The Clinton News Record, 1925-11-26, Page 6ting Rag
la. J. MeCONNELL af dtGEORGE, W. 'PYPER.,
CHAPTER-iXIXa--(Contti.) tiere w t ' 'H' leavo izi I
Stella Montrose awoke front her watchlie - „till 'alohg come .
slumber with a start at the tiound of sheriff andatt posse, and We'll be d e
the 'crashing vase downeteire, and Gees as geta run ani While he's get fee
rubbed -her eyes. Hearing vices in away with everything in sight,, Hoeg
, the peeler, she jemped up, surprised, that appeal to you birds? •' Do ye think
as she recognized' the voices, ea& hurt heei ,playins a' square game. with me?"'
riedly•descencled the stairs, The men utterede „eepresalcam ;of
En-Mring the living oore, ari1i care- distrust, mingled with oaths. a
fully ' concealing her tsurprise and ap- "Well, thera'boYst•I'see.'you're of a
prehension finding' Teeensle and, inirict with lima' Bucitawent- en in a
ary aivo, she canna , forward, and low voice. "Now 'thenerree got ',a liteo
:mid graciously:- . game. too.. When the ie's aimed, sup -
"Oh, I'm 60 glaciate see you back, posin' we .do -the slicin' oureenes?"
safe and wo1. 1 was just having a "Atte boy, Buck," one of the men
lietle nap eunstaire, 1 was unable to yelled. '
get pour message to the sheriff—I was -"Shut up," growled Buck, -pointing
captured by, ruffiarts when -I dropped to the prisoners, and continued.' in a
from the plate."low voice, "Are as towatchina ir We're
Terence vaastey,eing her yeuenicious- gonna do any, watchiragwe'il watch
ly as she impteviaed 'story. - ". Taggart from new, one, Eh, what?"1
"Bet I managed :to escaaie," Stan e An signified their 'eager agreement.
wedt on, "ancinfinally 'succeeded in "Croton then," Buck said. "We'lI-
finding rn.y way back bore. I was take the upper trail to Pleb and get
dog' tied so I went right to—" . there as soon as he does, an/ find out
Terence jumped upg-and interrupt- wleathets 'gonne be up to.
ed her, shouting; - • The. ellen inspected the bonds and
"Mary, that wcanan is deceiving gage of the three prisoners, tightening
yob. She's helping your enemies, them up in apots, and filed out, of the
Mary -looked sheceed. ,Stella, bit-
ing her lips, feigned indignation, and
started to deny Terence's accusation,
while Bud -Hughes jumped to her' de-
. fence, and exclaimed:.
• "ImpoesIble," impossible, . Terence,
Why I know Stella well, we were Pala
together aor several yeaes in the fly-
ing circus" •
Mary new also roseate Stella's de-.
fence.
"Terence O'Rourke," slie said, "why
- must you always mistrust those 'who
woeld he us most—like Miss Mont-
rose here. -And. Mr. Taggart, tooee,
,ree , father's- old frienda-I remember
you have -tried to eaat aspersions On
him several times too." • •
a "Yes, tied I still maintain that Tag-
gart is crooked, cried Terepce, now
angry and excited. "1 always- sus-
pectede and now I KNOW that Tag-
gart m a crook—and your worst
enemy!"
At that moment the door opened,
and a sneering voice broke in:
"Oh, you do, do you?" , •
All turned to the door t and there
steed Taggart himself. He hod com-
pleted his business at Pico, arranging
.• with Banker Dawson to take steps for
judgment'against the ranch on the
,hoteadee f rom Marshall, and had jnst
arrived at the Bar M to keep the ren-
'e'ezvous he had ,rnade with Stella.
• Taggart moved into the room, close
to Stella, and with curled lips snarled:
:"Terence O'Rourke again, eh?"
Terence dropped. the Idaho BEI dis-
guise he had still been wearing, and
glaring bark at Taggart, eeted:
"Thatle me."
Taggatt waved his hand deprecat-
• ingly at Teierice and -said 'with a hard
accuting expression on his face:
"Spealring of enemies—are you arie
blind? How much longer are you
going to be, deceived by this cue( Ter-
• ence O'Rourke?" a '
"An ,old trick of yours, Taggart."
He turaed. to Mary and Bud, end
cried:
"Mary, I teal you I leave absoliite
proof that this enan Tagganta is the
cause et a'a. your persecution -a -the
wolf in Deep's cloehifig who—
Ile Was interrupted by ,the door
opening again, admitting:Beck MeLeod.
and hie aceemplices, returning from
their vain search of the hut, to meet
Taggart here are he haatorderad them.
Before they critildgecover their seta When Stella arrived at the hotel
rise at seeing.the groep before theni, Buck was •walting at the doora He
Taggart, -now uncovered and clesper- slouched up to ler and said: '
ate; cried to them, pointing at Mary, "Say, I want to s.ee you—private."
Terence and Bed: , He indicated a corner Of the lobby
'quick—take care of them, bind where they -could talk unheard. After
them up and don't let them gat away they had seated themselves, he began:
this tiine on your lives-- Stella, see; ' "1 jes happened:to he passing Tag-,
the map on the table—grab it—" gart'fr office and overheard the little
seizeci.the two old'friagmeets. confab you two were havina"'
Mary dived toward her to ciectinevent Ile .paused, and .watched hee face.
her, but -two of -the rustlers caught She showed surprise,» but affected an
her, and he struggles were futile. air , of calm; and simply .Teptied;
The -rest of the gang had .rstished in
and .overpowered Terence 'and Bud,
Who had fought hastily but 'unavail-
ingly, against oVerwhe-ming nunabera.
They were tieing the three ,up in
chairs. • ,
"Seelbat everything la fixed here—
and 'fixed RIGHT," Taggart coin -
mended Beck. "Stay here with your
Men and watch them till you .hette
• further from ole, and we'll tette care
of them later." '
He 'etre& out of the room, followed
by ,Stella. • ,
Taggart gave .theee orders,
Buck listened'avitthet, sallemidisagree-
--able-expressien on his few,- Taggart
arid Stella strode to the door. Buck
sneakedaalut 0aut,iouply behind there,
keying his men Ur' compete binding
the prisoners.
Outside the door 'Buck listened ate
Taggart talking to Stella, as they
went down the hallway. Taggart was
•
saying: , • .
'Did You itotice how 'Buck acfed?
He knowegtoo much:- But I have a
little plane Stella,' I have a little.pled.
We'll go to my office in Pico now and.
talk 'it over."
Buck left hie men at the Pico bar
to await ids return while he did some
spying alone. He went to Taggart's
office, crept cautiously to the door,
peekei theougla the keyhole, and
listened.
"We've got to act quickly," Taggart
Was saying. att_.
"Why not start to -night?" Stella
demanded,
"Because—because there's one
thing missing," Taggart replied with "Yes, Terence," and she smiled half
chegrin. "The secret di the topaz. apologetically for not having agreed
The map is useless Without that." He with him at first. "But what shall
fondled hie topaz watch charm. we do next? Since that's what he is,
"I've -got the topaz itself—here," he he'll probably have the ranch taken
continued. "But I. don't yet know from us to' satisfy the notes—hes very
how to use it. • I've got to find that friendly with Banker Dawson." ,
out first" He pausetietben went on: "We meet find the treasure at
"I have long suspected—for fee:sons once," said Terence. "That will save
of my own—that Dick 1We/feed is the everything. It's lucky I made a copy
man who knows the secret of the of the map."
topaz. I'll see bim in the morning, He Pondered. .
and. make him kick in." _ "Alf we need now is the secret of
"And if he won't?" said Stella, the topaz," he said. "And to get that,
' `Me will," laughed Taggart. "We'll I must run down this naan Buck. I'll
offer him ,good slice ot the swag. take his trail at once—this very night.
We have both the map and the topaz And I'm not coming back until get
ha a only the secret of the topaz my man! Just before they lett—Te-
alone-alt wolet pay him to keep it member?—Buck said something nbout
secret." going to Pico. Guess that's my first
"But if he wants too much for it?" destination."
"Look here, Stella, once I get hold
of this treasure I don't want, to he
bothered With Buck any more any-
way," staid Taggart. "It's too danger-
ous, -I don't want it to:come' out the,t
I've been dealing with him, and be-
sides ' he knows too much almut
Once we get the Secret out of hirn—
Well, the sheriff would be- glad to get
hold of him, you know, and It'll be 71
damn sight more convenient foe me to
have -him behind the -bars than any-
where elite. Then let him try to col-
lect his . share." He laughed sar-
donically.
Buck, taking it all in at the key-
hole, grinned to himself. ta taaa
Taggart was speaking again:
""l'aow you go to, your hotel -,.'I'm
going ,home. Aftetaltve got what I
want from Suck in the morning
0311 you." -
At these words Buck darted like a
lash down the stairs, leaped to his
Mirth, and sped hotfoot for the -Hotel
Rio -Grande.
5 '
• ---
Why are you clrinkin' outee the barier asked Munablipeg. 'Well," replied
111 Suctionel'I looked around filet and couldn't aee OW • ' "
. . . . .
te (Kindly drew straight lines between_ the number). . .. .
Wheeled happened. The -boys receiv-
ed instructions for guarding the
ranch and left '
"Well, Mary, I guess you're convinc-
ed about Taggart and this Montrose
woman now;" ,said Terence.
'CEA.PTER-XXX • -
nomiliri-ctiOSsING DOUBLE ceoseees.
For some tithe past" -Buck McLeod
had been ss digruntled may,,, with a
growing- susPiaion that. Taggart was
ready to drop him, untewardecl for his
services, the moment he had finished
his use foe him. His discontent had
leached its apex when Taggaet had
elevated "Idaho Bill" to chief of the
eang after their fight in the rustlers'
. Buck retutred to the foum where
his men were guarding the three pris-
dnees, now securely bound end help-
less, • He called then: all into a eorner.
They , held a vahisperod consultation.
"So I hears him sayin' to her, as
they goes out, 'I have a little lean,'
he says, `I have a little plan, we'll go
to Pico now and talk it over.' he says."
Buck told them, and -waited to watch
their reactions.
They all growled sespieiously.
"Well, boys," continued Buck, "it
looks to me like he's layin1 to pet
genie raw deal over <>tees. See?
agave us hete watchie' the priaoriers,
While he and her goes out and gete
the Wag. Then when they've cleaned
• tip, -they'll beat it, and we'll still be
--earee,
After a moment's silence, 13tick said
sneeringly:. -„
"SO you're fallize fer his stuff, too,
'eh'?" Then, after a pausealle grabbed
her braid and went oft, "Looka here—
he's gonna pull the'same game on you.
Bo's ,gonne double-cross us both if he
cap.- -Why; he told me he wets "rein'
you- only 'cause ye came in handy.
When he's through with ye he'll do
the same to aou as he thinks he'a
eonna do to- me."
Stella smiled.
"I'thought of all that," she said.
"But he's ' not the only smart one."
"Yoe bet he ain't," Buck said. "And
I DO -know whet tile topaz means. But
he ain't' never gonna learn it from me.
And I'm -gonna get my hands on that
map—and that topaz—and then—"
Stella, who was arailieg More broad-
ly, interrupted, saying:
"I, figured he might pull some game
on me, like he was on you, so r didn't
take any chences—lookI"
From her handbag she drew the two
pieces -of the map.
-» They both grinned. a ,
"And the topaz?" asked Buck.
"Well, I couldn't get away with
that," Stella teplied. 'But he doesn't
know how to use it, and without this
—he's helpless." •.
Buck's -eyes gleamed elatedly.
"Look here," he said,"Pil get the
topaz—to-night—and we'll go 50-50.
We'll beat him at his own game. Are
ye on?"
"I'm on," said Stella; and they shook
hands en the agreement.
. The Bat M ranch hands who had
been Out scouting fceathe stolen steers,
rode ' in at sunset after a fruitless
quest. - ,
Riding ep to their quarters, they
found the door barred from the outa
side„, and ' heard heavy pounding
againstat from within.'
They opened it and found &Jetty,
Mike and Barney, the three cowboys
who had been left on watch, trying to
break their way out,
"Same hellishly queer things gem'
on around hero since you boys been
out," aaid Smitty. "First this strange
wernan Who's been Byrn' here rides le• 0'1.000
0.1011e. A little later Miss Maeshall a, s FUZZLai
and her boy friend comes in. Then mylno
mit 22E101
Taggart. And then—what ehould aa
happen but theffe lete tustfers comes '
back, -bringin' the etelen ethers with raNit NIV;11,1t7ttltaaa -
'ern. (hie gang of 'ern jumps us, and e
toaetkor sidt1, this namPa and
locks 11 in here, tvhita the rest of 'em 17'0.01re, d 8181 glicaobrtbodzwra os,ear,otlwat.ambtrei•
runs the cattle back into the aortal e.pan.,01,551,,th.!otio 6riploatg, woill'alletaa.sufitae.E ,
uRe, where thee, belonga. Now what do ye , 6 11faTo 0100 ot .41,1SOLUTELY .kbo
Ina TotOnto Hoopital tor 1011nabler, • bneeetr goufiethieE-da?nel Sei,nouc'b stehLn, foo-eyroYttihrsin'18f 8 °rot 100
Taec' n'f Vag I 100:21 '04°10nr o U:5 all 011C'. "3"tho3
atattadon bith 3tdoyd'a and 111104 I(oendaft tnerseain't a soul in sight :low." livovataaatlaAs Zee:00T apyroilabsuts,512D-
Nsw York City, otters a throe yiars, ear, •"We better hop up to the TMC.!..100 iettoc 01 I- 100,0105100 1101 0500010 00
at TrolaIns to mann mimeo, !mine tie house," sUggeStect :Barney, "and see
tInIt anonoure., addlUon, tap opportuntty of
th 53,01 moot out ot thio book. and 1n
',Mend eJl(oattoil and desirous at boor -dna , just what's what." Ate tor'dha0 100 . plowing In no Z100.00 nab
aldsoo., horp31 ints adoptod ih dont. I phloh sent tot dIvidod canons
hsarsystem. ;rho ounlio rotolvo uptforms at The boys ar
ll avent forathe amie v Oohing tin!. 'ppnaloa rorroottr.
It,g01001, 0,00thly 0,,....0000 1nd eeeet house, lickety-spat, and,enterine found
a re- atnt net ;lour hook. It
s.oad :out etelmion of 1,+: above puxs1onnu tbe
OpikIste 10 MO tool New YAM 1'4 forum, Mary, Terence and Burt bound and Itou eon sorvo ono, yon ,000tt1 honInotonoiontholu
. ,
,laarI81110a 0001Y la tho seeriatenest. gagged. They releated them -and.- au. Xcelre'0Or 0'0 0100,1 0211,0001)1011 prIzo,
• 4.401rnas p.(101,1111,110,1,11 eople,1,,d.
texame„etneten,,,,,t,
Terence made a brief explanation of 3113 Sat tin St, 016, 'I °runt., Dept. 11'10 )
-"We're going with you," Mary an-
nounced determinedly. ,
"Yes,"_ chimed in Buil, "you can't
tell—you mayaheed help."
(To be continued,) But soon he left, with a bitter Wear -ed. Their retention could not add.
, — For alas! her batten had pierced hie anything &the dignity of Ittiyalty, nor
,.
e tilientak,'De3ta,
When itioneetlaa lumpy aerie
tiraah 'With' heft and allvee wings—
Daatt amilleely:.on bands' or ',head •
taathriaga• ' • "
Suede:fest 'joy, easanitamehalf-heard,
An early feet comae enplane down,
Hinting e Wee' secretite woici „
'61111111-111 brown)
OrIlvlien.the wild geeetettrit•my reel
Aerates with ;clamor in- the night, -
Drieiring linearity a geal
Folded fibre s11it. '•, °••
Se come 'the happy 'dead, to blesa
Stile hoursI hedge about for' them,
Bringing the peace, or hely etremsa
Joy lake a gem,-
Maud Muller Up to Date.
idatuLIVItiller,en a winter day
Welit and voted, 130 they say;
Beneath the brim of her jaunty hat
Blie-agave literaeerreetts a gentle' pat,
Long ago she had left Wendt
The cares thatedeaden a Woman's
mind, - '
She hadn't a thougbt for rile price of
beans •
Or the bargain sale,s at the great Sty-
lone's,
For domestic blies hot a whit cared
she, .
Here was. Duty, with a 'capital D.
And she thrilled to the 'they fineer-tips
At the spleedIcl vision of man's'eclipse
ate, with all the fervor of ardent youth,
She triPped away to the voting booth,
And took her glace in the'walting line
In bliss 'ecstatic and mood divine. .
Over the way; bY the village green,
The Judge was parking hes limousine,
And he took hie plaice, vaith a cheery
nod,
In line, Just back ot the lovely eiautl,
;era like the rosy red diet dyCui
Old doer -step olowera with jest
gloW
Thattlit my 'childish et/tea-gest
Ages ego. ' r•
wish the dear and happa `dead
alight 'reaoli me through tho heevy
. ,
nese
The little leavez and tips frcirsr 'efa
mountain tea gardesm69 thet are uhsed
SALA.DA are much Oimer gllavor
than any Gunpowder or jape.n. TrY it.
MilliOns for Railway Ties.
t e ' One of the most important supplies
with 'which a railway lase' to be Pro'
vide& and one on whicla the success,
ful operation of any railway is leveed,
Is tee womien _ties upon which the
Wheal, spent with tepee for cloak end
bread, ,
The spirit rowoene;
But they would smotlaer Menet haze --
They waft beyond that (11000 din..
'allele feet gleam. down the gated wave
r4,et flail win. '
--Karla Wasoe Baker.
When the King Calls.
In ordinaer tociety, when Mae per-
son calla upon another, it is the rule to
return the visit on an eerie day; but
should Royalty henor a subject. with
a visit, this rule does not hold.
'Unless specially asked, the Dentin
thee honored thee not weturn , the
Royal 'Vide The writer remembers a
well -kit -own public raan, now dead, des-
cribing a call he had made on the late
Tsar of Russia, and how, after nearly
an hour, faracying he was tiring the
nmperor, he politely took hie leave.
In doing this fie, ot CMS% sinned.
against eatabalehed custom. It is al-
ways Ste Royal nest who concludes a
visit from a guest .
King George has, ae. tar as possible,
made himself at one with his subjects.
13eieg a "sailor man," he does not care
for an excess of ceeemony, and a num-
ber of little formalities, which were
strictly enfotced in the reign of Queen
Victoria, and even King Edward, have
during the present reign been abolish-
Why Influenza?
•
And, as he muttered and shook his
_ their abandonment take anything from
it. ' - '
Ever since the disastrous epidemic head, . - a .
-- For example, In Queen Victoria's
of 1918, little seines of influenza have They knew it wasn't a prayer he said, time, when anyone 'was presented, he
°replied up here add there, modelle Maud opened the ballot -with .tremb-
or elle ' merely kissed her Majesty's
in places where that epidemic term not ling hand ' , , hand. At the Palace to -tatty, except
Particularly 'severe: The diseasea is And every word of it closely scanned,
, formal Courts, the King or Queen
thus restricted, probably because most , Then said to herself, "What a perfect shakez handa In a very human, friend -
persons in the cities or towns where: bbame. ' . leeway.
the epidemic was severe avere either 'There lane to single woman's .numel" '
On the other hahd, it is still the cus-
naturallYereeistant or elee have .got to And then and there. mader.e,„ Enental tom, when and wherever, the King
certain limenunity from the attack aaree I note . • dines out, that he Is helped before any -
Many aeho eeecaPed the epidemic ot -vote, . . ,, ' .
which "they suffered at that time. }"They'll all be *Ennen, whin women one else, also that he has. his oten foot-
Ma.n to serve him. So n,ever can Lord
1918 were protected bya their good Bet long have.I 'waited for this days- So-and-so's better, when writing his
general nealth and their, power of le- No eelftsh motive nry hand shall stuy."
inemeirs remember the night "I tea-
sietanee, but that condition, aa we : Set the wine over ble Maieatyat coat,
hnowe is net permanent. A person Se there in the booth at the old TON1011 and his loedship etas* so mon the next
who thinks himself immune to ' in -1 ' Hall, day that I tea -eight he'd sack me on
fluenza. may quickly 4030 his powers ,WRII a generous hand she marked the enotte , , ., -
ot resistance, -If he is exposed to se- 1 there all, . '
In the old days, also, the Monarch'±.
vere climatic changes when he is over- , Wherever she found a vacant space precedence placed him even before
worked or ,depreeeed by worry, or 11 4. ,neat and battek little cross she'd ladies, It was Kang -Edward who
he has taxed his digestive and assimi.l. ' trace, ,. . changed this, for on entering a car or
lative powers by meets ot 'diet, or if And to prove that she knew the writ- a carriage he always stood aside to
he lute been physleally weakened by I e Ing game,
help in the Queen or other ladies, .
an Week of some other disease. Even With Meet, a flourish she :signed her King George does the same; and car-
theinunuelty conferred by an attack ' t ' name: .
of influenza ie. Unfortunately not of And th.e ballot couutera, ell of teem,
long duration ; it can be deptented' on PTirioennt:eadailaterorb
i
a
hl
leo
rt
ries it a little „farther, ter, unlese he
is riding ic.,. some State beremotty, he
haomp eetwfue re dt gweiti;:. usually gives the seat tit honor in the
for only a, few years. vehiele to the Queen.
JuEit as the desisting powers or the "Weill this is tlifentl ot a perfect TWe more customs still bold good—
individual to the invasion ot the In- d " --: "
fluenza. germ vary, now. strong arld . ; . ei, . a
not to tu,rn the back on Royalty and 'these only for :steam rallentys, repre-
. ,
.---Kathettne le Dettlh •
again. weak, so the virurence of the not to -sit down until invited 10 40 so. sents a heavy draM upon the Cmna-
germ itself varies. When, as often wee ' The Gift. . . But the Ring is censideration itself, dian forests. Neither does this In.
germ_ —....
happens after the disease has linger- • " " and will say alinost at once: "'Jaye a elude the 1,15e,231 that were exported
I saw thealawn ride in, lest ye.ar. When one studies. the for -
Dust dimmed and grey, , chathe ,Inar friend."
In the matter of the departure of an est situation and the great tango of
Bearing the; morn unofficial guest, his Melesty often gets produets that is dernataed of our for -
Jeweled witheits star," over the walking backward 'difficulty
locality, the disease dies out for a !pule end
Malting the beet of night (aria it Is awkward), for his' visitor,
give way, '' by 34014111g 1.0 the doer with hirn, as
,long time, But,gradueBy tho i mantilla
---- 2--------- li The ranks ot dark, (thee any other host. Thus the balance
fere° of the community against the line
Beeek dud speed„far. of the visitor and the obaervance of,
-ffeenza garin, having nothing one/feel:a tt a • , the etiquette Eire both presereed. .
to exercise itself, geowe weak, and filet:-
•• „Straight through my» sbuttered panes
people are ago -In roady to suCcusnb ,
e , lbede le -the tight, Singing freSharps and Fiats.
a new invasien, This is what, happeu. itrineine to eitt,
ed ie,' western Europe, and in America sita,;tn '50 °a'e.01, A faahlonable ladY, owning .not e
an the 'ears following the epidemic . , great deal ormusical knowledge, had
of .1889-92.. Then la 1916 the geemi Starred by, the Skies -.4 shone a laughter who sang, She insited a
i Glistening, white— welakeown critic. te bear the girl, Ile,
though a good. writer on the art, wee
„
FEARS THAT
IMPERIL HEALTH
areloli N° °n° a°5°7a. riding it is not eurprisIng tied children
and keen 'competition compels" tile ' sP`mia
care dread of unseem dangers 18 a a'aelal an-
te afraid of the dark. The
rallwaye to exercise the greateet etinat, and is coMmon, to both young
ObSt et tills Upkeep, however, is vow and °Ida
ren who aro quite indifferent to (Ink -
True, there ii.'e many child-
itt the makeep of the wboden ties, The a
need by those resPonaible to see that
the greatest poesible Service is given nsici,atep,esbuatriambosetc:rne.11;_igen;:aedeopwies tdlii.ree,,e,7„.n- ,
veloping gicom of night with "calling
heavy, -and good judgment meat en
o'bfyTialthhoe rieol:derli,eytarsit:Pa31:41.retadit:uc'erit,-SpeLpaarbett;etenitecoe,
flea -With the treatment of railwey ties
the Interior, has been ern:tattering a
wide range of experiments in coenec- are ManY
ficiently terrifyieg by
with tbe meet vivid rearaductioes ot,
Less ael,ollneeleholfatiehecliarrikife. the foar Of be -
grown -ups who retain for
which to them are 'gut-, ,
daylight, Tliere
inlet._
t thoae Images
at the inetenee of Oatnedian railways, , -
- - inative lea seeni to be
Many pemente of the stolid, un
under the ina-
with the object ,of prolonging the
period of aecrvice ability by treatment, Prenion that their children's naturel
with a eumber of different peeserva- fem. ot the t: eit. it s sign or eoweedioea
over a rough or dang,erous road -bel,
rives'. Thls treatment C0/10i631fi and :seek to aubjugate thes dread by'
forcing into the -wood certain 'ahem'. t
the most eel; often cruel, Ana
Gale elich are poles:moue to the plant oweeatteettemea meth:egg
A slecp-Pradueino Lullaby.
It is Ate a (Deafen of cowardice -at
all; the bravett of men are eften
afrald. A timid ceile must be treated
'sympathetically and tactfully; it, is lin-
possible to bully hi$ teeter of unre-
lieved darkness out cf les by various
pains and penalties.
It is possible, of coulee, to trait:. a
child from his cradle to De :done le the
dark. 'It is not until a certain aceree
of intelligence la developca tbet child -
Since 1917, however, there has been
hood becomes fully aware of the =ari-
a gradual Mere:lase in tbe number of
farioua enaotions that surge up in its
ties used until at present the 'require-
ments of the steam railways have
reached the enorInoue total of more
than fourteen million. '
e. A. Nettle range of wood species is
Ing into the 'structure of their develaat
used for ralietay ties. Pine proeides
while other ing minds some ascii simple sugges-
the greatest number,
woods used awe cedar, hemlock, Dr,
tamarack, spruce and poplar, Hard-
wood -ties are principally made frora
maple, birch, beseh, oak, chestnut, and
elm, t
The preservative treatment of rail-
way ties now recognized bp practi-
cally „all of the railways on thia con-
tinent -as econcenically advantageous.
Though it practically doubles the flrat
life whist causes decay in wood. ,
Mitring 19e4 the tie bila of the *team
railways of Canada amonnted to. $18.-
216,825, in payment for 14,294,416 ties,
an average cost of 92.5 cents each.
A comparison with 1917 shows the
average prioe then as 49.3 centa. In
that year, plemetheee were but 8,862,-
861 ties fised by the steam railways.
This no doubt was due to wet condi-
tions, which, depleted staffs, both for
forest *work and for .replacement.
mind when left alone in the !menet.-
ebbe blackness of en -unlit room.
The little folk may be prepatrea in
radvance for Vats time of trial by build -
tomes "The dark is kind and cosy, the
dark is soft and deep. The dark will
pat my pillow and love me as I sleep."
The simple repetition of this rhyth-
mic lullaby will soothe many to troub-
led littie soul to \sleep. I have known
children wile have been trained to love
the daelt, and indeed ask for the light
to be -put out, so that they may sleep;
but these awe•eeceptions to the general
, rule. ,
cost a the ties, the average life es During he early years of all little
the ties is more than, dotibled aed the Ones it is of the most urgent import -
cost of replacement as well as the coat ance that fear of the' dark shoed
cif new ties is saved. The increased never be deliberittely instilled into
initial coat Is the principal rearfon that their ,minds. Mach .injure has been
a larger proeorrion of Um renewals done to the highly imprestsienable
are .not treated. " minds of taildren byignorant girls to
Another advantage of preservative 'whole charge they bath been commit -
treatment is that it permits of the Ilde teed, -
of many kinds of woods which with- To keep their cluteges quiet at bed -
out treatMent cannot he tend on ae- time Wee of them think aotleng of,
count ot their susceptibility tit') decay, telling tilem the mest terrifying tales,
Though treatment by preservatives or of threatening them with visits of
deeeeeet "dude the nicahnnient Wear all and sundry of the powers ef dark -
this is not so linportaht a factor In ness if they 'doe% lie still aud go to
the lasting powers of a tie fur decay, eieep at once! This thecae of inten-
and by boring the spike holes before 6611,0 frightening night aftee night ac -
treatment and the -use of plates under counts for the condition of many a
the rails, the wear and term on the liallid arid nervous sufferer of tender
ties can be greatly reduced. Years, ,
Pourteen million railway ties, and .lt must he borne in niind that child-
ren are to a greater degree than their
healthy elders, the, slaves of such in-
stincts aud emotions as they possess.
areern-ups heee -developed their
powers of intelligent control, and these
keep, or should keep, their eraotione
anti instincts within bounds.
'eets, saes the Natuial Resources BP 'Hence tire nacontrelled deeelopment
telligenco Servleetef the Department of the inetinetive and emotional parts
ef tha Interior, and, furthet, recog• of the immature minds ot very young
razes the great drain that is being girls aud boys, expect:sing themselves
caused by gra, the wonder is, not that in eXaggeritted end apparently ground -
the sanely of thuber Oen be maintain- lees team, inexplicable alums, and tie.
ed .about a neighborhood for scree
years, the virulence of theterm weak -
ems 'coincidentally with a rise in the
resisting powers of the people eg that
were imported from somewhere -a -per- dod's thoughtfulness--
hams by German prisoners infected In it da made nee," ,
ea, but how long before it will be ex- Lreasonable terrors. Naturally theee
hausted, ' " . I are more vivie when the mind, work-
-inggeode in the dark, can do little else
adricPs Deadly.Ring. !but mirror its own terrifying wee-
•Amextremely valuable ring, \glitch ie • tieee' -
Ilut while it la satisfactory to all
tinguardea by the police or -even ape- I
a I concerned that it child should be able
eke watahmen, hangs 'auspended by
or alto go peacefully to sleep la the dark
Itheela, or perhaps by Itussian soh not mitCh of a Mudge and wben he eat tee ea,'
en around _the neck
there is no special advantage to be
cliers who had been trahsferrea to the 1 ' ° —Sarah Wilson Middlet n , play the
a, ,s
ong he said • doub,t",
s-
tatue of the Maid of
western battle e—and, finding fullY--"Ah, see it's in five flats" patron- sant of Mr:rld, Aiahneo d ena, thee
'
gained by his doing so. If a childraow-
virtuely overspeead the I The Sfibunig „Touch. Yes,smiledeenother, "my laugh- beatifel parks of the Spnishcapitl.ing o temperament 05' defective tin-
weetereworld inanew idenee On, Moonlight is 6101100 until I seter 1:e12e1 ainga in lose than fve Mits.
:
1935 and 1940. Phase et us Who live Then wall and feriae and tree gChine:non and PM •
rid burr
tither will be due in. America between 1 A rabbit sitting quietly.
fur.
tall then will stand an excellent ehence Cd'OW soft and touch the night with No employee of the clenamon ware -
of baying a bad attack, . ,
--- •
, house connected with the Lentien,
We 1
England, dors, lr11509ever had,iniluen-
..
1Mae not the love of' greatness o
but the love of, tho love of greateess. ae• s'' -
His Melding.
Mother ---"James, I 'told you to ex
change, tilos° • kidneys for liver."
eames—'I know ' you did, mother,
but when I tole the butcher yoU 'hatld •••
ohanged yowc mind and warder] jiver
he -said w.bat youneeded, ivas
an I broeghtetrainee' . .
Clioated.
Ilubby—"Wey the teare
lieriarrtid?'e' 'isoisl)in'g)—"I' ordered 1:vmeceall:
roni foe-tiler:ea. and all tile grocer trent
me was •a let of empty atoms,'
SE 3 •03
•
FLIMERICkS
tee
""
• etireatt
city
A toy, wagon, placed on .
. . '(where it Would show)
'R.efused absolp.tely to ,
- , , (ranciali., ,
.,
Bllt to she floor . ..
. ., . . (droppcd down
• Arid stuck' out its '......L....,
.(0)810
00
4 sP'ed') '
At every one passing'that. . , . .
.(dhceion) —
._.
.'VpdntIe linegterate the weed that is defined belOw it."..
It is set with diamonde and pearls,
but notwithstanding thie feet there
is no dAngel• -of Its being Stolen. The
most 'unscrupulous thief 10 Madeld
would not think of purloining it. Its
history is curious arid itteresting, and
equal to anything Lound ±0 mediaeval
tender°.
The ring wns made for King Alfonso
XII., who gave it to his cousin, the
pretty Mercedes, on the day or their
betrethal. She wore It continually
during her short married life, On her
death the Ring preeented it to his
grandmother, Queen - Christina. She
died soon atter reeeiviee 1± tele the
Rini* gave Ole deedly little circle to
les "slater, the Infatite eiel-Pllar, who
died withiu 'the month.
Once again the ring started Its dead-
ly ecunds, next finding a place on the
finger of Ohrletina, the youngest
daughter of the Dike of Montponelena
but in less than three month e she also
Weo dead, then Alfonso KU. next
placea it- ie Ms own casket, and Ilvea-
lets than a year atter see:thing. •
It is not surprielng that ft hangs so
darely on a 'statue 111 an unguarded
equate of the cepital 01 rea euperstiti-
ous a country es Spain. -
No Surprise Party.
Dloeements are not always an un-
welcome surpriee to the parrents ot
the bride. Thet at least is the view
of the humorist;
1-10—"Then it is settled we ero to
elope et midnight?"
She—"Yee, darling I "
'And are you eure you can get your
trunk packed in time?" '
"Oh, yea! Papa end mania havci
both promised to help me."
ing, is. too riervous to be left alone in
the, dark, there is ito conceivable Ma-
son why he sheuld not have 3± least a
night -light, end there are Is gond many
cogent reasons whe he sheltie.
•
To remove tea stains from linen,
mix the eetk of an egg with an equal
quantity of glycerite, rub en tho stain,
and 'i.e.ave till dry. Rinsw. in cold water
and the ntain wiiI disappear.
ma -en your food do tyrou
more good. '
lgote how It relieves
that staify feeling
- after hearty eating:
Sweetens the
!breath, removes 1
food particles
front the teeth, ("'
gives new vigor
to tired nerves.
Comes to you
fresh, clean and