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PAGE THREW gl^nm encompassed the little car as which bad convicted him even before going to drink any of it. Though • From a distance of nip on a bleak anil dreary day ilka they drove homeward. They had the Jury had gone several miles before Eddie broks aome hundreds of m iles the littl»- this would help. But bed bids I*. the silence! "Eight hundred dollars, town bad taken an endearing and do- Maybe someone else would need a j sirable qualities. He wanted to go drink pretty badly, sometime I'at. That’s a lot of money." His thoughts were oot very clear, "I know It," agreed Patsy Jane, back where ba could see familiar faces, even though they were turned except that he emod keep the liquor gravely. for the present. He went apn;ri*om "We’ve got about sixty.” he wpnl from him. cold with disapproval. He worked doggedly away, hoping a short distance, looking for a uicha oq. with a rueful smile. This car is worth mighty little. All of our belong that the mood would pass, while the >r which to hide It. He found • nar rain drummed monotonously away on row opening under a rock which .1 it ings wouldn’t bring much " "The land Itself, Eddie. Couldn't the leaky roof of the log woodshed ted out from the bank of the stream, we sell part of It and pay off tbe • It was approaching noon when he lie thrust In bis srm; the hole >enl ] beard the exhaust of a heavy-laden back for a considerable distance. Ha M ic h a e l J. P h illip * taxes?" vehicle on the north and south road; pushed tbe bottle Into It as fa.* a i he I He shook bis head. "If* a dozen IU « M * r a * to n ( ljy ITanry J^y L «« could reach and went home to dlnne«'. aud later voices. ' miles from town and the railroad, if Capyrl¿j»t Miabaal V. PKilll»* The devil of restlessness and home When the voices persisted he went It were worth 'irtich for farming pur Bataaaad thru PuSILAar* AuZaoazZar Sarvia» sickness was not exorcised by 'he poses, which It Isn’t There are som" out to Investigate. A big truck from i Jsckplnes which would produce rail the north had attempted to make the tempting meal which Patsy Jane had prepared The warm kitchen fire and road tlea and fenceposts, only they'd turn ou of the sunken road Into the the crackling pine knots and splinter* bankrupt you, getting them to market. Long Prairie highway. But there was In the fireplace could not banish the muck Instead of sand for a footing T H E L E A D IN G C H A R A C T E R S — i you think of (he way »au should at the crossing of the stream •‘I.ook* Some city aportsman might like t clammy dew which the rain drinrming Edison Forbes, a young resident ol I smell. " as though there were aome travel on well enough to buy It as a summer near the creek and muck squashed Scottdale with an Inherent era« Ins I There was a trail following the that, loo." he continued. "We seem home, or for the deer season. But he treacherously under moisture. One of on the windowpane seemed to distil la for liquor, la held for the death of a easiest grade which surmounted the to have a corner on the main trails. wouldn’t give a great deal for the the rear wheels had sunken to the bis heart. "Guess I’ll run over and see Seal- hub. "Bet It was made by deer," This one inual go north till it hlta the whole thing, the house Included ” wiauan who has been killed by a boot knoll man," he said, when the dishes had The two hurley, hard faced men in lake Remember on tbe map bow "Oh. dear-” mourned Patsy Jane. legging truck. circum stantial evi said Eddie "Gee, you get a fine vie™ been washed and put away. "Want Huron cuta In sharply Just above us?” “1 don’t want to sell the whole short, waterproofed coats; the tar dence points to Forte's and ruthor up lierej" paullned truck, the bulge at the hip to go along. Pat?” The drive to the village waa awlft Hare spot were visible on top of the thing. I want It, I want It! I’m Just than tell the truth of the episode She looked out at the pelting rain of each of the truck attendants—ail which would d ear him but cast an knoll. The sod had been scraped and pleasant. There were few grades. crazy to live here!” there were easily-read signs This and shook her head. "I’ll put in a The aands which later In the sum m er "So am I. Pat Well maybe we can away, aud the subsurface was srysta other friend In a had light, he stands was a booze-truck. Apparently the riotous afternoon with those maga trial and Is sentenced to s long term line aud while as snow He broke off would he powdery aud hard to nego make the riffle. I’ll get a Job and main line of entrance from Canada zines we bought yesterday." she told In prison The governor of the stale, some of the crystals with his heel and tiate. was firm and damply brown. Il we’ll pinch and squeeze. That won’t him. ran past his very door. made a Ideal roadbed Tbe flivver be very pleasant." tasted cautiously. It was salt. "Sure,” an old friend of Bddlo'a father, be Waterproofed and booted he step "Want some help?" he asked, with skimmed about the myriad curvet at "I don't care," returned Pat, stur lieves nlm Innocent and pardons him he sa id ; "this la a deertlck. The deer ped out the back door and cut through a smile. They looked up suspiciously, They'll a smart pace dily "This place Is worth sacrificing shortly after his arrival at the Jail love salt. Just like cattle but his friendliness disarmed them. the fields toward Sealman’s. It waa Portage county had recently Invest for." (ravel miles to get It Ought to bn ? Scoots Llbbty, a worthless charoe He welcomed the break in the day’s not unpleasant. The sand was drink ed In a combined courthouse, Jail, and A flne Insistent rain was falling monotony. They cut a stout sapling ing up the rain as it fell. The brown ter, who has smashed bis ttachlne In some bunting here In the season. It was an ambitious (hough of course It's pretty close to offlce-bulldlng next morning when they awoke and for a lever; rolled a fire-blackened surface was firm and springy. Exer to auotber car, killing its lone occu two-story building of red brick. The there was a chill in the air which stub beneath the sunken hub tor a cise fought off the chill. pant, a woman Forbes’ t-ompanl n the house " population was sparse, and one ofllte They looked for miles over undulat seemed to penetrate the marrow The fulcrum; and paved the truck’s path end hlltbey quit the scene burrhtly. 8ealm an’s double log house _ wag . _ ing stretches of svildreneae It was housed three departments ,— clerk. leaving the former alone to f«c* a treasurer and register of deeds Peter J « * * 1» « » » « « m ess looked partleu way tQ flrm <rolind wlth b lu ot wood. pretentious. His barn, nearly as large. as though they were standing In the la e lo A a r v lm • as zt « < » r k tiz 4 z 4 I vs - _ ! .* k l . I T h a v a Isrly z4 desolate and forbidding, as constable who reaaous that Eddie, Within a few minutes the truck, bark- j sheltered a _ considerable 9tock There Wimple held all titles and transacted with the scent of whiskey about him bottom of a great cup, for on every though It were sufficient unto Itself Ing with deep exhausts, rolled oot of were impliments under a long shed, horlson, soft hills rose, green when all the but-lneas. He was a fat man must be connected in some way with In Its Inhospltallty, and resented the the bog. open along the front, which adjoined who. In anticipation, of summer had tbe accid en t Accordingly, Forbes la not too far away, purple with added human beings who attempted to live the barn Almost from his own line Once on safe footing the driver distance The stream with Ita thicker already donned a black alpaca c«ai. within IL arrested. brought the vehicle to a halt. The fence Eddie could eee that the soil ’’The Forbes quarter-section*" he vegetation, was a slender green slash » F a tly Jans, E d d ie s pretty w ife. Eddie had dragged several black guard, who had been working with was closer knit and heavier, because which ran Into the picture from the echoed to Eddie’s question "Oh. yes; a«r<-ea Rial public sentim ent runs too ened logs Info the woodshed the pre Eddie, went forward. After a little of an ad-mixture of clay with the sand. far nortb and disappeared In the That’s over east here, near Sealman’s. high against him Accor-llngly they He waddled to a large, canvas-jacket vious day, and after breakfast he at low-toned conversation with his com It compared favorably with the land* south of the rich agricultural belt of south migrate up north to soma land that Patsy Jane sighed with satisfaction ed book and made tome figures, which tacked them with axe and bucksaw, panion, he thrust hts hand under the ern Michigan. baa been In the family for yaara. seat and brought forth a bottle of slimmer volume of M « “ 1 1 ,h e P«» ot WH«U o t stove-length "It's wonderful up here. Eddie," she i he checked In (T O BE C O N T IN U E D ) proportions. Mettled In their log cabin llqnor. So still, so peaceful, so j red leather. breathed. tsatnb Ssalman, a neighbor, pays unspoiled -Much obliged, kid.” he said gruffly Patsy Jane sang llghtheartedly Let’* stay forever!" ; "You property’s had a ccuple tax- tbe Forbes a visit and Intimates that He put in arm about her. “ All plasters put on It," he announced within the house as she arranged and • Have a little drink on us. And any: CALL AND SEE Dr. N. W. there are some back ta in s for tbe right." he sgrewd "only we can’t "Certificates ara held by Marcus rearranged the scant furniture, and Just forget you saw us. Hey?” Eddie stood looking at the bottle on prices on plate and other work, (f young cuuple to pay Meatman offefs live on green grace and scenery. I’ll Bower, of Chicago. Yaar of grace swept and scrubbed. But a reaction to give Eddie a Job after be goes down have to And something to do. you 'pretty near up. Want to pay now?" had set In with her husband. He felt In his band. HU first Impulse waa to ITOU BALB— Carbon paper In He to I xjb * Porta*), a nearby town, and knew, to help out the trout we catch.” "No.” answered Eddie apologetics) depressed and shivery. He was home- smash It on a nearby rock. sheets. ï<xZ» inches, suitable W 1 sick for Scottdale, Scottdale the un- raised his arm, In fact, to do so. Th 'n learns about (he U se s "Oh. you will," returned his 'wife, ly. "How much time have IT' niaMwg tracings T h e new s OfTlen. “Oh, about flve months—until the generous, the narrow and unkind, he temporized. Of course, he wasn't optimistically, "Why. Mr Sealman first of September. Then If you don't has offered you a Job already." CHAPTER VII B id News j "IJh huh," he grunteu. "And I may pay up be takes title.” "How much do I owe, altogether?" Eddie looked after him with wrm.. . lake II. Though I’m not crazy about The fat man figured. “Eight hun I- Healm.tn tie's sort of—well what brows when Bealman str e e t off to the I red and ninety-seven dollars and northwest "Wonder what ho means you might call slick, l*aL" I ninety-throe cents. That’s everything about taxes. Pat?" he mused ‘’Tliey They resumed their Inspection They that's overdue, and the penalties he can't be ao much ,cau they— Who'd found that the road from Izing Port- VBn collect they-re heavy. have the nerve Io tax -his stuff?" 11« age flanked the south line of Meal- There was a moment of stunned pointed nut to the rolling acres that man's place, cut 'through their own silence. "This Mr Bower,” ventured flowed up to their door from nearly property near the .center. and crossed i Kflfll«. "Who Is he and what's his every direction. It * a s innocent of the creek not fur from their front idea of bidding It In?" vegetation except sparse, lagsurd door The high banks were notched "Well, he's a rich man. I think he swi-etfern and bracken. Just peeping at this point so the road might de wants to get big block of stuff back i throught the thin, old stalks, stunted, scend to water level. There was no there as a reserve for fish and game scattered Jack pine; ana the occz- bridge "Must be other settlers be I'tn his agent for thia county.» You atonal Jugged shell of a lone pin« of yond.” surmised Fiddle. "Lake Huron can pay me the back-taxes when you aome else, blackened by repealed fires Isn’t a great many miles away over get the money.” "I don't know, » Id le Let's drive there to the east.” divwwtown tomorrow and And out." Another road came down from the CH A PTER VIII They slept soundly that night. The The Old Curse bedroom con t.ln .sl an Iron b estea d . , north close to the water’s edge Join soberness which waa almost ing the o.eln east Ubd west highway stout and serviceable Equipped with th eir camping bedroll. It served ad mirably. After breakfast they went out lor u survey of the quarter-section ; It was an oblong, the longer dimen sions from north Io south It had j once been fenced. But many of the posts were missing now. and the barb A n Inspiration fo r Stunning Frocks and Coats ed wire, rusty and snarled, lay on the ground or trailed forlornly. The land sloped from the north and west. It —So many new weaves, such novel surface was bisected by a brisk stream. Port finishes, so many fascinating new colors, appear —on a — age Creek, which purled over stones, a novelty In the Jackplne country, In this group of earliest fall woolens that your where there Is very little rock founda only difficulty will be in choosing your favorite. tion. Willows grow thickly along the stream and tnere was an occasional strong young hardiwood The banks of the stream were very -—They come In such convenient 54 and 56 inch sleep and precipitous, capable of hold widths and include such colors as rose quartz, ing no more water than flowed be tween them, even at freshet lim e Not Tuscan Un, gardenia green, ember, Lindbergh far from the southwest corner of the blue, glacier blue, gobelin, etc.—shades as allur property was a curious mound It rone abruptly from the plain to a heltfit of ing as their poetic names. perhaps eighty leet. It was as large as a d tv block at the top. a rough ovnl In shape. —Heather "Tweed Coatings" in gorgeously __"Needlesheen,” a beautiful and closely woven fabric, great array of colors, 56 The »Ides and lop were clothed in colored block and plaid patterns, 56 inches n trick emit of luxuriant old grass inches wide, yard $2.98. wide, yard $3.98. through which the new spears were i —All wool "Chintz” Mixtures, 54 inches — “Charieen," similar in weave to Needle- sheen; striking new hues in browns. 56 shooting. It was Interspersed with wide, yard $2.98. inches wide, yard $2.98. stout trees and hushes. "That's a —All wool "Featherweight Flannels,” eleven queer thing.” commented Eddie, when new colors, 54 Inches wide, yard at $2.49. —"Patterned Charmeen,” depicting some thing new in stripes and broken plaids; they had stopped to survey It. —Heavy quality "Kasheen Sport Flannels,’’ 56 inches wide, yard $2.98. "Wonder what It la—Indian burying 56 inches wide, at the yard $2.25. ground? There were lots of redskins —Pressed "Heather Tweeds,” especially —"Kasha Flannels,” of a lovely quality, all colors, 66 Inches wide, per yard $2.98. around here In the old days. suiUble for children’s school coats, 56 —"English Tweeds” in novelty patterns; "Would the Indian heap earth up so Inches wide, yard at $1-85. very servicable for coats, 56 inches wide, high? queried Patsy Jane. "It might —"Sagless Jersey," just what its name im at yard $3.98. be a relic of the Mound Builders.” plies; new solid colors, 56 inches wide, -"M ulti-Colored Suiting,” revealing 98 cap They followed a path a-hlch was yard at $1.98. Pay 75c down and $1.00 a month and we'll tivating coloo tones. 56 inches wide, very fed by many branches, and which com —French Spun "Sagless Jersey," distending new Indeed, yard $4.50. pletely «unrounded the mound. On in weave, 56 Inches wide, yard at $3.50. give you $1.00 allowance for any old Iron the south aide of the great heap of —"Flasha Flannels," very soft finish and —"Two Tone” Woolen Suiting to be made into Inexpeslve school frocks. Yard wide, earth waa a bare space, tike a «car. drapes so gracefully. 66 Inches wide at, yard 98«. _ The expoeed earth waa vart-eotors« yard at $2.98- Another Interesting Feature. They There were streak* of yellowish —Solid color "Flannels”—and they are Are so Attractively Priced— brown, of chalky white, and dark pur shrunk. 66 Inches wide, per yard $2.96. ple These were aoeumpanlad and bi states po w er sected ' by thinner aemj-transparedt ' A frinì . veins of a quart* Ilk* *nb»t**o* spark lad daffy In the sunlight, eteirp«« chuRff- an« sniffed an yfhtUg, F a i r Her kttle nose •was wrinkled EDAR. SWAMP a a a a v Fall Fabrics O n ly 75c A First Showing of Designs Slated for Autumn Success Down NEW WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC IRON Never too H o t----Never too Cold G e t Y o u rs T o d a y Total price only $7.75 With old Iron $6.75 mountain plexedly -T u ll that earth sm elto - company -Do It Electrically’ anaelle tour " "That's IL" he nodded “Sour makes a a a t