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The Crittenden press., 1921-11-25

Parents, 10, your children Join the
Junior Agricultural Club. Il II one
of the finest organizations going Cor
farm children. Kentucky had over
10000 juior Club members In ls2i.
Il Is simply instruction In better
methods In Agriculture with many
other enjoyable features.
The Crittenden press., 1921-11-25

There s,ll BE- preaching Al Hurri.
sans net Saturday and Sunday and
a. whins Chapel Sunday Al . y. m.
The Crittenden press., 1921-11-25

next time you are In town. One "a
on the board now isi wanted 10 bay
5 Jersey cows Address Al olIcs.
The Crittenden press., 1921-11-25

extends underneath the entire build
inr and b. eapacious enough for the
heating apparatus and 10 aeooHho-
date toilet and bath rooms.
There b a large and roomy cam
pua and a fine tennis court on the
grounds .o that studies can be spleed
with the proper amount Of recreation.
Evening star., 1921-10-14

Badger. the retiring president, was
elected vice president; Col. J. F. Rey-
nolds Lands secretary and Rev.
William Tayloe Snyder, treasurer.
Announcement that the club had
added forty-five members to it's rolls
during the past year created much
enthusiasm. Addresses were made by
Maj. Gen. J. G. Harbord. for the
Army: Admiral r E. Coontz, for the
Navy: Maj. Gen. J. A. Lejeune. for
the Marine Corps; w. w. Mackal OF
Savannah, Ga; Rev. l.. A. Arthur of
Grand Island. Neb.: DIR. n. S. Jarvis
and w. NJ Sweeney of New York and
DR.. Snyder.
Gen. Gibson. the new president of
the club. was the only man present
last night who was in Mexico City
when taken. and when the Aztec
Club was formed there.
Evening star., 1921-10-14
POLICE TO HOLD SUPPER.

Arrangements for the buffet supper
to be held at the Ebbitt House Sat
urday night in celebration of the
eighteenth anniversary of the organ
ization of the Policemen's Association
were completed at a meeting Of the
association held in Pythian Temple
last night.
1t was announced that the speakers
will include Senator William w. b.
Mckinley, Representatives +. j. Focht.
Clyde Kelly, Richard Yates and l.. E.
Wheeler, Commissioners Rudolph and
Oyster and Maj. Gessford, superin-
tendent Of police.
The quarterly report of the trustees
showed a total membership of 536,
and total resources of $3,546.
Evening star., 1921-10-14
YoNAGENARIAN H0N0RED.
Cen. Gibson, Oldest Living Grad

Gen. Horatio 3. Gibson. ninety four
old. and oldest living graduate
Ef West Point. was elected president
FL the Aztec Club at the meeting held
6lst night at'the Army and Navy Club
70 celebrate the seventy fourth anni-
kersary OF the capture of Mexico
City.
Al the banquet following the busi-
hess meeting of the club. Gen. Glib
bon was given rousing applause when
he was called upo;< to speak, eSe
members Of the cub rising to their
keet In tribute. Admiral Charles ].
Evening star., 1921-10-14
CARD PLAYERS FREED.
Judge Hardison Dismisses Charges
Based on PASSENGER Game.

Fernard Sweeney and Thomas Under
wood. who were playing 'pitch" en-
route to the races recently, were ar
rested by Policeman w. Appleby Of the
sixth precinct and brought into Police
Court yesterday. charged with dlsor-
derly conduct.
were dismissed by Judge Hardison. who
ruled that unless the men were objec-
tionable to other travellers on the train.
card PLAYING or trains was not VIOLA
ton Of tie law
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up. too. So he did the next most dis
arming thing.
He sprang mp and strobe into the
lean-to.
Good evening. Cranston." he said
pleasantly.
Cranston was also upon his feet the
same instant His instincts were en-
tireiy true. He knew II he leaped for
his rife, Dan would be upon his back
In an instant. and he would have no
chance to use t. The rifle was now
out Of the running. as they were at
about equal distances from II, and
neither would have time to swing or
aim 70.
Dams sudden appearance had been
50 utterly unlocked for. that for q mo-
ment Cranston could find no answer.
His eyes moved 10 the rife. then O..
his belt where hung his hunting knife.
that stiIl lay on the pallet. Good
evening. Falling" he replied, trying
his hardest to fall into that strange
spirit Of nonchalance with which
brave men have 30 often met their ad-
versaries, and which Dan had now.
I'm surprised to see you here. What
do you want7"
Dams voice when ne replied was no
more warm than the snow banks that
reinforced the lean 20. u want your
rihe-aiso your snow shoes and your
supplies OF food And think I'll take
your blankets. too"
And ] suppose you mean 10 fight
for themr' Cranston asked His lips
drew mp In Q SMILE. but there was no
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He didn't even seem to hear her.
Tive been thinking about q. Et's a
long. long chance-much worse than
the chance we had Of getting out by
straight walking. I think we could
have made Il. II the wolves had kept
on and the snOwshoe hadn't broken.
If would have nearly killed us. but i
believe we could hare got out. That's
why didn't try this other way Grst.
A man with his bare hands hasn't
much OF chance against another with
n rifle. and don't want you TO be too
hopeful. And OF course. the hardest
problem II finding his camp.
.But do feel sure Of one thing:
that he Is back TO his old trapping line
on the North Fork-somewhere south
Of here-and his camp Is somewhere
on the river. i think he would have
gone there SO that he could cut or any
attempt i might make to get through
with those letters. My plan Is TO start
back at an angle that viii carry me
between the North Fork and our old
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-06-30
CHAPTER III.

Dan Failing was nevet more thank.
full for his unerring sense Of direction.
He struck or az q forty-five-degree
angle between their late course and a
direct road to the river,i and he kept
II as II by q surveyors line. All the
old devices Of the wfderness-the
ridge on ridge that LOOKED Just alike,
inclines that to the casual eye looked
like downward slopes, streams that
vanished beneath the show, and the
snow-mist blowing acrosk the face Of
the landmarks-coul6 not avail
against him.
A halt dozen Of the Wolves followed
him at first. But PERHAPS their fierce
eyes marked his long Stride and his
powerful body. and DECIDED that their
better chance was with the helpless
man and the girl beside the fiickering
IRE. They turned back one by one.
Dan kept straight on and In. two hours
crossed Crnnston's. trad. He didn't
doubt but that he wor}bd hnd Gran.
ston In his camp. &c he found the camp
at all The man had certainty re-
turned TO &c immediakaaj After softing
fire to the buildings. Il Or no ether
reason than for food. ft isn't wei
to be abroad on the winkry mountains
without supply OF foi a: and Gran
ston would certainly 4 lew this fact
Dan didn't know whf & rife bullet
from some camp In the. |hickets would
nut m abruu< and 70 M advance. The
brush grew high By the fTSr. fks ele-
vatfon was ccnsIderab1 6wer. and
there might be one huE1 red carups ont
OF the sight OF the< nal ~wuS6.ser.
IL Cranston should see him. mushing
across the mooniit snow n would give
him the most savage 4 D 20 cpeu Ere
upon him with his ride
Dams keen eyes scar Ehed the thick
cts. ana particularly tn u watched the
sky linz for Q faint ri |te that might
mean q camp frs. Id tried 70 walk
silently. IL wasn't an Hsasy thing to
do with awkward snow hoes; but the
river drowned the little |noise that he
made. he tried to take advantage Of
the shelter Of the thi &kets and the
trees Then. at the b bse Of q little
ridge, he came TO a sudI|ien halt
He had estimated I'D 30 right. Not
two hundred yards an tant, camp
fire hiekered and glove d In the shei-
ter Of q great log. He saw Il. by the
most astounding good n rtune. through
n little rift In the tree Ten feet on
either side. and it wa obscured.
He lost no time. I'D did pot know
when the wolves add lat Snowbird's
camp would lose the last OF their
Yet he knej he must keep
4 tight grip on his 81 if-control and
not let the necessity OF haste cost him
his victory. He erept forward, step
By step. placing his q howshoes with
care. wh N he was one
hundred yards disfanf he saw that
Cranstoo's camp was ifuatsd beside
4 little stream that moved into tina
river and that-lIke the mountainear
he was-he had buifk large tean-to
with snowbi aka. The ere
burned nc its opening. Cranston was
rot I'm sight; either 10 was absent
rom camp or asleep IN his .lean-to.
The lafteg seemed TIE more likely.
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house. Somewhere In there I'll find
his tracks, the tracks he made when
he first came over to burn ND the
house. suppose he was careful to
mix 'em up after once he arrived
here. but the first part Of the way he
likely walked straight toward the
house from his camp. Somewhere, II I
go that way, I'll cross his traIl-with-
In 10 miles at least. Then I'll back
track him to his camp"
SAnd never come backI" the gir1
cried
Maybe not But at least every
thing that can be done viii be done.
Nothing win be left. No regrets. We
will have made the last trial. I'm not
going to waste any time. Snowbird.
The sooner we get your fire built the
better"
Father and ] are to stay here-r
what else can you DOR He went
back to his traces and drew the sled
lOO yards farther. He didn't seem to
see the gaunt wolf tibet backed OF
into the shadows as he approached.
He refused to notice that the pack
seemed TO be steadily growing holder.
human hunters usually had guns that
could blast and destroy from a dis
lance; but even an animal intelli-
gence could perceive that these three
seemed to be without this means of
inficting death.
A wolf IL ever so much more inteIli-
gent than crow-yet a crow shows
little fear OF an unarmed man and IN
wholly unapproachable by q boy with
gun. The ugly truth was simply that
In their increasing madness and ex-
cifement and hunger. they were becom-
ing less and less fearful OF these three
strange humans with the sled.
IL was not a good place for a camp.
Iney worked long time before they
cleared little patch OF ground of its
snow mantle. Dan cut q number of |
saplings-labOriously with his ax-and
built a fire with the comparatively
dry core Of q dead tree. True, it was
feeble and Pickering. but as good on |
could be hoped for. considering the |
oifnculties under which he worked.
The dead logs under the snow were
soaked with water from the rains and
thaws. The green wood that he cut
smoked without blkzing.
NO more time 10 be lost" Dan told
snowbird. ut lies In your hands to
Keep the fire burning. And don't leave
tne circle Of the fire light without
mat pistol In your hand"
You don't mean." she asked. unbe-
lieying. "that you are going to 90 ont
there to fight Cranston-unarmedF"
OF course. Snowbird. You must
keep the pistol"
But 1t means death; that's aII II
means What chance would you have
against q man with q rifie7 And as
soon rs you get away from this fire,
Lhe wolves will tear you to pieces"
And what would you and your IA
ther do. If / took it7 You can't get
aim Into a tree. You can't build a
DIG enough fire to brighten them.
fiease don't even talk about this mat
Ter. Snowbird. My minds made ND. III
mink the pack will stay here. They
isually-God knows how-saow who
5 helpless and who isn't. Maybe with
he gun. you win be able to ave your
ives"
whats the chance OF thatY- l.,
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nnffe m tiIS tv6e u IN words
"You're right" Dan told him. and
he stepped nearer. Not only for
that. Crsrsi5n. we'ra face 70 face 90
iasi-hands TO hands. I'VE got a knife
In my pocket but I'm not even going
TO bring II out. It's hands TO hands
yOu and Until esefythlng's square
between Us"
Perhaps you've forgotten that day
on the rtdgeT' Cranston asked 'sYgu
haven't any woman to save you tllis
fine
Il remember the day. and that's ps,rt
Of the debt The thing you ala yestsr.
day IL part Of q. too. It's all 60 be set
tied at last. Cranston. and don't he
lIeve could spare you II you went TO
your knees before me. You've got o
clearing out by the fire-big an q prise
ring. Wen 60 out there-side By side.
And hands to hands wen settle ali
these debts we have between us-with
no rules Of fighting and no mercy In
the endr
They measured each other with their
eyes. Once more Cranston's gaze stole
to his rife. but lunging out, Dan
kicked II three feet farther into the
shadows Of the iean-to Dan saw the
dark face drawn with passion, the
hands clenchIng, the shoulder muscles
growing into hard knots. And Gran
ston looked and knew that merciiess
veEgeance-that age old SIN and
Christless creed by which he lived
had followed him down and was
elutching him at last
He saw 1t In the position Of the stall
wart form before him, the clear level
eyes that the moon light made bright
as sEcef<hs- hard lines. the slim. pow
erfui hands. He could read it In the
tones Of the voice-tones that he him-
self could not initiate or pretend. The
hour had come for the setseing Of old
debts.
He tried to curse his adversary N a
weakling and q degenerate. but the OBJ
scene words he sought for would not
come TO his lips. Here was his fate.
and because the darkness always fades
before the light, and the courage of
wickedness always breaks before the
courage OF righteousness. Cranston was
afraid to look it In the face. The fear
OF defeat. OF death, Of heaven knows
what remorselessness with which this
grave giant would administer justice
was upon him, and his heart seemed
to freeze In his breast Cravenly he
leaped for his knife On the blankets
below him.
Dan was upon him before he ever
reached II He sprang 40 q cougar
spings. incredibly fast and with shat
tering power. Both went down. and
for long time they writhed and strug-
gled in each others arms The pine
bOughs rustled strangely.
The dark. gaunt hand reached I'm
vain for the knife. Some resistiess
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-06-30

Everybody has some friend whom
they wish to make happy. Il may
be Mother or Father, Sister or Bro
Their. II may be a Wife or il may
be sweetheart-and often Them
selyes.
Our stock of Jewelry and Bric-a-
Brac ID complete. Each piece has
been carefully selected aud we feel
satisfied that visit from you will
bear ne ont That we have a. fne .
selection a. can be found anywhere.
Any article that you may select
will be laid aside and delivered when
wanted.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-06-30
BOOK THREE-THE PAYMENT.

CHAPTER L-HIidreth's diaappearancs
In unaccounted for until Dan Hnds his
mutilated body and near q the evidence
which win send Cranston 70 the Kallows
and break up the outlaw gang. record
cold winter sets In Cranston, suspecting
that Hildreth's evidence In In existence.
visits the Lennox home In the absence
Of Dan and ''snowbird." TO search for n.
He fails to ind u. and in his rage and
disappointment sets fire 20 the house,
Lennox being peweriess TO stop him. The
almost helpless man draga himself out.
side.
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power seemed to be holding his wrist
bends bow. Pain dashed through him.
And then this dark hearted man, who
had never known the meaning of mer-
cy. opened his lips to scream that this
terrible enemy be merciful to him.
But the words wouldn't come. A
CHASTITY weight had come at his throat,
and his tortured lungs sobbed for
breath. Then, for a long time. there
was curious pounding. flashing sound
In the evergreen boughs. II seemed
merciless and endless.
But Dan got mp nc last, In a strange.
heavy silence. and swiftly went to
work. He took the rife and filed Il
with cartridges from Cranston's belt.
Then he put the remaining two boxes
OF shells into his shirt pocket. The
supplies Of food-the sack OF nutri-
tious jerked yenison like dried bark,
the little package Of cheese, the boxes
Of hard tack and one Of the small
sacks Of prepared nour-he tied, with
a single kettle. into his heavy hlan-
kets and flung them with the rife upon
his back. Finally he took the pair of
snow shoes from the floor. He worked
coidly, swiftly. all the time munching
at piece Of jerked venison. When he
had finished he walked to the door Of
the lean-to.
II seemed TO Dan that Cranston whIs-
pered family. from his unconscious
ness. as he passed; but the victor did
not turn to look. The snow shoes
crunched away into the darkness. On
the hill behind a half dozen wolves
straggiers from the pack-frisked and
Ieaped about In a curious way. A
strange smell had reached them on the
wind. and when the loud. fearful steps
were out Of hearing, Il might pay them
TO creep down, one by one. and inyesti-
gate Its cause.
-" .
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
New Ulm review., 1921-03-30

Mike Froehling and his infant son,
residents of Lafayette township, are
both receiving medical attention at
local hospital for burns which they
sustained when Mr.. Froehling poured
out some gasoline in close proximity to
a lighted lamp, last Tuesday evening.
They were both severely and painfully
burned about the face and arms.
New Ulm review., 1921-03-30
STORY BREATHES
OF MIGHTY NORTH
Stirring Scenes Enacted Amid
ArctiS Shows in Rex Beach
Goldwyn Film.

e. @ -
In The North Wind S { Malice, =
which comes to the Grand theatre,
for three days, commencing, Tuesday,
April S Rex Beach has written a
stirring drama of the frozen north
around a novel set Of characters, that
afford unusual acting opportunities.
He also employs an alegorical figure
called 'sThe Spirit Of Malice" which
is very effective.
The two outstanding figures among
the men are played by Joe King and
Tom Santschi. Both are in love with
Lois Folsom, played by Jane Thomas.
When the story opens, Lois s the wife
of Roger Folsom Tom Santschi). A
series Of incidents create bitterness and
misunderstanding and makes Roger
madly jealous of Henry Carter Joe
King In the progress Of the story,
through a terrific Alaskan blizzard,
New Ulm review., 1921-03-30
GROVE SACRED TO BUTTERFLY
Clusters Of Beautiful Creatures Make
!. Pretty Sight in Forest Surround
ing Monterey, Calf.

Il -. = j l. 4 =
Round about Monterey, Calf, Is a
region almost covered by a forest Of
what is known as the Monterey pine.
J. Smeaton Chase, in st. Nicholas,
tells Of q curious phenomenon observed
while walking, under the trees:
Gazing up amid the branches, /
noticed what looked like number Of
large clusters of dull brown, dead
leaves, which apparently had lodged
by chance here and there among the
twigs. AS the clouds parted and the
warm sunlight struck the tree was
gazing at two. or three leaves de-
tached themselves from q cluster and
turned into Large red butterflies.
Faster and faster the cluster dis
solved, until in ten seconds there
We're, perhaps, 200 Or 800 butterflies
fitting about. BY that time another
cluster, bursting like some lovely kind
Of bomb, and tree after tree adding to
its quota, dissolving into a red cloud
Of butterflies, so that in minute or
two I was standing bewildered in a
yeritable 'snowstorm' of the charming
creatures. How many there may have
been In view at one time I am afraid
to guess certainly 10000, possibly
several times as many; so many. any
way, that a distinct murmur Of sound
came from the softly pickering wings.
Gradually many Of them dispersed
through the neighboring forest; but
all day the grove was Like fairy con-
vocation, with hundreds OF thousands
going to and fro or lettering about
the Towering shrubs and herbage,
while the sunlit sides Of the pine
trunks and branches often were 50
reddened with basking butterflies
that at little distance the trees
looked as if- they had been painted"
New Ulm review., 1921-03-30
Lois and her husband become sep

LOIS ana her husband become sep-s
arated.
The m; nor love interest Of the story
is sympathetically portrayed by Edna
Murphy as Doroty Guth, and Walter
Abel as Tom Folsom the young.
brother Of Roger, and. gambling
.ne'er-do-WeH. The Guth family PLAYS
an important part. There is Abe
Guth, played by William III. Strauss,
and Rachel, played by Vera Gordon,
a Russian actress, who has done some
remarkable work for. the screen and
on the legitimate stage. The part of
the villain in 'The North Winds
Malice, is taken by Henry West. He
has sold a fake gold mine to the Guth
family and manages to get young
Folsom in his power. The Spirit Of
Malice is portrayed by Dorothy
Wheeler.
It is a stirring photoplay from first
to last.
New Ulm review., 1921-03-30

overeager and overlistless- ALSO, she
had no more JOY in playing the game
Of hearts. A bad sign, thought the
anxious mother, especially now that
she was well past nineteen.
She had not found Prince Charm
ing, plus even scant million-it was
unlikely that she would find him be-
fore Wendell King eduired decision.
She could not blame him-he had been
almost unreasonably patient and trust
full. He would not try to force Lin
nets inclination, but it would hurt him
sorely to find he had waited in vain.
She sat thinking things over upon
stormy afternoon when Moore was
the only caller at tea time. Despite
lovely flush Of greeting Linnet had
gone to the window and stood looking
wistfully out into the rainy murk.
Suddenly she said: 81 wish every
body could be home now, warm and
comfy, with dry feet and good dinners
ahead. That's what ought to be"
''Agreed-we'll make it so-when we
come into your fortune" Moore said
teasingly. 'We may not have to wait
very long-1 heard yesterday the In
surance folk are worrying lot over
Uncle Wendell's million-dollar policy"
II don't know what you can mean,"
.Linnet cried, coming toward him white
and shaking. 'sHe mustn't die-he is
so good-Pd rather die myself = ~ (
"What! When you're his only heir?'
Moore bantered.
Mrs. Ware looked at him fixedly.
you re-misinformed," she said
drily. "Wendell King could not leave
Linnet his fortune-it is strictly en-
tailed, failing direct heirs. it goes to
distant cousins"
Moore's face was a study. "I-I am
sorry thought knew" he said,
stumblingly. "Now I must be going.
Au revoir."
Linnet did not hear him. She was
at the phone calling breathlessly a
number. her mother smiled to hear.
She shut her ears against her daugh-
ter's voice, but her heart sang at the
tl1uDIe VI --SOlAeLAiuS ueW anu WILL
derful rang there. Presently Linnet
came to her, becoming like rose, to
say: "Mother, he is perfectly, splen-
didly well. We are to dine with him
and go to the opera. I'm so happy,
hug me tight"
"You are going to be happier, dar-
ling" the mother murmured softly
in her heart mute thanksgiving that
her daughters heart had gone through
the false to the true.
New Ulm review., 1921-03-30
Earrings Ancient Ornaments.

The custom of wearing earrings
comes down 70 us from the most an
cient times, and no custom is more
prevalent or more universal. The
earliest mention Of earrings is found
in the book Of Genesis. Many people
have been struck by the mention in
the authorized version Of the Bible OF
the fact that only one earring was
brought as q present for Rebekah,
when Abraham's servant was seeking
wife for Isaac. This is q mistake,
for the word means 'nose-ring," and
has been rendered correctly in the re-
yised version. Itis, however, IN Gene
sis 31:4, that the first mention IS made
!, Of earrings: m ..And they gave unto
Jacob all the strange gods which were
in their hands, and the rings which
were in their ears