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Of the ledge and lay listening. It was
far too risky to look. His ears made
out three of them-three tongues, all
going at top speed, sure sign that
eyes and ears were not as busy as
they might have been. Opposite the
cliff where the fugitive lay, the steps
stopped.
''What's that hole up there?"
1t was a gruff and heavy voice that
asked, thick still with the flare of tenn
per that had not yet cooled.
''Wolf den, more'n likely" answered
one Of the others.
IF we wus up tn bluff cross there
furninst the hole, we could see ill.,"
suggested voice.
The other voices grunted; and the
Pearlhunter heard them hopping back
across the stream, heard them clawing
their way through the tangled under
brush up the opposite bluff. The scar
in which he, lay dipped slightly to-
ward the rear. He rolled back as far
as possible, so as to have the protec-
ton afforded by the slightly higher
edge; stretched himself on his right
side; and waited for them to come
into view.
Fortunately the sun hit their side
of the gorge, and the Pearlhunter
could see them we'll, while, being on
the shady side, and back in the dark
ness of the scar, they could not see
him at all. The three of them drew
together in consultation. The PEARL
hunter could not make out their words,
but the manner in which they handled
their rifles, which they had managed
to drag I'D with them, indicated only
too plainly the general drift of what
was being said.
With a final nod all around, they
faced the pocket. and one of them
raised his rifle. The bullet struck the
roof of the scar just in front of him,
showering him with dust and bits of
shale. The second fred. The bullet
passed close to his feet and lost it.
self far back in the crevice where the
two strata of shale converged.
1t was now the lnlrQ one 8 turn.
There came the hot spit of smoke;
the vicious slap of the report. But
even before he saw the one, or heard
the other, he felt something like a
red coal sting his side just under the
armpit. a4
His side! A thousand flames had
got at it. Something warm and sticky
ran down under his tattered shirt and
made it mussy. The flames reached
his face and twisted it. The air seemed
to forsake the pocket. He crawleti to
the front of the scar.
He couldn't take his eyes away from
the water glancing along at the foot
Of the cliff. The flames had scorched
him dry. If he could only have one
sup of the water to moisten his lips
so that the breath could get through.
He crawled a little nearer the open
ing; held his face out over the ledge.
The ledge seemed to be rocking up
and down; the trees were dipping and
going around in a queer whirl that
made him dizzy. He had never known
trees to act like that. The tops OF
the gorge were bending together. The
gorge came together slowly-shut out
the air shut out the sky. -
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LIVED LONG ON FRUGAL DIET
Enolishman who Died In 1850 Proved
That Re Was Possible to Exc
Out Existence Cheaply.

Thomas F. CURLY. the champion
eater of Massachusetts. declared that
dyspepsia is the result Of eating too
little, and not too much. His Sunday
dinner consisted of thirteen Holsters,
sixty eggs. and one hundred oysters.
At the other end of the scale must be
placed old Roger Crab. the first vege
tartan, who died September II, 1880,
after proving that man could live
on Is cents a year. Originally hab.
erdasher In q big way OF business at
Chesham, England. free liver and
drinker Of strong ales, he "got re-
ligion"-also dyspepsia-in middle HE,
sold flfs stock, gave the proceeds to the
poor, and took to living in q hut on
three-farthings week. Instead OF
"strong drinks and Wines" he says In
his autobiography. II give the old
maYs-he lived two centuries too so0r
"a call 1t Little Mary"-"a cup 'of
water; and. instead of roast mutton
rabbit with bran. and pudding maie
with bran and turnip-leayes chopped
together" And on this diet'be lived 70
q ripe old age. surviving repeated
cudgelings and imprisonment foi
witchcraft.
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CHAPTER XII.
Only the Hunted Know.

Only Ine r1unIeo NHoW.
For q long time the Pearlhunter lay
wondering why the gorge didn't fall
in. While he lay and wondereds an.
ether strange thing happened-1tlle
very strangest Of all.
The top of the gorge began to open
opened and let in two little patches
Of sky. He kept his eyes on them
two little spots of blue set between
clouds Of pink and gold. The gorge
top. opened wider. He came back to
the two patches Of sky; smiled oddly
they had TRANSPORTED; had become
the eyes of the Wild Rose.
The shooting had brought her. Her
arm was under his head, and she was
saying something. A tinge of crimson
deepened the pink IN her cheeks when
his eyes came open. What if he had
heard3 But she met his eyes with
frank directness. He lay looking up,
at her a long time; trying to compre-
bend It all; the wonder Of NJ hat
she was. there! SIS
y She helped him edge little nearer
the brink OF the ledge, raised him, and
! he drank out of her cupped palm.
Whether it was the cup he drank
from, OF the thirst that parched him,
he took no thought, but it was the
sweetest drink that ever passed his
lips. She eased him back upon the
ledge, her arm still under his head. A
strand Of her hair fell upon his face.
She tried to snake 1t off. He put up
his hand and covered it.
Her eyes dropped to his wounded
side.
II didn't know he was the Red
Mask" she said, as II In pursuance OF
his first remark. "till those men came
this morning
Her next words were low and thought
ful. 'I've wondered if it could have
been he that hurt Daddy?"
1T was him."
The girls breath quickened. He saw
her fingers clench.
But there was much to do. Her eyes
turned again to his blood-stained gar
ments, ami sheSset about uncovering
the wounded side. There was little
enough to remove--a shred or two of
tattered shirt; alaying back of the
torn blouse. After the first start at
sight, Of the wound she. became curi-
Dusty thoughtful The color mounted
to her face; he tried TO meet her eyes.
but they turned away.
Can you spare me for minutes
For answer he lifted his head She
took away her arm. eased him back
upon the rock, and be heard her light
step as she sprang around an angle
OF the cliff.
She was gone barely more than the
minute asked for When she returned
she was carrying in her hands num-
her OF strips bandages-0f white
cloth. Where she got them-Well.
hats her secret
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Keeper, and pursued her studies away
from school and classes. All through
her youth she was somewhat subduea
by a very strict religious training, ana
she was q great reader Of religious anu
philosophical subjects, and In iater
years wrote of them also.
In 1871 the family moved to Coven-
try, and 1T was there that Miss evans
rnnde the acquaintance of Mr.. ana Mis'
Charles Bray and MT. Charles Henneii'
who became her stnunch friends.
In 1851 she became the assistant edi-
tor of the Westminster Review. Sne
made several notable contributions 10
tho Review and during the time OF her
connection with 1t made the acqunint-
ance of many distinguished authors Oh
that period.
Miss Evans first attempted the writ
ing of fiction in 1855, and published I'm
BInckwood's magazine the first III the
sScenes of Clerical Life" Aith0u9n
abe received much announcement from
private sources, notably Charles Dick
ems. the critics were rather noncom-
initial. Then In 1859 Miss Evans wrote
and published what I'm the Judgment OF
many In her masterpiece, "Adam Bede."
n has been said that In the character
az Adam Bede she drew portrait OF
her father, and certainly "Dinah Nor
eis,n the heroine Of the story, was one
Of her own favorite characters.
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CHAPTER x.
The Candle n the Granny.

The Candle In the Granny.
All the way back to Fallen Rock the
Pearlhunter pondered the scene he had
xazed on through the ehink in the
cabin wall: the mans TRANSPORTED
face: his actions with the picture that
above thAnictnce. If ppxxlea hims
angered him. Thaf such q man should
have her picture; his mother's-wsth
the darkly beautiful face and wonder
xul eyes warn against his breast It
was another reason Why be nhould
hunt him down.
The Pearlhunter was as brave as
the woods make them but It is no dis
credit TO his nisnho0I. 20 geay that
his blood ran little faster a.
he stepped down on the rock into the
water and waded through the falls.
Every inch Of the way had to be felt
cut with his fingers before his feet
could be trusted to follow.
The roar Of the falls had du1led q
,riftle when suddenly q sound came ont
81 the dark Just ahead-a sound like a
.earment rubbing against come rough
lemrface. The Pearlhunter stepped to
enc side Of the passage and Hattened
himself against the wall. Out Of the
.dead silence the sound came again. a
rim loosened his face. The very
,eound he had half expected horse
.coutentedly munching his hay. 4
The Pearlhunter came ont from
.-..sr.. tho nan and incted his way
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George Eliot was

George Eliot was
the pen name OIL
the famous eng
fish writer, Mary
Ann Cor Marinn9
Evans. She was
born I'm 1919 ut
ArbuFy farm I'm
Warwickshire and
died ut Chelsea
Dec. 2 1880. Her
father, Robert Ev-
ans, was the agent
Of Mr. Francis
Newdgate, and the
Arst twenty-One
years Of the now
elist's life were
spent ON the Ar
bury estate. At
her mothers death
while Miss Evans
was still In her
teens she became
her fathers house,
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Z and .

Landed on the Flat Rock.
drained eourd of water, crossed the
branch below the falls and hurried
away up the bluffs into the deep
woods.
A mile and more north Of the wa,
terfall. Wolf Run bends west to dou-s
BILE and twist and loop through q tan
gle Of hills and gulches known as Fox
Den, the widest and most inaccessi-
bic district Of the Flatwoods. The
Pea-lhunter had heard Of the place.
He resolved to take his chances there.
The spot was no great distance above
the thrce-gabled cabin.
Away up the bare front Of cliff his
eye lighted on the mouth of what ap.
peared to be cleft in the rock. Wolf
Run washed against narrow ledge at
the very foot of this cliff. He spread
himself nat against the face Of the
rock and strained from crevice to crew
Ice. II was q prodigious task, but all
tasks have an end either at the bot
tom or at the top. The Pearlhunter's
task finally ended at the top Il
had to. ~
The strata gaped apart half the
height of 4 man. leaving wide-opeD
scar IN the face OF the cliff. II was per-
haps ten feet deep, and seemed to be
closed at the back By the dipping to-
!. gether Of the two strata.
Rolling back as far within the open
ing as the converging strata would
comfortably allow. he dropped his bat
tered head upon his arm to sleep the
rest Of the night away.
Tho Pearlhunter walked with the
woods. His limbs and breast and
shoulders were 80 sore that he was
half glad for the snug place to he in.
like q fox IN his burrow, while the
hounds beat up the woods at fault.
Lack Of wafer was the greatest
drawback. Thirst was already begin
ming to annoy him. He took out his
sandwiches and ate two more Of them.
saving the other two until later ID the
day. The salty bacon made the wa
ter more tempting still. He drew back
little space from the brink Of the
ledge out Of sight Of It. The sound Of
Il sim tempted him.
Voices reached him suddenly, break
ine upon the silence from around 9
sharp turn of the gorge down stream
ne drew hls face back from ~ brink
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last year Of the eighteenth
century Hayslope was pleas.
- ont naiphh0rhOOd to live In. It

ant neighbOrnOOQ 10 i've III. ~
was far enough away from the noise
Of 'Boney's' battles to sleep in peace.
Men chatted Of crops and rents, ana
listened to the gossip Of women folk
regarding Dinah Morris OF Snowfeid.
Mrs. Poyser's own niece, who nad
turned "Methody" preacher and would
stand right before men on the village
green, talking to them of the comfort
they could find in their friend, Jesus
Christ.
( And. worse still, Dinah was so at
tractive and so gravely loving that the
men. and women too, gladly listened
to her. Big Adam Bede, the carpen-
ter, would have liked to see more OF
her. had he eyes for any one except
old Poyser's niece, Hetty Sorrel. AS
for Hetty, she had no thought for
Adam; Captain Arthur Donnithorne,
heir of the estate, had whispered too
many things In her pretty ear.
It was natural enough. There. In
her aunt's white dairy, rounding her
dimpled arm to lift pound Of butter
out of the scale, Hetty had the beauty
of fluffy kitten. Her large dark eyes
had q soft ROBUSTNESS, and her curly
hair, pushed away under her cap, stole
back in delicate rings on her forehead.
OF course, the dashing captain had no
foolish ideas about marriage, but them
as he bent over her shoulder, he was
soldier enough to feel his head turn
very fast. He had no wish to harm
her, you may be sure of that, for he
had great pride In the Donnlthorne
estate, and 1t Is pleasant for q rich
young man to be liked and admired.
One August evening Adam walked
homeward through q grove o. grand
beeches, the glory Of the estate. AS
carpenter and woodsman, he delighted
in fine trees, and paused to look at a
huge beech which stood at the turn
ing before the grove ended in an arch
way Of bonghs.
All his life he remembered that
moment, for there, not twenty yards
away, stood two figures, close, with
clasped hands,, They started. The
girl hurried away, while Arthur Dom
nithorne walked slowly forward. He
was flushed and excited, but treasured
himself by. remembering that Adam
was a sensible person, not likely, to
babble. That the big sober carpenter
loved Hetty, Arthur had no idea.
aWell, ADAM" said Arthur careless
". you've been looking at the fine
old beeches, Ell? overlook pretty
Hetty Sorrel as was going to my
old lodge In the woods; 80 took her
to the gate, and asked for kiss for
my pains. Good night"
Adam dared not move lest he spring
on Arthur like a tiger.
"Stop a Bit" he said in a hard,
peremptory voice.
"What do you meanr Arthur felt
oils temper rising.
Il mean that, instead Of the hon.
orable man we've all believed You,
you're selfish scoundrel."
Arthur found 1t hard to control HIM
self.
'Well, Adam, perhaps have gonc
too far In taking notice Of the pretty
little thing, and stealing a few kisses.
You're such grave fellow you don't
understand temptations. Let's say no
more. The whole thing viii soon be
forgotten"
y
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True Americans love all ssrrs
colors: Red, White and Blue.
Evening star., 1921-11-23
The Prevention of Goiter.

In the United States, particularly in
certain regions such as the great lakes
basin, and the Cascade mountain re-
gton of Oregon, Washington and Brit
ish Columbia, in Canada, simple goiter
prevails among girls from eleven to
seventeen years Of age, the cause being
totally unknown. Since the cause il
unknown, there are innun1erable specu-
latfve theories which ascribe the cause
to something in the drinking water or tho
.Dra David Marine Of New York and
o. p. Kiniball OF Cleveland, whose great
success in preventing simple golfer
among the school chifdfen in Akron,
Ohio, has been referred to here, have
recently given q supplementary report
Of their investigations and / draw there
from the facts In this article. They
md that, although the ultimate cause
Of simple gpiter IL unknown. the fmme-
dtate cause 10 not anything present in
the drinking water or the food, but
something :. lacking. namely, iodine.
They suggest that certain types OF In
fecrion which Increase the iodine needs
Of the body may be = cause. Anyhow
S0iter 10 prevalent where the purest OF
drinking water 10 used, as In Portland,
Ore, and Seattle and Tacoma, Wash:
4 ORA Marine and Kinahan give these
rtiuIts Of two and one hzlf yearS's OBJ
ssryatlen ,,of. schooig1ris atp Akrsns eot
xI1D prfdlas Z st1gel S1Axae Of 10
dfum acdlns twice yeariy, only Ave3 have
eHfaI IGenialtt Of the Thyroid
Evening star., 1921-11-23
STATUS Of german
OFFICIAL IN DOUBT
State Department Lacks In
: formation Regarding En-
bassy Counselor.

Baron Edmund Won Thermann, who
is in Washington to take over the
German embassy, at 1889 Massachu-
setts avenue. from the Swiss minister,
who has handled German affairs here
since 1917, will present Dis creden-
tials as counselor of the German en-
bassy to the State Department with
in short time, it was said today at
the Swiss legation.
At the State Department it was said
permission had been given Baron Won
Thefmann to put the embassy in or
der, but that the. government is not
informed he has any diplomatic
status. II any accredited, Washing
ton representatives have been named
in Berlin, the State Department has
not been fnformed Of 1t, 1t was stated
Baron Won Thermann, who left Berlin
before the peace treaty was signed,
expects the arrival shortly OF charge
d'ahaires from Berlin. according to
the swiss legation, which 10 acting as
spok esman FOR the unofficial envoy.
The legation had not transferred the
embassy to his Gus stody today nor is
1t likely the transfer will be made
until the charge d'affaires arrives. At
that time, 1t il expected, Baron Won
Therman will be omcaally apprised Of
his appointment as counsellor OF the
embassy.
Evening star., 1921-11-23
Personal Health Service
=. BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. p
<a..S.t..,e Mated Pkxsses.n and Asfkor ~
Nete4 Pkysiesan and Asfkor

gland: while of 1906 pupils not taking
this preventive. more than 495 have de-
veioped thyroid enlargement. OF LISP
pupils who had some enlargement OF the
thyroid when the preventive treatment
was instituted, 773 showed a. decrease
in the enlargement of the neck; while
Of 1,04S pupils with some enlargement
at the time the treatment was started.
but who did not take the treatment,
only 145 showed decrease in enlarge
meiit. These data pretty throughly
established this prophylactic treatment
! Dra Kimbaii and Marine f,nd that
there Is no danger worthy Of consider
alton associated with the administra-
tion Of sthe small amounts Of iodine
ior iodides which have proved sufficient
Tho treatment not only prevents but
lip many cases brings about cure OF
simple epiter.
A gram is approximately fifteen
grains. And an ample daily dose of
sodium iollfde, best taken dissolved in at
least q pint Of drinking water, is one
grain. This quantity should be taken
by the girl daily for two, weeks, eacs1
gprink and, yautumn, as q prophylactic
against golfer. Fer girl who al
ready has slight thyroid enlargement
the same amount, one grain daily,
should be given for a period OF six
weeks twice q year. This dose 10 less
than was formerly sugYegted. but It
proves Oud1cieat., Any, other form OF
Iodine W66lA be equally NfkectfS4s One
larop OF tinctnre. Of iodine each day. IN
water, for instance. ii assssf :. .s,.S ~
Evening star., 1921-11-23
. BIRTHDAIsS A BIRTHDAY FOE
~. @ A. THAT =

was = snowy. blustery morning,
s.but Merriam Lindsay awoke with
L. an eanticipatory' grin of pleasure
ahead. It was her birthday. A
very special birthday She was twen-
ty-one. Her flrst birthday since her
marriage. ~ u
SAe tiptoed to her mirror, Just as
every woman between nine andsntne-
ty always does. sighed with relief
scuttled hack to he'd when she heard
John stirring. She wanted to pretend
70 be. walked UP with her present
from him.
Diplomatic wife that she was. she
had given him a full months warm
what he was going to give her. He
had been obviously. economizing ever
since she's told him she adored watch
Ing him shave himself and shine his
own boots and go without smokes;
Cuddled on, HIS lap before q glowing
fire that day that she had told him
he had pretended to be half asleep. as
she cirattered about her birthdays and
what, her father had done to celebrate
them -5' 'a a.
till i was quite big" she confided. II
thought everybody put nags out be-
cause 1t was my birthday; I was just
stunned when II found out 1T was
Abraham Lincoln's birthday first. Not
but what was glad .afterward, be-
about being forgotten, the whole fam
lily always can't help but remember.
;, He had roused himself to throws up
his hands. -t--
Pretty smooth work" he congratu--
lated her. AN right I'll bite. what
After, an appropriate number of "of
anythings' on her part she had con-
fessed that she'd always wanted a
dok and never had one.
"a nice doggy Scottie that sticks its
tongue out and isn't minute more'n
Limo"
John had pretended to be asleep.
So she thought she had an exciting
day ahead; she ordered very special
dinner for just herself and John and
she. was so, sure of her dog she'd or
with beautiful logic. had given her
black hendmaiden a day off to cele-
brate Lincoln's-and Merry's-birth-
day. She was all set for a day of
bliss and rapture.
Instead Of which. things begar hor-
door, hat In hand.
Cant wait for breakfast dear.
oversight. Have to be in Newark at
nine" 80.
"It.s--its a holiday she faltered.
"Yep, that's why we could get this
bunch together to go over things
dou't wait dinner too late for me,
might be held up-bye-" And with
q perfunctory kiss he was gone.
Merry felt like a pricked bubble
She was too. hurt to be angry during
the morning. Besides she had pleas
ant diversions. Her cousin Cecily
dropped in with silk stockings, the
postman brought q deluEe of family