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dry, still somewhat OF q boy, par1ivo
the yearning question.
"Who' would care?" he laughed
wryly, would you. Little squaw?"
The girl did not answer, but as she
turned away the ready mist sprang to
her eyes and he reached a contrite
hand to her shoulder.
Forgive mel know you wouldi"'
II seemed to Siletz as the horror
swept north and the men we're lost
for hours in the dim Businesses. that
something was about to happen.
She felt prescience Of disaster
which Coosnah shared. and they two
stood apart for long spaces Of time
silent, listening, the muscles Of each
drawn taut. From time to time the
great mongrel would squat upon his
launches, lift his heavy muzzle toward
the dun.smoke heavens and bay with
long.drawn, silver note that was the
very acme OF melancholy.
And then came a dawn when no one
came in for breakfast, when the sun,
coming over the ridge to the east,
was not visible. Only pale light
turned the heavy canopy to shadowed
pearl. The three women waited in that
silence which ever attends the walters
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for men who face danger. They were
used TO the silence, for there was no
accord between them. Ma Daily had
long ago shut this bird o. tn earth"
out of her good heart and Siletz hated
her with the fury OF the woman whose
mate Is threatened.
At last q solitary Indian came down
the valley, running, his mouth full OF
excitement and dolorous prediction
The whole Of the Siletz would go. II
was the wrath OF the Great Spirit
turned loose upon a wicked world. II
was the judgment. There was nothing
like It. He fell into iargon and re
verted to the ancient gods, and Silet2
checked him sternly.
what do you mean. Quanna?" she
said, have you forgotten the Preacher
and the Bible? There is only one God
and he holds us in the hollow Of HE
hand. II is not the destruction OF the
world. II will stop. What more has
happened. and where is Sandry OF Che
camp"
Everything had happened. The
whole country was ahre. Not only a
ridge or two. a valley in between, as
It had been here. a day, TWO days back
but ridge after ridge. valley after val
ley-the world. the earth, the heavens
Sandry was somewhere up behind the
Hog Back.
For a moment the girl looked out
across the slough. lying like a dirty
ribbon between its gray and wilted
banks. Then she turned troubled eyes
to the general.
Mother" she said, Il know It now
There's danger to Sandry. and I'm so.
ing"
Child. you're wrong this time. San
drys a man. Well as you know tn
hills | can't let you 90. ] forbid It,"
They faced each other a moment
while Siletz tossed back her braids
and frightened her belt.
I'm going" she said quietly, Me
| Daily. who had raised her, said nc
more; but as she turned to the stove
aimlessly--as was her wont In every
time OF trial. there was deeper line
about her tremulous old mouth.
Swift as the wind the girl ran down
the valley toward the deserted camp
Miss Ordway watched her and against
her will. drawn by some subtle excite
ment, some urging power, she, too
gathered her skirts and began to run
across the pulling ashes. At the lean
to she came upon the other Just lead
ing out Black Bolt. a shining beauty
eager for the turf.
I'm going too" painted Poppy
reaching for a bride that hung behind
the bay.
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| nearer and nearer to the earth for
breath, they drew the last blade. sent
the last big pine crashing toward the
north.
The ridge was clear in the lncreas'
ing glow,
"Nowl" cried Sandry with the tri'
umph Of a general on a victorious
field. now for the ridge and overl"
But even as he dropped his saw and
ran, calling his men, Collins big voice
came through the rolling smoke with
the calm of finallty.
"Ain't no over. It's a ninety-foot
drop on to hard rock beyond that
ridge"
Sandry stopped in his tracks. his
head cleared as II with Whit OF salt
air by that call.
The men had closed in with the in
stinct OF their kind to be together in
danger, as If so the danger were les
sened.
But the fastener was undaunted.
Then wen take TO the East Belt, .
he cried, "even though 1t is crown
fire and coming fast, think our trench
will hold It,"
With all confidence he turned 10 the
south. Instinctiyely the men had
drawn in behind him. The neck Of the
East Belt was a wavering wall OF
flame. He whirled and glanced back
along the fall and the trench. Long
streamers OF flame we're licking across
t. The half.looked.for had happened.
The little bunch of fighters were
hemmed in, ringed around by fire,
Death faced them on every side,
Then, as the owner sent a searching
look to every quarter, he sprang for
ward
"Here!" he cried, "herei Into I'll
Every man OF you. In, sayl"
At the crest Of the sheer ridge an
old, abandoned tunnel gaped in the
gloom, a dim haven Of refuge. Its
mouth was oyerhung by vines. its re-
cess mysterious in the blackness. San
dry sprang to It's edge and turned back
for the men to pass. They stood
small, silent bunch gazing in wordles4
CONSERVATION at the red canopy.
Now how in hell did II get across
the fall?" said Collins hoarsely.
But one by one they stopped and
entered the small black hole in the
earth. It ran backward into the ridge
scarce the height OF a tall man, its
floor uneven with the heaps Of earth
fallen from the roof since some long
forgotten prospeCtor had carved II
out.
Here for q moment they breathed
more easily, standing close together
sweating, painting, waiting mass OF
humanity Sandry stood at the mouth
the last to enter. He looked out in
hushed amaze at the unclaimed mad
ness Of the burning world. The great
fire had reached its zenith. 1t came
booming and roaring TO the fall and
the trench. lts sound was indesorib
able. The heat grew until the flesh on
Sandry's arms and face rose in blis
ters. A sheet of fame shot sheer
across the tunnels mouth. Smoke
rolled into It and here and there a
gasping breath ended in a moan
There was no air to breathe. Like
trapped animals the men jumped here
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tempts to pass me-" said sandry
hoarsely.
Raving and cursing. he backed away
More than one Of the fourteen
begged to be allowed to pass, and one
OF the lumberjacks from Sacramento
muttered deliriously OF calling his
bluff. But the awful moments dragged
by and Sandry stood at the entrance.
The flames passed all measurement OF
light and heat. He lost sight of the
figures at his feet He felt himself go
ing out In the darkness.
"Sletz." he muttered. little S1etz-"
When he came to himself again, men
were crawling across him. He could
breathe better and the light had les
sened. He sat up. winclng at the NOV
ing OF his scorched skin over the
muscles underneath, crawled out with
the rest and one by one they rose TO
their feet. The great timber of the
East Belt farther down stood serried
and green. The effort had not been in
vain. The holocaust was checked, the
Bel. was safe.
Back toward the north stretched a
forest of tall, black spikes, picked out
here and there by heavy spots OF fire
where fallen logs. dry and pitch-laden,
burned steadily. The green canopy
was gone, every vine and bit OF brush
every sapllng and fern. Only thin
edge still cracked and snapped with
streamers Of fame along the trench.
"Mr. Sandry." said Harris, the saw
aler. 'if you're an Fastener l hope to
God the breed fills up the country!"
He extended hand which Sandry
grasped.
AN me-" said Murphy, his grimy
features distorted in an expression OF
mingled gratitude and contritIon. 81
take It all back-every damn word
ever said against you, an It's a long
list"
Forget IT," said Sandry. He was no
longer Johnny Eastern. He had won
his right to live and fight among them
rs It over, Colllns% he asked
steadying his voice.
over? Look yonder. Feel tn wind.
It's changin' again. TIL fires back
crawled toward the siletz basin three
miles, I'll bet, while we've ben savin
this end. We've only begun to fight.
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KILLS SHARK WITH CROWBAR
Great Battle Waoed for an Hour
Against a Man.Eater Results
In Victory

A man.eating shark up to bis eyes
In mud and stranger in 'he Bronx.
was killed near Throggs Neck after
everyone within half a mile OF him
had screamed at least once and missed
him with a rock at least twice David
MCGOWAN. an Inspector In the Bronx
department Of sewers. is the amateur
toreador who finally sent him wingng
or hippering into the valley OF death
Mr. McGowan, accompanied by a
quartet OF pickax wielders and a dou
Bile sextette Of shoyeers. was improv
ing the Bronx sewerage facilities
when be heard a hoarse cry Mr. Nc
Gowan selected a crowbar he could
trust and hurried TO where strug
Cling form was creating a whirlpool
He inserted the crowbar into the huge
bulk The head OF an indignan, shark
appeared and Mr.. McGowan. with four
excellently executed handsprings was
back on shore again
Then began battle which lasted an
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THIS TABBY IS REAL FISHER
Maryland Cat Wades Boldly Into
Stream In Search Of Its
Prey.

Hancock, Mo, has cat that fshes.
Different from felines that have beer
known to stand on the bank and trJ
to grab fish with their claws, this tab
by wades boldly amidstream and
awaits prey.
Yesterday the cat was fishing In the
little creek that runs through Han.
cock near the old Eastern or Gllleeoe
hotel property, emptying into the Po-
tomac through a culvert under the ca.
nal at that point The cat stood mo
tionless for several minutes, ard then
pounced on fish with both paws.
The FISH jumped several feet out of the
water, its body shimmering in the sun
light. 1t was then readily caught by
the cat, which waded to the shore with
its dinner in It's mouth. This particu.
lar tabby has obtained quite a repu
tation as q fisher.
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CHAPTER XVII.
Tn. Shot In tho Hills.


At camp they met a party, headed
by the foreman, just starting out Ia
search Of them. Their absence had
been discovered only when Daily, com
ing in from the north. where his work
had been laid out, had asked for San
dry.
at sight OF him the three women
standing together at the foot-log gave
evidence, each in her way. OF those
emotions which the suspicion Of his
fate had stirred.
On Mas face was en- unbounded
pride that he had come through. a
man of parts, abundantly able TO care
for himself among a harder crew. On
Miss Ordway's there lay a vast relief,
while Siletz played with the collar OF
her blue shirt with trembling fingers
and moistened her dry lips.
sandry turned and looked up at the
darkened cast with a profound Joy. He
swept his eyes north to where the red
heaven fared and staggered to his
Office.
Three hours, ma" he croaked In a
voice OF warning, only three hours
sleep for all of US. II you give US
longer I'll never forgive you"
It was true, as Collins said. that
they had only begun to fight.
Through the hours, days, nights that
followed the saving OF the East Belt
they took no note Of time. Up along
the blackened. devastated valley the
soldiers moved their camp. Ma Daily
shut the cook-shack and suborned a
wagon to haul her big range up and
deposit II alongside the camp stoves
Of Company II, where she dispensed
coffee to her men and all others with
impartial zeal. Miss Ordway. her skirts
tucked up from the contamination OF
the burned earth which rose in hot.
black puffs at every moving foot was
compelled to help II she would hold thai
espionage over Siletz from which she
hoped to realize her ambition. A bit
ter hatred sharpened her blue eyes
upon the girl, and she ached to seize
her and tear out of her blouse that
packet Of proofs. She was angered
at herself that all her cleyerness had
failed to recover them before this.
So the hours passed with smoke and
heat and a sun like a copper shield
Men came and went in relays, sleeping
upon the ground for short shifts. rig
idly apportioned and observed. The
food OF flame, runner after an arrant
wind, had piled its forces In leaping
billows in among the northern hills II
seemed q thing OF irresistible might
but the toilworn men hung to its flank
with a dogged persistence. emboldened
and encouraged by the success on the
east ridge,
Sandry. lImping painfully. and hag
gard as a ghost, stuck with the van
guard despite Mas commands and
Dailys warnings. At each fresh sight
of his face the girl Siletz was wrung
with anguish. 1t seemed as II he coulC
bear no more and yet the spirit In hin
drove him on.
Once she ventured a tlmid protest.
what is the timber worth 4 yol
der" she asked plaintively. and San
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PUDDING sure sian Q, Battle.

A British soldier VINO wears the rib
bon Of South Africa. was asked while
on leave at home recently whether
the soldiers knew for long beforehand
when they are going to be called upon
10 deliver an assault
"Well they don't exactly tell us
hut we always know" he replied. ad
ding rather srimly you see. II a
number OF army chaplains suddenly
trrn up. we can always guess that
something good and hard is going to
be asked OF us shortly II they serve
us with pudding lor dinner before we
10 into the trenches. why. then we
know for cer's'n!"
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Monksx pied Ike a Man.

The death Of Bill Snyder. the ba.
boon OF the Central park zoo, from
acute indigestion, Is chronicled IN the
days news Bill was not one Of the
higher order Of the monkey family:
his kinship to the human race II he
had any. was remote. Yet surely in
the manner Of his death be displayed
a simian resemblance to man
he died as hundreds OF thousands OF
beings higher 10 the scale of evolution
die as countless numbers Of our best
citizens" die-from oyereating He
was as reckless In the indulgence Of
his appetite for food as the most cut
tivated member Of the human family.
and If the circumstances OF bis death
excite surprise. It is that his natural
instincts did not preserve MIN from
the fate OF the most intelligent hu-
man beings
Bilrs death points a dietetic moral
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and there. feeling for an opening. a
crevice to crawl into, away from the
agony OF heat and suhoca,ion. And
then they lost control of themselves.
My God" cried Murphy shrilly, "l
can't stand ut! Let me out an Ill
die an get ut oyer!"
He came cropping TO the entrance,
facing the increasing heat. His face
was a madman's, his mouth open, his
fingers crooked like talons. But at the
mouth, that was as the gate Of hell. be
Pqet the Fastener, a straight figure
against the light beyond.
mo" said Sandry sternly, go back
and lie down"
What" he shrieket, what? You
damned Johnny! Yop tenderfootl
III" And he dung himself forward
A smooth black muzzle came forth and
pushed its brazen menace into his
face.
III shoot the first man that at
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MANAGEMENT OF The BODY
Extreme Care Should &c Exercised
BY Those Who are Afflicted
With Defective Heart.

A person with a defective heart
must remain. In everything be does
well within the limit Of his strength
Though able TO walk fifteen blocks.
he should not walk more than twelve
though able to work three hours. he
should work only Two. and rest. Il
possible. every hour for a few min
utes. TO avoid fatigue. When able 10
get along With seven hours rest and
sleep. he should rest and sleep at ieas,
nine hours. His recuperative power IS
lowered and Il takes. when overured.
days and weeks to regain strength
which healthy person recovers 10
one night lie endangers hls future
whenever he goes beyond bis strength
even a ntlle or only 10 the poi..
where be begins TO feel tired He
may do as much AZ an average healthy
person. Dui he must DIVIDE ih' work
into periods OF short duration What
mas happen IN year or two must DO
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recommend it to any woman suffering
from female weakness. You may pub
lish my letter if you wish. Mrs JAMES
CoNLEY, SIG st. Clair St, Frankfort, KY.
No woman suffering from any form Of
female troubles should lose hope until
she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound fair trial.
This famous remedy, the medicinal
ingredients Of which are derived from
native roots and herbs, has for forty
years proved to be n most valuable tonic
and invigorator of the female organism.
All women are invited to write
to the Lydia E. Pinkham 1Iedi-
cine Co, Lynn, Mass, for special
ndvice.-it will be confidential.
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hour and endangered the life and
property OF all who dwell near Weir
Creek. Pickaxes we're hurled by the
drainage pickadores and shovels de-
scribed parabolas that were interest
Ing but dangerous
Finally. when the shark was at the
point Of death from ennul and ex.
haustlon. Mr McGowan stepped for
ward and inflicted the fatal wound.
The shark groaned. sighed. whistled,
rolled over. kicked once and was no
more He was found to weigh 200
pounds when dragged to the shore
and was seven feet long.-New York
Herald
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for monkeys that exchange the nuts
and roots Of the jungle for the richer
food of zoo captivity and idleness
The application Of the moral to man
kind need not be considered, A vastly
greater number OF men die from over
eating than from starvation, and the
death Of a humble simian In the cir
cumstances from this CHARACTERISED.
cally human ailment, may serve to
emphasize the fact.-New York
World.
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Added Gifts.

Those who use the grace they have
are rewarded with more grace. Cor
nelius who was reverent toward God
and liberal toward men was hidden
to send for Peter. Having used wise.
ly the gifts that had been intrusted
TO him no was now TO be favored with
more. This is Gods way with his
children. "whosoeyer hath, to him
shall be given, an he shall have abun-
dance" II is said.
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Proper Fear Of God.

The fear of the Lord is the begin
ming Of wisdom, II is the best and most
natural way OF living; should We not
fear and reverence the God that made
us, that preserves US. and provides
all things for us?--Neal.
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has to give us.
Someone has cpl
tcmized them by
saying we are
meant to have
carefulness in
nothing, prayerful-
ness in every
thing, thankful
ness for anything,
and 1t might be
added. peaceful
ness In all things.
BE careful for
nothing" or, as
the r. V. says, Sin
nothing be anx-
ious;" or, as we
would say today,
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do my own work,
had to hire 1t dona
/ heard 80 much
about Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable
Compound that l
triedit. took three
bottles and l found
it to be all you
claim. Now Ifecl as
well as everI did and
am able to do all my
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AntiseptIe Vaccine.

A Great British physician. Sir Aim.
roth Wright has invented an antIsep.
tic vaccine BY inoculation II is
hoped soldier before going into bat.
tie may be made proof against the In
lection OF wounds
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GRO BE coNTINUEp)


Onicer-"Your horse seems very
familiar to me, Higgins" Private
81 don't wonder, sir, seeing the times
he brought you from the club. Why
you've kissed i'm before YOU went VI
the stens"
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only Meter She Knew.

Hub with newspaper)-I see that
the French have gained 200 meters
from the enemy.
Wife-Two hundred metersl l sup
pose the Germans made another Of
their gas attacks.
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considered rather than whether. for
the present the heart can stand the
effort The best protection for the tu
ture is a proper adjustment Of effort
at all times to ones strength. -Ex
change.
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don't worry" 1t means, as Cony-
beare and Howson put It, "let no care
trouble you" A most surprising ex-
hortation when we think Of the sin
within us; surprising when we think
Of the many painful experiences we
meet, the hard surroundings, the bit
ter circumstances, the unexplained dis
appointments; surprising when we
think OF the constantly increasing diff
ficulties that strew our paths. Yet In
spite Of all OF these he says don't
worry" We need not worry, It is
wicked to worry, it is against the les
sons of nature revelation and our
peace In the Lord, II is disobedience,
too. because II is the Lord himself who
says "Be careful for nothing" 1t is
we'll known that worry will kill where
work only makes strong. But how are
we to avoid that which is SO common
among US? The next sentence tells
ma
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help FOR
WORKING WOMEN
Some Have to Keep on Until
They Almost Drop. How
Mrs. Conley Got Help.

Here Is q letter from a woman who
had TO work, but was too weak and suf-
fered too much to continue. How she
regained health -
Frankfort, Ky.-"I suffered 30 much
with female weakness that could not
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John. wha, possessed you 10 buy
this chowchow dogY'
Il don't know. Maria unlrss wp1
pickled."
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The small things or the large are to
be taken to him, the joyous. glad
things as we'll as tho sad and bitter
things, the simple things as well as the
difficult. the personal and private as
well as the public aifairs-everything
Is to be carried unto the Lord. And
they are to be taken to him with
thankfulness. The thankfulness will
be there in the measure of our trust In
him. A little boy takes his broken toy
to his father. After seeing It the IA
ther said, "I'll fix it for you, son" The
boy says, Thank you. daddy" and
goes off content because he trusts his
fathers word To the measure Of our
trust in our Father whep we bring our
affairs to him will be the measure Of
our thankfulness. Only let us be as
children before him and the outcome
will be certain.
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The Guarded
Heart
BY REV. B. B. SUTCLIFFE
Extension Department Moody Bible
Institute Of Chicago

TEXT-The peace OF God shall guard
your heart and mind.-PhiL 4:5-7.
These three verses should be read
together to get the thought the apostle
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Simple Method.

In everything by prayer and suppl.
cation with thanksgiving let your re-
quests be made known unto God"
Here is the simple method Of avoiding
the useless, wearylng worry. Take
everything TO God in prayer
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Give us an Easter bonnet in this
world and wen take chances on get
ting a halo In the next.