FLASH
: The Lead Dog :
By
GEORGE
MARSH
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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.
The Os.iga municipality bat completed
all the geological Investigations snd
other necessary arrangements for the
construction of a high speed tratnear
seniie. The system will cotisH of
underground snd overhead lines, to be
completed st an estimated coat of
f0.0lO.iO.
Firtf to Be Cremated
Th body of th first person to be
crenitel In the t'nlted Plate wis
that of Ramn d 1'slln at Waablnf
too, l a. In IST4
mam
Diamond Dues
lasv to use
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May Have Secret of
Famous Violin Maker
A violin maker of Milan bus every
reason tn bullovs that be has the secret
of 8trinllvurlut, the nmator violin mak
er of Cremona, whoso Instruments
have long been regarded as the beat
ever made, Tho Milanese I In posses
sion ot several papers which seeiu to
tie the work of Htrndlvnrlus giving
details of the preparation of wood and
vnrnlsh for tbe manufacture of violins.
Tho papers wore subjected to the scru
tiny of a handwriting expert, snd by
mnklng comparison with authentic
writing ot Strudlvarlus he has declared
the writing to bs that of the old Cro
mona violin maker. The Milanese mak
er bos made an Instrument following
these directions, and It Is said lo have
afl tbe Quulltlc of a genuine "Slrad."
The papers were discovered by a Hum
an atilluunry to whom an old desk had
been sent for restoration. They had
been reposing for years In secret
drawer.
If von wish heantlful clear white
clothe, use Huss Hall Hlu. Large
package at Grocer. Adr.
Burro Out ef Business
Th burro waa ones on of the In-
stltutlou of th West, but now In
many sections, particularly In th
8oulbwest, th animal has been
thrown Into ths discard. Ones they
were valued burden bearer, but now
they have been abandoned, as their
work Is done by tbe automobile. They
hsv been set at large In many In
stances by their one-tlms owners, snd
roaming In small bands they have be
come nuisance. They enter th
smaller towns at night and, besides
annoying Ihe residents with their
noise, they do considerable damage to
crops and other property In their
search for food. The town of Santa
F In Sew Mexico for a while em
ployed a man to kill wandering
burro.
World. Dark Ages
Historians differ as to tl exact
period known aa th Dark ages. It Is
generally believed to comprise ths
arller centuries of ths Ulddls ages,
period of probably about TiJ years,
Ilsllsn regards ths Dark ages ss be
ginning wltb tbe Elitb century and
ending wltb ths Fifteenth.
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