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Show MAGNA be h and being that It to K to Mert It. tsi ( C.7 wbt JOB u tion, U11 " CLEAR rJCATION gt4m the fact remained that khe was relying upon the original plan for getting oot her timber. Jim, suppose n one here will work for ns? What shall we dor Gerards satisfaction burned up la enger. She was deliberately Ignoring him. He cut In: Well have to hire men from oou aide the etat Im going to New York tomorrow to try my luck there." New York!" David Schuyler repeated thoughtfully. "What sort of men do you need for the work in the woods, Rodney Husky lada. Jim will do the head wort and SI ind I will drive the crew, Gerard nnnwered. You said you were going to New York to look few them. I bare been IMLLTrI? SELF 2 Emilie mv( 'recent Lorthd J kf'Z When tnumber m r jronr have bee life. To and to cbolce m ore the f Too 1 I kV -- i 4 ij .4 (ODcentrflte and j0& fork more of , and then mndwiched tktatr if duty, i regulat- re ses .&, g9 -- ft -i r thinking" SYNOPSIS Prudence Schuyler cornea from New York to Prosperity Perm, la Maine, Inherited from her uncle, to make a new life for herself and her brother, David, his health broket duties. by traredy. Prue (alia from the bara afraid! Yx'n loft Into the arms of Radnor Gerlea re ard, rich young man. There la at r once a mutual attraction, but Prube M completely men since bar sisfcmtlfu! and dence suspects ran busbdnd ters away with her a I about it for brothers wife. Lea Calloway tries to buy Pruea timber, bnt she dishappy ,U ke eon tree ts with Rod to lift to It. and likes himofand the trees. She Is visited dispose lO tor vagrancy, by Mra Walter Gerard and her email actually They leave Prue daughter, Jean. your rankled. She come la contact with fer them again when ah accompanies Rod to his home, to see bla beautit ful m1 be David arrives from New to York.garden. ica lf A clowa cornea, advertising a clrcua la a nearby town. Prue promire afraid that isee to accompany Rod and Joan to responsible the clrcua- While they are watching you will want the parade, Chicot, aa old elowa. It i rest of your accidentally killed. He was the grandfather of Mllly Gooch, one of y and above the clrcua rldera Rod bad kaowa If you should her when ah lived oa Prosperity iter with aa Farm, Calloway Intimidates labor the opposite ere ao that they cannot be hired to cut the timber for Gerard. Mllly to Minorca Gooeb broke her engagement to tend the rest ho believe Rod was the to the pea- - Calloway: causa After the accident to Chloot, Rod calls on MlUy to ee If ho eaa be of any help. Prue sees a flashlight picture of him with Mllly. , - Hid re n 43d who has been ikapiUl, will usually working like jMi dnicL I Bother gives any aSy my be using, ftoi duldren a liquid Je ingredients, amount. i toft now to pure, frfFigi Instead of a. jw risk no more w chad's appetite, sail physical Condi's infer, more aatis-Those little upsets kjnt disappear and annul again. Try itl m SB TEST." First: talive of the proper ibth.tlukl'ifge. if dose, in movingrepeated, without i f kr Uua purpose wd "California ia I Much Tetter Catlcura I i?.teter my head T.104 burn. My 4 red and I I . Buffered and JJ bead on a aoft ,oo out bnt tot tor a free leap and Olnt- TV04 ter using I tett W 20X116,1. nd 50c. CnU Pt R, Malden, jSr ie?lr Hoowuti. .TNfjftMii 10c. Resample . d r. shooL No use heatin 1)001 the bush. Pve been to every village within a hundred miles an 1 cant get a man to work for ye. Rod. Theyre afraid of Calloway. I guess were up against It, all right "We cant be up against It, SL That timber must be cut Pll find some huskies somewhere who havent sold oat body and soul to Lea Calloway. Do we need skUIed lumbermen, Jim? CHAPTER VI Continued Na Skilled tabor would save time and money, but with you end Dave! Dave How marvelous t Puffer and me to boss a crew we There- - the knocker. Who hai could get the wood out come, I wonder. Touve had visiPatch, the butler, appeared at the tors enough this morning, so Ill door. close the living room door. A pedMias and Mr. Schuyler." i , dler probably. Gerard doubted hla ears. Prue Prudence opened the front door. here! He beard Jeans ecstatic, Len Calloway confronted her. Oh, goody P aa he crossed the Without speaking he passed her room to welcome the girl and her and entered the shop. His assur- brother. Hla lips tightened at the ance crisped her voice. hostility In her eyes ts they met What do you want? hlA It was abundantly evident that Same old request. I want the ha was still In disgrace for his paw contract to cut your Umber." slonate outburst of yesterday. With Same old answer." Prudence difficulty he kept his voice steady. mimicked bia diction to an inflec"This Is s clear case of thought 1 have made arrangement tion. How did you know transference. with Gerard to cut It." that we need your advice and your Gerard again. Do you still think brothers at this very moment, Prue? he la serious about this woodsman Come over by the fire, Dave." .... stuff? He well, you saw that How you all Schuyler laughed. cos rider who calls herself Madeto 'spoil met We ars not conspire moiselle Mlllee, the day the old so neignborly as we seem. We were clown passed out, Her right name driven here for shelter. Is Mllly Gooch. She was engaged at smiled radiantly . Prudence to me. Threw me over few Gerard and Armstrong, explained: and he "Dave and 1 have been to the ViThats s He like some of the oth- llage to barter egga and poultry for er statementyou have made. CalloJust as we reached this groceries. way. Her tone lashed his color to belied her name and Success drive. dark red. hardened hia eyes." I didn't dare let Dave out passed Oh. It Is! See this? , He held out an envelope. Invol- sit In the cold car It la beginning to snow while I probed for Inter untarily the read the Address, Mr. nal disturbances ; he flatly refused to Rodney Gerard.,. leave me in the dariuroad he had Get that? New - listen." He the escaped Convict bfl hlr ffilnd- pulled out a card. And get this : so here we are. Now that he to "Dear Roddy warm and comfy, perhaps you will Thanks for the check. Dont mall come out with me, Jim,- - and help ft again. Bring It as usual. Ive the engine trouble. diagnose kept my promise.' Nobody knows Gerard spoke to the man who had Mllly." been laying wood on the fire. 1 found that on the floor near Patch, teQ Judklna to look over Gerards desk. Now will you let me Miss Schuyler's car. When he has handle your timber?" In shape let me know. It Furious with herself that she had He turned to Prudence. "Your atood like a lump of putty and Us Is uncannily opportune, part- arrival retened to the note, an unbearable alization that it conflrmed her of Rodney Gerards philandering roughened the voice in which Prudence scoffed ; Ton must be the original dont succeed try-l- t Again lad. Bnt this time yon have thrown sand in the machinery. It wont work. Rodney Gerard and I will get that timber out" Calloways eye burned red. Ton and Rodney Gerard I That a Joke. Try to get men to cut. Just try, thats all. I suppose you are trusting to your partner for that?" Prudence swallowed a nervous Ton have guessed It. 1 chuckle, am truatlng to my partner to engage the men to cut Good morn- dr - ing" (s, toffi tied Into deep chairs before the Are in the library at High Ledges and lighted their pipes: IU aay I started something when I set out to thin my woods! Ger-ar1 said. thought that all that was necessary was to chop down a few trees and there we were. Now It seems that I have embarked on a life work. Puffer was to report on the tabor question this afternoon. There he la now 1 Thats Sis voice when he la excited. It doesnt sound good to mo. Come In, SI Puffer stood In the doorway. He chnckled. Howdy, Jim! Dont have to ask how you two are. Rod. Kinder beat out, aint ye? Gerard pulled himself stiffly to hla feet and drew an Inviting chair nearer the Are. All right, ' lance rrito Tea . "rt ij u m TRIES. MAGNA. UTAH He looked like a man who waa till dazed' from a body blow as he departed. Once hla lips moved, but Prue banged the door behind him before he could apeak. She leaned against It Had Calloway found that note of Mllly Goochs In Rodney Gerard's room? Dont mall It again." Apparently theraliad been other checks. Why hadn't she asked the man why be had been snooping st High Ledges? Not that the cared who wrote to Rodney Gerard or what he did with hla money. Mra. Walt had been right Her butterfly brother did flit He had from flower to flower. thought that she Prudence Schuyler would allow She A aob of 'fury shook her, brushed her hand savagely across her lips. "fluppoae I Am Not Flirting?" ner. Jim, Si, and I have struck a Len la Calloway again. snag. drunk with the Idea of hia importance In this commonity. Hands clasped on her knees, PruIt makes dence leaned forward. me see flery plnwbeela In frenzied revolution when I think of CalloI way's power. He will And that . to." dictated atand wont being Gerard s relief left him limp for ah Instant Yesterday ahe had been CHAPTER VII strong for Len. Had ahe been putman who ting up a bluff to defy the sighs of relaxation bad or Calloway her. WITH and kissed Armstrong, in the had off his own head by a atu-plcom had chopped tweeds in which they move? Whatever the explana from a long day In the woods, set- d If you have a suggestion, for Petes sake, dont hold out on us, Dave 1 I wan wondering If tome of the men at the Rescue mission might not lit in. Theyre n rough lot, but there are about twenty of them who are devoted to me. If they came, I could keep them straight while they worked,- - I think, but where would they live? The villagers wouldnt take them la ; I wouldn't ask It." Gerard did a sum In lightning calculation. "They could Uve In the big cattle barn down by the pond. Ill have bunks built, wood stoves would heat It, and get a cook from New York to feed them. Whoops I I believe youre solved the problem! Ill pay any wages yon of course, my partner approves the plan. Prudenca shook her head. "The plan la all right, but you must make allowance for the fact that Dave believes hla boys like 111 Goda chll-le- a got wings when they are exposed to the right spiritual condl-tlons- fuR, PAGE SEVEN vtgorouacouragtous life lth a renewed assurance of the IbfleetrocttblUty of the human aouL Through the corridors of my mind echoed the fragment of verse I havent thought of for years; 'Lengthening roeda that- - wind through dust and beat to hilltop clear. Hilltops clear I I awoke oa ona thla morning. Here we lighted windows la the red brick look like brilliant eyes watch lug for ua Nice old bouse. T love It Always feel like patting It as 1 past. David Schuyler turned as be tepped from the car. 7" "It help to bwy you nay that, Prue. Yon dont know how troubled I have been that for me yon gave up your friends and work la the city to come Into the country. If you had been discontented Prudence laughed. I discontented! Somebody once said. Tragedy la chic but discontent la dowdy.' Now, J ask you, can you think of me as being dowdy? -I can think of you only aa being the best little sport on earth," her brother commended gruffly. David wouldn't think her the best little sport on earth If he knew how tight and choky her throat was at the thought of hie making the trip are-Thos- -- An old subject, but always of vital Interest, la the matter which a famous woman writer deals with la the following article : "With an apology for the request, one of our reader asks, Would yon writ In tho column your deflnlllon of what ta sex appeal T "Tho question will make some of my readere arallo. To define sex appeal to name the unnamahle, to describe the Indescribable even though It la known to every adult, and la to fact ao obvious aa to need no definition I That will he the first reaction of many people to the question What to aex appeal? -"But 1 am not so sure set appeal la something understood and obvious to frflT' The term conjures up, of course, visions of a slinky siren, voluptuous, blazing eyed, full red lipped the personification of acx. to whose allure all men are slaves. And yet there are men to whom this vamp type of woman to no more dangerous than to tho sheik or gigolo type of man to many women. So there Is no formula even for the strictly physical element In sex ap- peal Itself. And my thought to that even aex appeal to not all physical. The young wife who to advised. If ahe would keep her husband's love, to keep her looks, does well, of course, to follow that advice. But If preoccupation - with - keeping - young and pretty for him makes her vain, elfish, neglectful of hla Interests, It must affect not only his love for her, hut her appeal for him. In a recent popular play s husband after cruel Inconslderateness and neglect expects to wtpe oot his wifes resentment with s passionate kiss and he to surprised and disappointed to find her quite unresponsive. You forget, abe says, that I stopped liking you.' "It to not a question without sense, that What to aex appeal 7 It may help to make marriages mere soe- cessful If young people will realize that among Average normal people, even tha basic physical appeal between a man and a woman to usually not entirely apart from a pleasing of personalities, liking each other." A Weetera Newspaper Ualoa. peal "The strictly physical element, you may aay speaking of sex appeal, And Isnt the physical element that brings na to my point. We are speaking, not of love, of which sex to the consummation, but of sex ap all? say-prov- iding. Why Doctors Favor a Liquid Laxative Scientists Would Save Totem Poles in Alaska ." Her brothers flue eyes were alight with enthusiasm. "Youre wrong, Prue, they have more sporting spirit than you think. Most of them never have had a chance. Suppose, we set three or four permanently on their feet and Incidentally get the timber out Wouldnt that be worth while? What aay, Gerard?" I think Ita keen. Give me a letter to the head of the Rescue mission and I will go to New York tomorrow. Ill go with you. "David I" Dont spike our plan, Prue, with fear for me. I must be sure that the boya understand the proposition. Dont make an Invalid of me. Im through with that Pm going. Of course. If thats the way you feel about It, Dave, who am I to atand In your way? Glad you realize your unimporHer brother smiled at tance, Prue. her. Shall we go tomorrow Rodney? Hla voice had the eagerness of a boya about to fare forth on an adventure. "Yea Perhaps youll come and see ns off?" Gerards eyes were on Prudence. Jean caught hla arm. "You couldnt take me. could you, Dncle Rod? This bouse will seem She swalawful big without you. lowed hard. "Let Jean come-anstay with Hard to Set Down Just What Is Sex Appeal Scientific treatment to being given to the tost totem poles atilt standing In the Indian villages along the coast of British Columbia and Alaska, ao that these ancient emblems will be preserved, Bays the San Francisco Chronicle. Most of the hundred odd remaining totem poles known to be on their original sites are cleaned, oiled, painted and repaired so as to atand for many years, r House - poles, - grave monuments and other carved rellca of the In dlans are being treated In the same way. There are numerous small carved totems throughout the Brit"Ill Camp Here Until Rod Re-- - ish Columbia and Alaska region, and these are being preserved by governturns." ment experts. to the city. Suppose it were to unSome of the tallest totems found do all the good that life In the counhave measured nearly 70 feet, the try had accomplished. Prudence tallest still In existence being at asked herself the next morning, as, Jasper, Alberta, where It stands 65 before breakfast ahe ran down the feet high, with a base B feet nnder tain. She stopped in amaxement ground. Thla totem waa transplantaa Rodney Gerard, David, and Jane ed from the Queen Charlotte islands. Mack stepped from her shop. What In the world have you changed your planar she demanded, and drew a quick sigh of relief. What has happened? You three Srto'w A doctor will tell yon that the careless use of strong laxatives may do more harm than good. Harsh laxatives often drain the system, weaken the bowel muscles and even affect the liver and kidney. - Fortunately, the public ia fast returning to laxatives in liquid form. The dose of a liquid laxative can be measured. The action can thus be regulated to suit individual need. It forma no habit; you neednt take a "double dose a day or two later. Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin gently " helps the average persons bowel while nature is restoring their regularity. Why not try it? Some pill or tablet may be more convenient to carry. But there is little "convenience in any eathartie which to taken so frequently, you must carry it with you, wherever yon gol Its very taste tells yon Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is wholesome. A delightful tiate, and delightful action. Safe for expectant mothers, and children. At all druggists, ready tor use, in big bottles. OfJLY 15c 1017 look Cant Rodney come to tell me of something extra to pack, Prue, without turning your eyes Into huge interrogation points? David Schuyler demanded with assumed Indignation. Of course, but TU bo seeing you, Davo. Prue, roe." Oh, Uncle Rod, may I stay with bo sure that he wears hla warmest Misa Prue while youre away? m coat. Keep me posted. Miss Mack.' With the last request Rodney Gerbe aa good aa gold ard closed the front door behind For -- Do yon really wan?, her? him. - - . the first time since she had entered over the trip was cerExcitement Prudence the room Gerard feltfhat Just a moment, tainly doing David good, not fiarm. looked at him. K. K. Do you really want her, Hla eyes were brighter, hla face less careworn. Prudence decided an hour Prue?" later, as standing between Jim ArmOf course I want her. see over and strong and Jean abe watched Rod"Okay then. Come off your brother, Prue, then Jim ney Gerard's plane take off from tha double will drive you and Jean back to the landing field which had north-soutrunway, east-wesred brick house. "The car la In running order, air,1 They had approached the front door of High Ledges. Prues eyes announced Patch. As he left the room, Gerard turned followed Jeans as the girl stopped to look at Prudence, who waa talk short to stare at a man at the top the steps. lng gaily with Jim Armstrong. of - He was of medium height and Something In the bend of his friends head tightened a band sliffily built He might be forty-fivHla sleek black hair was gray around Rodney's heart were Aa Armstrong crossed the room at the temples; his eyebrows heavier than hla clipped much not RodDavid to speak to Schuyler, mustache; high cheek bones, neys hands tightened on Prudence'a dark to the Impression of enoradded shoulders. mous Hla Ups were full and eyes. "Just a minute, girl I know why red. Jean sniffed. with so are outrageously flirting you Wouldn't yon know ltt Wouldnt Jim, but has It occurred to you that what assy be fun to you may prove yon know he'd appear Just as I was getting ready to have some fun! a knockout for him? Prudence twisted free and asked She looked, st .Prudence through tear-fille- d eye. "In case you dont with suspicious sweetness: 1 know, thata my father. "Suppose I am not flirting? Walter Gerard urbanely Intro, roads duced himself. Prue noted the "Dark, Isnt it? Pitch-blac- k under hla eyes, the unsteadimust be a state of Maine specialty," Prudence commented, as she ness of bis hands. She recognized bent forward to look through the hla type. She bad had one like him windshield against which an occa- In the family. Apparently unaware of her latent sional big snowflake splotched and Tomorrow you will be hostility, he tweaked hla daughter's melted. winging to New York. Jean and I short hair, explained that he had will hie na to the post, office daily come to see Rod on business, that when be discovered ho had gone be for letteew." "Well keep you Informed aa to bad planned to follow him to the progress. Im glad you asked Jean city. But now," he looked at Prudence to stay with you. That girl Is growand twisted one end of hla musing a soul" Curioua that she haa so little love tache, Ill camp here until Bod refor either of her parents. Uaually turns" (TO BB CONTINUED.) a child adore one of them." Have you beard anything about The Sprwco Grewse her father which sound lovable? The grouse Is smaller than spruce la ah the type Aa for her mother raffed grouse and darker. The the me Area who female know-it-aof barred and spotted with with a desire to hurl something at male la white and gray. He has a black, will that something her, preferably black throat and a spot of bright squash. Know the urge red bare skin above the eye, found to wonderful "To a quiver. 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