I
JAN. 7,
to ace side, encircled the but, at a dis­
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Me turued uBce tnaax
had
gene
forever
Az
the
rtpetted
patBvio. I
tance of about twenty yards. With a
(Continued from page 2)
kope W the natlveH.
corn
sprung
from
Its
buried
seed
the
email rock for hammer, Alan was
During the month* since their first but -»feting at straws; yet, eagerly,
pounding them Into the ground, dur­ woman, sublime In her love, glories
» A la*—a fter going to fetch
front steps each morning before she
ing the hour before sunset. He hud In the growing courage of the inner visit to the settlement, he had come to such frail aids were welcomed
w ater and rem aining to bathe— frond
went up to the store she would get
occupy
the
unique
position
of
a
setul-
self »lie had tried to stifle, had arisen
After a short consultation with pennies for that.
Ida return. He sot down the conceived the Idea of building a
"We have found the true keynote dlvlne Overlord. Hla orders, issued at dtlmabahol, Roowa w ss commanded to
palisade.
tnea bent over bar
"Of course the snow would be too
Occupation! It was what they here," she murmured brokenly at last, first In the spirit of bluff, were obeyed. take ap his residence In tbe north, to h e a v y for you. but It would be a great
“What la the matter?"
1
his
at
first-
surprised,
then
amused,
"and
we
must
keep
It
tuned
aright.
help the “white chief" In work upon help at this time to have the step«
She half drew away from his touch. craved. Though neither confessed the I wouldn't, for the world, spoil tbe him. After u time, It afforded hltn In
Bending closer. he removed the hands fact to the other, both tacitly ac­ beauty of everything.”
tense lntervst. Hla orders regarding the land, while Meauiaa served his done, for we’re so busy with cooking
that we haven’t time.”
“w ife.”
from her head, and - raised It back knowledged the need. They seized
on any excuse that would supply food , “You couldn’t—ever," he whispered cleanliness were racelvlng extraordi
Well, as you can see. Mahalla bed a
agalaat hl» b reast
The
ruined
huts
were
strictly
tabu,
Into her hair. “But lave la a terrific nary consideration; Irrigation work
ROt they all saw
haunted ,hy the. spirits of those slain busy time of It.
"What’s troubling my dearest, on for their thoughts, toll for their limbs, force which can’t be turned on and had been undertaken.
Now,
he
fatigue for body and mind. For, deep
th e r e ., Roowajprouilly radiant, began I that she didn't overdo. She loved the
this day of days?”
plunged
with
new
zest
into
this
novel
off
like
hot
water;
or
compressed
into
work.
Of course she wouldn’t have
She louked up into the ardent grey in the heart of each, below- all the narrow preconceived channels.”
training of prehistoric minds. He or- to build a new hut. to which Meamaa
cared to hove been busy like that all
and
hIs
two
children
cuull?
be
fetched.
depths so close above her; then at the ecstasy of their Joy together, lurked
dered
the
cultivation
of
taro
to
he
re-
He suddenly threw his arms round
Within a short time smoke arose the year.
photograph upon the wall. His look grim fear—not fear of each other, but her and strained her to him. "Bar­ instituted ; tHpestrj-weaving from reeds
But in the holidays before Christmas
followed hers, and quick comprehen­ fear of them selves; above all, fear of bara ! why should we be done out of tt> he revbed. All this origin«ling from from Meamaa’s cooking; and two small
nature, of hor smiling face and irrevo­
black figures danced, like Imps, among when everyone was so busy, anyway.
sion dawned
fear,
not
Inclination,
slowly
awakened
our
rights?
We've
been
chucked
out
cable laws. Kesolutely, each burled
It was fun to be busy.
the palms.
“Ah 1” he ejaculated. "Well?”
the skeleton out of sight, covering It o f the world; stripped of everything the natives’ interest, which Increasing,
Aud oh, how lovely It was when
•'Don't you see?" she asked. “All with a hundred pretty-colored reedu. that made life worth living. But now caused much of their lethargy to
she had her own pennies to spend.
i t
vanish.
this Is—Impossible I"
But
sometimes,
unexpectedly,
it we linve discovered the greatest treas­
She had many
_____
(To be continued)
His eyes hardened a U tile; and he stirred
Within a few weeks, the lust signs
below the thick
layers, ure of nil. Arc we to give that up
pennies, too.
loosed her.
of a threatening new epidemic of sick
Stretched out its skinny arms. . . . hecuuse of—scruple«? By Q—-d!”
And she bought
with sudden anger b e loosed her, ne»s vanished, ami the settlement be­
“You and I have gone too far, now,
e v e r y Christmas
"I'll bring the river down here some
T ongue T witter a
to draw back because of scruples, Bar­ day,” the Inventor of modern aircraft clenching Ids hands, “I won’t! I’m came more wholesome. This being at
present tbut year
Alice and AUster ate all Allen Ack
bara 1“
with her very own
observed, thumping in a stake with d—d If I'll agree to that I It Isn't trlbuted to the what man's magic, their ly’s apples.
fair.
You
say
I
always
get
my
way
fear blended Into a crude awesome
T h e y are not scruples 1 It Is a mat­ his stone-age hammer. Why are you
money she had
•
•
•
Well—some time—”
uffectlon, which struck Alan as pa­
ter of honor." She half raised her left smt'ing in that vacant manner?"
earned.
She met calmly the passion and thetic. Gradually his visits became
Frank fought Fred for fun Friday
hand, showing the little band of din
She hnd felt so
Alan," ahe murmured, "you have threat In his eyes. These untamed
• * •
hailed even with delight. For, In mat
moods.
much more impor­
been a revelation. I thought you a forces no longer alarmed her, at they
ters
of
dispute,
Chimabahot
appealed
Mildred
Morrison
mended
many
inlt
With one »wlft movement he had bully, only Intent upon gpttlng your
tant, too, than If
lens.
would have done six months ago.
to him. relying more and more on Ills
seised the band and ripped off the own way, regardless of everybody.”
she had simply
•
•
e
“A lan !” she protested, holding out counsel. And, swayed by none of the
ring.
been given the
Well?"
He
laughed
gently. her hand. He Ignored It, gazing still
opposing elements, he dealt with a se­
Susanna Slock urn sang several Sun
"Honor be d—d, thenl"
money, mid they
"Haven't I got It?”
upon
the
peculiar
radiance
of
her
face.
day
school
songs
sweetly.
vere
Justness,
yet
liumuneness,
which
She sprang up, alarmed at hln vio­
all hnd said she
“Ah, but not Until It proved to be She went to him. lifting both hands
they
found
both
novel
and
attractive.
lence. He towered over her, bis face my way too.”
bad worked well.
to his shoulders, her lips tremulous. Withal, he braced them, stimulating
Mildred made many mittens Mon
biasing.
The way those
“Merely because I realized it would "There Is more to be considered
day.
their latent powers, much In the same
“Do shed tlie remnants of the par­ he worthless otherwise. I learned that
pennies she earned
. way In which he had stimulated Rar-
son’s daughter, my deer girl! Face first of all the many things you taught . . . not—not only ourselves.
Jingled In the Ut­
All Mixed Up.
My darling I don’t you realize we are bara. by the mere force of bis own
ile bug she cur­
things squarely! You drifted Into this me.”
man
and
woman,
and—*
Her
flushed
vitality,
engagement when a mere cblld, not
ried wherever she went I How beao-
w
face sank on his breast. “Don't you I Her own interest In these people
tlfully they Jingled.
realising all It meant. As you devel
Yes. you.” He raised her ridn
Not ) grew apace. From Alan she learned
oped. It ceased to fill your life. His possessively. "Don’t yon think you see?" she whispered. “Others!
To Mahalla It seemed as though they
some of the dialect, very soon being
kepi saying:
nature did not satisfy yours. I saw have been a revelation, too? And —’scruples.’ "
A long silence succeeded her broken able to speak a little herself. Some
that at once. But until I knew your hasn’t the 'spirit' of the Island yos
"Merry Christinas from Mahalla."
heart w as free, I could do nothing— spoke about been a revelation to us words. His anus cloaed nround her times she brought the children odd bits
And maybe, after all. that was
again,
and
again
he
hid
bis
face
In
of
ribbon
or
lace,
which
produced
an
save keep away 1” He laughed bitter both? It seems to me,” he laughed,
really Just what they were saying,
exetted uproar. Weeks later, she used
ly. “I have wanted you and craved "the only thing to snve the world from her hair.
those Jingling, well-earned. Jolly Christ­
He
raised
his
head
at
last;
and
as
to see these scraps adorniug some
mas pennies!
for your love, day after day, night being choked by materialism Is to
O y ? ■ V COFVtvOrtt
K Y gv GRAHAM
DONNER
after night, all these desolate months wreck It on a desert Islapil! Make he pulled her hands down Into his woman’s dark form, with ludicrous In­
« D i l l a M W l« H q
here together like—like two icebergs everybody begin life afresh, back in own Ills face looked strangely drawn. congruity.
“God help us both, Barbara!" he
But, among these “children of na­
In the Harden of Eden I Do you think prehistoric d a y s”
C H R IS T M A S P E N N IE S
muttered huskily. “For we are In the ture,” as among other children, not of
now, when I have got tt, I am going to
Barbara caught at this Iden. "But,”
loee it again? Would he or any sane the said, following the train of very h—1 of a position.” There was nature but of civilized education, there
Mahalla wanted to have some Christ­
man wish It—or expect it—after all thought it engendered, “If all discon­ a strange blending of fear and ador- existed under-currents of strife, ambi­
mas presents snd she wunted to do
tion. Ill-feeling. These were respous1’'*
this? Don’t you realize what—the tented people had the chance to come,
this with her very rid your system o f Catarrh or Deafness
world would—think—now?”
wouldn’t every tree be crowded?”
caused by Catarrh.
own money.
She looked puszled over this sen­
"Not nt all. Only a handful would
S »U by
fa r a rrr 40 y a m
N o w , Mahalla
tence, not havtng been acquainted with arrive The majority are too peace­
didn't have any F. J. CHENEY & C O ., T oledo, Ohio
a tnaUclous-inlnded world beyond her fully nsleep to realize they are being ? W e
money of her own.
old horizon. But she knew the truth choked. Commercialism Is the god
But she asked her
of every other word he uttered. Her they worship. Although, when there
daddy and her
awakened heart understood now the Is nothing better to do, they go to
mother and her
affectionate comradeship alone aroused church—in their best clothes.”
D ELBER T STA R R
grandmother, who
by Hugh. Her whole nature yearned
"You are very hitter!” she exclaimed
lived down the Funtral Director and Li­
toward this man who had mastered It; In surprise.
block, und her
her heart fluttered—wavered. The con­
To Barbara, this tnan had ever been
censed Embalmer
aunt and u id e
science warring against It mnde an­
dDeijb and price.
Motor Hearse,
who lived four Efficient Service.
other dying attempt.
’ full of surprises; but she had spoken • a ttra c tiv e in
the truth when she had called him a
blocks away, If
l.adv Attendant.
“I—I can’t shatter a man's lifelong revelation.
For, during the two • W e
special
she couldn’t earn B row nsville........................................ Oregon
faith. It would be murderous— ’’
months since Christmas, lie had been
some money.
'D o you love me7” he interrupted, so at every tiq-n. Not until love
“I should havf
taking her firmly by the shoulders.
opened her own eyes; until she knew
lots of errands to
“A hi you—know it," she breathed. the meaning of passion herself, and
said
her
Mahalia Old N et run,”
“Yet yoo would put—thia—between understood the tempestuous force of
W L. W R IG H T
d a d d y , “around
Ulke Bread.
*s, with no hope o f rescue?”
Ids. did she realize tile strain under
M ortician & Funeral Director
Christmas time at
Ha 1 sey
booetng her abruptly, he turned and which he had been living. Since
the store,
People will want small
Halsey and Harrisburg
looked long at the pictured fHce. Christ mas night the nature she had
O regon
packages In a hurry—string or ribbon
Call D. Tavi.on. Hulsey, or
Tlwn. with a stifled exclamation, be thought arrogant had revealed a thou
or tissue paper, and every time you
W. L. W RIGHT, Harrisburg
palled It from the bamboo. Before sand wonderful mysteries. As a tree,
run an errand I’ll pay you Just as I'd
she realized his motive, he had torn cold and hidden In the snows and
pay anyone."
the photograph Into shreds, and scat
frosts of winter, responds to the glory atlon In the eyes of both, whlta'ftpy for a division* o f ’which & oft soon be­
“I’d like to be paid In pennies,” said
looked
upon
each
other.
“But
I—I
toreri them upon the ground.
of spring, so he had opened In the
came aware. The more savage fac­ Mahalla.
swear
I’ll—I'll
never
force
you
to—
glory of their love.
“Alan t* she gasped, almost fright
tions waxed Impatient for Babooma to
"Pennies will be paid to you," aald
Always rum ember that. be thetr chief. Only the superstitious her daddy.
8he drew away from him, and anything
ened by his vehemence. He wheeled,
And, for heaven's sake, don't—let me awe In which a chief 1« held saved
clasped
her
arms
round
her
raised
“I will give you a penny a day 11
facing her with burning eyes.
j fo rg et! I’m so d—d human,” he add­ Chlmabahol from being despatched un­ you eat a piece of bread at each meal
“I’m not a lap-dogI If we get res­ knees. Mountains, dark and threat­ ed, with naive pathos.
I kn rp six honest, servin g m an ;
ening to those whose way lies across
ceremoniously to the spirits of his without a fuss," said her mother, “nhd
cued, we shall, of course, go straight
( T h a y taught m a A H I K n a tr):
For the first time »Ince She knew murdered sons. The result of that If you eat two pieces of bread I will
them,
are
little
heeded
when
shroud­
T h a ir nam aa ara W H A T and W H Y
to Hugh and tell him the truth. But—
him, she heard a lack of confidence would have been civil war, and deadly give you two cents." Mahalla did not
an d W H E N ,
ed
In
mist,
below
which
the
sun
shlnek.
If not—’’ He suddenly threw his arms
an d H O W an d W H E R E and W H O "
In his tone. Conscious,of those, forces peril for the two white people. For Ilka bread.
around her, straining her to him, But now and then a jagged peak of nature «gainst whlcfi'they were hut
KfFLIN«
Babooma and his friends were not
Her unde told her he had an old
W H A T w n the D e c la ra tio n of L o n d o n /
“Have you realized that probability— thrusts through; and, with the Jour­ puppets, all the woman In her rose to
partial to these strange newcomers desk which he hadn't time to clean
W H Y does the d ate for E aater v a r y /
■ow, Barbara? We may be here for­ ney’s progress, more appear behind. meet 1dm.
who forced them to work and frus­ out, and he hnd always told her aunt
W H E N w a a th e g re a t p y ra m id of
ever— Just you and I—where the . . . Generally, these frequent peaks
"We can never lose fnlth In each trated their savage tendencies. Croft that he would be doing It himself sonic
Cheope b u ilt ?
mazes of civilization give way to were instinctively shunned; but to- other, Alan. That Will help ua
H O W can you d istin g u ish ■ m a la ria l
time so ahe shouldn't bother about it
m oequito?
Truth—where no laws exist save those dny Alan went on recklessly.
But now, he aald. If Mahalla would
“After all, marriage was made for But—’’ she looked at the dearly
W H E R E is C a n b erra t Z e e b ru g g e /
of nature—no conventionsI”
He
loved
figure.
For
one
Illuminating
In­
W H O w aa the M il,b o y of the Slaehaa /
take all the papera and put them to­
swept her off her feet, and his kisses man, like all other conventions. We stant. all that marriage would mean
A re these eix m en" serving you to o /
gether, and all the elastic bands In
burned upon her lips, her neck, her are not their slaves. What do forms between them flashed into her heart,
G iv e th em an o p p o rtu n ity by placin g
another pile and all the pencils with
abort hair. . . . Once more her and ceremonies matter—here? They awakening the mother dormant with­
out points In another and the ones
W ebster ’ s
life seemed to sink from her own keep­ are often tosh. A pauper marries an in her “A h ! But It's going to be
with points In still soother, and pul
heiress, and vows to endow her wltll
ing into his. . . .
hard—hard—hardI"
N ew I nternational
everything nicely sorted and arranged
He set her down at last, still clasp- all his worldly goods! If he did, he
Tbe cry burst. Involuntarily, from
on a table nearby and then dust tbs
would have to take the clothes off his
lag her to him.
D ictionary
her lips. All the love and longing
desk In every comer thoroughly, he
“Doesn't—that—decide It all?" be back and go stark naked. You and which Inspired It ahone In the gaze
in your home,
would give her lots of pennies
murmured unsteadily. “Don't you un­ I would vow to forsake all others, which seemed to envelop him ns a
». b o o l, office,
“I will go over the papera then and
derstand that we have bigger Issues when there is nobody here to forsake, glowing fire. . . . For a space he
d r h , lib r a r y . Cmffi
throw
away
what
I
don't
want,
nnd
?
ou
would
hardly
want
to
elope
with
to face—here— than useless scruples?"
T h is “ S u p re m e '
stood silent, lost with her In a world
really
have
that
desk
In
order.
It
would
Babooma?
If
you
did,
I
should
soon
She turned in his arms, looking Into
Authority” in all
which neither had dreamed of before
he
useful
to
roe
If
It
were
In
order.
knr wledge offers service^
his eyes through the gathering dark­ catch you. That's another p oin t: we Then he stepped forward with a mut
As It Is I don’t want to put nnythlng In
immsdit-te, constant, listing, trust­
ness. The distant thundering surf couldn't separate if we wanted to! tered ejaculation, and they clung to­
It for fear It should get mixed up with
worthy. Answers sll kinds of ques­
was the only sound; and it aepmed So what would be the good of a wed­ gether n» they had clung on thlr first
«11 tbe trash there now.
tions. A century of developing,
to suggest approaching storms more ding? Of vows we couldn't possibly night on the island—two derelict beings
enlarging, snd perfecting under ex­
“Of course you must be very, very
terrible than any ahe had faced be­ break?”
swept over the world's edge. . . ,
acting care snd highoat scholarship
particular In a Job of thia sort,”
She sprang to her feet, breathing
fore. Freeing herself a little, she
“Go In," he whispered tremulously,
insures accuracy, completeness,
And Mahalla promised sho wonld be.
quickly.
pressed him from her.
compactness, authority.
at la st "I can't come to supper to- ;
Her uncle told her that ahe could do
‘‘A
lan
!
What
are
you
saying
I
W r it « for a E-ampla pax» at the Naa W'trda
"You have won your w ay—as usual,
night. I must go away alone for a
•perlra.n of IP polar an-l India Paper», els*
It between supper time and bedtime,
w -nklrt Yoo ara (hr J ury,-- priraa, ate Ta
Alan. But—a h ! Be merciful!" As Don't I Don’t!”
Mt . . . and think. . . . You've ’
and then It would not Interfere with
t t o e . ««m ine tt , poW n-alria » a w,K te a s fraa
“Why not?” he asked, getting up,
a ant of Pock r t M ,ps
the had appealed before, so the cry
opened a new world to me tonight.” j
tlie work she was going to do for her
came again from her unprotected too. “We can't remain blindfolded
G . A C MEKRIAM CO.
He
kissed
her
with
lingering
gentle­
daddy.
S x r t a e fia ld . M a a a .. U . S . A. ia f. fftgy
forever.”
heart.
ness, nnd turned away toward the
Her aunt told her that when she
The mists fell from a huge moun­
That pitiful entreaty and her sur­
shore.
got through with the work for her
render reached where resistance might tain peak, and the color ebbed from
uncle she could spend several evenings
Barbara walked slowly Into the hot
have failed. The passion In his face the girl’s face.
firing op work baskets about the
“AhI" she murmured, clasping, her But to her, also, food seemed Impos­
faded a little; and, seeing this, she
house.
hands. "Isn’t the present—perfect? sible Just thon. That moment a llliiml
pressed her advantage.
;
"The threads and pieces of silk are
nation
had
opened
up
a
new
world
for
Don’t
precipitate—”
"Isn’t the present Joy — sufficient?
all mixed up They’re all In a tangled
He took her by the shoulders, forc­ her. too—a world which. It seemed
You are mine and I am rours. Don’t
maaa. I shall be delighted to see them
ing her to face hint. “We are only she was never to enter! . . . With
let us spoil the glory of It all 1”
In order.”
For a long moment there was si­ human,” he said, in a low voice; "and, a little sobbing breath she went Into The Ruined Huts W ers Strictly Tabu.
Her grandmother told her that If she
the sleeping hut and threw hermif
Barbara—I want my w ife!”
lence In the darkening but. . . .
would come over and brush off the
face
downwnrd
on
her
bed.
.
.
.
She
pressed
her
clenched
hands
J. W STEPH EN SO N .
knew well the risky ground on which
Then this man, who had ever been
For a long lime neither alluded to he trod.
For reasons of strategy,
wont to sweep aside all obstacles to agninst him, hiding her head upon
his will, bent his head slowly, and them. “Oh, not yet I Don’t think me I hla conversation. A new chord had therefore. Ire forbore, save for a dras­
Confectionery for
kissed In turn the small hands clasped obtuse. Alan. I have thought, toot been struck between (hem, too deep tic warning, to take any steps In re­
for Idle talk. A subtler difference, a taliation for (.’h r i a l mss day's nttampt
and—and feared—”
upon his breast
the Affectionary
shade more of seriousness, came Into upon hla life ’’Bell-derils" from fhe
"What have you feared?”
“We must keep our' faith In each
their
relations.
The
shadow
cast
by
If
the
way
a m a n ’s heart is
She
did
not
reply
for
a
moment;
he
white woman. In swift retribution for
other—whatever the (future brings."
the mountain peaks enveloped them. what h e had contemplated, had fright
through his »(otnaeh, then the road
he whispered. And bmderly almost waited, motionless.
When every accustomed bulwark of Try as they would, they could never ened Babooma enough for tbe present.
to a woman’» good grace» 1» yia a
reverently, he klsaedi her lips.
life has been demolished, the founda­ quite free themselves from It.
Hla black face wag seldom seen, nowa­
box of chocolates a nd bonbons.
Distractions o f any sort became ur­ days. far from the settlement.
tions of a fresh building are laid nec­
Of course ouly the daintiest roar-
PART THREE
essarily in a troubled soil composed gent ; but to find them, In thia small
Boo«» and Meamaa. since their
»«1«
will accomplish that end and
of struggle, temptation, agonies of un­ Island, was no easy matter. However, child’s recovery, had regarded the
"
b
est”
means C lark’s. " W here
D eep Chorda
certainty.
The undeveloped girl, Alan, after mentally viewing the land, "white chief" with little less than wor­
there’s a candy box, thare the
blindly groping after the “hidden took what frail material there was sh ip And this fact gave Alan the idea
li » art nniitcks ”
want" In a materialistic environment. snd wove It Into rupee of support. wherewith to cauae distraction la the
I
That the ropes might break be could Increastag difficulty of the life he and
A ring sf stakes. e lolling dronkenly J
ao£ foresee
____ j Barbara Sow led. U waa, both knew.
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