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