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Show 6 UINTAH BASIN RECORD dog’s eyes was of such unmistakable hatred, so intense, so personal . that it carried a direct challenge.. Again a rush, but this time the animal feinted, went under the swinging club and slashed at Steve’s thigh as he passed, The fangs missed by inches. But the next time the club found its mark, blood slavered from the dog’s lip and he backed off slowly, grudgingly until Drake, setting his foot on the dragging chain, checked his retreat. | Steve walked down that chain with the precision of a tightrope walker, keeping his full weight al- ways ayers 6RRVICE _ en ti yer pais Be TE D i A= Qo iJ I CU eee BY HAROLD TITU IL os “GHAPTER . H-I1]—Continued “There she lays, Jimmy! From Steve was first to the window. He saw LaFane’s three children on the beach, walking toward the store, the youngest with a hand held a@il-:I can guess, added to what The scream Thorpe told me, it’s the pulp wood by each of the others. contract that’s keepin’ the Job alive came again and they furned and to gntil.fall, and if we don’t have saw what Drake saw, a huge wolfsteel to get our logs out om and a like dog, a length of chain attached mill runnin’ by the time snow flies to his collar curling and snapping we're all in. And them lads in behind him, racing along the sand, - @amp’ve got to have ‘their: question ' §teve paced - ereased cost of - -gerious but the - -would . +» « spell an answer to in short order.” the room. ‘The inproduction might be complete shut-down disaster. He was here to help Old Jim. give ‘em abruptly. what “Good!” McNally grinned ly. “I -was hopin’ you'd straight, Young-Jim broadsee it !" ‘Adroitly;-covering his own utter ignorance of situations and men, ., Steve learned other things: ‘That Franz had come into the country three years before, posing _ @s a cruiser; that he had met Kate and Old Jim at Geod-Bye; that Kate had been charmed by him for atime, “that suspicion had been born in’ her, that evidence finally had been unearthed that Franz was only an agent for Benson interests, Spying on Polaris and working craftily to’ put himself into the good graces of Duncan MacDonald, whose property: would have served as a key holding to either of the larger Outfits... 0. etc é MacDonald, or the Laird, as he = was known locaily, was a wealthy recluse whose passion was trout - fishing. He had steadfastly refused ; _ to sell his timber or to grant a rightof-way for Flynn’s railroad through it. _ LaFane. . . . “What about LaFane?” Steve asked. . “He's another queer one; these woods seem to be full of ’em! He’s - been in here squattin’ on your prop~ erty, since before I come. Old Jim ** didn’t molest him; sort of liked the ~ man, I guess. LaFane is the best - -weodsman I’ve ever seen, but he — -avon’t work at it. He breaks ‘2+. dogs for sports, traps a little bird and, recent, ’s béen carryin’ the mail. aes. been‘ thinkin’ about him a these last days. 3 to chum:up .« lot, Franz’s been tryin’ to him tion mebby and I had a no-. he’d like to get hold of some.of our letters. I don’t think - La Fane’d sell out, but he’s a queer one. . I’ve always figured he'd be -a wonder would, at but handlin’ he’d - dogs... Just _. " thing over gging ay rather men if work he with now he’s got a wild there and thinks he’s to develop a strain aes of sled “Yes” gir, LaFane’s a queer fish! Een "gentlest “man with children tg Sa ae . ** yGuve éver seen. All wrapped up in “His*kids. F’ve watched him handle “EES pe “Gpunken lumber-jack just like he would a dog and you’d think there wast. a, kind-hair-in his head, then. aSete: itea NE. oS 5 Wiese peri st ee A RLoe EPC te oshe AO re ty SC e SP Ks a ea > 3 z head low, the hair along his back on end. A man appeared in the doorway of the store, looked out and whirled back. The children stood instant and then eldest, the still an with a frightened cry, tugged at the baby’s “All right; we'll they want,” he said Sae s hand and ran for sanctuary. — “Come on!” cried Drake. “Get gun, Mac!” a E He vaulted out the window and ran to intercept the dog. The children had stopped, were huddled together as the dog, lashing with his fangs at the youngest, ripped a slash in her dress, but evidently missing the flesh, went past, whirling to a stop, his feet clawing in the wet sand for hold to turn and be at them again. ‘The man reappeared in the store doorway, rifle butt against his cheek. “Don’t shoot!” Steve cried. “DNon’t—” No need of that warning; the man saw that he could not send a saving bullet without grave danger of having it injure the child. The largest girl, sweeping the others behind her protectingly, stooped, scooped her hands full of pebbles %ind sand and as the dog rushed at her, fangs bared, in his face. flung the grit full : from his course, time and to close made gave Drake ‘and threw him spun clear him about of the little girl. - “Pick her up! Get her away! Run!” he shouted to the largest, stamping and kicking at the dog. ' His toe caught the beast on the point of the nose as he leaped in to accept this challenge. With a short yelp the creature backed away, circling, and Steve, not taking his eyes from him, stooped and seized a stout hardwood stick which lay on the sand. The dog had forgotten the run- ning children, evidently. He circled the man, jaws drooling, eyes fixed. Steve, turning as the dog moved, braced himself for the rush which he knew would come. When it did come it was with that suddenness which only a creature with the wild in his blood could Summon. He hurtled straight at the man, With a grunt Drake put the caught went animal along over twice, chain wraphis body, and even man closed quickly, raining blows, circled the he scuttled free and briefly at a safe distance. Once again he rushed, hurling his hundred pounds of fury through the air, straight for Steve’s throat. This time the club caught him atop the skull and he went down with a yelp. _ The limping individual with the rifle was close, shouting, his weapon at his shoulder. “Put up that gun!” Steve snapped. “You'll get me—” He struck at the dog’s back, but the animal threw himself sideways, don't hard! beat -D—n; ’em up, how hard understand. he And ts! He don’t warm up to anybody except » +hi§ kids-and his dogs.” +» Steve decided to watch LaFane closely. Just now he was chaining some. setters and, after a moment, _,With a final. playful toss of the 4 _ youngest child, set off into the woods with. two bird dogs. After he “*“ the man was near, rose to his feet. “ “He resumed that restless) pacing back and forth, back and forth, the children with 2 ears te aes ~ with few the feet blow, and to safety, scurrywhirled aot “Now!” panted McNally, coming with a gun himself. “Get back! Pll fix him!” “Let him alone,” said Drake, lifting his eyes just long enough to see the children disappearing into the doorway of the store, to see their mother, who had run past him, close behind them. “This seems to be a kind of personal matter.” Indeed it was. The look in the huge 'As “Wor another hour Steve and McNally talked and might have continued until noon had not a shrill, long-drawn scream brought them to their feet. OPENING Jim” Flynn, his charge, Steve the as finds, Polaris “Young crew assumes Jim.” immensely A that his man across the for his outburst. “Thanks!” was bitterly. his first “Thanks, word, Meester gene Drake hesitated; owner and snapped his thumb. then, belly to the sand, Slowly, the dog his slunk toward him. “Good Lord, man, are you going to keep that thing around after what almost happened?” “Yes,” said LaFane. “And because of what almost happened.” He searched Drake’s face and his mouth twitched. “If I killed him before I made him safe for them, what would my children think of me?” Steve scratched his head. “Well, that’s one way to look at it,” he muttered. “But what .. .” LaFane, evidently, was not interested in what Drake had been about aA “Heel!” the store, he said and dog close did not look started behind for him. at the creature . The man brushed her aside, almost roughly. He took the babe in his hands and held her before him. Then, with a quick movement, he crushed her close, putting his cheek to her scratched cheek, wrapping his arms about her. _ He started off for his home as others approached. The dog slunk at his heels. As he passed, Drake saw that tears were on the man’s face. “A queer one, for sure,” he said, thinking of McNally’s words, That aftern.en Steve Fane in the store. . “I want to send found La- a telegram in to town,” he said. “Can you start early in the morning?” ; “IT will start now,” he said. “That’s fine of you but it isn’t necessary.” “Anything you want of me I will do, Young Jim,” LaFane said quietly. “If you had not been here...” He shrugged. “I have you to thank for something which is priceless.” He went out abruptly and Steve felt that in those few words he had conveyed as much feeling as most men could in an oration, - The message which Steve sent out, addressed to Katharine Flynn, was as follows: .. “Am on job. Situation bad but. nothing is impossible. Don’t expect letter until I have something to report, Jim.” He had experienced some qualms about the signature, but it had to be. No concern would be content to know that a stranger held its destinies in his hands and he knew that the truth would be the last straw for the burden which Old Jim and his daughter bore. Immediately, he commenced informing himself of the Polaris holdings. On the fourth day, after meeting with Wartin and the woodchoppers and conceding to their demands, feeling guilty at spending another’s money and yet bolstered by the knowledge that it was the only way out, Steve set out to inspect. the lower river. McNally was busy and Steve Sent Old Jim, he is Flynn's of desire son, beautiful to aid Old and Kate Jim, Flynn, takes which German by | a investigation “Dr, °Theodor pal of a school Stockmann, princi- in Duisburg, noticed that one of his pupils was falling behind in school work, and was becomand more lazy and into habits, this sleepy. young Doctor man’s Stockmann habitually got four or hours’ sleep before midnight and up at three or four o’clock in morning to do their studying. “Two pupils who worked the day also found themselves ter health and more part five got the of in bet- successful in When a Child “Kept after school!’ And it isn’t the child’s fault, or the teacher’s. His mother is to blame. How can a boy get his lessons when his senses are dulled day after day by dosing with sickening purgatives? When a child’s bowels are stagnant they need help, of course. But not some drastic drug to upset the stomach, perhaps weaken the entire system; or form the laxative habit. On % the right, parents will find a their studies when they went to bed happy solution of this problem: immediately after supper and did their school work between midnight and dawn. His observations also suggest, Doctor Stockmann reports Old Grouch Speaks to the German medical profession, | “Our first baby was a girl, and the that less than eight hours’ sleep may be enough, at least for young people, second was of the contrary sex.” “Oh, then you have two girls.” provided all of it is obtained before midnight.”—Literary Digest. 9 Won't Study Here’s a boy who gets good marks, has time and energy for play He is. never ill, hardly ever has so much as a cold. symptoms When he does show any of being sluggish, his mother knows just what to do. She gives him a little California Syrup of Figs—and that is all. It’s a natural, fruity laxative that is agreeable to take, and its gentle laxative action comes from senna. Parents are urged to use just Bey California ve of Figs. e sure bottle says ‘California’. WE DO OD RAT But the Next Time the Club Found its Mark. LaFane ’nd yer companion! Thanks fer puttin’ doon th’. grandest that swims th’ stream |” Steve into the fish turned the canoe quickly shallows and brought it to @ hal, eit oes “I’m sorry, sir!” he said. “We ‘fo keep clean and healthy take Dr. couldn’t see around the bend. I Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. They regulate liver, bowels and stomach.—Ady. didn’t know—” ae : e “See! Know! What gude’d it’ve done, had ye? What gude to me, I'd choose to know!” His gray eyes, burned, “Four years, noo, I've worrked for yon troot! He’s th’ grandest fontanilis that swims this water! Five times, I’ve struck him; five times I’ve had him go through th’ cast. . . . ’Nd this mornin’ he was erazy for it, ’nd I was at last prepared for him! ’'Nd you... you put yer canoe. across his lair ’nd drove him doont. ... D—n!” “JT wouldn’t ‘have done it. for the world, sir!” Steve protested. ‘“T know what it is myself, to work over a fish.” “Ay! me Wi’ yoong spinner, men likely! Most use th’ spinner. They’re not anglers; it takes an angler to ken!” “Yes,” Steve agreed. “A spinner fisherman, a plunker wouldn’t understand. For them, a fish is meat. For the dry fly... He’s = Emus in tion were begun under the first fiveyear plan, and they are now said to be satisfactory, the emu _ having shown that it can withstand the cold winters of Russia as far north as Moscow. The official report of the new scheme points out that the emu edible flesh and that its eggs contain from 600 to 700 grammes of nutritious food. For the moment, however, it is intended not to eat the eggs, but to use them for hatching, and special incubators have been constructed. young a bird. REMEMBER THIS CROSS It Means the REAL Russia The Soviet authorities have started a scheme to “populate” the steppes of Russia with Australian emus. 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Steve shrugged as he sur- veyed the rock-strewn torrent. No, @ man would have dire necessity riding with him if:he stuck to the river through that mad water. “Franz did it once,” La Fane as though sensing what his panion’s shrug indicated. years ago. It’s what got him good standing with MacDonald. Donald said, com“Two, into Mac- couldn’t do-it even “in his younger days, and he was a good man, too. Seme men are like that; they’ll have nothing to do with any other until he. can beat them at something they’re good in. Franz is no fool.” Steve 4°. thought . this last might have been added as a.warning. he thought again that. -this And com-- panion was a strange’creature. The Laird was not in sight on their return and when they came to the pool where his great trout lived Steve called a halt. and sat there for many minutes, peering down into the ‘dark. water. while Steve, though saying little, studied the character of the bend. 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You will receive this large book of entertaining advertising illustrations by mail. at all, said. }-. “Old Jim left a fly rod and tackle here two years ago. I have fresh leaders.” = — oe “Thanks,” ‘muttered Steve and grinned. This fellow was good! ~ (TO BE CONTINURD.) a A i} ae > } the voice of the river became a mutter. N. R. Aa %t : rounded % Of Bayer “It’s little things that touch him «5 or win his friendship. months.” | _ Manufacture thing else again. I’m sorry. Come on, LaFane.” e He spun the canoe about and they proceeded. He was conscious that the Scotchman was eyeing him, something like puzzlement evidently mingling with ill humor, LaFane spoke after a time: incapacitated Steve ' they STORY by ridiculed . Doctor Stockmann then tested the same idea on seventeen other pupils, averaging about nineteen years old. All turned out to be in better health and to do better school work when country along, asked LaFane to go in the canoe with him. The man responded with only a short, “Of course,” when asked, and, taking his place in the stern, paddled silently. son. is found that he was studying late at night and sleeping late in the morning. Change of this habit so that the pupil slept before midnight and woke very early in the morning to study caused remarkable improve-| ment in school work and in health. wanting some one familiar with the OF THE recent ‘Inquiring The animal hesitated, stopped; the tail dropped between his legs, he lowered his head in shame or in!” A ing more then ear insisted usually tends, however, to cast doubt on this sleep took his weight from the chain. The dog turned to skulk away, licking his chops. LaFane spoke: “Duke!” The word was crisp and sharp, not loud. “Come in!’ fear, “Come sleep medical opinion and to confirm the ancient proverb, says Dr. HK. E. Free, in his Week’s Science (New York): deep “Chance?” Steve demanded incredulously. “Chance for what?” “To save myself in the eyes of my children, perhaps. Let him ZO... ny «ease. photograph increases the a that “one hour’s ‘ting a text from the gospel on every REMARKABLE VESSEL timber of the vessel. The figurehead On the bunks of the Wade river. represents an angel holding an open New Zealand, is being constructed Bible. The Ysabel is 41 feet long one of the strangest craft ever made The to ply the sea. It is the Gospel ship. ‘and rigged as a barquentine. timbers were cut and shaped with an Ysabel, and is built by L. Beavis, ax, saw and plane and a chisel made who plans to sail it personally. He Auxiliary power has measured everything by span of out of an old file. the fingers, and has kept a Bible will be supplied by a hand-driven handy while working, writing or cut- propelling device invented by Beavis. Most of them maintain that while eight hours’ sleep is necessary at some time during the twenty-four, it makes little difference when it is obtained. an- by of quietly. is temporarily blinded, through an accident in which Kate, his daughter, to take charge of the company’s—the Polaris—woods operations, the youth is indulging in a drunken spree. Learning of Polaris’ dire straits, and hoping to de something for Old Jim, Steve hastens to the company’s headquarters. He finds Franz plotting against the Fliynns. Worsting Franz in a fist fight, him “What you were going to do would spoil my chance,” he said CHAPTERS benefactor’s peculiarly on mountain: hands, they swept spoken Stephen Drake, with his four-year-old son, is rescued from a blizzard by Jim Flynn, big timber operator, whom Drake has robbed. Flynn gives Drake another chance, and the father, until his death, impresses on the boy, Steve, the debt they owe “Old Jim.” Twenty years later, Steve meets “Young shock, proverb afterward,’ physicians, and he was, in a manner, prepared went, .@ great gray creature that had. been “pacing at his chain length, which . lay flat, head. on his paws, while watching sit. going ing a again, the to meet glare turned white-haired paddle expression lay in the eyes such as Drake had never seen before. He animal, however, gered a decided water toward the high bank Steve’s the youngest. He He straining strength, but Steve saw blood on the child’s cheek where a paw had raked, as he raised a foot for the kick that the A eyes and interest held on this angler Amazed, The before midnight is worth two hours’ digging _who sat in the bow, a fly rod in his}. dog, again. The children and his wife were in the doorway, the. woman trying to still the frantic crying of lifted shallows by throwing his head from side to side his rush Steve in the against bottom. BEST SAYS EDUCATOR .It was a surprise to see another canoe there, and a sort of shock to observe Franz in the stern, holding it NOT TIME FOR STUDY, Laird’s line.” Steve. was wondering about the owner and how he might be approached when they shot around a sharp bend, coming from strong current to a quiet, velvety pool. as he sought to tear free... . The animal was belly.down, now, and Drake raised the club high. One fair blow on the skull and— “Let me take him,” said a voice close behind, LaFane was looking at the great beast, face unperturbed, but he was breathing quickly and when he turned his gaze to the others an in. ping about though the Just a natural-born handler. the No more than time. The dog leaped for the baby and bore -her down. The teeth had missed a hold The club the ribs, “Ai Right: We'll Give ‘Em What They Want,” He Said Abruptly.. it, and into the sand, with all his It drove him, blinking and rag- to ask. ing, harmless whole of his strength into the blow. Lr on his feet backward NIGHT For a mile no word-was spoken. Then LaFane said, “This is the INSTANT S$ TARTING—LIGHTNING PICK-UP—HIGH TEST oe ’ % |