V Thursda^^Novcrnber2¿ig2G THE VOICE OF THE PACK Help Furnished Flee By Edison T. Marshall, of Medford, Or. PIONEER EMPLOYMENT CO To Employer« of Labor Bv the A Story of Oregon by an Oregon Boy CHAPTER IL—In a larga aouthzrn Ore­ gon city ha moots people who had known and loved his grandfather, a famous fron­ tiersman. He makes his home with Silas Lennox, a typical westerner. The Only other members of the household are Len­ nox's son, ''Bill," and daughter, "Snow­ bird." Their abode la many miles from "civilization,” In the Utnpqua divide, and there Falling plans to Uve out the short span of life which he has been told Is his. His extreme weakness In the face of even a slight exertion convinces him that the doctor had made a correct diagnosis of his case. CHAPTER HL— From the first Faling’s health shows a marked Improvement, and in the companionship of Lennox and his son and daughter he fits Into the woods life as If he had been bom to it By quick thinking and a remarkable display of “nerve" he saves Lennox's life and his own when they are attacked by a mad coyote. Lennox declares he is a rein­ carnation of his grandfather, Dan Fall­ ing I, whose fame as a woodsman i* a household word. thing, the bullet was a little nearer the center. And then he aimed at a more distant tree. But the hammer snapped down in­ effectively on the breech. He turned with a look of question. "Your gun only hold* five shots," Lennox explained. Reloading, Dan tried a more difficult target—a trunk almost one hundred yards distant. Of course it would have been only child’s play to an experienced hunter; but to a tenderfoot It was a difficult mark Indeed. Twice out of four shots Dan hit the tree trunk, and one of his two hits was practically a bull’s-eye. His two misses were the result of the same mistake he had made before— attempting to hold his alm too long. • mat were revealed were narrow” ano deeply Intent And by now, the fren­ zied coyote was not fifty feet distant. All that had occurred since the ani­ mal charged had possibly taken five seconds. Sometimes five seconds is Just a breath; but as Lennox wulted for Dan to shoot it seemed like a period wholly without limit. He won­ dered If the younger man had fallen Into that strange paralysis that a great terror sometimes imbues. “Shoot I" he screamed again. But It Is doubtful if Dan even heard his shout At that instant his gun slid into place, his head lowered, his eyes seemed to bum along the glitter­ ing barrel. His finger pressed back •••••• Dan and Lennox started together up the long slope of the ridge. Dan alone armed; Lennox went with him “Good Lord I" Dan breathed, If solely as a guide. The deer season had you make such sudden motions as that just opened, and It might be that Dan Hl have heart failure. Where are would want to procure one of these you going now I” creatures. “Back to my watch," she answered, “But I'm not sure I want to hunt her tone wholly lacking the personal deer." Dnn tplcl him. "You speak of note which men have learned to ex­ them ns being so beautiful—” pect in the voices of women._ And an “They are beautiful and your instant Titer-tire Three 'of Thera- -aw grnndfather would never hunt them, her retreating shadow as she vanished either, except for meat. But maybe among the pines. you’ll change your mind when you see Dan had to be helped to bed. The r. buck. Besides, we might run Into a long ride had been too hard on his lynx or a panther. But not very like­ i shattered lungs; and nerves and body ly, without dogs.” collapsed an Instant after the door They trudged up, over the carpet of "There's Something Living In That Thicket" was closed behind the departing girl. pine needles. They fought their way He laughed weakly and begged their through a thicket of buckbrush. Once pardon; and the two men were really they saw the gray squirrels In the tree fence. "There's something living In very gent’e. They told him It was tops. And before Lennox had as much that thicket.” Then Lennox heard It, too. As they their own fault for permitting him to as supposed they were nenr the haunts overdo. Lennox himself blew out the of big game, a yearling doe sprang up stood still, the sound became ever clearer and more pronounced. Some candle in the big, cold bedroom. from Its bed In the thickets. For an instant she stood motionless, living creature was advancing toward Dan saw the door close behind him, and he had an Instant’s glimpse of the presenting a perfect target. It was them; and twigs were cracking be long sweep of moonlit ridge that evident that she had heard the sound neath its feet. The sounds were rath­ stretched beneath the window. Then, of the approaching hunters, but had er subdued, and yet. as the anfmnl ap­ all at once, Beemlngly without warn­ not as yet located or Identified them proached. both of them Instinctively ing, it simply blinked out Not until with her near-sighted eyes. Lennox knew that they were extremely loud the next morning did he really know whirled to find Dan standing very for the usual footsteps of any of the why. Insomnia was an old acquaint­ still, peering along the barrel of his wild creatures. “What Is It?” Dan asked quietly, ance of Dan's, nnd he had expected to rifle. But he didn’t shoot. The deer, Lennox was so Intrigued by the seeing Lennox move, leaped into her have some trouble in getting to sleep. His only real trouble was waking up terror-pace—that astounding run that sounds that he was not even observ- again when Lennox called him to Is one of the fastest gaits In the whole ant of the peculiar, subdued quality breakfast He couldn’t believe that nnlmal world. In the wink of an eye In Dan's voice. Otherwise, he would have wondered at It. “I’m free to the light at his window shade was she was out of sight. “Why didn't you shoot?” Lennox de­ confess I don’t know,” he said. “It's really that of morning. booming right toward us, like most "Good Heavens I” his host exploded. manded. animals don’t care to do. Of course “Ton sleep the sleep of the Just." It may be a human being. You must Dan was about to tell him that on watcli out for that.” the contrary he was a very nervous They watted. The sound ended. sleeper, but he thought better of It “Shoot? It was a doe, wasn't it?” Something had surely happened to his They stood straining for a long mo­ “Good Lord, of course it was a doe I ment without speech. insomnia. The next Instant he even forgot to wonder about It In the reali­ But there are no game laws that go “Thnt was the dumdest thing!” zation that his tired body had been back this far. Besides—you aimed at Lennox went on. "Of course it might have been a bear—you never know wonderfully refreshed. lie had no it." “I aimed Just to see if I could catch what they’re going to do. It might dread now of the long trninp up the It through my sights. And I could. ridge that his host had planned. have got sight of us and turned off. But first came target practice. In My glasses sort of made it blur—but But I can’t believe that it was just a Dan’s baggage he had a certain very I think—perhaps—that I could have deer—" plain but serviceable sporting rifle of shot it. But I'm not going to kill does. But then hfs words chopped squnre- about jthlrty-forty caliber—a gun that There must be some reason for the ly otf in hls throat. The plodding ad­ game laws, or they wouldn't exist.” vance commenced again. And the “You’re a funny one. Come three next instant a gray form revealed It­ thousand miles to hunt and then pass self at the edge of the thicket. up the first deer you see. You could It wns Graycont the coyote, half- almost huwe been your grandfather, blind with his madness, and des- to have done tluit. He thought killing perate in hls agony. deer needlessly was almost ns bad as There was no more deadly thing in killing a man. They are beautiful all the hills than he. Even the bite tilings, aren’t they?” of n rattlesnake would have been wel­ Dan answered him with startling comed beside hls. He stood a long emphasis. But the look that he wore Instant, and all his instincts nnd re­ said more than Ills words. flexes that would have ordinarily They trudged on, and Lennox grew made him flee In abject terror were thoughtful. He was recalling the pic­ thwarted and twisted by the fever of ture that he had seen when he had hls madness. He stared a moment at whirled to look at Dan, immediately the two figures, and hls red eyes could after the deer had leaped from its not Interpret them. They were simply bed. It puzzled him a little, He had foes, for It was true that when this turned to find the younger man in a racking agony was upon him, even perfect posture to shoot, his feet lifeless trees seemed foes sometimes. placed in exactly the position that He seemed eerie and unreal as he years of experience had taught Len- gazed at them out of hls burning eyes; nox wns correct; nnd withal, absolute­ nnd the white foam gathered at hls ly motionless. What many hunters fangs. And then, wholly without take years to learn, Dnn had seemed warning, he charged down at them. to know by Instinct. Could it be, after He came with unbelievable speed. all. that this slender weakling, even The elder Lennox cried once In warn­ now bowed down with a terrible ing and cursed himself for ventur­ mnlndy, had Inherited the true fron­ ing forth on the ridge without a gun. tiersman’s Instincts of his ancestors? He was fully twenty feet distant from The result of this thought was at Dan; yet he saw In an Instant hls least to hover in the near vicinity of only course. This was no time to n certain conclusion. That conclusion trust their lives to the marksmanship was that at least a few of the char­ of an amateur. He sprang toward acteristics of his grandfather had Dan. Intending to wrench the weapon been passed down to Dan. It meant from hls hand. that possibly, If time remained, he Standing In the Shadows, He Simply But he didn’t achieve hls purpose. would not turn out such a weakling, At the first step hfs foot caught In a Watched Her. after all. Of course his courage, his projecting roof, and he was shot to nerve, had yet to be tested; but the the Information department "of The fact remained that long generations hls face on the trail. But a long life large sporting-goods store In Gltche- of frontiersmen ancestors had left this In the wilderness had developed Len­ •polls had recommended for his pur Influence upon hint. The wild whs nox’s reflexes to an abnormal degree; pose. Except for the few moments In calling to him, wakening instincts many crises hnd taught him muscle the store, Dnn hnd never held a rifle long smothered in cities, but sure and and nerve control; nnd only for n Ii In his hands. The first shot he hit the tme as ever. It wns the beginning fraction of an Instant, a period of trunk of a five-foot pine at thirty of regeneration. Voices of the long time that few Instruments are tine enough to measure, did he lie supinely paces. pnst were speaking to him, and the “But I couldn’t very well have Fallings once more had begun to run upon the ground. lie rolled on. Into missed ft I” he replied to Lennox’s true to form. Inherited tendencies a position of defense. But he knew cheer. "You see, I aimed at the mid­ were In n moment changing this weak, now he could not reach the youngpr mnn before the mail coyote would be dle-hut I Just grazed the edge." diseased youth Into n frontiersman them, The matter wns out of The second shot wns not so good, and wilderness Inhabitant such as his upon hls hands, Everything depended on I Blissing the tree altogether. And it ancestors had been before him. the alm nnd self-control of the temier- wns a singular thing thnt he aimed They were slipping along over the foot. longer and tried harder on this shot pine needles, their eyes intent on the He looked up, and the whole weird than on the first. The third time he trail ahead. And then Lennox saw n, tried still harder, nnd made by far curious thing. He beheld Dnn sud­ picture was thrown upon the retina of his eyes. The coyote wns still racing the worst shot of all. denly stop in the trail and turn his "What's the matter?” he demanded, eyes toward a heavy thicket that lay I straight toward Dan, n gray demon thnt in hls madness wns more terrible “rm getting worse all the time.” perhaps one hundred yards to their than any charging bear or elk. Fof Lennox didn't know for sure, But right. For an instant he looked al­ there Is nn element of horror about he made a long guess, “It might be most like a wild creature himself. His the Insane, whether beasts or men. beginner's luck,” he said, "but I'm In- head was lowered, ns if he were lis­ that cannot be dented. Both men felt dined to tldnk you're trying too hard. tening. Ills muscles were set and It. with a chill that seemed to pene­ Take It easier—depend more on your ready. trate clear to their hearts. The eyes Instincts.” Lennox hnd prided himself thnt he flumed, the white fangs of Graycont Dan'« reply wns to lift the rifle had retained all the powers of his five caught the sunlight. And Dan'stood lightly to Ids shoulder, glance quickly senses, nnd thnt few men In the moun­ erect In hls path, hls rifle half raised 1 along the trigger nnd fire. The bullet tains hnd keener ears than he. Yet to hfs shoulder; nnd even In thnt first Struck within one Inch of the center It was truth tlmt at first he only knew frenzied Instant in which Lennox I of the pine. the silence, nnd the stir and pulse of looked nt him. ho saw there was n For a long second Lennox gnzed nt his own blood. He assumed then tlmt strange Impassiveness, a singular Im­ him In open-mouthed ns'onishment. Dnn wns watching something thnt perturbability on hls face. “My stars, boy I" he cried nt last. from Ids position, twenty feet behind, I “Shoot, man I" Lennox shouted. “Was I mistaken In thinking you were he could not see. He tried to probe “What are you waiting for?" a born tenderfoot—Hfter all? Can It the thickets with his eyes. But Dnn didn’t shoot. Ills hand ho that a little of vonr jja Then Dan whispered. Ever so soft whipped to hls face, nnd he snatched a sound, but yet distinct in the si- off ,ll|s ♦h.lrk-lonsod glasses. .The eve* The Oldest Office in Oregon Headquurters for Farm, Dairy, Mill, Logging and office help of all kinds. Phone Bdg. 2272 14 N Second St. Portland.Or. ticurariy pronounced. A(1 tne rorest picions of ikat gang. I believe theyve voices added to It—the wall of the got a regular arson ring, maybe with geese, the sad fluttering of fallen unscrupulous stockmen behind them, leaves, and even the whisper of the north wind, Of course all the tones and perhaps just a penny-winning deal A Marathon Lodge and voices of the wilderness sound of their own. I suppose you know 93, Knights of Pythias clearest at night—for that Is the time about Landy Hildreth—how he's prom­ ised to turn state ’ « evidence that will Regular meeting Mori- that the forest really comes to life— day and Dan Falling, sitting In front of send about a dozen of these vipers to sharp. By order of Lennox's house, watching the late the penitentiary?” “Snowbird told me something about fw« J? E. GRUBER, control that was ^|old quality In hls Mutual Phone, Bell Phone 2F2. Marshal of T'H'0 ook City, Oregon breed, he was stfli’a long way from a physically strong man. It was still, il 1-11 Tillamook, Oregon an even break whether he would ever wholly recover from hls malady. NOTICE OF SALE FOR DELIN­ But Dnn wns not thinking about QUENT STREET IMPROVE­ this now. All his perceptions had W. C. DUEBER MENT ASSESSMENTS. sharpened down to the finest focal point, and he was trying to catch the f DENTIST NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that | spirit of the endless forest that stretched In front of the house. His by virtue of a warrant issued by the Tillamook Building pipe hnd gone out, and for a long time ¡City Recorder of Tillamook City, Ore­ (Over Halton's) Lennox hadn’t spoken. He seemed to gon, dated November 10, 1920, and] be straining too, with Ineffective Tillamook, Oregon senses, trying to recognize and name issued by order of the Common Coun­ the faint sounds that came so tingling cil of said Tillamook City, the un­ nnd tremulous out of the dnrkness. As dersigned, Marshal of Tillamook Dr. A. C. Crank always, they heard the stir and rustle City, Oregon, has duly levied upon i Dr. J. E. Shearer of the gnawing people; the chipmunks and will, on Monday, the 15th day Drs. Shearer and Crank in the shrubbery, the gophers who, , of December, 1920, at the hour of like blind misers, hnd ventured forth [‘10:00 o’clock A. M. sell at public V MEDICINE & SURGERY from tlielr dark burrows; and per­ auction to the highest bidder for National Building haps even the scaly glide of those cash in liand the property hereinaf­ most-dreaded poison people that had ter described. The particular tracts Tillamook, Oregon lairs In the rock plies. or parcels of ground to be sold, to­ Dnn felt thnt nt ‘ast the wilderness gether with the name of the owner itself was speaking to him. • He had or owners thereof, and the amount waited n long time to hear Its voice. for wfliich each separate tract will be R. T. BOALS, M. D. Hls thought went back to the wise sold, are as follows, to-wlt: i men of the ancient world, waiting to Surgeon and Physician hear the riddle of the universe from Delinquent Street Assessments Dis­ trict No. 10—3rd St. the Ups of the Sphinx, and how he I. O. O. F. Building Tract beginning at a point 120 ft. himself—more In his unconscious self, East of the N. E. corner of Lot 4, ratln r than conscious—had sought the TILLAMOOK. OREGON eternal riddle of the wilderness. He Block 3.Maple Grove' Add. to Tllla- tee'. niook City,, thence east 50 hnd asked questions—never in the form of words but only ineffable thence south 105 ft. thence west DR. J. G. TURNER yeanlings of his soul—and at last It I 50 feet thence north 105 feet I had responded. The strange rising place of beginning. Eye Specialist and falling song was its own voice, the M.A. Baker Estate.Owuer. Amount of I articulation of the very heart and soul ■Í Lien $523.42; Interest to Dec. 15. Permanatly Located in Tillamook of the wilderness. $12.37; Cost of advertising, $1.72 “It’s the wolf pack,” Lennox told Stillwell Add.—Block 5, Lot 6. Private Office in Jenkin’s Jewelry Store. him softly. “The wolves^ have just C. N. Large and Lizzie Harris, Own­ Joined together for the fall rutting." ers. Amount of Lien $519.59; In­ “Then this means the end of the terest to Dec. 15, $12.37; Cost of Latest Up-to-date Instruments and Equipment summer?” Dan asked. Advertising, $2.12. “In a way, but yet we don't count Evenings and Sundays by the summer ended until the rains I Appointments Continued on pasce 7 K.uir lt««rens. I wish they, jvould. I Lead Went Straight Home. against the trigger, and the roar of the report rocked through the summer air. The gun was of large caliber-; and no living creature could stand against the furious, shocking power of the great bullet. The lead went straight home, full Through the neck and slant­ ing down through the breast, and the coyote recoiled as If an Irresistible hand had smitten him. It is doubtful If there was even a muscular quiver after Graycont struck the grouud, not twenty feet from where Dun stood. And the rifle report echoed back to find only silence. Lennox got up off the ground and moved over toward the dead coyote. He looked a long time at the gray body. And theD he stepped back to where Dan waited on the trail. “I take it all back,” he said simply. “You take what back?” “What I thought about you—that the Falling line ha’d gone to the dogs. I’ll never call you a tenderfoot again. But tell me one thing. I saw the way you looked down the barrel. I could see how firm you held the rifle —the way you kept your head, And that Is all like your grandfather, But why, when you had a repeating rifle. did you wait so long to shoot?” "I just hnd one cartridge In my pun. I didn't think of It until the coyote charged.” Lennox’s answer was the last thing In the world to be expected. He opened his straight mouth aud uttered a great, boyish yell of Joy. His eyes seemed to light. The eyes of the two men met, nnd Lennox shook him by the shoulder. "You're not Dnn Falling’s grandson —you’re Dnn Falling himself!" he shouted. “No one but him would have hnd self-control to wait till the game was almost on top of him—no one but him would have kept his hand In a time like this. You're Dan Falling himself, I toll you, come hack to earth. Grandson nothing! You're a throwback, and now you've got those glosses off. I can see his eyes looking right out of yours. Step on 'em Dan. You’ll never need 'em again. And give up flint Idcn of dying in four moriths right now; I’m going to make you live. We’ll fight that disease to u finish—• nnd winI” And that is the way that Dnn Fall­ ing enme Into his heritage In the land of his own people, and tn which a new spirit was born In him to fight— and win—nnd live. BOOK TWO The Debt. CHAPTER I. September wns nt its last days on the Ufhpqua divide—that far wilder­ ness of endless tree-< Ind ridges where Dnn Falling hnd gone for his Inst days. Everywhere the forest people were preparing for the winter that would fall so quickly when those gold­ en September day« were done. The Under Plane of the forest—those smaller peoples that live In the dust nnd have beautiful, tropical forests in the ferns—found themselves dlgglnu holos and filling them with stores of food. Of course they bad no idea ot, earth why they wore doing ft, except thnt a quiver nt the end of their tails told them to do so; but the result was entirely the same. They would have n shelter for the winter. But the most noticeable change ot nil. In these days of summer, was n distinct tone Of sadness thnt sound ed throughout the forest. Of course the wilderness note Is always some what sad: hut now, as the leaves fell di,.! *t seejnej twr B M t ■