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THE KILLERS CHARGE TOO LATE

The bear reared up, snarling NTH prath. but for a mowent it
Jared not charge The sudden appearance of the girl and The horse
ned INN momentarly at bay. The girl suung to the ground in
one feap, fred again, thrust her arm through the loop of the bride
rem, then knet at BruceS side. The white blade that she carried
IN her left hand slashcd at his bonds.
The horse, piunging, seemed to jerk her body back and forth.
ana endless seconds seemed to go by before the last of the thongs
was Severed. In reality the whole rescue uas unbeheUably suift
The man helped her all he could. "Up-up into the saddle" she
commanded.
Once more the pistol cracked. Then the horse broke and ron
IN a frenzy Of terror. Bruce uas full in the saddle by then, and
euen at the first leap has arm swept ont to the girl on the ground
beside HIM. He swung her towards him, and at the same time her
hands caught at the arching back of the saddle. Neper had her fine
young strength been pat to a greater test than when she pulled
herself up TO a position Of security.
The Killers charge had come a fen seconds too late.
Here you have them-the hero, the heroine and the great grizzly
which dominates nore than one seem n "The Strength of the Pines"
or this stirring story is a tale Of the Oregon wilderness, where nature
makes civilized man look small. But to the right kind of nature
gives strength from yer strength. BY the girls cabin stands a great
sentinel pine. And from the army Of pines att its back comes the strength
that gives this city man the power to win at long odds from the evil
clan Of rountaineers that menaces him and the girl he loves
This is Edison Marshalps second novel. He's a native of oreoon
and lives at Medford. He began to attract attention in 1915 when he
a newspaper man by his short stories In 1921 he won the first
prize of the Society of Arts and Sciences of New York with a story,
THE Heart of Little shikara" His first book as 1.-THE Voice of the
Strength Of the Pines" and you will ee why his public has been won
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CHAPTER ii

Before the gray dawn came over the
land Bruce Duncan had started west
ward. He had no enhancement at
the lightning decision. He was only
strangely and deeply eXultant.
The reasons why went too deep
within him to be easily seen. In the
first place. ii was adventure-and
Cruces life had not been very adven-
turOus heretofore. Then there was q
sense of Unreasonable relief at his
sudden and unexpected freedom from
the financial problems his father had
left. He would have no more consul
tations with impatient creditors, no
more would he strive to gather to-
gether the ruins Of the business, and
attempt to salvage the small remain
ing fragments of his fathers fortune.
He had no plans. he didn't know which
way to turn. All at once. through the
message that Barney had brought him,
he had seen a clear trail ahead. 1t
was something to do, something at
last thar mattered.
Finally there remained the eminent
fact that this was an answer to his
dream. He was going toward Linda,
at last. The girl had been the one
living creature in his memory that he
had cared for and who cared for him
the one person whose interest In him
was real. Linda, the little "spitfre"
Of his %boyhood, had suddenly become
the n reality In his world, and as he
thought of her, his memory reviewed
the few impressions he mad retained
Of his childhood.
First was the Square house-the
0rphanage--where the Woman had
turned him over to the nurse in
charge. Sometimes, when tobacco
smoke was heavy upon him, Bruce
coIid catch a very dim and leeting
glimpse of the Woman's face. 1t was
only a glimpse, only the faintest blur
in half-tone, and then quite gone. Yet
he " gave M trying.
The few times that her memory
picture did come to him, II brought
a number Of things with 1t. One Of
them was a great and overwhelming
realization Of some terrible tragedy
and terror the nature Of which he
could not eyen guess.
shes been through fire. the nurse
told the doctor when he came In AMI
the door had closed behind the Woman.
Bruce did remember these words. be-
cause many years elapsed before he
completely puzzled them out. The
nurse hadn't meant such fires as swept
through the far-spread evergreen
forests of the Northwest 1t was some
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nable." he said significantly. But I'll
take the little beggar, anyway"
And thus Bruce ven To the cold
freSide OF the Duncans-a house In
a great and distant city where, in the
years that had passed, many things
scarcely worth remembering had tran
spired. 1t was q gentleman's house
as far as he meaning of the word
usually goes-and Bruce ind been al
forded a gentleman's education. There
was also, for a while, a certain amount
of rather doubtful prosperity, a wom-
an who died after a few months Of
casual interest In him, and many.
many hours Of almost overwhelming
loneliness. Also there were many
thoughts such as are not especially
good for the spirits of growing boys.
The place where the Duncans lived
was a house, but under no liberal in
depreciation of the word could II be
called a home. There was nothing
homelike In it to little Bruce.
The other lasting memory was of
Linda. She represented the one liv-
| '''- - III OIL MS dootlbbthSt VI
phant0ms-the one person with whom
he could claim real kinship. He had
done a bold thing, after his first few
years with the Dunthns. He planned
it long and carried Ii out with infinite
care as to details. He wrote to Linda,
in care of the superintendent of the
orphanage.
The answer only ~deepened the
mystery. Linda was missing. Whether
she had run away, or whether some
m had come by I'm a closed car and
carried her Off as she played on the
lawns, the superintendent could not
tell. They had never been able to
trace her. He had been fifteen then,
a tall boy with rather unusual muscu-
lar development, and the girl was
eleven. And in the year nineteen hun
dred and twenty, ten years after the
reply TO his letter. Bruce had heard
ne word from her. He had given up
all hope of ever hearing from her
again. My little sister," he said
softly to a memory. Then bitterness
IA whole black flood of it-would
ONE upon him. "Good Lord, I don't
even know that she was my sister,"
But now he was going to find her
and his heart was full of JOY and eager
anticipation.
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By EDISON MARSHALL


IL told her there might be several
You should have seen the pain grow
on her face. After SO long, after so
longr she cried, in the queerest, sob
bling way. Then she took heart and
began again.
This Newton Duncan had a son
a foster-son-named Bruce she told
me-. And then ! said | knew you.
"You can't imagine the change that
came over her. | thought she'd die
of heart failure. The whole thing.
Bruce-if you must know-gave me
the creeps. Tell him to come here
she begged me. Don't lose a moment.
AS soon as you get home, tell him to
come here
of course ! ask I'd why she hadn't
written to Duncan. The answer was
simple enough-that she didn't know
how to write. Those in the mountains
that could write wouldn't, or couldn't
she was a trifle vague on that point
dispatch a letter. Something is up.
Bruce, and | don't know what. But
she said-for you to come back and
tind-Linda."
Bruce suddenly leaned forward.
The brown face had grown quite
white.
what else did she say?" Bruce
asked. He spoke slowly-with evident
difficulty.
Barney answered with the same
slowness-each word distinct. "For
you TO come-and she made me swear
to tell you-On the first train. That
there was no time to lose" The mans
voice broke and changed. isn't that
queer, Bruce?"
Bruce slowly stiffened the only sign
of emotion was one that even Barney's
eyes, trained to the dimness Of the will
derness, failed to see. II was just an
e~ver-tightening clasp Of his hands over
the chair arms until the blue veins
stood out. There was nothing else
about him to indicate that the dead
had spoken to him-that one of the
great dreams of his life was coming
true He spoke rather painfully. did
did you get the idea that the old
woman vas Lindaf"
Il didn't get that idea," Barney an
swe cred. "She spoke of Linda as she
might a young girl"
"And how do you get thereT"
Buy a ticket for Deer Creek, In
southern Oregon. There was no need
for Bruce to write the name. 1t was
branded, ~ineffaceably, In his conscious
ness. "Then take up the long road
of the Divide, clear to a little store
Martins, they call fifty miles back.
Then ask directions from there. Ask,
she told me to tell you, for Mrs. Ross"
Bruce leaped up and turned swiftly
through the door. Barney called a
question to his vanishing figure. just
for an instant Bruce ~uurned-his dark
eyes glowing beneath his straight
browS.
I'm 'phOning-asking for reserva-
tons on the first train west" he an
sWered.
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He had only a few minutes to wait
then Barney Wegan tapped at bis
door. This man was bronzed by the
sun, never more fit, never straighter
and taller and more 1.-the. He had just
come from the far places. The EN-
"barrassment that Bruce had detected
in his voice was n his face and man
ner, too.
you'll think I'm crazy for routing
you out at this time of night, Bruce
he began. And I'm going to get this
matter off my chest as SoOn as possible
and let you go to bed. It's all batty.
anyway. But | was cautioned by all
the devils of the deep to see you-the
moment | came here"
cigarettes on the smoking-stand,"
Bruce said steadily. And tell away"
But tell me something first. Was
Duncan your real father? If he was.
III know I'm up a wrong tree. don't
mean to be personal"
"He wasn't. | thought you knew it.
My real father is something like you
something of a mystery"
81 won't be a mystery long, He's
not, eh-that's what The old bag said.
Excuse me, old man, for saying bag
But she was one. If there is any such.
Lord knows who she is. or whether or
not she's 8 relation of yours. But I'll
begin at the beginning. You know /
was way back on the Oregon frontier
back in the Cascades. | was fishing
for steelhead in q river they call the
Rogue. While way up on the upper
eaters | heard of a place called Trails
End-a place where wise men do not
go.'
And of course you went?"
"Of course. The name sounds silly
now, but 1t won't if you ever go there.
There are only a few families, Bruce,
miles and miles apart, in the whole
region. And it's enCrmOus-no n
knows how big. Just ridge on ridge.
One day my guide stopped at a broken
down old cabin on the hillside for a
drink of water. / was four miles
away I'm camp. The guide came back
and asked me if | was from this very
city.
II told him yes, and asked him why
he wanted to know. He said that this
ord woman sent word, secretly, to
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CHAPTER III

There had not been time to make In
quiry as to the land Bruce was going
to. He only knew one thing--that
1t was the wilderness. The fact that
he had no business plans for the future
and no financial resources except a
few hundred dollars that he carried
In his pocket did not matter one way
or another. He was willing to spend
all the money he had; after 1t was
gone. he would take up some work in
life anew.
He had a moments wonder at the
effect his departure, would have upon
the financial problem that had been
his fathers sole legacy to him. He
laughed a little as he thought Of II.
Bur me idea tnnI others aisv-iias wing
no business relations with his father
might be interested In this western
Journey Of Ills did not even occur
TO him.
But the paths men take, seemingly.
with wholly different aims. c~risscross
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sturdy fellow" he said, as Bruce was
ushered in.
The mans eyes Travelled slowly from
the child's curly head TO his rapidly
growing feet; but no CLEAN Of inter-
est came into the thin. face. II sup
pose he'll do-as good as any. 1t was
the wife's idea. anyway. you know.
What about parentage? Anything de-
cent at all?"
The superintendent seemed to wait
a long time before answering. Little
Bruce, already full of secret c~onjec-
lures as to his own ~parentage, thought
that some key might be given him at
last. There Is nothing that we can
tell you, Mr.. Duncan" he said at
last. "A woman brought him here
with an infant gir-when he was
about four. l suppose she was his
mother-and she didn't walt to talk
to me. The nurse said that she wore
outlandlsh clothes and had plainly had
a hard time"
"But she didn't waltz
"She dropped her children and fled"
A cold little smile fickered at the
mans lips. at looks rather dam
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every stranger that came to Ash or
hunt In the region Of Trails End.
wanting to know If they came from
here. was the first one that an
swered yes And the g.ide said
that she wanted me 70 come to her
cabin and see her.
Il weHt-anf I won't describe to you
how she looked. I'll let you see for
yourself, If you rare to follow GU, her
Instructions. And now the strange
part ZONES In. The old witch raised
her arm. pointed her cane at me. and
asked me Ii ! knew Newton Duncan.
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Eat last-st last" she cried.
you've come at last"
lTo BE ~coNTINUEDD

This Earth's Fourth Warm PERIOD.
About 10000 years 6 Ice began
to cover the northern part OF the
United States and all OF Canada for
the fourth and last time. We are now
living In the fourth warm period.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-13
YOUNG WIDOW
IS MURDERED
Rejected Suitor Is Believed
to Be Slayer

CHICAGO. Dec. IA sweeping
search OF criminal hangouts was
launched today in an effort TO find
the body Of pretty Mrs Kate Mitch.
ell Thostell, who disappeared from
her home December /.
Police are working on the theory
that the young widow was slain by
a rejected suitor. They grilied Ar.
thur Foster for hours.
Fosters car was round In "A garage
at the rear OF his fathers home.
Physicians declared that stains on
the running board and laprobe were
made by human blood
A button and a pencil found In the
car we're Identified by relatives as
the property OF Mrs. Trostell
In Fosters room n stained serge
suit was found. IL was sent 20 tho
coroner for analysis. Police asserted
the stains we're blood
A squad OF detectives dug up tho
ground around the garage. while an
other squad searched dump to
which Foster hauled ashes the day
after Mrs Trostel1 disappeared.
Another corps OF officers was sent
into The Sag" notorious hangout
for criminals. In an effort TO locate
the body.
Police were working on the theory
that Mrs. Trostell was either shot or
choked to death and her body carried
In Fosters car to be disposed of.
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By Jack Hall

And IL came TO pas. that cer>
tain policeman who suffered
from am acute mania for peek.
Ing thru kryhoIe~ was assigned
20 q downtown beat during q
recent -.hairup" And the cop
r-lolccd and wa. greatly exalted;
for he WAS an honorable man
and his fame for honesty WAS
spread thruout the land.
And he INDUCED his curiosity and
aid peck thru many keyholen In
dow ntown hotels. and he was not
when iabbsd In tho eye
with hatpIns and pencils. for he
gained much inside dope upon what
took place upon his beat Verify.
bis knowledge was great and his
wisdom past understanding.
And In this manner II came 10
pass that four travelling sslessnsn.
who usually are a. cautious ~
at q iynchinr bee. rented
4 room In = certain hotel. and they
not 20 cover tho key.
hole. And into the small hours Of
Tho morning they did shuttle the
card. ard enlarge tho pot.
And tho cop. hearing much rev.
elry. performed his usual stunt. And
he saw Tint gambling and iniauit
was In progress IN tho room.
VERIFY tho cop ssyeth 10
himself. "thi. thing must end"
And he used a pass hey Ia open
the door and entered, standing
In the threshold. And the travel
ing saIe~m~n were abashrd and
eonfounded: for they had been
caught with the goods.
And they entreated him. saying.
For tho love Of Mike. use diacre
ton. For we are poor men and our
sins have overtaken IN. We repent
in aarkcio,h and ashes. IL that not
enough7-
And they took counsel among
themselves and did offer him a sum
Of many shekeis IL he would forget
". But the cop. Justly famed for
his honesty. exuited greatly and was
t6yfui And no Hcorned their offer.
And II happened that ono Of
the statesmen. being shrrwd
man, made speech. saying. MY
grief IL great. for you have done
us n great injustice. We are I'm
your power house. Deal the
cards once around and II you
win, we win gladly 10 10 the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-13
Arrest Wounded
Man in Hospital

George Clark. former railway de-
ssctivc. was arrested iats Tuesday az
hs lay In city hospital. suffering from
wunshot wound thru the body. lie
was shot BY Police serxt. G. y. Wat.
son when no tried TO escape custody
after being arrested when seen
climbing thru window at SIC King
=, November 20.
Clark had a large carton % Gig.
aFe's under his arm as he climbed
thru tho window. and in the chase
That followed. ciEarets were rtr.wn
for blocks
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WASHINGTON.

WARRINGTON. Dec. i5.-Th.
house late yesterday passed tho bin
making annual appropriation. for
the departments Of state and rus.
tics. Tho bin carries sIs.ass. 600 FOR
tho Justice department and si4.s2i..
600 for the state department.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-13
Singer Marries
Wife Third Time

PARIS, Dec. t3.--Jerome Uhl,
American artist and opera singer,
remarked his former wife for the
third time here last Friday. II be-
came known today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-13
Thru KeyhOles He Peeketh
but Those Days Pass AU0y

hooseEow. and N we win. we
shall 60 free. for this IL the
law according 10 Moses"
And ~ came TO pass even as was
prophsaied And the cop drew a
bum hand. while the salesman txld
full house And the statesmen re
joiccd exceedingly TO behold the dts-
comfitsd cop.
And the policeman. yielding TO
temptation. sat In the game and he
drew nothing but treys and deucss
while hia companions were much
gfaiifisd By royal fushsa and nocks
of aces.
And he cur-cd fluentiy In ala
languages. saying. '-This II the
gorilia's garters. Give me some
more chips for my piic has
greatly diminished. You ara .
bunch Of bandiis and burglars
and tho truth has not half bern
told Verify, am . ruined man
Wee h ma" And hc wept great
tears and his lamentations were
heard la Tacoma and Puyallup
And the cop refused to be com
forted. And two hours later he
wandered forth from the room.
siIorn q hia glory. for his uniform
and badge together with his gun
and handouts had been taken from
him
And he borrowed an ovrrcoat
and some shoes and went home.
and his Christmas was made de-.
oiAie for all his maxuma had
likewise vanished. And he
shivcrcd whenever he looked
toward keyholc from that time
hence.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-13
Leaves Socks, Suits
and Shirts in Will

FARMLErGH. Eng. Dec. f3,--Tn
his viii Kerry L. Supple beaueathed
to q faithful servant all his socks.
three suits and 10 shirts
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-13
Woman Is Accused
of Starving Baby

TfsBURY. Eng. Dec. is.-Mrs.
Elsie Hansford has been ordered to
trial for starving her it-months-old
baby 10 death.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-16
Alkali in Soap
Bad for the Hair

Soap should be used very carefully. II
you want 10 keep your hair looking
It's best. Most soaps and prepared
rhampoos contain too much alkali.
This dries the scalp. makes the hair
brittle and ruins It.
The best thing FOR steady use is
Mulsifled cocoanut oil shampoo (Which
Is pure and grea selsss), and Is better
than anything else you can use.
TWO or three teaspoonfuls Of Mulsi-
fed In n cup or glass with a little
warm water is sufficient to cleanse
the hair and scalp thoroughly.
Simply moisten the hair with
water and rub It in. 1t makes
an abundance OF rich, creamy Iath.r.
which rinses out easily, removing
every particle Of dust. dirt, dan
drum and excess oil. The hair dries
quickly and evenly. ard 1t leaves the
scalp soft, and the hair fine and silky.
bright, luStrous. hufty and easy to
| manage.
You can get Mulsified cocoanut oil
shampoo at any pharmacy, it's very
cheap, and n few ounces viii supply
every member OF the family for
months. BE sure your druggist gives
you Mulsifed.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-16
WORK Of DEACONESStS
ENGAGES MANY women
Methodist Find Movement Pros.
psring and Expanding Its
Field Of Operations.

y, Associated Frees TO Every Evsnins.
seattle, Wash. May 1s.--Morc
Young women are In trimming schools
Cor Methodist Episcopal Church SER
vice now than FOR number OF years
aud a is evident that young women
are thinking IN tho direction OF the
pcaconoss movement" Dr. II. W.
Howell ~ buffalo, y. V, correspond
lns secretary OF the General Deacon
".s Board OF the Methodist Episcopal
'hurVh. told the beard at ~ annual
meeting here today
we ehould acquant the church
with the enlarged ideals of dcac cohc~'
s~Vicc." pr. Howell said in his re-
port "ln actual possibility this is
the new age ~ the nspconces move
mcnt; IN practical knowledge some
know only the former DAYS. 4 few
81 .ecms. d. not Vet know that the
iast General Conference placed the
draconecses among tho women work
.rs IN the -ame position in which the
minister - among the men workers
she is taken out or tho group ~ hired
servants and given an assured po-
sltion ~ dignity that guarantees tc
her a fcld Of service and care during
her natural life.
"'rhr last year has been one or sue
,oss. The eNtenrive and prosperous
work VI Europe has been moro closel,
tdeutiried with the b,Srd. A trsin!ns
school has been vpened IN Mexics
Ilty
An invpse IA our property vulu'
alton IN 1921 of s. o55.ss4 is reported
.u the Methodist Year Book; this Il
dho largest single years Increase IL
tho pcaconcss movement. purini
,he ne ~ the present form ot r'
hcsrd tho property In the ln!te'
states has grown from sass ,5aS q
sfg.T67. .nSO, without a general cam
isisn. and Without universal rro
motion.
"The endowment fund had on in
ve-mcnt and IN tho bank April il
sS7ca7aS. Whilc tho number q
pensioners incrcaSs-i during the Yea
from IS "a 80, every claim hs. bee
met. Al the beginning Of the year IN
monthly payment VAS sl.l2s; al IN
close. sL144.
"Our reports xivc thesc sta atistic
for 1921 Spring Conference, TsV
latiuncrs. -. dcasonessss~. 2Ss: ts
conference. probationers. So: deacon
.sses. Ga5: total protationel~. l0i
toial probationers and dcsconcsse
1.OSS.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-16
PRESBYTERIAN GIFTS
DROP S373,5O4 IN YEAR
A Total of $9.377,457 Raised
Through Gifts Is Shown
by Report.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening.


Dcs Moines, Ia, May ia total
OF $9,317, 1922 was contributed by
living givers to the benevolent, mis-
sionary and educational causes OF the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States OF America tNorth) during the
past year. according to the official
figures completed and to be reported
to the General Assembly which opens
In Des Moines. May is. This IL de-
crease OF S373,504.5s over the previous
year.
The Bosrd OF Home Missions re-
ceived $1.obt .157.04, an increase of
&sS,s43.1a. The Board OF Foreign Mis-
sions received 32.444.143.06, r. decrease
OF $l73.291.57. Tho Board OF General
Education received S754.163.03, an in
crease of $i07.1l5o7. The Board of
Publication and Sabbath School Work
received $456. 6.25o.60, an increase OF
357,731.aS. Tho Board OF Church Free
ton received s17s,s5S.2t, n decrease OF
$40 1886.
| In addition, the Presbyterian New
Era Movement received Si3.oos.7S, q
decrease OF $lS4,%S4.6o.
| Receipts for the year on the Inter.
church World Movement deficit wer,
S3S. .306.47. decrease of S<05, ,544.2i
over the previous year.