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The Men of Forty Mile
Malemute Kid Leaves the Main
Question Unanswered
By JACK LONDON
C o p y rig h t by J a c k 'L o n d o n
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“ Lou, It’s a long while since you first
knew me.”
“Many’s the day.”
“And you, Betties?”
“ Five year next Ju n e high w ater.”
"And have you once In all th a t tim e
known me to break my word or heard
of me breaking It?”
Both men shook their heads, striving
to fathom w hat lay beyond.
“ Well, then, w hat do you think of a
promise made hv me?”
“As good as your bond,” from Bet
ties.
"The thing to safely sling yer hopes
of heaven by»“ promptly" Indorsed Lon
McFane.
“ Listen. I, Malemute Kid, give you
my word—and you know w hat that
m eans—that the man who is not shot
stretches rope within ten m inutes a f t
er the shooting.” He stepped back as
P ilate might have done a fte r washing
bis bands.
A pause and a silence came over the
No more “dago.”
Ground His Finger Tips.
Carl Heurich Low, an enemy alien
arrested at Montpelier, Vt., some
months ago, charged with m aking pro-
German utterances to members of a lo
cal exemption board, was sent to At
lanta, Ga„ for Internm ent for the dur
ation of the war. Low was paroled af
te r his arrest, but was takeh Into cus
tody again later when It was discov
ered th at he had ground th e tips of his
Angers on an emery wheel In an effort j
to nvold having finger prints taken
when he was called upon to re g iste r.,
Washington authorities Immediately o r
dered his Internment.
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¿.J wen as cne rront needs
men who see straight and shoot
straight.
W ar is OUR BUSINESS; we can ’t
win by carrying it as a side line.
men of Forty Mile. T he sky drew still fled. Tbe Indian boy had tripped and
closer, sending down a cry stal flight fallen. Betties stopped long enough to
of frost—little geometric designs, per grip him by the slack of his furs, then
fect, evanescent as a breath, yet des beaded for a pile of cordwood already
tined to exist till the returning sun occupied by a num ber of bis comrades.
hud covered half its northern Journey. Yellow Fang, doubling after one of tbe
Both men had led forlorn hopes In dogs, came leaping back. The fleeing
their time—led w ith a curse or a Jest animal, free of the rabies, but crazed
on their tongues and in their souls an with fright, whipped Betties off his
unsw erving faith In the God of chance. feet and flashed on up the s tr e e t
But th at merciful deity had been shut Malemute Kid took a flying shot a t
out from the present deal. They stud Yellow Fang. The mad dog w hirled a
ied the face of M alemute Kid, but they ha if air spring, came down on his back,
studied as one m ight the sphinx. As then, with a single leap, covered half
the quiet m inutes passed a feeling th a t tbe distance between himself and Bet
speech was incum bent on them began ties.
But the fatal spring was intercepted.
to grow. At last the howl of a wolf
dog cracked the silence from the di Lon M cFane leaped from the woodpile,
rection of Forty Mile. The weird sound countering him In midair. Over they
swelled with all the pathos of a break rolled, Lon holding him by the throat
ing heart, then died aw ay In a long a t arm ’s length, blinking under th e
draw n sob.
fetid slaver which sprayed his face.
“ Well, I’ll be danged!” B etties tu rn Then Betties, revolver In hand and
ed up the collar of his m ackinaw Jack coolly waiting a chance, settled th e
combat.
et and stared about him helplessly.
” ’Tw as a square gam u Kid.” Lon
“I t ’s a gloryus game yer runnln’.
K id,” cried Lon M cFane—"all the p er remarked, rising to hls*feet and shak-
centage to the house an ’ niver a bit to lng the snow from out his sleeves,
the man th a t’s buckin’! T h e devil “w ith a fair percentage to meself th a t
him self ’d niver tackle such a cinch, bucked it.”
T hat night while Lon McFane sought
and d---- If I do!”
T here were chuckles, th rottled In the forgiving arm s of the church, In tbe
gurgling throats, and winks brushed direction of F ather Roubeau’s cabin,
aw ay th e frost which rimmed th e eye Malemute Kid and Scruff Mackenzie
lashes as the men climbed th e ice talked long to little purpose.
“But would you,” persisted Macken
notched bank and started across the
street to the post. But th e long howl zie, “supposing they had fought?”
bad draw n nearer. Invested w ith a new
“H ave 1 ever broken my word?”
note of menace. A woman screamed
"No, but that Isn’t the point. An
round the corner. T here was a cry of sw er the question. Would you?”
“H ere he comes!” Then an Indian
Malemute Kid straightened up.
boy, a t the head of half a dozen fright "Scruff, I’ve been asking myself tba$
ened dogs, racing w ith death, dashed question ever since, and”—
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Into the crowd, and behind came Yel
“W ell?”
low Fang, a bristle of hair and a flash
“ Well, as yet I haven’t found the an
of gray. Everybody but the Yankee j swer.”
T lIu T o T T i^
Reformed Druggist Explains How
Customer's Head W as Blown Off
When Gun Cotton Exploded.
Took a Flying Shot at Yellow Fang.
vvueei an niver a cease n n n
"F ifty,” w as the sanguinary reply,
| till a lad’s down for good. ’Tis their
grunted out, yet sharply cut.
But the new manila, not prom inent bean i ’ll uiver let them do the deed,
ly displayed, but casually colled about an ’ It’s well ye should know It for a
Malemute Kid’s arm , caught the quick true Yankee bluff.”
Hft staptoti nfP with a nluaaoH crHn An
eye of the Irishm an and thrilled him
w ith a suspicious fear.
“ An* w hat are ye doin’ w ith the
rope?”
"H urry up!” Malemute Kid glanced
a t his w atch. “I’ve a batch of bread In
the cabin, and I don’t w ant it to fall.
Besides, my feet are getting cold.”
The rest of the men m anifested their
Impatience In various suggestive ways.
"B ut the rope. Kid? I t’s b ran’ new.
a n ’ sure yer bread's not th a t heavy it
needs raisin’ w ith the like of th a t?”
Betties by this tim e had faced around *
F ather Itoubeau. the humor of the sit- (
nation Just daw ning on him, hid a
sm ile behind his m lttened hand.
“No, Lon; this rope w as made for a (
man.” Malemute Kid could be very
Impressive on occasion.
“W hat m an?” Betties was becom
ing aw are of a personal Interest.
“T he other m an.”
“An’ which is th e one ye’d m ane by
th a t? ”
“ Listen, Lon, and you, too, Betties.
We’ve been talking this trouble of !
yours over, and w e’ve come to one
conclusion. We know we have no
right to stop your fighting”—
"T rue for ye, me lad!”
—“and we’re not going to, but this
much we can do and shall do—make
this the only duel In the history of
F orty Mile, set an exam ple for every
cbe-cha-qua th a t comes up or down
the Yukon. The man who escapes
killing shall be hanged to th e nearest
tree. Now, go ahead!”
Lon smiled dubiously; then his face
‘‘W t'll Establish m Precedent."
lighted up. "Pace her off. David—fifty
T he Reformed D ruggist w as talking
to the Man With the Cracked Lip.
“Now, collodion,” he said, relates a
w riter, “collodion Is Just the thing to
put on th at lip of yours. It Is a great
thing to promote th e growth of new
skin. Ju st brush th a t lip with collo
dion, and It will be well In no time.
But,” he continued warnlugly, “you
w ant to be very careful. One of the
worst accidents I ever saw was the di
rect result of collodion,”
The Man With the Cracked Lip shiv
ered apprehensively. “How was th a t?”
he asked.
Xhe Reformed D ruggist lighted a
fresh cigar and stuck his feet upon the
radiator. “Yes,” he continued, reflec
tively, ‘‘th a t was a bad accident, and
the worst of the whole thing was that
I was responsible for It In a way.”
“But w hat was It?” Insisted the Man
W ith the Cracked Lip.
“It was Just like th is : One day be
fore I reformed and while I was keep
ing a drug store, a man came Into the
store with the w orst p air of lips I
ever saw. Why, th a t Assure In th a t Up
of yours wasn’t a m ark to the gully th at
was in his lower lip. I saw In a min
ute th at he m ust be suffering a good
deal. He was a great, big man, and
his teeth were rath e r protuberant. I
asked him If he w anted something for
those Ups. and he told me th at I had
guessed right. Then I told him Just
whHt I have been telling you. I ex
plained to him the action of collodion,
and be told me to put some on his Ups.
I got the bottle and picked out a cam
el’s h air brush. Then I painted those
Ups in a way th at no man’s Ups were
ever painted before. I Just dabbed the
collodion on by th e spoonful. P retty
•on I had them all fixed out, and then
the accident occurred. Holy Mu*;* 1
w hat an accident th a t was. Why, the
SHARK, DOGFISH AND
CARP USED FOR FOOD
Even Whale Is Eaten by Ameri*
cans During War Time,
Says Bulletin.
One of the most curious nnomalles
of the present war, which has been
called the greatest destroyer In the
world’s history, has been the addition
of many thousands of dollars to the
national wenltli of the United States,
through the utilization of fish foods
which were thrown aw ay os w orthless
until necessity demanded their conser
vation.
The radical change which has been
wrought by the w ar In the fishing in
dustry is reflected In tbe fisheries serv
ice bulletin published by the bureau
of fisheries of the departm ent of com
merce.
Instead of being confined
solely to item s concerning - salmon,
Rhad, cod and other fishes which lmve
had a ready sale, the bulletin devotes
much space also to news concerning
th e catch of pole flounders, sharks,
rays, skates, carp, crayfish (w idth for
merly rejoiced In the uninviting name
of dogfish) and other types of w ater
food. Regarding the pole flounder, or
gray sole, the bulletin records th a t It
was virtually unknown as food prior
to the fall of 1916. As a result of th e
bureau’s food conservation campaign,
which tau g h t the value of the floun
der and attractiv e ways to prepare it,
demand fo r th e fish Increased until
last season there were thirty-five boats
taking flounders to th e New Englnnd
m arkets, and probably 2,000,000 pounds
hsve been m arketed. Carp abound lu
the interior lakes. An agent of the
bureau was sent to St. Louis, K ansas
City, Omahn, Minneapolis, St. Paul
i Milwaukee, Chicago and Indianapolis
to stim ulate the use of flsh. A bul
letin containing recipes for cooking
carp was prepared. S tate commissions
of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Indiana
co-opernted In th e work. The result
was a greatly Increased demand for
carp, which continued to grow In fa
vor as th e public became acquainted
with Its value. More than 1,800,000
pounds of carp were sold from Minne
sota lakes, and In Milwaukee the
weekly consumption has reached 25,-
000 pounds.
On the Pnclflc coast there Is a grow-
Jng demand for sharks, rays and
whales. Sharks sell fo r 10 to 12 cents
a pound. I t Is said to be especially
delicious when salted o r smoked. Nu
merous canneries have undertaken to
preserve the m e a t
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man a ncau was ju si mown clear air
his shoulders and instead of getting a
CHASED BY BEAR
half-dollar for my Job I was out 10
cents for telephoning for the ambulance Mother Animal W as Angry Whan Cub
to come and take him away.”
Waa Kidnaped.
“I don’t think I catch the d rift of
To be chased across a pasture by a
your rem arks,” said the Man W ith
m other hear th a t waa trying to get
the Cracked Lip. “Did I understand
close enough to his fleeing horse to
you to say th a t the man’s head was
avenge the kidnaping of her baby was
blown off?”
the experience of H ardy Bingham,
“Y’ou did,” replied the Reformed
who came to M erldan, Idaho, recently
Druggist. “H ts head was blown clean
from his home six miles northw est
from his shoulders.”
of the town to exhibit th e cub as evi
“B ut h o w ; did he have a dynam ite
dence of the thrilling episode which
cartridge In his mouth or something of 1
took place In Long valley, where he
th a t kind?”
was herding cattle.
“Oh, no.” The Reformed Druggist
The cub, which waa less than a
laughed a bit. “You remember I said j
month old, was playing about 800 feet
th a t he had protuberant teeth and t h a t ' from Its m other when Rlngman and
I also said I put a great deal of collo- j a companion rode Into sight. Imme
dlon on his lips? Well, collodion Is !
diately he began to run toward bla
made of gun<ntton and ether, Hnd j mother, but Blngman got off bis horse
when It got In the sore he kinder and gathered him up before he coaid
brought his teeth together with a snap. | get away. H e protested his capture
Some way or other those teeth struck by bawling a t th e top of his voice and
a spark, th a t set off the gun-cotton, | by trying to bite Rlngman's hands
and there was a big report and the with his toothless gums.
With a
m an's head was blown Into bits.”
roar the m other bear came to rescue
The Man With the Chapped Lip sat her baby, and Bingham and his com
for a moment In silence. Then he said, panion were compelled to ride at top
slow ly: “I don’t wonder th at you got speed to escape her.
out of the drug business. Your proper
place Is press agent for a fishing
INDEPENDENCE GIRLS
club.”
WIGRICH RED CROSS GIVES
SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT
Continued from Page 1)
edly recalled. She offered some
aeslbetic dancing w hich w as indeed
clever for so young a Miss. H arold
Toby gave a taking num ber, “W h at
Hoover Makes Us E at.” The A m a
teu r Operatic Com pany of B uena
Vista presented “C binaland” and the
entire personnel m ade such a good
showing in m ake-up, singing, etc.,
tbe w riter would suggest the ad
jective “am a te u r” is superfluous
and should be erased. A m instrel
troupe gave the closing num ber.
Tiie “blackfaces” w ere evidently at
their best for the Bed Cross ladies
had been serving w aterm elon an d
just a slice of the delicious fruit
puts a “nigger" in singing trim and
one would never suspicion lmt w hat
this com pany had lived in tiie S un
ny Southland for som e time. Mrs.
Bose bade tin1 audience a gracious
adieu and invited all to come again
and should they have an o th er event
of this n atu re we will go en masse.
A n u m ber of Buena Vista ladies
gowned in tiie official Bed Cross
costum es dispensed a variety of
splendid refreshm ents and together
with the gate receipts the net,
am ount realized w as $150.
Major and Mrs. Bose have extend
ed a cordial invitation for the Inde
pendence B ranch of the Red Cross
to come out to W igrich and put on
an entertainm ent, and the offer is
greatly appreciated and will u n
doubtedly be accepted.
KINGS VALLEY
Itev. Long of Falls City preached
a t tiie church Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Felix Dodele, Mr.
and Mrs. J. /,. Rodgers, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Kibbey and Mr. and Mrs. J. VV.
B anks of A lbany w ere in the valley
to spend tiie Fourth.
Fritz Kinderninn accidently shot
him self in the leg tiie evening of th e
Fourth. He w as taken to tiie hospital
at Dallas.
Alie West is at the D allas hospital
w ith a broken log.
A bear killed a sheep for Bill
Smith.
F rank Miller went bear h u n tin g
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Miller of
Portland visited w ith his au n t, Mrs.
Lizzie Allen Sunday evening.
Mrs. J. I. Miller and sister visited
Sunday evening w ith Mrs. Lizzie
Allen.
Lillie Townsend retu rn ed
Dallas the last of tiie week.
Will Bayless of O akland, Ore.,
visited a few days w ith ids father,
brother and sister.
Max Goldman
Deals in
MAKE A SERVICE FLAG
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C anadian press statem ents report
(C ontinued from Puge 1.)
the acquisition by American Interests
of copper-bearing lands In New Bruns where they w ent to bid him goodby,
there wns a beautiful service flag,
wick.
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rnnde of heavy satin ribbon, in the
window, w hirh bad been m ade by
Leona Slopcr, Ilnbc Butler, Lulu
T ulsa, Okla.—“I have carried this Grigsby and Helen Jones of Inde
gold piece with me for thirty-seven
pendence. Tiie girls w ere camped
years, and I have resisted hunger and
at
Ferguson's picking cherries.
tem ptation to spend It, and have al
H a H a t C a r rie d t o r rn irt y -
B a v a n Y e a rs.
ways kept It as a treasure. However,
Uncle 8am needs It now. ana I willing
ly let It go so It will help to bring vic
tory to th e American arm s.”
T his w as the statem ent of W. H.
Martin of this city as he deposited a
910 gold piece a t the post office win
dow and asked for some baby bonds.
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