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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH Baree's. Here was something too Big to kill, and with an angry squeak the ermine was gone. Napanao's wings relaxed, and the throb went out of her Body. She was dead. Baree hung on until he wus sure. Then he began his K-l- OF KAZAN by JAMES OIJVEI1 CURVOOD, WNU 8rlc anywhere between his four legs, and head with Its his little sharp-pointeNEPANAO could red slip easily eyes beady inch in diameter. u an hole through doff Synopsis. Part wolf, part For several centuries Sekoosew had when two months old Baree has his first nutting with an helped to make history. It was he enemy. Papayuolilsew (young when his pelt was worth a hundred owl). Fighting hard, the antagdollurs In kings gold that lured the onists are suddenly plunged Into a swollen creek. Badly bulTeted, first shipload of gentlemen adventurand half drowned, Baree Is finalers over the sea, with Prince Ilupert ly flung on the bank, but the at their head; it wns little Sekoosew water has destroyed his sense of who was responsible for the forming direction and he 1s lost, lonely ' of the great Hudsons Bay company and hungry. For many days his life Is one of fear and distress, and the discovery of half a continent; of lie meets various creatures for almost three centuries he had a and wild the goes through fought his fight for existence with the thunderstorm. lie Is learning more and more. trapper. And now, though he was no longer worth his weight In yellow gold, he wns the cleverest, the fiercest, and the most merciless of tdl the creatures Chapter II Continued that made up Ids world. It was quite fortunate for Baree As Baree lay under the tree, Sekoothat this Instinct tlltl not go to the sew was creeping on his prey. Ills standlimit In the Beginning anti make him game was a big fat spruce-heunderstand that Ids own breed the ing under a thicket of Black currant wolf was most feared of all the creaBushes. He was like a shadow a tures, claw, hoof, anil wing, of the gray dot here, a Hash there, now hidforests. Otherwise, like the small hoy den Behind a stick no larger than a who thinks lie can swim Before he has mans wrist, appearing for a moment, the next Instant gone as quickly as If mastered a stroke, he might someThus he apwhere have .lumped in beyond ids he had not existed. proached from fifty feet to within depth and had ids head chewed off. That Very much alert, with the hair three feet of the spruce-hen- . standing up along Ids spine, and a was Ids favorite striking distance. little growl In his throat, Itaree Fnerringly he launched himself at the smelled of the ldg footprints made By drowsy partridge's throat, and his the Bear and the moose. It was the needle like teeth stink through feathers hear scent that made him growl, lie Into tlesh. followed the tracks to the edge of the Sekoosew' was prepared for what creek. After that he resumed his wanhappened then. It always happened when he attacked Napanao, the dering, and also Ids hunt for food. For two hours he did not find a Her wings were powerful, crayfish. Then he came out of the and her first Instinct when he struck green timber Into the edge of a burned-ove- r country. Here everything was Black. The stumps of the trees stood up like huge charred canes. It 'cr was a comparatively fresh "hum of last autumn, and the ash was still soft under Ihirees feet. Straight through tlds Black region ran the creek, and Jr2.,r over It hung n Blue sky In which the sun wns shining. It was quite Inviting to Itaree. The fox, the wolf, the moose, and the carlhou would hnve turned Back from the edge of this dead country. In another year It would But now It Bo good hunting-ground- , was lifeless. Fven the owls would have found nothing to eat out there. It was the Blue sky and the sun and the softness of the earth under Ids feet that lured Baree. It was pleasant to travel In nfter his painful experiences In the forest, lie continued to follow the stream, though there was now little possibility of his (lading anything to eat. The water had Become sluggish and dark ; the channel was choked with charred debris that had fallen into tt when the forest had Burned, and Its shores were soft and muddy. After a tlmp, when Baree stopped and looked about him, he could no longer see the green timber lie was alone In that he had left. desolate wilderness of charred Sekoosew Was Creeping on His Prey. It was as still ns death, too. was always that of tlight. She rose Not the cldrp of a Bird Broke the sinot he could soft ash straight up now with a great thunder In the lence. hear the full of his own feet. But he of wings. Sekoosew hung tight, his There was the teeth buried deep in her throat, and wns not frightened. his tiny, sharp claws clinging to her assurance of safety here. like bands. Through the air he find to could If he something only eat! That was the master thought whizzed with her, biting deeper and yards from that possessed Baree. Instinct hail deeper, until a hundred death-thinhad not yet Impressed upon him that this where that terrible to her throat, Napanao which he saw all about him was star- fastened vation. He went on, seeking hopefully crashed again to earth. Where she fell was not ten feet for food. But at last, ns the hours a few moments he passed, hope Began to die out of him. from Baree. For The sky looked at the struggling mass of feathThe sun sank westward. grew less Blue; a low wind Began to ers in a daze, not quite comprehending ride over the tops of the stubs, and that at last food was almost within Napanao was dying, but now and then one of them fell with a his reach. still she struggled convulsively with crash. startling Baree could go no farther. An hour her wings. Baree rose stealthily, and Before dusk he lay down in the open, after a moment In which he gathered The sun disap- all his remaining strength, he made a weak and starved. peared Behind the forest. The moon rush for her. llis teeth sank into her Breast and not until then did he see rolled up from the east. The sky glittered with stars and all through the Sekoosew. The ermine had raised his death-gritit the partnight Baree lay as If dead. When head from the and his savage little red throat, he ldmself to ridge's dragged morning came, the stream for a drink. With his last eves glared for a single instant Into strength he went on. It wns the wolf urging him compelling him to struggle to the last for his life. The dog in him wanted to lie down and die. In him Burned But the wolf-sparstronger. In the end it won. Half a Hr. Edward S. Morse of Salem, who mile farther on he came again to the 45 years sorting over the shell spent green timber. In the forests ns well as in the great heaps that are found along the New cities fate plays its changing and England shore, found them composed whimsical hand. If Baree had draggl'd largely of oysters and clams. But himself Into thp timber half an hour when he went to Europe to consult later he would have died. He was with Professor Steenstrup, the Danish too far gone now to hunt for crayfish expert on European shell heaps, he or kill the weakest bird. But he came was amazed to learn that no dam Just as Sekoosew, the ermine the shells were found among the oysters, most bloodthirsty little pirate of all says Edwin E. Slosson, director of science service, writing in Colliers the wild was making a kill. Magazine. a was hundred yards That fully Although dams abounded in the from where Bares lay stretched out under a spruce, almost ready to give Baltic, the prehistoric people never ate up the ghost. Sekoosew was a mighty them. It was the same In England; hunter of his kind. His body was the clam had never Been eaten, even We learned the about seven Inches long, with a tiny In ancient times. Black-tippetail appended to it, and epicurean delights of the clatn from he weighed perhaps five ounces. A the North American Indians, to whom babys fingers could have encircled him we are Indebted for tobaccu d wood-partridg- Mk. tree-corpse- g d 1 d-- H- With murder In his heart, Sekoosew hovered near, whisking here and there hut never coming nearer than half a dozen feet from Baree. His eyes were redder than ever. Now and then he emitted a sharp little squeuk of rage. Never had he been so angry in all his life! To have a fat partridge stolen from him like this was an imposition lie hud never suffered before. He wanted to dart in and fasten his teeth In Baree's Jugular. But he was too good a general to make the attempt, too good a Napoleon to jump deliberAn owl he ately to Ids Waterloo. would have fought. He might even have given buttle to Ills big brother and his deadliest enemy the mink. But in Baree tie recognized the and he vented his spite at a distance. After a time his good sense returned, and he went off on another hunt. Baree ate a third of the partridge, and the remaining two thirds he cached very carefully at the foot of t he ldg spruce. Then he hurried down to (lie creek for a drink. The world looked very different to him now. After all, one's capacity for happiness depends largely on how deeply one lias suffered. Ones tiard lurk and misfortune form the measuring-sticfor future good luck and fortune. So hours it was vvilli Baree. Forty-eigh- t ago a full stomach would not have made him a tenth part as happy as he was now. Then his greatest longing was for his mother. Since then a still greater yearning had come into Ids life for food. In ft way it was fortunate for him that he had almost died of exhaustion and starvation, for his experience had helped to make a man of him or a wolf dog. Just as you are of a mind to put It. lie would miss his mother for a long time. But he would never miss her again as he had missed her yesterday, and the day before. For another (ty and night Baree remained In the vicinity of lrs cache. When the last bone was picked, he moved on. lie now entered a country where subsistence war no longer n perilous problem for him. It was a lynx country, and where there are lynx, there are also a great many rabbits. When the rabbits thin out, the to hotter hunting lynx emigrate rabbit As the snovvshoe grounds. Breeds a'l the summer through, Baree found himself In n land of plenty. It wns not difficult for him to catch and For a week kill the young rabbits. he prospered anil grew bigger and stronger each day. But nil the time, stirred by that seeking. Wanderlust spirit still hoping to find the old home nnd his mother he traveled into the north and east. And this wns straight into the trapping country of Pierrot, the halfbrood. lierrot, unti'i two years ago, had believed hlmsclt co he one of the limst fortunate men 14 the big wilderness. That was before La Mort Bongo the a uj. lie was half Heath Bod French, and lie hid married a Free chiefs daughter and in (heir log cabin on the (Iray Boon they had lived for many years in great prosperity and was proud of Pierrot happiness. throe tlihigs In this wild world of liis; lie .wns immensely proud of Wyola, liis royal blooded wife; lie was proud of liis daughter; and he wns proud of hunter. Until the liis reputation as Bed Heath came, life was quite complete for him. It was then two years ago that the smallpox killed Ills princess wife. lie still lived in the little caldn on the dray Boon, but lie was n different Pierrot. The heart was sick in him. It would have died, had It not boon for Nopecse, liis daughter. liis wife had named her which means the Widow. Nepeese had grown up like the willow, slender as a reed, with all her mother's wild beauty, and with a little of the French thrown In. She was sixteen. with great, dark, wonderful eyes, and hair so beautiful that an agent from Montreal passing that way had once tried to buy it. It fell In two shining braids, each ns big as a man's Non, wrist, almost to her Knees. Msieu,- Pierrot had said, a cold glitter In his eyes as lie saw what was in tluv It Is not for barter" agents face. Two days after Baree had entered Ids trapping ground. Pierrot came in from the forests with a troubled look in his face. wolf-bree- 11 e, - And now he Is In the trapping-groundof Pierrot and the love'y Nepeese. How will he fare? s PRICE for Man of Choice I Cleveland, Ohio. Mary Kas-nic, nineteen years old, grocery . . clerk, made known her decision to spurn a fortune of $175,000 .. so she could marry the man of her choice. In a will left by hpr uncle, who lived near Omaha, Neb., Miss Kasnlcwas bequeathed the I! money on condition that she marry Frank Doelinar, txventy-- " eight years old, of Omaha. She has two years to make up her Only such a vast " " .. " " (TO 1IK CONTINUED ) Now we are accustomed to think of these early ancestors of ours as lather iiiiilisciimhiatliig In their diet, having no piejudices against beast, tdid. fish, mollusk or insect. Yet these poor benighted creatures had lived for 25,000 years with clams served up to them on the shell as a free lunch at every tide, and they wouldn't touch em. 40,000,000 spark plugs a year could SLOTH BEAR From where did you come? build Champion superior quality at asked the Brown Bear of the bear nearby. Fro.n India, answered the other bear. And when you speak to me. Brown Bear, please call me by name. I would do so gladly, said the brown hear, but I dont know your name. Then It Is high time you found It out," said the other hear. How can I find It out? asked the brown bear. By asking, you silly, said the other bear. oh, said the Brown Bear, then wont you please tell me your name? Y'es, I will tell That is different. you my name. My name is Sloth Bear and I nm also called the Bear. 1 am so named because of my great or white muzzle or nose or under-liwhatever you wish to call it. "I don't mind what I call It, said Brow n Bear. Isnt my long black hair beautiful, perfectly beautiful?" asked Sloth Bear. And dont you think I am very interesting? he added.. When I say tills I don't mean myself alone, I mean as a family, and of myself as representative of tlie family. By representative I mean I represent or show what the rest of the family is like. "1 used to 11X4 Tn the deep forests of India, he continued, before the brown bear hail any chance to answer his questions. "1 was famous for my lilack hair, mv white nose and my beautiful, mind. The will further provides that If Miss Kasnic refuses to marry Hoelinar the $175,000 will go to him. "I dont love Frank, Mary I! I am In love with said. a " young Cleveland man and all the money In the world doesnt I. tempt me. FIRE MANS HOME TO SMOKE HIM OUT Long-Lippe- Burned to Death After Fight With Posse. such low prices as 60 and 75 cents. d Champion X exclusively tor Fords a packed in the Red Box DU p Clint Brown, (la. Fayetteville, sixty, a bachelor farmer, was burned to death in his home when officers set tire to the dwelling to smoke him out." Brown barricaded himself 111 his house after officers had tried to arrest him and had been repulsed when Brown fired on them. Brown was sought in connection with the slaying of IUeh Neeley, negro, whose body was found on a neighboring farm. When Sheriff B. W. Adams and two county policemen attempted to arrest him, Brown opened fire and slightly xvounded Officer Fdvvard' Hickson. The sheriff's party then withdrew for reinforcements. officers of two adjoining counties were summoned and the house was surrounded. Slu riff Adams said that several shots were exchanged between tho barricaded man and the ollieers. The warrant for Brown was issued after George Thomas, a cousin nnd neighbor, had been arrested and was alleged by ollieers to Have confessed to slaying Neeley and implicating shot-riddle- 434 Champion for cars other than Fords packed in the Blue Box I 0 Champion Dependable for Every Engine Toledo, Ohio Probably Wise The Book agent was trying to sound the stenog. Now, what kind of a man is Mr. Whoozis? Oh, he knows it all. In that ease I guess Im wasting time in trying to sell him an encyclopedia. m pain one minute Brow n. On minute that's how quick Dr. Scholl's s end the pain of corns. They do it safely. You risk no infection from amateur cutting, no danger fromdrops Zino-pad- Gargles Molten Lead; Drives Nails in Body Dont Fortune Sewed in Dress of Dead Woman Recluse I Am Interesting? long white claws. "All, such claws as I have! And Sloth Bear looked at his claws admiringly. "You're an Interesting and Beautiful Bear, all right, said the brown bear. And Sloth Boar growled and shook his li ng lilack fur. You show youre a sensible Bear to say so. Yes, it's not every Bear who can he a sloth Bear, But at least every Bear can know what a fine and interesting and beautiful hear the Sloth Bear Is that is if he has tlie chance to find out. And when he finds out he should appreciate what lie knows ns you do, ended tlie Sloth Bear. uiy friend, And tlie Brown Bear waved his head, and agreed, but he was thankful the Sloth Bear had stopped talking, for he wanted a nap now. So off he went and took a nap, and the Sloth Bear took one, too. Foe Free Sample write The Scholl Hfg. Co., Chicago D Scholls Zino-pad- s Put one on Cite pain is gone For Cuts Dress at once with Vaseline Jelly. Prevents soreness. Shuts out air and dirt. Heals quickly. Keep it handy for every emergency. CHESEBROUGH MFQ. COMPANY New York State Street Vaseline err is. u. pat. PCTKOLKUM JELLY Silent Sports Hifferent groups may be assigned certain sports. One group plays baseball. The pitcher pretends to throw the hall, the Batter pretends to Bat it, the catcher to catch it and return it to the pitcher. The hall may he pitched again and the batter pretend Breaks Glass With Fist ter. Another man entered and started to drive Glaser into a rear room at the point of a revolver. Benner turned and with his fist smashed tlie plate glass window. The crush attracted hundreds of people and the bandits, pocketing tlieir weapons, ran out. Think You artistic, exquisite, munificent, glorious Jeweler Foils Bandits; New York. Isadore Benner, owner of a jewelry store at B52 Rtvington street, saved his daughters life and jewelry worth $75, (HO By smashing the plate glass of his display window with Bare fist, outwitting three robbers. He, his daughter Till ie, seventeen, and his clerk, Max Glaser, were closing up when a mail entered tlie store and said he wanted to buy a wrist watch. Benner went to the window and took a tray of watches to tlie counter. Tlie stranger thrust a revolver against the girls breast and said : "One move nnd Ill plug your daugh- s remove the cause (acid). pressing or rubbing of 6hoes. They are thin, medicated, antiseptic, protective, healing. Get a box today at your druggist's or shoe dealers 35c. Zino-pad- Paris. Baris Is welcoming somewhat skeptically one Ban el Geny, nil Indian fakir, who says he cant be Burt Because he doesnt want to be Burt. The high point of t He exhibition of Ban el Geny, who has appeared before a company of savants and journalists as the first step toward gaining the fame necessary for a vaudeville run, is gargling molten lead. Dressed in tlie best of Oriental robes and feathered turban, he heats a bit of lead until It melts, takes a spoonful in an aluminum spoon and puts It in his throat. When the lend has cooled he takes a bite to show the Imprint of his teeth. Then, taking out the lead, asks all doubters to examine it. The skeptics point out tliat Ban el Geny always breaks the spoon which transports the molten metal. Can there Be substitution, ask the sophisticated Parisians? How can one Be sure It is lead, query others. Objections and criticism multiply as the faker drives nails into various parts of his body, lies' upon broken glass while enthusiasts Jump on his chest, and puts Burning brands to his bared breast. No one seems to believe any more that fakers are entirely justified for the substitution of an "I for the e In the latter half of tlie word. Brooklyn, N. Y. A small fortune in paper money was found sewed in the Signs of Progress dress of Tillie Johnson, aged woman Time Hies, and barbers are undertakers are morticians, recluse, when she died here. The wiremen are electrologists and trusts money totaled $5,000. For years the woman lived alone, are mergers. Detroit News. never mentioning friends or relatives. She lived as if she were destitute. Cowardice asks Is It safe? Exofficials, however, found the Morgue pediency asks. Is It politic? Vanity money sewed to the inside of her But const iencs dress. Police have sought relatives asks, Is it popular? asks. Is It right? Punshon In vain. chlro-tensor- production as MaryGrahamBnnner :: long-barrele- Early Peoples Passed Up Delicious Clams -- H"HIH"HHIH"I-I"- 1 1 ;; Spurns $175, 0G0 feast V.SON -l XT JS& L.r 7 43? The Purity of Cuticura Make It Unexcelled to hat a tly which is caught By the pitcher or shortstop and thrown to first base, reaching tlieie before the batter. This can be worked out to suit the desires of the performers. Another group may act out a part War on Smallpox in China football game, others imitate of Pekings great park-lik- e Temple of basketUHll, croquet, etc. Heaven enclosure, where emperors worshiped, is now the scene of a free vaccination clinic. In an effort to Not Necessary to Thank out smallpox, tlie scourge of stamp Bonald was invited to lunch upon his fourth birthday with liis playniite China, the central plague prevention next door, and was reminded by liis bureau is establishing free vaccination mother of tlie small points of etiquette points at various places. A special police order to physicians forbids which she wished "him to observe, Chinese vaccination and inhome asked ids she return Upon more sists that sanitary modern methhim if he remembered to say Please ods must be adhered to under penalty and "No, thank you." 1 said he said, but I of heavy fine. Please, didnt say No, thank you, because I took everything they passed me. Putting It Delicately Young Man Those your parents sitting over there? Handkerchief for Crying Y'oung Woman No; theyre my godAt the funeral of her grandfather, They brought me up. parents. I.ois observed her little Young Man I see. So youre a sort a her with wiping eyes grandmother handker- of cuckoo. London Punch. mourning chief. Turning to her mother, Lois asked, Please mother, give me a crying handkerchief, too. For AHToilet Purposes j i three-year-ol- black-bordere- d d Sure Re&ief fOR Poor Coaching Maclcian (to youngster he has called up on the stage) Now, my boy, you've never seen me before, have you? Boy No, daddy. Safest Teacher What Is the right time to gather apples? Scholar Yhen the dog is chained up. INDIGESTION c:- - - 9 23CCISJ 6 Behans Hot water Sure Relief 'O.L-Ai'd-S TOR INDIGESTION 25$ and 75$ PM&Sold Everywhere |