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Show - BEAVER PRESS CHAPTER Pa1?" b8Ck masker fleS? 10 in Waltzing Mice Help in Work of Mine Rescues off ateni The rescue squads of the mining districts are often compelled to enter mines where the air Is likely to be charged with gas that would make It Impossible for human life, but the presence of this gas Is not apparent to the nose. In order to protect themselves It has been the custom for these men to carry a canary bird along with surgical supplies, foods, tools and oxygen apparatus, because the bird Is quickly affected by even a small amount of gas and invariably warned the rescue workers of the fatal and invisible fumes. In the future, however, Japanese waltzing mice will replace the little yellow songsters, because experiments have shown that the curiously behaving rodents from the Orient sre much more sensitive to deadly gas than canaries are. In addition to this the mice are hardier and are not often fatally stricken by their experience, whereas the birds are usually sacrificed. They do not recover from the effect of the gas. a brlmm' tide, that Td"flaU wltb ,CM o' mile, of bright lr- Tbe dream that 1 na the great liner clung "t"u but oal th 2LSr Sh ? an op)nm urm about a man who has left behind him, days and miles away, the place whers he drank, and dreamed. I reached the Darn roadstead, anchored, slung my dinghy out (for I nad made the run across from Australia, alone) got pratique from the thin, young govern-me- n official who rowed out to meet me, and changed with him the news of the islands. By and by I slung my gear together, looked to the cable of the cutter, rowed myself ashore and pulled the dinghy upon the stones. I walked op the endless stretch of Darn Jetty. The tide, now, was running fast away to sea, and the coming sunset was reflected In sheets of muddy flame upon the flats left bare. I had allnned through the magic door, got myself into the Fourth Dimensional world that lies beyond the world that most e THE STORY trip In English wt.ran. new trad.r - n- plea.ur. Amory. PblliP I" Blunge of known fia'h. w," "U8,C!U U , to 'o' overboard as fJSIrw"' "Gln-SllnK- ." of gr.W.l.. llLrful n.ld wealthy. H. family. of a 00 th - ri,,.. not Oiacloaa - of his gold h- Sra.. simr th. of " steward rushed forward, treading on my toes as he went, and bleated "What cabin, Sir Richard? Shall ! take your luggage. Sir Richard?" Instantly the whole weight of ths social system by and In which the clan of Landers lived, seemed to press down upon me like a giant hand, pushing, relentlessly, Pia and myself part I saw In one thousand-facettevision, the worid my people had owned and lost ; Its myriad reserves, defences, shibboleths. Its fierce prides d "Gin- place. --- --- " Fanshaw. tt Sir Richard Continued II CHAPTER then by my poverty. her position, and by tne significance that ring Pia was not for tne. I bellewJ what Jinny had said ; I Xt. ii'na )n nroi n it Ifa nua 'iS Vcrj Bull: 0"C who uv .am. no to leave determination iorely i om unturned, that made me decide wold see Pia once moreonly once before I left the ship, and ask her ber face If what I heard was true. that night. Once, icross the saloon saw the clear profile, the beautifully Once, on deck, taped black head. Tbrw times, perfume that Pia ie came Boating across a tie space of dark, and I saw a pale I si pass hesitate go on agai. aarler nsed, move ; ! said no word. If I ingry, I am angry. That night, I d liefer taken the velvet neck of i oot In hands, and twisted It back In my my gave way, cracking. (as I have twisted the It lands, neck of trench her and kissed her as roiling together In German, ha) than held not yet done ; as, 1 ver should. knew now, I early when the engines hat to rest next morning, and the p, her way stopped, lay BtlU upon was very It ,e celadon-blo- waters that surround e Island. ode Sere the tender from Thursday was us, and here my false splen- n were to end. Phil Amory, bit of meet trader from the back was "to be taken to place from whence he came." And It once arrived there, he chose to tang himself by the neck till he was . It would be nobody's business f wastage, i of nowhere, his own. suitcases were on deck, my mm tipped, the tender rising and "ing below the ladder, on which I FM Just about to set foot, when the ma of my name, clearly and al- precisely spoken, made me look Kj f mod. to was there, at the head of the ladder, holding out her " hand that did not bear the '"comyodatlon Laa5 'herald ring. todd not I refuse to take It 1 felt lfool fingers in mine, for one ever-lsstl- n moment; and It was as If they in that moment, home, where ty had always belonged. I don't w which of us first let go. I know " one moment, with the tender caocing below and the luggage gone. r- - we passengers who were to Join , W ii Incredible fool, and to do anything at It If she was engaged- -if 'ate WM xmt ;7 i been an " u flirting. . d not been onv sac. iuc Her eyes were wun sleeplessness, and the umi comes of love denied, -l- ooked at me. and made the little dement with her lips that means ' ' on knw. And 1 would have P'eO flv I.- -. tear f " Impossible now- -of taking her kissing her very "1 arms and 'ath away, AH tw. round o i.i.-- .i ward feed Posted la(Jaer. lnn ht r wa .u White irr,nte1 at the stewardess, atarcn God knows there-- WM EP'n8 n Passengers, new shove past Pia and widL Cmln8 between us. "Sir," to . ur8ed Pewon. "If yon want 61 3,0''1 be,ter not keP "it tend caPtln,s anxious to get ,. dootwJ. rrth?began to ' don't kn,. mittej ia have done maybe, and 10 ee me b,,ck ,rom :W h D 1 hal spent every coin ovrr, at that m. , Jmin there- -it tall, thin man. had not too, ,a(iucr. pushed deter- ninedi. takm h;; 7e,n r'a and myself, sn-- l B' btn hands. lie kept Pirn.pi Wrll!a "P and down, and lUrtu, tnutfd to WQai pasflSe. Jt J,,. ii? hdjiDV Derer " was extremely reCu,ar features. rcd by br,ef Georga nt halr d'PPed dose to . what "beari S It 5, C0U'd - wav'ng. large, brown. laldh.V: Kore of n athlete. I I aplit his skull 'htrful'y tt new kln, i ""HlVwi ' i wLo l, was with- conflrmntlon was Wdoo aa 0bi9qulouS My Store I Think You Was Almost I Have Not Told on the Beach, and pitiless scorns; its solid pedestal of property,, lifting all who belonged to it far, very far above the mud and dust In which we others must go. Sir The tense moment passed. Richard had let go Pia's hand; was busying himself with the traveler's jternal preoccupation of baggage. I bad seen what I bad seen, and I knew, as well as if I had had an hour to think lt all out, Instead of a couple of seconds, that what was for Pia was best I could wreck her engagement if I chose of this I was sure but I was equally sure that If I could, I would not. I would drop out of her world as I had dropped In. The male Cinderella's pumpkin coach was ready ; his hour had struck ; back to the ashes I and let the fairy princess stay in ber palace, undisturbed. If I was sick at heart, as 1 went down that endless stair, I was doubtless no worse than many millions elsewhere who were sick at heart that day, and of the same disease. So I tried to tell myself, when the tender was reached, and I had found a seat on the roof of the cabin, and the enwith gine was beginning to turn over loud spatting and drumming noises. So I tried to believe, when I saw the face of Pia looking down at me from the rail, a long, long way above, and felt her eyes fall on me like the light of a star, strange, sad, remotely fair. X, who was merry enough by nature, had no laughter left in me that day. else I think I must hare been amused at the sudden sight of Mrs. Laurler, arrived too late, shooting her celeat me "with Intent," brated death-rain the alleyas she stood, kimono-clafairer way door. Or at the other, I sacred bridge vision on the ship's could knew at once than only Jinny thus profane the high altar holding an Imnginnry glass to Its Urs. waving1 an arm at me, and shouting what not hear-"D- rlnk guessed at, but could deadl be soon well hearty, fussed Then the tender champed and and faster receded the ship awny. and life of my faster, and that chapter was done, MADE If the thought of Pia Laurier cams back to me, In my trading store, behind the beach of Darn, I think lt came as a chime of bells comes, from some distant clock tower, sounding often, scarcely heard; part of one's life, yet scarcely remembered, unless. for any reason, Its. music is with drawn. Possibly I would have told anyone who asked, that I did not think of her. She had gone through my life lt seemed as a sudden gust of wind goes through a house, scattering the common things of hourly use, breaking the mirrors, slamming windows and doors, and making the place look as If nothing would ever be the same again. But winds pass by, and household goods are gathered and set up once more. The wind that was Pia had blown, and passed I thought One trace it had left I could not keep from thinking of Sir Richard Fanshaw. He troubled me. Not so much because he was going to many Pia, though that was a spot of raw pain, never unnecessarily to be touched but because of a certain, odd, floating resemblance In his face to something, some one undetermined, that had struck me, in those few moments upon the ladder of the ship. It worried me as a name, half forgotten, worries ; and that Is like a loose tooth d l Z anfu,Elop '"mV!J ii,, u 1 :; :j ' Ska Knew He My watch is keeping better time since I put your photograph in side the case. She Oh, I see. 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ACBIE,VEMENT! of 40 Is Reached Temper Shortens When Age Between Br ones "Pt peeves" sre "at peak of congress International vants of the child, tbe psychology announce that and the young man and about n'WiBc fairly broad-mindetrlvlaUtles .nt .och survived Having d it let go to fort,, one Is Inclineduntil one I Is from that time becon. that you should guard against dislikes. to your Ing slave to remove A better plan would be tempts of scenes the from self -- ' If oue dislikes ,h,mld try to find a a man. and It irks yoo nance'wl.n s.ou, o es high school dam r If. now in the thirties, the sax when tenden.les murderous up oh tune, door phone player next unless you W away before forty, Gone me at the oddest moments. My store I think I have not told you was almost on the beach. It stood perched upon high piles, with five hours. a flight of rough steps leading up That's the safe, any drugstore. and in. The Interior was one large sure treatment that fell from dusky cave, with light that millions of mothers doors set at each end. At first, you And, Out He Went I and leading doctors didn't see much; In a minute or two, He If we can't agree, we'll divide and nurses recognize the shining clusters of tin blllycans the house. You take one side and I'll and endorse. and pannikins in the roof, and the take the other. Take your choice. ' Working like the druggists. MILD She Oh, I'll take the inside. piled strata of cottons, red, yellow, pink and green, and the loin cloths knives, and the and the yard-lon- g strings of beads, like strange little fruits, and the plates and the lanterns and the sacks of rice and the towers of tinned meats and fish, became dimly visible, each In Its place. There was always a wind blowing through, from door to door, and there was a mossy and fishy smell from the reef, not unpleasant, and a warm whiff of frangipanni flowers; for Daru is full of these. . . . Darn, Darn by the western boundary of Papua, whera civilization stops, ships come seldom. and time Is marked by rise and set of sun Daru, an Island, filled with the spirit of the Islands, holds in Its heart, though it is Western Pacific, tht secret of the true South Seas. All very well, and I felt it, as I moved about among my cottons and tins, bargaining with wild fellows from the Fly for a canoe load of coconuts, selling tinned meat for turtletrocas. a I of catch for shell, rice felt it, and liked It, for I had tasted the honey of the South Sea world, and The Seven Claims in its flavor was pleasant to recall, Germ-Process- ed though In truth the strong liquor of Conoco's Challenge the Western Islands suited me best Out why why was the store, and the Have you noticed that Ccnoco stations have been Brought this Amazing Pubblare of green bush and dazzle of seen through Its open doorway, busier in the past few months? The reason is, of lic Acceptance of Conoco's and the smells of reef and shell and course, that amazing new oil, Conoco Germ-ProcesseGerm-Processed Motor Oil frangipanni flower ay, and the very winds that blew unendingly from door to door why was all this connected Introduced only last November, this revolutionary TJ Combines with metal surfaces end tn mv mind with Richard Fanshaw, leaves bearings and other worknever motor lubricant has startled even its makers by its airman, company promoter, wealthy - ing parts. instant public acceptance. man and future custodian of Laurier's life? There's a moral for in this wholesale I I I I I Bewsrei Are you approaching forty? sixty and of forty tbe ages FAMILY DOCTOR FAMOUS the mouth. It troubled MIHMMMJ u. l5JorKAicatic ONE PRESCRIPTION men know. In trfJ,a$ o efficiently at That means thoroughly sub-zer- ASI |