THE DOOM TRAIL
B y Arthur D. Howdcn Smith
A u th o r o f P O R T O H E L L O C O L D . Eto.
(ft *T Brenta
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CHAPTER VIII— Continued
tically In a dry, rrsrb llag n . p . - y „ u
Jean, we iiiav force u war upon them
gentlemen will never learn "
at sn curly day, and vve shall win."
"You must think we grow louts d or
“Off I t !" I repeated.
lie sat bark trium phantly.
“Off It." he repeated Im patiently. Instead of tors In Canada." growled
"Kurely we have that supremacy
“Since his Slost Catholic M ajesty hath Joncalre. "lie sure, we of lire wit
now !"
a Just claim to all lands In these parts dernesa posts are the most anxious to
lie winked at me again, and drew
have
stone
walls
around
iis
Well,
_on thia aide o f Hudson's river, at
from a drawer In the table n heavy
what htudwny have you mailer*
any rate."
lunik such ns in-counts are kept In.
“To be sure, to be sure," I assented
"I have trared out the lines of the
"Jean," lie said, " I urn about to dis
quickly. "But, M onsieur Joncalre. you central innss," replied lie ixrry Ink
close to you a secret -Which is not a
will be interested to know there la an Ing s gulp of tin» wine "Tomorrow I secret, because every trailer who
accursed tribe o f savages who do not shall ntnrV out a surrounding work works for himself Is acquainted with It.
believe as you do."
of four httstie.ts io encompass It."
“Here Is Hie account for this post
“Is that so, Jean? And who may
He rose from tit« seat
for the year Just ended. We handled
"Speaking for myk-Jf, I have hud a total of 2tM 'green' deerskins and 23
they be?”
“The Messesagues."
sufficient wine, anil I slmll retire. If ! packets of various kinds of furs. On
His face lighted up.
the masons bring In the I im K' s of stone these we cleared a profit o f 2,332
“They are In De Tonty*» country. we expect In the morning, we chall he livres, ,'t sols, (I deniers (shout »470),
And how Is the dear Alphonse?”
uble to lay the first course by n.mu." which would not come unywhere near
“Fleeing for ids life , no less."
Joncalre twisted his face Into a g ri covering the operating expenses of the
"Those same accursed Messesagties, mace ns I)e l.ery ascended a steep post. You will And the same story st
monsieur, rose up against us, and Mon flight of ludder-stalrs to un upper every post from here to the Missis
sieur de Tonty must flee to the n orth story.
sippi.”
ward and make the Journey through
"'Why. monsieur?"
“W hat Is the difficulty, monsieur?"
the country of the Hurons,”
"These sucre English! First they
I Inquired sympathetically.
A look of grave concern overspread
“ Why, at last I have persuaded this turn the Iroquois against us; then
Joncnire's face.
»
stupid, timorous government of ours they build the post of Fort Oswego, at
"Are you certain of this, Jean?”
to build me a priqier fort. ’TIs the Hie foot of the Ononduga'a river on
"Beyond doubt, monsieur; fo r my
Irondequoit luiy (now Oswego, N. Y .) ;
friend, the W o lf here, smuggled a mes
then they send out a swarm o f young
sage from me to Monsieur de Tonty,
men to trap nod shoot In the Indian
who hade me come at once to you that
country ; then they pass this accursed
you might hold up all west-bound ca
law that forbids us ohtnlnlng Indian
noes."
goods from the New York merchants I
"H um ph!" he growled. “H ave you
Peste. what a people! They hu'-a us
In a noose."
been long In Canada. Jean?”
"But this year, monsieur."
I shook my head dolefully.
"Ah. monsieur, you make me very
“Hum ph!" growled Joncalre again.
sorrowful," I snld. “I came out to
“And where do you come from, Jean?”
Canada thinking to make my fortune,
Something in his speech warned me
hut If what you say be true, I am more
—the liquid slur o f the South.
likely to he killed by the English."
"I, monsieur!” I replied Innocently.
“No. no, It's not so hud us that." 1.«
"Oh, I am o f Picardy. But monsieur
answered quickly. The governor gen
Is of the south— no? o f Provence?"
eral has waked up. I t seems that In
A ll the suspicion fled from Joncalre'a
France they are not qdlte ready for
face, and In Its stead blossomed a
nnotlier war. but we are charged to
broad smile.
mnke preparations ns rapidly ns pos
“P este!" he ejaculated.
“ ’T Is a
sible. There Is an emissary coming
clever la d ! And how knew you that,
soon from Baris, who w ill have In
Jean?”
structions for the frontier posts and
I was overjoyed— and In no need to
the friendly Indians. It may be we
simulate my sentiments.
T his was
can persuade the English to be stupid
good fortune.
enough to revoke this law of theirs.
"W as I not camping beside the Regi
In any case, ni.v Jean, you w ill have
ment de Provence when we were on
heard of the Doom T ra il? ”
the Ita lia n frontier? ’T Is a pleasant
1 crossed myself devoutly.
way those lads have o f talking. And
" I have heard nothing good o f It,
such good companions w ith the bottle!
monsieur," I snld fearfully.
Ah. fo r some o f that warm southern
"H um ph; I don't doubt It. And mind
wine at this moment instead o f the
accursed ruin. Rum Is good only for only way we shall hold the sacre Eng you. Jean, for myself. I do not like
lish in check. With a fort here we can that kind of business. But lifte r all
savages.”
“You say tru th ," applauded Jon control In some measure the Inter *tls trade over the lioonv T ra il
calre. "» ome your ways w ith in, Jean, course betwixt the western tribes und which keeps you and me In otir Jobs.
and you shall taste o f the blood o f La the English. Also, we shall have a W ithout It— well, this post would shut
And they do say at Quebec
Belle France— although it be tiot our constant threat here to keep the Iro down.
that If we can start a revolution In
Provence vintage. By the way, do you quois at pence.
“ Well, I worked up Vaudretill to ap England for tills Pretender of their»
know Provence?”
and w ar nt the same time, vve shall he
" I cannot say so w ith honesty, mon prove It, obtained the grants from
able to take the whole continent from
sieur," I fenced, "although I have been Burls, secured the necessury median
les—und then they sent this popinjay them."
tn Arles."
There was a Commotion at the door.
to supervise the work. I had pitched
"In A rle s !”
“Bind the Indian," shouted a voice
H e flung Ids arms around my neck. on this site here. He would have none
In French. “ Hah. I thought so ! We
“Jean, I love you, my la d ! I was of It. No, lie must overturn all tny
meet again. Ormerod !"
born In St. Iletnl. which Is but a short plans and put the new works several
De Veulle stood on the threshold,
miles down the river where It runs
distance out In the diocese."
his rifle leveled at my breast.
W e were now In the entrance of into the luke. He Is conceited with
“Bring the Indlun inside here." he
the log house, and Joncalre opened himself because he has been charged
with all the works of fortification in called behind him.
wide the door.
A group of Calinuacas, frig h tfu lly
"Jean, you are a lad In a m illio n !" Canada.”
“Are there others then, monsieur?" painted, with their grotesque bristling
he pronounced. "You shall drink deep.
feather headdresses, hustled T a wan-
I have some wine which Rtgon the In- I asked casually, busying my nose In
ne ars Into the room.
tendnnt fetched out for a few o f us— the wine-mug.
But now Joncalre asserted himself.
"Aye. to be sure. He Is to build a
you w ill understand you must say
"W hat do you mean by this. Mon
naught o f It h e re a fte r; It never paid wall around Montreal, and to strength sieur de Veulle?" he demanded. “This
duty. Aye. we shall make a line night en the enceinte of Quebec."
man Is a forest-runner, Jean Courtie-
"But we are at peace w ith these
o f It, and you shall tell me o f all that
voir. a messenger from De Tonty. The
has passed In Arles these many years. sacre English." I objected.
Indian Is a Messesngue— as you should
H e clapped bis hands, and a soldier
Joncalre, now thoroughly convivial, see by his paint and beadwork."
winked at me over the rim o f his mug j
entered.
"B a h !” aneered De Veulle. "They
“Francois,”
announced
Joncalre,
“ For the present, yes. But how long. ! fooled you. The Indian la Ta wan ne
“this Is Jean Courbevolr, who w ill be Jean?
Every year that passes the ars. o f the Seneca Wolvea. w a r chief
my guest until he departs. H e has English grow in strength, and we be of the Iroquola. T he white man la
been In Arles, Francois,
Remember come w eaker; I speak now in matters H a rry Ormerod, an English spy and a
that. W hat he orders you w ill render of trade; for a fte r all. lad. the coun deserter from the Jacobites. H e was
to him. Now bring us the flagon of try which obtains the mastery In trade stationed In Paris for some years, snd
wine which Monsieur Blgon sent out must be the m ilitary master of any recently was sent to New York. B u r
this spring."
contending nallon. I may be only a net. the governor of New York, dis
The soldier snluted me as If I were simple soldier, but so much I have patched him here to apy out what you
a marshal o f France and brought In learned.
are doing."
the flagon of the Intendant’s wine w ith
"W e are a colony of soldiers and
"That may be so," assented Jon
the exquisite reverence which only a traders, well armed and disciplined calre; "but It hnppens that I command
eon o f France could bestow upon the They are an Infinitely larger group of here. These men are my prisoners.
choicest product o f the soil o f France. colonies w ith only a few soldiera and You will order your Indians from the
“Pour It out, Francois,” commanded traders, but ninny husbandmen. Give room. Francois, get your musket and
Joncalre.
them time, ana they will obtain such a stand guard."
T h e soldier hesitated.
grip on the sol! of the wilderness that
De Veulle drew a paper from a
“And Monsieur de Lery?" he said.
they cannot be pried loose. But If we pocket Inside his leather shirt and pre
"A thousand m illion curses!" explod use our tem |iorary advantage, and sented It to Joncalre with Irrita tin g
ed Joncalre. "Am I to w ait for him? keep them from winning supremacy In deliberation.
Am I to sacrifice my choicest wine In the trade w ltn the savages, then, my
(TO BE CONTINUED >
his g u lle t?"
"W ho is Monsieur de Lery?" I asked
as Francois filled a thick mug with the
ruby Juice.
“W hat?
You do not know him?
This pompous whipper-snapper who
sets out to teach Louis Thomas de Jon
his offer and kept their precious man
RboeiiUy n t' Vienna, an American
calre, sleur de Chabert, his duty, a fte r
thirty-five years on the fro n tie r— pah I dealer paid »220,585 for a copy o f the uscrlpt.
The Bible w tlc h the denier bought
Gutenberg Bible. It belonged to an
H e is— "
"M onsieur de L ery enters," In te r abbey tn Austria, and the ow rers had Is a magnificent copy on vellutn of Qie
posed Francois w ith a glance at the to get official leave from the Austri first book ever printed I d Europe from
an government before they could sell met at types.
doorway.
A slen 1er, w iry little man In a wig their treasure. They obtulned by far
arc era I sixes too big for him strode the biggest price ever paid for a book
The V ita l S park
Into the room. He favored me w ith a
Yet a still higher price
on record
Are not the poeU themselves to
curious glance, nodded to Joncalre as having been once offered. In the
blame that poetry Is not m a rt widely
and took a seat across the table from Seventeenth century the monk» of St. read?
Beautiful wandering aiiiileas
me.
Enieran possessed a notable manu lines toon fude without an idea.
Is
M y host made a w ry smile and mo script of the Gospels, which had been s a tlre -lm p u d e u t, personal, biting —a
tioned Francois to bring a third mng. presented to their abbey by the Em
genuine poetic mood? Are beautifully
“Hola. Monsieur de L ery," he said. peror Henry IV .
trimmed and hedged gardens Hie best
“ This Is a gallant young forest-runner,
The elector o f Ba-, aria admired It Inspiration for poetising human na
sne Jean Courbevolr. who has come so much that he proposed to give
ture? Are the literary teas of social
to tell me that charming Idiot A l these uionka the town of Strauhlageu climbers the best laboratories for po
phonse de Tonty has been chased out
etising human nature? And yet an
In exchange.
t l Le de T ro lt by the Messesarues.
But they were p-udent men. They Inconsequential leaf In the a ir may
Jean, Monsieur de L ery Is the king's
seem vital and Important If to Ihc
knew the elector could, and they sus
engineer officer In Canada."
poet It ia vital and im portant.— M arie
pected
that
he
would,
retake
the
town
"Another rase o f a log fortification.
Luhrs, in poetry.
I suppose," remarked de Lery sarcas whenever he pleased, so they declined
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•wry :_>£-». the doga stm_&.. g at tfcet-
JHBcxUt harden.
Tkey v w v Nerved te encamp ftw tbs
night by a xKJeet anowetwaa. An tea-
k a S i l constructed. a x l they shiv
ered aS the night through 4 tbe.r
s-eepieg tvxga.
At aaMatght Fawn b e n s an a’T crea
tion w ith T rw rd tt la a leer voice The
By C L A R E N C E T R IP P
lack o f kia accaatooed akiaaalaat had
made him gaeexiona. alnxss! insane.
,C * p « r l< k t kg W a C H w
>
"Y ea love her." he c a m K e d fiercely.
"Hash ~
said
T ru efltt.
Lvot.ng
I
across : ■•ward the g ir t
’ M.aa Keo
t
t w e n t y fiv e
captata
tea w ta hear yon.”
T ruefitt had been in love an 1
"Ton love her." repeated Fawn. rate-
been nnsucceasful He tfccagh; lag hia v-csvo. 'T ea have tricked aae.
his heart ana broken
Bat at car»* yon “
ftvrty he knew that this had been a fa!
By the tight e f the efl tamp Tree-
lacy. He loved Mabel Rentosx and her fitt eoold see that MaheBs eyes were
heart was another's. But this tías* It
open She «raa watching them. And
was an optimistic hope, a love that Is all through the a g h t T ro efitt strug
atronger than Its recognition of its Im gled te calm Fawn, listening to hie
possibility.
abwse and erging him to be c a lm
haAr’.era oil has been a wvrld-
Janies Fawn hsd Introduced bias to
Tow ard davra Fawn subsided and
widc reroexJv for kidney, liver and
Mabel, h!a fiancee, before he started watched the other» craftily
There
bladder disorders, rheumatism,
north for the discovery of Baldwin was soavetb'sg ta his mind which
tumbago and unc acid condition*.
land. I f he did not return two sam
T ru efitt coutl not divine. They bar-
niers later T ru efitt was to command nessed tn the dogs and proceeded
the relief ship that would come a fte r across the jwek Ice.
him.
Favm left Mabel and procee d e d w ith
T he summer had come, and It was the leading sleigh that coots ned the
middle July. The refcef ship wontd ivory
KdUOLXSXXJI
H e see—ed a n w if ag to leave
have to start at once to ranch the Arc his treasure. H e sent the sailor back
correct
m
tv -n a l troub les s tim u la te v ita l
tic before the pack tee formed In Sep to the others and walked atone. gold-
organa. T h re e sises. AU d ru g g iit» lo u a »
tember.
tag the dogs.
This eras the sletgb
on th e o rig in a l gen u n e G o t o h la ix a u
T ru efltt had called on Mabel to en
that found the course ani.vit the
courage her a few days before he hum mocha.
The tevood s-’eJgh had
C a v a lry “M ade G o a d ”
salted.
noth ng to do but fallow In its tracks
“I'll bring him back, never fear." he
Pre «en tty it seemed to Tru efltt that
in M any O peration»
said cheerily.
Fawn was going a tittle out of the
Cavalry Ui autay kaataaww, alien
“Listen. Captain T ru cfin ." said M ’ss way. The ship was visible now. lying
Renton.
"? have been thinking and offshore, a n t Fawn was steering a derisively enq»loyevt waa the deter
mining factor In a .'»nqsucn «»r oprrtt-
planning. I feel It Is my duty to b* course directly out to sea. Smhletiiy
txm during the World war. It may
w ith James, especially since there w ilt be swerved, as I f he had made a
f a t t y be »aid that in the Palestine
be another long w inter of suspense b e
wrong course, and started tmmofltately
campaign, the British cavalry and In
fore me. I want you to take me w ith toward the vessel a fte r a little delay
the Itolrhev Ik Bolish ramtuitgn ttia
you."
T ru efitt. even from the distance,
Bolshevik cavalry, were the determlu-
Captain
T ru e fltt
was
appalled. thought he had encountered an unusu
Ing factor . The Ramndt. Khan Bnglv-
"Miss Renton, you don't understand atty rough place In the tee.
dadle and Shargat operations In Mes
the conditions." he said. " It Isn't any
Faw n changed again
H e wa«
opotamia. causing the sureemler of
picnic up In the North. The tem pera douh'ing upon hIs track. The se«rond
, practically all the enemy engaged are
ture drops below xero even tn Septem sleigh wss quite near him now F a v a
gyvod examples of cayalry derisive ac
ber How can you go?"
shouted sorneth’ng Smbteaty T ruefltt
tion
The September, UHS, offensive
“M.v place is w ith M r. Faw n." an saw a wide lead open tn the Ice and
by the British tn Palestine 1« another
swered Mabel gravely
" I have eaten
the dark w ater beneath the sletch.
| excellent example and tn Hie follow-
lated what I shall have to face 1 am I
A second later he went slipping ; Ing minor actions a decisive or con
prepared to go. And If he la dead"— I
down, and the Icy w ater numbed hl»
tributory Influence etttier alone or in
tears came Into her eyes—" I shall at han«hs as he stm gled to regain his combination with other arms:
The
least be spared the long agony of w ait . footing. Mabel screannat out
1 French Second cavalry corp* In the
In c "
At the same Instant Fawn ran nn Ourq. May. 1!H8; the British Third
T ru efltt was thinking
H e knew w ith a slelgh-hook and began detlh
ca v a lry dlvIsUm, aoutheast o f Amlenig
that the long agony would be his. In erately hammering at T m e fltt's tin
August S, W 18; the British Sis-ond
the continual presence of the woman gers. H e was shouting like a manlae.
cavalry brigade. August 24. 1914.
he loved, whom he could never tell of and T ru efltt perceived that he v a i
his love. However, since she contin In fact. Insane.
“ DANDELION BUTTER COLOR”
ued to beseech him, he would not re
Mabel cried on» snd tried to catch
fuse her.
at him, but Fawn, w ith sn oath, turned
A harmless vegetable butter color
A week later Mabel Renton salted on her and sent her spinning across
used by millions for . » years. Drug
aboard his ship for the Arctic.
Stores and general whirrs sell hot He»
the Ice. Then he drove the slelgn
of "Dandelion" for 33 reals.—Ada.
hook Into T ru efltt's body.
II
A* he did so he lost his balance on
Shahetpeare Revtted
They hsd reports o f Fawn at last
the slippery tee and fell. And T ruefltt
Colonel Pivot, head of thè Gueulet
H e had lost his ship In the pack Ice who was fast growing numbed and
Casserà ami thè F re m ii W ar Grip
and was living w ith a tribe of Eski helidess. roused him self for a sn
pie»' assoclatlon, waa nskevl by a
mos tw enty mites distant from where prome effort
girl reisirter tu New York tf he llked
T ru efltt's ship lay. already hemmed In
H e grabbed the hook that lay aero«»
hla country*» fwahlona.
by the thin Ice o f early September. the Ice and hoisted hlm si'lf out of the
"Ve»." he anawered, “they ara
The wreck of Fawn's vessel lay along
water.
Then he attempted to rale*
beautiful. A l lite sanie lim e— “ and
shore. It had been looted and the re Fawn.
Colonel Pivot chuvkled— "al tlia
port spoke of a subsequent mutiny, of
Faw n whirled round and round In
sanie lime, u b ile you're adnilrliig our
a break-up of discipline and of sailors the center of the open plaee.
Il"
F re m ii faslilon» io ti van't lielp inue
who had started southward In n wild shrieked In terror and eltttehed a*
murine lo yourself:
attem pt to fight th eir way to civilisa T ru efltt's flneers. But the lead was
•■'dotile» moke thè man ami lark
tion.
•
widening; the sleigh went topptlnc
of tliem thè lady.’ "
T ru e fltt left Miss Renton aboard down
Tru efltt had Inst time to cut
and started cut on his tw enty mile the harness and free the stralntnu
F e w Poitonout Specie»
tram p along Hie const until he reached dog» before It tank like a stone, with
Do noi helleve all Ilio storles ynu
the friendly vlltn re of the Eskimos.
all the Ivory.
lioar of destini caused hv Inserta,
Tw o women and n dog come out to
W ith a last cry Fawn threw up ht»
u rite» W illiam J. Mudilo» In llvgsla
meet lilm. T h e ir speech, so fa r as ¡ hands and sank beneath the w ater
Mngaalne
The chance» are mo»t of
Tru efltt could understand It. told of T here wns no rhnnee o f rescue now
tliem ure noi Irue for Hiero are no
horrors such ns had never come upon T ruefltt stan d Into Mabel's frightened
dendly Inserì» III thè Unitevi Mtatea,
the village before.
faee.
accordlng lo Dr 1« (). Howard, rlvlef
Outside the encampment wns— n
Presently she looked np st him
of tlie United Statra bureau of ra
mound of empty bottles!
Eskimo "l.et us go on," sbe said In a low
Inmntngy. Some Inserta are carriera
graves were scattered everywhere
It voice.
of dlsease. bui Hila l a outside the
was a village of the fiend.
luseet'a own ahlllly lo Infllct harm.
A w hite man staggered toward T ru e
IV
Sc«r|ilons. taruutula» and reiitl|<e«lea
fltt.
Gaunt and emaciated, his eye»
The return voyage was a quirk one
hnve reputiillons worae tliau Ibetr
biasing w ith delirium . Tru efltt recog T rtiefltt got his ship out of the Ire and
bltea or stinga.
nlsed In him James Fawn
got back to the United States by the
Faw n knew him. but only as a de middle of October
In d i g * a t l« n
p r o riv r« «
dlflag
*» 4
No word about
• « • It v » l In i.'fl
a la r m i n g » » m p lu n n
W rlg fc t*«
lirious man h alf recognises a compnn
Fawn's death passed between him an t
In d i a n V r a v l a b l « P lU a r«*m w *a » y m p l i » i m a » 4
ton of old tim e
From Ids disjointed Mabel
r a r «
d l*e *« tlo .i 171 P im r l Rl
N
V Ad*
He did not know whether she
utterances T ru e fltt learned what hart knew o f Fawn's treachery or whether
happened.
Faw n had taken a cargo she held him guilty for his death
Boon to M u tic ia n t
to the north to exchange for wa.ru»
A German Inventor «latiii» to have
It waa not until their final parting,
Ivory. In the hope of making a quick nt her home, that she spoke of the
•olved tlie problem of turning the
fortune
He had seen the destruction snhlect.
"Tell me everything, now." , puges of a musical aeleitloo. an op
of the settlement and hud nearly she said
eration ult'cb liu» always timbered
killed him self during the long month»
T ru efltt hesitated; then, as kindly ■ niembera of band* and e n lie itr a a
a fter he had abandoned hope of res as he could, he fold her
The Invention conalat» of a lever op
He fell that
tate. And round about his hut was It would he unfair to her to let her
»rated with Hie foot,
T lie le<»r le
heaped the Ivory that hsd twen path
attached to the music aland In such
live In the belief that Fawn waa what
ered for him by the native hunters.
a uiunner (lis t hy »lopping on tl the
she hnd believed him
For two days T ru efltt attended
page 1» turned
She waa alien! when he had endad
Fawn, until the light of rea«on came
Then :
hack Into his eves (in the third morn
" I have thought If ell out and com* |
G ro w th in F arm Lighting
Ing T ru efltt told him of Mabel's pres
Betueen 5 and 10 per cent of the
to that conclusion." she said. " I am .
enee on board.
going to he frank now Do you know | «,.'171.017 farina of America bare elec
‘ Bull yourself together, man," he why I asked you to take me N o r t h f
tric light and |»iuer rervlee available
said, "and abe shall never know what
"Because you loved him,” snld True either from a [mwer compnne or from
has happened. Be a man M ake your
their own linle|ieiiileiit generating out-
fltt miserably
self worthy of her ”
flta. according to D r E A W hile, of
“ No," she replied "Beeanse I want
"Yon speak as If you were Inter
Chicago, director of the I'ommlllee on
ed to know Just why— I had censed
ested In her yourself." sneered Fawn
the relation of electricity to agrlcsl-
to ra re for him."
T ru efltt. without replying, began to
ture.
Then T ruefltt knew thnt hie first
pack the sleigh
But before he hnd love I ad been a worse fallacy than he
completed this tssk he saw another hnd ever suspected
N ovel C olor Effect
sleigh coming toward them over the
Colored electric light played np<m
Ice. I ’resently Mabel and a sailor de
steam Jetting from the top of Kiinan»
Too C andid •
acended. *
City'» Liberty M em orial «hnft «Imu-
A r elderly beau hnd been delivering
" I couldn't w a it; I was so alarmed
h lm s t.f o f certain forcible homely i laies flame exactly. U m « experiment
when you did not return." she cried
finally produced the pro|»er effort
truths when lecturing Ilia nephew».
“ Where Is he?"
"W onderful chap, your uncle," ob j early Ibi» fall
T ru efltt pointed silently Into the
served a friend when the old gentle
hut.
Mabel went In.
When she
men had disappeared. "Mo v e il pre- I
emerged h alf an hour later there was
served."
s grave look on her face.
" I don't know much about hl» being I
"W e must taka tilín aboard at once."
well preserved," growled the offended j
I« S o o th in g
sbe said.
nephew, "but be Is unpleasantly cao
did."— Youth'a Companion,
THE
LEAD IN
THE ICE
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ZOO YEARS
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Cuticura Talcum
For Baby’s Skin
III
Fawn would not leave until his Ivory
was nil parked T h a t meant that Ma-
bel snd Tru efltt had to walk the entire
dlatnnce. Mabel continued to look In
strange surmise upon T ru efltt. It was
plain that Fawn had not attempted tn
conceal the moral degeneration that
bad overtaken him.
Hours passed. The sleigh had left
the land and was proceeding slowly
across the Ice. In front of them went
the sailors w ith the alelgli loaded with
ftd»a>.
S tic h le r fo r E conom y
An antiquarian has discovered why
that farm er o f an early day cut two
holes through hla barn door to arcoin
inodate the cats, a large hole for the
big cat and a smaller for the little
cal.
In an old diary found In the
attic waa the explanation; Hila thrifty
»Id settler gave h it reoeon. that It waa
poor economy to allow so small a cal
the uee o f so big a h o le —'I lie Outlook.
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