these campaigns has been so great that growers everywhere are becoming Interested In the possibility of securing new and Increased outlets for their commodities by advertising. But before planning an advertising campaign conditions of supply must be carefully studied, s;ty marketing spvclnJIsts of the I'nlted States Department of Agriculture. s Good advertising will awaken which only good quality will satisfy, nnd there Is little use to create a demand for nn article that can not be supplied when asked for. Standardization Is the basis of the most successful advertising, and growers should carefully appraise their products In meeting this fundamental requirement. The bureau of market of the Department of Agriculture has recommended standards for various farm products and will be glad to assist producers with regard to standardisation, branding and labeling. a National Association or State Marketing officials was formed for the purpose of harmonizing marketing practices in tbe various states. This with the organization is bureau of markets, and one of tbe problems under consideration la the elimination, ns far as possible, of conflicting grades and containers. e I r-,- I T expe-tntlon- story of m.lllnery for full and Is going to be Interesting, not to say exciting. Its opening chapter, now being written In hats for early fall. Is fascinating. Introducing os to new arrivals In the realm of fabrics and trimmings, and Intriguing cs by the exhaustless Ingenuity of designers. Starting with fabrics duve-ty- n and similar cloths, satin, velvet, both plain and panne, are the old familiar favorites that make a foundation or a background for new kinds of brocade and new k'nds of embroidery net ; broendes that looH tike Cut-owork, nets that look like metallc embroidery on heavy fabrics over which they are posed. For trimmings, the designer looks to Diany things, beads of the bugle and seed varieties and larger wooden soutache braid, narrow ribbons, feathers, silk embroidery and stitch-ety- . And the public. It apiiears, puts a premium on originality In the use and combination of alt these. As may be gathered from the bats that appear In the group above, bats re far from simple, most of them ert fully made by draping fabrics ever TIIK 2' frames, whose outlines are more ol less definitely followed, crowna are soft, or at any rate soft looking, even. In blocked shaped: A dtivetyn hat a the upper left of the group Is a good e ample, with a narrow braid that haa the efTecj of embroidery, making ma Irregular scroll over It. A plji with a dangling head, studded with rhino-stoneIs thrust In the coronet at the right side. The lovely velvet hat al the right follows the lines of a slmllal shape more vaguely, and has rosettee or narrow nre riniKin set In a row at I eucn aine. jne wide brimmed Bra ton sailor draped wltb duvetyn It faced with satin elaborated wlta Beads and narrow ribbon braid. covjr the coronet of the round velvet tni n. with a flower and leaf design, t shape, with Th overbrim, whlcn either velvet or duvetyn, makes nia. a fine background for the wreath o( chenille flowers applied to Its crown, -- contour vr swim wtvwmw uhmh Ite-rentl-y MOST DREADED INSECT PEST San Jess Scale Attacks All Parts Fruit Trees and Is Hard to Hit With Spray. ' Snn Jose scale attacks all parts of fntlt trees, even the fruit. It Is ot. of the inn- -t dreaded Insert pesis " hsve to contend wilh. The scn'e l a wnxy secretion covering ihe tiny Insects, which are so small that It n diricult to hit them all w ith the prs |
