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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SALINE UTAH Sally Sez . CHAPTER IX '- -.-to Continued. . , ... lie was shivering, but he.slrook his ' . head. . "Not now, Ole. . Not yet! .Got. some-- , . .' thing to do, .first. As. he trotted aroimd the .inml; un der' the slide and made for from Which four thousand feet "of logs had rumbled down to menace hi in, and foi-- ., Ole puf down .his pike-pol. . the-cQC- - e : lowed.. . . As the Swede. rounded the half emptied car he saw John, squatted low to the snow. . "Careful, pie!" th boy cairtlo.ried,; !Dont step In his teeth chattering. tracks, Got a match? Edging along so that his feet would not obliterate any of the truces there In the newly fallen .show, the older, man drew matches from-hipocket and lighted ohe, lie came In from yonder," John lie Bald, pointing to luthber piles, Stood there behind that truck, a. while ; squatted dawn; see? litre's .where his weight rocked up on the ball's of his feet, . .. . Came .over here and afterwards went out that way. See win-r. he. ran? . Who, Yolin?. Ole1, asked, puzzled. Whoever tripped the stakes to let the load down on mel John laughed harshly. "You didnt think they Just Jet go, did you, Ole? . .Yumpln Yesus! breathed his companion. "Hustle with the light now.. Iets see what we can see! Together they bent low owr .the tracks, while Ole. struck a fresh match. New rubbers, see, Ole? . . . See that star brand In the heel? Old ones wouldnt leave, a elean mark like that: looks like the. work of a die. . . . Heavy . . . big man." Quickly he spanned the footprints fingers to gauge the dimensions of the footmarks. "Long stepper, tool See how far he stepped when he lit out for cover? Tall as I am, Ole." The Swede was speechless until John, staring 6ff Into the shadows of the lumber yard, Involuntarily moaned with the cold. "Iy gosh, Yonny, you. come, by a fire now quick 1" He went then, 8tandlngteTofe6pen fire-boIn the boiler room, undressing there, staring at the ronrlng, orange mass of blazing wood which-- drove the cold from his body and set his garments steaming. The fighting light In his eyes wns something to behold, and as he later changed from his half-- . dried clothing In his room, rubbing his great body briskly to drive out the last bf the chill, his movements were quick and sharp, possessing a distinctly vindictive, quality. He did not eat. He went. Instead, from stare to store .where footgear was sold In Kampfest.- - In the third . and last jMace where he .might find a clew the proprietor advlsqd one to bet. his ljfe he had rubbers! New stock. Just opened em this week, he. said. . Theyre the best buy for the money Ive .found tfnd John did not listen ns the man extolled the vlrtu.es of his. wares. He held a rubber In his hand, gazing nt the raised star In the heel with Its constellation 'of little stars about It, at the heavy, crepe sole like the surface . of a spring mushroom. . "Sold many? . ..Well, not many. Duly two ptilrs, yet. You ask the boys, though. Theyll tell you they fit fine around the footl . . Try one on and i Not now. Who bought? The merchant scratched tils head and told him the names, of his purThe last man mentioned chasers. crystallzed the suspicion that had been in Johns mind. The recreation hall wa.s accommodating l.ts usual- evening throng when He passed among-tableJohn entered. where smear and checkers en- gaged attention, wear past the fireplace towards the pool . tables wlt.h ' . their shaded green lights. , tlaxter was sitting against a pimply faced lad grinning at him from one side; another loafer sitting bent far . forward! elbows on his knees sycophants. He looked up. perhaps a trifle warily, as John ap-- . proached.' Ills hands were' Ip 'his pockets., one foot crossed over tjie. other knee. John "Put up your foot, Baxter said sharply, coming to a halt before .- . -- s with-sprea- x - - the-wall- him. The man started. "Huh ? Jie asked. Put up your foot ! Who says so? he asked trucu. lently. "I do. Put It up The man laughed. "If you want my foot up," he growled, drawing his hands from his pockets, you go down and git It .' i 1 and" ' Thought so Jie said with a. sharp nod and let the resisting leg go. Baxter hqd started .to turn over his great body With a mighty fiea.ve-oas John relinquished Ills grip. Ills ! . John went down with a swoop and a crouch, a swing of his one hand, fastening on the man's ankle, a backward sway, dragging Baxter from his chair with a thud, a crash, an oath. One leg In the air, held there by that hand, seated on the floor for a split second, the man gawped while his face flooded with ugliness. John stared down at the sole: big star; little stars, crepe rubber on the sola . foot dropped and. upset hjrn again, hut' he came. up with, an agile scramble, cursing, clenching his fists. But a man, even a fighting man,' a bullying fighting man, doesnt wade In and crush a man who stands before-him, blind on. something other than fighting so completely that he. pays ho attentlod fo the drawing hack of your fist. Baxter remained poised, ready to. strike, but not striking, facing tlie tor- retd of words young John Belknap, tVhn stepped closer-- one' hit nil, In a business- - go a . - , Uphold, ! suiqiose, but here'after I tell you. to to'do It do'a thing 1 I when want you .... . "Don't get ready to fight yet! John went on, as he might have talked to an enraged child. Maybe fheFell be some' fighting between us, but not- until youve. had your eiiance to get.'-out' ' . f n.;f . . .' . Baxter shouted. "Chance.! "Say, you got a lot. of .guts, talkin of glvln me a .cl'iance to get out of fighting " -' ' ! . ... the-snow- f J f - . - r e door.-Baxte- - - box-stal- l, It seems as though we all must bow, situations now. To pressing But thcu?h our fear has made us rash Lets lcoscn up on hoarded cash; . HOME INDUSTRY AND PATRONIZE ra EWIlETiKS i s . How Badger Hides The badger, night prowling animal, if disturbed in the daytime, tucks its head and feet under Its' . . body- to hide.. - EXCHANGE QUALITY BABY SMITH - box-sta- FEES CASH FUEL AND 110 West 33rd So. COMPANY Salt Lake City, Ut. Until recently Chinese dentists Ivere trained to extract any tooth-frothe patients mouth- without Using any instrument and solel-- by the strength of their fingers. - Utah High School of Beauty Culture Floor Clift Bldg., 3rd ll Mid-We- 1 POULTRY SUPPLIES CHICKS for. Grain, Field Seeds, or Write, phone, or call for particulars. Phone Hy. 3572 Mur. 56. Exchanged Livestock, - John noddl'd. Yes, I have. Enough girts so you donjt scare me Very much, Baxter. And pienty to' tell .you what Ive come to tell.". Baxters eyes swept a segment of. the circle about them; he swallowed quickly. This was sometJUng. new In the why. of an encounter, ."Tell? What you got to tell me? ." l;e demanded. This. 1robabJ.jt.. you'va- - beard the boys saying that I came pretty near getting mine this evening out at the mill. A load let go and I had to take to. the pond. Id trusted those stakes. Baxter, 'Theyre the best' patent stakes made! : 1 didnt think theyd let go.; . . .. "My guess, seenls to ve been pretty good. In tlie fresh snow behind that car were a man's, tracks. . Hed Come from between lumber piles where noUe body else ins heeb for weeks. stood for quite' a time In'tlje shadow' of the trucks; he" stooped down there, to see what wns golrtg on'on the other side. of file. car. When the thing Jieil wnited aud watched for, he tiptoed to the trips and let em go. . Then- he ran.. He paused a moment and his. eyes, for the- - first time, smoldered. got "Ilq didnt get me, Baxter. . out and found his tracks In I measured Ills foot; 1 saw tlie print of stars op the heel and a crepe sole. ' They were'pevy ruldiers. So are yours. Yours have the stars and the sole. I havent measured youfs yet, because-want to give you a run for Jour 'money. Ivegot thfs proposition to make:-Iyou werent the man in those rubbers, stay right heFe in Kampfest. If youre', here tomorrow night at this" time I'm coming In here and hike, your rubber off nud measure it and- If It's the same size as tlwit Worn by I lie man who tried to make, pulp of me with saw logs, Em going to make pulp with the only things I knuw how' to light with.! . . extended his hands. ; "Bnxter, you dont know what, a hard bird' is Youve got by in some' of your frucuses because people were afraid of you. A man who's afraid s licked before he makes h'.S.first punch. I'm no more afraid of you than I am of the sweet west w'ind. . I don't like, your kind. Id get a lot of satisfaction out- of knncklng-'youblock .off and using it ns a football. Thats all Ive g'ot to say. Good .night ! lie turned and In an amazed silence-madr his way towards the hitched at .his pants and turned, looking Into the faces' about, him. Blit now he read there not the sniveling admiration of the admittednot- - the apprehensive ly Inferior, men of who feared him. lie glances saw only conte.mpt and rising smiles. He knew well enough what they were thinking: that at Inst he had encountered fear by .finding a man who had no fear. He fell Into a morose silence from which he roused now and again to mutter threats of what would happen If John so much as stuck his face inside that door tomorrow . But he was afraid, this night. Baxter; caught between two fires. From behind, Corbel, with a club over his head, was goading; beyond waited a youth who dismissed his threats fts casually as he would brush at. a buzzing fly. And when the way freight went through Kampfest at two the next morning a heavy man with a grain sack over his shoulder boarded the caboose. "Where yon want to go, Jack?" the . conductor asked. Any place. . . . Out of this dump I" Baxter growled. . - e d . you . tlie-ligh- t reputation to He stood, a hit shaky, stroking the snuffing muzp-l- In the darkness. . The black was standing there, waiting for him, he thought, waiting like a surly bear might wait for his quarry to emerge, stamping now and again. The other horses we're restless front fhe disturbance. John slipped through Into- fhe feed ' alley-- , found a pitchfork, walked along to the far e.nd of the building and crawled through the', hay- window into' a used for sick horses when ' bccasion demanded. . door which He stood against'.-thegave into the stall row, listening. Then, careful to make-- little .sound, he s,lid It opeq. That done, he retreated, to the feed alley again and moved along, trying to locate the strange horse. 116 found that the animal was now' standing behind a vacant Stall, head down, 'almost-athough listening ' himself. Cautiously John crawled through to the manger, standing erect, dragging the fork with him. Then he stepped down and vith a quick stride, fork, held before- him, was In the fitterway, confronting the. black. You! he cried, and leaped for- Job fi as he returned from dinner. "Got a new job fop you, tie. said. ' ' '".So? rim-'a- ' Yeah! Rirrn 'boss... EYer . . . barn before?. . . "Never. McWetliy .whittled, off a- chew !of . plug before he spoke again. "Well. 'lie said dryly, "1 guess He stared ' you're burn boss, anyhow. ' window a- - moment-- ' the through dusty anil then turned trouble! eyes on ""You' most got yours last night, son. I heard, you. lay out Baxter. 116 hauled between days,. but . . '. I got Just- tills to say grimly f. ."Watch your step! Pntil lately. I've figured .1. was workln for a white .man but . things change, seem to. .Or else wolves are sllppln off their Sheepski'ns. "And 'you dont want-- 'to talk youre. Just- - playing a. hunch. .Thnt8 fine, Mac. Ill watch Yny step!'" That-- night a letter was watting for. jolln, postmarked Shoestring.' W.ithip was a single sheet of paper pnd written' on it the wopds: ' ward. ' . "Meet, me In' the. sartie- place. N. B. The aninial 'squealed again. . Ilis The sheriff was there b.efore him, floor as. .. . hoofs beat the straw-paddesnimal rushed him I driving-- ' his team to keep them from so close the he gathered . himself did It So. for another happen, quickly 'too .' cooling rapidly. t And then he cried out In 'turn charge. "News! he whispered. "Here '. . quarters, that John could-no' as the fork, tines raked his facq, anil run.. To the. left the outer wall pa-iHeres telegrams and a flashlight.-Johblocked him, without niche or corner as they prodded- his chest, mercilessly. spread the sheets on 1118 knees within redch to use as sanctuary. To "Back you! Get' back !". and snapped on the beam.- ' ' teeth popYeirti. That', come- .first ! Brad-sha- w the right stbod other horses, and ;as . He could hear fdre-foone nearest the In a the the Mack, felt - forward to see! squealed darkness, ping muttered, .leaning' his tall. ' and the danced But out fork. wrung at strike John rend; . torturing In a 'spirt second. All jp a flash. the animal reluctantly gave groand. North Star .Lumber Co. subsjdlary ' John' to At the door .of thfe box-staForest .Products- stop' .Tohp swayed backward, not daring to turn, and used the only .weapoh he swung the fork sideways at the Latter Incorporated year, ago In; MichHe swung It as. the horses head to turn him. The beast igan stop' North- Star statement ex-- ; hail: fhe SwungTt the whole bjt and struck.. He - made a stand, cellent and .carries comfortable . cash horse reared ' It go full In there, until John got- the tine points length of his ariq and let ..' balance .locally." ' when l.go't that, 'Nat said, the creature's face as he pol.seij far against the neck and shoved, and with the downward pitch that would mean a scream the black yielded, turned T telegraphed right down to' Lansing. broken bonds and torn flesh'. . and thundered to a into the Read what they sayiv . ' ! "Mid-WesThe animal cried jut qs the lantern far corner. t Forest Products- articles The- - gla'ss broke nose. John had the door closed In'a secincorporated- - show'- - Deman liijl pres. struck his a. and' a ' crash with Paul Corbel vice pres, Agnes. Hill tinkling; the" light ond, set the hasp In place and drew a ! . , deep breath. . secy, a nil treas. Now.. . The paper shook In Johns hand.' Something else t "Now Hill,4 said Nat, .Is Corbels figure ont! he muttered. brother-in-law- , The first of the teamsters trailed This North as daylight drove back the shadows. seenis to- be all In the family. if Its any of toy Here, Tim ; take a iook at this Whats the business?""' . pony, will you? The man came down . behind the John told, briefly, what Marie had In sheriff the ahd horses whistled. . Told'hitn, amj'John. let' down "Itimmin your father all ways.- from "the door of the the Jack ! If he afnt a crook "Thats My G d! the man-said. old DeForests renegade! Whftts that .Poor old Tom!. John muttered. horse' doin here? Thisll htirt! If there has been anywas John explained that the' horse had thing. he prided- himself on,. been sold' to Gorbel and had been depicking .inen. This is' the first time I know, of that hes, gone away wrong. livered after quitting time last night "Gorbel bought him? he demanded. Finding It outH be like poi.son to him. ."It looks, son, like you were doin' "Cripes,. that horses been In this a '.whole lot to .drain that poison out. country fot five years and DeForests Whats happened here since you had thb only man who walks who can get . near him and .come away' whole. You your talk with this stenographer? The bo.v related yesterdays happenmean, Gorbel was thinking ' him-?.- ' ings' and his change of work, arrd. the ' asheriff In. rage. .John shrugged.. Hes out to get you. Johnny Thats the Way I took It Where warned. "You do- - as McWdthy 'says does this DeForest live? . and wa'tvh your step. "Three mile west 'and- half a mile John luuglKMl. "II 1, .Nat', we're Get' .' Back! south.". "..Back, Yon! ' fT. guess, so long as ImJust getting really to spring th.e trap. running Have .van heard: anything .from the went- out. Joha had a vague Impresdo without him. this barn, well try to " sion of the horse goin-- sideways, o.ver What University.?" say? I reckon. "Ain't time-yotTlieysay' against-- stall partition,' as he' quickly If you' want, me around here; or It about a week.to get a stomach, tupped and fled, anybody else who. knows that horse, He did nut go far. Feet thudded analysis' and the' mail; with that stom-- . Why, It's a wonder he aint you will behind him. The- - kiljer squealed' killed a dozen men. And acli In It, Just about timed to hit a yon handled again, anil as John- caught- a stanblizzard they had below that-tiehim alone? ' chion in nne liartd and swung himself everything up. Three miles' west and half a mile horse the black south over sleigh roads, and an hour you think theres a chhnoe 'he in .beside 'another h'ls heels. a long, haggling hour might get scareij Anil, Jump? . John thunderedI1 on .with DeFol-est- ; ' ' he "Whoa .cri'ed, as the. horse that . . asked. him nowhere. . .The horse got. which gave .him protection, kicked..' .The sheriff' pondered fl moment. 'trader, shrewd,, truculent, was a hard Whoa, you !" . "Not much chance. he said. 'Clefs hut to crack and his defiant story of got'toor much Jrt stake fo jump, before . Against the faint glow from mill-yar- d an attempt t & sharp sale of undelights that penetrated the 'dusty sirable property, seemed to hold water. trouble is on his Heels. hes sp-windows lie could see .the black there, No he wont Junip. Gorbel 'was spreading 'out dangerstamping, crowding to 'get into the ously, but he strengthened hts defenses John Itched to he at the bank ree STflll. The tied horse kicked again and ords. t'o know what they might as he went and It. would be difficult the to hut he could make no move In that squealed and hinged .forward, as ' prove that he was even remotely black's teeth nipped his hip! ... In either. of these attempts direction without exposing his entire "Implicated . John wqs up In the manger by then, on Johns well being. It gava a man hand. So he waited, performing his to quiet the one horse as the ' . duties about 'the barn, spending his trying something to think about! outlaw backed. away, .stamping. BE (TO hall. in Since the CONTINUED.) recreation evenings his encounter with IVaxter they had ceased thei.r nijdging! ceasrrl gloating expected from those caring for them. Love at sight of a rich mans son taking It Is curious to see how regularly life ns they took it. lie was as notch feels out and expresses eslegend one' of them as the son of the boss sential psychological truths. The ever could be.' They respected him. scientific research of recent years It was Saturday' night; another Childs Need of Affection Has iias ascertained, for Instance, that we.tk was down. He was Inlying some among children who are cared for necessary things when he met ' Been Recognized by . even in the most excellent InstituScientists. tions a higher rate of mortality ex"Say, Corbel 'phoned hed bargained ists and a greater retardation In for another team to he delivered tothemental effect to Is a There development than among simthat legend Fie said. "You'd night or tomorrow! children cared for In only averilar once Frederick II, Prussia, qf king I come the barn." when gone past age foster homes. .Interested himself in the problem of All right; there are empty stalls. who never- - had how human ' The modern mother If she hapbeing em In." stand enn They heard a spoken word would compens to be lacking In maternal feel"Watchln your. step?" municate with- one another. And John grinned ing often rationalizes her unloving "Every move! ' For the purpose of answering this attitude by saying that It Is not good as the other twisted his head In grinr' for the baby to fuss over him and question he caused a number of or-- , approval. . phaned infants to be isolated and lie went to sleep dreaming of Ellen play with him. lie will expect play all the time and become spoiled. brought up by nurses who, though Richards, and woke with an empty The tiny baby needs affection as required to give their charges the feeling. . . . Hang on! he told him best of care, were not permitted to much as it needs milk. It needs reself. Hang on and keep going and speak with them. Neither were the. sponse in Its mothers face, It needs youll be able to show her how much nurses allowed to Indulge In any of to be cuddled and held and played of her trouble cjin be laid at old affectionate sounds those playful with as mothers have done .InstincTom's door! with which mothers ordinarily conHe was out af four oclock, wading' tively In all times. verse with their children. Modern science only amends that through new drifts towards tfie. barn The kings question remained unThis Was Sun his schedule must not be disturbed to feed and water the story answered nevertheless, and that he must not be stimulated day. He would have little to do to the point of continues, because every one of the throughout the day; might even take and to the swamp on snowsh es for a few Infants died. They simply could not fatigue. Mrs. Agnes Lyne, In the St. hours to he alone with his problem, live without, the love and tenderness, Louis the-boy- like sideways gesture. If.'youd 'put It. up. Itd saved yp.u 'being set down on your tall, Baxter-I- . wanted to pee the bottom of your new mbber because 1., found a track In the snow a couple, of hours ago and, put . alongside of other things I found out,' I figured your rubber made that print. .Youve with his regrets and fears and hopes. . He felt particularly lonely as he ' ' walked. The barn . was silent ; no one' was about ' He opened the door, 'and reached for 'the lantern that hung In-- ' side and' lighted It. The warn!' sme.ll "' . of the stable was strong. . He swung' his lantern aud looked to ' ' the left. . . tm muttered. "HuIIq'1 A strange. black horse .was standing there,' halter rope dangling, eyeing him. with "head up. Coal black,' night black-- he was; q handsome creature, though the 'eyq looked defiant. One of the new horses, dejivered and Insecurely last nighl, probably, ' ' ' tied. "Well, boy, enjoying liberty? Jo.hn asked, and slipping the 'lantern ball over one arm advanced, hand extended to- catch the rope. . He should, have been warned now; been better. He could had not .see the tensing of the big animals frame as he . approached. He was ftfwepared for. the- charge wholly .'-! when It came. . With a squeal stopped Johns heart, with his lip flickering over the long, ; yellow .'teeth, with' a greenish glitter springing to life lq his eyes! the , , upward,-extende- : It was 'St noon thp next day that' Me Wet by, the inill foreman, hailed f paint, x CHAPTER : Sait Lake City, Utah Profession Knows no Depression. In cu an Inn i artliuloi nit will like fta lidiftadiat ncili hr tki rut it year dip. inly Itr tin ranylili Jli ur CMrsi el sli mitts. Iinstlpti ur lira eklla yoa tiara flu. Mill la cayyaa. Pkoaa at etlla hr aar citihyai. Tht Beauty Culture NAME ADDRESS THIS WEEKS PRIZE STORY fl - ' ' .BUY INTERMOUNTAIN Money sent away for merchandise MA&E . 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