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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 17, 1905. ' rioneer ougar-iyiaKers or trie r orest : im N hour after daylight the children J r AVwore ready to start. Everything j n.i packed up and tied on the ; pony's back and nothing was left to do but to give the Indian food and water. ; He was In a savage mood. He had , been Jied and gagged for hours, and the feeling that the children had got the best f him just when he had all .the advantage of thom made him furious. Before removing the gag Will said to Mm: . "It will do you no good to cur and threaten 'and yell. We shall not untie you. and we are going away. I am going to give you some of this meat and u drink of water before we go." It was Jive minutes after the gag was rtmov4 from Saims mouth before he could talk." Then he began to coax and promise. He was sorry, ho said, that he had stolen the eMktron away, but he would make p for It by .leading them bafck Mom y the shortest way. He would give them the pony, and Mr. Scott phouM have the gun. and the white folk In the village should never have occasion to find fault with him again. He hud been a bad Indian, but he was going to do hotter. tip saM that Wilt was' a brave boy and Si a nice girl, and that he would 1 fee 1 Heir good friend all the rest of his 'W said Sadie when they had lis tened to the Indian for ten minute. "I am rare he will do as- he pays. Can't yon see how sorry lie Is? If we leave Mm tied up, how can we tell that the' wolves' wHl not come tonight and cat him up? I believe he will take us right home. Just as he promises to do." "The yon are a very sllly girl. Sam Iff lying to us. If we wore to untie him he wouM kill me and s?ell you to some tribe. Hear what he says when I tell him that we don't believe him." Win thereupon informed the Indian that they did not feel that they could trust hint and should refuse. He .ald that he never Intended to take tlfem home; that he had already sold them; that he would pet looec In the course of the day and follow on and overtake them, and that he would kill both. DID NOT TAKE TJIKM LONO TO CREEP WITHIN SIGHT OF MANY WIGWAMS. He ate the meat and drank the water. : on with a switch and keep him trotting." and when the children finally movod off 1 When they started out they took the i 11 1 1 . I v. UMII ..tl.l ' j of tired legs and a pain In her side, she j was mounted on top of the bundle on the pony's back until s?ne was resiea. They made no stop for more man ten minutes until the day was done, and then they believed they .had made al most twenty miles. They might have gone In the wrong direction all the time, but they" felt sure they had .got away 5 Just at dark Will shot a wild turkey. and while he was cutting It up and cooking It Sadie made a shelter for the ' night. It was raining yet, but there were signs that It would ctear up during the night. The pony found plenty of grasw In the . forest for his suDDer. and being very tired with the long day's travel the chll- i drcn slept the night through without once awakening. J When morning came a hasty breakfart was made and their travels resumed. J The weather hnd cleared and the sun ! was out, and the children were In high ; hopes "Of. coming to some settlement or meeting with some hunter during the . day. No adventure befell them until an hour after noon. They had stopped to quench ! their thirst at a brook and eat some of j th'e roast turkey they had brought along. ( I when they suddenly heard the barking . of a dog. : "We mnrt have come to a settlement!'' 1 ! exclaimed Sadie as she sprang up. 1 I "Don't be too sure about that." re- j plied Will. "That Is not the bark- of a 1 white man's- dog. I believe we have come j to an Indian village. I am going to tie f the pony to a tree, and we wjll creep I through the forest and see." I Thev had halted within .half a mile of J a big Indian village, -and It did not take j them long to creep within sight of the 1 many wigwams. The village was on a river, ana tney saw many canoes drawn up on the bank. Plenty of Indians were moving about, but they were not like the Chlppewas the children had reen at home. The men were much taller, and they dressed In skins Instead of clothe?. When the children had watched for half an hour they crept back to the pony, and Will said: Sister. I don't like their lookn. They The Magic of Ak in the Arctic he called after them: "You hear what Sam snys! I wlil have , make out. but they had not gone a mile you before night!" i when he knew that he was all turned "We muK go as fast and as far as we i around. There was a fine, steady rain can today," wild Will to his sister. "1 j falling, the forest was almost as dark do not think he will get . loose before ' as at twilight, and only an Indian or a some time tomorrow. We must then j hunter could have told north from south, be a good many miles away. I will lead For an hour they went ahead at a the pony by the rope and you follow trot, and then, when the girl complained direction of home, a? near np Will could 1 might not barm us but. I believe they would hold us for a price.' "But what can we dor she asked with quivering Hp. - "We must think out a plan." And what that pl3n -was. and the ad venture connected with It. I. shall tell you In the next chapter. (To be continued.) knock your big house all to pieces and kill you. But as It Is. I will let it out only a. little at a time. For the be ginning I shall let you have Ju.t one week's noise." Simon Growlerly laughed again, but Pick and Bob merely hurried to th Noise Catcher and wound It up. Then they ran away with all their might, stuffing their ears with cotton as they ran. . , twisted. The cattle fell flat and didn't avon dare to bellow. Old Growlerly himself fell Into a lit. When he awoke, Dick and Bob were standing- over him. Tn next perform ance on the great Noise Catcher," said Dick, "will be only an hour's noise, given forth by the machine In one sec ond. How do you think that you will on joy It?" But old Growlerlv didn't think that 1 11c nuuiu cuju il nk an. 11c buv uu uz gave forth, positively the very worst ; knees and begged Dick to take the noise that ever had been heard In the machine away. He promised to stop world. You must remember that a ( his boiler factory and to never, never week's noise of that boiler shop meant build another noisy shop In Pleasant seven times 24 hours, and If you mul- j Town or anywhere else. If only Dick tlply that by 60 .to get the number of j would not turn the Noise Catcher loose minutes and then multiply that by SO 1 again. again to get the number of blows that j Dick got 'him to put his promise into were struck by each man. and then 1 writing, and then he gave the wax cyl- UNTIL Simon Growlerly arrived in Pleasant Town, everybody agreed that It was the most delightful place In the United States. There were no factory whistles, the railroad was so far away that the noise of Its tooting sounded only like an agreeable distant echo, all the streets were macadamized and all the wagons and carriages had rubber tired whoels. A person might stay In Pleasant Town a year and never hoar a sound except 'the rustling of trees and the drone of Insects. As a result, the inhabitants of Pleas ant Town wore extremely mild per sons, for there was no noise to ruffle their nerves. But all this was changed when Simon Growlerly appeared. The people of Pleasant Town were shocked beyond description when they dteroyered that his object was to build a groat boiler shop right in the middle of the town. They tried to buy him out. but the minute Simon Growlerly found that the noise would displease all the people very much, he was bouttd and determined to erect his works. This shows Just what kind of a man he was. Within a month Pleasant Town, In stead of being a delightful place, was almost uninhabitable. From morning , until night the din of hundreds of " hammers boating rivets - Into boilers titled the whole town, so 'that people hd to shout at each other when they anoke, and It got to be a regular thing for the inhabitants of Pleasant Town to drive away out into the country when they wantod to have an impor tant conversation. When things seemed to be about as had as they could be. Simon Growlerly i announced that he was going to run mt holler shop night and day, and he htrrd 10 more men. Then the babies and the grown people could not sleep, and It looked as If everybody would have to move away and leave the town to the mean boiler' manufacturer, but just them Dick Sawyer, who was ac counted the smartest boy in the place, came out with a wonderful Invention that he had perfected In secret. It was nothing more or less than a Not?c Catcher. He had made it out of parts of broken ploughs and a sewing machine, and It was so full of wheels multiply that by 100 to get the num ber of blows struck by all the men. you have the horrible total of 584. 08.800 of hammer beats all given forth together In one moment by the mammoth pho nographic cylinder of the wonderful Noise Catcher. All the windows of the Growlerly house burst Into fragments at the very first revolution of the great cylinder. The wall paper spilt from tho walls. The plaster fell In a shower. The weather vane and the lightning rods lnder to old Growlerly. who promptly threw It Into the fire, where it melted away, and thus did away with all dan gcr .of ever letting go of that terrible noise that It held. And Pleasant Tow is the most delightful town in the United States again; but the Noise Catchor still stands In the town square, where you can see It If you will turn to the right after you pass the Mayor'e house and then turn to tho loft around a brown and white cow that belongs to the constable. d "w tan cu khxus? vkat arl rV --Jm YOU VAlTlKg TOR?" SAID AH: K WAS noted all over Sledge Island A' and among the villages of the neigh boring Islands fpr his great strength and his skill In magic. HI hands were as powerful as walrus flippers. malnlng brothers and set out In a canoe to look for the lost ones, declaring that he would bring them back If they were alive. j and bewailing his selfishness which had ! been the cause of the sad occurrence. The three brothers paddled, while Ak sat in the stern with the broad steering paddle. A wild goose came flying by, and I the three brothers strained their arms j trying to equal the bird In swiftness, but . In vain. Then Ak raised his paddle, and I the first stroke caused the canoe to leap j forward so swiftly that the brothers were J thrown from their seats to the bottom I of the canoe. j Under Ak's strong strokes the canoe j darted through the water like an arrow, throwing streaks of foam- and spray on I either side and catching up to the wild- I goose, which was considerably .astonished. Finally the brothers came to an Island where they landed In hopes of getting some word of the castaways. But the peo ple received them In unfriendly manner and one of them cried out: "We must kill these strangers!" They seized their weapons and started toward the brothers. But Ak raised his right arm and then drew It Into his body up to the hand, and such was his magic that the right arms of all the hostile Islanders were drawn Into their bodies likewise, and they were powerless. "Why don't y6u kill us? What are you waiting for?" said Ak tauntingly. When the Islanders had promised to let the brothers go In peace. Ak caused h!s arm to appear again, and the right arms of all the villagers likewise cams out again. Then they told the brothers that they might hear of the castaways in the next village. When they reached the next village they, found the people there also unfriendly, but when they rushed at the brothers to kill them, Ak closed his eyes, and imme diately all the villagers were compelled to do likewise, which made them blind.' I'll ft " nrtfA h alstoT "And I'll go with you." said the young- - W of the vU est brother. j Qgers Dy opening his eyes once more. So. taking a tub. the two wont down 1 Then the brothers resumed their jour sipon tho lee. which extended far out from j ney and came to a third village, and here V.rtw. nrtA trx who-., o )in1 lia1 Vlaan ' ...tt. .fen nonnlo .ii.hn.l n thorn tr Irllt His mother nnd father were very proud j through that the people of the village ! them. But Ak put his hands on each side of him, as were also his four younger brothers and his sister. The sister was as well known for her beauty and kind mlgh draw up sea wcater. When they ' of his face and turned his head about on had filled the tub and started to return 1 his shoulders so that his face looked back wlth It to the shore, the two children" I ward. Immediately the heads of all the ness as was Ak for his strength ana ms , wJnd had flrvcn th0 ,ce away fn)m the j Rround on thelr shoulder3 So that the tnaglc j shore and that they were on a floe, which I backs of their heads were where their Naturally Ak was n generous youth, j was rapidly drifting out to .sea. while a I faces should be and their bodies still In but he was 30 much flattered by his fam- I great and constantly Increasing space of j the position of rushing forward, lly and the neighbors that he became, that open water lay between them and their ! On getting a promise that they would v nrtm, nf human belncs-a . me. ' do no harm. Ak replaced his own head OU lilt? l-JHIU.VIJ Ullllll& WUL llliu spoiled child. One day, when a terrible wind was blowing, which filled the air with flying snow and kept everybody In the house. Ak's mother said: "If I am to codk any meat today I HidkI have some sea water to boll It In. Ak, go and get me some sea water." "Oh, let some of the others go," re plied Ak. the tempest and were soon hidden from sight by the clouds of driving snow. The people at home waited for them for a lonjr time, and then Ak. going out to look for them, came back with word that the Ice had broken up and the children had probably been carried out to sea. He was much distressed that be had with his face In front, and the heads of the, villagers were turned back also. Then the' head man of the village told Ak that his brother was dead, but that his sister was held prisoner by the chief of a neigh boring island. So the brothers paddled away to the island; where they- fought a battle with the wicked chief and rescued their sister. not obeyed his mother and gone for the i With her they returned home, reaching water himself. As soonr as the storm their own village nfter many adventures, abated he took with hfrn" his two re- ami lived happily there ever afterward. How the Apples Were Saved by Janey n c I I J coast for days, and not a living being j was trembling violently. had ventured out. The hotel was "Why. Arthur." she but a few rods from the shore, and Its zing Insects The wonderful machine . caught all the noise and conducted It into a huge cylinder of wax, which I was Inside of the contrivance. This I cylinder looked exactly like x phono I graph cylinder, only Instead of being small, it was nearly as long and as thick as a man. Old Simon Growlerly was furious when he saw what Dick had done, for he not only liked to Irritate people with the noise, but he had been calcu lating that the inhabitants would be glad to sell him their houses cheap, and now he found his plans upset by a mere 16-year-old lad. TTa trlArl In lint' tlin tnvnnllnn frnm Dick, but the boy would not sell It to the ghiss-lnclosed piazza of the hotel of lercd exceptional attractions, ah tnrougn the long hours of the gale men and wom en had walked back and forth with their glasses, exchanging comments and ap prohonsions, and often allowing te meal hours to pass by unregarded. They had seen a fishing smack drive In upon the rocks and go to pieces and had breathed more freely when they saw her crew reach shore In safety. Later, they had watched a small sailboat Little Volunteer Saved Ship 7 FIERCE gale had been beating the ! and his eyes were round and shining. He SS II "N. V J ee. I said chidlngly. "what made you come down here. If you long glass-Inclosed piazza overlooked the . hoel that.a n dcar. angry sea. Off to tho left was the be- ; But the boy only shook his head and ginning of a long chain of dangerous closed his Hps tightly, rocks. Between the two was the famous "Shall I go with you. dearrj South Shore Beach. no- r staB"wf.ul! And To thote who liked to watch the sea, U. Tt0.11" " the boaU Can 1 -' One of the fishermen overheard him. "Not till the sea goes down." he said gruffly. "It would be suicide. I'm willing to risk my life, but not to throw It away." Five, ten minutes passed, and the dull booming still continued, only jiearer. At last a man sprang forward to where the boat lay, half burled in the sand, as It had been driven back by the waves. "I can!t stand this no longer," he said. "Who'll go with me?" The men stood silent: only, as the i unit in ana naa iookcq vainiy ior some , ..w. vttm -,,. u.i,- . 'S18 of ,,fe- . , ' they shook their heads one by one. Every year there were hard storms ..For Go(.3 sak t .. rf and violent winds on the shore, but it ho.eIy won.t mc o 'you volunteer? , was long since there had been such a ; u-s tQ ,0i!e QUr Uvettut there than ; gale as this. to M h aRd se . drown. Among the guests was a family from . But none of th(. men , , , the interior, who had never- joen the The sneaker raise.1 his rm nnnnneU- , ! A he did so a small, slight figure darted "Dick nnd. Dob Were SUfldhiR Over Him.' him. Then he ordered his men to ham mer their very hardest on the boilers, but the wonderful machine caught all the noise and did not let a single sound escape. 2 After about eight mo,nths of this, Simon Growlerly announced that he was going to build a shop to make steam whistles, and the poople of forward and clambered Into the boat "I'll go." he cried resolutely. "Maybe 1 oan help jrave some of the children." There was a moment's hush. Then the fishermen to the fast mnn stepped for ward. One of them lifted the child from the boat and kissed him gravely. room to room with a frlgh ened face, , boy... he wU Krufr,r. ..w are tronger. Ulien he heard the guests talking about If onlv our courage Is as good." T?ien Uie storm and the probable loss of life. . he him to the mother who was he trembled. watching them with a strange, happy In the third day of the gale a dull j loofc on j,er tace " ' ' wu.1H..b a l -tu AHMcs a few minutes Inter the boat to have a fear of the tumbling water. He could never be Induced to go In I bathing with the other children. Gen I orally he rcmalnpd In the field, whls- umfj iu iae uirus ur cnasuigr me uuuer- flies and grasshoppers. , During the gale he wandered from ATHER MARCH stirred his coffee very slowly and put. In the extra ump of sugar that lay In the saucer. Then he onM: "The red Artra khans In the Jcrusa- lem orchard are ripe and ought to be picked. The pigs are getting them as fast as they fall." "We'll .pick them for you!" cried Mary and Bess In one breath. "We know you are busy with your harvest ing." "All right, boys. I'll count on you. It will help me n lot." Father March always culled his girls boys and boast ed that they were worth more, as they t were more harmless nnd more helpful than the average boy.- ! "I will help, too," announced little ' Jane, and utter breakfast the three started. j Down the dewy orchard lone they ' went, between rows of trees hung with little hard pippins, snow apples and greenings." laughing at the cobwebs that tried to bar their way, whistling and singing with the birds. Mary carried the ladder, Bess the picker and Janey a basket. Down at tho far south end of the or chard tood thcrcd Astrakhan tree. Its branches hanging heavy with beautiful crimson apples the best of the whole season, and nut to be lightly left to waatc. i Yes, the pigs were there old Betty and her spotted babies. Betty would have climbed the tree gladly If she hnd , been built for climbing, but as it was -she haj to content herself with the windfalls. Even these made quite n ' feast, and- she resented the Intrusion ; of the girls. She would havodrlvon them off If she had -quite dared. As it was, she lln- J gered near by and sniffed and grumbled ? In great Ill-humor. ! Off came Mary's shoes, and up the LITTLE JANE SAT DOWN ON THE PILE OF APPLES. recognized the pitiful call for help, and they hastened to the piazza with their : glasses. The sturdy fishermen were on ; the beach with their boats and other ap- ' paratus. But they hesitated in the face j of the terrible sea. At lost a boat was launched and a moment la tor was over- turned and .driven-back upon the beach. Again it was launched, with the same result. Then the men stood back and launched, this time successfully. And I that night all the rescued passengers, one by one. were glad to shake hands with the little fellow who had such a fear of the sea. Pleasant Town ran to Dick and asked j gated helplessly at the raging waters. mm 10 mane anoiner macmne. uui i The rain bad ceased, but th wind Dick had to confess sorrowfully that j stm hcv the blinding spray far up on nt- tuum uui. hk ujic uii wvum u,e beach. Most of the guests left the atch the noise from steam whistles, , hotel and went down to the trron nf Tbe Nolecatcher Wa Erected.' and springs that even the best me chanics of Pleasant Town could not understand It at all: but its effect was wonderful. Dick Sawyer placed the queor ma chine near the Growlerly boiler fac tory and wound up a great spring that set all the parts to buzzing, very quietly and musically. The moment this happened the noise from the boiler factory -vanished as If by magic and the only sounds that could be heard throughout all the place were the good old sounds of rustling trees and buz- 1 unless he had a great deal of money and time. He feared that It would j take him at least a year, and long be : fore that time the people would have j been driven mad by the steam' whls 1 ties, for they knew right well that old J Simon Growlerly would set each whls ) tie to blowing as soon as it was fln I ished. i Dick and his chum. Bob Merrltt, j were talking 'things over one night ' when. Bob said suddenly: 4 "I've got a splendid Idea!" j The two boys whispered together for I a little while, laughing heartily as the beauty of the scheme struck them. ' Then they hurried to the Noise Catcher nnd began to move It tow'ard the outskirts of the town, where Si mon Growlerly lived in a beautiful big house- The next morning, when he looked out of his window, he was amazed to j?ec the Noise Catcher erected right op posite his house on a vacant piece of land owned by Bob's father. Shortly afterward, Dick and Bob knocked at the door and without wasting any words told old Growlerly that they had come to ask him not to build the steam ' whistle factory or any other noisy shop in Pleasant Town. Simon Growlerly lay back In his chair and laughed till he was ptirple In the face. "You 'boys must be crazy!" said he. "Very well, sir' said Dick. "Then we will turn the Noise Catcher loose. Please remember that the cylinder Is full of eight months' noise of -your boiler shop. If I. should let All that noise out at once. It would do doubt silent men. After a while -one of the ladles felt a slight pull at her dress. Glancing down she saw the boy. His face was colorless. Primitive Ideas. It fceys hnd teeth.llke crocodile. How terrible would be their smllex! Hew It would shock the human eye Te see them eating apple piel If little girl had horns like der. They nurely would look very Queer, And It would be a sad affair To e them doing up their hair. If mn had Ion;: Irps like KlrafTe. No doubt it would cauce many laughs; But what would be their dreadful plight Trying to He tn bed at night! 7WS LADY MAS Z3T TED&NGS, THJ? FIG URES AT RIGHT AND LE-FT THm f-LD- 77fJ? PICTURE CAR&T-UZLY THmHAVE A PICTURE 9F TfiEr MISSJNG JHUJBdND. 4 ( i . t X i JiP. CAT 'P&ffiAPS.T9 rc. 3VYLJnVLD JTJf- L v. 1dfc her best. Betty and her Jbnbies should t as many arms and legs as all that I guess I had better reconsider. Come on. children. Back off and let's watch her till she gets tired." Janey's shrieks filled the orchard and not evon touch the cider apples. But Betty was reckoning differently, and she sized up little Jane. 'ooh!" she grunted. "I could root that little bag of callcq right- across the I startled the robins so that they flew orchard.. Come on. children, while tne big glrlt are gone." Whack! whack! Jane thumped Bet ty's broad back with the handle of the picker. Betty winked, as If to say: "That's right. Janey. Drive off the. files." Janey could make no Impression on her t thick skin. I She dropped the picker in despera tion nnd sat down on the' pile of apples. : spreading her little calico skirts for protection. , On came Betty and her brood. Wlth- J out any preliminaries she bunted Janey right oft the pile and proceeded to crunch the delicious apples, the little ones Joyfully following ,her example: Then little Jane arose- In her wrath. All thought of fear had vanished, only a righteous anger remained. She would protect that pile of apples with hr life If need be. With a terrible shrlelc of "Get out; Betty!" she threw herself boldly on tree she went climbing like a cnt. When tht Tiltfir trns fiill. attt Tvmil.l lower It to little Jane, who emptied the apples top of the pile, and struck out with her cn'refullv in an unbruised heap upon r nwns nnd legs so wildly that she looked the ground I llIte a D,S revolving centipede. Bess, with the basket, stood on the "Ugh!" said Betty. "ff that girl has ladder and stripped the lower limbs.. ? T .iri ... .". d ..a-.- Inn., try 1-.1.M.1 I up a goodly heap. When all were picked i the girls sorted them in two plies the j perfect ones for eating, the poorer ones J for cider. Betty and her babies wero not taken into account at nil. Betty's small eyes turned green with envy as she watched the girls smack- Inc thlr 11 tut nnd Ilnnlnor their teeth Into the white dellciousness that lay ! beneath the cool, crimson skin. It was j cruel, for this was the only tree In the ! orchard where the apples were ripe. j "Ixiok at Betty, wrinkling her nose at us." said Bess, and she tossed her I an apple, which Betty ate greedily. without offering to share with her squealing family. . . "She's a perfect plg."'nld little Jane. "She's nothing but that." laughed Mary." "Bess, we've forgotten the big basket to carry the cider apples home." "Come on. we'll go and get It. Janey, you stay and keep Betty away from the pile." "I'm kind of scared." said Janey "Betty's so a,wful big." "She won't bother If you Just shoo her away. "We'll be right 'back." The two girls darted Tight off, leav ing little Jane a bit frjghtened; but de termined In aer stout little heart. to do away .chattering In wonder. Her arms and legs gyratt-d like the wings of a. windmill in a nor'easter. Betty and tne little spotted pigs grunted in chorus. Mary and Bess heard the clamor, and came chasing down the orchard to the rescue. "Ugh!" said Betty, as. grunting and dlsnppolnted, she was driven to a safe distance. Mary picked up her small sister, whose eyes still blazed with the fierce light of battle. "You're a regular brick. Janoy. Were you scared?" Little Jane settled her" disordered wnrdrobe. "First I wa?," she said, as she dropped onto Mary's lap. "Then I got mad, and then Betty ddn't dust." "A horde of savages wouldn't dare tackle you." laughed Bess. "Come, on. girls" let's All the basket." Ills Early Training. Life. "Where in the world did that parrot learn to swear so?" "I brought him up on a golf links, ma'am." r Gv r )fa C, fjj jM rfeTe s eve- him .s. be No:y.- brushes' Wht. COlOV 1 your book 3M alkj, Why silly boy it" shouH be Y-erJ