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THE TURNER TRIBUNE VOL. TI HNKII, O llKOON, VIII. WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resurre Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events a f Noted I'oopla, (ia fa r a n n la and F acile Northwest. and Other Thing« Worth Knowing. A fire that threatened a bualueaa block In tha heart of K«ddlng, Cal , waa rontrollnd after two houra of fighting Tu«aday and ronfln«.! to dam a g « eallmated al IGO.uuu Preparation of a new Mellun plan embodying auggeallutia for a furllmr revlalon of fha tax law lu accordant« with I'rnaldrut Coulldg« a promine lu preaa for lax reform to auppletuvnl lax reduction la under way. (lortuany'a roqueat that Interallied military control of her armamenta ceaao on September SO waa denied by the allied council of ambaaaadora In a nola banded to (be Herman ambaaaa dor In Paris Tueaday uveulug. It waa announced Wedueaday. With a view toward curtailing Ibe Importation of luxurlea, encouraging thrift and balancing foreign trade, the Japan«'.« government Introduced In Iba diet Monday a bill providing for an ad valorem duly of 100 per rent on 250 art Idea Hated aa luxurlea. |>r Hubert Max Uarrett. 43, aaao d ate prufeaaor of Kngllah al the Uni veraitv of Waablngton for 13 yeara and a prominent Kngllah acbolar of the Pacific coaat. died Tueaday at hla home In Meatllo after an Mlnoaa of four weeka cauaed by a nervoua break down. Ceremonlea for the formal notifies llou of 1’ reeUlenl Coolldgo of hta nom Inkilon by tha republican national con vantlun aa tha presidential candidate were Indefinitely postponed Tueaday on account of tha death of Mr. Cool Idge'a son. The data bad been file d for July XI. A. Williams. D. Casey and II. W Marker, all conatructlun workers on the'Kugene Klamath Kalla cutoff, have been bound over to the federal grand Jury on rhargea of smoking up Salt creek, after smoking had been forbid den theru by the forest office because of fire danger. Prohibition la a failure In the United Slataa owing lo contempt fur the Vut stead art and contempt for law In general, declared l>r. Nicholas Murray Ituller, president of Columbia univer sity, New York City, on hla arrival In Victoria. II. C „ to Investigate the lirlllah Columbia liquor control aya lem. Imleat advices from Klo de Janeiro Indicate announcements of capture by government forrea of rebel positions In Mao Paulo were premature. The posit Iona now are being bombarded by heavy artillery, with atrplanca co operating. It la staled, and the official word la that "all I* ready fur the final assault." ALLIES CONFIDENT ON PACT H sw re Plan Up llrlurr Itr par et Iona ( oii.m lltrr In Isindon. Loudon T h « Inter allied rooter- «in «, which uaamuhlml In the foreign office W«du«ndny looming fur Ihu pyrpoao of p i'C u g Ihu D aw «» rupurt un r> plintil<"ua lulu a ff eat upuuuil lu nu ulinoaphur« ut optimism, W li«u lim lentaCv* urruug«-i»«ui» for the meetlug Were concluded be tween Premiere Murlhmuld and Her riot at Parla laat Thursday, the French premier rharacterlxed the oc la s U m a s the best dsy fur the «a le n i« sluca Ihu eruilsllcu was signed sud competent Amort« an uud lirlllah ob server* d<-< lared they hoped that with In a fortnight the deliberations would be produttivo of su arrangement which will end one« and fur all lim e Ihu quarrels and mlaunderainndiuga limi have le-eii continuous among the ■tallona of Kurope aiuto the boallllliea uf the great war ended and the al lied powers began tbolr struggle, to gel war compeuaatton out of (iermany Much hope, aa tbeae have been ex pre.aed prior to nuiueroua other con feruneva uf lb « allied atateamen dur Ing tbe laat a ll years, but disappoint UH-nt followed aa tho mootings were tliomaelvea out or abruptly broken up. Tbe fundamental difficulties uf the reparation problem aro alili un aolved but th « participation uf the t'nlted Stales through the experts abu worked In Parla fur two moni ha tbla year tu produco the recuuiiueudu Ilona now unlveraally known aa the Dawea report, baa given Dow bop« lu the allies and (ierm any alike, and launched tbo seemingly perennial reparations problem ou an entirely new phase. The allies and (ierm any Jumped tu accept lb « rxp«'rts' report In principle, and on Wednesday Mr. MacDonald. M. Ili-rrtut. M. Theunia, tbo Belgian premier, and other allied pleutpolcn tlarlea. together with Ambassador Kel logg aa tho official representative of the United States, empowered to ari In behalf of American lnler«-ata. gath ered around the big horseshoe table In Ibe foreign office overlooking Downing street lo give political et feet to the business like economi« findings uf Cenerai Dawea and hla colleagues. Thero were more than ISO dele galea, experts and advisers present when the lirlllah prime minister wel corned them lo the conference and b«-ard the responses of Ibe leading plenlpulenlarlea, Croat llrltaln, France, Italy, Ilei glum and Japan are each represent ed at the conference table by several delegates. Ambassador K ellogg la the only accredited representative of the United Slates, but throughout the deliberations. Colonel Juntos A. I.ognn J r. who has followed the complexi ties of the reparations problem front (he beglnulng. will sit beald«« the am hassador aa hla official adviser. Pour oilier Americans, two from the cm hussy ami two of Colonel l-ogan's assistants, will ba Incluibsi In the con ferenre secretarial. The only other American who la to participate Is Owen D. Young, known to thè llrltlsh a* the man behind the Dawea report. He was a member o f the Dawea committee on the Herman budget nnd currency problem, and waa the general's chief aide In drawing up the experts' pro posala. Tw o M is s io n a r ie s S h ot. The electiou of John 0 . Price of Columbus, O , aa grand exalted ruler and the selection of Portland, Ore., aa the next annual meeting plaio of the llenevolent and Protective Order of Klka were Ihu chief eventa of thu ex ecutive session of the grand lodge In lloalon Tueaday, held in conjunction with the sixtieth annual convention of the order. Chcnrhowfu, llunnit. — lleva. Karl Heck and Ccorge Snyder, missionaries of the Reformed Presbyterian church, were suffering from bullet wounds, one Chinese general la deud and an other u fugitive with a price on hla heutl. aa the reault of a feud growing out of ammunition purcliaaca which l«-d to hoatllltlea on the night of June t. Heck nnd Snyder were trying to Reduction In tho duty on sugar by make peace between the hostile fac about one fourth will be reeommended tions when they were wounded. to President Coolldge by three of the six members of the tariff rommtsslon Policemen Guard Flag. The report of three inembera. who are Merlin Policemen with rifles from expected to take the poaltlon that the atop the Rrnndenhurg gate and the dutlea of tho Kordney-McCumber tar roofs of n«>arliy buildings guarded the Iff law constitute an unjustifiable bur flag flying over the French embassy den upon the American people, Is Monday to prevent a repetition of the nearing completion. Incident of three yeara ago on the Rear Admiral Oscar F. Stanton, 39, French national holiday when the trl IT. S. N. retired, died at hla home In color was wrested from tho staff. The Now l.ond»n. Conn., Sunday utter a embassy hoists Its flag only on July brief Illness. He Is survived by two 14. daughters. He graduated from An- napolla In 1853 and during tho civil Dsbt Remission Urged. war fought under Karragut with tho Chicago.— Remission by tho United west coast blockade aquadron, com Slates of Its war loans, not only ns manding the U. S. S. Plnota In the n good morul measure, but for the battle of Mobile bay. He was retired sake of better prosperity, was advo In 1894. cated by Clarence S. Harrow, the at AttorneyG eneral Stone, addressing the annual convention of the Amrrl can liar association In Philadelphia Tueaday night, declared that “ not- wlthatandlng the Improvement, actual and potential, In our static law," the actual admlnlatratlon of Justice In the United States was not Improving and that (hero were multiplying evidences that It waa In a period o f decline, which begnn before the world war and waa greatly accelerated by the war. torney, Mondny In an address before the University of Michigan Alumnae club of Chicago. Lutherans Plan Drive. St. Paul.—A houae-to-house. nation wide soul saving campaign w ill bn formally authorised by the W alter longue, which began business ses sions of Its 32d annual international convention here Monday. The pro ject provides for on aggressive cam palgn In the field of home missions. * ^ TTIUIIMDAV, A * A A A A A A A E Earth Fault Under Manhattan, Is Statement. each other dead. Andrew I). Whitney, US. ITM eott, A r i l . pioneer, and hla daughter. Mra. Julia f'oleii of Aahland, were united hern Friday. Ashland Release o f Preaaure Inside Planet Oil Drilling Declared Likely la 1924. A fter a aepnratlon of I I Mend,— Tbolr mother killed by a rulhleaa hunter, twin fawns w ere' brought to Mend from the mountains! boyuud 1‘rlnuvllle Sal unlay by a gam e1 warden. The orphans woro placed Ini the stale park at the Tumalo fish I lly hatchery. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu ia iin » ^ . 43. RED LOCK A Tale of the Flatwoodf^ B y DAVID ANDERSON TH K N AK ED KNIFE Author of “ The Bla« Moon" Ceprrtghl by The Bebte-MarrUl Co. ■ TNOPSia— On th * banks o f tbs W abash aland T a sla C olla and Jack W arilepa. you n g and v a ry much la leva. Tamia la tha o n ly a a u g h t.r o f old Pa p Simon, rich man and m onay-landar. Jack i . U ,. orphan bound boy o f Pap ■Ima-i w h o bad fo ra c lo a .d a m « r l . . | . an tha W a r b o p . «aiata. A t flrat T a s la and Jack ta lk la d ly a f K an C olla, (b o g ir t'# m t.ain g b ro th .r. Than Jack aayo th at In tan dnya kin a .r v ltu d o w ilt b . ovar, th at ha w ill rida out lo to tb o b ig w o rld to aaak hlo fortuno. Both k n ow w h a t thnt w ill moan to thorn Tornio nnd Ja«*k ta lk o f tho rod lo c k o f 'R od C olin ." In- harttod b y K on. And Jack anya ho'a c o m in g back no aooa no ho (Inda g o ld In C a lifo rn ia . Than nrrlvaa tho now proachor, Rav. C aiob H o p k ln a P a p Simon In troducán tho vtlln g a ro to tho now proachor. w h o waa « c o lla g . m ato o f Kon. A t nuppor a t tho C olin hom o tho proachor tollo how tho boy ktUod a g a m b lo r nnd dlanp- ponrad H I* fa tb o r a t t r ib u ì«« K an'a fa ll from gra c a to hlo rod lock o f h a ir Than Pa p Simon hno a aort o f atroko. brou gh t on b y roa d ln g a la tta r from Kon. "nom ow haro In N ow Y o r k ." who eu roo« hlo fa th a r an hla death bod A poataerlpt by another hand «a y o ho la d .a d A t tho v il. Inga atoro nnd post offleo L o g « Baldan, a n tw c o m ir. « a y « ha «a w tha now p a rten w ith hla arm areund T a s i# Jack lic k « him. •h o o t« a platol from hla hand and mnkoa him «a y ha w aa mlatakan. Tha praachar and t h « v llla g a r « g o B«hlng. Jack d iscovers t h « p r «a c h «r « a r r i « « a alx-gu a. A fo o tp rin t on a concealed hoaoe- boat fita tha proeohar'a b o o t Vnrnonla.— At the regular meeting of the city council It was decided to ask the county court of Columbia county lo vacate the county road Philadelphia. - "Thera la very real which Is purt of the Inland highway dunger that New York city may suffer through this city so that it could be from an earthquake one uf those days |M>v«-d under (he bonding provisions of "Unless the world gets over Its mad ihe Bancroft act. search for oil, there are going to be Milton. Fire from smut explosion some radical changea on tbla planet." «lestroyed the wheat separator and These are some of the startling pr<- nearby straw stack on the Alva Shuin- dictions made by Proeasor David way ranch, five m ile« up Couse creek, Todd of Amherst college, professor south o f this city, Friday afternoon. of astronomy, Internationally known Tbla was the third Jay in succession «•lent 1 st and author of half a doxen (hut grain fires bad de«troy**d aeparu books and Innumerable articles Pro tors and grain fields n«-ar this city. fessor Todd la spending bis summer at tbo estate of P. M. Mharplcss, near The Italics. — The Wasro county Weatchealer. wh«-at «rop w ill average around 20 Professor Todd's obs«-rvalions are bushels to the acre, with some stands not based on any Sodom and Co of 20 and 3U bushels to the acre, and in orrah idea of divine vengeance, but In a few exceptional casea as high as are. as be points out. the result of 40 bushels to the acre, according to cold, scientific reasoning. New York County Agent Daigh. who Saturday city, be said, la aa likely a site for completed a survey of the county's (be next earthquake aa any of tbo grain flelda. United States. This Is because of tbe H illsboro.— Ranks is lo have electric geological formation of tbe land be The aurvey has been com neath It. Karthquakea almost Invar llghta. C H APTER V I—Continued. lably come st a point where two strata pleted and poles distributed by the I’ uget Sound Light A Power company O f g truth, tho compaiiaon between The line is to exteod across country the two men could not well havo been from a point near the Masonic home mora striking. Th* young preacher and will also serve farmers along the w i a vary handsome man. The beard line, a number of whom have signed and spectacles, the mata of balr fall ing about hla aara, seemed to Invest five year « outran*. him with an air of exquisita mystery— Salem.— As a food product there Is an air that baa such power to compel no substitute for that which comes the attention of women. Tha young woodsman, oc the other from the dairy In that it contributes to the growth and development of both hand, with hla uncouth and 111-fitting clothes, though far from plain, owed mind and body, according lo the af whatever attractions be possessed to firm atlve argument (Med with thu sue TRs magnificent physique, a bold regu retary of slate here Saturday in con larity of features, and an honest, open nection with the oleomargarine an-1 frankness— a man's man. condensed milk bill that will go be With a Jerky, elaborate bow to fore the voters at the November elec Jack, tha young preacher turned to T ezle tion. " I waa Just hunting for you. Miss Kugene.— Billy, the 7-year-old son T u l a They want you at the punch of S. It. St< venaon. Kugene druggist, bowl." The girt must have known tha was seriously injured when a railroad torpedo exploded while he was stoop woodsman was shout to speak to her. JOHN W. DAVIS The Hla face was aa easy to read as th* Nominated for President «>n the 103rd ing over it Friday evening. signs o f spring. She glanced at him; ballot by the iH-mocrat c National con fam ily was visiting at Mrownsvllle dropped her eyes; laughed— a trifle vention. Charles W. Hryan, o f N e and a playmate of Billy's exploded braska. brother o f W J. Bryan, was the torpedo by striking it with a rock. uneasily he thought, knowing her to well— and walked away beslda tba chosen for view President on the first The child's eyes were injured but it minister. ballot. was not believed that he would lofte The woodsman stood looking after or layers beneath the surface o f the hla sight. them, a queer sens* of etuptlnsos In ground ronte together. When terrific hta breast— a man nursed by nature, Salem. Tbo public service commis untaught to Juggle with th* heart's pressure comes on this point It Is in sion issued an order bere Saturday emotions. evitable that It should crack. According to Professor Todd, It dismissing tbe complaint filed by the The vole* o f th* gray-hslred gentle has been ascertained that Just such Inland Aulo company and 25 other woman In th* rocking chair recalled an underground Joint Ilea beneath firms nnd individuals with relation to his straying thoughts. "Aren't they a fine-looking couple?" Manhattan Island. The pressure which the service of the Pacific Telephone will eventually force this Joint apart A Telegraph company In the city of ah* was saying. “ Ub-huh." and cause an earthquake la due to Prinevllle. It was said that the tele „ 'A s 1 look back over the years since the thousands and thousands of tons phone corporation had improved its we ceme to Buckeye, I remember that which are being heaped onto to the service to meet the requirements of you end the heve always been play Island In the shape of hug«« buildings the complainants. mates. My deer husband so often and foundations. used to speak o f the beautiful com Salem Kxtendtng compulsory In panionship between you. Long aeeocl- Hu predicted that when the earth surance under Ihe workim-n's com atlon with one *o sweet end Innocent quake finally comes the destruction pensation act to include all hazardous must have had a most ennobling Influ which will follow will be far greater occupations was declared to be prac ence upon you." and more terrible than that which tical and a step in the right direction " I t didn't hurt me none." followed the Japanese upheaval Of in the affirm ative argument filed with "D ear met but you are laconic this last summer. the secretary of state here in connec evening, my lad. Do you always speak Professor Todd was also pessimis tion with the so called compulsory with auch Spartan brevity r* tic over the consequences of the "oil She might aa well have said It In workmen's compensation amendment madness" which is gripping the world Latin. Jack was frowning hard In an which will go before the voters at the at present. effort to make out her meaning when November election. Zeke Pollck. officiously omnipresent, "Did you ever see a driller strike loll?" he asked. " I f you have you will Brownsville. — A temporary shut stopped at th* old lady's chair. Th* woodsman waa saved. He get some Idea of the tremendous down was put in force at tho Browns pressure which is locked up lu the ville woolen mill this week. High cost walked away in th* crowd, while Aunt Use. a few teats away, never beck- ground beneath us. It Is this pres of wool, lack of market for products ward about airing bar view*, leaned sure which holds tho world In shape aud low water In river and millrace over toward tbe postmaster's wife and. and with countless hundreds of oil were given as causes. Several doxen In hoars# half-whisper*, laid down her wells tapping this pressure In every workmen are out of employment. The vastly positive opln.on on the very sub part of the globe, what will be the Brownsville woolen mill store has ject he had Juet escaped discussing. reault I dare not predict.” "Ain't It a bumln' them* th* way been moved to Albany, and Harvey Scientists have spent considerable A. Walker, who was manager here, Text* leU tha new person carry on with >r, an' leerin' Big Jack out 'n time guessing at the result of this has been sent to Albany. th* cold !— an' him wo'th any two o' mad tapping of the power which lies Mill City.— The small creeks in this th* parson, th* best breath ’* ever beneath us. Some have predicted that drawed. She'll rue It. Mark my eventually there will be a huge col vicinity are at the lowest water mark word*, Manner Pollck. shell rue It." lapse of tho earth's surface more any of the old timers ran remember. "Aw , shucks. Aunt Lite, you're Jlet destructive than any earthquake the Rock creek, which usually furnishes Jealous f r Big Jack, him boln' about good fishing most of the summer, now world hua known. Others believe that y'u •' much, an' Uncle Nick a-teachln' the final outcome will be a change in has but very little water In It. all 'lm ell about the woods an' boxln' an’ the climate of the earth. When geo of which is being diverted through the slch." •'Nick! N ick !"— It would be utterly logists are asked as to the outcome Hammond Lumber company log pond in an effort to keep the pond at a Impossible to commit to paper th* ul they seldom commit themselves. "W h at happens when a chair Is working level. The Santlam river Is timate contempt In th* etlfted tones— T r th* ten' eekeel What d' y'u »'pose pulled out from under you?" they ask. also very low for this time of year. I car* wh* the ol' man teaches 'la Kugene.— Eugent' waa the sixth city fool truck an' boxln’ trick* to? She'll Boat Upsets; 5 Drown. in the Pacific northwest In amount rue the day she drape a fin* lad Ilk* Victoria, H. 0. A tragedy Involving of building permits during June, ac Big Jack— bound though '* be— an' five lives was disclosed Sunday when cording to statistics received by W . tikes up with a teetotal furrtner, Jlet b'cayte ’* happen* t’ be a mlt* slicker an overturned sailboat and the body H. Alexander, city building Inspec lookin' mob be— though, fT my pert 1 tor. Tho number of permits Issued of a woman were picked up In Ross don’t consalt 'lm one lotum better- by, one of Victoria's beach resorts. during that month was 56 and the lookin' than Big Jack It. She'll rue It, This Manner Pollck. the'U rue It. That par- The woman was identified as Mrs. estimated cost was 3207,900. W’atson, wife of Lieutenant R. Wat was within 330.000 of the figures given eon haln't got all that p'lavsr an' son. a nrltlsh naval officer. Lieuten out by Spokane, a rlty many times as meechln' way* f r nothin', now there'* ant nnd Mrs. Watson left here Satur large as Kugene. Salem’s figures for th* business of It, I-Jeemlny!" Th * poetmaster's w ife had her lip* day In the sail heat, manned by three the month were 3&9.405 and those at sailors from the naval barracks for Astoria, which is rebuilding after the set ready for her reply when there came a sudden commotion at the door. great fire, were but 31«0,S26. a pleasure cruise. A strange man, tall and powerfully tiring Violent React Ian. NO. llinillMIIIIIIIIMIIIIIim MirMflMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.M IIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIimillllir’ MIllMIIIIIIMtllllllMIIIIMIIIMIIIIIPJ NEW S yearn, during which lime they thought BIG BLOCKS MENACE 17, A ^ A A n ^ A M SAVANT PREDICTS NEW YORK QUAKE STATE IN I JILV built, a slouch hat pulled low over hla head, a ewart face covered by a heavy stubble o f black beard, and apparently Just drunk enough to be dangerous, was roughly elbowing tbo crowd aside a* he stalked bark toward th* table. "Gimme some cake," he growled. MU* Martin, trembling on th* verge of panic, passed s piste of cek* to him. He snatched off a piece, held It up contemptuously for a moment and then slammed It beck wltb a force that dashed the plat* from the timid little teacher's hand tnd scattered lta con tent* all about the table. "Aw , b— 11, gimme some cake I" Th* preacher's shoulders lifted where be stood stooped among th* women around the punch bowL A epark of anger leaped Into the eyes behind th* spectacles, and hie Angers curled toward his palms—a movement that th* others were too Intent upon th* intruder to notice. But th* flash passed with th* Instant; his shoulders drooped; to hla eyes cam* back th* look of peering benevolence. “ Friend." be called, still keeping hi* place among the women, "do you not .calls# that you era Intimidating these ladle* and spoiling this—ah— most en Joyabla evening? W ill you not pleas* The swart-faced man stared Inso lently at the preacher, a curiously be wildered look crossed his heavy face. He seemed to study th* drooping shoulders, th* studious eyes behind th* spectacles. "Say, yon pore devil o f a gospel tllnger." he snarled, "who's runnla* this show? Dry up. 'r I might taka a notion t' sa'nter over and twist y'ur ear." Turning back to the table, he took from hla pocket an ugly clasp knife and, snatching up a big cake that stood still uncut, a aort of ornamental cen- "Ssy, You Por# Devil of a Gospel Stinger,” H# Snarled, “ Who’a Run- nln’ Thia Show?" terplace that hod been selected for the honor because of Its size and beauty, he hacked himself off an enormous slice. There is that about a naked knife— a certain cold, flinching thought of sharp steel drawn »croc» warm flesh— that no other weapon Inspire*. Women gasped; children flew In terror to their parents; the desperado was left with the cleared center o f the floor to him- self. He hacked himself off another huge section; gulped It down; laughed con temptuously, and slammed tbe rest of th* beautiful confection at a window with a force that snuffed out a candle and shivered the glass to splinters; ha glared around at th* shrinking clrcl* and smacked th* knife against the palm of hla hand. "Say. ladles," he leered, his vole# Bounding harsh and strident In th* dead alienee of the room, “ you and th* youngster* nee n- t' git panicky. I ain't go'n' t' hurt you none. 1 Jlet sa'nter d in t' git a look at a Jay I'v# hear'n tell »boot* up K'ntucklana" The reference was too plain to b# misunderstood. Not a man there bat had heard o f the thoot-up In th* post office the evening before. Every ey# turned toward Jack Warbope, stand ing a step or two In front o f th* shrinking circle— for the others had drawn back and h* had not. Th* eyea o f the deepen,do followed the eyes o f the crowd. Slouching across th* floor till th* two stood fac* to face, he stiffened and glared with dull savagery. Taxle. Just back o f th* preacher at tha punch bowl, leaned across tha table and almost stopped breathing. “ I'm a K'ntucklan.” "1 Tow they was right sorry whan y'u left." The reply stung the drunk man to madness With unexpected vtcloua- nses ha lunged and struck with th* knife. Th* woodsman sprang back, warded the blow with ready quickness and whipped s vicious Jab to tha chin that pitched th* Intruder backward to tho floor. But tho blow, quick aa It was ..•inllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMIIIIIIIÜ bad com* th* flick af an instant too lata, th* knife had found hla flesh, grstad tha left aid* of his nark, ripped through collar and tl* and gashed hi* shoulder half-way ta tb* armpit. Right there th* Flatwuods showed Its taath. Fifty pistols leaped Into view. Al Counterman, far back In th* crowd, snatched a long barreled alx- gua from somewhere under bis blouse and hla lanky body stiffened to bal- ancs a light In hla one eye no man there aver seen before. Uncle Nick, with a vigor that set at defiance hla weight of years, hurled younger men said* and sprang Into tho cleared d rc ls But with eo many women and chil dren present pistole war* out o f th* question. Tbe desperado duubtlesa counted on this very fact. Slung to madneas by th* blow, ho leaped up and longed again with tb* knife. This time h* ran square Into tb* preacher. With a readiness and cour age hardly looked for In on* of hla cloth, h* had stepped In front of Jack Warhope, hla tall figure erect and su perbly dominant. F ifty flatwoodsmen. half crouched and straining forward, stood staring. T b * eyea o f th* dark-faced man atratched eo wide that they eppearad to bulge from their sockets. He lifted a dirty hand, brushed It serosa th* wiry atubbl* of hla face and. Ilka a man half dazed, slowly shut tha clasp knlfa and put It back In bla pocket. F ifty flatwoodsmen retailed, straight ened ; fifty pistols want back Into hiding. T b * preacher slowly raised an e r a and pointed toward th* open door. Th# desperado's eyea dropped; he rubbed hit 11 pa together as If to looses them; turned and stalked from th* room. "Mabba w# ortn't t* let 'lm git away," muttered a voice. "A w leave 'lm go," grunted Unci* j Nick, a curiously puzzleg expression on hla face as ha gazed at the open door through which tha renegade had gone. “ He's licked— an' '# ain't wo tb bangin'." T b * old man turned away, atltl with th* puzsled expression on bis face, motioned Jack to a chair at th* aids of th* room and began examining bla hurt. A t that moment Text* slipped through the crowd, tom* whit* strips o f torn tablecloth In her hand, and approached tba woodsman. A smile twisted bla lip*, and tha girl, dipping on* of tha strips In th* cold water Aunt Liza brought, began to wash tb* blood from th* gashed shoulder and make It ready to bo bandaged. T h * preacher looked on a moment, turned away and went back among the women who wore gathering again about th* punch bowl. Th* elaborate frock coat and (tiff neck stock had again asserted themselves. T h * atoop had come back to hla shoulders; th* flare had left hla eyea Tbe girl, wltb fingers trembling, glanced through the open door Into tho square of darkness that had swal lowed up th* desperado; bant low over th* bandages, and brought her fac* clos* to th* woodsman's ear. "Jack— ha looked Ilka—like— Kao would 'a' looked— I" Th * woodsman started; looked Into th* square o f darkness; and than lnt# the girl's face. "No. n o !" ho whispered. "Even If he was alive, he wouldn't 'a' com* down that— low— I" C H A PTE R V II Fancies and Fsncs Ralls. Jack VYarhop* made a onehanded Job of hla work among th* fted-pena next forenoon, though it was a task for two. The young woodsman was - Immensely sensitive over th* fact that he waa a bound boy, though Simon Oolln never obtrudM It on him tnd seldom exercised any sort o f authority over him. He allowed him to live on In tha cabin where his father and mother had dreamed their dream, to come and go aa ha pleated. The ehrowd old money-lender probably know that tha young man's high spirit would urga him further than any amount of exor cised authority possibly could. And Simon Colin knew the race from which bis bound boy had sprung. From the first, Simon's treatment of hts bound boy bad caused hla neigh bors no small wonder—It waa so un like him. He had sent him to th* vil lage school till h* outgrew It, and had allowed him to roam th* woods with out any aort of restraint. Far from discouraging hla very aptitude for woodcraft, h* had even locacned hla heart-strings— and hla puiae strings ; an Infinitely baider thing for him to do— to the extent of buying him tha best double-barreled shotgun th* mar- kat afforded, and a revolver o f modal and workmanship ss tine as th* art of ravolvar-maklng could produce at that tlma— two gifts on which th* boy cer tainly cast no discredit. "W h * don’t y’ u try soma day »’— trap yeur— fairy?" (TO BB CONTINUED.! Bea w atar aa Cur*. 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