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udu NdSuely Tedllzeu tuaI PAIN lay De-
hind the brave gay mask. Was there
something some event that had
caused hat d%ull-colored life and I'M
fulflment2 And was today, perhaps,
its anniversary?
.
John Valiant sat propped up on the
library couch, an open magazine un-
needed on his knee. The reading
stand beside him was a litter of let
tiers I'D papers. The bow-window
was open and the honeysuckle breeze
blew about him. lifting his hair and
ruffling the leaves of the papers. IL
he garden three darkies were labor
ing, under the supervision of Uncle
Jefferson. The ~unsightly weeds and
lichen were gone from the graveled
paths. and from the fountain pool,
whose shaft now spouted a slender
spray shivered by the breeze into a
million diamonds, which fell back into
the pool with a tintinabulant trickle
and drip.
The master of Damory Court closed
the magazine with a sigh. IF ! could
only do it all at once." he muttered.
1T takes such a COMPOUNDED time.
Four days they've been working now,
and they haven't done much more
than clean up" He laughed. and
threw the magazine at the dog who
lodged it with injured alacrity. After
all. Chum," he remarked, its been
thirty years getting in this condition.
guess we're doing pretty we'll"
He stretched luxuriously. 'Ill take
a hand at it myself tomorrow. I'm
as right as rain again now, thanks tc
Aunt Daph and the doctor. Some
thing of a crusty citizen, the doctor
but he's all to the good"
A heavy step came along the porch
and Uncle Jefferson appeared with a
tray holding a covered dish with a
plate Of biscuit n a round jam-po,.
Look here" said John Valiant, 81
had my luncheon three hours ago, I'm
being stuffed like a milk-fed turkey"
The old man smiled widely. "Et's
jes' er III snack er broth" he said.
"Reck'n et'll kinder loaf eroun' de
yuddah things. Dis yeah pots dat
ap~ple-buttah whut Miss Matte Sue
SEN yo' by Hickey Snyder"
Valiant shifted with satisfaction.
m getting 30 con1ounoedly spoiled,
he said. that I'm tempted to stay sick
and do nothing but eat. By the way.
Uncle Jefferson. where did Hickey
come from? Does she belong here?"
No. sub She come fom Helrs-
Half-Acre."
What's that?"
Oats dat ornery passle O. folks
yondah on de Dome" explained I'm
Gle Jefferson. "Dey's been dab longs
All kin recommembah-jes' er ram
shackle lot o. shif'less po'-white trash
whut git erlong anyways t ALL"
That's interesting" said Valiant.
so Hickey belonged there?"
"Yas. sub; nebbah d a-come down
heah 'cepin' TO Mis- Shirley. She de
one whut fotch de III gal outen dat
place. en- put huh wild Mis- Matte Sue.
three yeah ergo"
A sudden color came into John Va
liant's cheeks. Tell me about it."
His voice vibrated eagerly.
We'll, subj continued Uncle Jeffer-
son. "dey was one O. den low-down
Hel's-Half-Acrers, name Greet King,
whut call hese'f de mayah OBJ de
Dome, en- he went on de rampage n
day, en- took ahtah his wife She was
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sung old songs to her. Sad songs!
Even in those pinafore year, Shirley
had vaguely realized that pain lay be-
hind the brave gay mask. Was there
something some event hat had
caused that dull-colored life and I'M
fulflment2 And was today. perhaps.
its anniversary?
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TRAINING BOYS FOR WARFARE
Youth Of australia, From an Early Age,
Undergo a Compulsory MIL
.. tary Service. -

Australian lads of twelve years be-
gin mora or less voluntary form OF
military training. It Is an indulgent.
happy-go-lucky sort of thing, designed
primarily 10 be Of physical advantage.
When the lads are fourteen years old.
a limited military service is severely
compulsory, with penalties for eva.
sion, and fines laid upon employers
and parengs who interfere. and thus
continues, with physical exercises,
drill, parades, and rife practice, for
iour years, whereupon these cadets
are passed into the citizen forces.
Four whoye.day drills are required
each year, and IL halliday drills and
"a night drills. A perfunctory attend
ance upon Ghese grave obligations-in-
apt, sullen, frivolous behavior-counts
for nothing at all. If the cadet fails
to be markad efficient by his battalion
officers he must perform his service
all over again. In Kalgoorlie of west
ern Australia great dust storm
blowing that might've watched a
column OF these little conscrlpts"
march past with rifles and bugles and
drums; and they were smart to see
brown uniforms, with tricks of green,
and wide-brimmed Australian hats
caught UP at the side in the Australian
way. It is no farcical affair. When
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cHAPTERTiII.

In days when the Indian held the
Dark and Bloody Grounds a pioneer.
telling oak and poplar logs for the
home he meant to establish on the
banks of a purling watercourse, let his
az slip, and the cutting edge gashed
his ankle. Since to the discovered be.
longs the christening, that watercourse
became Crippleshin, and 80 1t is today
set down on atlas pages. A few miles
away, as the crow flies. but. many
weary leagues asa man must travel.
a brother settler, racked with rheuma-
tisn, gave to his creek the name Of
Misery. The. two pioneers had come
together from Virginia, as their ances-
tors had come before them from Scot
land Together they had found one
Of the two gaps through the mountain
wall, which for more than a hundred
miles has no other passable rift. To-
gether. and as comrades, they had
made their homes and founded their
race. What original grievance had
sprung up between their descendants
none OF the present generation knew:
perhaps 1t was farm line or disputed
title to a pig. The primary incident
was lost in the limbo of the past; but
for fifty years, with occasional inter
walls of truce, lives had been snuffed
sout In the fercely burning hate OF
these men whose ancestors had been
comrades. -
I; Old Spicer South and his nephew.
Samson were the direct lineal descen-
dants of the manner Of Misery. Their
kinsmen dwelt about them: the Souths,
the Jaspers, the Spicers, the Wileys,
the Millers and McCagers. Other fam
lilies, related only by marriage and
close association, were, in feud align
ment, none the less "Souths." And
over beyond the ridge, where the
springs and brooks flowed the other
way 70 feed Crsppleshin.. dwelt the
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wanderlust that had at times brought
him a, reetiyeness 50 poignant as to.
be agonizing; the underlined attuning
of his heart to the beauty Of sky and
hill; these matters he had hitherto
kept locked in guilty silence.
In cove or Iowland pocket 7tretch-
ing into the, mountain side, lay the
small and meager farm Of the Widow.
Miller. The Widow Miller was a
South" that is to say, she fell, by
tie Of marriage, under the protection
of the clan head. She lived alone with
her fourteen-year-old son and her six.
teen-year-old daughter. The daughter
was Sally.
The sun rose on the morning after
Lescott arrived, the. mists lifted. and
the cabin Of the Widow Miller stood
revealed. A tousle-headed boy made
his way to the barn to feed the cattle.
and red patch Of color, ais bright
and tuneful as Kentucky cardinal,
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Of contact with the outside world: a
town where the ancient and modern
orders brushed shoulders; where the
new. was tolerated. bit dared not be-
come aggressive. Directly across the
street from the courthouse stood an
ample frame building, on whose side
wall was emblazoned the legend,
"Hollman's Mammoth Department
Store" That was the secret strong
hold Of HOLMAN power. He had al
ways spoken deploringly of that spirit
of lawlessness which had given the
mountains a bad name.
When the railroad came to Hixon
At found in Judge Holman public
spirited citizen" Incidentally, the tim
ber that 1t hauled and the coal that
its fat cars carried down to the Blue
grass went largely to his consignees.
He had SO astutely anticipated coming
events that, when the first scouts Of
capital sought options they found
themselves constantly referred to
Judge HOLMAN. No wheel, 1t seemed,
could turn without his nod. 1t was
natural that the genial storekeeper
should become the big man of the
community and Inevitable that the one
big man should become the dictator.
His inherited place as leader Of the,
Hollmans in the, feud. he had seem
ingly passed on as an obsolete pre-
rogative. 1sst. ~
! Yet, in business matters, he was
found to drive hard bargain, and
men came to regard II the part Of
good policy to meet rather than COM
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=. q, .H.Fsa = K - g
lated through dawn blinds. ard the
June rustic and bird chorus in his
ears--and his own thoughts in his
brain. t,Esg5:ss -
+ Conscious, but in great pain, Purvy
beckoned Jim Asberry and Aaron Hol-
lis, his. chiefs Of bodyguard, to his bed
side and waved the nurse back out Of
hearing. # 3 L 81 ,,s 81. ,,..,.,s KY,
eff i DONE get well, I" be said feebly,
there's Job for you two lioYs. Il !
reckon you know what 1t is?p,,sssTs sg. "
They nodded, and AsberryS whis-
pered q name: 1, KS. Is.
Samson south?" /; 2.$S
Eyes," Purvy spoke In a whisper;
but the $old vindictiveness W'ai,! not
'smothered. "You got the old man, I
reckol, you cam manage the cub. II
you dsn,ty he'll get you both one day"
The two ,lienchmen scoWled. q.
t1,1l git him tomorrer,,n growled Az
berry. 'sThaE haint no sort. ,o. use
In a-waitin'.n 49,, ~! ! h a.,S..2s
tNo!" For an instant Pulvy's voice
rose out of its weakness Ito tt, old
staccato tone Of command, q tone
which brought obedience. "If i get
wen have other plans. Never mind
what they are. That's my business.
If I di,n't die, leave him alone until
i give other orders. ,S 3e;s5
Eff ] get we'll and Samson South is
killed meanwhile / won't \ nTa long
either. It would be my life for his.
Keep close to him. The minute you
hear ,lf my death--get him. He
paused : again, then supplemented.
."You two will find something mighty
interestin' in my will. 81
It vas afternoon when Puryy
reached the hospital, and, ,sat nightfall
Of the same day, there arrived at his
stores entrance, on stumbling, hard
ridden mules, several men, followed
by two tawny hounds whose long ears
tapped over their; lean jaws, and
whose eyes we're listless and tired, but
whose black 1nuzzles wrinkled and;
shifted with. that sensitive instinct
which follows the man scent The ex.
isheriff's family were instituting pro-
ceedines independent Of the chiefs or
ders. The next morning this party
plunged into the mountain tangle and,
beat the cover with the bloodhonnds
in leash.
The two gentle-faced dogs picked
their way between the towering rho
dodendrons,t the glistening laurels, the
featheryI pine sprouts and the moss
covered rocks. They went gingerly
and alertly on ungainly, cushioned
feet. Just as their masters we're de-
spairing they came to place directly.
over the store, where a, branch had
been bent back and hitched to- clear
the outlook and where a boot heel
had crushed the moss. There one Of
them raised his nose high into the
air, opened his mouth; and let out a
long, deep-chested bay OF discovery.
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we were in Brisbane Of Queensland, q
score of truant youngsters we're
packed of to the military barracks
for ten days of close confinement and
drill; and away they went, in big
cape wagon, in charge of a sergeant
major, and under escort of some
brilliant artillerymen-a melancholy
little crew, these truants, then, facing
ten days of absence from home, with
six hours of drill on the hot parade
ground, under a sergeant major, who
doubtless knew how to improve the
patriotism of small culprits, and would
do it with a switch.-Norman Dun
can, in Harper's Magazine.
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lc1HAPTER7v.'

George Lescott had known hospital
ity. of many brands and degrees, He
had been bthe lionized celebrity In
places of fashion. He had beell the
guest of equally famous brother artists
In. the cities ofstwo hemispheree, and,
since sincere painting had been his
pole star, he had gone where his arts
wanderllst backoned. He had fol-
lowed the lure Of transitory beauty
to remote sections Of the world. The
present trip was only one OF many
like It, which had brought him into
touch with varying peoples and dis
tinctiye types of life. He told himself
that never had he found men at once
SO crude and so courteous ag these
hosts WHO, facing personal perils, had
still time, and willingness to regard mis-
comfort. ~; I, ~. (, H pt
: The cunning OF the kinsmen, who
would stay until the present danger
passed, lad filled the house, The four
beds in the. cabin proper were full,
and some slept on floor mattresses.
Lescott, because guest and wounded,
was given small room aside; Sam.
son, how ever, shared his quarters in
order to perform any service that an
injured man might require! It had
been full and unusual day for the
painter, and it's incidents crowded in
on him Iii retrospect and drove of the
possibility Of sleep. Samson, too,
seemed lvakeful, and in the isolation
Of the dark room the two men fell into
conversation, which almost lasted out
the night Samson went into the con-
,fessional. This was the first human
being he had ever met to, whom he
could unhurden his soul.
The thirst to taste what knowledge
lay beyond the hills; the unnamed
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& 80 son.S u Sest S0utuns : ~ ~ III. fS1Sa
appeared at the door between the
morning glory vines. al The red patch
of color was Sally. IS 81. 8 n & Il;
y She made her way, carrying a
bucket, to the spring, where she Melt
down and gazed at her own image In
the water. q; II
4 Before going home she set down her
bucket by the stream, and. with q
quick glance toward the house to make
sure that she was 4 not observed
climbed through the brush and wac
lost to view. She followed q path that
her own feet had made, and after q
steep course upward came upon bald
face OF rock, which stood out storm
battered where q rift went through
the backbone of the ridge. This point
Of vantage commanded the other val
ley. Down below, across the treetoQs,
were a roof and a chimney from which
a thread Of smoke; rose in an attenu.
ated shaft. That was Spicer South's
house and Samson,s home. The girl
leaned against the gnarled bowl Of the
white oak and waved toward the roof
and chimney. She cupped her hands
and raised them to, her lips like one
who means to shout across q great dis
tance, then, she whispered 50 low that
only she herself could hear: n
"Hello, "3'amson south!" n. n. 4 n
She stool fol; q space looking down,
and forgot to laugh, i while her eyes
grew religiously and softly deep. then.
turning, she ran down the slope. She
had performed her morning devotions.
I That day at the house Of Splcer
South was an of day. The kinsmen
who had stopped for the might stayed
on through the morning. Nothing was
said of the possibility of trouble. The
men talked crops and tossed horse
shoes In the yard; but no one went to
work in the fields, and all remained
within easy call. Only young Tama-
rack Spicer, a raw.boned nephew, wore
a sullen face and made a great show
of cleaning his rife and pistol.
Shortly after dinner he disappeared,
and when the afternoon was we'll ad-
vanced Samson, too, with his rife on
his arm, strolled toward the stile.
(To BE, CONTINUED.)
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Friend Of the Farmer.

DR.. Marion Dorset, bi-chemist Of the
federal bureau of animal industry. Is
the scientist who first isolated the
germ responsible for that farm scourge
cholera in the hog. That accomplished,
he perfected serum to combat It,
protected, his processes by patents and
then turned them over to the public,
to be- used without charge. - ].
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The Bible.

The Bible is not losing ground"
On the other hand its circulation is
steadily rising. Since 1850 the Brit.
ish Bible society has published 240,-
100000 copies of the Bible, and the
American Bible society, since 1916,
has published 1O0,OOo,0vO copies.
Total publication for past century
equals 100000, 900 volumes. H.
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CHAPTER Il-contInued.

~ nalnI a-WanCln Cer SuSpiSioh ~
Samson, but I know how We feels
I. about yore, pap. heered thet Bud
Spicer come by hyar yistiddy plumb
full of liquor an lowed he'd seen
Jesse an Jim Asberry a-talkin' ter
gether Jest afore yore pap was kilt"
He broke OF abruptly, then added:
eye went away from hyar last night,
an didn't git in twell after sunup-l
inst heered the news, an come ter
look fer ye."
"Air .you-all 1owin' thet shot them
shoots from the laurel?" inquired Sam
son, quietly.
= @Ef veal hain't lowin' hit, Sam
son, we're plumb shore thet Jesse
Purvy's folks will low hit. They're
Jest a-holdin' yore life like a hostage
fer Puryy's, anyhow. Ef he dies they'll
try ter git ye." ts, X
Il The boy flashed challenge about
the group, which was now drawing
rein at Spicer 5South's yard fence. His
eyes were sullen, but he made no an
swer. ~
One Of the men who had listened In
silence now spoke: :1 5s, 133 y.
/ TN the fust place, Samson, we hain't
a-sayin' We done hit. IN the mex place,
lef ;ye did do hit we hain't a-blamin
! ye--much. But ] reckon them dawgs
don't lie, an, ef, they trails In hyar
ven need us. Thet's why we've done
come. ls. gG, j.
:' The boy slipped down from his mule
and helped Lescott to disnount. He
deliberately unloaded the saddlebags
I and kit and laid them on the top step
of the stile, and, while he held his
! peace, neither denying nor affirming,
his q kinsmen sat their horses and
waited. -. 2" a.rgfH@
Even to Lescott It was palpable that
some of them believed the young heir
to clan leadership responsible for the
shooting Of. Jesse Purvy, and that
others believed him innocent, yet none
the less In danger Of the enemy's ven
geance But, regardless of divided
! opinion. all, were alike ready to stand
at his hack and all alike awaited his
final utterance. +
5 Then, In the thickening gloom, Sam
son turned at the foot Of the stile
{ and faced the gathering. He stood
rigid and his eyes flashed with deep
passion. His hands, hanging at the
seams Of his jeans breeches, clinched,
and his voice came In a slow utter
ance through which throbbed the ten
5sity Of a soulabsorbing bitterness.
! 1s '1 knowed all bout Jesse Puryy's
;bein' shot. .,. J. When my pap lay
ardyin' over thar at his house was
a little shaver ten years old ~. j.
I, Jesse Purvy hired somebody ter kill
him !. {. =, an'I promised my. pap
that I'd find out who thet man was,
an thet I'd git 'em both-some day.
/ SO help me. God Almighty, I'm ,a-goin'
ter git 'em bothsome day!" The
boy paused and lifted zone hand as
though taking an oath. =. = 81.
I'm a-tellin' you-all the truth .: I. !.
But / didn't shoot them shoots this
nornin'. hain't, no truce buster. I
gives ye my hand on hit. Ef
them dawgs come ihyar they'll find me
hyar, an ef they hain't liars they'll
go right by hyar. ! don't low ter run
away, an don't low ter hide out. I'm
a-goin' ter stay right hyar. Thet's all
I've got ter say ter ye.", u
For a moment there was no reply.
Then the older man nodded with a
gesture Of relieved anxiety. ..f
"Thet's all we wants ter know, Sam
son" he said. slowly. Light, men an
come in."
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.l..,, i. SYNOPSIS.

from which he has fallen. Sally Miller
finds George Lescott. a landscape paint
er, unconscious, and after reviving MN;
goes for assistance Samson South ana
Sally, taking Lescott to Samson's nome.
family. who tells them that Jesse Purvy
has been shot +a, .'f.-. ....'
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IInfslr

does I PHI 8 Slii q x
9ture 90 often on q 81 j: y sthN 81 I s9ls sll
can't imagi HE, qnlsS sSs ae9 =
he wants to talk aboat splis6 81
can t talk back. IL SCI sJs " Y
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Too sewers,

".Man was made to mourn. = quoted y
the philosopher. x III ,$.
> "That's right!n snapped the nisogys
mist. "And women was to- put on ON
earth to see that he does IL. q.
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Undecided:

"How do you like your new teachers
Jimmie?"
81 don't know; i haven't mtsbehaysd
yet, ~. s, 90 rs s. rs
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4manax aaeku Medicine.

Our readers never risk 9 cent Rnen;
thew buy Hanford's Dalsant OF Myth;
because every dealer in this hntments
Is authorized to refund the money sif M
the Balsam Is not satisfactory. Adv:
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Art is long, but spot cash Is whist ths'
artist longs for. u IS y s:fF
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kTFIlN ] | /! . .
SUNDAY ! | ! '''(||'llOll|||L|., !,
! ESS0lN n .
LESSON Fol :IlAN'ulAI'iRl'IY 3 Al.
THE BIRTH or SAMSON, 4,
(By E. d. SELLERS, Acting Dffeetdr, OF,
stitute. Chicago:1 III 9 81 "a IS,

LESSON TEXT Judges 1876, 24.25,
/, GOLDEN TEXT Beware. I pray thee
and drink no. wine nor strong drink -
Judges 13:4 y 4. Il j,.ss q ~