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Show MURRAY, EAGLE. MURRAY, UTAH t Me n Marco By QEORGE MARSH Sorvlea. Copyright by The Pvnn Publishing CHAPTER XII 8t to take the 18 Garth found Joan Quarrier at ttie Entering the build-in?- , jllssion school. he stood for a space In a doorway ind watched her read to a group of Cire orphans. she looked An up, said: "It have returned." presence, he but I aware of his is not February, Something is the matter?" she said, apprehensively. "What has happened HlUnnr at "Kiii'nne shot himself." "Hut you. why are you here? Why come?" Tor you." "l or me to go to Elkwan?" Dazed et tire idea, her hand sought her forehead, while the chattering children crowded curiously around them. 'lie wants you. There may be Infection and you know wounds have In your kit, bandages, everything stimulants, antiseptics." "Let me put on my coat and we'll tiill; outside," she sal J. So they went to the clearing. "I know well what I'm asking," he siild. "It means a day on the sled I!ut lie Is my discomfort, for you. frit ad, and It may mean his life jour coming." troubled e.ves turned to his. "I want to go the trip Is nothing. It's j,o!ig, alone, with you it means leaving the mission, I suppose." "( f course, Swan will make a fuss To him It will look Immoral your g in;' to save a mau's life." be said, "but for you an army savagely, with a life at stake," he plead-!, "is there any choice?" She smiled wistfully as she gazed tiMT the frozen river. "I've got to git. It's In my blood t help them the wounded." Ills licart leaped at the words. "To -- '.' the strong to help mo is that !: your blood, too, Joan Quarrier?'' passionaMy. she shivered and avoided bis eyes. mp wave of color swept up to her it hair. "The slrong need no help," you Ir ', i;:!!-.!- 1 -- pJITie- (:: .Wain in cviitrol of himself, the ci.it' d Cut!. tie smothered bis own c .' Sion in this thought for the stricken friend at E'kwan. for whom he !;:! Med to the Man he respected and '.! e girl be lined. ad he wondered what she would say tc him when she h'arued of the CeeepMor. That she wtiild havo come ns readily, laid he tt .'ii the truth, he had no di.bt. hut the secret of Gulhralth'R presence nt Elk wan was a trust, uttered. Inviolate. He bad told Cameron that ti.t rrtw of the Ghost bed died to a mart. Albany, Laughing Mcl'onaid was a dead man. On the way up the coast, Jonn Quarrier should learn the truth. "Oh, ye of little falHi!" Guthrie sadly shook his head. "What must I lo to convince you?" Tlie girl made no answer. Looking up, G;ih saw, bundled In far enp and coat much too large for hint, a short figure Mo?klng their t .nil. "You I are going on this mad the lihrill voice of Swan "Po j m hold your reputaJour-tii-y?- " tion so cheaply?" "You hava l:earl ?" "Yes! Mrj. Cameron has tohl nie what tl'is limn has cotne for." "You're t late. Swan, she hat to prmni-e- d said Garth quietly. Ignoring Guthrie, the little man grave- warned: ly "You realize. MKs Quarrier, If yott you mtiiiot return to the mission Y" I becuaie "Yes," Mr. Swan. ?, e teacher, and try moral we. fare the object of your solicitude. lived for three years with woumh'.l It is A man's life Is nt stake. worth more than my reputation." To Garth she said abruptly: "Gome 'T mo when you are ready, I'll go and p.ok my kit." 'T.ruvo. Ileaivr of WontoN! That was spoken like n fobiior," nml walU-ii.foiuurely at the mortified missionary, dazed at the limit Inn itf his authority, who stped Into the Soft snow to avoid the threatened colli, slon. the elated Guthrie hurried to the n ml-si- ii.t-ii- g t!i!e-hoU- "She'll go, she'll go:" he announced to the waiting factor. "Good! You'll take good rnre of her. I know. I wish ymi the best of luek. my toy. Sin's n rate one-- Is Joan." "Swan Hd tar she couldn't return to the mission." "A ah!" grunted contemptuously the other. "We'll send over and gel her belongings. She'll spend the rest f the winter with us I'.ut she's much to valuable to the Stv.hu for them to stick to their high hore. They'll be ovrr trying to wheedle her Into coming back." "I'.ut I hepe she won't." "We'll see to that. Why. they didn't know how to ficj liusky pup. and In charge rf twenty children! Think of It! Joan turned to oml tnugM Vm lmethlng. B.etit!tic, you know. (h. they'll I back sifter her." Guthrie grinned broadly ns he said: "So will I." "Well. I nope ymi get tier." r.t,ln-the slab counter Gsrlh curled up on I bundle of blanket for Wert lv beuiV sleep. Until Lis d" c I ninety-mil- run north e to Elkwan and the sick man who, officially, had died on the Ghost. At noon he drove Ids refreshed team to the mission where Joan, standing beside her dullle hags, waited in the enow. With the light load of two passengers, the big runner sled its wooden shoes shod with lee, which slips over a hard surface with less friction than steel and can be renewed at will, would be sport for the live powerful dogs. Driving, as lie would, to bring skill and medicine to the succor of the guest at Elkwan, Garth Imped to reach the post before dawn, hut much depended on the light. A thick night would slow the dogs to a walk while crossing the mouths of the big rivers, where tide cracks opened and closed over night and the trail led through hummocks and ridges, bad going by day at night, heart breaking to driver and dogs. , "You're not sorry haven't regretted promising to come?" he asked, as lie wrapped tier in robes and stowed her bags. She shook her head. "Not in the least. Mr. Exile. I'm reconciled now to tho loss of the last shred of my It was a wild scene In reputation. the bouse. They even prayed for me when they realized threats were futile." "Prayed for you yon, hound on an errand of mercy? In the name of all the saints, they'd let an Innocent man die for want of proper care, because of my reputation? I tmM be a monster to them." She laughed. "Yes, I can truthfully say that after, what my brother told them, they thin!; you are a terrible person." you?" he countered, leaning over the sled. "Well" her dark eles flashed up Into his, "not exactly terrible, rather what shall I say? stubborn." "Marehe, (Vtor!" And tho huskies, with Shot ahead, There galloped to tiie trade-house- . the Camefons were waiting for the girl who had, nlso, burned her bridges. Shortly, down the cliff trail and over raced (lie team, carrying the river-ichope for Craig Gaihraitli, deep In delirium at Elkwan, ninety white miles away. As they left the river and turned up the coast, Guthrie's anxious eyes circled the gray horizon for Indications of what would follow the sunset over the Keewatin For days, now, the weather tntwkeg. had softened to above zero temperature, a characteristic of James bay winters, whbh are milder than those of the forest country to the south, and he prayed for a bright night, as his thoughts were busy with the tragedy of Craig Gaihraitli and his own part in the climax of the pitiful history. The decision he had made beside the bunk In the Ghost, once he ha. I e on a strui-plan of procedure, was Inevitable to the man who owed his life to the heroNm of the stricken I'.ut the situation which Galbralth. Guthrie faced as be watched I he high barrens of Akindsl.l catch mid bold the veiled light of the dying sun, might easily result not only in dismissal from tit" company but in arret by the authorities. Ills clear duty to hi employers had ivmntaleil that be reof port to Catnerol) the The I.aMuhiiig Molrtmald at Elkwan. information that a Hudson's bay lac-to- r had concealed from the government a laati Mi pet toil ef murder t In Ottawa. would raise a hornets' All this Garth Guthrie had m" ti with clear Moti the night before, when he shared his plan n'th Etlcnt;e, bet rs hi eo rested for an Instant on the whir, (hat day tragic face of I lie frh-laIn front of Amiens, had not muliied ere was In his face tie' th, cost. man who would repay n the i look of Ottawa. !.e coinpai y lo last firihli bail served so Weil, were noliol g huntThere lay Craig Galbralth, h sert'- l ed by the law be bail Laughing Ml"iin!d, whom be had ftietnl. Dill folIlil for the trade-in'- s he Would see it through, Craig should have bis chance, slight as It looked With lie woman of the great heart aiid the skilled hr.tnk he wa hurrying over the si ti b e as fast as live Hold en. Gat could travel. braitli. V. C, ! as you held at many h disputed parapet and shell hole! They had talked little through the first miles, the-- thoughts of the mn Willi the centered oil bis problem. skill of long training, she had g"to" Into the details of EMcM.e's Wound, early and Garth had had ho heart In their Journey for a r"tifoi..ti of bis duplicity. I'.ut when, o!T the mou'h of the I'.ig Willow, he lititiouti' "d that It was time to rest the d"t and rut I he supjH-prepared by Mr. Gam he felt that, over (lie ted tea. mm, JeatiQunrrier should be Ml the Lot. With Hie aid of cedar kindiin: curried on the sled, be S'xMi had a fire tinder the teakettle. 'Im you realise how ymi have tg 11 nored your paifcmrtr, Mr. I and the behind I dogs first rble my them." wanted to talk nbnU The huskies, wept Sled, who was nnetlfitf tho WilloW thhkcL Wet Co, sprawling in their harness, sniffing hungrily nt tho odor of bacon. Now that he was alone with Joan, was to lie alone with her through the long miles to Elkwan, Guthrie felt strangely dillblont. Until lie had laid the truth before her, told of the love lie bore this broken tiling, once feared as Laughing McDonald, waiting In such sore need of her ministrations, and received her absolution for ids deccje lion, he would feel 111 at ease with the woman who faced the world with the stark truth In her eyes. "Let me see," she went on, "1 know Castor and Pollux, but that cream-colore- one'" that's Dido," the white-graone is Aeneas." "Aeneas? And docs lie run away from her like ids namesake':" "llun away? Hardly. She's tho fastest dog iu the team. What's more, he doesn't try. lie's more constant than Virgil's hero." "What's the name of that surly one, who growls so much':'' "Oh, that'3 Achilles, of course, the sulker. I'.ut he's not so much of a hero. lie's deathly afraid of Castor, and Shot fought him to a standstill, once." Touring her a cupful of the steaming tea a nd making a sandwich witli me. Is It haze-smother- fea-ihl- m-s- . I Blot Out J the bacon, be passed Joun her supper. "My, I'm hungry! How goo! (lie tea tastes' Hut aren't the dogs to have some fish after their work?" "No. they wire fed this morning. If I fcvdjiiotn now. It would make them lazy; we wouldn't reach Elkwan noon, and I'm worried I'm afraid we're S"in; to be too late as it Is." She b l:cd pp. ptt:.zb'd at his tone. "Why, yo'l said he wasn't bleeding badiy no artery Involved. It's only a in. it tor of keeping the wound clean." The moment hud come, 'I have a confession to make to you, Jo::n Quarrier." I.e began. "I have lied to you- Joil fioi i a warm shelter Up this OU't tolilht on f.iKe pn tenses." "Eldse ficleti'vs! What do J oil mean?" Si.e was ciirio'is but not dn ttirhcd. f your "I have been thf cause ghcti the breaking with the people the ehaioe Pi rai-knots In horror - for tln ir s:;!i;tly what :" "Why, my dear man'." she protest. j i half- :- x -:x - m: II w E ''n L'?t, e n MnWFY HOMS '.I7F j.'l 7 SAVES Srr"Nw v.,tvr'. fit. 01 51 1 A - ,y w IfJDIGEfnnM i "tADACHE rfSS&CAS 'TCrKLNKlNG wu i r r" ii - rH- r rl SOLD ANO GUARANTEED EK EVERY DKUGCIST made I IAN FORD'S is Hl i:r Balsam of Myrrh S4 IT MUST BE GOOD Try it for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, etc. e rr metj U rrluBl 4'ftt;n ftti Alt Romances 0$ Industry More than tin subjects Involved In the romantic task of taking wealth from underground are ihpicted iu a series of luolioli pictures prepared by the bureau of mine-'- , says I'opul.u Mechanics Magazine, and thiborale equipment. Including poriahle ILlMing imhhhhi enudle-power- , facilities that furnish has been devised fm the task. One of the Illuminating units Is a huge searchlight somewhat like that i fi v used on airplane lauding Ileitis. trunks of lighiing apparatus ine emIn lilming the "Story of Cop ployed. per" many of the reels were taken H.lHM) feet below the surface? Miicheli t:v;ttJ.:V btlKr v. Eve ' "'"'"is f el wi;jmii a - for sti'iiiiluri" of tho 1"X. 3oc. Adv. Grove I'AHKl.US J ;'.l 7a -- Is U.. I "fff1 Bt'i'T C.ry lo .Mitl-ian- i. ntt nn.It' Irntl-- iTiu-i'i-i- i Haiti d . .SIIAMPOO- -I ltiil fur e la ule r lliir l' -- mil. Mkrtli Im.mtifl ri'l MulTf. (.i.'t nul.yniri ltir tit, tliutoi CLtUiiijl vVorkn, 1'att tuvui-- N. X. rt.ORrSTON null count--ii- I I ttr Wt.iiitn, l.'i in t .1 rr.tiht iL.tittitt r i, .irlef. ni. ..i.itlutiK. " V i.'-- l ti'fur l..tl...l 11 , I CI. l .i. .1 !;;!:, kan tll.i. l ril,i f lite ft A- tU-- Hr.l . rolt , M Mrrtj -- II ll KM in ftII V Klol vs 11""' it k t 1 Vir. iii:iai AI IK. ill Im il'M it'll i nf 'f f Voir iteai'T nf r, tVU L ,1 Bcschee's Syrup :.li ti. t.n 1i;ih f. r vii. fUiy-ti- ! ti rouKlia .irs. Coltl fi") t Soothes tho Throat pl'i ' Una e 1 ..ti i, i, ill's nn-- l :." I'.uy It ;,t v. Hi- ttrnii r'. iif. i. !. lie-.J. Vi....tl.u; ', pl:!ir'e, riUi.it, r..s u frt.in run iiiiif it'i'ti" frt r.t Hit's. (.: .. -. Cron, W. N. U.. Sa t Lake City, No. true nobility. Cups and saucers arc the first to break! So we've put a il.iinty blue ant! white china cup ami sauurin every ) All Sorts of Thinrjs Occupy Ensagcd Man ttl-Cav- r Elt In nnnouticiSurelay: i:iia-cii:ct- it the society column. Mot diy: llecoivctl calii frotil el.bt-ninsurance tiirotiK ulm l t htm on in ) why hi tho ih fciis!,. trjlui to -l ill In'l N ioni;e n bb hi." . rci'oiisl-bllitlen- t Tucsthtr: Wi.n InicrvJcwi il by M m furniture ibalern, three niot..r car Milifiiuti mil thirtciu renl i:.itt (.licclallTti. U : nliu-sihi- thirty ettb' r'outil eti'l florists wl c. e-- l" uiany U bit In "bultiou" jl.it.'s - l ouatrl" !! l opbl'W. .ftm he'-'- nn A Wrong Nitmbtt ih nit iistratctj In IY; i!:i;t!e lone n hone i. i't tcti ivcl by a Kturtlcl ft'Iitlctiiiitl who pieKcii iji the Itistru-tai-n- l tip oiht-- I'venii'g t" bear n frenzied f nolle olcr th ief ti iiliiT : "Is lhi Joil. Jim." "VoU "No." ne rcturncl potl'dy. have the vvronj liillnbcr." "Will, you bi4 oap," ran ti toll nt the ott.ir iti'l, in Miiippf nccents, run ci wits t ever ("i I " fltvl 1 Mm. It U 'I be wlorimi nt-i- i Naturv Ma.- U.. a tirl.ooiii has the bluet of Uc bio' retU 'l f"f I'" iron n of rd ilj i" ins. i t ape ' lie l,i;t laantle of j.a!e mauve pit .k ' n b' tie liiek.ni Orchids of Africa cr-,.M- tatl, oTch "1 ! olii'J iii.'Mli itis,!.ilii ies. lie. oivi il pro f..ssjdi,ii .jirl fioiti lbre 'tiitiib"r. S itiiHi iy : lift bhil to rli'o the ot!ict mtly. but im! In fot o tlm postman Kft II tetter fimii a l.iwjcr W io ci'tivcjcil the Inforituitiou In thinly Oi ru'sct) f ihloli that be lali.a tJ In nil sorts i f tlotnt 'U' iiiifiiii'lci iaar"ii.;s. Katl na t'ity Mpr. u K'-'- ilisli, rbiiHy f l,i "i. with ii Kooil rc'M,ki iitaii'Hi from la:ioi!, liitcrior ilcconitori, trectlriit lio'i-raril bati'lN'M i'inl i I hursihiy: lb hi i'1'i ti l.iniie for 'ti were nit en riitsi i llatii'iiuii cn'ii-co!iiili tinr foil" up muiiaiU'tm. t .an Krblav: circulars from tr;irl hours 1'cru-H'- S There nre two to three Hint f ni'i'rexliuatcl.T '".i" "" 'iiii'l from iio'eb-at. 'I tliirti'iti 1 ! II ! ( "H, lit'ct cl t.ni Jtiilian Ilium i lb tit ) n party? nf oi'lit'iia t'" tip he nitor prntis -- why. joil vib'li' the iim lMtl youi'i Il'l.v o bM ettl.irful , I'ieill I'l .ltT. op!lt v b.ttll lot ' 1 l.ni ii.tlufi ICS ml h titi ' it jih'Olt tiaru i..w-- ti s'.f.'. W't N n. it. .i..r. II 1 '.".t. S'l.l I'. I."t Altifflfs. l itl'f. ti t l'tt.seiin t!t. Virtue iilolie EYES For GORE ci you like to gloat, set the alarm clock for an hour when you don't have to get up. and then don't. i. I., ll.!l HurUI.Vo t.irHll, SIIIIKI II M Knh ...nt .. In- mail, i i , t t f ..nt potatoes retain their popularity while fads and fancies come iiiol go, according to .1. W. Strowbrldge. prhi clpal marketing specialist assistant of the division of fnt'ts und vegetables Flillcd States bureau of agricultural economics. The pi tato. Mr. St row bridge says. Is nioie widely grown than llli.V other I ouilliercial vege table In the country. tf n MIM.I. Potato in First Place ' it V Salve t. Hi i I t 1 Headaches from Slight Ccldi I.mnilv.1 IU'.uMk yt'IMNT. Tat. ti ts tin- lli adai lie .v rill'lru: tlli l'o.. 15. V. Look on utit., r t sb-k- , - iht tor tint btitU it sol inilcd. :zm:-- : - 'KiSi-r- v landmark, or "datum," placed nt the little town of Ogdeti, Kan., by the Fnited States coast und geodetic survey, Is the starting point f"r all surFnited veys and boundaries in lh States. All government surveys are on that basing line probably that Is the geographic center of the country. Capper's Weekly. 1 cuNtjnu:!' &MW 1 A this." in: ilH fi i;,n yiii tetl where we're can't see a thing. goii ? "I'm tctt'lr: 'isl..r fttek the trail pjst eheii.iiig him vilh li e compass. dad" It I. as a lin.iiiou " I'.ut he itili't .see liny mole than mil " nn pain is gone me 'mm All Start in Kansas "iiow r( riinO'padi Vut one on freak golf match was played re cent!)' In Scotland. It was mi IS hole course and the players agreed to meet lj moonlight. Tin y started at !:'No p. m., accompanied by spectators. one could see the ball when it left the tee, so all stood le strained silence trying to hear It drop. Two brave men, nil in while, went ahead lighting matches to give the players a clew to the right direction. They escaped with their lives, although a ball passed between the feet of one of them. The balls were traced with the aid of electric flashlights. The match ended at l'J:-- 0. Not a single player made a hole in one. the match going to the expert who achieved a hole In Ik'l. fei tllatl Bl'Scholli Freak Coif in Scotland watched the murk slowout the blot stars. It meant feeling ly their way pis t the river mouths; and, across the delta of tin? Altawapiskat, to a sharp vateh on the compn avoid Hderllilf the river Itself, Clearly caution dh tuted turning Into the Kaptskan and spending the night at the post. I'.ut tee chance of tiie man nt I ikwnn might hang on ll. hours save. I by pushing mi through the sable blatii et which shrouded the roast. lie tuno'd to the girl innlllf'l 111 robes oil bt hind him. the "li'S li"t g'dl'g to In' enM. but a old night with tie Ktars woiM be btf'T In one minute pain from corns is ended. Dr. Scholl's Zino-pad- a do this safely by removing the cause pressing and rubbing of shoes. They are thin, medicated, antiseptic, healing. At all drug nd shoe stores. Cost but a trifle. A heartedly. "No, not If the man was struck In the heat of passion as Galbralth could strike. It was retribution." "After alt, he was n gallant soldier," she mused aloud, "and he saved your life." the Inference, Garth Ignoring pressed his point, for he saw to bis joy that his story had touched her. "Think what his bitterness his agony must hate been, doomed forever to wear that mask, when the woman who should have bet n proud to bear bis prune failed lilui. Imagine his loneliness-h- is despair, when, In bis need, she turned to another." There w as a mist In Joan Qitarrier's eyes as sh sail: "You must have loved him g't'iitly to defend hi in so well." "He threw away his hope of reaching: the lines, v ben he followed Shot to my shell hole end started back with a gassed nam: Is It strange that I'm lighting for his life, oh, Healer of Wounds';" For mi Instant, ns he waited for he" answer, she int the tierce pleading (if his eyes, then looked Into the thickening nlgtit as she said gently; "Yevl have won. I'll give all I have to save Mm for he was a gallant soldier and has suffered." Joau Quarrier did not see the pride, the Kf'i'ilU'h', and the love that shone down i'ii her from Gulhnus eyes. restlerS Ends pain at once smoke. In ids experiments with the luminous ball, Mr. l'.loomer drove off eight balls from the first tee and located all Like of them within six minutes. huge glow worms they nestled among grass, leaf ami tree far down the fairways and In the rough. " objected, looked at first like a Jubilee cele- bration of some kind, as tlare after Hare streaked the night horizon of Van Cortlaudt Park golf course, New York city. Hut these rocket like streaks were nothing other than "luminous" golf balls being tried out by their Inventor, M. J. ltloomer, scientist of Columbia university. These luminous balls keep their light for ten minutes after being lilt from the tee, and thus, with the aid of electric lights over the greens, tho night becomes ns day to the Insatiate golfer. Sportsmen now possibilities for picture additional night golf with the aid of this bail and Illumination of tee flags by employing the piercing rays of the neon light whbh can he seen nt great distance and through fog, mist and For. nn hour after the stop nt the I'.ig Willow for the hot tea the weather had been gradually thickening. As tiie dogs followed I he coast, Guibrie's ins-;otia- :r:z:r-M:x-:-x-MvX:ivX-:-- 2 stratr-To?- It McDonald" "It was murder," she 'io Watched ths Murk Slowly the Start. name of "When he disappeared after tho uiurtier?" she broke In. "That Is unworthy of Juan Quarrier," he demanded gently. "Hut his description tallies with lloit of the man wiiiiteil 111 Halifax, You forget that I've scon him." Guthrie wanned to the defense of ids friend. "Suppose he Is the man? Is It strange that a man branded for life w ith that grimace," he pleaded, "a man, proud, sensitive, coining home with the Victoria Cross twice won should go mad when the wife lie cherished, as I know he did, turns, In horror of his scars, to a lover? Tell lie laughed, "and Oh, the look CORNS Golf Playing at Night With Luminous Balls "1 understand all thnt Theft prav.te can't hint me, ca It? I don't undctytaud. Whert ! tht lie?" lie sucked In a deep treath aid leaned toward her, at lis said! "Eticnne was hot shot. You're on your way to help me save a friend a friend who crawled with me on hit back through gas and shell fire. They broke his arm and got Mm In the chest, but he came through. Cun you guess who It Is?" Her dark brows contracted as she met the pleading look of the man standing by the fire, Slowly she shook her head. "You said Eticnne was hurt. Now you say It was some one else I don't see" "Laughing McDonald "Laughing McDonald?" she cried. "Yon said you found him dead on the schooner?" "lie was alive, but very sick 'tin, Etlenne pneumonia, I'm not sure and an Indian took him to Elkwan while I came to nsk you to go to help- - " "lie was this friend who saved your life In Eranoe":" she asked, wide-eyewith surprise. "Yes, Capt. Craig Gaihraitli. He ' Trcpsrci! the Albert wijr fnr)uick. Carnation Oati arc precooked to improve the flavor. 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