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o THE TURNER TRIBUNE V o \ * l . ix T I 'I I N K I t , . WORLD HAPPENINGS . OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resurre Most Important Daily News Items. C 0 MPILEÜ FOR YOU Karata af Notad Propia, (.«.»r a m a rla and l'a c ltr Nuri ho ral. and (H im Ik in g » Worth h bow la «. T h r supreme rourl reconvened Mon day (or Ha winter toriu. Inn handud down no derisions. T b « (Iral aro « « p eiiw l Monday. Arm «d outlaw» In a series of hold up» In I h i roll Tu«aday obtain.-d lh r «« payroll satchels routalnlng spprotl- mali'ly 126.000. figh tin g between tha Hao Paulo rylx’la «lid llrarlllan r«d«ral lorrra la ronllnulng, a.Tordlng to official ad vices forward«d from Hlo Janeiro. Evaluation of two Hpanlab poaltlona In Morocco. Adru. lu lb « Iluharra aec- lor. and Munna. In Ihu Zoo El Jatnli r«glun. 1» announc'd In an official atataniml. Ur Thmuna 1.« Breton and Deputy Mollnarl o f Bueuos A ir «« were both »lightly wounded after a brief encount er lu an affair of honor at midnight Monday night. T b « duel was foughl will) aabers. Stale Senator Joyre and Slate llepreaenlallve O'Brien were arreeled In Chicago nod taken to a police ela tion early Monday after a flgbt with a doren policemen. The policemen »ought to arreal the leglalalora for »peed lag. Cp to September 30. 1024, total of 612,479.64101 baa been paid by the alale of Waahlnglon In veteran»’ com pensation claim», numbering 67.426. according to report o f the veteran»' rompenaatlon department to Stale Auditor (Tauaen. Conilderable Inlereat haa been arouaod In Stockholm by the large order» for war material placed by aevernl foreign governm ent» with the llofo r» company, Scandinavia'» btggeal manufacturer of guna. ammunition and m ilitary supplier. Ten liv e » are reported to have been loat at Dominica, I.eewar.1 Inland W eal Indlea. Sunday, when torrential rains caused the Koaeuu river to over flow. The town waa flooded with four feet of water. Katatea in the itoseau valley »utfered heavily. Thn official Uaxetta publish«» the ri'sult of tbe last cenaua of Italy, whereby It uppenrs that, calculating the Increase which haa taken place since the census of December, 1921. the population of the kingdom now amounts to 39.900,00 actual residents. Dr, Hurry Kmerson Kosdlck. a Bap tist preacher In a Presbyterian church In New York, whoso pulpit for two years hsa been the center of an Inter national controversy between funds menlallata and modernists. Monday banded his resignation to the New York presbytery. Proposed Increases In rates on lum ber from Pacific coast points to Arknu sas. Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Pennsyl vania, West Virginia and Wisconsin were suspended Monduy by the Inter state commerce commission from October 7 to February 4. K.iuatter's rights were upheld ngulust the Dominion of Canndn and the city of Vancouver In a decision the court of appeals announced Tues ■lay. Claims of Alfred (lonxules and Miss Agnes Cummings to sites In Stanley park. Vancouver’s largest re creation grounds, were confirmed. Announcement that applications for adjusted compensation have been re ceived thus far from 1,300,000 war veterans was made Tuesday by Major- General Hubert C. Davis, the adju tant gnnnrnl of tho navy. Veterans entitled to compensation total 4,600,- 000. General Davis urges that the ap plications of tho others be filed promptly. SHANGHAI CITY SURRENDES Pinal Mtand al Hwangtu Finally Crum pira Armistice KffpftUr. Hhunahul Aflur u (Inal aland at Hwsngtu, 16 lull**» »*•»! of Hlianghal. Hi« Chekiang Iriuipa defending Ui« OHKfJOjT, T H U R S D A Y , OREGON PROJECTS FIND U. S. FAVOR o«..-«hu * China»« central back eil by the government Baker, Owyhee and Vale Dis at last have udmllted their defeat. tricts Approved. Foreign observers In thu Hungklang ■ei tor reported Tuesday morning that »11 arm 1st I re was arranged at 6 1* M Monday, after which both sides tea» «d- firing Advance guard» of the re treating Chekiang troops arriving from the llvfangtu. Kilting and l.luho «ac tors declared similar arrangement» had been perfected there Apparently Chang Tae Flug, 60 year old battler who refused to accept the decision of other Chekiang chiefs to surrender was fugred to give In after hi» flnul brilliant attack. In which hi« 4000 troops forced some of tbe hottest fighting of the eutlre war. About looo Chekiang *.-'!ters from the battle fronts directly west of the city had* arrived at Hhanghal Tuesday morning, at the north railway station Forty three carloads more were report ed held at Cbenju. five mile» Weal of III« rlly. while 10,000 were said to be awaiting transportation at llanslagn, 12 mile» west, and at Hwangtu All of the Chekiang soldiers station ed at Lluhu, 30 miles to the northwest on the Yanglxe coast, were reported withdrawn. The discipline of the defeated troop» w «» generally good. It waa reported, despite their complete Ignorance of where they were going or what they were supposed to do. Heavy naval, police and volunteer guard» patrolled the border« of the forelgu settlement» throughout the night, and no. on« was permitted to enter or leave them. I'erslstent reports wer« circulated that I.u Yusng Hsiang, commander In chief of the defeated Chekiang armies, and Ho Feng Ling, military cornml» ■loner of Shanghai, and General Lu’s aide, had fled to Japan, but verifies lion of’the report» was not obtainable Tlm bsr Funda Allotted Washington, D. C.— Under tho law which glvea to states 26 per rent of the receipts of sales of Umber of na llonal forest reserves Oregon Is to receive the suiA of 6176.943 for the last fiscal year. National forests In the ■tale rontrlbuted the following amount*: Csacade, 113,361; Crater, 649.963; Desrbutaa, 613.333; Fremont. 64016;* Klamath. 62230; Malheur. 6«767; Mount Hood, 66316; Orhoco. 64962; Sunllam. 110.376; Siskiyou, 6423; $iu- ■law. 67666; Umatilla. 66633; Wal Iowa. 612.307; Whitman. 639,330. Washington national forest netted the stale for the year 639.043. Indian Crypts Planned. Ashland. Or - <). D. Mason has an nounced that a contract has been re ceived by hint tor construction of u mausoleum at Chlloquln. whlrh will provide a crypt for each o f the 1009 Indians* on the Klamath reservation. The Inter-Council of the Klamath Indians will attend tbe dedication of the mausoleum here In about six week* and decide then whether they desire the Egyptian architecture, which Is being used in the local mau »oleum, or tho Grecian. Old Eden Idea Ditched. Cambridge, Mass, — The modern youth, In this "th e happiest age the world ha» ever known." doe» not be lieve In th « creation In the Garden o( Kilen. according to Charlea W. Kllot, president emeritus of Harvard untgpr sltjrf At a lecture on religloua concepts Sunday, Dr. Kllot aalil: " I believe that the modern youth rejects most of the tenets, dogmas nr.d beliefs of the past. He does not believe in the creation In the Garden of Kden, nor does ho believe in the least In the total depravity of man kind ns given In the ordinary «vnngeli- rul creeds and dogmas. He has re jected those tljlngs. His mind is free from them." RECLAIM MANY ACRES All Declared Likely to Surrred Finan dally W ill I’ rovidr For .100 New Families. Washington. D. C. Three new Irrl- gutluugallon projects for Oregon are approved by a commission appointed under tbe terms of tbe report of the tact finding commission. These pro- Jucts are tbe Baker In Baker county and tbe Owyhee and the Vale In Mnl hour counties, embracing more than 170,000 acres of land. These projects had previously been recommended as feasible from tbe engineering standpoint, but doubt was left as to whether they would prove an economic, agricultural and finan cial auccess. The reports open the way for the aecretary of the Interior lo recommend to congreaa the appro priation of money to atart construc tion. The Vale project waa Investigated by Professor W. L. Powers, soil tech nologist of tbe Oregon Agricultural college; W. 8. McLaughlin. Irrigation InventIgaior. and G. H. Hogues of the United Stales bureau of reclamation. A local committee, rotaslstlng of Italpb lliilti-. I> Biggs and J. H. H. Dvar- mond A ll of Vale, assisted tb « com mittee. In recommending tho Vale project the committee declared that the land was mainly sage brush benches be tween Jamieson and Malheur canyon and Harper bench, having an area of 29.360 acres with an estimated gross annual crop return, after Irrigation, of about 636 a acre. Thlrty eTght per cent of the land Is held by two land companies, it Is pointed out. wl^h IS per cent public- land an dthe remaining land owned by Individuals In tracts of 40 lo 640 acres. Ninety per cent of the lands will require subdivision and settlement and will provide farms for 260 or 300 families. The board recommends that the land held In private ownership shall be upraised and selling prices fixed before development is started. In order to avoid inflation of prices the appraisal should be made A part of a contract between the land owners and an irrigation district formed with a definite contract to control land prices. The committee reported settlement as the fundamental problem of the Vale project and recommended long time credit to new acttlers; .the ap pointment ot a competent agricultural 1st lo be employed to aid and assist settlers, the fixing of the price by the secretary of the Interior at which rxceas holdings are to be disposed of by settlers; clearing and preparing a portion of each farm unit by the gov ernment prior to settlement; selection of settlers according to experience, capital nnd other characteriatlcs; formation of one Irrigation system to include all lauds In the proposed pro ject. ' Food Cost* Working Up. Washington, D. C. Increases In re tail food prlcea lu the month ending September 16 ranging up to 3 per cent was shown in nil but one of 21 cities for which figures were announced Sat urday by the bureau of labor statis tics of the department of Inbor. Butte, Mont., with a decrease of 1 per cent was the only excaption to the general increase. Klghteen of the 21 cities showed Infected Cattle Killed. % decreases for tho year ending Septem Houston, Texas, — An outbreak of ber 16 ranging up to 6 per cent. the foot and mouth disease in a herd of 17 ratlin under observation by fed White Doe at Nedonna. ernl Inspectors, wna reported Sunday Nedonna .Or. — A snow-white doe visited Nedonna early Saturday. In stead ot the usual brown, the animal was white with a large black spot on the shoulder and head and black cars. The doe, almost exhausted, trotted almost the full length of Main street, paused at a filling station an Inslant as It studied a group of excllcil resi dents. then wheeled, crossed the ramp ground and disappeared Into the timber. by Dr. Marlon linos, government In spector In charge. The animals were Immediately killed and burled. Dr. lines said. The herd wna tho last of the cattle In the original Infected area placed under quarantine. Dr. lines said. Tuesday's session of Jhe world pence congress being hold In Berlin was thrilled by the presence on the speak ers’ platform of two generals who op posed each other at thn front In the World wnr but who now entertain tho same Ideas regarding pence. Both gen Naval Estimate la Cut. Washington, D. C.— A proposal that erals told tho congress that their per sonal experiences of war horrors had the budget bureau and thn navy de made them pacifists. Tha "tw o peace partment compromise upon 6330.000.- ful wnrrlors" were General Verrnux of 000 ss the aproprlation for the navy France, commander of tho dtxth army (luring the next fiscal year waa pro division during thn hostilities and now senlnd Monday lo Director Ix>rd by prfossor In a French military ncademy Secretary Wilbur. The original esti and General von Srhoonalc.lt o f Ger mate for the department totaled 6360.- many. who was active on the Ituman- 000,000, whlrh was reduced about 630.- lan front durlng tha wnr and who I » . 000,000 by thè officiai» holding thè now head of thè reputili«un guarda, I federai p u r»« stringa. Queen Louise Stricken. Copenhagen. — Dowager Queen Louise, who Saturday was stricken with a severe attack of bronchitis, la declared to bo suffering from pneu monia. Her temperature Is high, and the bulletins regarding her condition are vague. She Is 73 years old. (M TO H EIC .............. STATE N E W S * IN BRIEF, Hi, 1Ö2I. NO. The Red Lock MU1 City. The woik of building the new sell ml gymnasium at Gates was completed Friday by contractors and tb « palming will begin liifmedlately By DAVI D A N D E R S O N Author o f "T h e Elue M uds " Albany An Italian carnival will be given by the Albany College Women's league October 29 and 30 for the pur pose of raising funds for tbe college library. q A 4. Tale of the Flatwoods Cspyright by Th« hobt*-Merrill Co. SFJXfJFJF- TiÆ M Æ Jt C H APTE R XV—Continued. Albany. Flax growing In Linn ci un — 21— ly may be added to Ihu county’» Bat But what to do with it?— tbe man of agricultural efforts as a result of bent Ida brows over the problem. It la only Just to him— and the blood u meeting of several Interested farm ers with a delegation of men Interest that waa In him— to state that It never ao much as crossed him that be might ed In the propagation of the flax grow keep It, with probably nobody ever Ing Industry in th « valley. the wiser. ' It was too late to take It back to the Hillsboro. One hundred per cent enrollment in the county, state and red roofed cottage that night, and too national educational associations is bulky to carry In hi* pockets. Decid ing at last to bide It until next dny the record set by th<- teachers o f tbe gave him a chance to take le z l e Into Hillsboro city school in a report turn hla confidence, be wrapped tbe bundles eil over to the county school superln tn a towel; raised the rug;* very care tendent Friday afterti'ioa» fully loosened a board of the floor; hid the package under I t ; replaced tbe Marshfield. — The W om en’s Civic board and rotted the rug back into School and Citizenship proved a popu place with studied ezactnras. lar innovation this year when tbe first I Then he blew out Hie i-undle; raised meeting was held for organization. | the blinds,of the two small windows Tw enty foreigners who were desir and slipped out Into the yard. Twilight bad long faded Into dark. ous of becoming American citizens en j Only an occasional candle picked out rolled at tbe opening meeting. the nigged outline o f tbe village. A Mill City.- -The second shipment of I dog fox back In the hills was trying to salmon eggs from tbe racks near tell tbe rest of tbe foxes bow lonesome ho waa. Over along Kagle run tbe frogs Brcltenbush was made Friday, when croaked— without Interruption. He approximately 2.000,000 eggs were listened to make sure, shipped lo the hatchery at Mehama. Glancing back at tbe cabin door to make cartaln be bad closed It, he Albany’s aulo tourist Albany. slipped across tbe corner of the or- ramp ground in Bryant park has chart ; along-the p.tb at tbe baza of brought In 61043 ao far this season Black rock. lnto u ttlf p>rk an(, and more than Su«0 persons have stop .lois in under a dense clomp of syrlnga peti al the ramp over night. Tho total bushes barely three steps from th# rus- for the year Is expert«d to reach 61200 j tic »eat at Whispering spring. For those who know how to listen, before tbe park 1» closed for tbe I nature baa a thousand voice«— and the winter. woods never sound a false note. A Salem. -T h ere were two fatalities • good length of the night waa gone In Oregon due to industrial accidents | when tha frogs along Kagle run gave He du Ing tbe week ending October 9, him tbe cue he was expecting. according lo a report prepared here | could trace tbe programs of the rene by the state industrial accident com ged* down the stream— doubtless fresh from Ms task o f making old money mission. The victims were Milo out of new at tbe deserted cabin— as Shest.ik, Joseph, laborer, and F. J. ' well as If he had bi* eye* upon him. Schultz, Knappton. chaser. Presently there came the very faint E agere At a meeting o f the Ijtne creak of a rail where the path crossed the fence out o f the fallow pasture lot County Farmers' union at Ixurane Sat- | Into tbe little park. A moment later u rlay n solutions condemning th e! a hulking form hulked huge In the county board o f equalization for low- j gloom ; Black Bogus stole out of the ering Aasi »»o r Keeney’s figures on j shadows and crouched down among the assessment of timber lands and j the gnarled maple roots at the end of bank stock were adopted unanimous- ' the rustic seat. ly. according lo members who attend- I Tbe woodsman lay so close that he could hear him breathe. After listen ed. ing Intently for some minutes, the The Dalles Tygh grade, for years ! hulking renegade raised his hands to dreaded by motorists who traveled ! his mouth and gave the call o f the over The Dalles highway, is ni* more , screech owl. Jack found opt what he The new grade of the highway, lead j wanted to know— Hopkins had not had Ir.g down Duller canyon on an easy | the chance to communicate with bis confederates. incline, has been completed and sur Again and again Black Bogus repeat fin ed by the contractor and opened | ed hla call, at Intervals o f a few min- to travel, It was announced at the ntea, until he had given It a dozen or local state highway office. fifteen times, each time growing more restless and disturbed. At last he ba- Salem Fire losses in Oregon, ex- ! gen to swear, and the rail began to re elusive of Cortland. In September ag i semble leas and Iras the plalntlrt wall grated 6667.391.36, according to a re- o f the bird he mocked. Finally he rose. port prepared here by W ill H. Moore, listened a moment and. with no very state fire marshal. The most disas great effort at concealment, stalked up trous fire was at Perry, where a saw the path. The woodsman rose and softly fol mill was destroyed with a loss ot 6160.000. A total of 125 fires were lowed ; shadowed him up the branch and Into the mouth of the hollow. At reported, three of which were of Incen the squalid hovel o f dead Henry Spen- diary origin. cer ha vaulted the fence, stalked up Albany. — Linn epunty’s assessed the yard sod pushed open the sagging J valuation on this year's tax rolls has i <*oor' Increased 6796.650. »706.650, most of which is the bushes, the woodsman crept up to taken up by untillable lands. An in the chink between tlie logs under the crease of 4 rents an acre on untillable festoon o f wild cucumber vines. He lands, mostly timber, caused the in- was Just In time lo see Black .Bogus creased valuation. A decrease in till- light the lamp, go to the ruined flre- able lands of 2 cents an acre was place, lift up the slab of stone on the made possible by increasing the tax hearth and feel tinder It. Nothing [n i,i„ r land- there— ha slammed the stone hack. kicked It w ith Ids ragged boot, snatched Hedmond. — The Deschutes county out hit pipe, lit It viciously, smoked fair, one of the most successful ever hard for s minute or more, blew out the lamp, stormed out o f tlie door and stufted, closed hero Saturday. Ac down th* yard. cording to W illiam Wilson, president, All the way up Ksgle Hollow road the fair has been a remarkable suc and lo Loge Belden's cabin the woods cess front every standpoint. Tho man shadov ed him ; watched hltu go farm produce, livestock and poultry around to tbe ' : heard him enter exhibits were far above those of form and slam the duoi . tor him; slipped er years, and the financial retufrs up to the small east w.mlo v and lay T b * window was open a will be sufficient to clear everything. listening. »cant Inch or so at tbe bottom; be It la againqt the law to guardedly raised himself even with the Salem. divide commission» with persons not narrow opening « " d cautiously peeped ) within. licensed to sell real estate, accord A maich scraped, was laid to a can ing to W ill Moore, real estate com dle on a shelf over Hie crumbling tire- missioner. Mr. Moore urges that the place; Black Bogus whipped off the public co-operate with the state de charred end of tbe wick ; It flared to portment by transacting att real estate full strength and tbe Interior o f the sales or purchases through licensed cabin catue out o f the dark. The watcher's eyes lifted In amaze real estate brokers, as licensed brok ers have furnished the state a bond ment. The cabin wss almost totally bare of furniture of any kind— no for 61000. b e d i; no table or chairs— merely some Portland - With n tremendous clam pots sod pans by the empty fireplace, and two pallets on the floor. or of hammer and saw In the hands of On one of these pallets, almost tinder an army of workmen, the new 6350.- the window, lay Bolden's sister; on «00 building of the Pacific-Interna the other lay Loge. He raised up on tional Livestock exposition, built upon hla elbow as the candle flared slight; the ashes of the structure destroyed noticed the sullen glower ou the face by fire July 23, is being rushed to of his associate. “ Well r completion at North Portland. W ed “ He didn’t come out." nesday It was turned over to O. M. .... .., , , . . . . . . ... '• , . H —III an y’u bud U bring It Plummer, general manager, an d.th e k>(.ky directors of the stock show organint- "W hat else?" Hon. complete In every detail anil j There rnme a voice from the pallet all ready to house the 14th nnnunl under the window— a voice soft and event o f tho Pacific Internalknnal mild, shaken and half afraid, tlie lis tener fancied. series November 1 to S inclusive. “ Didn’t ’e send no word l’— me?" \jg jizm jix jm m js& J S R jK X K J S B J E sm jfâ ü "Ifldn t come out. I tell y’u.” The woodsman had caught the ap peal In tbe lo ft tunes; wondered what could be the relation between tbe gtrl and such a man as Hopkins. Then be recalled her reference to “ the third man” that startled moment ffl tbe bushes by the aide of the roaik; re membered her running down the yard toward them on th# evening o f the ride; and be brought hla eyes as close to tlie silt under the sash as be dared. A fter a abort pause, during which he fancied she might be gathering reso lution for another question, the soft voice came again, more faltering than before: # "An’ theri wasn't nothin' under th* rock—no note n'r nothin*— T" “ Not a damn' scrap." The face under the window turned to the wall. Loge dropped back to tbe pallet. Black Bogus drew the unof fending bills from lil* pocket and slammed them down on the shelf; un buckled hi* holster and put tbe re volver under hla alilrt; blew out the candle and pitched down beside Lei den The man crouched on the outside of the window pondered wbat be had seen anti beard. He looked eagerly for the outfit with which they made their spurious money— that ws* the one big reason. In fact, that had brought him. He saw no trace of It— the hint dropped by Iiopklna In tb# little park that they had printed a plentiful suppD before coming up tbe river waa di&btless true, and that meant practically the absence of any very substantial proof. He recalled what Hopkins had told Black Bogus about tbe large amount o f money still In the safe at the red- roofed cottage— unguarded, as they would now suppose. They would be almost certain to make some attempt to get It. When they did— But they were certain not to make the attempt till they learned that Hopkins waa gone.' Until then all was safe. In hla brief glance over the Interior of the cabin, the woodsman was struck by the fact that tlie place was neat and clean. Mean as It was. It bore the mark of orderly hands—doubtless the hands of the girl lying Just Inside the window. The cabin settled still. The outlaws on the farther pallet began to breathe heavily. The woodsman prepared to slip away but suddenly stopped and brought bis ear close to the silt under tbe sash—the mountain girl was cry ing softly. There was a stir under the blanket where Loge Belden la y ; the creak of steps came across the floor and a dim figure stooped above tbe pallet under the window. "Don’t cry, little sister. He ain't wo'th cryln* f r — no man a in 't" The grit and grind o f powerful teeth reached to the listener outside. "H e's got t' quit pesterin' you— play in' hot an' cold with y'u—damn 'Un, 'r he'll wake up some tnomln' In hell with a knife In 'is ribs!" Loge Belden. the renegade, the out law— the tenderness in his voice was unbelievable. The amazed listener at tli« window stooped along the cabin logs and softly slipped away. C H APTER XVI 1 ♦ Spurs and Flying Sand. When the Milford stage came in from the city next forenoon Jack War- hope was there to meet It. So was Loge Belden. He bad doubtless ’ learned of the ahrqpt departure of Hopkins the evening before. He shuffled up to the post-office win dow after the mail was worked. Zeke threw him out a letter. He stared af It hard; thrust It Into his pocket un opened : Immediately left the [Hist of fice and walked rapidly up Eagle Hol low road. Jack had expected there would be a letter for Belden— had counted on It That’s what had brought him to the post office. He hurried back to the homestead; crossed tbe barn lot; sprang up ths rough path that led to the top of the c liff; spared a moment to glance keenly about and darted In among the trees. Once In the seclusion o f the woods, he ran at top speed, well back from the brow o f the bluffs, as far as the deserted cabin o f dead Henry Spen cer; picked bis way out to the edge of the cliffs and peeped down at the road. Loge Belden was Just coming Into sight. As he came even with the cabin he stopped; glanced tn every direction; whistled. The whistle was answered from within the cabin—another fact tbe woodsman had counted on. Beltlei vaulted the fence, ran up the yard and pushed open the door. Jack crept up to the corner o f the cabin where tbe clilnk was out between tbe logs. Belden had Just opened Ida letter; Black Bogus was stooped over him. Belden, as he read, suddenly uttered a low exclamation. " T ’nlght," he muttered— “ at mid night." He swore merrily. “ 1 knowed ’e hadn’t reneged— 1 knowetl ’e hadn’t." "Hold still,” growled the other. "Huh I" lie went on— “ t’ulgbt—mid night—and a clean sweep—expect* t’ be with us ’Imaelf." He glanced at tbe envelope. “ W y , he’s In tows— whst the—" Belden took the envelope, staffed tbe letter clumsily back la It and pu» It In bis pocket. “ Wonder what 'e meant.“ he mut tered. "by cautionin’ us s' deru p’lnted p'tlc'ler not t’ hurt th* gal— If she's thar. I f she’» thar— where els# would she be? Says we mus'n’t hurt >r. even If we baf t’ cut out an’ leave tbe swag.“ He glanced away In tbe direc tion of the squalid cabin up at the bead o f tbe bollow ; a black look crossed his face, ami the man at tbe chink wondered I f he waa thinking of that scene at the pellet under the win dow the night before. "Wonder what ’e thinks we air," he went on. “ Don’t hurt ’er—If she’s thar— h— l ! " The two outlaws hunted tbelr pipes, lounged down on tbe two boxes and smoked for some moments tn thought ful silence. Belden suddenly strmtgnt- ened; slapped hla hand down on hla knee. "Must taka some nerve," he chuckled, "t* murder a man. an’ then preach ’la funeral." Black Bogus drew bard on hla pipe; puffed out the smoke slow ly; shrugged his heavy shoulders. “ Nerv*— huh— he don’t give up the spoon t’ nobody when It come* t* nerve, be don’t." Nearly an hour tbe two sat smoking and Intermittently discussing their plans, no detail of which escaped th* listener. Belden was th* first to leave. Black Bogus waited several minutes before following; Anally slipped out. with far greater caution than Belden had shown f stooped low through the weed* and only came out Into the road when some distance above tbe yard, at a point where the bushes grew den sa . along both sides. The woodsman waited till he waa well ont o f sight and sound before creeping from under tbe wild cucum ber Tines and stealing through the bushee up the bill. He had found out what he wanted to know. The landscape lay before him tn all Its midday splendor. Mrs. Curry had doutblesa Just mended the Ore In tbe kitchen stove at the red-roofed cot tage, for white wood smoke curled up from the chimney. But the air waa evidently too light and still to bear It up. for It drifted lazily away, to set tle In a long bank of airy fluffiness that draped Itself above tbe orchard tree* like the Tell o f e goddess loat out of the skies. Above the homestead, and farther away over the bottoms, swift-winged swallows skimmed the air; a dozen or so blackbirds loped down out o f the woods and stopped long enough tn the big elm for a short concert. Down by the road gate Graylock lift ed his head, whinnied, came trotting up the barn-lot and the man set bla feet to the rough path that wound down among tbe rocks. He bad let tbe horses Into the bam and fed them, and was ou the way to hit cabin, with the intention of carry ing the hidden bundles of money to Texle and taking her Into hla full con fidence, when he saw Mrs. Curry, fat and portly, hurrying across tha orchard at her pudgy best. "Here's a note Texle left f r y’u." She held up an envelope, sealed. “ L eft f r me?"— he was In at the gate In three strides and hurrying across the yard— "where's she goner' "She got a letter this mornlnV' Mrs. Curry puffed, “ and she said she’d hat t’ go t' town. She writ you this note, mounted Brownie and rode away tlck- ety-spllt. She said If she didn't come back this evenin' I wuz t* gtt you t’ sleep at our bouse, and I wus F stay with Aunt Liza.” The woodsman had snatched the note and waa eagerly glancing It through: “Dear Jack: "I'v e bad such wonderful news. Ken ain't dead, after all. He Is In the city at i woman’s house named Doll Baker on Brickbat alley. He Is sick and wants me to come. Mr. Hopkins got a letter from him askin’ him to come, bein' his old classmate, so he went last night and wrote back to me this morn ing. I’ ore Ken, I guess he la awful proud, and he la so sick. Mr. Hopkins thought he better not tell him nothing ■bout father. He don't want me to tell nobody, and to come alone. But I would o f told you, for I know you wont tell, but I saw you going up In tbe woods this morning, so l wrote you this note. O, Jack, alnt you glad. "T K X IE .” (TO BE CO NTINUED > English Quakes. The first recorded earth tremor lu Britain occurred a few centuries after tbe Norman conquest, and two cen turies later. In 1274, Glastonbury wav destroyed. In tbe pnsulng centuries over a score of seismic disturbances have been experienced In tbe kingdom, the most serious occurring In 1384, causing two fatalities and damage to the extent of 6f>U.0lXI, In Ihe Eastern counties. Londoners have had th* un pleasant experience on several occa sions, but Cornwall and Xouth Wales have moat frequently "quaked."