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Show THE BEAVER PRESS. BEAVER, UTAH ii fxkdt withe, a bound servant, but made at the Inn to which he takes escapes and Is found by her Prisoner J Sbe .we'etneart, David North, who is disced as a jlpsy to ret a line on Dr. Lark and Gait Matson, a slave pirate. hands ol Dr. Matson, but Ujj into the hard-hi- p scar at night, and after weeks ol ts arrive in Norfolk, where Lark to meet David. They stop at Mara Is shocked to Bastings' home and Lark to marry David, Mara expects that learn Mara's home and head jhey soon leave ttelr horses for Greatways, where they m across Minnie, a circus woman. CHAPTER XVIII you" she paused. that feel of desperate pushie excitement ng desire, that she had known years ago, a lifetime I will, "All right eg0. . . . Gait. Thanks." "Good purse to the winner!" The "Money, money, bookie yelled. . . Here's a beastle'll pay money o' the day, an' you well. Big race make bets now. Money, money, "But I thought Again pre-rac- ... . money." He was off through the gathering crowd, taking bets, touting the new entry, shrilling, begging, fawning. . . Lark stood there, cold and eager. enThey were bringing the other tries. A black gelding, sturdy and with a vicious eye. A sorrel, two bays, and then a gray horse, a long gray stallion with big sharp-pointe- d ears. The young man riding him looked so 4 CLARK MCMEEKIN THUS FAR: While voyag-- . (HE STORY to America, Lark Shan- jrom England es d"""1- - she ' avd h ship Jit SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS much like Plascutt Dawes that Lark wasn't surprised to hear the bookies call him, "Master Plascutt." A rustle swept the stands and the gathering crowds. Thunder Boy, the shark horse, the horse that won a plantation and a fortune for his ownThe bets all er. Thunder Boy. turned to him. The bookies were crowded now, money was pushed at go-to- s, e, 151111 buck-boar- d Thunder stride. By the time the third mile was begun it was clear to the riders and the stands that the race was between Thunder Boy and Red Raskall. The field behind them dropped at the half turn, and then Thunder Boy began a drive to win. Lark realized that young Plascutt Dawes was a fine rider, light and knowing, canny and experienced. He pushed the big gray into the turn at breakneck pace, and Lark followed, clinging, gripping with her knees, easing forward, moving with her horse, urging him, touching him sharply with the switch she had cut from the bush t the starting wire. He sprang forward mightily, gathered his legs for another himself jump, laying low then, pushing the track behind him, straining to overtake the gray, training and slowly gaining and Passing the Dawes horse a few yards before the finish, winning In a mat-t-o of split seconds, bringing the thout of the crowd out in crushing toce, In wild and delirious delight, a surprise and triumph and love of ure and spirited winner. People rushed at Lark, r lightly down, shook her hand, adored the RaskalL The bookie Pushed money into her hands. Gait "me to her. his eyes shining, his foce wet with perspiration, his hands little unsteady as he took hen. Lark, you be wonderfuL Lark lift-he- Ui, Lark, honey. . . ." Young Plascutt Dawes stiffly her, and then David talked toward her. stern, rebuking. Lrk, how could you make a spec-ucl- e of yourself? Lark, come here!" Behind David. Lark saw Matson undrng close beside a town proctor, Probably manacled to him. Lark JPPed to Matson and counted out "y pounds of her winning mon-J- l 'This is for Gait," she said. 'ne money Gait owes you, Dr. Matson." S ""Pted You It. bowed gravely. He ride well." Plascutt Dawes came Jr.el!er the gr0UD- - He bowed t0 L-- t 'd' "X thoueht I recognized Jou where did you get this horse?" t,.!rl!d 10,(1 hlm- - An interested group nearer to hear. rj?1"1 1 must attach him," Mr. ttid stiffly. "He is a Terraine I hold a lien to Terralne'a ,aa. PnHprn No. 1385 Is designed for sizes 6. 8, 10. 12 and 14 years. Size 8 requires la,i 35 or material. Send your order to: yards of W.N.U. SERVICE property. Is that clear?" Mara had drawn David Matson was being led off by a away depu-ty- . The rest of the crowd looked on interestedly. Gait came to Lark's side. He said, "But the horse doesn't belong to Squire Terraine, Mr. Dawes. You see he's our horse. We're going to keep him." "I shall take the matter to court." Mr. Dawes' face was very red. "Very welL" Lark put her arm through Gait's. "But we're going to fight for him, Mr. Dawes. We're g to fight for our horse!" Lark, sitting there in the upper room of the courthouse, was very conscious of the eyes that stared at her with such frank and open curiosity. Evidently the gossip about the ownership of the horse had spread well over the country-side- , for every one, from the great plantation owners to the Norfolk wharf-ratseemed to be present. The buzz of whispered comment and neighborly gossip was not hushed till, after a half hour's wait. Judge Tavner, pompous and dignified in his black gown and powdered wig, took his seat on the raised dais beneath a large oil painting depicting the heroic Chesapeake being fired upon by the British frig-atLeopard, in the year 1807. In the fenced-of- f enclosure to the left of where Lark was sitting beside Gait, Matson's graceful, relaxed figure was a cynosure of many eyes. It had not been previously stated that his trial was to take place to- - them. "Five on Thunder Boy" . . . "Ten on Thunder- Boy" . . . "My an' mule yonder, on Boy." . . . The drums were beating, "Bring up your horses." The wire was pulled, the crowd was waiting. Lark drew the out position for Red Ras-kal- l. Her father had said it was a good position for a powerful horse, provided he didn't get cut of! and pocketed in the ruck. She felt curiously calm and ready, violently alive and alert. She saw the handkerchief high in the air, saw it fall, heard the shot, and then she was leaning on the Raskall's neck, cutting for the angle, pushing him beyond the field in a leap and a bid for the inside as he took the turn. The crowd sighed, shouted as he made it, a clean diagonal ahead of the field, a perfect taking of the inside, a dangerous and thrilling piece of riding skill and powerful horseflesh. Lark knew this, felt the approbation of the crowd, set herself to gage the pace of the field that had caught them now, listening to the hoofs, feeling Red Raskall settle to an even stride, easing her weight to a balance that met his Simple, Easily Made School Frocl that matters to him. It's funny how long it has taken me to realize that. It explains why Mara is more important to him than I am. He belongs to her and not to me. Perhaps it's because he hasn't any need of me. There isn't anything I could do to help him. I haven't anything to give him and he hasn't anything to give me, and without any giving and taking there can't be any love. David made a complacent little bow and took his seat amid a hum of approval. The president of his company leaned over and patted him on the back with a muttered word of approbation. Mara's eyes never left the judge's stern face as he recapitulated the argument and gave the jury their instructions. Now, as Matson rose to defend d himself, he very neatly the questions which David's lawyer propounded to him. His mind was as quick and clever as his rapier. So persuasive he was, and so logical in his defense, that for a while the crowd was with him. The facts and figures which David had quoted with such clarity were juggled and distorted so rapidly that if Lark had not known the man to be a liar and a criminal she would almost have believed him innocent Lark saw, when she glanced back, that Mara was frowning and biting her lips nervously. The judge's face was inscrutable. The jurors, country men, most of them, looked bewildered. For a moment Lark considered the possibility of David's losing this case. It was unthinkable. Why, it would mean a whole year's work gone for nothing. The blow to his pride would be irreparable. But it couldn't happen. David was the sort of man who had success written all over him. Lark could see that he was confident and assured even now, as he followed Mat-son- 's finagling with close attention, watching its effect on the jurymen. When Matson made some particularly outrageous statement, David rose to his feet and refuted it with a list of facts and figures on this latg est expedition which he had copied from the log. Minnie, who was beyond Gait, leaned over to Lark and said loudly enough for all the people around them to hear, "David North do make He knows his ona good showing. ions an' peels 'em without a tear in his eye. The pirate's guilty as hell and the jury's going to find him so. David's a fine, sound man. 'Minds me of a black bull I once had. . . ." At this moment Judge Tavner rapped sharply for silence, and the s sergeant-at-armtouched Minnie reprovingly on the shoulder with his mace. The verdict was only a matter of a few moments' time. "Guilty as charged." The foreman of the jury read from the folded slip of paper. The punishment was fixed as one year in jail and damages of ten thousand pounds, payable to the Cargoe Riske Company. Dr. Matson's eyelids never flickered. His lips curled disdainfully as he gravely inclined his head. Lark saw the triumph on Mara's face and on David's. As the crowd rose from its seats to adjourn to the yard for the hour's luncheon recess which Judge Tavner had appointed, she made a move to get to David to congratulate him, but he did not glance in her direction as he led Mara from the court room and down winthe steps. Out of the near-bdow, Lark could see him unhitching his buggy from the fence rail and helping Mara into it. Gait said, "Shall we go outside for some lunch, Lark? It's stuffy in here." Gait led Lark toward the door. Behind them they could hear Minnie's loud voice asking the farmer's advice about putting the Raskall at stud. She didn't think five guineas would be too high a fee to ask, she said. The farmer gave considered advice as Plascutt, who was pushing toward the door, overheard the quesHe tion and purpled with rage. turned back to say truculently, "You're wasting your breath, discussing the breeding of my horse, Lancer. By evening he'll be staWhen the bled at Dawes Ferry. proper time comes I, myself, will attend to his breeding." Angrily, Plascutt pushed past them and bowed obsequiously to Madame Farrington who hlm and stared haughtily through her lorgnettes at a spot several inches above his head. Lark and Gait exchanged amused glances. "Minnie was talking to me yesterday about the old lady," Lark told Gait "She always stops to chat e as she goes by and at the knows more about horses than most of the men in the country-side- . She was a famous rider when she was young, Minnie says, and still has a fine stable of racers." "Look at her now," Gait said, "she's got one of the farm babies in her arms and Is evidently giving the mother plenty of advice on its rearing." Lark watched the friendly old lady with interest and nodded and smiled in response to her greeting. "Matson's watching you," Gait whispered. "He's coming over to speak to us." side-steppe- slave-tradin- r J (rim mmm ml -- "We're going to keep him." day since, until the last minute, there was some question as to whether or not all the witnesses could be summoned at this time. The crowd was, therefore, in a holiday mood, feeling that they were getting the free show of a double attraction. Lark's attention fastened itself on David, who stood, sturdy and unruffled, in the witness box. There was an air of righteousness about him which was almost smug. Studying him, Lark thought, why, that man is a stranger to me! He isn't the David I have dreamed about and loved since I was a little girl This is a man to whom nothing matters except getting ahead in the world and having his own way. The values which he holds dear are worthless to me. He is more like Bethel than he is like Jaggers. David had an answer, and an adequate one, to every question that Matson's lawyer put to him. He was calm and cool and impersonal. The lawyer was a clever fellow and asked why, if the Cargoe Riske Company had suspected Matson for several years, they had continued to do business with him? He Intimated that perhaps David, himself, had been corrupt enough to make a private penny by playing the two sides one against the other. Even then, David refused to allow his rancor to rise. He explained patiently that he had been working on the case for many months, that he had followed Matson to England, and that when he was unable to get the proof he desired there, he had disguised himself as a gipsy and taken passage on the Runnymeade. Gait leaned over to whisper to Lark, "David's doing fine." He said, "See that man yonder?" He nodded d In the direction of a individual whose bulging front was watch spanned by a heavy gold of the chain. "He's the president I hear. See Riske Company. Cargoe how pleased he looks that David's for them. making such a good case without favor their in decided It'll be a doubt." Lark thought, how generous Gait is He's as pleased over David's good fortune as if it were his own. David, if himself, wouldn't feel that way their cases were reversed. Actually.y David doesn't ever think about but himself. Success U all black-browe- any-bod- y toll-gat- (TO BE CONTINUED) SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 149 New Montgomery St San Francisco, Calif. Enclose 25 cents In coins for each pattern desired. in WASHINGTON ...w.l By Walter Shead WNU Correspond!! Pattern Name WNU Washington Bureau 621 Union Trust Bmldiof. Size No Address .'. What Congress Left Undone MEMBERS now n of the 79th congress back in their home towns for their summer vacations, lasting until congress convenes again on October 8. Some few of them contrived to take junkets to Alaska, Europe or the Pacific "on business of congress." This session will go down in history as the one that abruptly reversed the traditional isolationist to one of policy of full with other nations on military, social, economic and cultural questions. Ratification .of the United Nations charter by the senate, adoption of the Bretton Woods the Reciprocal agreement, and the Trades agreements Agricultural and Food agreements by both houses of congress mark Important milestones in the life of the nation toward world peace and security. But this reporter feels that when congress adjourned for the summer it did so with some trepidation over sins of omission. It had left undone many things necessary to safeguard our domestic economy things dangerous to postpone until after next October, particularly reconversion plans. are if j. 4 i 1 .I...!! lfVrtf) -- 1 t t frock for the O grade school crowd. She'll like the sweetheart KRR is a charming !fSnS Calo school ImS neckline, short miffed sleeves and gay bow. Easy to make mother can run it up in no time. tba Buy War Savings Bonds with Fru'&i Grave Matters Shelved It did nothing on full employment, except to hold some belated hearings on the Murray bill, introduced last January. It did nothing on the "human" side of reconversion, such as acting on President Truman's proposal for an emergency $25 per work week for 26 weeks for laid-of- f ers. It did nothing about wages among some 17 million white collar and other workers to raise minimum wages to at least 65 cents an hour. It did nothing about enlarging the social security program to include farmers and small business and professional men as provided in the Murray - Wagner bill. It did nothing about the report of the Mead War Invest! gating committee which urged inv mediate control of all war agencies by the office of war mobilization, and severely criticized government de lay in reconversion plans. It did nothing about government work pro grams to tide over any emergency It did rush through a measure in tended to give some tax relief to business, but did nothing about a general interim tax revision, considered necessary for reconversion. "Ths Grains Are Great Foods" KellogR's Corn Flakes bring you nearly all the protective food elements of the whole grain declared essential to Human nutrition. i fUtt SPRAINS AND STRAINS luseular Aches and Pains Stiff Joints it W -- ... flW?J, We Will Be Unready Bruises )rTTt"",r"n" .Mraju'jB'iw wM"'WWWMwwiiiflrn'rgi t : l t? V.AC- - For Peace This twinge of conscience was ap in a meeting of some 20 sena tors and a published outline of a program of pending legislation, made the day before adjournment. The Mead committee report declared that if the war in the Pacific ends soon, it will find us largely unpre pared to overcome our domestic problems. Unless reconversion is speeded up, unemployment on a large scale will ensue. 'Kl parent Many folks here believe that end of the Jap war will come within the next two to four months, and the feeling among those in position to know best Is divided abont half and half on that proposition. Congressional leaders apparently are among the 50 per cent who look for a longer war In the Pacific. Another thing left undone was establishment of presidential succes sion which President Truman urged be done immediately. Many leaders here think this to be one of the most important and vitally essential questions at this time. So if the end of the war in the Pacific does come sooner than con gress thinks, the expected tempor ary chaos in which our domestic economy will flounder can be laid directly at the door of congress They have been forewarned, not only by the President, but by reports of and conscientious authoritative committees of their own member ship. Planning Takes Time This business of reconversion, or getting back to normal after the war, requires planning and thinking through of tough problems on both domestic temporary and questions. It cannot be done on the spur of the moment, and likely will take weeks or months after con gress comes back next October. Witnesses on the full employment bill, including senators and repre sentatives of labor and business. were all agreed that sudden end of the war will mean "quite a period Meanwhile Sen. Elbert of Thomas (D., Utah) delcared that legislation to boost the minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards act from 40 to 65 cents an hour is "one of the first important meas ures for consideration of congress.". At the same time, labor leaders are urging congress to restore War Labor board authority to order sub stantial wage adjustments. long-rang- lay-offs- ." e V7 X W Vj I A ) I MviummmtJim iri Loa& AdAMlJi Crv "(fed WtlV ? lUjOT long ago, Russian armies were lined up on the Oder, fac- We must add our strength to the surging movement toward unity in ing desperate Nazi resistance before among all men of good-wiBerlin. On the 14th of Pebruary, every part of the globe. We must nearly 4,000 bombers and fighters, pledge our unswerving support to part British, part American, flew to that movement, give our statesmen that vital sector and smashed at and legislators the support they need to make it effective. We must enemy strong points and concentration. Some planes actually un- determine to make the necessary start, loaded their bombs only 12 miles even though the first step is not as in front of the Russian spearhead! altogether perfect as we might wish. That was Combined Operations. Will you play your part in this In Burma, a British Admiral led greatest of all Combined Operatough U. S. Rangers, Tommies tions? Will you take your place in from all parts of the Empire, Indian the ranks with your fellow men in Ghurkas and Sikhs, Chinese foot the striving toward permanent soldiers, carrying weapons made peace? in Bridgeport. AH wore different First, get and keep yourself inuniforms. But all shared in their about the specific proformed hearts a single determination to for peace and internaposals to condestroy the tional cooperation which are now before us. Read and listen quer the common enemy. to the discussions of them. That is Combined Operations Ask your Public Library for two words that affect the future of material on them. mankind. ' ll s, We have learned the lesson that win this war we had to fight side by side with our allies, regardless of race, religion or politics. to And now, with durable peace within our grasp, we cannot abandon that lesson. Unity, efficiency, fellowship, international coopera- tion must be continued. Every American citizen, every man and woman in the nation, has a definite contribution to make toward seeing that a permanent international body to maintain peace be made a going concern. Second, interest your friends in these questions. Get them discussed in any social, labor, business, religious or other, groups to which you belong. Third, say what you think for or against in writing, to your Congressman and Senators, to your newspaper. Declare yourself. Speak up. Work today for peace, that your, children may live tomorrow. IPKPtlEI II iff TIE III IIUITItlll tlllCllf |