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ARMY and Navy
@wrplws Stocks

U. S. o. D. wool overcoats, $10.75.
U. S. o. D. AZ pound army blankets,
$5.45. gray and fancy colors, $4.b5.
U. 8. gas mask rainproof belted
model raincoats, $6.45. Oficers'
style. belted brown moleskin, very
dressy, $1S.45. Army o. D. shirts
including boy scout sizes, $3.50. Cen
uine navy wool underwear, each gar
ment $1.95; army wool socks, sc.
West Point officers dress shoes, $l2
values. only $6.S5. Army Munson
last shoes, $4.45. o. D. wool army
breeches and coats, each $2.65.
Khaki army breaches, 95c. Wrap
leggins, Csc. New canvas leggins.
SOC. U. S. rubber hip boots, $5.45.
U. 8. rubber boots, $685.. Army
webb belts, Csc. aluminium can
teens and mess kits, acc each. U. S.
cartridge belts. hold IS shot gun
shells, 75c. Mail orders filled
promptly and forwarded C. o. D.
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p0R R1N1-ROOus.
10 seesSS ScoSSSs a go
ILL ylf0 $780, =. I Siss.
no N06s6N oo51Gi711 7011Sr1-. :
- heu11etptag soens. 11oo -
-.
4W0 Hop11N 10UnnEH1PW0 NooNs.
19a9 fouth sveaue.
5o0n YU6Nm1ID Hoo1HN WUI.
hseee4. seosenaoae. lisa second sssaue.
S1RNfEY HoDE1N. NICELY TuRNIsH.
% foom. Dtfveee family. good location.
oeeseeble. \. !. 2679.
xn11B HoDERN ROOMS, FURNIsHFD.
el4 yorty-nfth street.
MODERN HOUSEKEEPING Rooms. 1907
Sixth avenue.
THREE ROOMS. STOVE HEAT. NO OBJ
-FOUR MODERN HOUSEKEEPING
rooms. Three connected. one separste.
Cheap. 1880 First avenue
y0UR MODERN HOUSEKEEPING
roons.s 0O7 Forty-fourth street.
RooMs. MODERN FOR HOUsEKEEP-
ing. 1904 y Second avenue.
THREE MODERN HUOSRKREPINo
roo0s. Also two sleeping rooms. 637
Seventeenth street. B. l. 4437.
FRONT ROOM WITH KrrCITNTr.
strictly modern. 725 Twenty-th
street.
NoDRRN HoUsEKHIpTNo ROOM ron
lady. SIS Twenty-third stfset. 3. L
TWO MODERN CONNECTING HOUSE.
Keeping rooms. $50 Tventy.third
STRICTLY MODERN HOUSEKEEPING
rooms: rent very reasonable. Ais0
j garage. 1211 Fourth avenue.
MODERN FURNISHED ROOM. GARAGE
$40 Thirty-ninth street. B. !. 5415.
ONE OR TWO LARGE ROOMS, MODERN
Housekeeping. $50 Twenty-sixth street
MODERN THREE CONNECTING FRONT
room apartment, furnished complete
for housekeeping. Hot water heat. BE
sponsible party. sos Third avenue.
TWO OR THREE MODERN HOUsEKEEP
ing rooms; also sleeping rooms, by dA,
q week. 1878 u Second avenue. y
l. 1885.
NoDERN 1o0AC. 1876 FOURTH AVE
| nue.
MODEM ROOM AND BOARD: HOMI
| cooking. 527 Nineteenth street.
TURNlsHKD ROOM. PRIVATE FAMILY
steam hsss. 2002 y Fourth avenue.
MODERN H0UsEKEEPINa ROOMS. 0Il
Hghteenth street.
MODKRN FURNISHED HOUSEKEEPING
room. 928 Twentieth street.
MODERN FURNISHED HOUSEKEEPING
rooms. No objection to Children. LII
Second avenue.
ROOMS: NICELY TURNDHED: sTRIC1
~ modern. 018 Second avenue.
MoDERN ROOM ron GENTLEMAN q
coupe. us Seventeenth street.
FURNISHED ROOMS. PRIVATE FAMILY
Steam hcat. 2026 Fourth svenue.
HoDERN NOON IN PRIvATE FAKIl
Z. !. A13.
FOB RENT-APARTIENTS.
~-~~--~~~~~~~--
FURNISHED COMPLETE FOB HOUSE
kecping. small apartment with priva'
bath. Parker Apartments. 1132 Sc
ond avenue.
THREE ROOM MODERN APARTNEN.
light. gas and heat furnished: Ill
smaller apaftments. 725 Twenty-thil
street.
SEVEN ROOM STRICTLY MoDER
nat. 2l21 Fourth avenue.
TURNIsHKD APARTMENT. TWO Roo
and bath Rosenheld apartment. Refe
anco1 required. 1511h Third sveous.
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| | s>-~---~~~--->~~>~~---- $1,000
| OFFICE SPACE. DESIRABLE CORNE
for professional or business man; re
scnable rental. Phone r. 1. 2SO4.
| 100 ACRE DAIRY FARM. VILLA
Restig. Milan. Ill.
J ONE HUNDRED THIRTY ACRE FAR
two and one-half miles south Of And
luas and two miles from Edgington.
z Quire Ut Johannsen's Bakery. 81 Sc
= enteenth street. 3. !.
VACUUM CLEANERS. S15O PER DA
Call Moline 3410.
:. GARAGE. 91s TwENTY-sECoS
street.
,. TAXI SERVICE
4 ---~-~~~-~--~~~-~-~~ ~>>---~-c.
a DON'T MISS YOUR TRAIN. CALL II
ID Depot Taxi Service. Heated hmousa
/. carr Phone 3. ]. 3T1z.
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AA0A8
\. I. Poes No. 200.
ADesdcan Legi o n.
Neosings first end
third Wednesdays Of
each month. AMeri-
lean Legion Hall,
I Third avenue and
: Sixteenth street. Dan
X. Brennan. com.
mander. D. b. Hee.
quist. adjutant.
AL ex-servico nen
welcome.
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6rBoNHY BAY CAMP. NO. 3
United Spanish War veaerans'
nests first and third Thur
days Of each month At 3 p. m.
N Memorial Hall, Court House.
Oscar L. Daliges. Commander
L. II. Ttterington. Adiutant.
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NOTICE.

The stockholders Of the J. Peter
son company will hold their regu-
lar annual meeting at the ONCE OF
the company, corner 4th avenue
and 25th street, Rock Island. ILL.,.
Saturday, January %, 1921, at 5
o'clock p. m. for the purpose OF
electing board Of directors for vot-
ing on resolution to increase the
board of directors from i've to nine
and transaction Of such other BUSH
ness that may come before the
meeting. ERIC LAhSoN,
Secretary.
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HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR MEMS
old suits, coatA pants. Tel. E. l. 931.
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Mrs. Chaflefte Cameron wearing
the medal Of the CIDER Of the
'Sritish empire.

Mrs. Charlotte Cameron OF Lon
don may we'll be styled the new
Nellie Bly,. This British writer has
travelled 100000 miles to cover
events AMI collect material for ar
ticles. She has been in North and
South America, Europe. Asia and
Africa. Now, after visit in Wash
ington, D. c., she Is on her way to
Australia and New Zealand. She
is one of the five women members
Of the Royal Geographical society:
She was awarded with the order OF
the British empire for services rem
dered during the war, when she re-
ported conditions In the German
colonies in Africa.
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EKS ATrZNTIoN!

Rock Island Lodge No.
$50, b. p. o. Elks. Nest
ings first and third Mon
days OF each month. Dan
K. Brennan. Exalted Ruler
c. N. Isaacson. Secretary.
Whiting brothers 81.
WAYS welcome. Club roonl
q lis Eighteenth street
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MILFORD POST "a. 9. 4. Z
Nssts regularly O second
-, fourth Friday sftef-
neoas e6 eacA nnatA q .
o'clock IN NsnnoEial AAn IN
~ epufs h0uso. Q. 4
chucA, eoannand8: 4 g.
FiEuk adju4ank
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WI ARE MEMBERS OF THE

Rock 1sland Real Estate Board
VI ARE MEMBERS OF THE
Chamberlin & Rusk, II State Blk. Bldg. R. l. 232l
Eckhart & Bufum, "a State Blk. Bldg R l. 1875.
John J. Gruske, Az Safety Building. R. l. 48S.
Edward B. Kreis, 10 State Blk. Bldg. R l. 800
Benjamin F Mitchen,. 4o7 Safety Bldg. R. l. 1898.
Meyer & Schneider, go Safety Bldg, r. |. 388
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4. 1. Pess Nc. 200.
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Hessinss flrs. md
n third Wednesdays OF
4 each month. Anneri-
tcan Legion~ Hall.
Third svenus and
II sixteenth street. Dan
X. Brennan. COM
G mander. D. D. Hse-
Quist. adjutant.
AL ex-servics men
welcome.
nAeoNlc.
.. rsuple, EShtssntA olsVss cd
Eifth avenue.
-rXrKp MEETING OF TRIO LODGE
No. 81. 4. =. : 4. NJ Wtn
I'm bs bald On ths inst Thur
22 DAY Of each month o. 7:S0
WA n. m. W. H. Keeley. ".
NJ: Ray o. Roderick. sec
spscal for work on E. A. degree
Thursday. Jan. IL. At .. N.
MOO ssorro no. 81. Y. o. '. r. 4 4
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VI Of seeA Dsash- Wat
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naA Aiand Chapter No. ~. 3. 4.
y. viii b nsld On w aFst
TusscAy Of ssHh month ~
0 7.30 .. m. J. G. schillinser.
~ Z. H. p. +. H, Ash, secretary.
Special convocstion Tuesday. Jan. IL.
1921. a z .. m.
Royal Arch dssree.
n ROK S1AANp LoD01 NO.
65s. 4. =. 3 4. A.-otstsd
mssting arss Friday Of sseh
meath. Quo Priss,ss. n. H.:
II. .. BOLIVIAN. sscsssAfy.
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soecN conclsss Monday. Jan. II. a
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nscuce drills every Monday evening
M HAND ChAPTEB 80. SbS
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~ piShts first and third Aonoayl
Asahs hau. l116 LIS second avenue. 9
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MODERN SEVEN BOON house NEAR
Prospect pax. two blocks from oaf
line. Corner lot south front. $3.50.
$500 down. $35 Per month. Immediate
possession. Moline 4073.
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MANTED-AGENTs.

~ MAXI S75 WEEKLY SELL
~ ssas.nteed hosiery. We GUARANTEES
seekly full time. 75c an hour
ume. Experience Unnecessary.
ser Hosiery. Darby. Pa.
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nox uIAND LODGE no. 100. MEET.
- nighis first and third AonoayA
Naahs bail, l716 1-S 6econd avenue. 81
p u Dic&atos Aayes Aohsts: Sscy
n. I. DaviA
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wANTED-TO RENT.
WkNTED-TO BCx.

LUNCH ROOM OR RESTAURANT. AD-
dress IL. B." care argus.
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M.sE1vIC1 MEM
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
(Csntd from Last Sunday
CHAPTER iii.

<<@IR, you can see for yourself
~ that she is perfect-not .
blemish, not q birthmark.
She's worth three times the money.
and I've kept her as the pupil Of
my eye.
I've educated her since she was
a slip. i've years old-she knows
the stomach. dance, the dance Of
the bee. the dance Of the wells. the
muscle dance. But that we are
poor people and need the money l
could never have brought myself
to part with her. .',...u-...
"She is more. than q daughter to
me- -weet-tempered, quick as a
cat and. healthy as breast-fed
babe" ...-.
II was the woman who had
thrown her slipper at Astarte who
spoke. Barely an hour had elapsed
since that incident. Morning
sparrows twittered outside the
baght gap of the window. The
Ephesian Diana cleaned DULY in
her niche. ...e
An exquisite square Of silk car,
pet had been spread. Upon 1t, near
the edge, sat the speaker. Oppo-
site her, with the width Of the
carpet between was a yellow old
Syrian, with his frixzed beard
dyed golden red, and a fleshy,
middle-aged eunuch with negroid
lips and long Egyptian eyes that
were neither male nor female. His
hands were covered with rings.
and from both his pierced ears
hung q tear-shaped pearl.
On the carpet, square stood
Astarte. Her .clothingNla near her
feet Her hair hung down to the
carpet In two plsits. -
She blirked. swallowing in her.
throat, for she was very much ex-
cited, and her heart had quickened
like the beat Of hoofs that pass
from csAter to gallop. A door was
opening with every delicious posi-
bility beyond 1t. for she was being
sold.
"Dekerto." said the old Syrian
with the dyed beard, speaking
shortly to the woman who faced
him, "you are too taIkative. Let
the gentleman speak. What do
yop think of her, siri'
There was moment or two OF
silence. =.
"She is very fair-very fair
indeed. : -. The coloring is
good. She has no noticeable blem-
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fish. I win give you the
sum mentioned"
The eunuch spoke with the care
full choice of words and the dis
passionate infection Of q connois-
seur. His repellent eyes had been .
studying the girl deliberately.
Immediately he alluded to the
price q patterinc shower Of words
delused him Bel-Namri, the dealer
in slaves, ornamental birds and
foreign animals, expostulated,
whined, argued and entreated, be-
came indignant, melted into la
mentations, addressed the eunuch
as his father and mother.
"Astarte," said Dekerto in
brisk undertone. get your clothes
on-there's a darling"
She heaved herself up.
A thrill Of delicious excitement,
keener than Joy, shot through the
girl. II was settled-she was about
to 90. ...
Events followed each other as
rapidly. as incidents in dream.
She was draped in clinging white
and shod with sandals whose
bleached heather thongs were en-
bossed with silver.
She stood. now in the court where
the cheetah was and the gazelles.
The iron-bound door of this court
was open. Dekerto was near her,
too satisfied even to simulate
grief at parting.
The cheetah crouched fiat, watch.
ing. The gazelles moved nervous.
ly, Beyond the half-open door, in
shadow and strong sunlight, life
waited.
my Honey-flower-my Lady of
Beauty"
It was Dido, the old shrunken
negress. She came across the
court, her head thrust forward like
4 tortoise's.
"They are taking my Lady of
Beauty away. They are taking her
Honey-nower away from Didov'
Her hands were upon the girl
Her voice ended in a high-pitched
moan which resembled the wailing
Of hired mourner at a funeral.
"Oh, Dido" said Astarte. Don't,
Dido. :. I'm going to the
house of the Tetrarch, Herod. I
shall have all the things I told you
about this morning oh.
Dido, wish you were coming too"
Her throat hurt her. She wanted
with all her strength to comfort
Dido, but could think Of nothing to
say.
Come along now! Dido! Get
out OF the way, you old fool!"
A fare Of rage lit the damped
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ing the hairless olive skin. Their
eyes met.
An extraordinarily new thrill
struck through Astarte. The eyes
that had encountered hers we're Of
an indescribable malenc IS, strange
as those of dweller upon another
planet. They baffied her. yet she
wanted to cover her face with her
hands as though convicted of some
thing forbidden.
Squawk-squa-awk!
Baaa-a-a!
Make way-wayr
The litter-bearing Nubians, keep
ing step like machines, had not
slackened for an instant. Astarte
was aware that the young man was
already behind her-receding from
her like the marble colonnade.
She wanted to stop, to turn
round, to go back towards the place
where he stood. And she wanted
to do these thi gs vehemently,
urgently. But It was quite i'm
possible. She turned her head,
looking back over her shoulder in
the direction from which she had
come.
He was there-ten PAGES behind!
They were traversing another
street now, but she was hardly
conscious of It. The knowledge
that he was following them OBJ
sessed her to the exclusion OF all
other perez lions. 1t was great,
glowing fact.
AS though by merest chance, she
glanced again over her shoulder.
His eyes were dark as onyx and
steady as those Of an archer draw.
ing his bow against lion.
Ahead a gateway rose, square
and massive as an Egyptian pylon.
The Nubian litter-bearers slack
ened. Astarte understood that she
was about to enter the house Of
Herod, the Tetrarch. For the third
time she glanced backward across
her shoulder, turning her head as
far as she could.
A shadow fell on her - the
shadow OF the gate.
The litter-bearers halted, lower
ing the litter until It rested upon
its four gilt legs, each of which
terminated In claw clutching a
marble rose on three sides, topped
by semiEgyptian cornices, red.
green and gilt.
Follow me-girl."
1t was the first time the eunuch
had spoken to Astarte. Already
she disliked him instinctively.
She obeyed mutely, her eyes
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spirit Of the girl. who had mo-
mentarily forgotten Dekerto.
"Dido's not a fool, and you're as
ugly as an old cowcamel-and |
hate you'll"
And with that she scurried
through the opening where the
door of the court stood ajar, Be
hind her rose the keening OF Dido.
wonderfully pathetic. 1t seemed
to stab her. Her eyes swan with
tears and through them she saw
the sunshine OF the street.
The eunuch was already reclin-
ing in his open litter. A negro
stood on either side Of Astarte.
Four tall Nubians, ebony black,
but straightforward as Arabs and
with beautifully proportioned
bodies, lifted the litter poles to
their shoulders. The negroes sta
toned on the right and left OF the
girl moved forward and she moved
with them.
The house OF BelNamri, the
slave dealer, was behind them.
Now the street turned and
1t was opt Of sight. The unknown
encomnasse6 her
Astarte had never once in her
fifteen years of life gone on foot
through the streets Of city. She
had been borne from place to place
in a curtained litter along with
Dekerto, who had not permitted
her even to look out. She vas
acquainted only with interior
courts, and with rooms whose open
ings overlooked interior courts.
She had slept, eaten, bathed,
practised dancing and posturing
for hours at a time; acted as a
sulky handmade to Dekerto; lis
tened to Dido's interminable stories
Of love, AMI magic, and talking
animals; played at ball, id.ed,
dreamed, chafed under delicious
restlessness.
She was virgin soil, ignorant as
the child-woman, Eve, standing be-
meath the tree of the knowledge OF
good and evil.
She blinked the tears from her
eyes. allowed the clinging shroud
that cover ID her head to slip a
little back, and opened the arms
of her eager being to sight and
sound and smell.
There was noise-a wonderful
variety of noise-and splashes OF
sunshine like raw ,,old, and faces
one following another so that it,
was impossible to remember any
of them clearly. Everyone seemed
either exc ted or inhumanly i'm
vassive. II was all new-new as
the five senses to just-born infant.
Now they were crossing an open
place encountered with vegetables,
baskets Of eggs and fowls tied to-
pether by the legs in lunches and
squawking raucously. A range OF
cream marble columns rose against
the turquoise sky. Astarte raised
her delighted eyes to them.
A step or two above her, and
leaning against one OF the columns,
was young man, very dark, well
set. and wearing only tunic,
which lay open on his chest, reveal.
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busy with everything. and bland
warmth caressing her.
They ascended an exterior Stair
case, traversed an open gallery
which overlooked the boskase Of
garden courts. and we're admitted
by q door Of cedar-wood to q rather
wide, low-ceilinged hall. the ivory
pallor of whose marble was empha'
sized by regularly spaced inlet
squares of sea-green maiachite.
The farther end was open, save
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Rsvsl dsi 20 and SinNoMore: Dv,1byg.nsr


0yuOPosS VI'1IOCoOHUB 'NHestsS9tSs
sTARTE dancing girl Of mingled Crock and Syrian
~ blood who lived in Jerusalem In the time Of Christ Al
though only fifteen old she already and
wonderful Of figure Deketo the
whose slave the girl calls her "a piece Of perfection pearl
sweet almond to be cracked between . mans teeth"
when Dekert0 and Astarte
quarrelled The girl the house to whip
consolation from friend DIDO old negfs.s
She tells Dido that wishes Dekeo would sell her-hat she
wants to before to smell roses and hear harp
music, and taste wine with honey In It."
On this morning part Jerusalem Naomi
Jewish widow urging her David that Is time he brought
anxious Tor him to Rama the come
daughter OF neighbor But David the advice OF
Cymon, unhappy love AFFAIR has made
woman hater prefers to remain single.
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for ,sipeif Of Rcaoock-blue curtains
suspsA4ed from q silver rod. Be-
tween and above these curtains in
direct daylight entered.
The dim place was very cool.
Half q dozen girls lay negligently
on a great square Of carpet.
"You are to remain here" said
the eunuch.
Then, without paying any fur.
fContfnssds on Pogo ~
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"Astarte was the centre Of IN
terest. She felt ~ If she had
known these girls for years.
4 don't know what to tell you
REALLY, I DON'T she said. 4
have seen nothing. They kept
me shut up a. though ! were :
q bird id the cage"
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just after CymOn has again
urged David not to let his. mother
poster him into marriage, David
catches q glimpse Of Astarte as
she passes In the street. For the
first time In his life he 10 thrilled
by the sight of a woman. Az, he
looks into her dark eyes IAN emo
ton that was also an impulse,
sweeter than wild honey, stronger
than wine, took hold Of him"
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tc) 1921. by star Company
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Great Britain Rights Reserved.
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disappeared among the blooming lau.
rels.
The man BY Heck wore the poor
clothing OF a poor hlllman. His hat,
which had once been black, was all
brim and yet all crown; his suspend
ers, which had been bought with a
'cOonhide, were redder than fire; his
rundown cowhide boots seemed ridicu-
lousy short because of the great
length of his slender legs.
! When he had reached a point some
three yards from Dale, he halted,
placed the butt of his rifle carefully
between his toes, and leaned on its
muzzle; then he deliberately began to
take eye measurements of the new
| conner
Dale didn't like the stare-to him it
was impudent.
"Well, what's the verdict?" he asked
sharply.
Spoke like man." drawled By
Heck. II reckon you must be up here
a-lookin' TO coal"
"How did you reach such a conclu
sion as that?"
Jest plain boss sense" The drOOp-
ing mustache muffied the words some
what "The' amt but three things at
can bring a city man here, mister" he
drawled on, land them's moonshine
stills, bad health, and coal. You shore
ai'nt got bad health, and you amt got
the cut of a revenuer, though a few
minutes ago l thought mebbe We was"
And you shot at mel" said Dale.
NO" objected Heck. II shot at yore
hat. allus hits at what l shoots at,
mister / wanted We to turn yore face,
SOS l could see it, and We did. AS TO-
that coal
The Morelands, they owns the coal
in David Morelands mountain, and
they won't sell it TO no mount O.
money. They lives over in the settle
ment, them and the Littlefords.
They're every DANCED one fine folks.
I'm a-goin' over thar now. Want to
go long? Say-dang my picture eff
didn't fo'git to ak what might be yore
name, mister!"
Bill Dale, came qulckly-'BlllI
Dale. Settlement? Sure! Lead the |
way, BY Heck. Who's the young wom-
an was talking with when you came
up"
"Who2 Her? That's old Ben Little
ford's gyurl. Her names Babe. That's
what they call her. She's got another
name; but it amt been used TO so