Show t I THE x MARKED v r MAN THE STORY From hl his French French-Canadian mother Norman n on In Inherits In herlt a distaste fur tar life lire on ora tarwater tIP tar I water which Is beyond th the understanding un un- of ot his hlf hi r father lhEr Gustaf veteran water deep sailor At t Mrs death Gustar n uN- uN to make mako Norman who has been working for or a R proper grocer roer his partner In hi his fishing boat bont nt of once In rebellious mood Norman Nor Nor- man reeks recite comfort from Julie French Canadian piny- piny mile of or his school days Ed Ld d Baker fisherman fl Normans Norman's Normans Norman's Normant Nor Nor- mans man's life long ellem enemy fans II III feeling bet between pen father and son on and Norman enters ra the lighthouse light house service at Blind Mans Man's Eye Eje Captain Stocking Is In command com corn mand nand living with his daughter Norman Norman Normn Nor Nor- Susan From the lighthouse mn man n neeS sees eeS a R boat boo t on the reef reefs Mal Making faking his way t. t t through rough the sun surl to the wreck he IB is struck hv by Ih the bod body of or a dead do dog Gustat Erickson had hod been fond rand of or toll tell lag hg a ghastly story of a n sea Bea disaster dis dis- ost aster r In which a dead do dog figurEd figured figured fig fig- urE-d urE nd Norman os as a R a child had listened to It In t terror The Th- dog the story anc and unnerves unnerves un un- un nerves him He lie abandons his Id Idea a of or rescue Captain Stocking setout SEts set out In a R boat boa I for the wreck sending Norman to the coast coastguard coastguard 1 guard station for help Captain Parish of or the guard launches a boat bont ordering Norman to go Jo with the crew lIe He Is unable to get gel aboard Stocking brings bring a R aman aman mn man n ashore from the wreck Captain Parish accuses Norman of or cowardice James Delong th Ih man rescued I Is I a gentleman farmer Norman detects Baker Raker In the act of burying a packet which Delong had dropped He UP digs It up and keeps It Norman gives the package to Delong lelon Delong has dammed a river to tomake tomake make a n lake Inke on hl his farm and the th n Sl w-r w ore are f fearful of or It ft 1 l giving tIVIS WilY way II r CHAPTER VIII Con VIII Continued 11 11 Better ride called culled James Delong Debug Norman swung around Sue Stock Stocking ing beamed lII like e the sun suu Itself In hei het shining yellow slicker clicker Norman saw her admiringly She he was pretty with those bright drops o of red In her tier cheeks Norman an nn Turning off oIT here They spattered y aw rounding u a curve In the road No Norman lugged lagged after them In the Tamarack river bottom a Ii broad yellowish water with rr creeping edges covered the sheep shepp pas pasture IU ture tare Norman observed It uneasily The gate was open Some one had been careless Norman delayed ed white while fastening It It to look honk back bari toward Lake Michigan A black northeast 1 cloud reached upward toward ton the sun More a Tn rain In Norman rapped at the kitchen doo Madame Michaud opened It Her lIeI warm warn friendly face foce was with willi flux lety madame said Norman Wheres Julie With ith her father The little sheep are drowning I Madame pointed punted excitedly Down there the tLe tL lower pasture 1 Ii ray Til Fib find them Norman answered rain if It looks like mire mare Always I 1 she cried It 11 stops I never ne 1 I He ne proceeded through the barn y jird t rd Small roosters lifted their leg leggy with ridiculous precision In the maddy mud mad muddy dy path Norman stepped around them ob observing lug eT that the loose boards board t. t of 01 the walk from the hous houe e to the i barn gate were covered co with water lie He e passed around a o clump of r cedars fir and in the field beyond made out J Julitz Julie Julit- f z Z and antI her father They were wele peering up tip t t. t the ne valley II eYe N Norman orman ran run j. j r. r I Aho Ahoy there Julie I he lie cried The girl turned Norman felt feU a u tempestuous rush ot of pleasure as he saw paw her tier handsome round head with Its purple black hair hull atop It IL What hal would she say Would she ask him burn again to farm Would site she still see no It M. M sue tuc In n his duty ut HI the light call it II n fI x wet b 1 business have ha nothing to do du with It fc For r all nil her tier manner Julie ml might ht have forgotten the whole episode of his other visit Oh Oil Norman she cried Ruined Eer Everything E thlu Is ruined 1 I Te Tears ls l's stained her cheeks B That ThaI water vater J that thai wicked wicked wit water It tans has drowned the smallest sheep A dozen ot of them My I father SD says S 'S the dam dum up lip above will break this time If it t does piT h what that tI becomes of us la Is 18 It so bud Norman asked had Bud Germaine cried All water wl 1 1 is le bad I If the dam chum breaks WilY Why did they build a dam durn h Why did the they come here Julie touched his sleeve The Tile rest of the sheep father r she she h reminded him We carne came to 10 drive them up uJ to the barn Y You ou go JO to the house Germaine I nE' nE answered me I 1 tn take Ie care of the t laP sheep Norman lifted Julie over O the last fence fenre A surly wind w whipped by theli heads w waves wes es of mist trailed It lt He tie V stepped behind Dd Julie into the he kitchen Mellen oblivious lous to the corning coming to children to er e everything and every one except Tulle Julie He tie felt word vet ila swell through him i. i Julie Juliee Ive I've e been remembering what we said bald when i j wa wat here ele last time J 1 2 o n have I I. I urma nit nita 1111 a lve sure He lie caught both her hei J V han hant ls t Julie 1 Julie caller callet her mother Madame had rushed to the time window v. j Julie followed follower quickly Norman Nor Nor- man titan stored Blared after r her his eyes wide she was pretty aRa J Z 5 A Romance o of the tIle Great La ces aces By I KARL ARL W. W DETZER w N N. U. U Service Copyright by The Bobbe Bobb Merrill Co I utility today hI I Wui tu S' S II n. n didn't show up ut ur till all In comparison was paining toward the thedoor dour door waving hlf his hands h. It II corns I he screamed 1 tube lulle Quick run the cows the the HIP sheep I Qu Quick k it-k Help me H it comes romps Norman raced after the tho girl The rl l river r slashed pus lUSI ewer lI It its luau low hanks ii nn n excited yellow v current Fast Fai up the rhe vu 1 lev the p positive voice oj mil moving waters In n convulsive torrent n the Hood swept Wl down The dam hue hud broken Julie lulle I Norman n cried A sudden him hurst IS I'S of rain mill blanked his sight Tulle Julie Mul lei leiThe I IThe ITile The Tile bellow Ing river rl answered lell It Ir struck the lie top tap of Lit the rhe faun armil and amid ripped down Iown the clue last Int steep descent Waters mu red like lile a 0 lull bursting planet half II u mile away n I a 8 quarter mile V an un eighth In a n they would arrive e half n a ute Julio 1 Norman shouted Julie lulie I James fa mites s 's car rIB heavily ily through the mud lIler streaked In a 0 dozen arteries through h th flu mid amid middie rile die of the thc road The Time Ouches were welp blocks rooks He Ill showed lowed d the time car cor that thaI Sue Cue lIt might view the tile Oolong Delong property properly from Will roam a n ridge e. e Sue rte gave ga a n cry of delight Sh She nez nel neier er r had bid seen been fields so Sll lean glean f and well eared cared for This wn was is a n country place jU just 1 like ilia the she bhe he hand had read about o p private drive e cattle ralth cattles flirt arn hidden in ill b lic ice cu s s an art Metal ake el t tenants tenants' houses It lI be Long Island Oolong Delong stopping th the car aI Inhaled smoke lazily bully and mind threw he the stub of f his cigarette sizzling Into Inton a n pool Here we are he cried cordially and over there you see my brother her Fritz he lie stopped t ped frowning I 1 wonder what's up lie pointed painted toward oward the sue In lake I C. Rain was falling failing briskly CIr Airs diu n a thin second second growth ro 1 h woods goods that acted as us a 11 screen between ht stables and dwelling house Delong hind had bin baited lie He helped Sue Site ioWa down from the carI car I If f you'll wn wilt wait It just a n second he ic hobbled toward the Uie lake Inke Ill tIP lie right Ight bail back I want to see what's up aver er there thre lie He left Sue by the lie car She hest later a n minute uncertain what he meant her to do and then lien started lifter after him The Tamarack river which once had flowed ed as ns it U pleased out our of the hills n a slow sloe Idle stream that hilI soaked good goad soil soli Into swamp was tumbling now fero ferociously over O the lie spillways of nl an nn artificial mull fall Sue hurl had expected lerl nothing so su Immense as ns this his She knew very cry little about rivers except to feel that Lake Inke Michigan l was I I In n ibis sa safer fer A dozen halt men swarmed the nar narrow narrow row ron embankment They were swung swing swingIng In Ing spades shouting hen heaving sand and mud murl wron wrong Delong cried Fritz I What's happened A tall thin man in n muddy flannels labored on his knees halfway half across the dam He Ile e was much older than his brother ten years perhaps with J 11 tt tw a y r 1 vr i y 1 The French French Canadians Were Scurry Scurrying ing for Safety a narrow sharp face shining now with perspiration nil lion Ion lIe He was crowding sand nil desperately Into a 8 hole hale In th the dike When he hp he heard rc his brat brother her bier rail call be he hp shouted hark hall but hilt did dill not riot stO stop work The artificial lake spread three quarters of nt n a n mile wide twenty feet feel deep behind Its data dam a 1 blue hille swollen circle In the tine contours of the he hills Rain was falling with a n sullen hiss upon the surface of the water that had eru crawled wl 1 to the tue heery very ery top lOp of the r embankment Earth caving ca from It ita sides fell Into the water with wilh witha a n cloudy cloud yellow ellow splash it II disappeared and more slid after It Ii Sue ran toward the rhe embankment lames James Delong Dejong after lifter Jerking off ofT his coat had grasped a n shovel from the Bands of a Trench Canadian and was working beside his brother She moved mo out recklessly upon the JJ embankment em I can help I 1 I she cried Delon Delong Jei Jerked k d around nt Jet et bj bark k on land I he ordered sharply Cel Jet et up ull to the house I Quirk Quick Its It's going oln run rum lie Ile I Ie WI was limping badly as lie he rushed along the till dam data toward her lIer Fritz Do iP ii long trig the useless lle slim el In his hands his mouth h wide open OP already had started scatted toward solid earth earns on un the oth othor pr or side Th The Tae h Canadians were for fur safety Sue retreated the ha halt dozen ht dozen steps she site had come Wet Wel earl hi h sank Sill I I like quicksand under ender her tier feet Behind her hershe slue she soy saw the tile dam damn sliding out Into spai-e. spai A broad gash a h spread where a minute e before men me hind had keen been laboring She so saw uv Fritz Df Oolong iii plunge Into 1111 the tilt Tamarack river wll with h the ripping wall wull his P eyes t wide aide Ills his gray rny hair hall standing up like Juniper brush hrush atop ids narrow head hi his mouth wide open s swearing to In himself arid and no nn words word passing audibly She saw Sit his red halted brother Ids his face tree ure turned to toward toward ward her IN and nUll a n reassuring smile upon It firth Earth slid under r his feel r as ns he hl raced for safety Water en engulfed him Only hi his shoulders lifted above nho It It but hut the IIII smile still was stamped upon Lilian his tips lips She saw f a n hl higher wave Furst over fI Ids hubs IH lien head Hd d then rhen only his 1118 loft left hand small and terrifyingly In Insignificant Insl sl significant showed above e the swirl ot of otHie I the Hie h freed waters She SlIe screamed again The voice of Ih the flood swallowed up her cr cry The plaything thai the had built Hung biting down dean the narrow valley miley an nn un an undisciplined disciplined lust lustful Ihl ful nail mad with long confinement rending reading sn ashing crushing the slow and solid structures of nature and the petty pett works of man mun A French Canadian still foolishly ripping gripping I the he handle of III hh his shovel sho stag staggered up the hunk hank spitting mud mUll tie lie straightway jell ell to we weeping In muck to 10 hl his knees knel still holding the shovel cl Filtz Fritz Delongs Delong's s 's thin white face toce bobbed to the top of the rising cur rent relit An undercurrent sucked ed him down n Sue Stocking shut shul her l' l eyes esGet es Get him I she screamed Get him I 1 You Yuu I She wrenched at the Frenchmans Frenchman's arm orm That ThaI Is Fritz Delong Delong De- De long get gel el him 1 rhe The little workman looked once at atthe atthe atthe the racing raring water wilIer Then he turned mint and tied fled Of James Debug there was no sign only his hand clutching upward In III that first horrible explosion of water power Sue darted blindly down a path to the left along the top of the river rl hunk hank It was ten len feel here above e the water The flood careened past her mocking her slow feet A small barn listing on tin one corner It II thing flung crazily before It t. t Sue wiped the ruin rain from her eyes The life cloud blackened It was op GP pulling palling such darkness at nt midday A burst of oj fresh wind enveloped en her whipping her wet torn turn yellow slicker sUcker about her knees From the higher ground she looked again on destruction destruction tion ion again unable to help It was dark an on unnatural midday twilight blotted ted the scene before her tier CHAPTER IX The Temper of the Tamarack With the first roar rou of released wu tern far up the spongy alle valley a tt bank bunk of yellow cloud rolled down the western west ern em sl sky And Arad from roan the hills a sound as ominous as any cry rry thin thai ever hurst across the lake the rhe voice olce of released Inland waters mad rand after their long captivity lt howling with new T The e air nil trembled Julie run ran past o Tulle Julie I Norman cried Nut Not that hint way 1 ere Pere orel I 1 Quick up to the hills I 1 IShia Ih Sha Shia h did dill riot not heed I Her ler rerun remaining sheep were milling around the tho pas pas' pasture pasture ture In the bottoms at nit the rhe very pry edge e hove Above them theta the tIle shoulders of the water t ders Iler of ot the flood presser pressed forward Julie lutie plunged toward them Julie lulle Norman shouted This WilY way tulle Julie I The Till waters howled louder londer than tie lie His lIis words were lost even evenIn evenIn In fa hI his own mouth She was thirty paces pares ahead lie He charged after her The sheep recognizing her trotted In III her Imer direction Allez she was sert screaming You Yon foolish beasts IS up I Up I Norman r reached Julies Julie's shoulder r he was uvas shaking her pulling shouting Into her ear eliI Come hart hack You rOil are marl mOil Julie 1 No Nn o. o no She Ste he Jerked away Would I leave the poor minor sheep Norman N while willie he dragged Julie up the he h hill III sa saw Germaine chi clawing along the tile hank hanl below The old aid man had hind dragged 1 the tho n now new w mower halfway through the door Tr Trying ln to 10 save sn the mower Norman I lau laughed aloud there was no mirth th In his Fla laughter r Like Ilke Gustaf II s It II was II He lie p pu pushed Julie u a iward i urd and ran rm toward the old aid man abandoned Il the tho mow er He the began hegan crawling hack back up the tho hill hili with water snapping at al IIi his he heels ls The sheep hawing baa timidly trotted past Julie lulle along the tile moving mo |