Are You Looking
Ahead? {
J
j
She knocked on It softly. «Are von
! there, Bruce?” she called.
No answer returned to her.
The question, Snuon
siatle came to Kis Up«,
reoma. In fact, were deeply silent. She want.
"Simon," the cried. “Have mercy.’
tried the door and found It unlocked,
« X a 2 X W # b ‘ * b,t *
*•< " »
or busmem . . . .
She opened he Joor, £h,
j The room had not been occupied.
The word surprised him. It was the
His
b-ar io sh e , , . . r
, h-. m ja
Thoroughly alarmed, abe went back
first time she had ever asked this man
•lu es tb fu u 'h o“ t b f £ m u £ * “ n £
* “ • * Dd ,O° U U ’* *
Into the front mom and tried to de •ke knew that an appearance of oour-
for mercy. "Then
s u r r e n d e r -r
•
i o c te c r tt ot succeas is s a v in g .“
cipher the mystery of the strange •![•» «t least, was the wisest courae.
“ 1.2’ m 00'
,O n,C’" “ >e '^ « e d .
matter about him now. t »«et
Lei him go—and I w oet
en try to
weapon She couldn't conceive of any
- L you on business, i f i mseat
possibility whereby Bruce would ex te
fight you any mon« m jet you k
Save a little each week and prepare for the future
change his father’s trusted gun for W ..jo e ores, j wouldn’t have route those lands and never try any more to
this. Possibly it was an extra weapon
make you give them up. You and
ol
No, Linda srorav.:. - T oq would
that he had procured on his Journey.
your brothers can keep them foreven
have
brought
your
whole
murdering
And since no possible gain would come
Where 5 — ______ _ ..
®
and we won't try to get revenge on
The Turners believe
of her going out Into the forests to tand with you
you. either He aud I will go awav ’
»eek III in. she sat down to wait for hla in overwhelming numbers"
Author of
He giued at her In deepening won.
I o T? !* 7’ord8 8tnnK hlm- hut be smiled
T h e Votes of Bis Pack"
derment. For the moment, hi« mind
The moments dragged by and her grimly into her face.
refused to accept the truth. He had
’T v e come In pouco. Linda." he said
apprehension grew. She took the rifle
known perfectly the coll of the blood
How about your
gently,
“r
v
.
COIUe
t0
yQu
q
la((j
In her bands and. slipping the lever
la her. He hud understood her hatred
Bustratloas by Irwin Myers
part way back, looked to see I f there chance to make frieuds."
of the Turners; he could hale In the
For a safe and sane poi
He walked past her tnto the room.
«ere
a
cartridge
m
the
barrel,
she
icy see
same way himself. He realized her
Owwnahi hr LlttU. Bnw. A C .
SBW a glitter of brass, and It gave her He straightened the chair that had
love for her father's home anil how
been
s
upset,
smiling
strangely
the
a measure of assurance. 8he had a
Xeal estate, loans and insurance, Halsey, Oregon
she had dreamed of evpeniug Its usurp
synopsis
pistol in her own room— a weapon that while, and sat down In it.
ers. Yet she was willing to renounce
Then tell me what yon have to tell
Elmira had procured, years before,
It all. The power that had come to
r « v h l ^ n ,CR
,h# dsath of hl« foster
from a passing sportsman— and for a n>*.' »he said. “I'm In a hurry to gn her was one that he, n man whose code
- 1 , r' ®ruee Duncan, In an eastern city,
to
bed—and
this
really
Isn't
the
hour
moment
she
considered
getting
It
also
‘ o’ “ m yeierleus m essage, sent by a
of life was no less cruel and remorse
o X n - i i « C T " 1* '
She understood Its action better and for calls."
less than that of the Killer himself,
He
looked
a
long
time
Into
her
face.
would probably be more efficient with
could not understand.
She found If hard to hold her own
CH APTER n .—Bruce has vivid but baf-
it If the need arose, but for certain
“But why?" he demanded. "Why
a n e recollections of his childhood In an
never-to-be-forgotten r e a s o n s she guxe. Many things could be doubted
orWianage. before hta adoutlot ‘ New-
■re you willing to do all this for
ton Duncan, with the girl Dim
wished to keep this weapon until the about this man. but his power and his him?”
courage were not among them. The
moment of utmost neei^.
H L—At hta destination,
“Why?" she echoed. Onro more the
trail a End, news that a m es.ace haB
Her whole stock of pistol cartridges smile died from his lips, the lines
luster was In her dark eyes. "I sup
— V
WSAI to Drv__
venas
been
sent
Bruce _
la received with
deepened
on
his
fare.
She
realised
as
- - - , y a
v "Simaa.’'
* a.
*“ truju« ' 1 consisted of six—completely filling the never before the tempestuous passions pose It la because— I love him."
inagaxlne of the pistol.
Closely
He looked at her with «lowly dark
watched by the Turners, she had been and unfathomable Intensity of his na
CH APTER IV.—Leaving the train,
ture.
ening face Passion welled within him.
unable
to
procure
more.
Many
a
L oS n',*.h*d Bt hl* APP*rent fa-
An oath dropped from his lips, blas
t a h u H S L I 115 hv »urrPundln<s, though
"We’ve never been good friends,''
dreadful night these six little cylinders
to his knowledge be has never been there.
phemous, more savage than any wilder
Simon
went
on
slowly.
,
Commercial and Sayings accounts Solicited
of brass had been a tremendous con
"We never could be," the girl an ness voice. Then he raised his arm
X-rOhAdlent to the m essage,
solation to her. They had been her
Bruce m akes his way to Martin's troes-
and struck her tender flesh.
sole defense, and she know that In the swered. -W e’ve stood for different
M n a*lios?'cab in !llr*Ct,0n “
rw“ h,n»
things."
He struck her breast. The brutal
final emergency she could use them to
ity of the man stood forth nt Inst. No
“At first, my effort« to make friends
CHAPTER VI.—On the way, "Simon”
deadly effect.
Picture that all the dreadful dramas
y. wttr5* hlm to »Ivs up hie quest
were just—to win you over to our tide
Linda was a girl who had always
J b e candy girl, or r* ,her th l girl who «ad return E a s t Bruce refu ses
of the wild could portray was more
looked her situations In the face 8he It didn’t work—all It did was to waken
likes candy, it everywhere. Her oppo
terrible than this. The girl cried out.
?H A P I ER VII.—Mrs. Rose, aged and
site would be hard to find And if ¡hr , ■ nSrm.
«as not one to flinch from the truth other desires In me— desire, that per
w elcom es him with emotion. She
reeled and fell fainting from the pain,
haps have come to mean more than
gets her candy from us the knows that vX!din. ‘ Tr£u°" h "
and wlrh false optimism disbelieve It.
«nd «1 "Plne-
and with smoldering eyes he gaced at
she gets the best confectionery in town
She knew these mountain realms; bet the possession of the lauds. You know
her unmoved. Then he turned out of
what
they
are.
You’ve
always
known
That is why the says i Be sure and get
CHAPTER VIII.—Through a rountrv
ter still she understood the dark pas
the door.
It at Clark’s."
*
S’1? I f y familiar, Bruc< Journeys, and
sions of Simon and his followers, and —that any time you wished—you
ilnda his childhood playmate. Linda.
Soft drinks, too.
But the curtain of this drama In the
could
come
and
rule
my
house."
this little half-pound of steel and
mountain home had not yot ruug down
- S ? i . pT KR h l — p>« i,r l ,e l*A hlm ot
She nodded. She knew that she had
wood with Ifs brass shell« might mean,
?T? £■ ?
£
by *" • n«™i' c ,» n on
Half-unconscious, she listened to ids
won, against her will, the strange,
We sell
In (be dreadful last moment of despair
22, .a
I y> the Ro»»r« Lands occupied
M .th,t,cl“.n w?r* Atolen from the Roeeos,
deliverance from them. It might mean somber love of this mighty mun. She •teps. He wus out In the moonlight,
th® fam ily with the exception ot
vanishing among the trees. Strnn-e
¿.u” ‘ “ T“? ( iir * RoM> “ nd herself,
escape for herself when all other ways had known It for months.
Jh f. d ¿ I i . ? y »»'“ »«'nation Bruce’s fa
“Ae my wife— don't muke any mis fancies swept her, all In the smalle.it
wore cut off. i„ this wild land, far
ther Matthew Folgcr. was one o f the
fraction of an Instaut, and a voice
take about that. Linda. I'm a stern
from the reaches of law and without
I S « “W - H * J2°,her >'»d fled with Bruce
Come in aad hear it play
i .
P 1? , , r l ' whlle sm all, had
allies except for a decrepit old wo- hard man. I've never known how to spoke dearly. With all the strength
of her will she dispelled the mlsls of
All phonograph records aud needles Sw," k .J.n“ F,c '1 ,rom the orphanage and
man, the pistol and Its deadly loads woo. I don’t know that I want to
brought to J h e m ountains Linda's father
had deeded his lands to Matthew Folgcr,
Know how, the way it la done by dawning unconsclousnes« that the pain
hpd been her greatest solace.
hut the agreem ent, which would confute
weaker men. It has never been my hud wrought and crept swiftly to the
The hours passed, mid the clouds
{¿ ¡oe J"^{,y " °^M’m» to the property, has
little desk placed against the wall. Her
way to U«k for what I wanted. Bui
were starting up from the horison
hand fumbled In the shadow behind It
when she thought she saw Bruce re sometimes It seems to me that If I'd
[ r o ^ i n i >T,i:R .?•—BrHce’! mountain blood
and brought out a glittering rifle. Then
rasponde to the call of the blood-feud.
r t r r r T < r < w r jfjg
turning. A tall form came swinging been a little more gentle—not so mas
terful and so relentless—that I'd won she crept to the open doorway.
n ^ l t AT^r R n . XIi ? A »'ant tree, the Sen
toward her, over the little trull that
tinel Ihne In front of Linda's cabin,
Lying on the floor, she raised the
you long ago.”
You can
led
between
the
tree
trhnks.
She
seem s Io Bruce s excited Imaalnatlon to
get it at the
Linda looked up bravely Into his weapon to her shoulder. Her thumb
©• *nae«vorln< to convey a mcsFtg»
peered Intently. And In one Instant
I CH APTER X II.—Bruce acta out in
Call aud see
more she knew that the approaching face. “ N< a Simon. You could hare pressed back, strong and unfaltering,
' 5 ? ^ ’
trapper named Hudson, a
them
figure was not Bruce, hut the mun she never-never won me! Oh, can't you against the hammer; ami sh e heard It
I
^ ‘t® * f r*ernent b«tween U n d a’s
see—even In this awful place a woman
I father and Matthew Folaer.
___ ^
Don‘t for* f t w- »ill P L O W S , H A R R O W S
D IS C « ?
most fenred of anyone on earth, Simon
cUrnor.
wants something more thuii Just brute
C R E A M S E P A R A T O R S . iwfsct, everything in the imple
I
yritily,
strength and determination.
Every
Mnoan as the Killer, la the terror of the
Ile r thoughts came dear and true
ment line. Special prices on D R I L L S while they last.
vicinity, because of his aisr and ferocity
woman prays to And strength In the
It was obvious that his was no mis
Red Seal B A T T E R I E S . Fresh stock. .C all and get prices on
XIV - Dave Turner, len t by
man she loves—but It Isn't the kind
sion of stealth. lie was coming boldly
k . ii — Hudson to swear falsely
implements. The store for quality and promptness
that you have, the kind that makes
fr.vbr, not fu rtively; and he must have
— i agreem en t If brought to
nowlng Its whereabouts.
J'our men grovel before you, and
knosrn that he presented a perfect
makes me tremble when I'm talking
XV.—Hudson and D avs vlalt rifle target from the windows. Never
».‘r»p*. a wolf, caught In one,
to you. It's a big, calm strength— and
theless. it Is well to be prepared for
by
the
Killer.
Disturbed
at
i W W 'iiis ia t 1 1 « i n i . , - f t f t y , j 0 1
g
I can't tell you what It Is. I t ’s some
brute strikes down Hudson
emergencies. I f life |„ the mountains
on me way to Hudson, shoots and
tenches anything. It teaches tliut. She thing the pines have, maybe—strength
» • .E111" ', dr,v.ln» him ,r °'"
not to yield to the passions, but to re
victim. Hudson, teem ing Bruce's Iden-
took the rifle and laid It behind a little
I
tries to tell him the hiding place of
strain, not to be afraid of. but to ding
e H r a i«
desk, out of sight. Theu ih e went to
*"• »»reement. but death esnim ona him.
i
to—to stand upright and honorable
Ibe door.
I
CHAPTER XVI.—Simon, believing Bruce
and manly, and make a Woman strong
r . . . I , . . *r* .t h * a.°,cu m tn t u concealed,
"
I
want
to
come
iu,
Linda,"
Simon
lays plans to trap him.
lost to see It In the man she lov
told her.
CHAPTER X V I I - D a v e decoys Linda
He listened gravely.
Her cheeks
"
I
told
you
long
ago
you
couldn't
and Aunt Elmira from thetr home The
biased. It was a strange scene— the
man Insults Linda and le struck down come to this house,” Linda" answered
by the aged woman
Elmira's eon has
silent room, the Implacable fees, the
been murdered by Dave, and at her com
breathless suspense, the prophecy and
mand. after securely binding the des
perado. Linda leaves them alone.
Inspiration In her tones.
Perhaps I should have been more
CH APTER XVITL—Returning. Bruce
flnde a note, presumably from U nda telt-
gwntle." he admitted. " I might have
Turnera
*’**" kWnAP,<1 b> *•»
forgotten—for a little while— this surg
ing, Irresistible Impulse In my muscles
C H A JT E R X IX .-E ru cd falls Into 81-
1 • trap and la made prisoner.
—and tried Just to woo you. gently
and humbly. But It’s too late now.
CHAPTER X X .—Charging Bruce with
attem pting to reopen the blood-feud, the
I in not a fool. I can't expect you to
elan, after a mock trial, decides to leave
begin at the beginning. I can only go
him. bound in a pasture on the «pot
where the K iller had slain and half eaten
on In toy own way— my hard, remorse
a calf the night before. They look for
less. ruthless way.
the return of the grlszly and the probable
u
•laying of Bruce by the animal.
" It Isn’t every man who is brave
He Struck Hsr Breast. The Brutality
enough to see what he wants and
CHAPTalR X X I.—Bruce, helpless, aw aits
ef ths Man Stood Forth at Last.
arrival
of
the
Killer
and
death.
and Have
knock away all obstacles to get It," he
went on. “Put that bravery to my dick as It sprang Into place. Tin n
CH APTER X X II
credit To pay no attention to meth she looked along the barrel until she
ods, only to limk forward to the result
saw the swinging form of Simon
th at bus been my creed. It Is my through the sights.
When Linda returned home the
creed now.
Many less brave men
events of the night partook even of a
There was no remorse in that cold*
would fear your hatred—but I don't gaze of here. The wings of deutli
greater mystery. The front door wag
fear It as long ss I possess what I go hovered over the man. ready to swmip
open, and she found plenty of evidence
after and a hope that I can get you ¿own.
that Bruce bad returned from his
Her fingers curled tighter
over It. Many of my own brothers ¿bout the trigger. One ounce more
Journey. In the center of the room lay
hate me, but yet I don't care as long pressure, aud Hlinon's track of wicked
hl» pack, a rifle alunUnf acroaa I t
«■ they
my w,„
No m-MM> f ((w
At first she did not DOtlee the gun In
ness and bloodshed would have come
much
you
arorn
It.
this
bravery has to an end nt last. Hut nt that instant
particular.
She supposed It was
M w « ,. got me what I wnntml, and It her eyes widened with the duwn of an
Bruce’s weapon and that he had come
« III get me what I want now."
Idea.
In. dropped bis luggage, and wag at
The high color.died to her face. She
present somewhere In the house, It
«he knew thia man. She knew tho
wondered If the final emergency liad hatred that was upon him. And aha
was true that one chair was upset, bnt
except for an Instant's start she gave “I Told You Long Ago You Couldn’t «»me at last.
realised, as If by an Inspiration from
" I’ve come to make a bargain. You on High, that before he went Io Ills
no thought to It. She thought that he
Como to This Houto,” Linda An
can take It or you can refuse. o n one house to deep he would go once more
would probably go to the kitchen first
swered Through the Panels.
Aide Is the end of sM this conflict, to be Into the presence of Bruce, ionfinel
for a bit to e a t He was not In Oils
room, however, nor had the lamp been through the panels. “I want you to go my wife, to bsve what you want— somewhere among these ridges and
lighted.
bought by the rich reluru from ray suffering the punishment of having
away.”
I thousands of acres. And I love you
Her next Idea was that Bruce, tired
opposed his will. Simon would want
Simon laughed softly. "Ton'd bet
Linda. You know that."
out. had gone to bed. She went back ter let me In. I've brought word of
one look to see how his plan Was get
softly to the front room, Intending not the child you took to raise. You know , Tho man spoke the truth. His ter I ting on; perhaps he would want to ut
rible, dark love was all over bln»— In I t ter
, r one
° ° * taunting word. And Linda
to disturb him. Once more she noticed who I mean."
the upset ehalr. The longer she re , .J * * L . L ‘" da knew' “Do J"” mean
h J l? lnK * r “ ' ,n hl*
¿«-Ply ' saw her chance.
lined face.
#
garded If. the more of a puxxle It be
She dropped the rifle and darted
LrureT she asked. “I let Dave In
came.
She moved over toward the tonight on the same pretext. Don’t
“In time, whim you come around to j Into her own room. There «he pro-
pack and looked casually at the rifle.
my way of thinking, y.m'll love me j cured a weapon that she trusted nior -
•xpi'ct me to be caught twice by the
P. S. MALCOLM, « • .
v
In an Instant more It was In her hands. sa me lie."
M yon refus^-thls last tlm e -I'v e got her Utile pistol, loaded with »;» egrv
*
Inspector-General in Oregon,
Rhe aaw at once that It wag not
to take other ways. Ou that side Is ridges.
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rtt*.
Dave? Where is Dave?" The fact
Brnec's gun. The Action, make and was that the whereabouts of his broth
defeat for yon—as sure as day. The ; I f she had understood the real na
(Paid A d rertlu m «aU
time Is almost up when the title to ture of the danger that Bruce fact I
caliber were different. Bestdeg, It had er had «nddenly become considerable
those lands Is secure. Bruce Is In she would have retained the rifle it
certain peculiar notches on the stock <»r a mystery to 8lm„n.
He bad
our bands— "
that the gun Elmira had furnished ’ nought about him and Linda out In
; shot with many times the amaahin '
Bruce did not have.
She got uH. whitefaced. “Bruce— ?" power of the little gun, and at long
the darkneaa together, and his heart
8be stood a moment In thought. The hod seemed to smolder and burn with
“Yes! Did you think he could stand range was many time« as aceurnte, but
Lebanon's Reliable Fnner I D i problem offered no ray of light. She Jealousy In his breast. It had been a against us? I ’ll show him to you In even It would have seemed an in e f
Considered what Bruce's first action »rent relief to him to find her to
the morning. Tonight ties paying the fective defense agalnr such an
rector and Mortician
would have been, on returning to the •he house.
lau nd ry sent Tuesdays
eeptRg t
w u r- for " " rt* r’n<
nppo* * “ J as was even now
Large «tack : fine equipment, including house to find her absent. Poselbly he
Bruce's body. Bnt «t '. new tie
"I
wonder—
.h
e
re
i,.,
te
by
now_-
Dyeing. Cleaning and Preaasng
two roo,t anto hearses
Price* most
had gone In search of her. She turned Linda answered la a strang. voice.
She turned Hpplortng eyes. He saw ''rials, against ¿Ui'b
reasonable. Lady attendant
she thought she might
•nd went to the door of bis bedroom.
Lebanon, phone Y.
” h’1*' ta, this world can answer that them, and perhaps—fa r distant—be I would serve her much have to fare,
■nw the light of tflumoh. too A grim
etter than t
"?-r* AykTard heavier weal »n. I h
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The
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