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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29

tween Dan and Cranston. And per-
sonaI issues are frowned upon by law
and society. Civilization has toiled
I'D from the darkness in a great meas
ure to get away from them. But hu-
man nature remains distressingly the
same, and Dams desire to pay his debt
was distinctly human emotion. Some
time breed will live upon the earth
that can get clear away from personal
yengeance-from that age-old code
of the hills that demands a blow
for a blow and a life for a life-but
the time is not yet. And after all, by
all the standards of men as men, not
as read in ldealistic philosophers,
Dams debt was entirely real, By the
light held high by his ancestors, he
could not turn his other cheek.
Just as soon as he was able he went
back to the scene of the murder. He
didn't know when the snow would
come to cover what evidence there
was. It threatened every hour. Ev-
cry wind promised it. The air was
sharp and cold, and no drop Of rain
could fall through it without crystal
lizing into snow. The deer had all
gone and the burrowing people had
sought their holes. The bees worked
no more in the winter flowers. OF
all the greater forest creatures only
the wolves and the bear remained
the former because their fear of men
would not permit them to go down
to the lower hills, and the latter be-
cause of his knowledge that when
food became scarce he could always
burrow in the snow. No bear goes
into Information from choice. Wise
old bachelor, he much prefers to keep
just as late hours as he can-as long
as the eating places in the berry thick
cts remain open. The cougars had
all gone down with the deer, the mi
gratory birds had departed, and even
the squirrels were In hiding.
The scene didn't offer much in the
way Of clues. OF the body itself only
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29
CHAPTER IV.-continued.

But the terrible fangs were never
to know her white flesh. Some one
had come between. There was no
chance to shoot: Whisperfoot and the
girl were too near together for that.
But one course remained; and there
was not even time to count the cost.
In this most terrible moment Of Dan
Failing's life, there was not even an
instant's hesitation. He did not know
that Whisperfoot was wounded. He
saw the beast creeping forward in the
weird dancing light of the fallen Ian
tern, and he only knew that his flesh,
not hers, must resist its rending tai.
ons. Nothing else mattered. No 9th
er consideration could come between.
1t was the test; and Dams instincts
prompted coolly and well. He leaped
with all his strength. The cougar
bounded into his arms, not upon the
prone body of the girl. And she open
ed her eyes to hear a curious thrash
ing in the pine needles, a strange grim
battle that, as the lantern flashed out,
was hidden In the darkness.
And that battle, in the far reaches
of>the Divide, passed into legend. 1t
was the tale of how Dan Failing, his
gun knocked from his hands as he
met the cougars leap, with his own
unaided arms kept the life-giving
breath from the animals lungs and
killed him in the pine needles. Claw
and fang and the frenzy of death
could not matter at all.
Thus Failing established before all
men his right to the name he bore,
And thus he paid one of his debts
life for a life, as the code of the forest
has always decreed-and in the fire
of danger and pain his metal was
tried and proven.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29
Valuable to Science.

The telescope gives enlarged views
of distant objects, the microscope
shows only what is almost in contact
with it's lens, and by giving a means
of making intermediate observations
the notifications of the Davon micro
telescope have proven a boon to the
naturalist With great depth of focus
and a large field of view, the short
focus type, for example, has work
ing distance of 10 to 1s inches, and
magnifies Is to 38 dlameters. An ad-
Unstable rubber-tipped rod serves as a
rest to support the instrument at the
desired height for studying such OBJ.
jects as insects, plants and rocks.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29
BUILDING Construction Costs.

1.-THE wage reduction averages about
"a per cent" said Mr.. Flannery. The
reduction in construction materials
averages 40 per cent. The improve
ment in the efficiency Of labor can be
consArvatively estimated at SO 1-3 per
cent. EQuating these percentages the
cost of construction, which was 1876
per cent above the prOwar figures in
1920, Is now only 90 per cent above
the cost Of prewar building.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29

springs of motive that few men can
see clearly enough within themselves
to recognize. Even the first day, when
he lay burning from his wounds, he
worked out his own explanation in re-
gard to the murder mystery. He
hadn't the slightest doubt but that
CranstOn had killed Hildreth to pre-
vent his testimony from reaching the
courts below. OF course, any other
member of the arson ring of hillmen
might have been the murderer; yet
Dan was inclined to believe that Gran
stCn, the leader of the gang. usually
preferred to do such dangerous work
as this himself. If 1t were true, some
where on that tree-clad ridge clues
would be left. Moreover, it was wholly
possible that the written testimony
Hildreth must have gathered had new
er been found or destroyed. Dan
didn't want the aid Of the courts to
find these clues. He wanted to work
out the case himself. 1t resolved it.
self into simple matter of vengeance:
Dan had his debt to pay, and he want
ed to bring Cranston to ruin by his
own hand alone.
While it was true that he took ra-
Their more than the casual interest
that most citizens feel in the destruc-
ton Of the forest by wanton fire, and
had an actual sense of duty to do all
that he could to stop the activities Of
the arson ring, his motives, stripped
and bare, were really not utilitariah.
He had no particular interest In Hill
dreth's case. He remembered him SIM
ply as one Of Cranston's disreputable
gang, pOacher and a fire bug him
self. When all is said and done, 1t
remained really a personal issue be-
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29
Metal Mining Fell off.

Metal mining in California during
the first half of this year has been
even more depressed than in 1920
During the first six months of 1921
the United States mint at San Fran
cisco and local smelters and rein
cries received 81 1867, 294 in gold from
California mines, according to the
United States geological survey. This
was $4S2, 900 less than during the first
six months of 1920 when the receipts
were $1,OS6,739 less than in the CORE,
spending period of 1919.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29
Give up Paw to Aid Idle.

Staff officers of the International
association of Machinists decided
to refund to the association their sal
aries for August, to be used in relief
of unemployed members of the as
sociatiOn. The combined salaries
turned back total about $4,000.
While the action so far taken COW
ers salaries for August only, 1t was
stated that similar action might be
taken from month to month If the
situation continues and as long as
the personal assets of the donors
hold out.
The officials refunding their salaries
include the international president, ten
international vice presidents, the secre-
tary-treasurer and seven auditors.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29
Women RAILROAD Workers.

Approximately per cent of the
100000 employees of railroads in the
United States are women. Those who
operate trains as conductors are not
uncommon in some sections of the
country. In other localities they are
working as switching hands, while
thousands are employed in shops and
roundhouses as mechanics and even
as hostlers for engines. Women are
engaged in nearly 20 different groups
of operations, including the signal
service, where they handle messages
directing the movement of trains.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29
BOOK THREE
The Payment.
CHAPTER l..

The Lennox home, in the wilderness
Of the Umpqua Divide, looked rather
like an emergency hospital for the first
few days after Dams fight with Whis-
perfoot. It's old sounds of laughter
and talk were almost entirely lacking.
Two injured men and a girl recovering
from a nervous collapse do not tend
toward cheer.
But the natural sturdiness of all
three quickly came to their aid. OF
course LennOx had been severely in
jured by the falling log, and many
weeks would pass before he would be
able to walk again. He could sit up
for short periods, however; had the
partial use of one arm; and could pro-
pei himself-after the first few weeks
at a snails pace through the rooms
In a rude wheel chair that Bills inge-
nuity had contrived. The great livid
scratches that Dan bore on his body
quickly began to heal; and before a
week was done he began to venture
forth on the hills again. Snowbtrd
had remained in bed for three days;
then she had hoped out one bright
afternoon, swearing never to go back
into it again. Evidently the crisp, fall
air of the mountains had been a nerve
tonic for them all.
OF course thers had been medical
attention. A doctor and a nurse had
motored up the day after the accident;
the physician had set the bones and
departed, and the nurse remained for
a week. to see the grizzled mountain
Ger well on the way of convalescence.
But it was an anxious wait, and Len
nox's car was kept constantly in readi-
ness to speed her away in case the
SHOWS should start. At last she had
left him in SnOwbird's hands, and Bill
had driven her back to the settlements
In his fathers car. The die was now
cast as to whether or not Dan and
the remainder of the family should
winter in the mountain. The snow
clouds deepened every day, the frost
was ever heavier In the dawns' and
the road would surely remain open
only a few.Aays more.
Once more the three seemingly had
the Divide all to themselves. Bert
Cranston bad evidently deserted his
cabin and was working trap-line on
the Umpuua side. The rangers left
the little STATEN, all danger of IRE
past, and weA4 down to their offices
In the federal building of one Of the
little cities below. Because he was
worse than useless IN the deep SHOWS
that were sure to come. one of the
ranch hands that had driven up with
Bill rode away to the valleys the last
of the live stock-the horse that Dan
had ridden to Snowbird's defense.
Nothing had been heard of Landy
Hildreth, who used to live on the
trail TO the marsh, and both Lennox
and his daughter wondered why. There
were also certain officials who had
begun to be curious. AS yet, Dan
had told no one Of the grim find he
had made on his return from hunting
And he would have found 1t an ex-
tsemely difficult fact to explain.
Il ell went back to those inner
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29

ing me. I am keeping house now and
am able to do all of my work. I cannot
say enough for your medicine. It has
done more for me than any doctor.
have not paper enough to tell you how
much it has done for me and for my
friends. You may print this letter IL
you wish. 3" = Elizabeth G. CoRLEY,
care of A. P. Corley, Edmund, S. G.
Ability to stand the strain Of work e
the privilege of the strong and healthy,
but how our hearts ache for the weak
and sickly women struggling with their
daily rounds of household duties, with
backaches, headaches, nervousness and
almost every movement brings a new
pain. Why viii not the mass Of letters
from women all over this country, which
we have been publishing, convince such
women that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound will help them Just as
surely az it did Mrs. Corley3
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29
Welsh Voters Elect Laborite.

Morgan Jones, Laborite, was elect
ed to the house of commons in the
hy-election for Caerphilly, a Welsh
mining district. Jones received 49,
500 votes against s,958 for w. R. Ed
monds, Liberal, and 1892 for Robert
Stewart, Communist, The bye-elec-
ton followed the death of Albert
Onions, Laborite, who in the last gen
eral election received II, 400 votes as
against 9,482 for Edmonds.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29
Threatened strlke IN chic.

The radical group of maritime la
borers, excluded recently from mem
bership in the trades association, is
asking the Chilean government to OBJ
tain re-admission into that organiza-
ton. In case these workers are not
re-admitted under conditions existing
before the lockout 1t has been decid.
ed to declare a general strike in all
Chilean ports.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29
Rrltlah Miner, pemanda.

The British miners will demand free
baths at the pit mouths as an inalien-
able right, according to a resolution
passed by the Miners federation at
Landudno, Wales. Other measures
they will request include a fortnights
annual holiday with pay, as well as q
holiday on Boxing day, December 26,
and pension of fl (S5) week after
the age of sixty.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29
Kobe shlpyards Give Workers Voice

The Mitsubishi (Japan) shipbullding
interests, it was announced, win au-
thorize the formation Of a commission
Of workmen In their shipbuiIdlng
yards in Kobe as an organ to repre-
sent the interests Of the workmen Ia
the administration Of the plants.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29

Tered every month";
/ was not able to 40
any work and tried 4
lot Of medicine, but
got no relief. saw
your medicine adver
tised in a little book
that was thrown II
my door, and / had
not taken twobottles
of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege table
Compound before /
could aao ~ mna hnlSs
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29
chief AIlmsna

A large proportion Of our troubles
Is caused by too much bone In the
head and not enough in the back.-CO-
lum5us Is. c. Record.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29
WOMEN WHO
CANNOT WORK
Read Mrs. CorIey's Letter and
Benefit by Her Experience

Edmund, SET was run down with
nervousness and female trouble and suf-
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS

Is greatly relieved by constitutional treat
ment. y HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
Is constitutional remedy. Catarrhal
Deafness is caused by an infiamed com
dition Of the mucous lining Of the Eusta-
chan Tube. When this tube is in3anned
you have rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when It is entirely closed
Deafness Is the result. Unless the in
Illumination can be reduced, your hearing
may be destroyed forever. HALLS
CATAFaEeEf MEDICINE ACES through the
blood on the mucous surfaces Of the sys-
TEN, thus reducing the Inflammation and
assisting Nature in restoring normal con-
ditions
Circulars free. All Druggists.
F. j. Cheney q Co., Toledo, Ohio.--.Adu
vertisement
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29
Mo Channel

"Blinks still pursues the even tenor
of his ways" YES, borrowing the
same old amount p'-Cartoons Maya
zine.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-29

The friendship made In a moment
usually is of no moment.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-10-28
HUGE RUM RING UNCOVERED
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
Comes From Washington to
Middle West to Mop Up.

Hammond, Ind, Oct. 26.-Seizure
of the largest whisky depot in the cen
trail states, containing thousands of
gallons of whisky and wine, and ar
rest of nine alleged rum runners, re-
suited from the confession of William
Gallagher of Cincinnati, who was cap
tured while en- route to Chicago with
an automobile load of whisky, and
has brought Prohibition Commission
er Haynes from Washington to take
charge of the investigation.
Gallagher's confession laid bare the
working of gigantic boUe-running
gang with tentacles In Chicago. and
is said to implicate George Remus,
former Chicago attorney.
A system by which deliveries were
made to more than three-score Indiana
and Illinois towns was revealed by
the confession, prohibition officers
say.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-10-28
PUZZLE FOR LOVERS OF Dol
Just How Did Terrier Know the Col
rect Time. When the Clocks Had
Been AdVanced2

Perhaps because of his power 0
speech, the parrot is usually regarde
as amazingly wise. But many dun
creatures often display just as re
markable intelligence.
Can dog judge time? This Is on
of the subjects upon which some ligh
is thrown in dogs, Birds and Others
by HI. ]. Massingham.
A terrier had been in the habit o.
jumping on his masters bed and wax
ening him each morning at seveI
o'clock. When the clocks had beer
advanced an hour for summer time
the man was anxious to see what th'
dog would do.
Next morning, as usual, the animal
jumped upon the bed. The clock TaI
at seven exactly, although really 1
was only six o'clock. Had the dO4
counted the strokes of the clock Whea
it struck, or had he understood aOouI
the clocks being put on?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-10-28
WOULD EXPEL BLANTON
MoNDELL ASKS EXPULSION FROM
HOUSE OF TEXAN.
Resolution Attacks Acts of the Lone
Star State representative
Action Deferred.

Washington, Oct o. Expulsion
from the house of representative of
Thomas L. Blanton (Dem., Tex.), was
called for in a resolution introduced
by Representative Mondell, the Re
publican leader.
The ground for the move to expel
was publication in the Congressional
Record as part of an extension of re-
marks by Blanton of an affidavit re-
lating to a row at the government
printing office, which affidavit was
characterized by some house members
as obscene and unfit for transmission
through the mails.
In Blanton's absence consideration
of the resolution was deferred.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Mon
dell follows:
Whereas, Thomas L. Blanton, rep
resentative from the Seventeenth dis
trict of the state of Texas, did on Oc-
tober 4, 1921. ask unanimous consent
to extend his remarks in the Congress
sioLSi Eecord upon the improvements
in the government printing office
which consent was granted by the
house. and
Whereas under such permission
the said Thomas L. Blanton did insert
and cause to be printed in the Con-
gressional Record for Saturday, Octo-
Der %, 1921, grossly indecent and OBJ
scene language unworthy of mem
Der of the house Of representatives,
contrary to the rules Of the house,
derogatory to its dignity and in viola
ton of its confidence, therefore be it
Resolved, That the said Thomas L.
Blanton by his conduct as aforesaid
has forfeited all rights to sit as a
representative in the Sixty-seventh
cor gress, and is hereby expelled and
declared to be no Longer a member of
this house."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-10-28
WOULDN'T STAND FOR REBUKE
View Concerning "Business" She
Was Engaged In.

Secretary Lawson Purdy Of the
Charity Organization society said at
a dinner in New York:
professional beggars are a self
righteous crew. What l mean is that
they regard their trade the same as
you and / regard honest work. One
winter afternoon l came on a beggar
woman l knew of old. She was beg
ging in a bitter wind on a corner, and
three little children in calico rags shiv-
cred at her side.
'You-Jane,' 1 said reproachfully
'You-beggng! And those three little
ones They aren't really yours q:
alll'
"'Well, damitall,' said the beggar
woman. 4 wouldn't have to beg so
hard If they were really mine. for
then wouldn't be forking over a dol
lar day to hire them Los Angeles
Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-10-28
OVERNMEHT BODY
HALTS WAGE GUT
U. S. Labor Board Serves UIti-
matum on Rail Executives.
WILL FIRST CONSIDER RULES
Announces Policy to Prevent Tieup of
Lines-RaiIroad Executives De-
clare They Will Insist on Re-
duction of Pay.

Chicago, Oct. 26.-The government,
through the United States rail labor
board, took formal action to terminate
possibilities of a nation wide strike set
for October 80.
The federal action came in the form
of an ultimatum assuring rail en-
ployees that they need fear no further
wage reductions for at least year.
This is a direct and emphatic adj
vance refusal of the new 10 per cent
wage cut for which rail executives an
nouneed last week they would petition.
1t also will act as an answer to the
chief bone Of contention raised by the
labor unions.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-10-28
ILLINOIS NEGRO is TARRED
Young Elgn Black, Accused of Mis-
treating White Girl, Is Given
Sticky Coat.

Elgin, Ill.,, Oct 26.-Preston John
son, sixteen-year-oId negro, is in a
serious condition as the result of a
"tar-and-feather" party.
Physicians attending Johnson state
that burns from hot tar. used by a
gang of 80 local men, together with the
shock of the incident, have made him
critically i'll.
The report that johnson had mis-
treated a thirteen-year-old white girl
several weeks ago is said to have given
the mob its incentive for staging the
"tar party"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-10-28
MEXICAN BANDITS KILL SIX
Government Troops Engaged in Track
ing Band of Outlaws Which
Held Up Express.

Mexico City, Oct. 26.-Government
troops were engaged in tracking a
band of highwaymen which held up.
an express train at Atzcapotzalco, a
suburb of this city, killing six soldier
guards, wounding five other persons,
and robbing the express car of pack
ages valued at 100000 pesos (about
100000
The robbers threw their booty into
automobiles and vanished into the
hills.
1t is thought that there were no
American passengers on the train.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-10-28
TO EXILE THE HAPSBURGS
Ex-Klng Charles and Wife to Be Re-
moved to "Sate Place" Out
side Of Europe.

London, Oct. 26.-Former Emperor
Charles attempt to regain the Magyar
throne may result in his internment
either on Ascension island or on one
of the Canary islands, according to
diplomatic circles here. 1t was stated
that these possibilities might be con-
sidered by the allied supreme council.
The general belief was expressed that
he would be removed to a safe place"
outside of Europe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-10-28
Hunter Killed.

Burchwood, Wis. Oct 26.-Wnuam
C. McCord of Minong was killed in
stantly while hunting near his home
when the shotgun he was carrying az,
cidentally discharged, the load strik-
ing his head.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-10-28
WOMEN need SWAMP ROOT

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to oe
nothing else but Kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
Ii the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am.
bitlon, nervousness, are often times symp.
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
kilmer's Swamp Root, physicians pre-.
sscription, obtained at any drug store, may
be Just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get a medium or large size bottle i'm.
mediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DIP,
hllmer d Co., Binghamton, N. Y. for r
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this advertisement.
Women forgive and remember; men
forget
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-10-28
MOTHER! MOVE
CHlLD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYhuF

Hurry, motherl Even a sick child
loves the 'fruity" taste of "California
Fig Syrup" and it never fails to open
the bowels. A teaspoonful today may
prevent a sick child tomorrow. If con-
stipated, bilious, feverlsh, fretful, has
cold, collie, or if stomach is sour,
tongue e)ated, breath bad. remember a
good cleansing of the little bowels is
often all that is necessary.
Ask your druggist for genuine "Cali-
fornia Fig Syrup" which has directions
for babies and children of all ages
printed on bottla Motheri You must
say california" or you may get an
imitation tg syrup.-Advertisem ont.
No one is ever so busy as the person