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IM I UH I* W . K K 11 H. I B I ) TD K h e R o o t O f E vil ! BY ^ V HOMAS DIXON À £ t f C o p y r ig h t , l u l l , o r rti.iMU tn It lv n i» li«* r*( ( 11110 I I WM« I im » || o W li«- r u iih t Attili«*. 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Joy at m eeting fttu a rt w na ill . and m oved lilm deeply Hr : r|a»d to find h im an a lm n ii -idly. tn Iw djr and y e t ao broken Irti Ititi» a lin in k r t ) han d d u n g to le a d 's. U kn o w . I f r i t III» th in g creeping ' for Ih » paat tw o y rn ra . Im t I I't l»t up T h a t 's w h y I ‘ trlawl ao I" ¡>iit a i m o f th » load on y m ir d rra A t Irn a t you ra n lir lp m * t w rit T o III» t i r v II w it h Ih r dor I'm t i m i , too. o f a ll th » ayro- ta lia n t and foula w ho hang i't I d id n ’ t m in d '»m w t ir ii I waa Mut th ry get on m y n » rv» a now. "• (ora k»t>t d in n in g In to m y ra ra T r » got to r»«t and p la y , and ■•n» old d n f f r r m » r In F r a n c * l'Ira lu to m y li»m t th a t brought > k homo to am yo u. I I » told mo I "ti a a m a li Ir m i w it h n alnglo and a n .n g r u la l frl» n d . got a w a y lam i, out o vo ry toloplmno and » I'll lino , got no in n ll, and ahoot «II w in t e r , and lio’d gunrantoo • a now m an n e x t a p rlu g I ’ ro for you to g00»pt tho In v ita tio n in to mo to alioot d u c k s w ith you In V ir g in ia .” h"t In v ita tio n ?*• H tu a rt a s k 'd In 1»o •if. tho ono yo u na.nl to reproach '•r not aro o p tln g W ill you go n ir n o w ?” art .h o o k Ida head Tan t g o ." ho aald a lo w ly . h"a h ad n 't aald N an u n i.t go on Iflp . Im t In a flash o f w a rn in g In ho k n o w I t T h o d augor o f • situ a tio n on a y a c h t w ould to* "I only a fool w o u ld m a li Into It. n't g o t W liy T " tho fin a n c ie r In tono* o f gonulno dlalroaa. • Im p o rta n t leg al b u sin ess ■'» no uao In m y going I can toll t iir t ly w h e re to go, tho guide» to M Ilio k in d o f lam la y o u 'll need. K.'t along lio ttc r w ith o u t mo.” " h 't go w ith o u t y o u .” tho fluan •«Id I an», la h ly . “ Y o u kn o w tho Iliu m « lila .ii p ia r» , yim know a ll alao it th» Id n la . you enti tr a . h m » thv Ina and o lila o f Mio It u .ln m , and I c a li truat you I k in .w lh .it you w o n't try lo w u riti out o f me nuy In fo rm a tio n my ouemloa w .m l.l llk » lo k n o w I appeal tu th» laiy | Hard to kn o w a l college. Ili» f r i low w ho f.m g lil fo r ni» oue d a y ” H tm irt li.mlinVr.1 «m i lookod a l N an. w ho l.n .l .t .a n l uiotlonloaa w lillv Itiv ella a |H .k r " ' I I , If Ih a t'a III* w ay you p u f lt, I II la k r a v a r a llo ii a u il go w llh you fo r a moiiMi “ It i.m i« arlre.1 bla liaud am i proaaml II g r n lr fu lly "M esi iimm I I c I u » l'v » tiad In w e o k s " Nat* w a lk .n l a lo w ly arroaa il» . rxiom. lo o k » ? Itilo hla • ) a* am i aald . w llh » to u tlo n : " T b a tik you. Jtru " lu 0»» d a ta ! ti.» p a rty tiad com p lete.! a ll p rv iw ra llo iia and lllv e u a big O teainer, Mi» Itu rcan o o r, a llp |w l qu let ly Ihro ug b Ih » N s rro w s am i headed f ..r Mie V irg in ia co aal. to w ln g n trin i U lti* v hoonrr tm lll f..r c ru la ln g In |b » atru il w a te r* o f tho »»u lti l'h * y tiad w a rc e ly puf lo a..* wboli S tu a rt ta-gnn to cu ra., h lin a c lf fo r tw ing Uni Into «ii» h a allu n tlo n I I I i r i i . hti.l I n .l .t .n l w llh a unilon rtah r u t t ili.la .t u Miai Ih e y l>rgtii tlio ertila» r i i Ilio little a. I mm .Iter o l i l i Iter llln lt mi c tv w a n .l * I..wa» .p ia rt r ra a l o lir» , am i . 1 .» Ih * lln.n-nnin*r a . Iter tondor T l . r un m oni Ih e y « In i. k tho .w o ll untatilo H n u li II .- A Mio fllin n rlo r o r n i I». Inni and III. iln t in r l i n e r loft h | . «Idr mi MI thè trip etnl.nl Nati w aa lu m a g n ili, e n l .p lr lt a , hor d - .* - X . fin .In n i a n .l lier e le a a p a rk l.n l w ilh t In» Joy of a . hi hi S tu a rt w al.die.1 Iter w llh gro w lug w ou.tor at ber » te rita l y o n lh l'he nlgtit « a . ono o f o tt r n o n llu a r y a p rlt ig l.k r a lr M ioiigli II n n » Ilio lòtti o f 1 *r eii)!n*r A g e lili» l.r r r n * w n . P I" « In*; fro u i Ilio aoutb and Mi» fu ll m »..u ll.a .l.n l Ilio atn.aiMi aa-a w lth aoft a llvo ry ra d ia m o . Nati lu alat.n l Miai M ilia ri .11 ».ti d.n'k « U h hor T h e re w a * no lir lp fo r lt lllv o n a w o u lil a ll» .« no «no r i * ept Mio ilca d i.r In hla m oni am i w M ilia ri r r.lg t i.n l h lm * c lf to Mio In m iily « f Ilio glo rlo iia m ono ••Jlm " .Ito .a ld . ao ftly " I don 't llk » y » u r a t t llm lr . and I Ih lu k « e d f txi k "■ ••t m adieina T v * had in «vaaka.* la d lo r lig ht It out lioro and now In the la-ginning o f f ill* trip It'a naoloaa to dolly It- Yo u lira lta l.n l to ro in e on do. k w ith mo In tho m oonlight thlia e ve n in g Y o u r aaaum ptlon o f auch c h illin g v ir tu e 1« Im n iltln g I w lah an a|Milogy and a prom lae n e v e r to do ao a g a in .” " I I a r e I r e a lly m ade you fe e l Ih la T he aak.n l c o n trite ly ••you h av e and feel It k e e n ly , l-et a com e lo an m id c ra la n d ln g * o u and I N d h liv e In glnaa houaca act on a very high h ill. No m a tte r w h a t m ay la* the ecercta o f m y h e a rt. I'm not a fool, am i you ca n trn a t m y g'*«t ecnao.” St mi rt preaaed h er han d and aald g e n tly : • I'm a w f u lly o n rry I f I'v e m ade auch Bn aaa o f m y a e lf th a t you h a v e reeelv ml I hla lin p re aa lo n ." " T h e n I fo rg iv e yo u!” ahe erlm l. w lln a lau g h , re le a s in g h er han d unit rlaln g . “ In ii on one c o n d itio n ." "N a m e It .” " T h a t fro m I hla ho ur yon lie y o u r old a e lf w ith o u t re s tra in t and lot me be m in e .” l( K I ) M O N I ) H I'O K K H M A N " I prom lae f a it h f u lly ." “ T I mmi you can h elp me d o w n th a t atocp en m p a n lo tiw ay and I'l l go lo lied. Good n ig h t.” lin t ho d id n 't •¡■»nd a good n ig h t Tin. longer lie Ih o iig h l o f It tho m ore a ln l.t e r and dungerolM he fe lt hla a lllo n At In at ho a ip iu re ly fin ml the fin t th a t hla d e sire for N an had In e ie n .m l n h iin d rm lfn ld liy thu f a r t th a t ho had lo .l her. As he anl In the d a rk n e s s In bla statero o m In* could h ea r e v e ry sound III the a d jo ln lu g on» w h ic h all» o ccu pied a s p la in ly aa I f Iho tb ln panel ling o f wood w ore not liol wi»mi them l i e wna a ftail to la* cau g h t tn su ch a tra p I l i a lova had lao>n too Pig mid a c r lo ii. n trag ed y to end lu a v u lg a r In Ir lg u r l i e m ail» up hla o-.liid to r u t hla trip abort on som e p r o l r it , and In the iiie a iillm e ho w ould ilovot« h ltn a c lf fu n lif u lly lo an a lto m p l lo s ta rt Itlvo na on Mio road to re ro v c ry At m u'cha-k Mi» n e x t m o rn in g the M ack uoae o f tho Itiie ra n o e r a lo w ly fe ll her w a y Into lin g Is la n d In le t, on Iho alioree o f old V irg in ia and d ro p ped her an. Iior In llio deep w a lo ra o f the r h a iin e l tan k o f th e annd «pit As H tuart stcp|»«*il on d.«'k a cloud of h la rk d u c k s c irc le d grin » fu lly o v e r head and s lo w ly sp re ad out on th e ir fm-dlug groun ds I l i a hm irt g a ve a H in d i of p rim itiv e jo y H r w aa a boy ag ain a n il Iho w o rld w aa young "t'o iifo u u d th o iu l” he erltat “ I'l l show tbeeo dm k . a t r ic k or tw o be fore Mil* trip 1» o v e r." l i e w aa glad ho c am « III Tens had put him In co m m and o f the litt le schoon er nnd lie g a ve onion» at once to lo w e r a te n d e r and tow hor to an old a Be bo rage ho kn o w In a lllt le ro v e iHdilnd H u ll m a ra li A nd Mien hla tn m b lo In-gan w ith lllv o n a " la d 'em tty If th ey wan« to : I'm not going tn Imdgo H o y o u rs e lf. J im .” "H o m y a e lf! W h a t do you aup|>oa* I g a v e up m y w o rk and ra m » dow n hen . a m outh f o r i I c a m * to try to te ach yon how to lir e , you fool, and I'm not going w ith o u t you H e t Into y o u r toga' T h e gu|.b-a are her« and read y 11 1 » tid e w a lla fo r no m an. not even a m illio n a ire ; ll'a ebbing now.** " W e ll, let It ebb I don’t w a n t to atop It !" th e » Irk m an sn a rle d N an e a in r In. preaaed S t u a r t ', hand a . .b e pn«-m1. nodded g i.a l m o rn in g am t joined hor video to S tu a rt's . • T o m r . you m ust go. C a l. It 's a gl»rl>ma d a y " T h e doctor allpped In a w ord too “ tty a ll tnonna. M r Itlvo n a. got y o u r hand In the first d a y ” l l l .o i i a lifte d h lm a o lf P I a h a lf alt tin g i.m tiir e g la red at hla p liy a lc la n and veiled w llh f u r y : "H o t o u t - a ll o f y o e - a n d let me alo n e ! ’ f lu . doctor and N an le ft on tip toe. but S tu a r t folded bla a rm » a n .l looked at llh e n a " t ill, n u n » n » w . th is la too rtd lru - Iona, a .p ia rr c l III« Oral d a y o f o u r ahoo llng llu t y o u 'll h a t r to get o n * th lu g II xml lu y o u r head ouee fo r a l l ; you don't m u tile e n tire w o rld . T h e telephone, te leg rap h and m a ll s e rv ic e h av e been au»|»-tnl*d T h e llu r r a n e e r h as p u l to oca fo r N ew Y o rk Yo u 'rp on a little » Ig b ly-fo o t achoouer, an» In-red lu a hay ten m il» * w id e and a hun dred tn llra long and I'm In co m m and I w o n 't sta n d a n y nnnaeuse fro m you * C om e d o w n off y o u r p e rc h , q u ic k T ‘ llt v r n a sta rte d to » w e a r, cau g h t the rxp re a sto n u f M tuart'a fa c e and s u d d e n ly r i t r i i d e d b is hand " I'm s o r r y . J i m . you m u st not m ind m y fo o lish n e ss It wwa a w f u lly n ice o f you to com e I 'l l atny In tod ay, b u t you go and got som e d u c k s fo r d in no r, lik e n good boy. and n ay— ta k e N an along and te ach her tn ahoot. It'a g e ttin g to lie tile ra g * am ong (tie hig h fly e rs fo r the wom en tn about " " I 'l e a .0 do. J i m ! " N an crie d fro m the door Mho had liste n e d outsid e to the duel In the atntem om “ A ll rig h t,” be a n sw e re d . F o r liv e d a y s Itlv e n a stu c k to hla h««l w ith dogged d e te rm in a tio n , and each d a y K lu a rt w ont out w ith N an N ever hn .l ahe tieen m ore rca lstle a a ly c h a rm in g K a c b d a y th e ir aaaocta tlo n g re w In te n d e r In tlm a ry nnd e v e ry fe a r th a t bad s tirre d bla h e a rt a t firs t w a s lu lle d a t la s t to Bleep O n (be s ix th d a y B iv e n s rose e a rly and d e clared th a t he w ould tr y th e d iir k a T h o b a ro m ete r w a s f a llin g , nnd d n rk . ano w y lo o kin g c lo u d , w ere p ilin g up ou th e w eetern horizon A breeze ca m e ste a lin g out o f th e cloud b a n ka w it h tho c h ill o f sn o w In Its b reath H lve tia In siste d on going out at ouee. a g a in st th e a d v ic e and th e p ro te st o f tho guide. H o not o n ly In siste d on go ing a fte r Ih o d u c k s , but. w h a t w aa w orae. sw o re th a t be w aa going to get hla m a ll um l te le g ra m s fro m the sh o re S tu a r t protested vig o ro u sly " I 'v e told you th nt th e guide la th e o n ly m an w ho can ru n th a t te n d e r o ve r the crtKikm l co u rse to th e m a in la n d , and I f he f i e . a w a y w e 'll b a r e no one to ta k e ua o u t." " W h a t do you ncm l a g u ide fo r? It'a not a h a lf m ile to those b lin d s. I ’ v e seen you e ve ry d a y go b a ck and fo rth In p lain v ie w o f th e y a c h t. N an could ro w out th e re and buck by h e rs e lf. Send him a sh o re IV m ’t you k n o w how to pu t out y o u r o w n d e co y s?" " I f a stro n g b lo w com es w e 'll need tw o stro n g men to h an d le tho b o at.” " H o t !" HI vena c rie d . " W e 'v e got tw o te n d e r*. Send y o u r g u ide asho re w it h one o f th e s a ilo rs to ru n h is en g in e T h e oth er m an ca n tow us out and b a r f .” ____________ CH APTER XX. T h s T s m p ts r 's V o ice. O A IN S T hla Ju d g m en t S tu n r t a llo w e d H lr e n s tn h a v e hla w ay. T h e litt le m an clnm - ‘ bored on d e ck and h u stled ab o u t, g iv in g ord«*ra to th e s a ilo r w ho w a s sto w in g the lu n ch and a m m u n i tio n . A W hen H tu a rt »topped Mie le n d e r a l M mi flrs t b lin d . ala<ut t4*> y a r d s a w s y , lllv e n s p ro te stis i " H e re , bore! I'm no m o llyco d d le If I b a ve been s ic k . I can th ro w a »lone to th is b lind . T h is Is u 't Ih » oue I w an t T h e r e It Is dow n yo n d e r to w a rd th e end o f H u t m a rsh I saw thuusMuds o f d u ck s c irc lin g aro und It y e ste rd a y I'v e g ive n In to yon e » e ry d a y w e've been do w n h ere. I'u i going to h a re m y w a y th la tim e ” l i e tu rn ed In the s a ilo r w ho w a s ru n n in g the te n d e r's en g in e an d sp o ke s h a rp ly . "H o to th a t o th e r b lin d !" T h e s a ilo r sp ra n g to M u w h e e l, and the te n d e r shut abend H tu a rt se ttle d back In bla se at w llh a n g ry illsg u a L and lllv e n s laughed. “ 1 beer u p ; It 's no use to g iv e o rder» fo r a fu n e ra l y e t I f w e r a u 't get back to th a t y a c h t In fifteen m in u te s a g a llis i a n y w in d th nt b lo w s today I'l l eat luy b a L I'm fe e llu g b e tte r th an I h ave fo r u io n tlu . I'm In fo r • good tim e I>ou't Iw a p ik e r " K lu a rt d e term in ed to m a ke th e beet of It “ A ll r i g h t " he a n sw e re d c h e e r fu lly . "Hood U n i . n u n . I co uld w a lk tu c k lo Mu y a c h t a t low w a t e r —It a ll g iu e bare. " "Y e a . unleaa M u w in d h a u ls lu to the n o rth e ast and ro lla In a big tid e through th a t I n l e t ” " A ll r ig h t ; let ber ro ll T h e te n d e r w ill co m * h a rk and p u ll us In .” Ily the tim e the decoy a Were out It began to s p it auo w . and th e w in d bad freshened. A s M u s a ilo r w a s ab o ut to s t a r t tu c k H tu art s|»okr s h a r p ly ; " l.t s te u to me now . N ie ls. Keep a sh a rp w a tc h on th is w e a th e r. I f you w e the w in d hau l tn the n o rth pu t a compiuta lu y o u r tender, ta k e y o u r le u r ln g fro m the y a c h t to Mila b lin d In ra s e It sh o uld sh u t In th ic k and come a f t e r ua In double q u ic k tim e. You u n d e rsta n d ? ” " Y e a . a ir ." " I f It looks bad don't w n lt too long I f It should l u b lo w lu g a gale yo u'd bet te r b rin g th e cook alo ng to ste e r w h ile you w a tc h y o u r eugtne. H a r e him f l l » lig h t su p p e r before he s t a r t s ." lllv e n s w a s v a s tly am used at S t u a r t's o rd ers H tunrt scan ned the ho rizo n , w a tc h ing a flock o f d u c k s w o rk in g th e ir w ay n o rth w a rd T h e algn w aa o m in o u s B ir d s kn o w w h ic h w a y the w in d Is going to blow lie fo re It cornea, and I f a gale la on the w a y th ey a lw a y s w o rk Into the teeth o f It. It w aa iiacleaa to te ll (h la to H lre n s . H e d id n 't h av e sense enough to u n d e r stand It Hut H tuart q u ie tly m ade up h is m im i to ta k e up the d e co ra and row In aa ao«n sa the tide ebbe«] dow n to tw o feet o f w a te r In the m ean tim e be w o o li m a ke the PAOK TH RRR JOURDAN & SON and Livery, Feed Sale Stables KtHlmond, Prineville and Sisters PftMenger and Phone 1302 K x p re « H S ta m p s Daily REDMOND, OREGON BUY YOUR Pure I^trd, Home Cured Hams and Bacon at home and keep the money in circulation here. Redmond Market J. B. ROE, Proprietor Good Printing The Spokesman best o f the situ a tio n 1 he d u c k s be- g su tu com e lu su d decoy Ilk * c h ic k ens. H e k ille d h a lf a dozen and In the e x c ite m e n t began to fo rget tbe fool b a n lliic a e u f tbe trip lllv e n s sh o t s dozen tim e s, m issed, got d isg u sted and began to fre t so d c o m p la in . H e s a id : " J im , w o uld you m ind te llin g me th e m ental pro.-ess by w h ic h yo u rejected m y o ffe r? Y o u 're the o n ly n u n I'v e s tru c k on th is e a rth th a t d id n 't have h is p ric e .” T r r t ia p a w * h av e d iffe re n t w a y s o f fix in g v a lu e s. Y o u a re uot y e t flfty y e a rs old and a w re c k W h a t's tbe u se? W h a t can yo u do w ith y o u r m o o ry no w ?" , " I t b rin g s lu x u r y , ease. Ind ulg ence, p ow er, a d m lra tiiin . w o nd er aud tbe e n v y o f th e w o rld ." •'W h at'» tb e good o f lu x u r y I f yon c a n 't e n jo y It . ease I f you n e v e r ta k e It. In d u lg en ce w he n you b a re loot tbe c a p a c ity to p la y , pow er I f y o u 're too busy g e ttin g m ore to stop and w ie ld It ? " " J im . y o u 're tbe biggest fool 1 e v e r k n o w , w ith o u t s sin g le e x c e p tio n ." H tu art glanced a n x io u sly to w nrd th e y a c h t. I t w a s S o 'clo ck. T h e tid e had eblied h a lf out am i th ere w u s b a re ly enough w a te r on th e fla ts no w fo r tb e tender to enma. I t w a s sn o w lu g h a rd e r and the w in d lis d begun to In c h la to w a rd the north. “ No m ore d u c k s today. C a l,” H tu art aald b r is k ly , r e lu m in g to h is tone o f frie n d ly co m rad esh ip " W e 'v e got to get a w a y fro m here It'a g e ttin g colder e v e ry m in u te . It w ill be fre e zin g be fo re n ig h t " " W e ll, let It fre e z e ," B iv e n s c rie d p e e v ish ly . “ W h a t do w e c a re ? It'a Ju st ten m in u te s' ru n w h e n th e tender co m es." T o K t u a r t's jo y be s a w th e m en s ta r t th e tender. " I t 's a ll r ig h t ; th e y 're co m in g n o w !" he e xc la im e d . " W e ’ll h av e ano ther c ra c k o r tw o liefo re th ey get b ere." H e cro u ched lo w In the b lin d fo r liv e m in u te s w ith o u t ge ttin g a sh o t, rose and looked fo r th e te n d e r. T o h is h o r ro r he s a w h er d r iftin g h elp less liefo re th e w in d , h e r engine stopp«>d and tnith men w a v in g fr a n t ic a lly th e ir sig n a ls of d is tre ss “ M y G o d !" he e xc la im e d . " T h e te n d e r's en g in e Is broken d o w n !” “ W h y do n 't th e fo o ls use the o a rs ? " " T h e y c a n 't m ove her a g a in st th la w in d !" " W i ll th ey go to se a ? " fllv e n a asked , w ith som e a n x ie ty . “ No; th e y 'll b rin g np so m ew h ere on a mud flat o r m arah In th e tuiy on th la low w a te r, but (K id help (hem I f th ey c a n 't tight th e ir w a y b ack before flood- tid e ." " W h y ? " B iv e n s asked In c re d u lo u sly . “ T h e y 'd fre eze to de ath In an o|!«n boat to n ig ht " “ N o rw e g ia n s a ilo rs ? R o ah ! Not on y o u r lif e ! T h e y w e re born on Ic e b e rg s." H tuart tose nnd looked a n x io u s ly at the reced ing tid e H e d eterm in ed tu tr y to re a c h th e y a ch t a t once. H e put the g u n s In to th e ir case s, snapped the lid s o f th e em m u nltto u bo xes, sto w ed the d u c k s he had k ille d u n d e r th e ste rn ( T o be C o n tin u e d ) %