Dayton tribune., September 23, 1921, Image 4

Influence upon him. The wild was
calling to him, wakening Instincts
long smothered In cities, but sure and
true as ever. It was the beginning
of regeneration. Voices of the long
past were speaking to him. and the
Fallings once more had begun to run
true to form. Inherited tendencies
By F. A. WALKER
were In a moment changing this weak,
diseased youth Into a frontiersman
and wilderness Inhabitant such us hls
GOOD
ancestors had been before him.
They were slipping along over the
WISE Italian says that you cnn
pine needles, their eye* Intent on the
toil how civilised people are by
trail «head. And then Lennox saw a
the way that they behave In the
curious thing. He beheld Dan sud­
denly stop In the trail nnd turn hls <treet. He udds that If a man Is con­
siderate of his neighbor It shows that
eyes towart! a heavy thicket that lay
lie has a proper respect for himself.
perhaps one hundred yards to their
If a French peasant brushes against
right. For nn instant he looked al­
a
stranger In the street or on the
most like a wild creature himself. Hls
road, he touches hls hat lu apology.
head was lowered, ns If he were lis­
I’tiis sensitiveness to the rights of oth­
tening. Hls muscles ware set nnd
ers is not found everywhere else lu
ready.
• the world.
Lennox hnd prided himself thnt he
In fact, the tendency to hustle and
p:
O Just opened, nnd It might be that Dan hnd retained all the powers of hls five bustle, to push others out of the wuy.
would waut to procure one of these senses, and that few men In the moun­ tuis been growing of lute nearly every-
SYNOPSIS.
tains had keener ears than he. Yet w here.
creatures.
Warned by his physician that he
"But I’m not sure I want to hunt It wns truth that at first he only knew
has not more than six months to
deer,” Dan told him. "You speak of the silence, nnd the stir nnd pulse of
Gilbert Frnnhcu, the novelist. Is so
live. Dan Failing sits despondently
hls own blood. He assumed then that
them as being so beautiful—"
on a park bench, wondering where
irritated
by what he calls the bad
“They are beautiful and your Dan was watchbig something that manners of the duy that he regrets
he should spend those six months.
from
hls
position,
twenty
fbet
behind,
Memories of his grandfather and a
grandfather would never hunt them,
the good old days when everybody
deep lov» for all things of the
either, except for meat. But maybe he equid not see. He tried to probe curried some sort of weapon and wns
Wild help him In reaching a decl-
the
thickets
with
hls
eyes.
you'll change your mind when you see
■Ion. In a large southern Oregon
Then Dun whispered. Ever so soft ready to use it. If offended.
city he meets people who had
a buck. Besides, we might run into ■
Undoubtedly a man with a sword
known and loved his grandfather.
lynx or a panther. But not very like­ a sound, but yet distinct In the si­ who was not inclined to fight would
a famous frontiersman.
makes
lence.
“
There's
something
living
In
ly. without dogs."
be careful about knocking agulnst an­
his home with Silas Lennox, a typ-
They trudged up, over the carpet of that thicket.”
westerner.
The only other
other who was similarly armed.
Then
Lennox
heard
It,
too.
As
they
members of the household are
pine needles. They fought their way
The Chinese have a proverb thut
Lennox's son
'Bill.” and daugh-
through a thicket of buckbrush. Once stood still, the sound became ever "The fear of death Is the beginning
ter, “Snowbird. " Their abode Is
clearer
and
more
pronounced.
Some
they saw the gray squirrels in the tree
of discipline."
in the Umpqua divide, and there
tops. And before Lennox hnd as much living creature was advancing toward
Failing plans to live out the short
uiiiiiiiiiiiininiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipj!
If this Is true, there must be some-
span of Ute which he has been
as supposed they were near the haunts them; nnd twigs were cracking be­ thing ln the theory that when people
| THE GIRL ON THE JOB S
neath
Its
feet.
The
sounds
were
rath
­
told Is hls. From the first Falling's
of big game, n yearling doe sprang up
gave
up
wearing
rapiers
and
pistols,
health shows a marked Improve­
er subdued, and yet. ns the nnlinnl np-
from Its bed in the thickets.
they become undisciplined and care-
3
How to Succeed—How to Get
3
ment. and tn the companionship of
For an Instant she stood motionless, pronched, both of them Instinctively less.
=
Ahead—How to Make Good
3
Lennox and hls son and daughter
Th«
foundation
of
education
conalats
In
he fits into the woods life as If he
presenting a perfect target. It was knew thnt they were extremely loud
In
the
same
way,
though
the
use
of
training a child to work, to love work, | By JESSIE ROBERTS 1
had been born to It.
By quick
evident that she had heard the sound for the usual footsteps of any of the arms tended to cheapen human life and to put th« energy of hla entire being Into
thinking and a remarkable display
work; to do thut work which develop«
of the approaching hunters, but had wild creatures.
io encourage bragging and bullying, hla
of "nerve" he saves Lennox's life
body, mind and soul: to do thnt work Siiiiiiiiimiiimimmiiimmmiiiiimmn
"What Is It?" Dan asked quietly.
not as yet located or Identified them
and hls own when they are at­
dueling
and
brawling,
It
also
bud
an
moat needed for the elevation of man-
Lennox
was
so
Intrigued
by
the
tacked by a mad coyote. Lennox
with her near-sighted eyes. Lennox
PUBLICITY WORK.
kind.—Barker.
sounds that he wns not even observ- effect on manners.
declares he is a reincarnation of
whirled
to
find
Dan
standing
very
his grandfather, Dan Failing 1,
SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS.
still, peering along the barrel of hls ant of the peculiar, subdued quality
whose fame as a woodsman Is a
ANY women nre mnkhig n sue-
In the wild Western “movies"
household word.
rifle. But he didn’t shoot. The deer, In Dan's voice. Otherwise, he would politeness and "guns” go together ami,
cess In publicity work, and it la
have
wondered
nt
it.
"I'm
free
to
OW Is the time for the thrifty
seeing Lennox move, leaped Into her
as
a
row
Is
settled
offhand,
without
u
growing opportunity.
0.
housewife to gather her stores
terror-pace—that astounding run that confess I don’t know,” he snld. "It's waiting for the sheriff with bls star,
You do not need to know how to
booming
right
toward
us,
like
most
for winter. 1‘ickles of various write yourself. What you require Is
CHAPTER III—Continued.
is one of the fastest gaits in the whole
everybody is very careful not to “»tart
kinds may be put up n few ut u time the ability to get things Into print, to
animal world. In the wink of an eye animals don’t care to do. Of course anything.”
.
It may be a human being. You must
Dan saw the door close behind him, she was out of sight.
If a man may be Insolent, selfish without too much of u burden to the know where to go for results, to han­
watch out for that.”
“
Why
didn
’
t
you
shoot?
”
I^nnox
de
­
and he had an Instant's glimpse of the
or
unchlvairous without running any cook.
dle the sort of material people are
They waited. The sound ended.
long sweep of moonlit ridge that manded.
personal
risk, there Is a chance that
glad to hear and willing to pay for.
They
stood
straining
for
a
long
mo
­
Oil Pickles,
stretched beneath the window. Then,
“Shoot? It was a doe, wasn’t it?"
he may go through life like a bull In
One way is to begin oti speculation.
Tuke one hundred small-sized cu- Get something that wants publicity
all at once, seemingly without warn­
“Good Lord, of course It was a doe! ment without speech. •
a
china
shop.
“
That
was
the
dumdest
thing!
”
ing, it simply blinked out. Not until But there are no game laws that go
But when everybody attended to bls jeumbers, wash and slice. The size of nnd find your medium, and, If neces­
Lennox went on. “Of course It might
the next morning did he really know back this far. Besides—you aimed at
own
quarrels. It was overdone, and cucqmber which slices the size of a sary, your collaborator. When you
have been a bear—you never know
why. Insomnia was an old acquaint­ it.”
false standards of “honor” were set quarter Is best. Do not peel, but get the publicity you take the result
what
they
’
re
going
to
do.
It
might
wash carefully before slicing. Add
"I aimed Just to see If I could catch
ance of Dan's, and he had expected to
have got sight of us and tuftied off. up as In the case of dueling customs one and three-fourths cupfuls of salt to the firm who wanted It and are
have some trouble in getting to sleep. It through my sights. And I could.
of
certain
European
armies.
given the promised check. You may
But I can't believe that it was Just a
His only real trouble was waking up My glasses sort of made It blur—but
It is probably better to rely on the to the cucumbers and let stugid three have to divide this up, but It's a begin­
hours. Slice three pints of onions,
again when Lennox called him to
But then hls words chopped square­ policeman and the law when we suf- the slices the same size ns the cucutn- ning.
breakfast. He couldn’t believe that
fer
an
injury.
“I began In n very small way," I was
ly off In his throat. The plodding ad­
bers, cover with cold water ami let
the light at his window shade was
lold by u young woman who hns Just
vance
commenced
again.
And
the
really that of morning.
On the other hand. It Is pointed out them stand three hours also, Drain ns much work ns she cnn hnndle.
next Instant a gray form revealed It-
“Good Heavens I” his host exploded.
by
Mr. Franhcu and the like that the the cucumbers nnd onions, add "Just went nbout doing little Jobs,
self at the edge of the thicket.
“You sleep the sleep of the Just.”
law
is a cannon that It takes many three ounces of white mustard seed, getting something In here nnother bit
It was Graycoat the coyote. hnlf-
‘ one ounce of celery »«fed, one ounce
months
to load.
Dan was about to tell him that on
there. I used to sit up nights thinking
blind with his madness, and des-
Besides, the law does not bother of white pepper, with a «cant pint of of origlnnl ways to exploit whatever
the contrary he was a very nervous
perate in his agony.
olive
oil.
Mix
well
and
UH
Jars;
add
sleeper, but he thought better of IL
There was no more deadly thing In about trifles, such as somebody's feel­ vinegar to fill Jars. Seal and put It might be I hnd on hand, and I got
Something had surely happened to hls
all sorts of people to work with me
all the hills than he. Even the bite ings. Actual Injury must be shown.
Good manners may be a trifle. But away In a cool place. Good to ent on spec. Presently It begun to pay,
insomnia. The next instant he even
of a rattlesnake would have been wel­
in ten days.
forgot to wonder about it in the reali­
work kept on corning In, I got to know
comed beside hls. He stood a long they have a lot to do with happiness.
And
happiness
Is
no
trifle.
zation that his tired body had been
a
lot of useful people, and now.,..
Instant, and all hls Instincts and re­
Cucumber Pickle«.
(Copyright.)
wonderfully refreshed. He had no
flexes that would have ordinarily
"And there's no letter fun on
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Take one gallon of vinegar, one
dread now of the long tramp up the
made him flee In abject terror were
pound of good mustard, one cupful of enrth," concluded my young friend.
ridge that his host had planned.
thwarted and twisted by the fever of
salt, one-half cupful of sugar, mix “It Is work full of variety, full of hu-
But first came target practice. In
hls madness. He stared a moment nt
well and add the fresh cucumbers man nature. I have n partner now,
Dan’s baggage he had a certain very
the two figures, nnd hls red eyes could
day as they are picked fresh and she nnd f nre both busy every
each
plain but serviceable sporting rifle of
not Interpret them. They were simply
the
vine#. Cover and put away minute, nnd wc love It, Also, we are
from
about thirty-forty caliber—a gun that
foes, for it was true that when this
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
for
winter
use. Mixed spices and an Inylng up n nice little nest egg fur
the information department of the
racking agony was upon him, even
onion
or
two
may be udded for flavor­ the future, when wc menn to be nble
large sporting-goods store in Gitche-
lifeless trees seemed foes sometimes.
to travel nnd see the world and be ns
ing,
if
desired.
apolis had recommended for his pur­
He seemed eerie and unreal as he
Idle as old people should be.”
pose. Except for the few moments in
gazed at them out of hls burning eyes;
THE JOYS WE SHARE.
Watermelon
Marbles.
(Copyright.)
the store, Dan had never held a rifle
and the white foam gathered at hls
Cut out with a potato scoop from
In his hands. The first shot he hit the
fangs. And then, wholly without
HIS makes the songs of night so the center of a firm but ripe water­
trunk of a five-foot pine at thirty
warning, he charged down at them.
sweet:
melon enough pink balls to fill n quart
paces.
They are not here before your ran. Prepare a heavy sirup, adding a
He came with unbelievable speed.
“But I couldn't very well have
The elder Lennox cried once In warn­
feet
slice or two of lemon and a piece of
missed it!” he replied to Lennox’s
ing and cursed himself for ventur­ But over yonder; over hills
ginger root, drop In the melon mar­
cheer. "You see, I aimed at the mid-
ing forth on the ridge without a gun. You hear the evening whip-poor-wills bles nnd cook until well scalded.
die—but I Just grazed the edge.”
He was fully twenty feet distant from Their notes melodious, their trills,
Drop the balls Into a can nnd pour
The second shot was not so good,
Dan; yet he saw In an Instant hls Repeat
over
the sirup nnd seal. These nre
missing the tree altogether. And it
only course. This was no time to
delicious preserves to use ns pudding
was a singular thing that he aimed
trust their lives to the marksmanship The unseen singers sweeter far
gnrnlsh or for ice creams.
longer and tried harder on this shot
of an amateur. He sprang toward Than caged companions always are
REBECCA
than on the first The third time he
Dan, Intending to wrench the weapon They do not sing for you, for me,
Yellow Tomato Preserves.
tried still harder, and made by far "There's Something Living in That from hls hand.
They sing for all humanity—
Make a sirup of one-half pound of
F GOOD old Biblical stock Is Ro-
the worst shot of all.
Thicket.”
But he didn't achieve hls purpose. They are a part of grass, of tree,
sugar
and
one
lemon.
Juice
and
rind
whlch
Is
translated
"What's the matter?” he demanded.
At the first step hls foot caught In a Of star.
and enough water to dissolve the
"noosed cord.” It Is said to come
"I’m getting worse all the time.”
I think—perhaps—that I could have projecting root, and he was shot to
sugar. Add one pound of tomatoes from the Hebrew word rabuk—ut least
Lennox didn't know for sure. But shot It. But I’m not going to kill does. his face on the trail. But a long life And so in life^ the pleasures there
and cook until well scalded through, that win the origin of the first Re­
he made a long guess. “It might be There must be some reason for the In the wilderness had developed Len­ Are greatest common everywhere.
skim out the tomatoes and boll down becca, a name wtdch seems to have
beginner’s luck,” he said, "but I'm in- game laws, or they wouldn't exist.”
nox’s reflexes to an abnormal degree; We ask so much for our own ease,
the sirup until quite thick. The lemon been coined especially to be bestow«!
dined to think you’re trying too hard.
“You’re a funny one. Come three many crises had taught him muscle We seek so much so much to please, rind should be cooked In water until upon the wife of Isaac, of Biblical
Take ft easier—depend more on your thousand miles to hunt and then pass and nerve control; and only for a Yet find our greatest Joys In these
tender, the water used to add to the fume.
instincts.”
up the first deer you see. 'You could fraction of an instant, a period of We share.
sugar.
The Rebeccas of the world should
Dan’s reply was to lift the rifle almost have been your grandfather, time that few Instruments are fine
Preserved Citron,
make excellent wives, since the word
lightly to his shoulder. glance quickly to have done that He thought killing enough to measure, did he lie supinely We must tear down the selfish wall;
Peel, cut In pieces, remove seeds Rlbka, a later rendition of rnbak.
along the trigger and fire. The bullet deer needlessly was almost as bad as upon the ground. Ue rolled on. Into Our spng must be a comrade call.
and cut In dice a citron melon; add which means a cord with a noose, Is
struck within one Inch of the center killing a man. They are beautiful a position of defense. But he knew Alone no happiness is had—
one lemon cut .In thin slices, seeds given to convey the firmness of the
of the pine.
things, aren’t they?”
now he could not reach the younger Each day will be Increasing glad
carefully removed. Cook the melon ninrrlnge cord. The S^ptuaglnt nnd
For a ions second Lennox gazed at
Dan answered him with startling man before the mad coyote would be It something to the Joy we add
and lemon until tender In dear water, the Latin both give evidence of the
him tn open-mouthed astonishment. emphasis. But the look that he wore upon them, The matter wns out of Of all.
Drain nnd cover the fruit with sugar. name Rebecca In very early tines. An­
“My stars, boy!" he cried at last. said more than hls words.
(Copyright.)
his hands, Everything depended on
Tnke the melon liquor, add sugar to other version, said to be the author-
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“Was I mistaken In thinking you were
They trudged on, and Lennox grew the alm and self-control of the tender-
moke a heavy sirup anil when thick Izod one, makes her Rebekah. This
Aircraft Garage.
a boni tenderfoot—after all? Can It thoughtful. He was recalling the pic­ foot.
add the melon cubes. Can boiling
The qld Joke of asking aviators: hot. This makes a fine gnrnlsh or latter form seems to be the one nf-
be that a little of your old grandfa- ture that he had seen when he hnd
"Where Is your garage?” has become conserve to be used In various ways. fected today by every young miss who
ther's skill has been passed down to whirled to look at Dan, Immediately
Is called by the name of the good old
passe with the establishment near Lon­
you? But you can't do It again.”
Dan Failing’s
nfter the deer had leaped from Its
marks-
Biblical heroine.
don,
England,
of
a
bona
fide
aircraft
But Dan did do it again. If any­ bed. It puzzled him a little. He had
manthip prove« that he is not
garage intended for the use of aerial
Despite the religious significance
thing, th« bullet was a little nearer turned to find the younger man In a
the weakling he is supposed to
tourists nnd prlvnte plane owners. The Copyright, 1921, WMttrn Newspaper Union. which history hns given to the name,
the center. And then he aimed at a perfect posture to shoot, his feet
be—on several occasions—in
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Rebecca hns been n gront favorite
company's announcement- says: "A
more distant tree.
placed In exactly the position that
the next installment of "The
with writers, who have employed her
staff
of
highly
skilled
mechanics
under
Voice of the Pack.’’
But the hammer snapped down In­ years of experience had taught Len-
In more or less frivolous romances.
fully qualified ground engineers. Pe­
effectively on the breech. He turned nox was correct; and withal, absolute­
Two Rebeccas who will never be for­
trol nnd oil supplies. Overhnuls, modi-
ly nationless. What many hunters
with a look of question.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
gotten by present-day renders are the
ficntlons nnd repairs promptly exe­
"Your gun only holds five shots," take years to learn, Dan had seemed
Although life often
“Becky" Sharp of Tlinckerny's Immor­
cuted.”
Lennox explained. Reloading, Dan to know by Instinct. Could It be, nfter
Sailor Superstitions,
puzzles
O
tal “Vanity Fair,” nnd the charming­
all,
that
this
slender
weakling,
even
tried a more difficult target—a trunk
seaman’s superstition is that a
ly quaint little “Rebecca of Sunny*
I wont WKste. time,
almost one hundred yards distant. Of now bowed down with a terrible penknife stuck into the mast of a
brook
Farm," which Is endeared to the
malady,
hnd
inherited
the
true
fron-
course it would have been only child's
sailing vessel Is supposed to bring
complt-ining*---
hearts
of American admirers of Knte
IGNORANT
play to nn experienced hunter; but tlersmnn’s Instincts of hia ancestors?
wind. For the same reason a sailor
Dougins Wiggin.
I
kuve
those
joyful
to a tenderfoot It was a difficult
The result of this thought wns fit will whistle through his teeth.
You told me,
The bloodstone Is Rebecca’s tails-
mnrk Indeed. Twice out of four shots lenst to hover In the nenr vicinity of
when I married
nmnfe
gem. It hns the power to guard
Dan hit the tree trunk, and one of hls n certnln conclusion, Thnt conclusion
Plaster for Mending
'Æ you,
that
I
Tkvt never
Its wearer from all dangers nnd pre­
two hits was practically a bull's-eye. was that at least a few of the char­
Adhesive plaster Is Just the thing
could have all
serve her bodily health, and secure
need
Ills two misses were the result of the acteristics of hls grandfather had for mending hot-water bags, raincoats,
the new gownt I
her consideration and respect. More­
same mistake he had made before— been passed down to Dan. It meant gloves and rubber goods of all kinds.
wanted.
expleinind.
over, It is said to guard her from de­
attempting to hold hls alm too long.
that possibly, if time remained, he
I didn’t know
ception, especially of her lover. Sun­
then that there
would not turn out such n weakling,
Jud Tunkins.
day is her lucky day and six her lucky
wer« that many
Dan and Lennox started together after all. Of course hls courage, hls
Jud Tunkins says he doesn’t see
made.
number. The violet, signifying mod­
up the long slope of the ridge. Dan nerve, had yet to be tested; but the why anybody who wants to get a good
esty, Is her flower.
alone armed; Lennox went with him fact remained thrvt long generations Job in a Jazz band shou'd waste time
solely as a guide. The deer season had of frontiersmen ancestors bad left tills on music lessona.
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