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The Plains By James Oliver Curwood C by Doubled? Doran Co., Ina. WNU 8nr!c. THE STORY With hti Entltih wifo, CMW tn, and ion, Jctmt, Henry Bu Uln, French itttUr In Canada In Hit, cultivaui a (arm adjacent to tht Tonttur talgncurl. Aa th atorjr opana tha Bulalna ara r tarnlng from a visit to tha Ton taura Catherine's wandering brothar, Htpilbah, maata tham with presents (or tha family. CHAPTER II Continued Catherine took off her cape and kood and patted her hair more prop erly Into place before a mirror hnng lag od the wall. Henri knew how fa at liar heart waa tripping as he took her lianda. and held them for a moment and aaw a mint of tears behind her lashea. It had been two yours since he had seen Hepslbah. two year of yearning and praying and hoping for this Irresponsible brother, the last of ier close blood ties, who came and went with the Inconstancy of the winds nd yet had never succeeded In spoil ing her dream of having him some day mu a permanent member of her little family. Each time he came to them, Hepalbah was full of promise, swear ing upon his soul that he had made up his mind to remain with them forever, a Catherine pleaded with him to do; and then, some day or night, he would disappear with all his belongings, and bo one would see or hear him go, and tt might be six months, or a year, or, a In this Instance, even longer before fee returned, ready to promise and wear upon his soul all over again tmt sure to steal away In the end as before. Bach time that he came, he bore trage pack en his shoulders, as If partly In penance, and the opening of thla pack and the distributing of Its patents had come to be the biggest rant In Jeems' life, and also In his mother's In a slightly less degree. But Jeems bad no trespassing thought of tae never-falling bundle as he went back for his gun In the company of bis beloved Uncle Hep. At the most providential of moments, his hero of an heroes was at his side, and secur ing this mighty personage's pledge of aecrecy he lost no time In telling him about the boy he hated. Marking the grip of Jeems' hand, and catching t:.e telltale tremble In his voice, Hepslbah sat down upon the bag of ground corn ud did not leave It until by shrewd (ueetlonlng and sympathetic Interest be had drawn from Jeems' heart a large part of what It had withheld from his parents. At a second loud blowing of Henri's dinner horn they rose to their feet, and as Hepslbah shouldered the corn, his round red face was like a full moon of promise nd cheer, "It doesn't take size to win a fight, Jeemsy," he said, speaking In a con fidential way. "Barring this Dutch man at Albany, I've never been rib roasted by a b!g man yet, and I'm only tolerable alzed, you observe. I've al ways had a reasonable preference for the big ones, come aa come can, for Cbey are slower to move and fall harder, and nine oot of ten of them carry fat fbis Paul Tache, now I know by your telling of him that you can cob and eomb him until he begs for mercy. Ifa all what you've got your mind made up to, Jeemsy nothing more and nothing leas. And you've got your mind made up to warm him, so go and do it, I say." Catherine came around the corner of the cabin to meet the plotters, and Hepslbah discreetly held back further words as he winked broadly at Jeems. It was the great night of two long years in the Bulaln cabin, and Cath erine's three Betty lamps and her Phoebe lamp and a doten candles as well were lighted in honor of it, so that when darkness fell thick and tarleas about the wilderness, with masses of rain clouds gathering over bead, the home at the edge of For bidden valley was bright with glow and cheer. The roaat was cut open, and with attendant dishes of sukqut tahhaah, Johnnycake, potatoes, and carrots, and hasty pudding with maple alrup, gave opportunity for such feast ing that an hour was well gone before Eepslbah Adama thrust back his end of the long table bench and brought forth bla fat pack from under the tain which led up to Jeems' sleep ing loft. "Just a few little trinkc-ts," he be gan, using the Identical words Ije had employed one year after another. "A few whlra-whams and baubles for the boy, a bit of trumpery for Sister, and a farthing worth of nothing In par ticular for you, Henri. Ah, here we Lave the first package, with writing on It In the band of the schol.tr who sold me the goods a cap, a ruffle, a tucker, and a bolt of luce at five shillings a yard I Now who In this room can such lilies be for unless " and at Cath erine's delighted exclamation he tossed the bundle to her. But scarce had she opened it, with her eyes Intent upon her business, then Hepslbah uiifur'ed a red silk pettlcost In the candle glow, and this time Catherine sprang to her feet with an amared Intake of breath, fur so well had Hepslbah arranged his surprise that, one after another, he bad a white love-hood, a black love bood, end three more petticoats on the table one of scarlet with black lace, one of colorod drugget with pointed lace, and a third of black silk with ash-gray lining; and as Catherine stood gazing upon these treasures fit ,Zor a queen be added to them two of Abraham pairs of stays for an elghteen-lnch waist, and then ahowered over them such an array of lace drowlas, gar gets, ptecadlllies, atui other necker chlefa that Catherine closed her eyes for a moment and then opened them wide aa If there might be a chance of aome clever trickery In It. "Dear Mother In heaven 1" she cried. "Are all of these ravishing things for me? They must have cost a fortune 1" pausing to look at her smiling brother and at the same time holding up the scarlet petticoat with black lace. "This one, for Instance "Two pounds fifteen shillings," said Hapslbah, opening his pack wider and working his hands Quickly. "And to go with these dresses I have here rullles "As Long as You Live, You Must Nsvtr Part With This Pistol, Jeemsy." and tuckers and threads and buttons and ribbons, and four pairs of the nicest shoes that ever came up the Hudson," and placing these last-named articles on the table with a flourish of arms. Hepsibah gave a gloating chuckle and paused to fill his pipe. Jeems' heart was near breaking with suspense, and it seemed to give an audible crack when tils Uncle Hep's gnarled hanas went Into the pack again. He drew a bulky package from his store and passed it to Jeems' father. "Three of the finest pipes I ever laid my eyes ou," he announced. "One made in Holland, one In London, and one in America, and five pounds of Virginia tobacco to go with them, Henri, along with a hat, a coat, and a pair o' boots that may take you with honor to any swolrree or gentry merry making this side of the sea. Now, how's that?" And he stepped back as if his pack were entirely empty and held nothing at all for Jeems. For an eternity, It seemed to Jeems, hla uncle remained in this terrifying posture. Then, with deliberate and aggravating slowness, Hepslbah Adams returned to his pack. No one of the three who were watch ing him would ever have guessed that Hepslbah's act was one weighted heavily with the force of destiny, nor that with dramatic inevltableness It waa to change the course of human Uvea, bringing the high down to earth, and the earthly to great heights, loos ing passions and hatreds and loves, breeding tragedies and Joys, and end ing, at last, in what It is the purpose of this humble chronicle of human vents to narrate. A swift-coming thought, a deft re turn Into the pack of a small bundle which be had Intended for Catherine, and Eepslbah had changed a world. On such trivial happenings do the most powerful of the fatea sometimes rest. Out of the farthest corner of the col lapsing pack he brought this bundle to light once more and unwrapped It aa he turned toward Jeems' "big-eyed, anxious face. "Jeemsy," he said, "If I've put the notches In my memory right, you were born on the coldest January day I ever saw, and that makes you just twelve years and four months old this eve ning, which means that only three years and eight months He be twixt you and the day when you can be counted a man. According to law, you are a king's subject of maturity from that day and can take life and all Its belongings into your own hands, so long as you are honest about It, and can stand up in equality before the stiffest periwigged Judge in the Colonies or New France. In other words, Jeemsy, I mean that in less Great Buddhist Temple It Is the Chandl Rorobudur, at DJo kJUarta, the ancient temple ruin 8'J5 miles tip the hills west of I'.atavla. Its carved, gray, volcanic rocks tell the story of Gautama Slddhurtha the Enlightened, or the Uuddha, for whom the temple bells tinkle In Ceylon and Burma and the bronze gongs clash In 10,000 lamaseries In Tibet, China and Mongollu, writes Allan T. Holcornb, In the New York Herald Tribune, Vast In slue, magnificent In architec tural conception and unbelievable In I to wealth of fantastic bas;rellef, the Ilorobudur now stands desolate and solitary in the midst of one of the world's most teemlngly fertile plains. A bit of the ashes of the All Wise nnd Enlightened One rests under the mighty itupa with only an occasional than four short yeara you will bt a full-fledged man!" Having delivered himself of this In troductory peroration Hepslbah fin ished unwrapping the package, and never had Catherine beheld such a handsome piece of velvet as that which her brother displayed in the candle glow. It was. par excellence, the finest of the treasures he had brought, a cloth of matchless beauty, a crimson glory so filled with changing tuunors and colors thnt It seemed to be alive In his hands. Surely this was another present for his mother, Jeems thought. But to his atnnreinont and Catherine's surprise Hepslbah thrust the cloth Into Jcema hands. "For Mademoiselle Marie Antoinette Tonteur from her devoted admirer, Daniel James Bulaln," he announced. "Jeemsy, don't blush. Twelve and ten are not far from sixteen and fourteen, when you will be man and woman, and if ever a seigneur's daughter finds herself lucky it will be on the day she marries a son of the tribe of Adams. The writing on it, Jeemsy, tells wliere't came from and how much It cost; and along with It I have brought yon some nankeen for britches and clothes, four shirts, and a three-cornered hut with a black ribbon, six handker chief s. and a Jnckkntfe, two pairs o' serge britches, as many of now shoes, and this," and from the now com pletely emptied pack he drew forth a beautiful long barreled pistol, his ryes aglow with a lighting man's pride as he fondled It In the light of the can dles and pointed out Its merits in Jeems. "As long as you live, you must never part with this pistol, Jeemsy," he said. "It Isn't new, you sec, but Its record Is one of glory as long as my arm, and I'll tell you about It si.ni. day. It's a killer, lad, a killer deadly and sure, good for a hundred paces with leas than an Inch of drop," and he gave the weapon Into Jeems' hands. An Instant of disapproval gathered in Catherine's eyes. "It was kind of you to bring the cloth for Antoinette but I do not care for the pistol, Hepslliah," she said. "A pistol makes me think of men fighting men. And here we are at peace, having need only of t he rifle and of Jeemsy's bow and arrows to bring us meat. I feel It Is not bet!M As she simke thus confidently of pence, a cloud came ovrr llepsihuh's face, but In a moment he had laughed it away and was telling her that with in a week she would be as proud of her boy's marksmanship as nho now seemed fearful of the pistol's Influ ence upon his future. The next day was the day of the auction sale nt Lunu's place. I .tut san was a wealthy fanner nt the edge of the next selgneurle, ten miles away. He was returning to his old home near the Isle of Orleans, a country he l.ked better than the Ulchelleii, and was selling most of his goods. Among these were a plow with an Iron point, a forty-gallon snap kettle, and a loom which Jeems' father wanted, so he had planned to start with the ox early In the morning. Jeems had heard Tonteur sny he intended to buy Lus san's three slaves, n mother and father and daughter, and that the young wench was for Tolnette. Tolnette would be with her father. He would take his treasure package with him to Lussan's and f.nd an opportunity to give It to her. Should I'aul Tache be there and dare to overlord him again, or laugh In his meanly suggestive way, or apeak sneeringly, or so much as say a word against his gift for Tolnette. . . . A rumble of fresh-growing thunder was advancing out of the west, and preceding It cam a roar of wind and a deluge of rain. Lightning cut once more In vivid flashings across the nar row panes of the bedroom window, and the roof seemed to bend and groan under a sudden torrential bom bardment. Jeems fought In nnlson with the elements. His spirit mounted savagely with the turmoil. He had hla enemy down and was thrusting hla head Into wet and slimy mud. He waa beating his face and eyes, and polling bis splended raiment, and pulling out his hair. And Marie An toinette was looking on. With the gor geous red velvet In her hands and her eyes big and starry, she was watching him as he choked and kicked and pom melled the life out of I'uul Tache! The outburst of thunder and wind and deluge, a whim of playful spring, passed as swiftly as It had come, and, In passing, It left Jeems breathing quickly and fiercely in his bed. He had risen In these momenta to reckless height and his mind, hot with Its desire for action, had aettled with grim assurance upon what would happen the next day. First he would present his gift to Tolnette. Then he would do what hla Uncle Hep had told him to do. He would whip I'aul Tache. (TO BE CONTI.VUED.) Deserted and in Ruins pilgrim to do reverence as he strug gles up the terraces on the eightfold path of perfection. Priests of the yel low robe and the shaven head no long er flit through the stupendous gal leries. Dutch guards keep vigilant watch on all visitors, especially enterprising American tourists, who have bean more than suspected of knocking off and pocketing small heads of the Buddha and his more interesting disciples. Christopher Columbus The time of the birth of Columbus Is uncertain, historians plating It all the way from 1430 to 1440. The date of lils death, however, Is fixed by au thorltles at May 20, 1500, at Val ladolld, Spain. OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERALjNTEREST Principal Events of the Week 1 Assembled for Information of Our Readers. THE MARKETS Portland Wheat Big Bend bluestem, 70c; soft white, western white, tide; hard winter, northern spring, western red, c;ic Hay Buying price, f. o. b. Portland: Alfalfa, fl7.D0SjiS; valley timothy, 117.50; eastern Oregon timothy, J194P J20; clover, U; out hay, Jll; oats and vetch. jn.&OtfU. Buttortat -:i fi:7c. F.ggs-Kamii, 144,2 to. Cattlo Steers, good, $S.75if9.1G. Hogs Ootid to choice. j!l.25if9.G0. Lambs Good to choice, Jfi.SOtf 7.1)0. Seattle Wheat Soft white, western white, 6fic; northern spring, hard winter, Western red, file; bluestem, CSc, Kggs Kanch, 12iJlc. Butterfat 2'Je. Cattlo Choice steers. $7.50 ff 50. Hogs-Hood to choice, $9.50iJ 9.C5. Lambs Choice, JG 50 ii 7. Spokane Cattlo- Ftecrs, good. J7.50 3 S.:5. lloRd OooJ to choke, J9.D0. l.uml Medium to good.$5tJG. Official census figures for Astoria give the city 10.319 inhabitants. Fire, believed to have been of In cendiary origin, destroyed two build ings in tho business section of Harris burg. W. L, Johnson, a pioneer of Ashland, has celebrated his 93d birthday. In spite of his advanced age tie Is still active. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson A. IUirtlett of Ontario celebrated their Coth wedding j anniversary with a family reunion ru tetitly. Tho Union Pacific system formally dedicated tho Hew J150.000 two-story union station to the city of La Orando at an impressive ceremony recently. Tho year of 1030 has been a gocd year and when the state total (if build ing permits Is lucd, Klamath Fulls is expected to Le second to Portland. Astoria's police department has found a new use for confiscated moon shine. It Is mixed v.lih kcrosruo and used iu tho radiators of tho police curs. Floyd H. Moffit of Lostlno has moved a house from Kuterprlso and set it up on his Lostlno property. It was loaded on wagons and hauled by teams. Two robbers appeared as uninvited guests at a wedding party in Klamath Fulls, and after holding up seven per sons, escaped with about IS In cash and three watches. Seventy five pounds of tin foil has been sent to the Shrine hospital In Portland from the Uedmoud grade schools, 28 pounds of w hich was col lected by the first grade. Southern Pacific officials have au thorized the beginning of their J200, 000 development plan of filling in their property on the west side of Lake Ewauna, at Klamath Fulls. The Newport chamber of commerce and the city council are petitioning the state highway commission to def initely locata the Oregon CouBt high way through the city of Newport. Fifty acres of strawberries are to be put out on the Mike Svoboda farm a few miles east of Sclo, according to W. J. Turnlrlge, who has recently loused tho farm for a term of years. Peautlfleatlon of Pilot Ilutto park at P.end has been Included in tho Hlute highway program of work for the un employed, licsldes burning dead trees, unsightly boards ore to bo removed. Taxpayers of Oregon will bo called upon to pay J,842,!)49.09 toward sup port of the Htato and its various activ ities in 1931, according to the tax levy promulgated by the state tux commis sion. Tho mlllage tax In Palter next year will bo 4C.1 mills as compared with 47.6 mills this year. Tho reduction was effected desplto tho reduction la assessed valuation from $27,038,907 to t2(J,li50,139. Owing to tho fact that kippered sal tnon Is In much greater (lonuind thun tho fioah or cunned variety, the Em pire packing plant near Murahflold, has installed equipment to kipper 1000 pounds per day. Tho Prouty Lumber & Pox company mill at Warronton which has been shut down for some months, will be r cpenod about January 15, according to George F.yors, office manager. Tha mill will give employment to about 150 men. Mail to tho Tloaver creek nectlon ol Lincoln county is now routed from Toledo to Puyvlew over an old dirt road, tho mull carried at present being required to uho a four-horso team to get the light buck back and 'forth every other duy. Wild blackberries, largo and lusci ous, mo ripening up In tho hills of Ouifield, about four miles from Ksla cadu. Tho beriiea were found ou vines aholtcrcd from frost and warmed by tho winter sun on clear days. A now kind of dog ami cat food has boon placed on the Astoria market, It is manufactured by thu Columbia Klver Puckers' iisHoclutlon from scrap fish, cereals and vegetables. Flsli, thrown away ordinarily, iuo used. Forgetting that his car was In gear, Louis Kirk of Hanks attempted to crank it. It started up, ran Into Kirk nnd knocked him down, and then cir cled about thu street uud Into thu front (if tho Hanks confectionery. More than IlO.miO utitomohiloa vis ited Champeeg park dining thu year 19110, according lo a letter received by the Million county court from Albert 1'or.ler, tu.itodlan. Tozler estimated that 120,000 piTsoliS entered tho park, (if this numhiT 7Sl eamo by steam boat. The market tor the small lumber mills (t the tot t a no Orovu section has been bolstered during recent weeks by tho dciuumis of tho Standard Season ing Miclcty, wliK h lias had sufficient btidgo plunk und structural timber business to keep 15 of theso outlying 11. ills operating i,:lit time, Tho oKiest residency now Btandlns In Lebanon was badly daiiuu.ed by it fuo which c.uii;ht f m in nil overheated atove. Thu rear purl of tho houso was built by Hi v. T. L. Woodward 111 1Sj2. wheii be look up tho laud us a dona tion laud claim. Too mulii part of tho hou.oi vwis built In 1SG2. The problem of removing a group of houses from deep center field in the biihiliall puik ut Heiid was solved re cently when (ire of unknown origin razed thu structures. Huiichull team managers und fans have been attempt lug to find some means of getting rid vt tho Iiuukcs (or thu pat ten years. As proof of tho (act that things grow "bigger and belter" In Oregon, Kil Fellows in tho 1 1 1 K lil.iti.l il.MtrUl near Heaver creek, 13 miles east of Oregon City in (iackuinas county, dis played two ttirnlis, t:n! welching ten pounds and tho othtr six. They wero turned over to tho state chamber of commerce. Tho November ripott of tho cow t: .iting uxmh laiioii In Tillamook t i mi ty hhows u iletiiled slump in tho pro duction or milk uud butterfat. Tho re port tihows thnt milk j roduction fr the 107 herds was l,o0J,:!nl pound'!, which Is 4 1 s.U'.'J pounds le.s thall (or tho previous month, liuilerl.it showed a tlccrcuMi of 20,o7j pounds. Jiecausu of u teehuicality in tho Ore gou h hool laws, It wilt bo necessary to hold tho Meilfurd school bond elec tion ncain, it was announced by K. II. lleilrick, city schoui superintendent. Tho law requires that the (list noticu bo published 15 days before tho elec tion, und that neither tho publishing duto nor the election day count. That Hie nun skid blacktop on the Columbia blghwny in Hood Klver coun ty Is dangerous In cold weather Is dally attested by the number of wrecks occurring on that section. The anow (ills and pai ks hard on thu rouh sur face, und with a frost becomes a glnzo of Ice, and It is mated that with this condition prevailing, automobiles can scarcely keep the road. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Donley, biv lloved married longer than uny other couple In the state, celebrated their C9th wedding anniversary recently. Married In Chicago, they crossed th plulns to Auburn, linker county, 1SC2, tho scetio of tho first gold discovery in Oregon. Donley Is a builder, nnd tho original owner of tho old Donley Mountain road, which bears his nnnio. Losses In merchantable timber, logs nnd logging equipment duo to forest fires In Oregon during the piiHt hoiu Hon, were tho lowest ulnco 19H1, ac cording to Lynn F. Cronemiller, atute forester. With a record of 1200 fires In forested arena Curing thu season, covering 62,070 acres, losses amounted to J79.G97. In PJ29, 1472 fires burned over 258,235 acres, tho loss for that aeaaon amounting to more than Jl,5oO, 000. According to L. I). Wilcox, county fruit tgint, In connection with tho aoutli'in Oregon experiment atntlon nt Tulent, them nro 80,000 ncrea of tilled land In Jacknou county, of which 35,000 ncrcs are under intensive irri gation. Livestock nnd fhelr products nro valued nt ?l,fi45,Oi)0 annually. Fruit is valued nt JC,o00,000 annually. Tho total annual income from nil other 8oura8, such us grain, poultry nnd vegetables, Including the nbovo values, is act from U,000,000 to J10,000,000. Kills Graves of Upper Highland, near Oregon City, with a crow of mon, has started cutting piling on his place for ahlprnent to Japan. Tho piling Is trucked to Now Kra, where it is d urn ti ed Into the Willamette river and rafted nnd towed to Portland. fceven persons lost their lives ns th rcuult of fires In Oregon dining Do comber, six of whom were children under tight years of ago, according to a report prepared by tho ctute tire iimrslml. Property destroyed by fire hud a vuluo of mora than 1,000,000. INDIGESTION When you suffer from heartburn, gas or Indigestion, It's usually too much mid In your slomuch. Thu quickest way to slop your l rouble la wllh Phillips' Milk of Magnesia. A. spoonful In water noiilrnlUos ninny times Its volume In stomach mills Instantly. The symptoms disappear In live minutes. Try Phillips' Milk of Magnesia, nml yoi will never allow yourself o snlTer from over acidity iv;aln. It U the standard null mid with doctors. Your drug-doro tins Phillips' Milk of Magnesia, with directions for use, In generous -oc nnd f'e boltles. Found Something Good to Say About Spinach. The reappearance In the newspa per of Kiishmaiiiurtl, now sojourn ing In a ensile In Holland, recalls bla encounter with Pllen Peach Vuw, the Cullfoinlii soiii:blrd. Mi'iital science, health, theosophy nnd other kindred subjects came lip. Miss Vuw talked diet and Klishma muril optimism. "Well, nt any rule, those two don't go tunc! her," mulled Miss Yltw-. "At least you will have to admit that It's awfully illtllcult to (In. I anything nice to sny about spinach," "At IcnM li has no bones In It. replied the s. unlit Instantly, with that winning -.mile that stamps lit in ss human as the rest of US. !. A II geles Times, f I -V. ' 'i .'. l t. .'Cfc.jut J Amazes Mother "P.olible's stomach HUS often u;"et ami he suffered a bt from cob's, sujs Mrs. P. S. Fh-tch. r. Jr., 4I!' . ,".oi h M., Los Airjele, r.d. " Wo font il he u us constipated. "Mother ued California -'l2 Syi up, lo we i;a e lioliile some, lie amazed llie by the iill k way lie I ami' strong, energetic, well ugaln. His bowels act freely Imw, nnd hl-t digestion Is splendid." The quick, safe w ay to i te.nise uml regulate the bowels of bUIoim, bead achy, constipated chlldieii U uitli California Fig Syrup. Ln-ry child loves It. It has the full endorsement of doctors. Appetite Is Increased by Its use; digestion Is ussii.ted: weak stomach nml bowels are given totio and strength. Look for the word California on the carton. That marks the genuine, famous for M years. LAKATIVt-TONIC Jot CHIl DHtM t Muck Milk Uid It took approximately (i.'.KKI rows a year to produce the milk nnd milk products used In the manufacture of mill, chocolate In this country last year. Kvery class of milk product, with the excepllvn of evaporated milk, showed gains over the pieced lug year. There were lo start with more than 1 I7.ikmi,imni quarts of wbolit milk used und In addition o.'.MH.Mit poinds of dried milk. r,sdt.tHN poiimbi of condensed milk, 'Vxkmiih pound", of dried hl.lin mill, und sev eral million pounds of other prod uct", smii us creaiii powder, cream, bu'.ter, butter oil ami skim milk. Another Kind 'He's a regular cut -up," "A funny man, eh?" "No a butcher." P.oslon (llobe. tired rti morning r Oct poisons out of the system with Pecn-a-mlnt, (ho Chewinu Ouin Laxa tive. Smaller doses ellVrllve when taken In tills form. A modern, scien tific, family luxutlve. Hufe and mild. FOR CONSTIPATION ym THE GENUINE