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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
1 S&(3 ROBERT J. C
STEAD
Homesteader -
Coprrtsbt Ail Risfta lutiml wr .
CHAPTER XI Continued.
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Harris told hi story with uch co
herence at he could. He and his son
had come up Into the hills to arrange
for the purchase of a property which
they had become Interested In through
a third party. Gardiner. They carried
with them a large sura of money as
proof of the sincerity of their Inten
tions. At this little cabin they were
to be Joined by Gardiner and by an
other, named Riles, who also was tak
ing an Interest In the property. As
they waited In the cabin, and ae he,
Harris, slept after his long drive, they
were suddenly set upon by outlaws.
Allan shot one down the body still
lay In ths doorway but was himself
badly wounded, and had not spoken
since. Harris had encountered anoth
er, but after a severe fight the robber
had escaped. The little black bag In
which the money was carried was gone
with all Its contents. Although he had
waited all night In great anxiety. Gar
diner and Riles had failed to appear,
and It could only be supposed that
they too had met with foul play. But
some hours after the assault one of the
party had returned, dismounted from
bis horse at some distance, and stolen
softly up to the shanty. Harris had
followed him, and. taking him by sur
prise, had been able to make him pris
oner. Sergeant Grey looked from nsrrls
to Allsn, and then to the prisoner, who
seemed to lie In a semi-conscious con
dition amid his bonds and gags.
"You were foolish to come Into the
hills with so much money alone." be
said. "I would have been at your
service for the asking, and this would
not hare happened. But now that It
has happened, the first thing Is to pro
vide for the wounded man, and the
next is to place this suspect In cus
tody. I know a rancher's bouse a few
miles down the valley where you and
your son will have the best atten
tion." The mounted policeman made a brief
examination of Allan, as best he could
In the gray dawn, for the lantern now
had no olL "He has not bled very
much," he said. "He has a strong
frame and ought to have a fighting
chance. I will Just have a look at the
scene of the crime, and then we will I
move him.
He made a hurried survey of the
cabin, merely satisfying himself that
the man In the doorway was quite
dead, and then, with Harris' assist
ance. Quickly found the horses and
harnessed them to the buggy. He also
found another horse near the roadway,
saddled and bridled. "We will make
the prisoner ride his own horse," he
said, "while you take your son In the
buggy."
They placed the wounded and still
unconscious Allan In the buggy as
gently as they could, and then Grey
gave bis attention to the prisoner.
Having searched his clothing for weap
ons, he cut away the bonds that se
curely held his arms and feet, and re
leased the sack from bis half-choked
throat. The man writhed and gasped
for fresh air, and the policeman drew
the sack away and revealed the face
of Jim Travers.
CHAPTER XII.
Converging Trails.
Beulah Harris raised her arms above
her bead and drank In the fresh moun
tain air that flooded through the open
window.
Tbey had been great times wonder
ful times these weeks spent In the
freedom and harmony of the Arthurs'
household. Mr. and Mrs. Arthurs
Uncle Fred end Aunt Lilian, as she
now called them had opened their
hearts and their home to Beulah from
the first. Indeed, the girl was often
conscious of their gaze upon her, and
at times Bhe would look up quickly
nd surprise a strange, wistful look of
yearning In their eyes a look that
they tried very hard to hide from her.
.They wanted to leave her free to live
her own life to shape her career, for
a time nt least, wholly In accordance
with her Impulses.
The arrival of her mother at the Ar
thurs' ranch had brought fresh Joy to
Heulah's V.fe. She saw the color com
ing back to the old face, the frame
straightening up a little, the light re
kindling in the eye, the spring return
ing to the step. She had not thought
that her mother, after 25 years of un
protestlng submission, had still the
nerve to place a limit on that submis
sion, and the discovery had surprised
and delighted her. True, Mary Harris
let It be known that she was only on a
visit, and In due course would return
to her home ; but Beulah knew the die
had been cast, and things could never
again he quit as they were.
And then a sound caught her ear,
and up the trail she saw two men on
horseback, a mounted policeman and
another, and behind them other men
driving In a buggy. .
By Intuition Beulah knew that a
mishap had occurred. Quickly she
drew on her simple clothing and hur
ried downstairs, but Arthurs was al
ready at the door. Ths little party
came Into the yard, and the policeman
rode up to the door. The other horse
man sat with bis back to the house;
his hands were chained together In
front of him.
"Good morning, Sergeant Grey," said
Arthurs. "You're early out"
The sergeant saluted. The saluta
tion was Intended for Arthurs, but at
ths moment the policeman's eye fell
on Beulah, and even ths discipline of
the force could not prevent a momen
tary turning of the head.
"I've a badly hurt man here." he
said, "a man who will need your hos
pitality and care for some days. There
was a shooting up the valley last night
His father Is here, too. unhurt physi
cally, but on the verge of collspse. If I
am not mistaken."
"We will bring both of them In at
once." said Arthurs. "IJeulah, will you
call Lilian, and your mother, toot They
may be needed. But who Is the third T"
he continued, turning to Grey.
"A prisoner. It seems the older roan
overpowered him. Not let us get this
poor fellow In,"
The policeman beckoned and nurris
drove the buggy up to the door. Ar
thurs glanced at hlra with a casual
"Good morning." but the next atont
WM.t
He Had Pound His Fingers Threading
Her Fine Hair, as Thsy Loved to Do
When She Was a Little Child.
his eyes were riveted on the visitor.
"John Harris I" he exclaimed, taking a
great stride forward and extending his
long arm. "Man, John, I'm glad to
see you, but not In these troubles."
Harris took his hand In a silent
clasp, and there was a warmth In It
that set his heart beating as it had
not for years. "It's hard, Fred," he
managed to say In a dry voice, "but
it's good to have you by."
Arthurs bent over Allan, who was
half sitting, half lying, In the buggy.
His face was sapped and gray in the
growing light. Tenderly the three men
lifted him out "Take him straight up
stairs," said Arthurs. "It will save
moving him again." Eoth spare rooms
In the house were occupied, but Ar
thurs led the way Into Iieuluh's, and
they laid the wounded boy on the
white bed.
Arthurs heard Beulah In the hall.
"Tuke oft his clothes, Grey," he said,
and turned to the doorway. "Where's
your mother, Beulah?" he asked in a
low voice, closing the bed room door
behind him.
"Dressing." The girl looked In bis
face, and drew back with a little cry.
"What's the mutter, Uncle Fred?
What's wrong?"
"A friend of mine has been hurt,
and en oid friend of your mother's.
SJie must not see him Just now. You
will arrange that?"
"Yes. But I must see him I must
help."
IJeulah hurried to the room where
her mother was rapidly dressing. "A
man has been hurt, mother," she suld,
with suppressed excitement "We need
hot water. Will you start a fire In the
ranger
Mary Harris mistook Beutah's emo
tion for natural sympathy over a suf
fering creature, and hurried to the
kitchen. Mrs. Arthurs was whispering
with her husband In tbe hall, but a
moment later Joined Mary at the range.
Then Beulah entered the room. The
policeman was speaking to Arthurs.
"I must go Into town now with my
prisoner," he was saying. "I wltl send
out a doctor at once, and In the mean
time I know you will do everything
possible."
Beulah turned her eyes to the bed.
A man was lying there, and ao old
man was sitting beside It At the sec
ond glance she recognised him. but In
an Instant she bad herself under con
trol. She walked with a steady tftep
to the bed and looked for a full min
ute In her brother's face. Then she
looked at her father.
"What have you done to biro?" she
said.
He threw out bis hand feebly. "Too
do well to ask me that" he said. "I
take all the blame." ne raised his
face slowly until bis eyes met hers.
They were not the eyes she bad known.
They were the eyes of a man who had
been crushed, who had been powdered
between the wheels of fate. The old
masterful quality, the old Indomitable
will that stirred her anger and admira
tion were gone, and In their place were
coals of sorrow nnd ashes of Of feat.
For a moment she held back ; then,
with anus outstretched, she fell upon
her father's breast
And then he felt his strength return.
He drew her to him as all that re
mained In the world ; crushed her to
him; then, very gently, released her a
little. He found his fingers
threading her fine hair, as they had
loved to do when she was a little
child.
She sank to her knees beside hltn,
and at last she looked up In his face.
"Forgive me, my father," she whispered-
He kissed her forehead and strug
gled with his voice. "We all make
mlstakei, Heulah." he said. "I have
made mine this 25 years, and there
there Is the price I"
His words turned Beulah'a thought
to Allun, and the necessity for action
brought her to her feet "We must
save blm," she cried. "We must and
we will I Is the policeman gone? We
must have the Lest doctors from Cal
gary." Looking about she found that
Grey and Arthurs had left the room.
They had slipped out to leave father
and child alone with their emotion,
but she found them at the front of tbe
house.
She seized the policeman by the
arm. "You must get us a doctor the
best doctor In the country," she pleud
ed. "We will spare nothing "
"My gue.it. Miss Harris, Sergeant
Grey," said Arthurs, and the police
man deftly converted ber grasp Into a
band shake.
"Mr. Arthurs has told me the In
jured man is your brother. He shall
want for nothing. And the sooner I
go the sooner you will have help."
So saying he rode down to the gate,
thuuked the cowboy who bad been
keeping an eye on the prisoner, and
the two started off at a smart trot
down tbe trail.
Beuluh returned to the bouse to min
ister to her brother, but Mrs. Arthurs
stopped ber on the stairs.
"Your mother knovfs," she said.
"Tbey are both in the room with Al
lan." Her first Impulse was to rush In and
complete the family circle, but some
fine sense restrained her. For distrac
tion she plunged Into the task of pre
paring breukfust
At length they came down. Beulah
saw them on the stairs, and knew that
the gulf wus bridged.
"Allan Is better," her mother said,
when she saw the girl. "He has asked
for you." And the next minute Beu
luh was on her knees by the wlrtte
bod, caressing the locks thut would fall
over the pale forehead.
"How did I get here, Beulah?" he
whispered. "How did we all get here?
Whut has happened?"
"You have been hurt, Allan," she
said. "You have been badly hurt but
you are going to get well again. When
you are stronger we will talk about It
but at present you must He still and
rest."
"Lie still and rest" lie repeated.
"How good It Is to lie still and rest I"
Later In the duy the puln In bis
wound began to give much discomfort,
but he wus uble to swallow some por
ridge with pure creum, and his breath
came euslly. His futher Stayed about
the house, coming every little while
to look In upon son and daughter, and
as Allan's great constitution gave ev
idence of winning the fight a deep hap
piness came upon John Harris. He
was able to sleep for a short time,
and In tho afternoon suggested a walk
with his wife. Beulah saw that they
were arm In arm as they disappeared
In the trees by the river.
"I haven't told you all yet." Harris
said to her. "I have done even worse
than you suppose, but In some way It
doesn't seem so bad today. Last night
I was In Uethsenmne."
It was strange to hoar a word sug
gestive of religion from his lips. lUr
rls bad not renounced religion : he had
merely been too busy for It But this
word showed that his mind had been
traveling bark over old tracks.
"And today we are In Olivet" she
answered, tenderly. "What matters If
If everything's all right r
"If only Allan ," he faltered.
"Allan will get well." she said.
"When be could withstand the first
shock he will get well. Of course, be
must have attention, but he It In the
right place for that."
"The Arthurs are wonderful people,"
he ventured, after a pause. "Mary,
they have found something that we
missed."
"But we have found It now, John.
We are going to take time to live. That
Is where we made our mistake."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
PROFIT GOES TO UNCLE SAM
All Paper Money That Qoes From the
Treasury and Falls te Return
It -Velvet"
If you subscribe to the philosophy
that one man's loss Is another man's
gain, to whom do you suppose, does
the profit accrue when you forget to
take your pucktge from Its biding
ptace In the parlor stove be-fore light
ing the Ore In the fall? If you drp
a dollar bill and It blow Into the
gutter and Is never recovered, wto
profits?
If you fall Into the river and drown
and your remains luko their place ptr
munently In Davy Jones' locker, who
Is Jo ihe food to the extent of the
modest roll In your vest pocket?
The answer to one and all of these
questions Is, Uncle Sam. hvery piece
of paper money that goes out from
Ihe treasury and falls to return, profits
the government to the extent of Its
face value. If It Is a gold or silver
certificate the metal which was placed
In the treasury for Its redemption Is
never railed forth.
If It Is a federal reserve note or a
natloLS) bank note, tbe securities that
have been deposited as a guarantee
at the time of Its Issue, or their equiv
alent remain In the treasury. So la
there solace to the patriot who so
loses bis wallet that If It Is not found
by another Its contents are applied
to the expenses of the government
Japanese Ivory Carvings.
In Jupun no corvlnga aro'mnde In
fuctorles. The artist works In his own
studio. At tho tfottom of the piece
when It Is finished the maker carves
his name. Initials or sign. In due time
this distinguishing mark comes to have
a commercial value with art dealers.
Just as the name of a great writer has
with editors nnd publishers. In Tokyo
there Is an art school In which an av
erage of about WW pupils a year study
art under different musters. In Ivory
carving there are native teachers, but
In this the Japanese are but following
out the rule which governs their con
duct In all matters of education and
progress. That Is, the person who Is
best fitted for the professorship If
given the chair.
Island Kingdom for Rent
If any person should wish for an
Island kingdom dotted over with the
ruins of Scandinavian forts he might
obtain a lease of the Tlree. This Is
the Island of tbe Hebrides group
which Doctor Johnson In his famous
visit In 1773 described so prosperous
as to attroct many beggars, who were
finally kept away by a formal com
pact signed by the Islanders In which
they obliged themselves to "grunt no
more relief to casual wanderers be
cause they had among them an In
digent woman of high birth whom they
considered as entitled to all they
could spare."
Movement of Solar System.
Astronomers agree on tho fuct that
the aun Is moving through spuce to
ward a point In Lyra with a velocity
of about 12 miles a second. The whole
solar system Is necessurily Involved In
this motion.
But It's Lets Popular.
Doctors are fond of sending their
patients for a rest cure. In the ma
jority of cases u work euro would do
them more good. Dean Inge.
Three Results.
Reading muketli a full man; confer
ence a reudy mun; and writing an
exact man. Bacon.
The Preference.
Professor "There nro somo plea
nnt walks In life." Student "I'd
ruther take the automobile spin"
SMALL FRUITS IN ORCHARDS
Currants and OoesebenUt Do Ottter
If Qrewn Where There It
Partltl Shadt.
(ITpr.1 by lha full.! Hiatal lprt
nient of Asrtetiltur )
It Is possible to plant between apple
trees, when set 112 feet spsrt, smaller
growing trees, such ss the pearl or
plum, placing one between each two
trees In the row, as well as planting
a row In tho center of the spaces bo
I ween the tree rows. This Is a tempo
rary arrangement, however, specialists
of the United Ststea Department of
Agriculture sey, etnee the apple tte
will eventually need all the apace. Be
fore crowding begins the iulerplanted
tree should be removed.
Currants and gooseberries common
ly do better, especially In the south
ern limits of their range, If grown
where there Is partial shade. This
sometimes can be provided by plant
ing them between fruit trees. IUp-
JS '....V Or j r
Bush Fruits Growing Between Rows of
Treet In a Newly Set Orchard.
terries and blackberries are sometimes
planted betwi-n trees, but the practice
Is not advised unless the soil U natu
rally moist and fertile.
Vegetables mny also be grown lv
twevn trees white the latter are small
and do not shade the ground vrry
much. Some of the early maturing
vegetables may even be , grown be
tween rows of strawberries during
Ibelr first season, one or more rows
of struwherrtes may be planted In the
middle of the spaee between two rows
of trees nnd contln.ue.il fyr U time.
SCOUTS
(ConilurOd by National Cnunoll of tha Bay
Scuuta of Amailta. )
KNOW YOUR CITY
Tho I'lnnliiKhaiii (Ala.) Junior
fhuiiihcr of Commerce Is doing a great
deal to aid scouting by a contest
known as "I Know ItlntiliiKhum." One
hundred questions have been suggested
by the different civic organizations
covering the historical, geographic,
population, climatic, Industrial, trans
portation, public utility, municipal,
cdiD-utloisil, financial, real estate und
general phases of the city. The scouts
who stieeesMfully puss one of the ex
aminations which are held euch quar
ter receives a bronze bar, hearing ho
words ''I Know IMrmlnghum." And
as soon us the scout earns this bar,
his record In civic service Is then kept
by his seotitinaster and when he bus
rendered KM) hours of such service, a
small bron.e civic service medal is
suspended by chains from this bar;
then when hU record, us certllled by
tho scout imiMier, shows ho bus ren
dered fit) hours of civic service, u
sliver medal is substituted for the
bron.e; und then when bis total
reaches 1,xm) hours, lie will receive a
gold ineilul In pliico of the sliver.
This politest Is stimulating much In
terest, not only uinong tho scouts but
among the citizens us well. In addi
tion to this awurd, the 1(1 boys who
pass the highest grades during theycur
are tuken on a truck trip over some
of tho old southern buttleflehU and
points of Interest along tho wuy. The
10 boys ho take this trip will meet
10 men from tho Junior Chamber of
Commerce on tho night beforo they
leave, and bold u meet along tho lines
of tho old-fashioned spelling match
with thoso questions forming tho basis
of competition in pluce of tho spelling
of wurd.-i.
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