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Voice of the Pack VAIN LITTLE CRICKET. By EDISON MARSHALL NE night a little Cricket was singing loudly when a Toad which had been dozing hy the trunk of a tree said: "Oh, do be quiet I I never heard such a noise as you and your fnmlly make." “ Very true,” replied the little crea ture. "for our family nre, of course, the best singers in the world. We can make a great noise, us you have said.” “ Rut that does not mnke you the best singers in the world," replied the Toad. "Did you never hear the birds singing in the trees, silly creature?” “ Why should I listen to the birds when I can sing better than they do?” O m w w m m w is wmmmwwwwm mmmmmmm wmmm Copyright. 1X0. by IJttle. Rrown & Co. S N O W B IR D SAVES DAN. P y n o p n li.> W a rn n ] by hie p h ysi cian that ha has not m ore than six months to live, Dan P a llin g sits despondently on a park bench, w on dering w here h»* should spend tim e« six months. M em ories o f his gra n d fa th er and a deep lo ve fo r all th in gs o f the wild help him In reaching a decision. In a large southern O regon c ity he meets people who had known and loved his gran dfather, a fam ous fro n tiersman. 11« makes his home with Mllas Ijennox, a typical westerner. 'll he only other m em bers o f the household are L en n o x 's son, “ H ill," and daughter, "H riowhlrd.” T h eir abode is in the Um pqua divide, and there P a llin g pluns to live out the short span o f life which he has been told Is Ids. P ro m the first P a llin g s health show s a m arked Im provem ent, and In the com pan ionship o f l-ennox and his son and daughter he tits Into the woods life as If he had been burn to It. Hy quick thinking and a rem arkable display e f "n e r v e " he saves 1-an no x s life and his own when they are attai ked by u mad coyote. 1-ennox declares he Is a rein carn a tion o f Ills gran dfath er, Iran P a ll ing I. whose fam e as a woodsman Is u household word. Dun learns tliut an organized bund o f outlaws, o f which Uert Crunalon Is the leader. Is setting forest tires Ia n - dry H ildreth, a form er m em ber o f the gang, bus been Induced to turn state's evidence Cranston shoots H ild reth and leaves him fo r deud W h lsp erfoot. the mountain lion, springs on H ildreth end finishes H ild reth arid devours him, thus a c qu iring the taste for human flesh. Iran discovers Cranston In the act o f settin g a forest fire. coldness, “ an opportunity to fake that hack. Just about four seconds." He stood very straight us he spoke, nnd his eyes did not waver In the least. It would not he the truth to say thnt his heart was not leaping like u wild thing In his breast. A ilurk mist wus spreading like madness over his brain; but yet he was striving to keep his thoughts clear. ¡Healthily, without seeming to do so. he was set ting his muscles for a spring. The only answer to his words was « laugh— a roaring laugh o f scorn from Cranston's dark lips. In his laughter, his Intent, catlike vigilance reluxed. Dun saw a chance; feeble though It wus. It was the only chance he had. And his long body leaped like a serpent through the air. Physical superior though he was, Cranston would have repelled the at tack with his rifle If he hud had a chance. His blood was nlrcady at the murder heat—a point alwnys quickly reached In Cranston- and the dark, hot fumes In his brain were simply nothing more nor less than the moat poisonous, hitter hatred. No other word exists. If his o I hss of de generate mountain men had no other accomplishment, they could hate. All their Itves they practiced the emotion: hatred of their neighbors, hatred of law, hutred o f civilization In all Its forms. lies Ides, this kind of hlllmnn habitually fought his duels with rifles. Hands were not deadly enough. Ilut Don was past Ills guard before he had time to raise his gun. The whole attack ws one of the most ustoundlng surprises of Cranston’s life 1 >nn's body struck his. his lists flailed, nnd to protect himself, Cranston was obliged to drop the rifle. They stag gered, ns If In some weird dance, on the trull; and their arms c I usikh I In a clinch. For a long Instant they stood strain ing, seemingly motionless. Cranston's powerful body had stood up well under the shock o f Dan's leap. It was a CHAPTER II— Continued. — lO— I>ttn felt himself straighten; am! the color mounted somewhat higher In his hrtrwn cheeks. Itut hr* tilt) not try to avenge the Insult—yet. Crunston was still fifteen feet distant, and that was too far. A limn may swing a rifle w ithin fifteen feet. The fact that they were In no way physical equals did not even occur to him. When the In sult Is great enough, such considera tions cannot possibly mutter. Crans ton was liard as atocl. one hundred and seventy pounds In weight. I»nn did not touch one hundred mid fifty, nud a deadly disease had not .vet entirely relinquished Its hold upon him. "I do very veil, Cranston,” I'nn an swered In the same tone. “ Wouldn't you like another mutch ? I believe your pipe has gone out." Very little can he said for the wls dnm of this remark. It was simply human— that age-old creed to answer Idow for hlow mid Insult for Insult O f course the Inference was obvious — Hint Pan was accusing hlm, by Innu endo, of his lute attempt at arson. Cranston glanced up quickly, nnd It might he true that his Angers Itched mul tingled about the barrel of his I rifle. He knew whnt I bin meant. Me understood perfectly tliut Dan had t guessed Ills purpose on the mountain | side. And the curl ut his lips became more pronounced. ‘‘ What n smart little boy." he scorned. "doing to he a Sherlock I Holmes when he grows up." Then he I half turned mid the light In Ills eyes I blazed up. He was not leering now. The mountnln men lire too Intense to play at Insult very long. Their 111 lièrent savagery comes to the surface, nnd they want the warmth of blood upon their Angers. Ills voice became The Battles of the Mountains were Battles to the Death. guttural. ‘‘Maybe you’re a spy ?" he asked. "Maybe you're one of those city rats— to eoino nnd watch ns, nnd then hand-to-hand battle now. The rifle run and tell the forest service. There's had «1 lx) on down the hillside, to be two things. Calling, that I want you caught In a clump o f brush twenty feet below. Dan called on every ounce to know." Han puffed at his pipe, anil his eyes of his strength, because he knew what looked curiously bright through the merry he might expect If Cranston mastered him. The battles o f the film of smoke. " t ‘m not Interested In mountains were battles to the death. hearing them," he said. They flung hack and forth, wrench "It might pay you." Cranston went ing shoulders, lashing fists, teeth nnd on. "One of '»m Is that one man's feet and fingers. There were no Mar word Is goes) ns another’s In a court quis of Queen sherry rules In this t>nt- nnd It wouldn't do you any good to tle. Again and again Dan sent home run down and tell tales. A man can his blows; hut they all seemed Inef light his pl|*e on the mountain side fective. Ry now, Cranston had com without the courts being Interested pletely overcome the moment's advan The second thing I » —Just that 1 don’t tage the other had obtained by the think you'd And It a healthy thing to power of his leap. He hurled Dan do." from the clinch nnd lashed at hltn “ I suppose, then, that Is a threat?" with hard fists. “ It ain't Juki a threat." Cronsfor It Is n very common thing to hear laughed harshly—a single, grim syl of a silent fight. Rut It Is realty a (able that was the most terrible sound more rare occurrence than most peo he hail yet uttered. "It's a fact. Just ple believe. It Is true thnt serpents try It. Catling. Just make one little will often fight In the strangest, most step In that direction You couldn't eerie alienee; but human beings ary hide behind a girl's akirts, then. Why. not »etpents. They partake more of you city sissy. I d break you to piece* the qualities o f the ment-enters the In my hands !" wolves and felines. After the first Few men can make a threat without Instant, the noise of the fight aroused a muscular accompaniment. Its very the w hole hillside. The sound <»f blows utterance releases pent-up emotions, was In Itself notable, and besides, both part of which can only pour forth In •f the men were howling the prim muscular expression. And anger Is a ordial battle (T ies of hatred and ven • ' » most mysterious depths o f a man's na For two long i nlnntrs Dsn fought ture. As Oruninon spoke, his lip curled with the strength o f desperation, sum hts dark fingers clenched net Ms thick moping at last a'! that mysterious re palm, and he half leaned forward. serve force with which all men are Dan knocked out his pipe on the t) m. Rut be v ns playing a losing log. It was the only sound In that came. The malnd y with which he had suffered had tak n too much o f Ms o x Igor. Even as he struggle«!. It seemed sounds were at died. The two m e to him that the vista about him. the stool face to face, Dan tranquil. Crans dark pines, the colored lesves of the ton shaken hy passion. p«'tvnn!al ahnihhrry. the xellow path "1 glva you," said Dan with entlrt were all obscured In n strange, white mist. A great wind roared In his ears —and his heart was evidently about to shiver to pieces. Ilut still he fought on, not daring to yield. He could no longer parry Crans ton's blows. The latter's arms went around hltn In one of th»*e deadly holds thnt wrestlers know; and Dan struggled In vain to free himself, Cranston’s face Itself seemed hideous and unreal In the mist that was creep ing over hlin. He did not recognize the curious thumping sound as Crans ton's fists on his flesh. And now Cranston had hurled him off his feet. Nothing mattered further. He had fought the best he could. This cruel beast could pounce on him at will and hammer away his life. Hut still he struggled. Except for the constant play of hts muscles, his almost un conscious effort to free himself that kept one of Cranston’s arms busy holding him down, that fight on the mountain path might have come to a sudden end. Human bodies can stand n terrific punishment; hut Dan’s was weakened from the ravages o f his disease. Resides, Cranston would soon have both hands nnd both feet free for the work, nnd when these four ter rible weapons nre used at once, the Issue— soon or late— can never be In doubt. Rut even now, consciousness still lingered. Dan could hear his enemy’s curses— and far up the trail, he lienrd another, stranger sound. It sounded like some one running. And then he dimly knew that Cran ston was climbing from his body. Voleea were speaking—quick, com manding voices Just over him. Above Cranston’s savage curses another voice rang clear, and to Dnn’s ears, glorious beyond all human utterance. He opened his tortured eyes. The mists lifted from In front of them, and the whole drama was revealed. It had not been sudden mercy thnt hnd driven Cranston from his body. Just when his victim’s fulling nneonselou*ness would hnve put him completely In his power. Rather It was something black nnd ; ominous that even now was pointed squarely lit Cranston's breast. None too soon, n ranger of the hill had heard the sounds of the struggle, nnd had left the trystlng place nt the spring to come to Dan's aid. It wns j Snowbird, very pnle hut wholly self- ! •ufllclent and determined and Intent Her pistol wns cocked and ready. T h e « m o tio n a l fore« d isp la y e d by c h a r m in g A lic e L a k e in h e r meet re ce nt p ic tu re « h a s p laced h e r in the fro n t ra n k o f acreen stare. M ie e L a k e la b a re ly t w e n ty -tw o y e a r« eld. A fe w a b o rt y e a r« a g o ehe w a a a tte n d in g E ra e m u a H a ll h ig h sch o ol in B r o o k lyn. S h e is th e d a u g h te r o f a s u c c e ssfu l m e rch a n t The w in so m e “ movi«" » ta r ie o f m e d iu m h e ig h t and lithe in figure. H e r e y e s a re a d a rk hazel a n d h e r h a ir a ric h b ro w n . THE RIGHT THING A T T H E R IG H T TIME By MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE W H E N YOU EAT FRUIT. Rem em ber this—that there ia a proper ¿'u n ity and proposition to be observed In the perform ance o f e ve ry act o f life .— M arcus Aurelius. asked the Cricket. “ Just listen now. Our family are tuning up and I am sure birds «could not sing louder." " I f you would take the trouble to listen some time when the birds are singing In the daytime I am sure you would not be so vain,” said the Toad. “ Ah, there you are!" exclaimed the Cricket. “ In the daytime you say; why do the birds not sing at night, I ask you, my friend? I will tell you; because they dw e not compare voices with my fundly; that Is why. We can outslng them and they do not wish to let everyone know that the Crickets have the best voices." “ I f you would come out In the day time and sing,” said the Toad. "I am sure you would have to agree with me that the birds can sins louder and more sweetly than your family. I think you ure the ones who are afraid to have a contest, not the birds." "Not at all." said the Cricket, “hut why should we come out In the sun light when we much prefer the night time to be abroad? We know thnt our family sings better than any other in the world. Let the birds, If they doubt this, come out ut night and sing with us.” “ You are a silly and conceited little creature,” said the Toad, hopping away, for It was almost daylight by this time. "You awoke me from my morning nap with your silly chirping," said a big Robin flying down from his home in the branches of the tree. “ And so you think your family can outslng mine, do you? Well, there will be one less at any rnte tonight to help your family sing, friend Cricket, and I believe my children would en joy you for breakfast." "You see, Mr. Toad, It is just as I told you," chirped the vain Cricket, as the Robin flew up In the tree with him in his bill, "the birds are Jealous of our voices, for this fellow Is taking me to his children that they may hade their voice Improved by eating one of the finest singers in the world." The Robin thought this so funny he had to laugh, and when he opened his mouth down fell the Cricket to the ground and quickly hopped away. Rut he gave one last chirp as he went. "The very best singers in the world, the very best," he said, as he crawled out of sight. "W ell,” said the Toad, who had stopped to see what happened, " I sup pose if he thinks so It really does not matter what others think.” N TH E formal, many-course dinner (Copyright.) a fruit course usually follows the ; sweet» and cheese, directly preoed- | ing the coffee. In many fnmillea fresh fruit is always served at dinner fol lowing the dessert. The decorative ! By MILDRED MARSHALL value of fresh fruit served In this way has, no doubt, had something to do [ F«ct* shout your n im t; h» history; mean with the establishment of this course ing; whence it wag derived: »ignificance; your lucky day and lucky jeweL in the dinner menu. Rut there are j not a few good folk who always de cline the course because they really JUANITA. don't know Just how to eat It. Oh, to I be sure they ran ent oranges and ap HE lovely Spanish favorite, Jua ples and bananas nnd grapes, but they nita, ha! has come to he a "name are not at all sure whether they eat without n ■ onntry." The mu them In the right way. For eating 1 sic of Its syllables proved lrresistlhle fresh fruit at a picnic or ns a be to many countries and in modern tween -meal is one thing, and eating It ' at a dinner Is another. The idea Is, NE my frlen s leetle keed come times It lost Its Spanish heritage and however, always to serve It In its nat- j home from da school other day came to be as American as? Anne or ural form. To serve the oranges all ! feela preety tough. He cry Ilka Edith, peeled and aliced would Indeed be a devil and tellu bees papa he have Juanita means “ grace of the Lord.” mistake on the part of the one who j trouhle weeth da teach. 11 comes originally from the same CHAPTER III. planned the dinner. To serve the , You know my frien cnlla dat keed source ns Join. It was probably In bananas sliced would he just as grave Tony for da name. So when da leetle honor of St. John the Evangelist s Dun Falling was really not badly an error. son-of a-gun come home weeth cry guardianship of the Blessed \ Irgtn hurt. The quirk, lashing blows had But really It Is no very difficult task j een da eyes da olda man tellu heem, that her name became Joined with his. not done more than severely bruise 1 to ent whole fruit ns It should he Wot's matter, Tony, you no be gooda In the F’lfth century a Giovanni the flesh of Ids face: nnd the mists of eaten at dinner. This becomes com boy een da school. Wat for you hava (John) Maria Visconti of Milan ap unconsciousness thnt hnd been falling ! pears and strnlghtwny Juan Marla paratively easy at tnhles where the trouble weeth da teach?" over him were more nearly the result English ñus* i1 • n ,.f serving a fruit 1 Rut Tony ees smarta keed alia became a popular name In Spain. of his own tremendous physical ex- knlfo and fork folK>we,|. T ,,„ By adding a final “ a,” the feminine right. He was no born lasa week. He ertlon. Now these mists were rising. banana should flrst he peeled. Morsels tella hees olda man he no do soma- Juann was formed, a name which “ Go- go away, the girl was com- should then he cut hy means of the ti»g een da school only talk leetJe bit. proved more acceptable than the ruas- mnndlng. "I think you've killed him." knife and eaten with the fork. Do not He say tree, four time he play da oullne Juan as a preface to Mnrta, Dan opened his eyes to find her cut It all at once, [ hook, too, but he no getta trouble for and soon Maria was dropped entirely kneeling close beside him, but still The best way to ent nn apple at the ' dat. He say da teach raisa devil only and Juana became a separate name. Covering Cranston with her pistol, ller dinner table Is to cut It In quarters when he talka too mooch, Spain is fond of endearments and di hand was resting on hts bruised cheek, with the knife, handling It as little as ltlghta queeck my frien getta sore. minutives, ns Rosltn nnd Carmenclta He couldn’t have believed that n hn- possible, and then to pare the skin He tella me when dat keed was leetle and scores of other names prove, so man face could he ns white, while life from each quarter and to core It as shaver everybody teaolm heem how presently the ever-popular Juanita still remained, ns hers was then. All required. There is quite a knack In I sny so mating. When he could say w-ns evolved. Many famous women of the lovely tints thnt hnd been such n doing this without taking the apple "mamma" and “ papa" and some other Spain bore the name, among them a delight to him, the piny o f soft reds up Into the hands any more than Dec- ' Mug he was conseeder pretty smarta queen, who wns known as Juana la and browns, hnd faded as nn after- cssary. keed. Loca. Her reign In CastlUe was an glow fades on the snow. Pears are eaten In much the same Da olda man say when da keed get- unfortunate and distressing period, Dun's glance moved with hers to manner nnd so are peaches anil plums, ta leetle Iceger he senda heem een (la R may be that the SpanLsh Influ- Cranston. He wns stnmllng easily at but the considerate hostess does not school for leama speaka da EngJeesh on<'p *n the Southwestern stntes a distance of a dozen feet; nnd except serve these fruits when they nre so good. He say he wanta dat keed brought Juanita into vogue In this for the faintest tremble all over Ids Juicy and over-lip« as to he difficult U'ama piente tnlk so can niaka plenta country, or her fame, according to body, a muscular reaction from the to manage, money when he getta heega man. some, may have been established bjf violence of his passion, he hnd entire- Many persons would not serve But when da keed talk leetle hit een ,' 1® country-wide vogue of the old ly regained his self comi»osure. This orange* at all for dinner, but Instead da school he say he hava trouhle s" n« wlth which even the present gen wae quite characteristic o f the moan- tangerines that can be managed more weeth da teach. He tella hees papa erntlon Is familiar. Who does not re tain men. They share with the hensta gracefully. Tangerines may he peeled een da school he no can speaka one member ; a passion of living thnt Is wholly tin «nd then broken Into sections, the ting only when raisa da hand and "Juanita, ask thy soul If we should part?" known on the plains; but yet they have *eeds being removed by means o f the getta permtsh. Junnita’s talismanlc gem Is the fire- a certain quality o f Imperturbability knife before taking them In the Un My frU’ n writa letter for da teach known nowhere else. Nor Is It limited gers to eat. Orange skins should be and tella her she dunno somatlng ver opal. That gem of sunny Spain prom to the native-born mountaineers. No removed by holding the orange firmly mooch. He say when hees k«>ed was ises her protection from evil spirits, man who Intimately knows a member <>n the plate with the fork and then leetJe eef he mnka talk he was cute. good health nnd happiness. Tuesday o f that curious, keen eyed little army cutting off the skin by means o f the And w hen he go een <la school he ees Is her lucky day and seven her lucky of naturalists nnd Mg game hunters knife. After this morsels of the tough guy eef he talk. My frien say number. (C o p y r lz M .) who go to the north woods every fall. ,>range may be cut from the core hy he dunno how hees keed ran getta da -------- o -------- nlarly and seemingly ns inex-j means of the kr:. educash or learn a speaka da Engleesh orahly ns the waterfowl go In spring. P'vces conveyed to the month by the eef he gotta keepa da mouth shut. += ■ ... — , * can doubt this fact. They seem to tc,r* - Needless to sny. this Is more And believe me I gotta sama idee as A LINE O’ CHEER have acquired from the silence and easily accomplished when the oranges my frien. the snows an Impregnation o f that are flrm nn'> n'n Mtwm ely Juicy. So Wot you tlnk? By John Kendrick Bange. eternal cnltn nnd Imperturbability thnt the wise hostess selects California (Copyright.) oranges for dinner, though she may Is the wilderness Itself. Cranston -o - wasn't In the least afraid. Fear Is prefer those delicious Florida »ranges THE THING TH A T COUNTS. usually a matter of uncertainty, nnd when they are to he eaten with n spoon for breakfast. he knew exactly where he stood. E R H A F 8 m y fa c e and figure j You may have your own pet way of U II »p a re eating grapes, hut there Is only one n o w It . [ U L d r l e d Are n eith er things e f beau right way—that Is, according to the “ Oh, I wieh I could «h oo t ty rare. accepted usage. They should be eaten you , B e r t . " But w h at o f th at? W h a t paint by means of the Angers of the right in g's fam e & & — hand, the stca.es should “then be W sa e ver h is. .1 u p ** tta f r i - i « ’ W ho judges Jawels, bonds, o r (TO BK C O N V IN C E D ) dropped Into IBs left I tod m -pt THE CURFEW. stock*. cuously and thence conveyed to the I Upon the baais o f the box Bull Baiting. fruit plate. Cherries should be msn- N' TH E Middle Ages, when most of In which again st the th ief-» fo ra y This was s sport once popular In sged In the same way. the houses were built o f wood. It T h e ow n er atoree the same a w a y ? F'nglnnd. but deolntvd Illegal In ININ. I care not w hat my figure be. (C e e v r lg k t ) became a custom for the wstch to O r w h at the kind this face o f me. A hull was attacked hy tbvg*. and -------- O-------- go about after sundowu tinging a hell So lon g a » In all m ortals' sight sometimes the n«"trlts «»f the hull were as a sign for all f»lk to cover their © T h e » t i n t held wl • ia right Time Speed of Jackrabbits. blown full of pepper to Increase his ♦ res and go to bed Tit!« prw • -n (C o p yrigh t,) How fast can a Jack rabbit run? Mo fury. Another form of the sport was was necessary to prevent the danger torlsts of Lyons, Kan., r«*cently liav* to fasten the hull to a stake hy a long from fire. The name "Curfew" is de made t«*sts of speed on country roads rope and then s«'t bulldog* at him. one E'ectncal Power in Africa. rived from the French eouvre feu and have found that a cottontail will at a time, which were trained to selt« Engineers are considering the mn- (cover fire). It wns introduced into .. . „ . ,. __ w ... i 45 "»'cs an hour for half a mil«', the hull hy the no*«. The bulldog ... . . Englan.l by William the Conqueror s,nH_ti.m of an electric transmission .. , __ , . : * while a Jackrshhlt will travel mor» seems to have been developed for th si , .... . . , though tlie custom prevailed la Ku- ,ini‘ ml'0* long for carrying power „ , . _ than a mile at <»' : - an leu r before sport from a short-eared mastiff failed bopping out of the r ad. rope long before. from the Victoria falls of the Zambesi "alaunL (Csconakt.) to the mines at Johannesburg. I “What’s in a Name?" T O 1.XJ I P
