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Show i THE vol I 1 '')' "I've OFT1IB HI mm J 7&ZO CHAPTER III .T TTLFT. Si20 fiMUiMMW''wjwmmaftaiig Continued. made In ucter silence. The reason was Just that both breath and nervous Ha was rlMKlng everything for the force are needed to shout; and Dan take of speed. He gave no heed to the Falling could afford to waste neither fa'len timber that might have torn the of these vital forces. He had dropped to his knee, and was firing again and web of his snow shoes to shreds. Because he shut out all thought of It. he again, his gray eyes looking clear and had no feeling of fatigue. The fight straight along the barrel, his fingers with Cranston hod been a frightful without Jerk or tremor pressing again strain on muscle and nerve; but he and again at the trigger, his hands remembered It now. His holding the rifle as In a vise. Every Scarcely whole purpose was to return to Snow-b- it nerve and muscle were completely In J before the wolves lost the last of his command. The distance was far, their cowurdlce. yet he shot with deadly, amazing acThe Jerked venison that he had curacy. The wolves were within a few munched had brought him back much feet of the girl, and a fraction's waver Of his strength. In the gun barrel might have sped his He was wholly unconscious of his heavy pack. Never did bullet toward her. lie glide so swiftly, so softly, with "It's Dan Falling," Lennox shouted such unerring step; and It was nothas the fourt wolf died. Then Suov.lrd snatched her pistol ing more or less than a perfect expression of tha i7on-clu- d control that his from her father' Jiand and opened fire. steel nerves had over his muscles. The two shells were no longer needed Then, through the silence, he heard to free herself and her father from the the shout of the pacK as the wolf hud agony of fangs. She took careful aim. leaped at Snowbird1. He knew what it and although a pistol Is never as acmeant. The wolves were attacking curate or as powerful ns a rliie, she then, nnd a great flood of black, hating killed one wolf and wounded another. bitterness poured over him at " the Frenzied In their savagery, three or thought he had been too late. It had four of the remaining wolves leaped all been In vain, mid before the thought at the body of one of the wounded ; rould fully go home, he heard the dim, but the others scattered In all direcfar-of- f crack of a pistol. tions. Still Dan fired with the same unWas Uiat tle first of the three shots, believable accuracy, "and still the the one she might expend on the wolves died In the snow. The girl Solves, or had the first two already and the man were screaming now In reen spent and was she taking the last the frenzied Joy of deliverance. The fateway of escape? Perhaps even now wolves scurried frantically among the Lot fox was lying still on the sled, and trees; and some of them unknowingly she was standing before the ruin of ran full In the face of their epeniy, to her Are, praying that her soul might be shot down without mercy. And have wings, e shouted with all the few Indeed were those that scaped to collect on a distant ridge, and, perpower of hl& jngs across the snow. But Snowbird only heard the soft haps, to be haunted in dream by a glide of the wolves In the snow. The death that came out of the shadows to wind was blowing toward Don; and blast the pack. While he had heard the loud chorus of Again the pack song would be dethe pack, one of the most spairing and strange In the winter cries, and the penetrating crack of a nights that age old chant of Famine pistol, she couldn't hear his answering and Fear and the long invar of exlst- shout. In fact, the wilderness seemed preternaturally still. All was breathless, heavy with, suspense, and she stood. Just as Dan had thought, between the ruin of her fire and the sled, and she looked with straight eyes to the oncoming wolves. LX?-u.ri7Snowbird," Lennox was "whispering. "CJlve me the pistol for 'that last work. We have only a mo- ueut Worer d ( H?1!2S" very calm and brave, as he was on the sled, and perhaps a "haisniiTe lingered at his bearded Hps. And the bravest thing of all was that to spare her, he was willing to take the little weapon from her hand to use It In its last service. She tried to smile at him, then crept over to his side. The strain was over. They knew what they had to face. She put the pistol In his steady hand. His hand lowered to his side and he Sat waiting. The moments passed. The Wolves seemed to be waiting, too, for the last flickering tongue of the little fire to d!e away. The last of her fuel was Ignited and burning out; they Were crouched and ready to spring If she should venture forth after more. The darkness closed down deeper, and st last only a column of smoke remained. It was nothing to be afraid of. The great, gray leader of the pack, a wolf n that weighed nearly 100 pounds, slowly and deliberately to set his "We Will Take It Easy From hjow On." muscles for the spring. It was the same 08 when the grei,t bull elk comes ence with only Death and Darkness In to bay at the base of the cliffs; usual- tho end. And because It Is the voice ly some one wolf, often the great pock of the wilderness Itself, tho tenderleader, wishing to remind his followers foot thnt camps In the evergreen forest w ill listen, and his talk will die at Of his might, or else some male proud In his strength, will attack h's Hps, and he will have the beginalone. Because this was the noblest nings of knowledge. And perhaps he frame that the pack had ever faced, will wonder If Cod has given him the the leader chose to mnke the first leap thews and fiber to meet the wilderness himself. It was true that these two breast to breast as Dan had met It; to remain and to fight and to conquer. had neither such horn nor razor-edgehoofs as the elk, yet they hod And thereby his metal will be tested In eyes that chilled his heart when he the ryes of the lied Gods. Snowbird stood waiting In" the snow, tried to look at them. But one was lying utmost prone, and the fire was arms stretched to her forester as Dim came running through the wood. Hut out. Besides, (be mndness of starvation. Intensified ten times by their ter- l.ls arms were wider yet, and she went rible realization of the wound at her softly Into them. hip. was upon the puck as never be"We will take It easy from now on," fore. The muscles hunched at his Dan Foiling told them, after the enmj lean flanks. But as Snowbird and her father was cleared of Its dead and the fire fcnwd at htm In fascinated horror, the was built high. "V have plenty of prert wolf suddenly smashed down In food; nnd we will travel a little while on eh day and moke warm camps at the Miiiw. She was aware of Its curious, utter collapse actually before the night. We'll have friendship fires, Just s sometimes we used to build on the sound of the rifle shot that occasioned rid ire." It had penetrated her conscloutiess. "Hut after you get down In the valIt was a perfect shot at Ion range: and for a long Instant her tortured leys?" Lennox asked anxiously. "Are you and Snowbird coming up here to facilities refused to accept the truth. Then the rifle spoke agnln, and a sec- live ?" The silence fell over their camp; and ond wolfa large male that crouched a wounded wolf whined In the darkco the other side of the sled fell kicking In the snow. The puck had leaped ness. "Do you think I could leave It forward at the first death; hut they now?" Dan asked. I!y no gift of words halted at the second. And then ter- could he hove explained why; fet he ror rams to them when the third wolf knew that by token of his conquest, uddetily opened It savage lips and his spirit wss wedded to the dark forests forever. "But heaven knows what reamed In the death agony. Cp to this tJttwi, except for the r- - I'll do for a living." Snowbird crept near him. and bar the rf8. the s'tack had been orf 23 ! .ZZr,r. half-raise- he-Ka- full-grow- d .. U ll'K TIMES-NEW- NEPHI. UTAH S. m ii. that," she Hh5. "Vic know yon attid'ed fores: ry- - utd 1 tfld the supervisor at the kiji rlm i ,iw much you ki:pw about if. I wasn't going to tell you unill until certain things happened and now they have happened, I can't wait another instant He suld that with a little more study you could get I.ito the forest service take an examination and become a ranger. You're a tia'.ural forester If one ever lived, and you'd love the work." "Besides," Lennox added, "it would clip my Snowbird's wings to make her live on the plains. My big house will be rebuilt, children. There will be fire In the fire place on the fall nights. There Is no use of thinking of the plains." "And there's going to be a smaller house Just a cottage at first right beside It," Dan replied. He could go back to his forests, after all. He wouldn't have to throw away his birthright, fought for so hard; and It seemed to him no other occupation could offer so much as that of the ford est rangers those silent, guardians of the forest and keepers of Its keys. Fir a long time Snowbird and h stoovl together at the edge of the firelight, their bodies warm from the glow, their hearts brimming with words they could not utter. Words always come hard to the mountain peopla They are folk of action, and Dan, rath er than to words, trusted to the yearn lng of his arms. "We're made for each other, Snow-bird- , darling," he told herTreathlestily at last. "And at last I can claim what I've been waiting for all these months." He claimed It; and in open defiance to all civil law, he collected fully 100 times In the next few minutes. But It didn't particularly matter, and Snowbird didn't even turn her face. "May-byou've forgotten you claimed It when you first came back, too," ah said. So he had. It had completely slipped hU mind, In the excitement of his fight with the wolf pack. And then while Lennox pretended to be asleep, they sat, breathless with happiness, on the edge of th.- - sled and watched the dawn con out. They had never seen the snow so lovely In the sunlight. (THK END. To Meet Fall Weather Half Way XMVi-- M Sri Jfej&L SHE FIRST BOLTS DOOR , Attendants Frantically Try to Break Down Barrier as Woman Is Blazing Act Due to Frenzy of Despair in Lucid Moment. ' ... ill hgr lS5S5fi i k rM UA - TO1 , S I i o IN THE SALESROOM A HOSPITAL' Insane Woman Builds Fire and Stands in It While Her Flesh Roasts. cool-nerve- ECSTASY TO DEATH the bust. The sleeves are flaring, but small as coat sleeves go so that the arms are free In them. Two very large buttons fasten the coat, and the1 collar may be brought up about tha throat and fastened there. The cuffs' and bottom of the coat are trimmed with silk stitching. Coats or this charao. ter are made In the usual colors, the. dark blues, browns, grays and tans that never grow tiresome. The coat at the right of rough wool in a light tan has a border of angora enlivened with dots of blue In two shades. It Is. i loose, enveloping wrap that needs the help of an efficient girdle and this Is provided, made of the; material of the coat. A wrap of? this kind is a very comforting possession,! especially to the traveler whose JourJ neying brings unlooked for changes In' j temperature. are two coats that will meet H EKE fall weather on Its own terms. Both of them are cozy, but one of them hints of winter and the other recalls summer, Just as the days of autumn do, and one of them is n new model which expects to meet the snows of winter, while the other will undertake to last out the fall and perhaps migrate to snowless climes. The dark coat pictured is of suede velours and has a large collar of beaver fur. It is a trim, youthful model and incorporates several of the "B-i- t this Is such a sweet llttlf season's new style points, along lines model, honey. Perfect on you. Look that will appeal to young women. The at the quality of this duvetyn, dearie college girl will like It. It has a Now, honey, d.'d you ever see such narrow girdle made of the velours, lines?" hanging In long ends that are weight-eVrwiThere may hi ve been, heroes. o4 silk ornaments. This model grand opera who i ould make love with follows the lines- - of the figure closely, salesa the fluency and Intensity of and has three plaits on each side rungirl drawing neai to a sale, but DO ning from the shoulder to the line of expert exists whose ardor can thus flame when the actual moment of decision between the lgher and the lower comes, writes Ma "Ian Storm In thl New York Evening Post. "Lotb of little girls hat buy the, little suits Just leave iff their little blouses and wear them 'Ike little dresses. Now, this little style, dearie, was made for you. Cook, honey, not a wrinkle In back. Isn't It love ly on her?" appeals to ano'her enrap tured creature "Isn't she Just the lit tie girl to wear this little mvJel? O! this course, not every one can little suit, dearie. It takes a Igure. honey. Just like yi.u've g'.t. I wear th same suit myself. "Dearie, In two weeks you couiin't buy this little suit for half the prM again. Isn't It lovely on her? I said, honey, when you came In: There's the girl that can wear that little special we got today.' Now turn around, dear. You won't have to do a thing to It length Just right, honey Sleeves Just rlghl, honey. "Sweetness," she urged, at passionate climax, "don't let a little chance like this go byl Dearie, If yon onlj Goaded "Prospect" Finall." Forced, Ii to Riu to the Occaiion Herse.f. : Self-Defenj- th Philadelphia. A frightful and sensational suicide occurred at the Philadelphia hospital, when a patient, Lena Frank, thirty years old, barricaded herself In a room, built a fire and threw herself upon It until she was horribly burned. She lived only a short time after she had been taken from the flames by attendants. Physicians believe that the woman, who was confined to the Institution for recurrent Insanity, had a lucid moment In which she discovered that she was a virtual prisoner In a place for. the Insane and the realization of her plight drove her Into a frenzy of despair which ended In the suicidal attempt. Normal at Times. The woman was admitted to the hospital last February, and was treated for the temporary visits of arrangement. At times her mind would become apparently normal, and on these occasions she was greatly dejected at discovering her condition, Hope was held out that she would eventually recover from her mental disease. She aiose at 6:30 a. m., the usual hour for patients, dressed and walked She had alabout the Institution. ways been of a calm disposition, and for that reason there was never any effort mode to hamper her movements. She walked undisturbed Into a serving kitchen leading to the ward In which she was assigned. Dr. L. V. Schwadt, a woman physician, was the first to learn of the woman's desperate act. She heard a piercing shriek come from the kitchen into which Lena Frank had gone, and upon running there she found thnt the door had been locked. Wisps of smoke came through the crevices in the partition and she began to smell the horrible odor of burning flesh. Break In the Door. Doctor Schwadt shouted for help and several attendants came to her assistance and tried to open the door. 1 What's Next in Coiffures? one-piec- e wr wan 1i vv "But, oh, my beloved," returned the "Th gomlcd customer half fiercely. price I The price 1" Barnstable's Old Bell. In the courthouse at Barnstahte. Mass., Is an old bell, crocked and silent, which may be, and probably Is. the oldest bell In the United States. So thinks Mr. Alfred Crocker, clerk of courts of Barnstable county. The dote 1G"r Is still plainly visible In the photograph recently printed In the Boston Kvenlng Transcript. Hy this date, however, the old bell had seen nearly a quarter of a century of life In England before It came to America and began colling worshipers together In the church at Sandwich town. Oratltude bought thf bell In Kngland. for It came as a gift from Mrs. I'eter Ailolph, whose husIn the band. Cnptnln Adolph, was wreck of his vessel on the Massachusetts const In 1fll7 despite the effort of the Jieople of Sandwich. ht Drawing an Audiencs. I'm delighted Professor to see so large a gathering In th bouse. I never spoke to an andlenc of more than 40 before. Your townsmen ere Interested In scler"? The Local Kdltor Not mnc!i. Hot my compositor in setting up the ad ol your lecture on the "f'oniie Forces," ieft the 'V out of 'To Her Suspicion. Mr. Oothntn- - I see a Hrooklyn worn an has applied to the courts for hetr from being loved fn death by er tins her .Kit bond, who. she says. kls Jics a lay. '"sn'f tmderwtand ho Mr. Oofhsm a man can do so many wrong thing tbrt he has to spuiviiix as ntucb sr that. "" f Is nn uneasiness In the atr coiffures It Is time for a change, everyone knows It Is coming TilEUK t j but Just what Is it? The fad for bobbtil hair, or lutlr dressed to look as If It were bobbed, bos Innde o great Itucee probably becnime this style Is j so youthful, hut it bos been "done to ilenth." and now even Its devotees ore willing to acknowledge thnt It bus no Those who invent coifdistinction. fures are experimenting mid promts-It.- g new Ideas that will gain favor in tho winter season. In the meantime the one tendency that appears to be making headway Is lifting the hair away from the face and partly off the ears In coiffures that follow more closely the lines of the bead. After long banishment a chastened and diminished pompadour Is among the contestants for favor. Small and of waved hair, It Is one of the most beallowing the coming of all bair at the back to be arranged either bigb 0f lur on the bead or colled In j hair-dresse- . A TIA. flat colls against It. Very soft, llghe nnd large puffs ore promised for high coiffures ami their ('harm Is to be In-- j creased by a few short and wayward curls put In tit the pleasure or dlscre-- i tlon of the wearer. More than one authority will launch a very light, slightly curled fringe across the fore--i head and the favorable consideration of a short pnrt at the side of the coiffure Is evident. Light-weig"waves" or pieces that may be pinned on at the front are a great help to busy women and to those who re not willing to risk spoiling theli Mn holr by Incessantly wnving It. r hair suffers most from the war ; processes, hence many matrons resort to the acquired wave. These pieces lend themselves to almost any of the styles In coiffures. Her Figure Flamed Like a Torch. Spurred by the cries of anguish that came from the room, the men hurled their weight against the door and finally broke It down. The room was a ghastly sight. The woman had piled newspapers and refuse high In the (enter of the floor and had set fire to the mass. Klie then stepped Into the middle of the blaze nd stood there until her figure Jtanied like a torch. She fell unconscious Just as the attendants rushed to her and tried to beat out the flame.. The woman was rushed to the surgical ward M everything turns bie was dime to alleviate her agony, but her body was literally roasted ovef of Its surface, and she breathed only a few minutes. two-thir- Steals Electrlo Fan. Cleveland. The hot weather Pro" duced one thief, according to the police, who shod all scruples In his search for loot. John Semmens, custodian of the old stone church, on Public square, reported that the thief got Into the church and walke) off with an electric fan. -- Thunderstorm Restores His Volts. Ogdensburg, N. It, C. Lavler Is able to talk again since a thunderstorm shook the steamship on which be wss traveling to visit a sls er In Montreal, Canada. He bad been dumb for nine months a result of shell shock received while with the Canadian army tn the World war. |