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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1917)
NO LAWYER NEEDED were not on Kazan. He wus staring llce—and his master was calling him too, « a s ready to beat him. lie believe« at the girl. Pedro 1 The scene shifted. They were that, and dint night he lurked In one “ You’re brave," he said. “ 1 don't lit camp. Ills master was young and o f the deepest shadows about the camp dare do that. He would tuke off my smooth faced, and he helped from the fire anil grieved alone. None knew that hand 1” sledge another man whose hands were It was g rief—unless It was the girl. F R E N C H . C A N A D IA N V IL L A G E He took the lantern from Thorpe fastened In front of hltu by curious She did not move toward him. Shu SAG E SETTLED QUARREL. and led the way to a narrow snow black rings. Again It was later— and did not speak to him. Rut she watched path branching off from the track. he was lying before a great lire. Ills him closely— and studied him hardest Hidden back In the thick spruce was master was sitting opposite him, with when he wns looking at McCready. Old O entlsm an N ot O n ly M ade T rlsn d s the camp that Thorpe hail left a fort Ids back to a tent, and as he looked, night before. There were two tents there came out o f the tent the man O ut of Enem ies, but Used there now In place of the one that he with the black rings—only now the T ran sactio n to H elp Out The devil In M c C re sd y gets and his guide had used. A big fire rings were gone and his hands were By the upper hand once too often Needy W idow . wns burning In front of them. Close free, and In one of them he carried a Jmmem and M cC ready pays the penalty. to the fire was a long sledge, nnd heavy club. He beard the terrible B ig developm ents coma In the Oliver "No, I'm not get born on do Htnte’ l fastened to trees Just within the outer blow o f the club as It fell on hla mas next Inetsllm enL 1 come hero 'bout eighteen ycur ago Curwood circle of firelight Kazan saw the ter's head—and the sound of It aroused from T r e e Iteever, Kobee. shadowy forms and gleaming eyes of him from his restless sleep. M a fader, lie's dead w ’en I'm seven his teammates. He stood stiff nnd mo lie sprung to his feet, his spine stif ( T O ma C O N T I N U L U . ) year ol', an ' so I'm go for le w mi mu tionless while Thorpe fastened him to fening nnd a snarl in his throat. The a sledge. Once more he was back In tire had died down, and the camp SODA WATER WELL IS FOUND gran'failer'«, w ho's becg fur mu Ire ; Copyright by ths Bobba-MerrlU Company. keep plent’ cow an' horse. his forests— nnd In command. Ills was In the darker gloom that precedes Smart ol' man, too; Justice peace, mistress wns laughing nnd clapping ilnwu. Through that gloom Kuzun it le In the Phlllpplnee, and Experte notulro publique, an' all dat. Not her hands delightedly in the excite saw McCready. Again he wus stand B E C A U S E O F K A Z A N ’S D E - Declare It le Carbonized by many case go on do lawynlro, I can ment o f the strange and wonderful life ing close to the tent o f Ids mistress, Nature. V O T IO N T O H I S N E W M I S tol' you, eef dey seo ma grnn'fiuler : of which she had now become a part. and he knew now that this wus the firs'. He's nil for keep pence ’moug Thorpe had thrown back the flap of tnnn who hud worn the black Irou TRESS. H E IS G I V E N A Many queer things have been dis de neighbor, their tent, nnd she was entering ahead rings, uud that It was he who hud F R IG H T F U L A N D U N J U S T ; of him. She did not look back. She heaten him with whip nnd club for covered by the drill since anil before "T w o mans dey hnvo some leet’l spoke no word to him. He whined, many long days after he hud killed his Colonel Drake discovered that oil trouh', an’ mcldic got mail queck, an' B E A T IN G . and turned his red eyes on McCready. master. McCrendy heard the menace In could he ohtulned by the urteslan pro w i i i i o f dem start for get <le law, cess, hut the most unique one Is that In the tent Thorpe wns saying: “ tin way for see de lawyalre ills man his throut and came buck quickly to recently struck In the Philippines. It Kazan Is a huge and vicious “ I'm sorry old Juckplne wouldn’t go the tire. He begun to whistle nnd mi-tibe has for pass on de house w’ero Is located In the town of San Fernan Alaskan sledge dog. one-quarter back with us, Issy. He drove me draw the half-burned logs together, ma griin'fader leev, an' If lie's see do, on the Island of Tleao. At the gray wolf. He saves his mas down, but for love or money I couldn’t and ns the Are blazed up afresh he lu ol' mini on de hotilslde, ver' offcit depth of 405 feet an enormous vein of ter's life and is taken along get him to return, lie's a Mission In shouted to awaken Thorpe and Isobel. ie's stop for splk wit’ hecin, an' 'fore wuter was struck, with such n gas when the master goes to civili dian. and I'd give a month’s salary to In u few minutes Thorpe appeared at lie know It he's tol' hcciu ev'ryt'lng. zation to meet his bride and re have you see him handle the dogs. I’ m the tent-flap und Ids wife followed hltu pressure that the volume wus thrown "D e ol' mun he's not splk mooch. turn with her to the frozen not sure about this tnnn McCrendy. out. Her loose hair rippled in billows SO feet lu the ulr. It «u s only hy ex Jus' llsscn. Den hlinchy, nffer de man country. Even the master Is He’s a queer chap, the company’s agent o f gold about her shoulders, nnd she erting every possible effort that a get triKi for splk, he Diehbo say, ’ Wal. afraid to touch the dog. hut Iso- here tells me. and knows the woods sat down on the sledge, close to Ka small flood was averted. The flow was wal, dut's too hnd, Joe. I dldu' t'lnk bel, Kazan's new mistress, wins like a book. Rut dogs don’t like a zan, nnd begun brushing It. McCrendy finally cheeked, however, and the wa dat could linp|>cu nffer w'nt Toleon do out und downward his instant devotion. On the stranger. Kazan Isn't going to take cume up behind her nnd fumbled ter directed through two smull pipes, through for you w’en you’re seeck Ins’ winter. way northward McCready, a to him worth a cent!” among the packages on the sledge. A s which It continue« to rush with uu- I don’ guess he's so luid feller. Hure dog-team driver. Joins the party Kazan heard the girl’s voice, and If by uccldent, one of Ids hnnds buried dere's not somet'lng wrong on hot' dludidshcd force. and immediately Kazan tries to stood rigid nnd motionless listening to Itself for un Instant In the rich tresses side, Joe? Ilcttcr go for see heein, un' Humpies of tlie water taken show attack him. Even Isobel Buds it It. He did not hear or see McCready that flowed down her bnck. She did incidió talk de Plug over.' that It Is heavily charged with car- hard to quiet the dog. when he came up stealthily behind not at first feel the caressing touch of "Rut of course Joe he’s ver’ mail, honlc add gas and appears und tastes him. The man’s voice came ns sud his Angers, uud Thorpe's back wns nn' say, *0, non. non I You hot I dm»’ like onllmiry soda water, but unulysls toward them. denly ns n shot at his heels. go near for see heem no more.' Is uot yet completed. “ P ed ro!" C H A P T E R II.— Continued. Only Kazun saw the stealthy move "Den de ol' man suy, T 'r ’sps, den. The tnnn in charge of the drilling, In an Instant Kazan cringed ns If ment o f the hand, the fondling clutch —2— It's better I did go to see Toleon my- who hns had 40 years' experience in Kazan pnlil no attention to him. An touched by n lash. o f the fingers in her lialr, nnd the mad se’f. Too bad for see good fríen’ quar drilling artesian wells In uuiuy parts other form had approached out of the “ Got you that time— didn't I. you old passion burning In the eyes of the mun. rel ills way.’ night, and stood nbw in the circle of d e v il!” whispered McCrendy, his fnce Quicker thun a lynx, the dog had of the world, mulutuius that ho has never seen or heard of tho equal of "W al, my grnn'fndcr bo go over for illumination made by the lanterns. It strangely pale in the firelight. leaped the length of his chain across see Toleon. an' Won dey splk leetT was McCready, who was to accompany “Changed your name, eh? But I got the sledge. McCrendy sprang bnck Just the Tleao Island phenomenon. w'llo ’bout de wedder an’ de crop, do Thorpe and his young w ife back to the you— didn’t I?” in time, und ns Kazan reached the end Pean uts for Consum ptives. •d' man he say. ’W a t ’s nil tils troubl’ Ited River camp, where Thorpe was in o f his chain he was Jerked buck so A diet o f peunuts Is suggested ns s 'laiut you nn' Joe Gallant, mu fríen’ ? charge of the building of the new C H A P T E R III. that his body struck sidewise against Transcontinental. The man was the girl. Thorpe had turned In time cure for consumption by Dr. Rrewer Joe, he’s over to mu place nn' feel ver’ M cC re ady P a y s The Debt. straight, powerfully built and clean to see the end of the lenp. lie be In the Journal of Hygiene. This seems bad. T ’lnk you don' was use been» For a long time after he had uttered lieved that Knzan bad sprung nt Iso too simple to ho true, but Doctor Rrew Jus' right. shaven. His Jaw was so square that it was brutal, and there was a glow In those words McCready sat In silence bel, nnd In his horror no word or cry er tells o f two young women who had " ‘Joe's ver’ good feller. leetT rough his eyes that was almost like the pas beside the fire. Only for a moment or , escaped his lips ns he dragged her grown sick of cod-liver oil nnd toulcs sonictnm, hut you 'member how he’s sion in Kazan's us he looked at Isobel. two at a time did his eyes leave Ka ; from where she had half fallen over and who were treated by hltn with suit take bees team from plowin' ini' go McCready shifted his gaze, and in zan. A fter a little, when he was sure the sledge. He saw that she wns not ed peanuts— all they could eat— com roun’ an' collec’ moneo w'en your burn stantly her hand fell on Kaznn's head. hurt, and he reached for his revolver. bined with Inhalntlons of vinegar. got burn las’ full. 8pon' 'ole week “ One would think this a very Indi In busy tam. an' got moa' hun'm l dol For the first time the dog did not seem It was In his holster In the tent. At to feel her touch. He still snarled Ids feet was McCready’s whip, and In gestible diet," he writes, "but they lar for you. Dat's good neighbor, at McCready, the rumbling menace In the passion of the moment he seized It craved them, and It has always been Toleon. Rut now enn you hlamo eef his throat growing deeper. Thorpe’s nnd sprang upon Kazan. The dog my policy to find out Just what my pa he's not feel so good w’eti your seven w ife tugged at the chain. crouched In the snow. He mnde no tients desire to eat, and unless It Is too cu«- nn' heifer break down do fence Roth an' tramp hall nigh! hoes nice del' of move to escape or to nttnek. Only once unreasonable, I humor them. “ Down, Kazan—down I" she com In his life could he remember having young ladles have become plump, nnd grain? manded. received a beating like that which after one year's Inhalation have ceased At the sound of her voice he relaxed. " ‘ Wal, I t’lnk eef you give to Joe Thorpe inflicted upon him now. Rut coughing, and I pronounced them “ D ow n!’ she repeated, and her free teo dollar In money, besldo feox up cured.” not a whimper or a growl escaped him. hand fell on his head again. He slunk Peanuts are recommended also for de fence, dnt mub' It hifll right.’ And then, suddenly, his ml dress ran to her feet. But his lips were still I’oloon heos feel ver’ luid—de ol’ sleeplessness. forward and caught the whip poised drawn back. Thorpe was watching man splk so nice an' quiet—an’ nffer above Thorpe’s hend. him. He wondered at the deadly ven W ile he sa y : W hen R azors W ere F irst Used. "Not another blow !” she cried, and om that shot from the wolfish eyes, " ‘R a l, M sien' l.egere, I don’ forgot Ruzors appear to have come Into something in her voice held him from and looked at McCready. The big general use In Franco with Louis X III. dose t ings Joe Gallant do for me. so guide had uncoiled his long dog-whip. striking. McCrendy did not hear what One authority has attributed the rea eef you will take ten dollar over to A strange look had come into his face. she said then, but a strange look came son for the style of smooth faces at Joe. I ver' satisfy.’ He was staring hard at Kazan. Sud Into Thorpe’s eyes, nnd without n word this time to the fuct that the king “ Mu griin'fader he's tnk’ de monee denly he leaned forward, with both he followed his w ife into their tent. came to the throne as n child nnd so, nrF go w'ere Joe was wait, nnd say, hands on his knees, and for a tense “ Kuzun did not lenp nt me," she of course, beardless. Out o f courtesy moment or two he seemed to forget whispered, nnd she was trembling with to the king, the courtiers shaved their 'Wal, Joe, Toleon he's not so luid fel- l»r, nffer all. lie's sen' dis ten dollar that Isobel Thorpe’s wonderful blue a sudden excitement. H er fuce wns beards so that they would "possess no eyes were looking at him. deathly white. “That man wns be luxury which their king could not over to you. an’ la mart for feex de hind me,” she went on, clutching her share.” From the courtiers tho cus fence right away. An' he any dnt he’s “ Hoo-koosh, Pedro— charge!” husband by the arm. “ I felt him touch tom descended to the common people, not forget how you collec* for heem That one word— charge— was taught me— and then Kuzun sprang. He nnd was also copied by tho English, monee w'en heea hsrii wns hum’. only to the dogs in the service o f the wouldn't bite me. It's tho man I for whom the French even then cre "W e n do ol’ man gel troo for splk, Northwest Mounted police. Kazan did There’s something— wrong— ” Joe he s feel ver' mean, an' say right not move. McCready straightened, ated the styles. out. 'I don’ wnn' dat ten dollar, nn’ She was almost sobbing, and Thorpe and, quick as a shot, sent the long lash w'at |s nmre. 1 tak’ It back to Toleon drew her close In his arms. o f his whip curling out into the night F a stid io u s Fox. with a crack like a pistol report. " I hadn't thought before— but It's Wnldemnr Eltlngon of New York re w’en I go homo.’ strange,” he said. “ Didn’t McCrendy cently presented a live silver fox to the “ Charge, Pedro— charge I” ‘O, non, non 1’ de ol’ man say. say something about knowing the dog? Zoological society o f St. Louis. The ’I have de ten dollar. Dal's mine, sure The rumble in Kazan’s throat deep “ Not Another B low l" It's possible. I’erhups he's had Knzan animal Is valued nt $r>.%0. Tho gift wns t'lng. Rut for ma share In do leetT ened to a snarling growl, but not a muscle of his body moved. McCready that Thorpe nnd Isobel had retired for before and abused him In a wuy that hurriedly accepted with profuse expres troub . 1 tak' de monee ail' go buy nleo the night, he went Into his own tent the dog has not forgotten. Tomorrow sions of thanks which are now In a fnlr bnr'l flour an’ some odder t'lng for turned to Thorpe. “ I could have sworn that I knew that nnd returned with a flask o f whisky. I ’ll find out. Rut until I know— will way to be reconsidered and revised. poor Mis' Lame, w'lit's I d s ' her man dog,” he said. “ I f it’s Pedro, he’s During the next half-hour he drank you promise to keep away from Ka The fox refuses to eat ordinary food Ins' monf, nn' have seex leetT boy for frequently. Then he went over and zan?” bad!” and rejects prnetlcnlly everything of- ft***»!- Dea I tell her dat’s from you sat on the edge o f the sledge. Just be Isobel gnve the promise. When they fered It except fresh eggs. And fresh nn Boicot). Dat’s better dan pay do Thorpe was taking the chain. Only came out from the tent Kazan lifted eggs are GO cents a dozen In St. Louis, lawyalre, J o e .'"— Youth's Companion. the girl saw the look that came for an yond the reach o f Kazan’s chain. “ Got you, didn’t I?” he repeated, the his great hend. The stinging lash hnd scarce nnd apparently looking up. Instant Into McCready’s face. It made Keeping P rem ises C lear of Ants. her shiver. A few minutes before, effect o f the liquor beginning to show Closed one of his eyes nnd his mouth W anted Joy Distributed. The btirenu o f entomology says that. when the train first stopped at Les In the glitter o f his eyes. “ Wonder was dripping blood. Isobel gave n low Mniion was given n beautiful rin g If t!is house«Ifo would get rid o f tho Pas, she had offered her hand to this who changed your name, Pedro. And sob, but did not go near him. H alf Hhe was overjoyed, until that bother her, the first und man, and she had seen the same thing how did he come by you? Ho, ho, If blinded, he knew that his mistress had Christmas eve. stopped his punishment, nnd he whined hut chnnged It from one finger to the most Important thing for her to do then. But even as she shuddered she you could only talk— ” recalled the many things her husband They heard Thorpe’s voice Inside the softly, und wagged his thick tall in the other all evening. No one noticed It Is to keep all her food supplies, espe that evening, hut she kept It up the cially sugar nnd other sweets. In lld- had told her of the forest people. She tent. It wns followed by a low, girlish snow. next morning. H er mother, fearing tlght metal containers. Anything ed had grown to love them, to admire peal of laughter, nnd McCready Jerked Never hnd he felt so miserable ns their big, rough manhood and loyal himself erect. His face blazed sud through the long hard hours of the day Marlon would lose the ring, said: ible that Iho children may scatter hearts, before he had brought her denly red, nnd he rose to his feet, that followed, when he broke the trail “ Why don’t you put your ring on one \ ubout should lm promptly cleaned up. among them ; and suddenly she smiled dropping the flask In his coat pocket, for his team-mates into the North. One finger and keep It there, Marlon?” at McCready, struggling to overcome Walking around the fire, he tiptoed o f his eyes was closed und filled with "W ell, I don’t like to be tnenn. When Develops Strength. that thrill of fear and dislike. Considering all the gum tlint Is be cautiously to the shadow of a tree stinging fire, and his body was sore I keep It on one finger I pity the oth ing chewed. It Is remarkable that there “ He doesn’t like you,” she laughed close to the tent and stood there for from the blows o f the caribou lash. ers.” aren’t inoro sprained chins. His eyes Rut It was not physlenl pain that gnve at him softly. “ Won’t you make friends many minutes listening. E xaggerated Foreboding. burned with a fiery madness when he the sullen droop to his hend and robbed with him?” “ I ’m trying to suve up something Joy Out of Life. She drew Kazan toward him, with returned to the sledge nnd Kazan. It his body of that keen quick alertness for n rainy day,” remarked tho thrifty The rapid-fire statistician who found Thorpe holding the end o f the chain. wns midnight before ho went Into his of the lead-dog— the commander o f his citizen. thnt tho Jitney contained six cents’ McCrendy came to her side as she bent own tent. mates. It was his spirit. For the first “ You don’t want to stop there,” re worth o f metal Is contradicted hy olll- In the warmth of the fire Kaznn’s time In Ills life, it was broken. Mc over the dog. His back was to plied the gloom expert. “ I f half the clnl authority which fixes the vnluo of Thorpe as he hunched down. Jsobel’s eyes slowly closed. He slumbered un- Cready had beaten him— long ugo; his present predictions are correct, you the nickel at three cents. Somebody bowed head was within a foot o f his euslly, and his brain was filled with mnster had ben ten him; nnd during all wunt to save up for hull, thunder and Is always taking the Joy out o f life.— face. H e could see the glow In her troubled pictures. At times ho was this day their voices were fierce and lightning.” Washington Herald. cheek and the pouting curve of her fighting, and his Jaws snapped. At vengeful In Ills ears. Rut It wns his mouth as she quieted the low rumbling others he was straining at the end of mistress who hurt him most. She held V a ry in g Le n gth s of U fa . In Kazan’s throat. Thorpe stood ready his chain, with McCready or his mis aloof from him, always beyond the M r. I Hao Shortest Name. While crabs are known to hnve lived to pull back on the chain, but for a tress Just out o f reach. And then the reach of his leash; and when they M r. I, s fisherman In lls w a ll, has the for half a century, the average life of moment McCready was between him picture changed. Ho was running at stopped to rest, and again In camp, she the oyster Is but four years. F ro g s shortest name In the world. H o w ins and his wife, and he could not see the head of a splendid team— six dogs looked at him with strange nnd won ovor Oenor.il () of Mexico hy a valid die eooner than toads, as ths latter McCready’s face. T h e m an 's eyes o f the Royal Northwest M ounted po- dering eyes, and did not speak. She, technicality, a* hiMidliue w riters can may U*e tor 80 years. ‘ KAZAN attest.