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loneliness Of blindness fallen
upon Gray Wolf A. In the
days that followed the
shooting Of Kaxan and his
capture by Sandy AcTriggsr.
A strange terror fell upon her. She
had crown accustomed to darkness.
but never before had she been alone
In that darkness.
Always there had ben the guardian
ship Of Kasan's presence. She heard
the clucking sound Of a spruce hen In
the bush q few yards away. and now
that sound came TO her - II from
out Of another world. A ground
mouse rustled through the grass close
to her forspaws. ana she snapped At
II. and closed her teeth on rock.
Tho muscles OF her shoulders
twitched tremulousiy and she shiv-
cred al II stricken By intense cold.
She was terrified by the darkness that
shut out the world from her. and she
paved at her closed eyes. - II she
might open them to light Early in
the afternoon she wandered back on
the plain.
1t was different. It frightened her.
and soon she returned to tho beach,
and snuggled down under tho tree
where Kazan had lain. She was not
80 frightened here. The smell Of Ka-
Ean was strong about her. For an
hour she lay u>otionless, with her
head resting on the club clotted with
still there.
And when the moon ana the starr
came out she crawied back into the
pit In the white sand that Kaxan's
body had made under the tree.
With dawn she went down to the
edge OF the stream to drink. She
could not sec that the day was al
most as dark as night. and that the
gray-black sky was chaos Of slum-
bering storm. But she could smell
the presence of II In tho thick air
and could feel the forked flashes oi
lightning that rolled up with the
dense pail from the south and west.
The distant rumblins OF thunder
again under the tree. For hours the
storm crashed over her and the ra!r
fell In q deluge. When II had finished
she skunk out from her shelter like
q thing beaten. Vainiy she sougn,
for one last scent Of Kasan. The
club was washed clean. Again the
sand was white where Kazan's blood
had Redeemed It. Even under the tfs<
there was no sign Of him left.
Until now only the terror Of beins
alone In the pit OF darkness that en-
veloped her had oppressed Gray Wolf
With afternoon came hunger. II wai
this hunger that drew her from the
sand-bar and she wandered back Into
the plain. A dozen times she scented
game. and each time II evaded her.
Even a ground mouse that she cor
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Q night Of relaxation. There
had been some gambling.
q few nights and enough
liquor to create excitement
now and then. but the presence OF the
mounted police had served to keep
things unusually tame compared with
events q few hundred miles further
negth In the Dawson country.
The entertainment proposed BY
Sandy McTrigger and Jan Harker
met with excited favor. The news
sprsad for twenty miles about Red
Gold City aud there had never boon
greater excitement In the town than
on the afternoon and night Of tho big
flght. This was largely because
Kasan and tho huge Dane had been
placsd upon exhibition. each dog In
Spocially made cage Of his own, and .
1odbp6S betting began.
Three hundred men. each OF whom
IVES paying IS to SEQ the battle,
viewed the sladiators through the
baSs Of their cages. Harker's dog was
q combination OF Great Dane and
nastiff, born In the North and bred to
the traces. Betting favored him by
the odds Of two TO one. Occasionally
Il ran three to one. At these odds
there was plenty OF Kaxan money.
The night was to be pulled on In
Harker's place. Q combination OF
0aloon and cafe.
Il was 9 o'clock when Harker, Nc
Tsigger and two other men bore
Kasan to tho arena by means Of tho
wooden bars that projected from the
bottom Of his cage. The big Dane
was already In tho lighting cage. He
stood blinking his eyes In the brilliant
light of the rejecting lamps. He
pricked up his ears when he saw
kAsan. Kssan did not show his fangs
Neither revealed the expected AMI
+. mostly. II was the first they had seen
OF each other and murmur OF disap-
sentiment swept the ranks of the 30t
mon. The Dane remained as motion.
lees as a rock when Kazan was
, pgoddsd from his own cage into the
dghting cage. He did not leap or
snarl. He regarded Kasan with q
dubious questioning poise to his splen.
did hSad, and then looked again Il
the expectant and excited faces Of the
waiting men. For a few moments
Kasan stood stin-legged facing the
Dane.
Sandy's face was red with NORTH
cation and rage. Tho blue veins In
Harker's forehead had swollen twice
their normal size. He shook his fist
IN the face Of the crowd and shouted:
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=, '.w.iti Give EN- . chance. you
At his words every voice was stilled.
Kasan had turned. He was facing
the huge Dane. And the Dane had
turned his eyes to Kaxan. Cautiously.
prepared for q lunge or q sidestep,
Kaxan advanced . little. The Danes
shoulders bristled. He, too, advanced
upon Kaxan. Four feet apart they
stood rikid.
None knew that in this thrilling
moment the unseen hand Of the won
derful Spirit God Of the wilderness
lowered between them. and that one
Of it, miracles was DESCENDING upon
them. II was understanding. Meet
ing In the open-rivals In the traces
they would have been rolling In the
throes OF terrific battle. But here
hood. In the ANAL moment. when only
q step separated them, and when men
expected to see the first mad lungs,
the splendid Dane slowly raised his
head and looked over KaSan's back
through the glare Of the lights.
Harker trembled, ana under his
breath he cursed. Tho Danes throat
was open to Kaxan. But between the
beasts had passed tho voiceless pledge
Of peace. Kazan did not leap. He
turned. And shoulder 70 shoulder
splendid in their contempt Of man
they stood and looked through the
bars OF their prison into the room of
human faces.
A roar burst from the crowd-a roar
OF anger, OF demand. Of threat. In
his rage Harker drew o revolver and
leveled II at the Dane. Above the
tumult Of the crowd = single voice
stopped him.
"Hold!" Il demanded. "Hoid-in the
name OF the law!"
For a moment there was silence.
Every face turned in the direction Of
the voice. Two men stood on chairs
behind the last row. One was Serst.
Brokaw Of the Royal Northwest
Mounted. Il was he who had spoken.
He was holding up hand. command.
ing silence and attention.
other man. He was thin, with droop-
ing shoulders and q pale. smooth face
"A little man. whose physique and
hollow cheeks told nothing Of the
years he had spent close UP along the
raw edge Of tho Arctic. II was ne who
spoke now while the sergeant held ND
his hand. His voice was low and
quiet.
"I'il give tho owners $500 for those
dogs" he said.
Harker raised Q hand.
Make II SIX" he said. Make II
six and they're yours"
The little man hesitatsd. Tier
he nodded.
The little man was sdsing his way
between the chairs. accompanied BY
the sergeant Of police. With his pals
face close 70 the sapling barB OF
the cage he hooked At kasan and the
big Dane.
IT guess we'll be good friends" hs
said. and he spoke 90 low that only
the dogs heard his voice. ITS biz
price but wen charge II 70 the
Smithsonian. iAds. I'm going to need
. couple Of four-footeA friends OF
your moral callbre."
And no one knew why Kasan and
the Dane drew nearer to the little
scientist's side of the cage a. M
pulled out q big roll OF biils and
counted out six hundred dollars fol
Harksr and Sandy MoTriReer,
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woman and child in .
canoe. Civilization had done for love-
ly Joan what II had done for many
another wild flower transplanted from
the depths Of the wilderness. Her
cheeks were thin. Her blue eyes had
lost their lustre. She coughed. and
when she coughed the man looked
at her with love and fear In his eyes.
But now. slowly, the man had be-
gun to see the transformation, and
on the day their canoe pointed up the
stream and into the wonderful valley
that had been their home before the
call Of the distant city came to them.
he noted the flush gathering once
more In her cheeks. the fuller redness
OF her lips. and that gathering glow
OF happiness and content In her eyes.
He laughed softly AZ he saw these
things and he blessed the forests. In
tho canoe she had leaned back. with
her head almost against his shoulder,
and he stopped padding 20 draw her
to him and run his fingers through
the soft golden masses of her hair.
You are happy again. JOAN" hi
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CHAPTER XIV.
Sandv's Method


knees In the sand. The
~ look Of exuitation was
gone from his face. He
twisted the collar about the
Aog's limp neck until no came to the
worn plate. on which no could make
cut the family engraved letters.
K-A-Z-A-N.
Tho heavy ball from the muxxle-
leader had struck Kazan fairly on
tsp Of the hoad. It was q glancins
blow that had not even broken the
skull.
Sandy went to the canoe and re-
turned with q roll of stout moose-hids
babichs. Thsn he sat down cross
legged In front OF Kasan and began
making q muxsle.
over kazan's nose and fastened Sc
ourely about his neck. To the dogs
cellar he then fastened ten-foot
rope Of babiche. After that he sat
back and waited for kasan to come
70 life.
The morning Of the sixth day they
reached Red Gold City. and McTrig-
eor put up his tent close to the river.
Somewhere he obtained a chain for
xasan. and after fastening the dog
securely back Of the tent no cut on
The babichs muzxle.
you can't put on meat In q mus
-" he told his prisoner. An !
Vant you to sit strong--an' fierce. i've
ct an idse, It's an ideo you can
HEX your weight In Wildcats. Well
DuA on . stunt pretty soon thatll
Al eur pockets with dust. I've done
n Afore, and We can do II here. Wolf
~ doeIs'sip me. but it'il b . draw
Osndy brought another man to see
~, and when the stranger came q
SesD too near Kasan made q sudden
: Mn iuass at him. The man jumped
6s;n DO" he srowisd. Hes
SnS1er b. ten or nftssS pounds than
- banA but he's got the teeth an
- Quisknsss. an hs'li give . good
d60V befors no goes under"
I'm make you q bet Of twenty-five
- Oout. Of my share that he don't
e NAdsr," offered Sandy.
Dons!'' said the other. "How long
boC0es he'li be rsady3"
oeAdy thought . moment.
Aeeshss C: Ms;.s, h s.,o caid ,,.r n:
vSSk nom to-day. wen say. Nexi
3sesaay night. Does that suit you
81 '4arksr nodded.
Next Tuesday night" he agreed
1Aoa he added, "Ill make II a hall
q ny share that the Dane kills youI
Weif.dog."
sandy took . long look at KaHau.
"I'tl rust take you on that" M
said. Then. a. he fshook Harker'i
hand, II don't believe there's a dos
betveen here I'D the Yukon that car
kili the wolff"
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CHAPTER XVII.
Alone N Darkness.

EVER had the terror and
Loneliness Of blindness fallen
upon Gray Wolf A. In the
days that followed the
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CHAPTER XVIII.
The Last of McTrigger.

IxTY miles further north
Kazan lay at the end Of
his hne steel chain, watch
Ing little Professor McGill
mixing a pail Of tallow and bran. A
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CHAPTER Xxx.
The Call of Sun Rock.

N the golden glow Of the aut-
umn sun there came up the
stream overlooked by the
Sun Rock one day a man, Q
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CHAPTER XVI.
Professor McGiW.

Ed GOLD CITY was ripe for
Q night Of relaxation. There
had been some gambling,
. few lights and enough
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-15
never regaining consciousness. He was
about 40 years of age He leaves a
wife and son, Lester Toolc, aged IL
years.
START BANKRUPTCY ACTION.
Creditors File Suit Against Cashier OF
Failed Corning Bank.


Special to Times-Republican
Creston, Dec. 15.-In an involuntary
action in bankruptcy fled before the
referee in bankruptcy in federal court
here, the United States court Is asked
to declare B. Newcomb, cashier Of the
First National Bank Of Corning. which
failed several months ago, a bankrupt.
A trustee is also aske1 for Newcornb's
property holdings. to be disposed of
for the benefit Of the plaintiff crcdi :
tors.
The action against Newcor,o is
brought by township school hoard
Of Adams county. and by the Arlins-
ton Heights Bank Of Arlington Heights.
Ill. It Is claimed that when the hank
failed 1t was owing the school board
about $1,000, and it is alleged that b.
Newcomb and Ralph Newcomb. officers
Of the bank, had guaranteed the pay
ment Of the money. The claim Of the
Illinois bank is for approximately
$4,000, notes Of Barr & Abraham, of
Prescott, which were discounted to the
Illinois bank without recourse on the
Corning bank.
The filing Of this action has served
to call public attention to the bank
failure and has resulted in many in
quiries. 1t is said, about the status of
the failed institution: when a report
is likely to bes had from the receiver
and when the depositors may expect a
dividend.
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Storm Lake.
Contributions fro mthe Buena Vista
county schools for the Belgian relief
fund total 1894. The women OF Storm
Lake raised about $4OO Considerable
grain also has been donated.
Sutherland.
The stockholders of the OBrien
county fair voted to hold another tair
next year and elected Charles 1oude.
C. p. Jordan, G. A. Watts, Charles van
Etten, r. w. Lee and d. F. Shumway
directors tor the ensuing year.
Sioux City.
The state legislature will be asked
by the Woodbury. county board or SUI
pervisors to amend the widows pension
law so that only needy mothers VIII
receive aid from counties. The sup
eryisors will have the support OF the
state supervisors association In its
fight.
Sioux City.
Woodbury. county spent s51.211so in
good roads building during the fiscal
year ending Nov. 1, 1914, according &c
the report OF B. L. Taylor. county
highway engineer. The amount OF
money spent on making better high
ways in the county was three times
larger than the sum used In 1914. Road
expenditure for that year was $14,-
$665.74.
Primghar.
The O'Brien Bar Association ban
quoted David Algyer. who will soon
move to Sioux Rapids. Mr.. Algyer
has been an O'Brien county attorney
for the past sixteen years. located at
Paulina. Before that time he was
county superintendent and teacher
in the county schools He will be sue
ceeded at Paulina by w. j. f. Thatch-
er. the present clerk Of courts.
Dubuque.
NJ. Fritz, an italian employed by the
Great Western railroad, was assaulted
and robbed in bunk car where he
lived in the Great Western yards in
the north end OF the city. early Friday
evening. He was found few hours
later by his bunk mate and taken to
Mercy hospital where it was found he
was badly injured about the head and
shoulders, presumably by hand axe.
The man who is supposed to have COM
mitted the assault has disappeared
from the city, but the police have clues
which it is believed will lead to his ar
rest. s-tG
Sioux City.
New church construction plans OF
First Raptists will be announced some
time soon. said the Rev. s.. H. Stevens
pastor, today. 1t is probable, he said
that downtown church will be built
at cost to exceed $4,000. The mat
| ter of building has been much mooted
in the last four years. The church al
Fifth and Nebraska streets has seer
i service for twenty five years. mod
ern church on the site OF the old one
is one of the building schemes that has
been under consideration Of the church
members. Spring will probably SET
some action taken with regard to ;
new. church building" the Rev. Mr.
| Stevens said. THE matter Of finance
has been the main drawback up to thu
present time
Storm Lake.
Several important business changes
have taken place in this city the pas
week Samuels Bros, who have con
Quoted furniture and undertaking
business here for the past four years
have sold to L. D. briggs. salesman
for wholesale furniture house of Bur
lington. and to B. 3. Fiscus. of Alta
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Marshalltown. preached.

Marshalltown. preached.
Rev. and Mrs.A. B. Soule and Mr..
and Mrs. c.. Il. Johnston entertained
the stewards and trustees and their
wives at the ~. e. parsonage Satur-
day evening" at a 6sOclock dinncr In
honor Of the district superintendent,
w. $. Crowder ~ Harshalltown.
The old school building and fixtures,
coal sheds. etc, were sold at public
auction Saturday at 2 o'clock. The
building was sold to Hayes Esslinger
and Hi Nolte. Mr.. Esslinger purchaser
the north part for SITS and the south
part sold for s275 The stoves. heat
ing plant and fixtures brought fair
prices. The building viii, be moved In
short time.
c. H. Sherbourne of River Falls,
Wis. came Monday to assist in the
public school, He will have some of
the high school work.
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Baxter physician Dead.
eSpecial to Times-Republican.

Especial to TimeS-RepuDIfcan.
Baxter Dec. 15.-Dr. Keeper who has
been lingering between life and death
Sfor the last three months, passed away
ION Friday morning. The funeral. was
held at l. o'clock Monday In the Con-
gregational church. Rev. Mr.. Williams.
pastor of the CONGREGATIONAL church at
/ Newton. officiated, assisted by the Ma
sons of Baxter. DR.. Keeper vas an
able physician and was widely known
IN and around Baxter.
Ed Miller who is travelling sales
man. came home Friday evening feel
ing as usual On Sunday morning he
was all broken out on his body and
face. a doctor pronounced 1t small
4pox and the family have been placed
\ under quarantine. Mr. Miller is get
4 ting along nicely.
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day at $3.50 .. m, in charge Of go
Masonic lodge. The body No. takeAS
on the early train Monday = 1oaev0
Creek, Mimi. Tor burial rs M
The high school declamstory eoe~
Test was held Friday evening ~ the!
high school auditorium. Miss Dorothy
Douglass won nrst hOnors In he ORA
matte class, with Miss Ella Ryan go
ond. Miss Douglass will repreoent the
high school In the north division o. the
Southeastern Iowa Decianatory A.
ISOLATION which will be at Montssume
on March ~.
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Sheffield News in srisf.

opeCIhI 10 IIEHeS-RepunIlCan.
Sheffield, Dec. 15-Maurice Brewster
returned from visit with his brother
n Britt. -sts H
George Morehouse went to Minnesota
on business the last Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. F'arroW left Friday ev-
ening for Kansas City. Mr.. Farrow
has been in Sheffield the past six
months. where he has been working for
the sewer and water works.
The second quarterly conference Of
the NJ. E. church was held in the
church Saturday evening. Sunday
morning at II o'clock the new distric'
superintendent. w. S. Crowder, Of
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LARGE CLASS ZOE DANGEROUS
PERSONS NOT UNDER RE.
sTRAINr Nv STATE.
STATE INSTITUTION HEADS
!, DISCUSS MENTAL DETECTIVES
Glass Now Easily Recognized as on
Little Higher Plane Than Feeble
Minded Not Restrained - Many
States Considering Problem Without
teRsachins Solution.
pecial to Times-Republlcan.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 15.-Tha., there is
very large class Of persons in the
country not under special protection Of
the state but whose presence Is a
danger to society, and that this class
is known and may be Identified. was
brought out in the Z artery confer
ence of the state ms .dtions today. 1t
was an excursion into realm not gen.
orally followed.
DR.. T. B. Lacey, third assistant ply
sician for the institution for feeble
minded, presented the subject He dis
cussed the moron" or person of def
cient intellect but not quite 50 deficient
as to be generally classed as feeble
minded or imbecile.
"One of the great problems Of today"
said DR.. Lacey. '"rests upon, the fact of
properly Identifying at an early age
that individual known as the high
grade moron. This type furnishes more
worry to the cities. counties and the
state than any other type, inasmuch as
they roam the streets, pervade all re-
sorts, and take up with grea. rapidity
such ideas of right and wrong as may
appeal to them. Among boys the high
grade moron is commencing life Of
petty thievery and criminal assault
which, in the course of time, leads to
the walls of the penitentiary.
Class Now Recognized.
"Inasmuch as science has made vast
strides we are enabled by the aid Of
special workers to now recognize this
class, but their numbers are so great
that at present we are unable to take
them into our institutions. In order to
remove them from circulation properly
and to care for them as they should
be cared for the state should provide
some means for their segregation, and
such segregation should carry with 1t
a condition Of either reformatory, or
semi eformatory methods.
This state is not alone in the effort
to overcome the baneful influence Of
this class. All states, but most nota bly,
the eastern states. are endeavoring to
handle this question, and in nearly all
instances they have, failed to offer a
solution of the problem. Iowa now
has an opportunity to come to the aid
Of higher civilization and try to show
what shall be the proper method Of
dealing with these border line cases.
Each community has its own peculiar
circumstances to handle, and probably
the social workers and civic welfare
organizations in those communities are
the initial units in solving of this per-
picking problem"
Chaplain Felix H. Pickworth. Of the
Anamosa reformatory, had paper on
The Delinquent Woman, which took
the place on the program assigned to
Warden McClaughry, who could not
attend this conference and discuss
prison discipline.
Ray NJ. Hanchett, state agent for the
industrial school for girls, presented a
paper on the paroling of the delinquent
girl