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DOINGS OP THE VAN LOONS I w a though Father do—n ’t knit 1 m can be useful kanxle swept low to the ground, and a ana at the same time to know them THE ONE BRIGHT SPOT bone-barbed arrow passed over him as men of finest sensibilities and hu Into the breast of the Bear, whose mo mane impulses, is a sort of grim reve mentum carried him over his crouch lation of the terribleness of this war (Continued from Page 2.) ing foe. The next Instant Mackenzie and the appalling transformation that the German lines was published in this country. waa op and about. The Bear lay m e is overcoming at least a part of hu tlonlees, but across the fire wan the manity. Of course everyone knows A Hun aviator, Hying over the French lines dropped a that Germany started the use of gas. Shaman, drawing a secood arrow. on the roof of an airdome, so the story ran. The Be Would a Wooing Go te Mackenzie’s knife leaped abort la She has specialised In the use of gasee package package was found to contain the blood-stained uniform Win Him an ladiaa Bride the air. He caught the heavy blade by of most deadly character. She has Che point There waa a flash of light perfected methods of spreading these of the French air man, in which was found his pocket case, as it spanned the fire. Then the Sha ghastly fumee where soldiers cannot some bank notes and a note from the German aviation man, the hilt alone appearing without escape, but must stand or alt and face his throat, swayed a moment and death la gas masks. But she has commander inviting a detail of French aviators to join in pitched forward Into the glowing em forced the root of the world, as a the obsequies at a designated village behind the German means of self-protection, to enter up lines. A safe conduct was pledged if the French aviator» ber». on this cold, calculating, merciless Copyright by JM k London Click! dick 1—the Fox had poo- work of human destruction. With would Hy low so they could he identified. The invitation seased himself of Thllng-Tlnneh’s rifle out revealing not al was accepted, and the French and German airman joined and was vainly trying to throw a shell ready known to any the Information Hun, It may be in the last sad rites at the church in the little village where into place. But he dropped It at the “All alt" vociferated his tribesmen. “Was I stricken dead? Did the light sound of Mackenzie’s laughter. stated that Germany realises that “There la Moyrt, whose eyes are ning burn me? Did the stara fall from "So the Fox has not learned the she Insists upon carrying on her war If Guynemer is buried. The German pledge of a safe con crossed by the evil spirit. Even the the sky and crush me? Ptsht I have way of the plaything? He la yet a with gas she will be met with the duct was kept. babes are affrighted when they gaze done with the dog. Now will I tell you woman. Come! Bring it, that I may spirit of a tooth for a tooth and an upon her, and It ts said the bald-face of my people, who are the mightiest of eye for an eye, and It Is not unlikely It is, perhaps, for the psychologist to explain just why thee I” gives her the trail. Was she chosen T“ all the peoples, who rule In all the show that It may be two for one. the spark of chivalry on the German side is kept, solely The Fox hesitated. Again the cruel applause rang out. lands. At first we hunt as I hunt, alone. “Come, Huge Gaa Dud. I say-" alive by the men who fight in the air. About the best that “And there sits Ptschet She does After that we hunt In packs; and at He slouched forward like a beaten One of the big projectiles on the not hearken to my words. Never has last, like the cariboo-run, we sweep cur. one who not a psychologist can do is to note the fact as desk In the room referred to was a she heard the cry of the chit-chat, the across all the land. Those whom we “Thus, and thus; so the thing la gas dud—a shell which did not ex one not to is be ignored, and to give such common-sense ac take Into our lodges live; those who voice of her husband, the babble of her It was one of 500 which were A shell flew into place and the plode. counting for it as would be likely to appeal to the un child. She lives In the white silence. will not come die. Zarlnska Is a come done.” simultaneously Into the Amer ly maiden, full and strong, fit to be trigger was at cock as Mackenzie hurled 'Cared the wolves aught for her? No! come ican lines. The projectile Is 9 inches scientific mind. the mother of wolves. Though I brought it to shoulder. Theirs Is the choice of the kill; ours die, such diameter, about 18 Inches long, Aviation is a war activity which more nearly approachs shall she become; for my “The Fox has said great deeds were In the leavings. weighs about 75 pounds and has a afoot this night, and be spoke true. are many, and they will fol “Brothers, it shall not be I No more brothers rather blunt nose. It contains about a high-class atheletic game than any other. It is a game There hare been great deeds, yet the scent of my dogs. Listen to shall the wolves slink Among our camp low two gallons of the deadly phosglne gas. ofpersonal iniatiation and self-reliance, demanding a type the Law of the Wolf: Whoso taketh least among them were those of the “Isn’t it a rather fires. The time is come.” dangerous thing to of manliness above the ordinary. In that respect, at least, Fox. Is he still Intent to take Zarln the life of one Wolf, the forfeit shall A great streamer of fire, the aurora ten of his people pay. In many lunds ska to his lodge? Is he minded to keep around as an office pet?” I asked. borealis, purple, green and yellow, shot has the price been paid; In many lands tread the trail already broken by the "We took the fuse out. It’s quite let us say it has brought into the German aviation service across the zenith, bridging horizon to shall It yet be paid. harmless,” was the reply. Shaman and the Bear? No? Good I” horizon. With head thrown back and “Now will I deal with the Fox and Mackenzie turned contemptuously This dud Is hurled by the mlneuwer- men who cannot but admire bravery in their opponents. arms extended, he swayed to his the Bear. It seems they have cast eyes and drew his knife from the priest's fers. The Germans have a system of Where there is even the slight strain of sporting blood, we climax. attaching a long string of these weap are sure to find some color of the give-and-take spirit the maiden. So? Behold, I have throat "Behold 1 The spirits of our fathers upon ons so that they are fired with the "Are any of the young men so mind bought her! Thllng-Tlnneh leans up have arisen and great deeds are afoot on the rifle; the goods of purchase ed? If so, the Wolf will take them by touch of a button. This chorus firing made manifest upon occasion in the act we call chivalrous. this night!” is continued for perhaps 15 minutes It is the fact that some of the best, of German sportsmen by his fire. Yet will I be fair to the two and three till none are left No? 1 and He stepped back, and another young are sends a veritable shower of the spent years in the United States and Great Britain, and men. To the Fox, whose tongue Good. Thllng-Tlnneh, I now give thee big projectiles man somewhat diffidently came for young Into the selected spot Is dry with my words, will I give of thla rifle a second time. If In the day.' ward, pushed on by his comrades. He tobacco five long plugs. Thus will his to come thou shouldst Journey to the and releases a great quantity of the we may fairly assume that such of the better sporting towered a full head above them, his mouth be wetted that he may make country of the Yukon, know thon that j deadly gas. If the range is right and quality as they possess has been developed more or less broad chest defiantly bared to the wind at all favorable the result noise In the council. But to the there shall always be a place and the frost. He swung tentatively from one much Is likely to be serious. The fumes are by contact with the Anglo-American spirit. Baron von Bear, of whom I am well proud, will I much food by the fire of the Wolf. foot to the other. Words halted upon give of blankets two; of flour, twenty The night Is now passing Into the day. shot out with terrific speed over a Richtofen, possibly the most renowned of German airmen, his tongue, and he was 111 at ease. His cups; of tobacco, double that of the 1 go, but I may come again. And for small area by the explosion of the accorded full British at his burial which was also attend face was horrible to look upon, for It Fox; and If he fare with me over the the last time, remember the Law of shell. had at one time been half torn away Mountains of the East, then will I give the Wolf 1” There were some smaller shells con ed by Americans, was at one time a notable in British by some terrific blow. At last he struck him taining a gas used very ex athletic circles. Of this man and doubtless of many mate to Thllng-Tlnneh’a. He was supernatural in their sight tensively, phosglne, his breast with his clenched fist, draw If not? a rifle, and others filled with a new others, to be counted among the bravest of German air Goad! The Wolf Is weary of as he rejoined Zarlnska. She took her ing sound as from a drum, and his speech. Yet once again will be say place at the head of the team, and the gas used by the Germans. This is voice rumbled forth as the surf from the law: ‘Whoso taketh the life of one dogs swung Into motion. A few mo not poisonous hut Is calculated to pave men, it may he said they at one time or another were im an ocean cavern. the way for a genuine gas attack. The mersed in the Anglo-American sporting atmosphere and Wolf, ments later they were swallowed up little “I am the Bear—the Silver-Tip and Pay.’ the forfeit shall ten of his people by shells contain a quantity of the the ghostly forest. Till now Mac the Son of the Silver-Tip! When my Mackenzie smiled as he stepped back kenzie had waited; he slopped into his chemical, which Is In powdered form imbibed the Anglo-American sporting spirit. voice was yet as a girl’s, I slew the to his old position, but at heart he was snowshoes to follow. and a surrounding layer of TNT which Be all that it may, in these two episodes, as reported, we lynx, the moose, and the cariboo; when full causes an explosion which suggests have practically the sole Hash of decency and honor—the of trouble. The night was yet dark. “Has the Wolf forgotten the five It whistled like the wolverines from The girl came to his side, and he lis long plugs?” and high explosives Instead only touch of chivalry—that has come to the public knowl under a cache, I crossed the Mountains tened closely as she told of the Bear’s Mackenzie turned upon the Fox an shrapnel of gas. The powder is widely spread •of the South and slew three of the battle-tricks with the knife. and is Intended to Irritate the mem edge in relief of the four years’ record of Hun infamy. grily ; then the humor of It struck White Rivers; when It became as the The decision jwas for war. In a him. branes of the throat and nose Juat roar of the Chinook, I met the bald- trice, scores of moccasins were widen “I will give thee one short plug.” enough to cause the person reached by American soldiers wno owe their lives Sunday at the Hale home. faced grizzly, but gave no trail.” It to sneeze. When he begins to do to the courage and sacrifice of a com Mr. and Mrs. Garner of Portland ing the space of beaten snow by the “As the Wolf see» fit,” meekly re At this he paused, his hand signifi fire. There was much chatter about sponded the Fox, stretching out bis this the supposition Is that he will re panion, who deliberately killed himself were calling on their son, Harry, cantly sweeping across his hideous the seeming defeat of the Shaman; hand. move hls gas mask and on the theory In order, that they might live. The Sunday. scars. averred he had but withheld his that he will do so the apparently harm story of the soldier’s bravery has been “I am not as the Fox. My tongue Is some power, while others-conned past events less powder shells are followed by a The Heart and Reason. brought back to America by an ord Mr. Eighmey and Harry Garner frozen like the river. I cannot make and agreed with the Wolf. The Bear The heart mustard gas or phosglne. reasons which the rea blast of Working nance officer who had been at the visited Sunday with the latter’» great talk. My words nre few. The came to the center of the battle son does not has know. on New Gates. Is the heart “Suppose,” I asked front. Fox says great deeds are afoot this ground, a loig naked hunting-knife that feels God. not the It reason. one of the dis The tinguished experts, “a gas shell should The soldier had been on duty at an grandparents near Monmouth. wight. Good 1 Talk flows from ids of Russian make In his hand. The primary truths are not demonstrable, tongue like the freshets of the spring, Fox call'd attention to Mackenzie’s and yet our knowledge of them Is none explode in a city street on a perfectly outpost straightening the pins In hand After being relieved he re but he Is chary of deeds. This night revolvers: so he stripped bis belt, the less certain. Principles are felt, still day, how far would the fumes grenades. turned to hls dugout, where three of shall I do battle with the Wolf. I buckling It about Zarlnska, Into whose penetrate and how long would they are proved. Truths may take to cover a given area?” his pals were sleeping. The fourth lay shall slay hl-u, End Zarlnska shall sit hands he also Intrusted hls rifle. She propositions by my fire. Th" Bear has spoken.” shook her head that she could not be above reason and yet not contrary The expert opened a Jar containing awake on a bunk. The returning sol had scarcely entered the dugout Though p ndmonlura raged about shoot—small chance had a woman to [ to reason. about a quart of dark liquid. When dier when a bomb fell out of hls coat him. Scruff Mackenzie held hts ground. handle such precious things. the air touched It a white amoke arose and, as it fell, the straightened ’1 “Brothers I The White Man. whom HIDES If danger come by my back, slowly. The expert blew this softly pocket, safety pin slipped out. The soldier ye have chosen to call the Wolf, came cry “Then, aloud, ‘ily husband I’ No; thus. Into the room and It settled with about PELTS realized that within five seconds an ex among you with fair words. He was ‘My husband!’” the speed of a ring of amoke from a plosion would probably kill every man WOOL not like the Ii.autt; he spoke not lies. He laughed as she repeated it, fragrant cigar. In the dugout. He came as a friend, as one who would pinched her chee’ and re-entered the PURS “That’s about the way the gas would He had time to get through the door be a brother. But your men have had circle. Not only in reach and stature travel If the air were perfectly still. MOHAIR and leave hls companions to their their say. and the time for soft words had the Bear the advantage of him, One shell probably would cover an CASCARA BARK death. Just what passed through the Is past. First, I will tell yon that the but hls blade was longer by a good ! Chemists Are Constantly Study area 50 feet in circumference and the soldier’s mind in the next two or three Shaman has an evil tongue and Is a two inches. Scruff Mackenzie had VEAL gas would remain for a half hour or seconds no man can ever tell. He ing New Fumes. false prophet, that the messages he more.” Into the eyes of men before, PORK reached a decision quickly. The brave spake are not those of the Ftre-Brlng- looked and he knew It was a man who stood Shells gathered by the Americans BEEF picked up the grenade, crept er. His ears are locked to the voice of against him; yet he quickened to the ; that the Germans are constantly soldier the raven, and out of his own head he glint of light on the steel, to the dom STARTED BY BRUTAL HUNS show Into a corner of the dugout, made a POULTRY working on new gases. This, coupled weaves cunning faitcles, and he has inant pulse of his race. barrier out of hls body and was In- with the statements made by German BUTTEB made fools of yon. He has no power. Twice he pricked the Bear, getting stuntly killed when the bomb exploded. prisoners. Indicate that the German EGOS When the dogs were killed and eaten, away uuscathed; but the third time Forces Rest of World to Enter Upon believes gas will be the biggest weapon Hls pals escaped Injury. and your stomachs were heavy with caught, FARM PRODUCE and to save himself, free Cold, Calculating, Merciless Work of to hasten the end of the war. untanned hide and strips of moccasins; hands closed Tell The Post. WOOD No gas bombs have yet been drop on fighting hands, and Human Destruction—Germany Be when the old men died, and the old came together. Then did he rea lieves Gas Will Bo the Biggest and ped by either side to the war. Not WOOD women died, and the babes at the dry they WIORICH ITEMS lize the tremendous strength of bis op Moat Effective Weapon to Hasten long ago some small rubber balloons dngs of the mothers died; when the ponent. QROOERIES were found after a German airplane Hls muscles were knotted in the End of the War. land was dark, and ye perished as do painful lumps, had passed and they were thought to Herald Tobey spent several days SHOES and cords and tendons the salmon in the fall; ay. when the threatened to snap the strain; On a table In a large room In which have contained a poisonous gas. Thla the past week in Dallas visiting FURNISHINGS famine was upon you, did the Shaman yet nearer and nearer with the Rus were several American officers—until Is found to have been untrue. The bal relatives. bring reward to your hunters? Did sian steel. He tried to came DRY GOODS loons were filled with ordinary gas the Shaman put meat In your bellies? but only weakened himself. break The away, recently professors of chemistry and and were used for meteorlogical pur fur- Miss Evelyn Tohey was a week Again I aay, the Shaman la without clad circle closed In, certain of and noted scientists connected with promi poses. end visitor in Independence with power. Thus! I spit upon hi* face I” anxious American corporations—were to see the final stroke. But nent CASH OR TRADE Though taken aback by the sacri with wrestler’s Miss Mildred Mnnning. several shells. Jars of liquid, small trick, swinging partly containers filled with powder and ev YANKEE KILLS SELT lege, there waa no uproar. Some of side, ho struck st hls adversary ery imaginable thing connected with Mrs. Grant McLaughlin of Inde the women were even frightened, bat to the hls head. Involuntarily the the business of “killing and safeguard among the men there was an uplifting, with pendence calling on her sister, TO SAVE COMPANIONS Mrs. Ralph was Porterfield loaned back, disturbing hls cen ing with and against gas attack«.” aa though In preparation or anticipa Bear on Monday SWOPE ts SWOPE of gravity. Simultaneous with For gaa has become the big element tion of the miracle. All eyes wore ter evening. this, Mackenzie tripped properly and turned upon the two central figures. threw hls whole weight forward, hail of warfare and there Is no tolling how Pick« Up Bomb in Dugout, Make« LAWYERS The priest realised the crucial mo ing Edwin McComas spent Sunday gigantic It may bo before the war Barrier of Body and Awaits clear through the circle Into comes moot. fait hie power tottering, opened the him with his uncle, Wm. Rooney. to an sad. deep snow. The Bear I. O. 0. 7. Building Me mouth In deouadatloq but find To sit with these experts In killing Explosion. oat and com# bock full tilt Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Lichty, Mrs. bnekwerd before the and listen to theti simple statements flat, and i Ming area of “Oh, a g husband r ZarlMka* Gordon and Mrs. Robison spent Independence, % Oregov about the PsosUMMa of iaig oat vibrant with The Son of the Wolf By JACK LONDON GAS IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN WAR Max (Goldman Deals in