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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1925-07-30, Page 10. by James Oliver Curwcod einothezeida frightened ery, and n re- sponso to' that cry Baree.shot out from Under the balsam with a :oiled in his throats that had in it tho note of death. . In the edge af. the spruce thicket Pervel rolled uneasily., Strange sounds , wet° reusing hm, cries that in,his ex- AtOVE- Of THE FAII-Ncent imustima came to him as if in a dream IIAPTER XXX,—(ConVd) Tuboa, the tocthlettS 'bid dree 'whom horror ',leaped to 'his feet ital'inislied " , Something reater than roere cura Pierrot out oa Pity had allowed to toward the tepee. Nepeese wae in the ost y hegan - to a se possession of hunt in pant 0 hji donatn. . 'Opei, (-Ulna the name she Itod given Cancel. A 'whimsical humor became -a , He felt within himself the tragedy him— "Ooldinavr -. Jeem— Oolsimew • fixed end deeper theught, an itereason- and the horror of the "one terriblp Jeern—Ookhnow Jeeeres--" She yvz0 Ina 'anticipation was accompanied by hour in which tbe , sun had gone out standing there, white and slim, her a certain thrill of subdued excitement.of the ,-,,vorld for the Willotv, mid in eaee with the blaze of she stars in By, the .thne they remelted the old the flames he could see faithful phi them, and when she,. saw aarael, she beavet-pond' the mystery of the Tube:: as he called on his last strength flung opt 'her mitts to hint, 'still ery- ' ittbtinge adventure had a firm hold on to bear Nepeese °tier the long aales ing: • i him, From I3eaver-tooth's colony thdt Fay between the chasm° and ltis 'Ookiniew jeern--0000, 0016MOW Bareeled him to the ereek along which cabin; he caught shifting, Visions of Jettut '' • , ' \Vat:aye°, the black bear, had fished the veeelts that followed in :that cabin, ' -thi the tepee. he heard the, rage of a ' and thence straight to the Gray Loon.' weeks of hunger and of -intense cola beast, the moaning cries of 'a man. Ilea - It wes eaaly afternoon ea a weeder- in Which the Willow'slifo hulig by a forgot that it was only -last night Ms ful day. It, ems so still that the rip-; single thread. And at last, when the had come, end with a cry ha swept piing waters of spring, singing in a snows wore' deepest, Tuboa had died. the Willow to his breast, and the- Wil- , thousand rills and streamlets, filled Carvel's fingers clenched in tho low's arms tightened round his neck as the forests with a droning niusie. In ; etranda of the Willow's braid, A deep, she' moaned: ' , -. - the warm elm , the crimson bakneesh !breath rose out of his chest, and ,he ' aOoketnow Jen -.-it is theman- glowed lilie'blood. In the open spaces . said, staring deep into the fire: beast—in there! it is,thb Man -beast the air was scented with She perfmne I "Tosmoreow / will go to Lae Bain!' from Lac. Bain—and Bane " of Blue Flowers. In the trees .and a For a moment Nepeese dad fiat ens- Truth flashed upon .Carvel, and he bushes mated birds were building their (wet. She, too, Was looking into the caught Nepeese up in his arms ahd ' are.. Then she said: ran away with her from the sounds ' . that ha( grown sickening...and hor- , "Tuboa meant teskill him Wheti the tibia. In the spruce thicket he put siesta After the long sleep 00 winter Nature was' at work in all her glory. . It was Unekepesim, the Mating Moon, the Home Building a/none-and &sloe was going home. Not to rnatehood— but to Nepeese. He knew that she was there new, perhaps at the very edge of ls clibsin where he had scan her last. e hey would Ise -playing togethee again soon, as they had played yesterday, and the day before, that, and in his joy he barked up into Carvers face, and urged him to greater speed. Then they came to the clearing, and once more Baree stood like a rock.. Carvel saav the charred ruins ofthe burned cabin, and a moment later the two graves under the tall spruce. He be- gan to understand as his eyesereturne ed slowly to the waiting, listening dog. A great swalliog rose in his throat, ,and after a moment or two, he said softlargand with an effort. "Boy, 1 guess yotare home." Berea did not hear. With hie head up and his nose tilted to the blue sky Go was, sniffing the ale: What was it that same him with the perfumes snriag came, .and he could -travel. her feet once mote to tiTe ground. Hee When Tuboa. died. I` knew,. that it was I hp felt the wild terror of her body as who must kill him. So I canto, with I arms were tiglit around his tteck; , Tuboa's gun". It was fiesh leaded— ie throbbed- against him; her( breath yesterday: And-a-M'sieu Jeem"a-she leaked uk. at him,, a triumeMant glow in her eyes as she added, alnioet in a whispen-aaYoo willnot go , to Lac Bain. I have sent a snessenger." "A meesenger?" -- -' ."Yes. Ookimow Jeeme-ai messenger. saes sobbilig, ,and her eyes were on Ids( face. He drew ,her ,closer, and suddenly he erushed his faco down close'against hers and felt for an in- stant the warm. -thrill of . her lips against his, ewn. • . • "I -le is dead, Nepeese." Two days ago. I sent word that I ladMOW eem . not died, but was here—waiting for "Yes. Baree lailled him:" "Dead, Colo. a 9 him—and that I would be Iskwao now, She did not -seem to breathe. ' Gently his wife. ,Ooo-oo, he will come, Ooki- with his lips in her hair, Carvel 'new lee -et -41e wilt c°the as And whispered his plans for their pas - you shall not kill. him. Nord" Slie ad. a ( - semiledhnto his face,. and the throjeof `PNO one will know, my sweetheart. °Israel s heart, was like a drum. The To -night I will bur him ana burn the t ,„ topos. o-moirowyswe will start for gun is loaded," she said softly. "I te ee T . will shoot." --Nelson House, where there is a MIs - "Two days ago," said Caevel. "And sionwe wt.11 comeer. And after that— from Lae Baiit ie -a—" a back—and I will build a new cabin u e "He well be here to -morrow;" Ne- where the old -one burned. Do you peese answered him: "To -morrow, as love me, Ica sakahet?", ' of the orests and the green meadow? the sun goes down, he will enter( the aOui--yes—Ookimow jeein—I love a Why war it that he trembled now as clearing. I know. My blood has been yea— .•.sa - singing it sal day. To -morrow ---to-.. StfddenlY there came an interrup- the air? Carvel aeked himself, and her stood there? What was -there in morrow—for he will travel fast, Oolti- tion. Bane at last was giving his his questing eyes tried to answer the mow jeerer. Yes, he will come fast." cry.oi triumph. It rose to the stars; questions. Nothing. ,There was death-. Carvel had bent his head. The -soft it wailed over -the roofs a :the forests gripped in his fingers were and filled, the quiet skies—a wolfish here—death and desertion, that was treses The Willow, look- howl of exultation, of achievement, of all. Ancl-then, all at once, there came crushed to his lips. from Berea a strange cry --almost leg again into the fire, did not see. vengeance fulfilleda---Its echoes . died a human cry—and he was gone like the But she telt—and her soul was beat- slovely aveay, and silence came again, t wind. ing like the wings of a bird. , A Treat peace whispered in the soft Carvel had thrown off his pack. He Tokimove Jeem,"•-she whispered— breath of the treetops. Out of the dropped his rifle 'beside it and a breath, a flutter of the lips so soft north came the mating csill of a loon. neve, followed Beree. He ran swiftly, that Carvel heard no, sound. . About Carvel's shoulders the Willow's straight aeroes the open; into the If old Tuboa had been there that arias crept closer. And Carvel out dwarf balsa/Its and into a grass -grown night it is possible he would have read of his heart, thanked God. s „ (The End.) dieing° warnings in the winds that c• e ------ path that had once been worn by the travel of feet. Heereb. until he was vabispered flow and then softly in -the panting for breath, aud then stopped treetops, whs such a night; a night and listeiTed. He could hear nothing when the Red Gods whisper low ama of Baree, But that old trail led on ong themselves, a carnival of glory in which even the dipping shadows and under the forest trees, and he folk/se- ed it. - the high stars seemed to quiver with Closet° the deep, dark pool in which the life of a potent language. It is he and the Willow had disported so barely possible that old Tabors, with. often Earee, too, had stopped. He his ninety -years behind him, would could hear the rippling of wafer, and have learned something, or that at least he would have suspected a thing which Carve' in his youth and confi- dence did not see. TE-morrow—he \trill come to-morrowl The Willow, his eyes shone- with ra gleaming firo as he quested for Nepeese. He expect- ed to see her there, her slim white body shimmering in some dark sha- dow of overhanging spruce, or gleam- ing suddenly white as snow in one of the warm splashes of sunlight. His eyes,..sought out their. old hiding places; the great split rock on the other side, the shebang banks under which they used to dive like otter, the spruce boughs that dipped doWn -to from t fire slept Baree, and still the,surface and in the midst of which rarther back in the edge of a spruce the Willow'loved to acreen her naked thicket slept Carvell. Dog and man body sabile he searched the pool for were tired. They had travelled far her. And et last the tealizatien was and fast that day, and they heardano borhe upon him that she was not there, sound, . - that he had still farther to gm But, they had travelled neither so exultant, had said that. But to ol Tuboa the trees inight have whisper- ed, why not hi -night? It was midnight when the big moon stood full above the little open in the fotest, In the tepee the Willow was sleepinf. In a balsam shadow back itgrr A CHIC TWO-PIECE SPORTS COSTU1VIE.. Its entry in ane, sports event will make the wearer outstandingly smaat. 11 also is an ideal vacation and travel frockebecause of its, dark figured nia.. terial anei trimmind-bands..The blouse is designed with extra length, the sleeves are long and well fitting, and the' neck opening is not only chic and youthful, but fits closely. The set-in pocket e and narrow belt are other features essential to the ideal sports costume. The skiet has the (popular kick plaits at centre front and. 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(theapast few aearwhas. eome a ousel.: ponding -growth in orchestral :slaying --aied the Sunday ,:fchnol. has been mie of the linportant ;nacos • ' wheth the grewth :•cif- Orchestras has been most notleaabee. And why not? ' -Here, indeed; is a place weeee the orchestra can be Iliad°, verY , lilopoot- aol adjunct of worship. In fact, there' are, acc•ording to a wellamewn Cana- dian Sunday Schopl S-uperintendent, sieveraleuses fee tho orchestra in thie particular work. "In this connection." he says, "I would put first a -reseousa Milts, for enriching' the Worship , pro- gram oS the school. have ueed 1110 WOrd 'enriching' with care. It is not the place of the orchestra to usurp oc ,even to cloralnate this program. 'Phe ,orchostra trot an end'in'itsell, but le rather a means to an end. Much distress of mind will be saved if this is fully understood by all concerned. "Again. the oroheetra may be a(valta able adjunct to the worts et the school 00 imblic occamons in connection with church services .and the and also in connection with. aocial or enteltala- ment.featuree carried on by the sohool: I would make this secondary tto the first purpose stated. "Still agate I loots upon the, orchee- ire as as extremely valuable aid in furnishing au outlet for expeession. in seivice. I. would put this value at a very high point. It de an additional avenue (of expression in a ',field, in ,Whicla we have discovered, so all too few. Every young Person who gates h1e. service in the orchestra as a result should be more loyal to the worlt of the eheach echool than if thee young- wee simply ieceiving inetead of giving. • "How inay the .orclaestra enrich the vrothhip prearam of the school?. Out of aria experienee as church scneol Stiperintendent, r offer the following tSugMag'esy htla°vnisn:g' ar-oper'Llance of su' it - able instimments and by wise module- s An overnoisy instrument or an oreheStrae too loud. as a whole, 'doe's, not caneribute to tne 'worship' values fie program. *Wind instrainents havet this hurtful effect. A saxophone play- ' ed as in a jazz band ilea ne, place in such an orchestaa.; if, however, ist is Played quietly, reverently, Ito mellow tones give a etch volume to the laze f it ea of Quality is ,blerxded onlY frotn tender yr ioicutikrwirg efatvheesi t Yoic,e 1 (cl.. ° 3*c' 'g d ness,, Try SALA A to.daY. Making Canada'S InWenaory. Much is hoard of Canada's natural ,resourcee—her minerals, water DONV011i forests, fisheries and lands, and we have learned to value them highly, saye the Natural Resources Intern- 'genee Service,' They mean everything to this young country. • ( Very few., however, appreciate the difficulties,. the eardshipe, and, nianY times,.the eraratione under which the pioueere in discoveries, labor In mak- ing known Our weenie in natural re- sources. - The Interior Department has Just 'Sent' an expedition to the northern le - lands of the Aretic. The vessel car- Mes a number. of scientists, who •will report on the resoueces that coun- try. Anotherpartsais being mit along the 'northern. limits of the meinland,, irons the Mackenzie to Hudoon Bay, exploring the territory wherein it- is aleeadwgenerally Itnewn valuablle re; retirees in -minerals exist. These men Will spend the winter In the North. Even in naore seutherly latitudes Canada has areas in which the work is•not easy. In the mountable of Bri- tish Columbia geologists are making surveys that may mean untold mil- lions in mineral. wealth to Canada but they are doing so ooMetimee at.great risk and often under difficult condi- aerie. A recent report from one, of the parties states that the -work had been delayed until late lii the seasonby bad weather, including belated snowstorms. In order to overcorne the lost time the party was now woiking fmom 4.80 in the morning till 8 o'clock In the evening; and Sundays have been entirely, removed from the calendar. In 1828 a geological party in north- western Quebec lost two members of its party by drowniug. There are no bridges in the wilda and turbulent mony. The effecto qu e harmony . shoula be sought as over"against mere Some Curious Shell& volume of sound. Along the seaecoait, there are places "To enrien the worship prc,gram, Where you cannot walk without °beer- the orchestra will need to fit its OVII1 • Ving Jets of water shooting up, SOnle- work into the spirit or the hour, If times one foot, sometimes two feet, there is an opening overture it should like miniature fountains. If you will contribute to the quieting progeag de - stop and look, you will perceive tevo sirable open1ng a wheel. holes in the sand, about large enough "In the matter of 'the singing, the to admit a goose -quill. Lay your hand orchestra should accompany rather on these, and the inhabitant'. of those than lead, It la more commonly used holes, the Solen, disalelsears as quickly as an aid M leading the singing, wit'' the result that quite often there is as a ntole will. The Soleil gets his food by pushing -very little following. Ereauently, un - the siphon whieb. he has up to the air, lass the leadership of staging is well through the sand. One way to catch done, the aefiool stops singing, in him es to run clown into this burrow of Whole or in part, and lets the orchestra his an iron roa, turnedaup at one end do the work. When this happenethe and then twist him up. elle makes a oreheatra may become a hindrance good bait for-fIshing. rather than an Oda' ' A bettor way Is toputa Mull of --a salt auto Ids burrove, and before you ee can aaY Jack Robinson, Mr. Soleil, or How Bunny Foiled -the - raze/allele leaves Ms house as if — Wildcat, were on tire. The fleakelheliwis related to the 111110(011Ra ise A . Ain't She the Queen? Reggle—"Shis'a a queen and her beirei a &elan ef &FY." Miss Sharpe -."Ye: I tear she holds O corohation ceremony. every morning and abdicates every night?' Coaching Adds Thrill for e Women of England. Coaehing has no f diminished by, any means iu England because of the papa - While a,friend of Mine was -walking recently throlith a stretch of wood. He went. on to t tepee, •The lit- far nor so fast he Bush IVIcTaggart. amity, of the automobile. This toren razorshell, and gets his name front the bound on a fishing trip, writes a con- tle open space in they had built Betweeri sunrise and midnight lie had of sport' aPintara 6 appoa even more flask-shaped house he builds, , The tributer to the Youth's. Centipanion, he their hidden wire, as flooded with come forty miles when IM strode into than formerly to the woman- of to -day, watering -pot -shell builder' a home like was astonished to see a rabbit hop in - sunshine that came hrough a break the dealing where Pierrot's cabin had and there has been a move on foot re- cently to admit women Members to the Coaching Club, as they have never had a coaching club of their own. Coaching entlusieste say that the append of this 'sport is More potent than ever, as worrier( realize that they It had been blazing all day, and now show, to much better advantage upon —so near its •realization and ite -ere. a coach thaii seated in an enormous umph—the old passion was like a , aucoraobile often partly hiilden from drunkening wine in his veins. Some- ' , where, near where he stood, Nepeese view., was whiting for him, waiting for him, Coaebing, or at least driving one's Once again he called his heart beat- own coech, la an expensive amusement ing in 0 fiiree anticipation as he Es- to -day, though no more so than the tened. There was ne answer. And ownership of a fabesizea yacht. A straight through it—nothing is too Saddenly he heard the fierce growl thenalor a thrilling instaat his breath coach at the present tine costs ham hard tor him. , et a wilacat, ahd the rabbit scurried up stopped. He sniffed the air—and there $3,500 to e8,000. A, good horse may be How he does it is the mystery, for came to him faintly the smell of to Within a few feet ot him and eowea- had from a750 to 51,750, but the cost the size of Ins tannel being just that smeke. • ed. down lit alieect terror. The flsher- of a perfeetly matched team is out of of himself allows that he (Mei not do man fired a few shots from his revel- Withethe arst inetinct of the forest all proportion to the individual value- et with_ the ragged edges Of his shell, man he fronted the wmd . ver, which, frightened tate cat away. - -that was but the /ma' horses, and no other mode of boring has yet a a faint breath under the sartlit skies.. e't i te d Although the season, which opened been 'found for him, unleSS my idea is Taen the rabbit disappearea to return He did not call again hut las ne e no more in the forest to the west, The tepee etood. Tae from the edge of the was etill there. It did not seem very foxest he had called; and now, when much changed to Baree. And rising he found no answer, he stood undea from the ground in front of the tepee the light of the moon and listened. was what had come to him faintly on Nepeose was to be here—waiting ale the still air --the smoke of a Small fire. was tired, but exhaustion could not Over the fire Was bending a person, still the fire that burned in his blood. and it. aid not strike Baree as amaz- ing, or at all unexpected, that thie person should have two great shining braids down her back. He whined, and et his whine the Person grew a little rigid, and turned slowly. Even then it seemed quite the most natural thing in the world that it rshouTtl be Nepeese and none other. He had lost her yeater'day. To -day he had found her. And in atievada to his -whine 'there came a sobbing cry straight otit of the soul ofethe Willow. Carvel found them thereni kw min- utes later, the dog's head hugged dose up against the Willow's breast, and the Willow :wee crying—crying like a little child, her face hidden from hint . Hathe's neck, He did not inter- rupt them, but waited; and as die waited something in the sobbing Yoke and the stillness of the forest seemed to whisper to him a bit of the story a the burned cabin and the • tWO graves, and the meaning of the Call that had come to Bare° from out .6f the aouth. • - the "rose" of a watering -pot The finger-pholae is also a beret; he makes his home in limeetone ana bthill` thought that it might be sick erwound- rocks; and it is generally about the ed, but whoa lie fried to aoproatei it shape of the human finger. The date- the alslittle oreatufe made off into a thicket, • Ari eontinued on his course he to the road and thlloev along a sliort distance behind him. At first he shell is the strongest of aliwthe bur- rowers. Sometimes you may find some of the very hardest stones known to streams frequently have•to be crossed or navigated often at great risk. Thie spring, at a watering statical on a river on which much potential Watermower exists, while the engin- Oen were taking measurements of the volume and rapidity of flow, they were thrown into the water owing to float- ing logs being carried under their best. The records of many cases are liureed In ,the ofRcial government re - Ports, and little is ever heard by the public of the work being done by the Civil Servante of Canada on the fron- tiers of clvilize.tion and beyond. The inventory of our natural resources goes on, however,. and It is only When the death of a field man on duty is re- ported that any oublie attention is given to the work these pioneers are doing, The Way You Take It. Two women ware talking together, "It's a mystery to nie why I dont break down. I have so much to' con- tend with," said the first woman. She looked worried and. fretful, ten years older than she really Was,. But her troubles were only the ordinary vexations of life --unsatisfactory sera vents, a boy who baa been allowed to eat too much and was Suffering from his indiscretion, anothee boy whoee. mischieYousness had got him into trou- e could still hear It picking its way blat sehoed, naturalists just riddled with the hotels"Don't evorry," said her companion. through the undergrowth, and after he Of thie Industrious little animal.'Life is worth' living, if you take It reached the brook and began to fish he His cafe great passion seems to bore, frequently- caught sight of what was that way." bore, bore. If anything is in his way,The second woman had real ttouble plainly the same rabbit hopping front he never seems to think of goinga huaband who could not make a lir- around to bush, always. at no great die- — around it, but drives his tannel eight tenet - ilia, grinding poverty, a crippled child —but her ftlee expressed cheerfulness and courage, and she looked ten Years younger than she was. , She was not a learned woman. Doubtless she had never heard of Epla. tetus and his 'wise words: "Exteanals are not in ply power: win is in my power." It is even probable that Whit- comb Itiley'sebeautiful way Of stating her point of:view was unfamiliar to her: ---- "Whea God sorts out the weather and sends rain, Why, rain's my choice." Pethaps she had heard Henley's stir- ring linese "I am the ethater of my Fate, aerobe the &oaring. Isiepeeee WAS off there— somewhere— sleeping beside her fire, antl out of him there rose a low cry of xultation, He came to the edge of the forest; chance directed his steps to the overgrown trail; he fol- lowed it, and the smoke srnell came stronger to his nosttils. - It Was the forestnnan's instinct, too, that' added the element of caution to leiS advance: \That, ana the titter still - with 1110CoachingClub's meet in Hyde Park in May, and exteads for three months,. is short, running expenses are vera high es compared to ere -war correct—that is, that he has a steong Irauld of soine kind that softens the rock immediately around him. What In a lecture to nurees, a doctor re- do you all think? , cently said: "Don't chatter. All wo- men are born chatterers therefore The maJOritY 01 WhiPC In England Wood In IVIatches. you start handicapped. But you are are ta,uglst te, drive frOm, childbmail. More than 100 tons of wood are coil- more than. women—you are nurses." Good. "drivingthancle" aremost ampor- slimed in the world daily in the form tent. In the absence al thra •giftno of mniChes. • Jute from the swamps of India, training can make a 'thoroughly de - CHAPTER XXXI. nees of (the niglita He broke ne.sticks complished whip. Bet, given "hands," That aight there Wee a new camp-' under hie feet. lie disturbed the brush steady nerves, iinperturable temper, fire in the open. It was not a emall fire, built with the fear that other eyes might see it, but a Inc that 'sent its „flames high. • •the glow of it etood C,arvel. And as the fire had ehanged front that sraall smouldering heap ovet which the Willow had cook- ed her dinner, so Carvel, the officially (lead outlaw, had changed. The beard was gene from his faco; he had thrown off his caribou -skin coat; his sleeves were rolled up to the elbows, and -there was a wild flush in his face that was not altogether the tanning of wind amesun and storm, and a glow in his eyes that had not been theeee for live years, perh.aps never before. His eyes were on Nepeese. . "To -morrow pr the riext day I am going to Lac Bain,".he said, a hired end bitter note baels of the gentle worship in his voice. "I will not come back until I have—killed him." The Willow 4colcecastraightsiiato the ere. lair aetime thete 'W•sts a fdlenee broken only by (the 'cradlaing 'of the flames, and in that silence Carvel's fingers weaved in and out of the silken steands of the 'Willow's Italie elite thoughts flashed beck. What a chaeco Go had inisped that 'day on Bush Mt- Taggart's trap-line—if he had only known I His jaws set hard as be `Saw in the red-hot heart of the fire the mental picturea of the day when the Factor worn Lac. Bain had killed Pier - rot. She had told him the evhole-stora. Her flight Her plunge to what she had thought was certain sleath in the Go torrent ot the chasm Her miracle - so ciaietlY thnt it Made no sotend, patience and skilled tuition, a woinazi, When he- came at last to the little taking up fourazahandedriving for the open wheie . Carvel s fire was t first time, may acquire reasonable pro - sending a epiral of spruce-sc,ented _ in times to font months. smoke up into the air it wis With n stealth .that failed even to rouse l3aree. Perhaps, deep down fixhim, there smouldered ap old suspicion; perhaps it was because he wanted to eozne ib her while she Was sleeping. The sight of the tepee made his heart throb faster. " was light as day whertit stoot in tete moonlight, ant he saw hanging oatside it a few bits of wonsaa's apparel, He advanced Soft - footed as a .f.oX and stood a moment later with Ids liend am the cloth flap at the wigwam door, his head bent fotavard to catch the merest breath of &Mad, -He could hear the breathing. Fou an instant his face turned so that tho moonlight -struck his eyes. They were 'aflame with a mad fire, Then, ,still very quietly, he drew aside the flap at.the door. " ' , It coald .not have•been sonnd. that roused Baree, hiddon in tho black bala sam shadow a dozen paces away. Per- haps it was 'scent. Inc mestrils twitch- ed first; them he awoke. For a few seconde his, eyes glared, at the elsent figure in tlm tepee door. He knew that it was not Carvel, The old smell—the ena.n-beast's smell, filled his noetrils liko a hated poison. Ile sprang to his feet and stood with his lips snarling. back slowly from his long fangs. Mc- 'Paggart had disappecircd. Prom, in- side the tepee there came sound; a sudden movament of bodies, a start.ed lortS escape Rom the waters—and how ejaculation, of one awakening' from site was cliecovezed, pearly dead, by sleep--ancl then a cry, a low, half- — • woven on the looms of America or Per - Large heads on to)/ of bodies like tain, linseed oil pressed arem the flax a splinter of wood, and short arras seeds of Argentine, cork taken from ahd legs; in fact all brain arid no the threats of Portugal and Spain, ancl body—that -I's the picture of men and kauri gum of New Zeeland foem the women In 2,000,000 yeare' time, as principal ingredients in the manufac- drawn by am American E•cientist. time of linoleum. esseasesanglft The Prince of Wales provee'anyatims but conventionel on his 'South African tour. is teed Or following -Ste 1)resee'll)ed (some tO 1,-1 car, at Jagersthmiies, he went by the baek way and vaulted a barrier, much to tile towns- nien' • delight, • wiIdtortis. not neceSsarily true that -41 Zola W10171E1 on the way -to become a gratis "Come over and sit in our pew tide morning," "I can't, My hat,isn't trimmed for that side of the church." - A gial should never marry a Ma& who throws. her money away as fast, as she can =Ise it. tealist is a man who analyses the gpiorwi daeocroordriihnigalycoat and then rates the Some men buy all kinds of' labor saving devicea for their business but won't bily a washing machine or a vacuum cleaner for thele wife. Bos—"I f thas occurs again, I shall be compelled to get another Otero boy." Store Boy—"I wish you Would, sir. There be quire enough work for two of us." - How can we expect another to keep our secret if we cannot lapep it our. fielves? How aae your teeth?' s(ThIs inquiry is ma,de at the request of local den. tists). Howls the time, to get -them in shape; the corn -on -the -cob season 11 rapidly apptheehing. "Who was that bum I seen you down town with Mat night?" "That was my Husbum," Not Really. "After the- ceremony, the newly -man ried couple served ice cream and cake. Th bride's flrst marriage had resulted in the birth of one son; Ilea second had O like result, Theegroom Is the father of fourteed children. lie, too, had been married before."—Prom aa ans. Exchange. The old fashioned girl kissed and made up; the new fashfoned osie . makes ap and then kissee. .A, person has to diet te get the bust out of robust. ---- : You ban't -doable y,oria face value by being two faced. -----te Now and then you fiee a fellow who ezpects to became e hoevling seccess by nothing but howllug. Until yea. dan tell one she is ugle, and ---- Woman. will never be man's equal escape alive. Animals' Ears. -- . II you ever see a rabbit running, no. -ace its ears, and you will,see thet they are laid back flat ea ita, neck. That Is . , not a chance position, nor la it due to the weight of tne ears; Wig a provlsion , or nature tor the little animal's • pro- tection. It is one of the huntea, yau aee, and not one ot the limiters. It is filament with the fax anel the ,wolf; their eare as they run are thrust sharply forWerd - I am the Captain of my,Soell for they are of .the - 'huutees. les the rabbit must run away But more Probably she had net, .to esealm danger, its etemies are al. Nevertheless, from her owe •expera ways behind it, and therefore stature mice, she had •worked out a eviee Iota al philosophy of life. She t, -would sound has given it large.ears to. catch every peaclicmisfortune sour hereo.WWoort.i;y" her, She forgot het( own troubles in sound and the -habit of theowing them not let be.ck, because its danger comes from living ceurageously and cheerfully. She that direction. As the fox and the wolf teok life in the right way and maae' it . must aun after their prey, nature has - woeth living.. • ' (given them, the hebit of thrastiag their ' ears forward. • ' . -She Moved Along. Just how careful nature is in these matters She had been standing in front of and how ehe cants conditiorts . ,the receivingetelles• for aver a quarter t° surrounaings may be seen int the aware of her presence—at any rate, ea. jack -rabbit of the western oraleies. It is the rietneel prey of the wolf, and, as Of an hour and ha seemed quite Go took nonotice of her at allit is -in nioreedanger "than Our rabbits At lest she became too irritated to are its ears have been made a good keep quiet another moment, and, rap- deal larger and. longer, the better to ming on the window te attract the tell- hear the solinds "made by its eitemy. er's .attention, ,she caustically remark- You "lave seen a horse' thrust his ears forward cralekly ivhen anything • his instinctive "Why closet you pay attention to startles him; that is movement to catch, every sound of a threatouing ,aature. .a.aloa raises his ears in a similar way. ' "I'm very sorry, madaire, um Simla pay anything here was the polite re- ply. "Neat windoW on the lelt, pleas e." Length Of tho Danui3e. The totallength oath° Danube river in Eueope 10 about -j.,800 miles. The Channere Width. The English Channel -is 150 miles wide at its greatest breadth. ' Mostly aailorcs. Practically all attempts to establish a universal language had' their origin in Europe. ., What the WifeSays. A homely baby always resembles Ito father's people, Can't l3dat the Irish. %he largeet shlabuildiag plant in the wovld 18 at Belfast, Ireland.' raShions That Beautify. , Modern fashions are responsible fax , _ the prolonged youthfuinees of our wo• Men; lbw necks, short skirts, and silk underwear has given thein now health, yeuth, and beauty.' „a* •