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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1929)
FLASH : The Lead Dog : By GEORGE MARSH " .w- '' j si ilV . I ML i!: v,J i Ail n , ... .mtaMMiWJ J A Young LlschtsnsUlntr. tFrerre1 br the Nstlonsl (teed-aphls Society, Washtnstoo. D. C.) WIIKN I'rlnc Johan II of the little principality of Liech tenstein died a tow week ago lu bit eighty-ninth year, there came to an end the longest tvlfn In the West since tbe days of Louts XIV of France, seventy-one year. But mora than the reign of Julian ended. Voder provision which this fatherly tnouurcb had maile, hit Utile ntoun tuln-rlmmed domain ceases to have a princely ruler and becomes virtually rait of Switzerland. If yon are a map traveler, Liechtenstein-bound, follow the castled llhlne, skirt the Mark Foret to l'.ol. suing east past the Falls to the shed at Frledrlchahnfen, and yon are on the Lake of Constance, or liodcnsee, shared by Switzerland, Austria, and llennany. Turn south for SO miles up the broad valley between Switzerland and Austria and you reach the northern tip of the princi pality of Liechtenstein, which for the next 13 mlies look west screws the Rhine. To reach Liechtenstein In person requires self-dlsclpllne. One must leave I'arls and Switzerland behind and stop short of Vienna and Buda pest. Forego an evening In i'arls, be aboard the Hudapest sleeper Just le forr 8, and before lunch time you will arrive at Kucha, Switzerland. A few tulle to the east you will be sot down st Schaan Vadu. the division line station lietwccn Schellcnterg ami Vaduz, once separate units and fiefs of the lloman Empire. To the right the narrow plain be tween mile-high mountains and the Itl.lne stretches away toward Sarg ans. oft the south tip of the Lilliputian laud. To the left Is the "low coun who think of the principality as a part of the Swim customs union expects this small mountainside state to be west of the llhlne, lentiing against SL Gallen Instead of hang lug to the shoulder of Yorarlherg, Hut political chance hurdle a rlier enaiei then mountain high mountain do, I'Mll lull, free Liechtenstein was economically silled to Austria. The "K. KM" denoting kaiser and k'ns on tl.e Sch.inn post cfce. though partly otliti'ttited. Is still visibie. AgrlCultur and Industry. Here the libit Is r.o romantic rive fof deep-water s.illors, wl!h a primn donna n.eru aid parading her tres before bot lied haired loiiri.:s. It is a shallow story torrent U-d. now drj In sjh'H. now foamlrg with ti.e force of Alpine giacters. M;,a bus taken the rher In bun. I, ovenvme its mcusler It i habit, and confined It Mf pro,i!e, though curving hunk. 1'etafvn t! Rhine snd the sway back riie of Lie, htenstein Is a Bur row plain devoted to hay. corn and prain. ith orchards here and there stnteiy pop'nns marking some r,ls nt:d vlt.ev arils oa Hie gentler slopes At the place where It curis up to clll and mountain meadow, s road, spill It to a T by the Schelienherg, unite the vaile.v towns from Kurg-'ll and SehantmaM to Klein Mel. $c:an. with 1' Inhabitants. Is st the foeua of the three branches and the short Intornntlonsl roa.l to Ha.hs. Its chief landmark l a sharp pl-ed church whoe architect dor rowed Inspiration fMm the nce!!es of rvk !ne It. To the rip t the mo!ng mn-l lue Made of a s.iw tooth factory rf cus the gn-en of pine and bcvin. Farther South U t' e capital. wHlb the old chilcnu, f 'uniled on Itoman ruin, barirg over It like an ess'e pervhed Ne Its nt and lmklr.j at the res teiaern Its firt. To the right of the catie the tot tie grtn-n foret. veiling the f ires ot hmf rt -mes npn lioe toji are pleas ant plnti-au. merge the broken p-it tern of the rolling Trlenenherg, wh.me Chs'et s-fv'.jpd J, s park like region betwi-en l.irren terminal mountalira. lielow Is Trlem-n, from whose one fac tory chimney lihur coal s:mkes wtim winter tl- up the otherwise Ines atist'M water power. T rnowini-machine blaile hetw-n Sbaan and Vadut elges a spinnltii B-.SU rvvf. The Triesen smokestack rises above the loom of in nllliV weaving mill equipped with the Intesl apparatus for huinldlf)lng the atmos phere. The raw cotton come from America. The cloth Is old In Huda pest. The .) weavers come from the valley town and down from the Tr!eenherg. View ef Mountain and Valley. South of Triesen there I little evidence of man's works. At llalzara a large memorial church and a rock mass surmounted by Hurg Uutenbcrg. never captured, but now used a a hotel, are dwarfed by the Ulttagspltse and the Falknla, and are almost lost In the broadened plan whence a valley road mount I.uienstleg. At the foot of the Swiss Flascherberg. which bal ance the Schellenberg, I Klein Mel. The small cluster of home Is merged Into a green plain cut by a white road trailing to the Klein-Mel Truhhach bridge, one of the four-covered wood en structures which furnish communi cation with Switzerland across the man-timed llhlne. To north, the arms of the T confine a wide triangle of level, marshy land, with three small group of house spaced aero It farther edge. Above them rise the Schellenherg, a low rolling hill dwarfed by flanking moun tains. Above Schaan tower a wild rock face, scared aad torn by time's shrapnel. Closing In the southern end of the lamlscape Is the Fulknl group, almost as rticzod. Between Ihe ".tH foot Kuhgratspltz and S.Okfoot Faiknls the country' backbone dips to a scant S.i feet. o that one can look across this saddle to the Naaf kopf. whose 8.441 feet, shared with Austria nd Switzerland, marks the highest of a dozen or so more-than-mllehlgh peaks In this pigmy prln clpallty. At the ag In the ridge the crow country road ve a few feet of height by means of a short tunnel Joining the populous Trlesenherg with the desert-d lnp- of the Sam Ins vnllev. In summer one walks through this ("ripping tube from the htish of hsvflelds to th sound of grarlng cattle swaying melodloo be!'. The Samlna valley, narrow, thickly wooded for the most part, and llsht ened at Its bottom by a allver gre-n Imiie'nons Hver. cannot be seen from the Swiss slope, hut ss the observer Include In tils r!ew the heights he votid It. he can safely be said to com mnnd the entire country In one glace. Trsvt'trs Can Set It All. Protahtjf no other state eteenr Monaco tin been seen In Its entirety hy so many people- Neither Andorra nor Sin Marino Is so advantagiily piaceil F.ert visitor In the S!n so ciety nnrti of f'avo and St Morits could look the lencth of the prlnrit! lit from Sargns before his trnl.1 turns sottth awny fmm Llechtessteln Ttie trnreler to the Ijike of Contanen snd (JermatiT passes the shnle land In re iew The n,"-eriger tmln to -n brnck and the Tyrol or the trl weekly Orient evprexs rid.-s the ril's that separate I.Wbtensfeln Into the hizh ln?d an I iow Schaan evirrs stop stiS nietror oils, has plate class windows In hleit ready made gowns In late S'yles ar d'splaye,! though the women nstially spend their money for durable ting hsn. Ore shopkeeper hps tempted fate by keeplris modern mlirnery The home!? Inn at Vadns mlc'it no please fastldino travelers. The onlr ritrn'r.g wa'er Is In a stoti troueh outside tie's h!rom window Vet one looks back on It with loni'ns What If the lower ball was thor ot;;hfare for half the town' Exen s htin-hte a ennlial must have Its Pea cock al'ey. Tie hod was e'esn and eomfortab'e. The fiod. too rich and plentiful for a'l but active folk was dcs'stnel to satisfy one who had traT eiel along mountain traits. From the frsl i!y. one becomes a citizen. M n. m.i!d. and child, all look over one with U-ti but fr'end'y ep prtilsal. And what a dellcht It Is to pass this Informal Inspection srd he greeted with the password, "ilrtisi Holt." usually shortened t "Sgo't with neigt'hor'tne eonipresed eJ Into that short tillable! W N. U. SrvlM SYNOPSIS t'p ths wild waters of th an, known Yllow-l.e, on a winter's ount, Journey llrcck McCain and Qaapard Lscrnla, his Frnch-Crr eomrsils, with Flash, llroek's puppy and their dog Uam. Urock't father hail warned him of th danger of his trip. After seversl battles with ths stormy waters they arrive at a fork In the Yellow-Lea. II roc S Is severely In, jured In making a porta- and Flash leads Onapard to ths un. conscious youth. Ths trappers race desperately to reach their destination before winter sets In. Flash engages In a desperate flaht with a wolf and kills him. llaspard tells II roc a of his de termlnatloa to find out who killed his father. Tracks sre dlseovsred and the two boys separst for ecoutlng purposes. llrock I Jumped by two Indians and a whits man and knocked uncon scions, lis la held prisoner. One pa rd rescues htm while bis op tors sleep, llaspard believe these men killed his father and Is pre vented from killing them by llrock. While out slone O an pert Is shot from smbush by an In dian and kills his would-b slayer. While out oa his trsp lines llrock Is caught la a heavy snow storm. II Is lost and his food gives out CHAPTER VIII 11 The Hate of the Long Snows Pawn of the following morning over took the two still beading north. Tbe rabbit had put new life Into the husky. Although thinner, as yet bis thick coat shone with vitality, and he still carried hla busby tall Jauntily curved above hi back. Hut the days of starvation and grueling anowshoe Ing bad (tripped the flesh from the square frame of llrock McCain, tils hollow eyes glowed with ths tight that cone from toll without food That morning, as be traveled, his eyes began lo play blia tricks. II found It difficult to focus oa objects. Distant bills danced upon th horizon. Black spots and pinpoints of llghi blurred hi vision. Suddeuly, Ilk tbe chill of cold steel, the th iught that he could not sight bis gun on gams stopped bits dead In bl tracks, liais ing bis rllle. be tried to line the sights on a Jack pine, but the bead on the muzzle waverec tr and ait of th rear sight slot wMch appeared. Jieo faded, ben srpeared, s If mocking him. "I guess I'm dote for," b groaned. For a (pace black despair lived In th beart of the boy caught In the pltlles grip of the lot g mow. Then, as be stood brooding, a moist nose touched the bare band holding the rifle. The cares o' a warn tongue roused him. lie glanced down at the eager b.own eye which spoke worship of Hi loyal beart which beat In that Shaggy chest. "What you think, Flash, I the river over those bill? Can w make It, boyr For answer the dog whined, rubbing sgainst liruck's leg, ss th boy's band rested on the masslv skull. You're strong, boy. yet M.ijl, If w hit the river soon, yon ran pull tu up to the lake Uy leg won't last uiucb longer. 1 can't feel em any more." Then st the thought of bit father's word th boy pulled hhiiself together. "Flush, we've got the nerve, you snd L If we sre young, snd shy on btwh craft. Tomorrow, we're going through lo the river over that ridge!" So llrock plodded on, hoping agalml bope for the sight of game. Ilul th strange III lurk which often pursues those whose need I greatest, followed the footstep of the starving tmpier. Trails of fog and lynx, rabbit tracks, and tbe network paths of grouse snd ptarmigan he crossed, but for boor Id fieerlng ee saw no game met no Rounderln,. trull of caribou. Tliey bad left the country. Again dusk' fell. Again there were no rabbit runway In wh'cb to set snares. Again boy and dog sal In si lence by a fire. Over the fir hung a psll In which water boiled, la the water were (trips of th pelt of two riblilt and small piece uf rawblije thong. The ryrs of the boy. bright with starvation, hungrily watched the nauseous (tew. "Il won't help much. Flash." mut tered the b-iy. "Hut It'll warm us up warm us up My feet are cold re yours? I can't feel my toe the 8r' no good." With shaking hand the boy stirred the pitiful supr In the pall "Were bt and sti.ned out. Flash My legs si gi.-o for one day more ttn I giess Ira tbroutu." The waning pair finished ihe stew, then side by side Iny before in Are. "Of curse. Hash." wni:J.Ted th semlileiirbms Hnk, "I could sToot my pu,f Hti.l gel sack l-ot it meal ott joui old '-ne el ItiOt through the ear, eh) You'd never know what Lruk Id to too and t'icu he'd see home sg-.l.i ;lu fandly. Wvl d'yub aj r With s low whimper, the husky be iihp htm niiKted Into h rvv face, bmled In Ms id under fie mbea. want It rock to do It. do ynhT As If senslrg th ghastly meaning of the word, (he dog again thrust bl n Into the hiaaL For an Instant bl hairy muzzle loochesi the lean cheek ot hi master. Then wltb Ibroatj rumble It was withjrswa. Cnfiyris'it t Th l'tnn ruUUIiln Co. "You old fool I" cried tbe aroused youth, sitting up In hla blanket, stung by the dog' enreas. "You think llrock was serious? Crawl out by sliootlti' his pup like s dirty Indian?" Impul sively ths boy drew ths niatMlvs head of the husky to his breast. "You fool dog I llrock shoot hi Flush to shts bis own hldii?" And lb boy crooned Incoherently Into hairy ear. As ths greut plume of a tail waved to and fro, the deep throat of Flush rumbled tu ecitttcy. Dawn and dacd voyager, seek ing the valley of the frozen Yellow Leg, shultlcd on unsteady legs through the spruce Into the north at his beels a bony husky drawing a small to boggan. Through the nmriilna went the pair, stopping frequently to rest lean from lack of food though he was, the husky, owing to bis marvel ous vitality, still retained much of his strength. For the I'tigava, like a wolf, starves slowly. Hut the muster who reeled over ths while floor of forest and barren, neared the end of bis stamina. Two three miles mors, and the numbed legs would crumple under him the snow-shoe which slide me chanically, driven by ths dogged wilt, cense to move. Then, of a sudden, aa the uncertu.lt) eyes of lbs boy, whom hope had de serted, peered shead for the wlsd- fit Th Eys of th Boy. Bright With Starvation, Hungrily Watched the Nauseous Stew. break which would shelter bis tsst camp, bis heart gavs a great thruo. then checked, lo pound sguln furiously as he swayed on bis feet at what bs saw. "Deer trail V hs gasped. "Deer trail. Flash! Made this morning I U can't travel far In this! We'll bang to him, Flssh har.g to him!" Then the boy shivered as stark feat gripped him. Could be aim bis gunt Could be hit tbe game? Dul there was no place for doubt here, tie had lo bit blm. It was bis last chance. Leading Flash on a rawhide tbong. to prevent blm bolting wltb th sled when they saw their game, llrock fol lowed the trill, Hope now drove bis stiffened legs bop of red meat food life. And here, st last, tbe careful tralulng of month proved Itself. On a hash Flash bsd been trained Ui silence. The trait led through a liund of scrub spruce snd out over the packed snow of ley shell of, brook, tiers llrwk sudih-nly storied, bis Jaw drop ping In amazement "Moose!" b gasped. "Moo, Bp here on lb Yellow-lg !" Instead ot the fauiillur, round toed trucks of s caribou, stuuqsd Into tin hard footing. Ilk the thrust of die In wit. wer the long, potuled, cow Ilk tracks of s moose Following (tie trail which led In tbe direction of s heavy stand of black sprue and cellar, under s rlilge. llrock led bis plunging dog. "Shut up. Flash I Steady boyl bs ordered In low tones, "lie's there, la thst bush." Th animal had traveled up wind- be would not smell litem: o It was ! safe to bold lo tbe trull. Slipping oft the dog's names, leaving th sled, llrock led blm by th thong. As they entered ihe cover of the timber, ears and eyes tense, tbe heart of ths boy shook blm ss so engine shakes launch. Somewhere ahead In lh spruce wn food life, tf only be did not miss! tTO BE CXiNTlNCED.i Modern Japan Not much longer will Japan be th land of quaint medieval scenes and customs for the occidental traveler. 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