THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
The Red lin e Trail r
CHAPTER XIII—Continued
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B y Crittenden Marriott
C opyrlsH t, W . O . C h a p m e n
!
“Because I was a foot When word
came that you were lying off the shore
father was busy with—with some one.
So I sent him word that I would come
out to welcome you. I sent the man
with me back to tell father and I
Jumped Into my boat and rowed out.
I was going back for father almost
at once—as soon as I got the mall."
“But why didn't he follow?”
“There’s only the one boat That
Is, there’s but one available until the
tide goes out. 80 be can't come out
for hours and he—look!"
A section of the paneling between
two of the dead eyes that lighted the
cabin was swinging outward and a
man's foot was appearing beneath It
The next moment It was followed by
the rest of his body.
“Don’t be afraid,” he said. “It’s only
me.”
"Mr. Carr!” The words sprang from
Nellie’s lips, mingled with something
suspiciously like a profane exclama
tion from Captain Bunker.
“That's me!” The newcomer hur
ried across the room and began to un
tie the coras that bound Nellie to her
chair. "Gee! I thought that fellow
never would go,” he declared, "and I
wasn’t sure he had gone at first. It
was close quarters, waiting. Still—”
He broke off, for Nellie had dropped
her head and was sobbing as If her
heart would break.
Carr dropped the cords and bent
over her. "Nellie! Nellie!” he cried.
"Please don't. Oh, please don’t I Oh,
Pm such a flat-footed Idiot! I was
talking like a fool because I thought
It would startle you less; and here
I’ve frightened you so I What Is It,
dear?”
The girl was muttering something
through her tears. The young man
bent down to listen, and she spoke
again. This time the words came
clearer.
“I'm n-not startled or frightened
nor—nor anything,” she sobbed. “I’m
crying because I—I’m so glad to see
you again.”
Carr Jumped. Then he dropped ox
his knee beside the girl and threw bit
arras around her—and the chair.
Captain Bunker was watching the
scene In profound disgust. “Belay
there!” he roared. “This Isn’t any
pink-tea party. Break away and cut
me loose quick. D—n It all, do you
know that h—1 Is likely to pop around
here any minute?”
Carr Jumped up. “Rlght-o, captain!”
he cried. “Rlght-o! I’ll be with you
In Just a minute.”
Nellie’s loosened bonds fell at her
feet; and Carr turned to the captain
and quickly set him at liberty. Then
he turned back to Nellie and held opt
his arms.
The girl walked Into them and had
her weeping face on his shoulder. It
was a very dusty and unromantlc
shoulder, too, but neither of them
thought of that.
Captain Bunker thought of It, how
ever. He was stretching his limbs
and feeling his cramped muscles,
meanwhile contemplating the proceed
ings with profound disfavor.
Carr caught hts expression and
laughed happily. “Captain Bunker,”
he cried. “If this pains you, kindly
turn your hack and scrutinize the sec
ond porthole on the starboard quar
ter. We'll call you later.”
But It was Nellie and not Bunker
who acted. Half laughing and half
sobbing, she pushed Carr from her,
and turned a rosy face toward the
captain. “Never mind, captain," she
said. “You may look all you like.”
“Never mind!” roared the captain.
But I do mind, miss. Where do you
think you are? Stand back, Carr, or
I’ll put you In Irons. What the devil
are you doing on my ship, anyhow?”
Carr laughed. “That’s a long story,
captain,” he said. “And I’m afraid I
haven’t time to tell It now.
Your
friend Price may be back any minute.
I'll Just say that when I found out
that you were coming to meet Nellie
and her father I determined to come
along—the more especially as I wasn’t
altogether satisfied with some of your
prospective passengers. So I came—”
‘But how the devil did you come?
And—and who made that opening Into
my cabin?”
“I did, captain—I and my men. A
dozen men can do a lot In seven days
when they work overtime, even If they
have to dodge a sharp-eyed captain
and mate who never seem to want to
go ashore. But come. We're taking
chances.”
The young man drew Nellie toward
the slit In the bulkhead. “Come
along, captain,” he called over his
shoulder.
Nellie went willingly. She seemed
almost gay again. “Show me!" she
ordered. “Oh-h-h! I’m so glad you
came. I was so frightened. But
now—”
'Now It's all right. Good Lord 1 If
you knew how hard It was for me to
keep still while that blackguard was
talking— But here we are! Peek
In!" He stood aside, and pointed
through an aperture.
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“I forgot,“ Mr*. Archman struggled
op heroically “Come on. I’ll go.”
"No hurry r Mtsa Denslow pressed George’s direction. The others seemed
the older lady back. “We’ll make bet to have Instinctively recognized that
ter time If we rest a while and eat he was the best fitted of the party to
By LAURA MILLER
something. Besides, the moon will be lead. Even Collins, who might have
up soon and walking will be easier.”
claimed the right to control, made no
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Bess laughed. It was a rather weak objection. With a nod of compreben
<£> b y L a u r a M i l l e r
laugh, but It was a laugh. “We'd bet slon he turned off to the left and
NATIONAL HONORS AND
ter get at our sumptuous repast,” she tramped away; while Lord George al
LOCAL SALES
said, "unless we want to eat In the most as quickly took the road down
dark. Here goes the last piece of fire ward and disappeared.
Would you ever think of being huge
wood, and the men say they can’t
Despondently the four who had
ly Interested In corsets, other people’s
find any more. And an electric torch, been left behind waited. Mrs. Arch
corsets at that? And If you had dis
though useful, will not Illuminate a man sat down on the bare ground and
covered that all the fascinating art
whole dinner table. Besides, we’ll went to sleep almost Instantly, with
and science of salesmanship could be
need It later."
her head pillowed on Bess’ lap. Miss
wrapped up In coutil and whalebone,
Bess was right. The fire was dying, Denslow walked to the very edge of
would you thipk you had any chance
and long before the supper, simple as the ravine and tried to peer down; and
of carrying off a record, way out In
It was, could be finished, darkness had after a moment Harry Joined her.
Idaho? Well, Sophie Boellert was and
again descended upon the scene.
Suddenly a low call sounded from
did. That Is to say, she found her
When the last red ember winked out, dead ahead. “Hello I Hello I Mr.
self a saleswoman In a Boise store.
several of the party drew long breaths. Archman,” It came cautiously.
She set herself to “work, and hard
But nobody said anything. Their feel
Harry straightened up. “Hello!” he
work, with tireless ambition to go on
ings were too deep for words. Each, called. “Who’s that?”
and on.” She took one course of study
however, undoubtedly took some com
"It’s me—Cc-lllna,” came the answer.
after another, for “we never have
fort from hearing the others munch "I thought I saw you.”
enough learning.”
ing away at their hardtack In the
Simultaneously
Miss
Denslow
That she won the national prize la
darkness.
clutched Harry's arms. "There he Is,”
corset selling not long ago Is Just one
At last Lord George got up. T h e she murmured. “On the other side of
milestone on her way. She’s buyer
moon Is up,” he said, pointing to the the ravine, a little higher than we are.
and department manager In the Boise
top of the canyon, where the tree tops He's gotten completely around It Yes,
Mode. That means that she has coine
had begun to silver against the sky. Mr. Collins?”
to know Intimately the buying public
It’s time to move.”
“Nothing doing over here! No
of Idaho, and the manufacturers of
“Walt!” Miss Denslow’s voice came path! Have you heard from Lord
America and the world as they are
hissing In the gloom. "Listen!”
George?”
translated to the retail trade through
Out on the water of the Inlet sound
“Not yet.”
the clever, complicated, ever changing,
ed the steady beat of oars, coming
“All right. I’m coming back." The
ever Interesting New York market.
nearer and nearer. Mrs. Archman nlmost Invisible figure rustled Into the
She’s a director of the store, which
started up thankfully. “They’ve come deeper shadows that lay behind It.
means that she’s managed to learn
for us. Oh! They’ve come for us,"
It- was growing decidedly lighter.
how to work with other people day In
she murmured. "I knew they couldn’t The moon was climbing behind the
and day out, to get her own way when
desert us. Call to them, Bess. Call mountain and Its rays were pulsing
It’s based on good hard knowledge
to them.”
overhead, making the sky faintly lu
without Irritating the other person,
“Wait!” Miss Denslow and Lord minous. Suddenly a confused noise
and to yield her opinion as gracefully
George spoke together. “Walt and from seaward broke on the night and
when other Judgment la the better.
see who they are first.”
the two turned to look. But the edge
Her position means work with much
"But--"
of the cliffs cut off all view of the sea.
overtime, but Miss Boellert finds op
“For God’s sake be still!” breathed
“I’ll go—’’ began Harry.
portunity for outside Interests. “I’ve
Lord George. “Silence! Keep well
But Miss Denslow stopped him.
always been Interested In helping girls
back under the ledge, for your life's “No!” she said. “Stay here. We must
up In their work,” she says. “My own
sake.”
be ready Is Lord George calls. Listen.
experience Is that the best founda
Awed by his tones, all shrank back, Don’t you hear oars?”
tions for the average girl are laid In
flattening themselves against the
"Yes! I—”
smaller towns. People seem to have
rocks, and waited, listening.
Below In the darkness of the ra
more time. But In any place the study
The sound of the oars against the vine a stone rattled downward, fol
of human nature Is the most Interest
oarlocks had ceased. Another Instant lowed by another and another. Some
ing one. This many-sided study Is a
and a low order, followed by a con one was climbing the rocks recklessly.
great help In any work. One of the
certed rattling, showed that the crew
must Interesting studies today Is sell
of the boat had shipped oars with
ing. We are all doing that. It has
man-of-war regularity. Other orders
many angles and the whole world
followed, and other movements. The
enters It at some angle.”
trained ears of Lord George and Col
Miss Boellert’s own life seems to
lins made out that most of the men
bear out her statement about the wide
had landed, but that one or more had
angle vision possible to the good sales
put off in the boat to lie away from
woman wherever she Is. The war
the shore. A shuffling of feet and a
brought more than one honor to this
low click of metal on metal showed
Idaho woman who had been so con
that those on land had formed Into
scientiously preparing herself. And
a rough column and that they car
when, Just after the war, the National
ried rifles. As they moved up the
Federation of Business and Profession
cleft, more than one of them growled
al Women was started, the women of
out a curse as he barked hts shins
Idaho chose Miss Boellert to be their
on an unseen rock. Only one of the
representative In the national council
listeners recognized the language.
Each year they have re-elected her
“Danish!’’ breathed Lord George, as
This year she has mothered two new
the steps of the last one died away.
clubs Into being, and has two more on
The next moment Lord George
the point of organization. “So,” she
stepped out. “Follow me, quickly and
comments, “I’m busy most of the
silently,” he breathed. "Don’t lose
time.”
an Instant.” He waited while the
others emerged from beneath the
•‘KINDLY WATCH JANE”
ledge, and then he set off up the path,
following hard on the trail of the
If a woman really wants to have fun
mysterious column.
In this modern world, said woman gets
Ten minutes later he paused by the
into a niche where she can watch, re
side of the break In the wall, which
port upon and, on occasion, manipulate
was plainly perceptible in the greater
some of the currents of feminism.
light that had come from the shallow
There’s a woman out In Topeka doing
ing of the gully. Silently he deflected
that very thing. Wherefore there has
each of his companions up It. When "That’s Mel” The Newcomer Hurried
grown up a tradition In Kansas, par
the last one had passed he drew a
ticularly In Kansas politics, “Kindly
Across
ths
Room
and
Began
to
Untie
deep breath. "Checkmate,” he mur
watch Jane!” Now Jane Is merely a
the Cords That Bound Nsllie to Her
mured, as he followed.
nickname for a newspaper known offi
Chair.
cially as the Kansas Woman’s Journal.
The trail around the mountain
It Is the Initials of the paper plus the
proved to be easy to follow despite While the two waited, a form sprang
the difficulties of night travel. It was. Into view and Lord George's voice,
necessities of the case that worded the
slogan quoted.
In fact, a real trail and not, like the cautious yet vibrant with excitement,
Who and what are behind Jane?
first they had followed, merely the rang out. "Quick !” he called. “Come
rock-strewn bed of a torrent, which quick, all of you I Danger! Come
There’s an advisory board that covers
all one side of a sheet of paper. There’s
had happened to coincide more or less quick I”
a motto, "Devoted to the Interests of
closely with a fanciful red line that
women, children and home,” that Is
Price had drawn upon the forged map.
CHAPTER XIV
honestly lived up to. There was dur
The party made excellent time along
ing the last political campaign, the Re
it and would have done even better
A
Little
Surprise
publican state central committee, which
had It not been for Mrs. Archman, who
made the paper official organ of the
As the door closed behind Price,
was utterly exhausted and positively
Republican women of Kunsas. There
refused to consider even a suggestion Nellie turned to Captain Bunker with
are the subscribers, both men and
from Collins that he and Lord George a sob. "What shall we do7“ she cried.
women. And rhere Is Lilia Day Mon
should push ahead on a reconnolter- "What shall we do?”
roe, editor, who describes herself as
Bunker shrugged his mighty shoul
lng expedition and leave the others to
"chiefly responsible except when the
ders. “Don't you fret,” he said cheer
rest and follow later.
printers of my most capable publishing
As It turned out, however, the party ily. “I’ve been in tougher places than
company commit some kind of crime,
did not have very far to go. About this and I’m here to tell It. It's mighty
mayhem possibly, on some pet article."
midnight, Just as the men figured out hard on you. but—”
It was July when Mrs. Monroe wrote,
“Oh!” Nellie uttered a cry. “Can
that they must be very near the Inter
“Ha’ mercy i I have the rheumatics.
secting red line that ran up the moun we trust him?” she quavered.
I’ve one wrist trussed up in a red flan
Captain Bunker sniffed. "You can
tain, the trail began to slant steeply
nel bandage. (Dr. sa!d hot applications»
downward, so steeply that Lord trust him Just as far as you can trust
and I’ll leave It to you If there's any
George, who was leading, stopped and a rattlesnake, and no farther,” he
thing more torrid than a red flannel
peered doubtfully downward Into the grunted. “He needs that map bad and
bandage.)
pool of blackness that yawned before he’s trying to get It. I guess he doesn't
"I was born Into a family that was
him. The moon, though probably remember It as well as he makes out.
crazy to have a girl. As the only girl
above the horizon, was behind the And he’s worried about what he's got
In a bunch of boys, I had many priv
mountain and threw only a reflected to face and wants to find out; and
ileges, but I had to learn to be a good
light over the spot where the party he'll promise anything to get you to
sport. My father died. I became a
tell. But you were right In what you
had halted.
school teacher, read law, grew up and
"Stop here till we can find out where said. Once he gets what he wants. It’s
married a lawyer politician. When I
we «re going,” directed his lordship all up with you and me—and with
(list went away to school I hoarded at
authoritatively, but In a low tone, your mother and the rest, too. He
the same place with a newspaper msn
when the others came up. “This path can’t let us go to set the dogs on him
and his wife, who were mighty nice to
(T O B E C O N T I N U E D .)
seems to go far down, and I’ve got later. He Just can't. And bis men
the lonesome little stranger. The edi
to reconnolter before I take you along wouldn't let him If he wanted to. By
tor took the most Inconvenient times
Must Cultivate Food
I t ” He peered to the right, whence the way, I don't want to be Inquisitive,
came the murmur of the sea. “We're but b»w about those forty millions
The common Impression that the to become drunk. With his wife I used
near the water,” he added. “Maybe he’s talking about. Are they there?” food of Samoa Islanders "falls In their to get up In the middle of the night to
The girl shook her head. “I don’t laps" is quite wrong, says Prof. W. A. get out the Courier. To keep awake I
the path goes down to It. We’re only
to set type.
guessing that the map Is right, you know.” she answered hesitatingly. Setchell of the University of Callfor learned
"I only advise a girl to go to a big city
know. Mr. Collins, you’d better go "Father—Mr. Archman—spoke once or nla. There are few edible plant prod
for a bit of post gruduute work, for a
Inland, I fancy, and see whether you twice of a lot of money, but I didn't ucta obtained there without regular sojourn
that will make her appreci
can get around the head of the ravine. pay much attention. Forty millions Is attention. Every native village has Its
plantation where the famous bread ate the wide spaces more when sh#
Maybe the red-line trail comes out at a lot.”
Bunker nodded.
"Rather!” he fruit, bananas and coconnts are raised. comes back. One of the greatest boons
Ita head and you can find I t Mr. Arcb-
for women Is the feeling that they hav#
man. you'll stay here with the ladles agreed. “By the way. where It Mr. The plantations are generally In forest a sort of proprietary Interest In the
clearings
and
are
allowed
to
grow
up
Archman?
How
did
ya*
happen
to
|H1 we come back or call to you.”
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In all sorts of weeds.
Me one seemed to resent Lord coma on bpard alone?”
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