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Zs by Mary Dahlhcrfj
SrXOPMR: A H-l'ar-oM nice
V a Tf TBHcAfr, Daaucr Uar
leu alls lorn u'HA Klulno om
en,' an American' adventurer
M-hum she hue reeciicd train loan
iferlcan ineuroe nte. llovard,
tiin iM 4 tffc i l' "t Ion.
frsAI tA fmpMo (a return her
attention, anil leavre to ioln till
Allied armies in France Soon
vler he is reported mieaino and
pralinblu- dead. llaoiier, heart
broken, pom to live uili an aunt
ii Han Antonio, where $he meets
Contain Jack Vaneerlnp, dasliino
flplng-acc, vtlto Jails in love with
her. He- help Iter learn to flu.
ont she comes to lll:o him. Sud
denly he Is ordered to France and
tnipulsivelu then elope and ore
married. Vaneerlno'e mother ills
approve their sudden act, how
ever and Dagger's vnele, who hat
brought her tip on the rlnclt, die
likes Votteerlny. A heavu drinker,
lie promisee Uaaaer to etop.
I . Chapter 14
'. "A .MURDEROUS. SOUND" .
AS Dagger clung to Jack's arm,
watching tha group of their
f i lends dwindle to nothingness
down the diminishing perspective
ot 'tbe. rails, tbe possibility of (all
ure or unbapplncss la the future
never occurred to lior..
And Joy still enwrapped tier
when she descended to the plat
form at New York. Jack's family?
They were simply a new adventure
to. be conquered, and she looked
. up eagerly as be exclaimed: :..
: "'There they are!" . - '
- Mr. Vaneering she liked at once.
He was a tall man, with stooped
shoulders, and wore his grey bearC
without affectation. He kissed hr
wfth a timid heartiness.,' Kitty was
friendly, too a . stoutlsh. person,
bluff,, plnlnspoken, smartly turned
out ' '' ,- - : ,
,', Dnt'Mr-.Vnnoor.Ing rogorded her
coldly.' almost, chnllonglngly, as If
she woro an onoitty- "Why, she
doesn't like hie," was Dagger's In
stunt' thought Am! being Dagger
her chin went up, nnd with the re
spect of her greeting was blended
a restraint she didn't show towards
the others. Out she didn't under
estimate her mother-in-law. Mrs.
Vaneering waa small and dainty.
Sue bad oxouislto hands nnd feet,
and lovely pink skin,' set off by
soft, whlto hair. Her movomonts
were languid, and her attitude was
one of Indifforonce.
"So this Is Alexandra?" she said.
"You are very young."
"I'm almost eighteen," answered
Dagger.
Kvoryone laughed, except Mrs.
Vaneering. -
"You work fast,!' said Kitty.
"I'nV twenty-three, and 1 haven't
thought ot getting married yet."
; "U Is not tho custom for girls to
marry so youngin the Bast," re
marked 1 hnr mother. 1 Hor gnio
dwelt bleakly ilpon Dnggor's fen
turns, slightly flushed in tho ov
oltoment of " tho momont "Wo
vera greatly surprised to hoar of
JatVi innrrlngo."
- "Well, It was a surprise, to mo,"
Dagger responded merrily.
"We find It .a most dcllghtrul
surpi'lse," Mr. Vaaoerlng said hesi
tantly. "You nre very welcome, my
doarf . .,!.. '
t ;.V.i; didn't tiink Jack had the
4ssle." Kitty said. "Anyhow he
never showed It. before."
".Oh, look here, now, sis," Jack
protested mock-seriously. But there
was;, nothing mock-serious about
Ilia mother's Icy comment:
, . "I, am sure. Kitty, your brother
could, have married any one ot a
number ot attractive girls. If you
ulenso, we won't Jest aaut l.inr
rlago." -.,, i;,,-'
. Jsggcr felt liko a little girl, re
tiiit indirectly for somothlng she
hadn't don. A
"Ybs. Mrs. Vaneerlug,". she as
sented, "and I want so tq make a
tttraaa ot It." . , ; , ,
r."Vo will do whnt wo can for
you, .Alexandra,", she replied. "You
ere one ot the family, of course,
apd the Vanoerlngs havo, a groat
prldo of name.", ' . '' ' . :.
: "Vou mustn't foel lonely, my
dpar." Mr. Vaneering said to Dag
ger. '"You belong to us, and I am
looking forward to our closer ac
quaintance. Aftir all, you nre my
daughter as much as. Jack's wife,
aren't you?" His smile wns heart
warming, aud Dagger promptly
illiraJssod the uneasiness she had
derived from Mrs. Vaneering's re
cenllon ot her. "Wq Vish to do
overjllhlng we can, you know, to
alone for your losing Jack so soon.
It saoms very unfair to you."
, ; "Oil. but I wouldn't havo him
slay .home for anything," protested
Dagger. !i "v, ' r,- .-
"You want ..jour husband to go
, jo Franco?" Ita.quprlod.
i VCertalnly. -Any wife would tcol
thesnmo In tha tlrcumstnncos."
"No, my doan.not any wife," ho
corrected. "And normlt me to cau
, Hon jou not to discuss this topic
witn jack s mother." -
!:;Once more Wggor's hoart fell
. It ws dismaying- to encounter a
mother-in-law who appeared to
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bold such radically different views
ou the fundamentals of life.
"I'll do all I can to please Mrs.
Vnneorlng," she answered. "1 want
her to love me."
"I'm Sire she will, Alexandra,"
Mr. Vaneering assured her but
without conviction. "And whllo
we are on the subject, perhaps you
don't know that Jack's transport
sails tomorrow night?"
Dagger gasped.
"We hadn't expected It would be
so Boon."
"1 thought you should know at
once." he said regretfully. "Come,
my dear, we'll llnd the car, and
carry you home. You are tired, and
you must have a chance to rest, for
wo have had to ask a number of
relatives and Intl-jiatos of the fam
ily to dinner tonight to meet you.
You see, Jack's time Is so short
This Is the one opportunity of pre
senting you as a coup:e."
Dagger's head was In a whirl.
Events bad come fast in the last
few weeks. Presently they were
crawling through the traffic ol
Forty-thlriJ Street, and Dagger was
made conscious, ot the city's over
powering mass. She was relieved
when the car halted In front ot a
wldo brownstone house facing Cen
tral Park; the rlsta of lawns and
t"-)os pretended to at least a sem
blance of independence of the sur
rounding hulks of steel and stone.
'We are putting you In your old
rooms. Jack," said his mother.
"One ot the guest rooms has been
thrown In with It 1 hope you and
Alexandra will find it comfortable."
Bewildered and more disposed to
loneliness than she had been yet,
Dagger followed Jack In silence
through a door at tho end of the
hall; but bewilderment and lonoll-
ness faded when he took hor in his
arms.
'It nil seems very new, doesn't
It, honey 7" ho murmured in her
ear. But remember, this is home
to you Just as much as to me."
"You aro going tomorrow night,"
she exclalniod, with a little catch
In hor volco. '
"Well, wo'vo got tonight and to
morrow, ho reassured her. "Kiss
mo! Again! Again! Now, what
d'you want to do first?"
Kho dressed with precise care.
Her brown hair was parted In the
middle and knotted flatly behind
her small, shapely hend. Her ivory-
brown skin wns guiltless of rouge.
Hor frock was beige, cut simply
and not very low. '
VVhon Jack burst In upon her
again ho caught her In his arms
and hugged her until she begged
for morcy. Ho was moro loving,
more appreciative, than ha had
evor boon, slio thought, walking
downstairs and Into tho drawing
room bosldo him.
Ills prldo In hor went far to mltl-
gato tlio strain of Introductions In
a doton guests, all rolativcs or fam
ily friends, whoso nnmcs were
representative ot the best known
elements In Now York society;
linrd-fcaturcd women, beautifully
gowned, off hand In manner; sleek,
woll-groomcd men.
One or two attempts to patronize
her she squelched, quietly, and
thon the men, discovering that she
could talk , Intelligently and knew
how to hnndle hersolt, combined
to encourogo hor. The women, on
tha contrary, couldn't qulto forgive
hor youth and dlfferontncss. Kitty,
alone, was bluntly friendly.
'I liko you, Allx," sho called
across tho tnble. "There Isn't a
woman hero who wouldn't talk her
head oft It she had flown an aero
plane." i
Jack spoke:
"It won't he long now hetoio
womon will bo doing everything
that men do from voting to cut
ting tholr hair."
This drow Bovcral quips from
tho othor men. nnd likewise to
cussed Kitty's attention on her
brotbor.
"I say. Jack", sho exclaimed,
"you nron't drinking!"
"On the wagon," he returned.
"Promised Dagger."
"Good work, AIlx," applauded
Kitty. , , ,
. nut Mrs. Vnneorlng thrust back
her chair.
"If you will glvo mo your arm.
Jack, we will leavo tho gentlemen
to tholr coffeo."
As Dagger rosa with tho othor
women, she overheard her mother-in-law
sny:
"Whnt do you call your wife?"
"Dagger. It's a nickname. You
soo, thoro's a plant "
"I'm not Interested further,"
.Mrs. Vnneorlng cut him off. "It
hns a miirdornus sound."
C,nUel.'n)ti n,f,ld ted Cemt,,,)
With mothtr.ln-lnw frankly
nottil0, snd htr hutbund dally fao
Ina dMth S.OCO milet away, can
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NEW BRIDLE TRAIL
C RATK It LAKH, Ore., Auk. 7.
(Spl.) Perhaps within a week the
I new hrldle trail extending from the
rim of Crater fake near the Juno
lion of the north rim road, wertt
into the flower gardena of CuMli
creek, will be In condition to carry
those who In the pat years have
lamented over bein unable to see
Crater lake beyond tho rim itself.
Tills now trail wlndH beneath the
drooping branches of the mountain
hemlock and brings one directly to
one of the largest volcanic bombs
that may be Been in the forests ot
the ancient Mount Mazama.
Krom thin .-point tho trail xoea
through glades and nieadows until
It reaches the old cainp-Mito where
one finds names and dales that
have been carved on the trees at
that early date when a trip to Cra
ter lake was a real adventure.
Young romances arc hinted In
tho carvings found on tho trees,
which no doubt were cut by the
earliest visitor to Crater lake.
Another reminder of tho early
days Is a tumble-down cabin, once
occupied by aomo hunter many
yearH ago. There are many other
Much sight -that meet tho eyo as
tho trail wlnd' along through tho
green woods, nnd tho visitor feels
the name as the explorer does when
treading over strange undiscovered
lands thero Is an air of romance
that pervades the air, which is in
centive enough for anyone to probo
further Into the country surround
ing Crater lake. ' l? '( ' '' -
GRANDPA OF PINE
SPECIES AT LAKE!
(Ml AT Kit LAKK, Ore., Aug. 7.
(Special.) Recently a tree, here
tofore of little Importance In this
fnreHt region, wan found to havo
reached a diameter beyond that of
any other tree of Hh particular
Hpccle in the western foret. .TIiIh
tree in found growing on the went
bank or the middle fork of Anna
SpiiugH and Ik nunc other than tbe
grandfather of ,all western whlto
pine. At breRHt height It ha a
din meter measurement of 80.7
Inched 1
Tho foreHtH of tValer Iake Na
tional park aro made up of moun
tain hemlock, red fir and lodge
polo pine, hut tbdro Ib a great
scattering of western whlto plno
throughout theHft forcMta, ThlH typo
of forest is noticeable to tourists
who visit the national park and
many of them com inch t ou the
i-aro beauty of tho sub-AlpIno for
est a. .
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AT CHAM LAKE
CUATKU I,AKK. Ore.. Auk- 7.!
(Special) A group of officials
on route to Klnmath Kalh' to at-i
tend a fire prevention conference,
lur'identnlly made a trip to nee
Crater lake on Wednesday. Tho!
officials wero Major John 1. I
Guthrie, assistant regional forester!
from Portland nnd In charge of.
public relation work, Kred Mor
rell, assistant forcrtter from Wash
ington, D. (.; In ' charge' of public
wtnllon 'In tbrit dlstrrct."' H' 11.
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PHOKNIX. Ore.. Aug. 7-MSpi.)t
' P.oy Scout troop No. 16 continues to I
stack up totaln In the gypsy tour.)
which endH at tho end of August.
One of tho three patrols of the
Phoenix troop hopes to win the
prize and get the rd trip to San
Francisco and back. They will go
to Han Francisco by way of tho
Pacific highway and return by way
of the Kedwood highway.
Scouts Harvey Sears, Bruce Wil
son and Fred Morse, three scouts
who attended the scout camp at
Lake o" tho Woods, report a fine
time, good "grub," some hard work
ind lots of piny. Each of the boys
mad some advancement in scout
ing during tho camp.
Apartment destroyed.
CONDON. Ore., Aug. 7. (P)
Six tenants of tho Horner apart
ments wero mado homeless by
fire "which swept tho two-story
stucco building last night.". Tho
fire started In tho basement. Dam
age was tinestlmated.
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TALENT, Ore., Aug. 7. (Spl.)
At tho regular meeting of the cltv
council. of Talent Tuesday evening,
K. E. Cook purchased from the
city one lot adjoining bin home
property and; two lots were also
purchased by W 15, Jones. Each
party plans to erect buildings to
comply with the city building code.
W. Ti. Jones Is remodeling th
dwelling ho recently purchased In
to a modern home.
John Hubbard has ju.st com
pleted a shop on his property and
the new living quartern of Mr. and
Mrs. Tame, at the auto park arc
near completion. ' : .
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SAMS VALLEY. Ore., Aug. 7.
(.Special ) Eire, supposedly from
overheated pistons, destroyed the
Carre tt threshing machine Tues
day afternoon, while threshing the
'"Wirrctt grain on the Deuel and
Strang farm.
JJefore te separator tender -was
aware -of -anything", burning - the
I'Ktchliif burst Into fhimes and
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quickly Ignited iho straw pile.
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from spreading Into the tield of
shocked grain. About 100 bushels
of grain wus threshed, but no
grain ww destroyed- . . -
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ASHLAND, Ore.. Aug. 7. (Spl.)
Kev. and Mrs. Watson Ague, young
evangelists holding services at Ash
land in a large tent pitched on tho
Junior high school grounds, will
conduct a divine healing service to
night. "The Great Physician" will he
tho subject. Following , tho ser
mon, the sick persons present will
be brought to the platform where
thoy will receive prayers for heal
ing. According to Kev. Argue, a
large numher will be iprayed for.
The services, which started last
Sunday right, are being well at
tended. The tent accomodates
about 1,000. A large number of
new converts aro reported to have
"hit the sawdust trail."
Illrds Caught With Minors
Greediness of pigeons is to be
used in ridding London of many of
her undesirable birds. ' 51en em
ployed by the city to do away with
2000 pigeons say that the birds are
quick to seize any food before them
if. another is near. The mirrors
are to ho used to produce "the.
other bird, ' and-so enable the men
to catch them whllo they arc
greedily devouring scattered corn.
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M PACKING
HOUSES TO OPEN
mimsxix. Ore.. Auk. "- (Spl.)
tho two '.packing houses l-'io
start up the latter pan or tills
or tho rirst ot next week. Both
expect to have Ion runs unil 1)0
nhlo to employ a numher of peo
ple. The Independent Packing com
pany, formerly run by Men Ktnnil
ellff, hut which was recently leaned
to It. ti. Uardwell ( Medford, plans
to employ twice the number as
formerly,
Tho Newbry Packlnc compnny
has also added several -to their
force. - .
AT 0-0 CAMP 2"
OWK.N ORUOON CAMP TWO,
lilltto Falls, Ore.. AUB. 7. (Hpl.)
Camp Two has hesun its second
week, opening with a full crew of
men, totaling 77.
The camp is furnishing twenty
.carloads of pine daily.
Mrs. Cleorge West nnd friends
visited her husband here Sunday.
L. c. Richmond reports hucklo--bei-i-ies"
are getting Tipo' but' they
are not as plentiful as last year.
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