Dayton tribune., December 21, 1917, Image 4

KAZAM
W olfs call, while the big Dane lay wind. It may be a—thunderstorm I"
sleeping.
He laughed at his Joke, and burled
Tonight It was colder than usual, himself In a clump of stunted ban-
and the keen tnng of the wtud that sktana 90 pacea from the ten t Here
came freeh from the west stirred hlui he rolled hlmaelf In his blanket, and Hava laibor, Make Ideal Playmate* for
Children and Are Profitable Aid
strangely. It set his blood afire with went to Bleep.
what the Indians call the Frost Hunger.
It was a quiet atarltt nlgbt, and
Against High Coat of Food.
Lethargic summer was gone and the hours afterward Kazan dropped h's
days nud nights of hunting were nt nose between his forepawe and
Olympia—According to E. F. Ben­
hand. He wanted to leap out Into free­ drowsed. It was the snap of a twig
dom and run until he wus exhausted, thnt roused him. The sound did not son, state commissioner of agreuliture
with Gray Wolf at his aide. He knew awaken the sluggish Dana but In­ I sheep make the best lawn mowers in
that Gray Wolf was off there—where stantly Kazan's head was alert, his the m arket and he urges every home to
the stars hung low In the dear sky, keen nostrils sniffing the air. What ba
nnd thnt she was waiting. He strain­ had smelled all day was heavy about have at least one ewe and a little lamb
ed nt the end of his chain, nnd whined. him now. lie lay «»till and quivering. next year. He declares that at a mod­
All thnt night ho was restless—more Slowly, from out of tho hnnsklnus be­ erate price they can be secured and
C HAPTER X V II.— Continued.
mate. Gray Wolf, nnd the professor restless than he had been nt nny time hind tho tent, there came a figure. It will result in much saving of labor, the
before. Once, In the far distance, he was not the little professor. It ap­
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had asked him a thousand questions.
furnishing of an ideal playmate for the
Tint night she slept again where
But each day Kazan puzzled him heard a cry thnt he thought was the proach^! cautiously, with lowered
hud lfrln, au4 three times she mqr*. No amount of kindness on his cry of Gray Wolf, and his answer head nnd hunched shoulders, and the children and a profitable Investment.
paJ)C<l for him without answer. A part could bring a responsive gleam In roused McGill from deep sleep. It starlight revealed tho murderous face
Ilia statement follows:
dew fell, and It drenched the Kutau's aysa Not once did Kaiun was duwn. nnd the little professor of Sandy McTrigger. Kuzuu crouched
“ An old, grade merino ewe, with
last vestige of her mate's scent out signify a Willingness to become friends, dressed himself nnd cume out of the low. He laid his houd flat between
her lamb probably can be bought
df the Sudd- But still through the Ah^ yet he did not snarl nt McGIU, or cabin. With satisfaction ho noted tho his forepaws. Ills long fangs gleamed.
lay that followed, and the day that snap at his hands when they came exhilarating snap in the air. He wet But he made no sound that betrayed next spring for about >12 to >15, de-
followed tjhat, blind ¿ray Wolf clung within reach Quite frequently Sandy his fingers nnd held them above hts hie concealment under a thick bnn- l>ending upon the age and quality of
the narrow rim of white sand. On McTrigger i«me over to tho little head, chuckling when he found the sklnn shrub. Step by step Sandy ap­ the ewe. The lamb at five months
the fourth day her hunger reached a cabin where McGill was stnylng, nud wind had swung Inti the north. He proached. nnd at last he reached the should weigh 80 pounda and sell for
point where she gnawed the bark from three times Kuzan leaped at the end went to - Kazan, nnd talked to him. flap of the tent. He did not carry a
¿willow bushes. It was on this day Of his chain to. get nt him, nnd his Among other things he said, "This'll club or a whip In his hand now. In >10. The ewe should become fat be-
that She made a discovery. Rhe was white fangs gleamed ns long ns Sandy put the black files to sleep, Kazan. A the place of either of those was tho fore fall and bring >10 for mutton
dt-lnhini. when her sensitive nose wr.s lu sight Alone with McGill he day or two more of It nnd we'll start." glitter of steel. At the door to tho from the local butcher. If the ewe it
Five days Inter McGill led first tho tent he paused, nnd peered In, his good enough to carry over another
touched something in the water's edge became quiet. Something told him
that was sMooth, and bore a faint odor that McGill had come as a friend thnt Dune, nnd then Kuzun, to a pucked back to Kazan.
year, she should be bred in November.
E>f flesh. It was one of the big north- night when ho nnd the big Dane stood canoe. Sandy McTrigger saw them off,
(To b e c o n t in u e d .)
The following April ahe should have
nnd
Kazun
watched
for
a
chance
to
river clams. 8he pawed It ashore, shoulder to shoulder In the cage thnt
Her fleece should
lfflng at the hard shell. Then she had been built for a slaughter pen. leap at him. Sandy kept his distance, TH R IFTY YANKEE FOUND WAY one or two lambs.
inched It between her teeth. She Away down In hts brute heart he held und McGill watched the two with a
weigh nine to 12 pounda and be worth
had never tnsted sweeter meat than McGill apart from other men. Ue hud thought thnt set tho blood running When His Creditors Paid Him With >5 to >6.
that which she fonud Inside, and she no desire to barm him. He tolerated swiftly behind the mask of his care­
Cheap Money Ha Bought Cheap
“ One or two ewes, with their lambs,
.began hunting for other clams. fihe him, but showed none of the growing less smile. They had slipped n mile
Land and Became Rich Man.
could be pastured on a ctly lawn and
found many of thfm, and ate until she affection of the huge Dane. It was down-stream when he leaned over nnd
was no longer hungry. For three dnyB this fact that puzzled McGill. He had luld a fearless hand on Kazan's head.
An Interesting tala of the profitable parking strip in a movable pen about
more she remalued on the bar.
never before known a dog that he Something In the touch of thnt hand, use to which rngged confederate money four feet high built of woven wire
nnd In the professor’s voice, kept Ka­
And then, one ntgnt, tne call came could not make love him.
wag once put by a Connecticut Ynnkea fencing, with a board trip on the top
zan
from a desire to snnp nt him. Ho wua related to me a few days ago by
to her. It set her quivering with a
Today he pluced the tallow and bran
and on the bottom, the size varying
tolerated
the
friendship
with
expres­
Strange new excitement—something before Kazan, and the smile In his
Gen. Edward H. Godfrey.
from four to 14 feet in width and 10
sionless
eyes
and
a
motionless
body.
that may have been a new hope, and face gave way to n look of perplexity.
In the Ku-Klux dnya General God­
"I was beginning to fear I wouldn’t
to
16 feet In length, according to the
It) tne moonlight she trotted nervously Kuzan’s lips had drnwn suddenly hack.
frey was sent to Routh Carolina and
OP and down the shining strip of sand, A fierce snarl rolled deep In his throat. have much sleep, old boy,” chuckled was quartered In the home of the Yan­ tract to be pastured. The coat of con­
facing now the north, and now the The hnlr along his spine stood up. Hts McGill ambiguously, "but I guess I kee. who had gone Routh two deendes struction would be trifling. The chil­
can tnke a nap now and then with you
>O uth, and then the east and the west muscles twitched.
Instinctively the along I”
before the war. Tho New Englandey dren could move thia pen around ao
—her head flung up, listening, as If In professor turned. Sandy McTrigger
He made enmp that night fifteen wua a Democrat and had married g the sheep would graze where desired,
the soft wind of the night she was had come up quietly behind him. Ills
miles
up the lake shore. The big Southern woman, but Routh Caro­ be kept at home and out of the gar­
trying to locate the whispering lure brutal face wore a grin as he looked
Dnne
he
fastened to a sapling 20 yards linians didn't fully rely upon his heart den.
of a wonderful voice. And whatever at Kazan.
When the Civil war came customers
“It’s a fool Job—tryln’ to make
It was that came to her came from
nil over the state owed him monoy for
out of the south and ea st Off there friends with him,” he said. Then he
carriages nnd wagons he had sold to
—across the barren, far beyond the added, with a sudden Interested gleam
them. As confederate money became
outer edge of the northern timber line In his eyes, "When you startin’?"
extremely cheap, these old debts were
“With first frost," replied McGill
paid off.
—was home. And off there. In her
brute way, she reasoned that she must “It ought to come soon. I'm going to
What did he do with the money? Put
Wheat — Bulk basis for No. 1 grade:
find Kazan.
Join Sergeant Conroy and his party at
It all lu land, which was then n’ao dirt
Hard white— Bluestem, Early Bart,
cheap, and when General Godfrey mot Allen, Galgalus, Martin Amber, >2.05.
The coll did not come from their Fond du Luc by the 1st of October,"
"And you're going up to Fond du
him ho owned about half the county Soft white — Palouse Bluestem, forty­
old windfall home In the swamp. It
nnd was a rich man.
came from beyond that, and In a flash­ Lac—alone?" queried Sandy. “Why
fold, White valley, Gold Coin, White
In reality hts heart was with the Russian, >2.03.
ing vision there rose through her blind­ don’t you take a man?”
White Club—Little
The little professor laughed softly.
8outh. This Connecticut wagon bulfd- club, Jenkins club, white hybrids, So­
ness a picture of the towerlug Suu
“Why?” he • asked.
“I’ve been
er lind armed nnd equipped un entire nora. >2.01. Red Walla Walla — Red
Rock, of the winding trail that led
company for Lee's army.—Girard, la Russian, red hybrids, Jones fife, Cop-
to It, and the cabin on the plain. It through the Athabasca waterways a
Philadelphia Ledger.
pei. >1.08. No. 2 grades, 8c less. No.
was there that blindness had come to dozen times, and know the trail as
3 grade, fie less. Other grades handled
her. It was there that day had ended, well ns I know Broadway. Besides, I
by sample.
Willing to Taka Hla Word.
and eternal night hud begun. And like to be alone. And the work Isn’t
Flour—Patents, >10.
An Irish contractor who had taken
It was there that she had mothered too hard, with the Currents all flowing
on a new Job was addressing tho gang
Millfced — Spot prices: Bran, >33
her first-born. Nature hud registered to the north and east.”
Sandy was looking at the Dane, with
of men ho had employed.
per ton; shorts, >36; middlings, >44;
these things so that they could never
"Look here, boys,” he said, “Thia rolled barley, >675/59; rolled oats, >59.
be wiped out of her memory, nnd when his back to McGill. An exultant gleam
Job has got to be carried through quick­
C om - Whole, >84 ton; cracked, >85.
the call came It was from the sunlit shot for an Instant Into his eyes.
“Tou’re taking the dogs?”
ly. There hns got to be no slacking
Hay— Buying prices, f. o. b. Port­
world where she had last known light
"Yes.”
I am under n penalty of five hundred land: Eastern Oregon timothy, >27
and life and had last seen the moon
Sandy lighted his pipe, nnd spoke
dollars If I don't get the work finished per ton; valley timothy, >266/26; al­
and the stars In the blue night of the
like one strangely curious.
In a month. And look here I I cun lick falfa, >24; valley grain hay, >24;
skies.
“Must cost a henp to take these
any man In this gang, nnd If I hnve clover, >22; straw, >8.
Anu to that call she responded, leav­
any trouble, you've got to look out I"
Butter—Cubes, extras, 44(d45|c per
ing the river and Its food behind her— trips o’ yourn, don't It?”
“What did you sny?” snld a big pound; prime firsts, 42|c.
Jobbing
“My last cost about seven thousnnd
straight out into the face of durkness
Irishman, who had evidently had
prices: Prints extras, 460/48c; car­
and starvation, no longer fearing death dollars. This will cost five,” said Mc­
glass too much. “Did you say thnt yon tons, lc extra; butterfat, No. 1, 62@
or the emptiness of the world she Gill.
"Scot I” breathed Sandy. “An’ you Five Times He Fired at Twenty Paces. could lick any ninn In this gung? If 53c delivered.
could not see; for ahead of her, two
you did. It’s a lie! You can't lick me I
Eggs—Fresh ranch, current receipts,
hundred miles away, she could see the carry all that along with you 1 Ain’t
47c per dozen; candled, 50c.
Sun Rock, the winding troll, the nest you afraid—something might hap­ from bis small silk tent, but Knznn’s You come down hero nnd tryl”
The contractor answered, "If I can’t
Poultry — Hens, large, 180/20c per
chain he made fast to the butt of a
e f her first-born between the two big pen—F
lick
you,
you
had
better
go
and
got
pound;
small, 17c; springs, 170518c;
stunted
birch
thnt
held
down
the
tent-
The
little
professor
was
looking
the
rocks—and Kazan I
other way now. The carelessness In flap. Before he went Into the tent for your money, because I don’t mean to ducks, 17@20c; geese, 120/ 14c; tur­
keys, live, 20@22c; dressed, choice,
his face and manner changed. Ills the night McGill pulled out his auto­ have any man on this ’ere Job that
C H A P TER X V III.
27@28c.
can’t lick 1”—London Tlt-BIts.
blue eyes grew a shade darker. A matic and examined It with care.
Veal—Fancy, 15J@16c per pound.
hard smile which Sandy did not see
For three days the Journey con­
The Last of McTrigger.
Pork—Fancy, 18|@19c per pound.
8ugar Crop of Hawaii, 1016.
hovered about his lips for an Instant tinued without a mishap along the
Sixty miles farther north Kazan
Vegetables—Tomatoes, >10/2.10 per
The Sugar production of Hawaii for
Then he turned, laughing.
shore
of
Lake
Athabasca.
On
the
lay at the end of his fine steel chain,
“I'm a very light sleeper,” he said. fourth night McGill pitched his tent tho year ending September 80, 1918, crate; cabbage, 2oz2Jc per pound; let­
watching little Professor McGill mix­
"A
footstep at night rouses me. Even In a clump of bansklnn pine a hundred was about 592,783 tons, or 53,237 tons tuce, >1.750/2.50 per crate; cucum­
ing a pall of tallow and bran. A
a
man’s
breuthlng awakes me, when I yards back from the water. All that less than In the preceding year. The bers, >1.35051.75 per dozen; peppers,
dozen yards from him lay the big
make
up
my mind that I must be on day the wind had come steadily from area harvested In 1918, or 115,419 150/17Jc per pound; cauliflower, >2.25
Dune, his huge Juws drooling In antici­
my
guard.
And, besides”—he drew behind them, nnd for at least a hulf ncres, wus 2,219 more than la 1915 j @2.60 per crate; sprouts, 100511c per
pation of the unusual feast which Mc­
from
his
pocket
a shining blue-steeled of the day the professor had been but In 1910 a lower yield of cane per pound; artichokes, >1051.10; garlic, 7
Gill was preparing. He showed signs
acre nnd u smaller average yield of 058Jc; squash, ljc ; pumpkins, ljc ;
of pleasure when McGill approached automatic—“I know how to use this." watching Kazan closely. From the sugar per ton of enno made the sugar celery, >4.25 per crate; carrots, >1.25
He
pointed
to
a
knot
In
the
wall
of
west
thero
had
now
and
then
come
a
him with a quart of the mixture, nnd
crop of 1910 less thun that of tho pre­ per sack; beets, >1.50051.75; turnips,
he gulped It between his huge Jaws. the cabin. “Observe," he said. Five scent thnt stirred him uneasily. Since ceding year.
>1.50; parsnips, >1.76.
times
he
fired
at
20
paces,
and
when
noon
he
had
sniffed
that
wind.
Twice
The little man with the cold blue eyes
Potatoes — Oregon, >1.26051.60 per
Tho
totul
nren
In
cane
In
1910,
or
and the gray-blond hair stroked his Sandy went up to look at the knot he McGill had heard him growling deep 248,332 ncres, was an Increase of 0,532 hundred; Yakima, >1.75@1.86; sweets.
gave
a
gasp.
There
was
one
Jagged
In
his
throat,
and
once,
when
the
back without fear. His attitude was
3|@ 8Jc.
hole where the knot had been.
scent had come stronger than usual, acres over 1915. Of tho total enne
different when he turned to Kazan.
Green Fruits—Apples, >1@2.25 per
area, 115,419 acres, or 47 per cent, was
“Pretty
good,”
he
grinned.
“Most
he
had
bared
bis
fangs,
nnd
tho
bris­
His movements were filled with cau­
box;
peara, >1.50@2.25; grapes, 6057c
harvested,
nnd
the
remainder,
130,918
men
couldn’t
do
better'n
that
with
a
tles stood up along his spine.
tion, and yet his eyes and his lips rifle.”
ncres, was left for the next year’s per pound; casabas, 2Jc; cranberries, <
For
an
hour
after
striking
camp
the
were smiling, and he gave the wolf-
>14.50@15.60 per barrel.
When Sandy left, McGill followed little professor did not build a fire, grinding.
dog no evidence of his fear, If It could
Wool Extra fine, 500/60c pound;
him with a suspicious gleam In his bnt sat looking np the ahora of the
be called fear.
coarse, 650/60c; valley, 56@60c; mo­
eyes, and a curious smile on his lips. lake through his hunting glass. It
Power of Humor.
hair, long staple, 55c,
The little professor, who was up In Then he turned to Kazan.
The following unecdofb Illustrating
was dusk when ho returned to where
the north Country for the Smithsonian
December 17, 1917,
“Guess you’ve got him figgered out he had put up his tent and chained Henry Wurd Beecher's power of us­
Cattle—
Institution, had spent a third of his about right, old man,” he laughed soft­ the dogs. For a few moments he ing humor for argument Is relnted In
Ilfs among dogs. Ho loved them, and ly. “I don’t blame you very much for stood unobserved, looking at the wolf- tho Youth’s Companion: “On ono oc­ Med. to choice steers-----> 9.860510,00
understood them. He had written a wanting to get him by the throat. Per­ dog. Kazan was still uneasy. He lay casion a man In the congregation Good to med. steers......... 8.5005 9.10
Com. to good steers......... 7,000/! 8.15
number of magazine articles on dog haps—”
facing the west. McGill mndo note of asked, ‘If n man Is n good futher and Choice cows and heifers. 6.7505 7.60
intellect that had attracted wide at­
He shoved his hands deep In his this, for the big Dnne lay behind Ka­ a good husband, hut never rends the
tention among naturalists. It was pockets, nnd went Into the cabin. Ka­ zan—to tho east. Under ordinary con­ Bible, where will he go when ho dies?’ Com. to good cows and hf 6.500/) 7.00
largely because he loved dogs, and zan dropped his head between his ditions Kazan would have faced him. 'I’m euro I don’t know,’ Beecher re­ Canners.............................. 8.0005 5.60
understood them more than most men, forepaws, nnd lay still, with wide-open He was sure now thnt there was some­ plied, ‘but wherever ho goea ho haa my Bu,1b.................................... 4.500/) 6.75
CalveB................................ 7.0005 9.50
that he had bought Kazan and the big eyes. It was late afternoon, early In thing in the west wind. A little shiver beat wishes.’ ”
Stockers and fe e d e r s ..., 6.0005 7-85
Dane on the night when 8andy Mc- September, and each night brought ran up his back aa he thought of what
Hogs—
Trifgefr and his partner had tried to now the first chill breaths of autumn. It might be.
Not Bo Fortunate,
Prime light h o g s .............>15.650515.80
Jem to light to the death In the Kasan watched the last glow of the
Behind a rock he built a very small
"My wlfo Is like George Washington j
8^loon- The refusal of sufl p* It faded pot Of the southern Iré, find prepared snpper. After thia I don’t beliovo she could tell a lie to Prime heavy h o g s ........... 15.700516.00
thg two gplendi^ beasts to kill each skies,
.................................... 13.750516.00
Darkness always followed )e tveht Intd tho tent, nnd when he save her aoul." "You're lucky I Mine
ft>r the pleasure of the three swiftly after thnt, nnd with darkness came out he carried a blanket undor can tell a He the minute I get It out of Bu,k .................................. 16.75
Sheep—
hflhared pefi #hd had assembled to came more fiercely his wild longing
hla arm. He chuckled as he stood for my mouth.”
Western Iambs.................. >13.000513.50
lghted him. He for freedom. Night after night he had a moment over Kazan.
Valley la m b a ...,............. 12.500513.00
a paper on the gnawed at his steel chain. Night alter
‘'We're not going to sleep In there
Nor the Preamlese Kind.
Yearlings.....................
12.OO@12.5O
old
eia him
mm the story night he had watched the stare, and tonight, old boy,” be said. ‘1 don’t
Deep snoring la not always
w ethers.............................. 11.75@12.26
and of hla wild the moon, and had listened for iGray Ike what you’ve found In the west cant of that brand of sloop.
Ewe* ................................... 8.00@10.00
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