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The Adair County news., 1922-10-31
He Opened His Eyes and Looked With
Some Wonder Into Bruce's Face.

light in them was diMming, fading like
a twilight, yet there was indication of
neither confusion nor deIirium.
There was, however, some indication
of perplexity at the peculiar turn af-
fairs had taken. You're not Dave
Turner" he said wOnderingly.
Dim though the voice was, there
was considerable emphasis in the tone
Hudson seemed quite sure of this
point, whether or not he knew any
thing concerning the dark gates he
was about to enter. He wouldn't have
spoken greatly different if he had
been Sitting in perfect health before
his own camp fire and the shadow was
now already so deep his eyes could
scarcely penetrate it.
NO." Bruce answered. Dave Tur-
ner is up tree. He didn't even wait
to shoot"
"Of course he wouldn't" Hudson
spoke with assurance The words
dimmed at the end, and he half-closed
his eyes as if he were too sleepy to
SIdJ d"dhS lOnSSIs 1nSA oIuSC Sd"
a strange thing. lie saw, -unmistak-
able as the sun in the sky, the signs
of curious struggle in the mans
face.
The trapper-a moment before sink
ing into the calm of death-was fight
ing desperately for a few moments of
respite. There could be no other ex-
PLANTATION. And he won it at last
an interlude of half dozen breaths.
"Who are you?" he whispered.
Bruce bowed his head until his ear
was close to the lips. "Br0ce Folger,"
he answered,-for the first time in his
knowledge speaking his full name.
"Son of Matthew Folger who lived at
Trails End long ago."
The man still struggled. 81 knew
it," he said. Il saw it-in your face.
everything now. Listen-can you
hear me?'
eyes"
Il just did a wrOng-there's a
hundred dollars in my pocket that
just got for doing it. 1 made prom
ise-to lie to you. Take the money
it ought to be yours, anyway
hers; and use it toward fighting the
wrong 1t will go a little way"
''Yes" Bruce looked him full in the
eyes. No matter about the money.
What did you promise Turner"
"That I'd lie to you. Grip my arms
with your hands-till it hurts. I've
only got one breath more. Your fa-
ther held those lands only in trust-the
Turner'S deed is forged And the
secret agreement that Witnessed is
hidden-3
The breath seemed, to go out Of the,
man. Bruce shook him By the shOul-
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31
CHAPTER XVI

Dave Turner travelled hard and late,
and he reached SimOn's door just be-
fore sundOwn of the second day.
Bruce was still a full two hours dis
tant. But Dave did not stay to knock.
1t was chOre-time, and he thought he
would find Simon in his barn, super
vising the feeding and care of the
live stock. He had guessed right, and
the two men had a moments talk in
the dusky passage behind the stalls.
I've brought news" Dave said.
Simon made no answer at first. The
saddle pony in the stall Immediately
in front of them, frightened at Dawes
unfamiliar figure, lad crowded, trens
bling, against his manger. SimOn's
red eyes watched him; then he ut
tered short oath. He took two
strides into the stall and seized the
halter rope in his huge, muscular
hand. Three times he jerked it with
a peculiar, quartering pull, curbing
that might have been ineffective by
man of ordinary strength, but with
the incomprehensible might of the
great forearm behind it was really
terrible punishment. Dave thought
for a moment his brother would break
the animals neck; the whites began
to show about the soft, dark pupils
of its eyes. The strap over the head
broke with the fourth pull ). then the
horse recoiled, plunging and terrified,
into the opposite corner of the stall.
Simon leaped with shattering power
at the creatures shoulders, his huge
arms encircled its neck, his shoulders
heaved, and he half-threw it to the
floor Then, as it staggered TO rise,
his heavy fist failed against its neck.
Again and again he struck, and in the
hah-darkness. of the stable it was a
dreadful thing to behold. The mans
fury, always quickly aroused, was
upon him; his brawny form moved
with the agility of a panther. Even
Dave, whose shallow eyes were usually
wont to feast on cruelty, viewed the
scene with some alarm. 1t wasn't that
he was moved by the agony of the
horse But he did remember that.
horses cost money, and Simon seemed
determined to Kill the animal before
his passion was spent
The horse covered, and in a mo-
ment more it was hard TO remember
he was a member of noble, high
spirited breed--a swift runner, brainy
as dog, servant faithful and
worthy. He stood quiet at last, his
head hanging low, knees bent, eyes
curiously sorrowful. and dark. Simon
fastened the broken strap about his
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The Adair County news., 1922-10-31

He dropped to his knee the very sec-
ond thar the gun ieaped to his sih,al-
der. He seemed to Na,m that IRON n
lower position the target would be
more clearly revealed. The finger
pressed back against the trigger.
The distance was far; Bruce was
not practiced rifle shot, and ii bOr-
dered ON the miraculous that his lead
went anywhere near the bears body.
And it was true that the bullet did
not reach vital place. 1t stung like
wasp at the Killers flank, however.
cutting shallow flesh wound. But it
was enough to take his dreadful atten-
tion from the mOrtally wounded trap
per in the pine needles.
He whirled about, growing furious
ly and biting at the wound Then he
stood stiIl, turning his gaze first to the
pale face OF Dave Turner thirty feet
above him in the pine The eyes glOwed
N fury and hatred. He had found
men out at last; they died even more
easily than the fawn. He started to
luAn DsaSh " Tic ldliclAS the tiIiC
spoke again.
1t was complete miss, this time ;
yet the bear leaped in fear when the
bullet thwacked into the dust beside
him. He did not wait for third. His
caution suddenly returning to him.
and perhaps his anger somewhat sati-
ated by the blow he had dealt Hudson.
he crashed into the security of the
thicket.
Bruce waited a single instant, hop
ing for another glimpse of the crea-
ture; then ran down to aid Hudson.
But in driving the bear from the trap.
per's helpless body he had already
given all the aid that he could. Un,
derstanding came quickly. He had
arrived only in time for the Depar-
ture-just a glimpse of a light as it
faded. The blow had been more than
any human being could survive; even
now Hudson was entering upon that
strange calm which often, so merci-
fully, Immediately precedes death.
He opened his eyes and looked with
some wonder into Bruce's face. The
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31

ders. Dave. still IN the tree, strained
to hear the rest ''Yes-where7"
cts hidden-tzjust-out- The
words were no longer audible to Dave,
and What FOLLOWED Bruce also strained
to hear in vain. The lips ceased NOV
ing. The shadow grew in the eyes,
and the lids fiickered down over them.
A traveller had gone.
Bruce got up, strange, cold light
in his eyes. He glanced up. Dave
Turner was climbing slowly down the
tree. Bruce made six strides and
seized his rifle.
The effect on Dave was ludicrOuS.
He chung fast to the tree limbs, as if
he thought a bullet-like grizzly's
claws-could not reach him there.
Bruce laid the gun behind him, then
stood waiting with his own weapon
resting in his arms.
"COme down, Dave" he commanded.
'"The bear is gone"
Dave crept down the trunk and
halted at its base. He studied the
cold face before him. Better not try
nothing" he advised hoarsely.
"Why notT' Bruce asked. do you
think I'm afraid of a coward?" The
man started at the words; his head
bobbed backward as if Bruce had
struck him beneath the jaw with his
fist. .-.-
People don't call the Turner's cow
ards and walk off with it." the man
told him.
"Oh, the lowest cowardw Bruce
said between set teeth. "The yellow
est, mongrel coward!, Your own con-
federate-and you had to drop your
gun and run up a tree. You might
have stopped the bears charge"
Dawes face twisted in a scowl.
You're brave enough now. Wait to,
see what happens later. Give me my
gun. Pm going to CO."
You can 60, but you don't get your
gun. I'll fill you full of lead If you
try to touch It,"
Dave looked up with some care. He
wanted to know for certain if this
tenderfOOt meant what he said. The
man was blind in some things, his
vision was twisted and dark, but he
made no mistake about the look on
the cold, set face before him. Bruce's
finger was curled about the trigger,
and it looked to Dave as II it itched
to exert further pressure.
Il don't see why / spare you, any
way" Bruce went ON. His tone was
self-reprOachful. "GOd knows 1 hadn't
ought Remembering who and what
you are. If you'd only give me one
little bit of prOvocatiOn-"
p Dave saw lurid lights growing in
the mans eyes; and all at once a con.
cIuSion came to him. He decided he'u
make NO further effort to regain the
gun. His life was rather precious to
him, strangely, and it was wholly
plain that a dread and terrible passion
was slowly creeping over his enemy.
He could see it in the darkening face,
the tight grip of the hands on the rife
stock. His own sharp features grew
more cunning. You ought to be glad
1 didn't stop the bear with my rifle"
he said hurriedly. Il had Hudson
bribed-you wouldn't have found out
something that you did find out if he
hadn't lain here dying. You wouldn't
have learned"
But the sentence died in the middle.
Bruce made answer to it, a straight.
out blow with his fist, with all his
strength behind it, in the very center
of his enemys face.
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER lat the death of his foster
father, Bruce Duncan, in an eastern city,
receives a mysterious message, sent by q
Mrs. Ross, summoning him peremptorily
TO southern Oregon-to meet Linda"
CHAPTER U.-Bruce has vivid but baf-
ling recollectio1s of his childhood in an
orphanage, before his adoption by New
ton Duncan. with the girl Linda
CHAPTER II.-At his destination,
Trails End, news that message has
been sent to Bruce Is received with
marked displeasure by a man introduced
to the reader as Simon"
Bruce is astonished at his apparent IA
u4liarity with the surroundings, though
to his knowledge he has never been there.
CHAPTER V.-obedient to the message,
Bruce makes his way to Martins cross
roads store, for direction as to reaching
Mrs. Ross cabin.
CHAPTER Won the way, Simon"
sternly warns him to give up his quest
and return East Bruce refuses.
CHAPTER VII-Mrs. Ross, aged and
inflrm, welcomes him with emotion. She
hastens him on his way-the end of Pine
Needle Trail"
CHAPTER VIII.-Through a country
puzzlingly familiar, Bruce journeys, and
finds his childhood playmate, Linda.
CHAPTER R.-The girl tells him of
wrongs committed by an enemy clan on
her family, the Rosses. Lands occupied
by the clan were stolen from the Rosses,
and the family, with the exception Of
Aunt Elmira (MTs. Ross) and herself,
wiped out by assassination. Bruce's ia
ther, Matthew Folger, was one of the
victims. His mother had fled with Bruce
and Linda. The girl, while small had
been kidnapped from the orphanage and
brought TO the mountains. Linda's father
had decided his lands to Matthew Folger,
but the agreement, which would confute
the enemy's claims to the property, has
been lost
CHAPTER X.-Bruce's mountain blood
responds to the call of the blood-feud.
CHAPTER XI.-A giant tree, the Sen
tinel Pine, in front of Linda's cabin,
seems to Bruce's excited Imagination to
be endeaVoring to convey a message.
CHAPTER Xm.-Bruce sets out in
search of a trapper named Hudson,
witness to the agreement between DindG's
father and Matthew Folger.
CHAPTER XIIL-A gigantic grizzly,
known as the Killer, is the terror of the
vicinity, because of his size and ferocity.
Simon, bribeS Hudson to swear falsely
light, he knowing its whereabouts.
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31

Miss Sue Belle Mason, Har-
din county girl, senior at Swarth-
more College. Philadelphia, so
ably handled her arguments in a
novel debate recently in which
she was paired with two repre-
sentatives of the Oxford Union,
the debating organization of Ok
ford University, England, against
two SWarthmore men and one
from Oxford that she was credi-
ted largely with being RESPONSE
Bile for the vote of the audience
that her side had won. The sub
ject was Resolved, That the
United States Should Immediate
ly Enter the League of Nations, I"
and the audience by a vote, 414
to 327, decided that it should.
Miss Mason's home is in So
nora. She is a senior at Swarth-
more and the only undergrad
uate member of Delta Sigma
Rho, the national honorary TO-
rensic society. She was the
only woman debater on either
team,
In her arguments for entering
the League now, Miss Mason
handled the American political
phase of the matter, while her
British colleagues had brought
world affairs into their speeches.
Miss Mason pictured the Inter
national infant" which had been
buried in efigy after the Har-
ding election as alive, healthy
and growing. She argued that
the mass of Republicans who
voted for Harding did so because
they were convinced that the
United States under his admins
tration would enter the League.
This league was politically de-
feated, she said. because it was
associated with the Versailles
Treaty.
Miss Mason cited five disputes
which the League has settled
without war. one of them being
the same Polish German bounda.
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31
The Farmer And Protection.

The American farmer sells in
the cheapest market in the
world, being the export market.
He buys in the dearest market in
the world.
When he takes his meager 80
cents per bushel return on his
export wheat to his store he
often finds it deprecated in pur-
chasing power to so cents by our
tariff. His wheat, cotton and
corn prices fix his other prices.
Representing, as he does, so
per cent of our purchasing pow
er, he loses $1,000, 900, 900 an
nually on his purchases. being
half of the surcharge in domes-
tic prices due to super-protec-
lection. He is in no condition to
lose this $2,OOO,OOO,O ,OOG. Strange
indeed if his leaders, instead of
saving this, permit it to continue
in consideration of excessive
tariff rates on farm products
that have been tried out in the
emergency tariff for many
months and proven to be of no
value, because not even provi-
dence can make our tariff in
crease export prices.
There are two big differences
between farmers and maDufac-
turers regarding protection:
Cd Manufacturers can add
all their protection to their prices
because the Government prohib-
its competition from abroad to
the limit of the protecting rate.
The farmer, however, must sell
most products at foreign prices.
~ AS farmers consume half
of all products, they pay half of
all wholesale and retail margins
added to duties as part of prices.
They pay SIS, ,oOO,O 600 to get $50,
600, 900 protection on wool: but
the very few owners of hosiery
and knit goods factories paid
less than 100000 towards their
protection of S192, 600. 600 in 1919.
The farmers pay $4,000, 900 to
get 81, 800, 900 protection of flax
seed. He gets all the duty on
wool and haxseed because none
is imported.
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31

~ dispute which one of the auti-
league debaters previously had
instanced as an example of the
failure of the League to reach a
just decision or abide by a fair
and legal plebiscite. The reason
the League brought about dis
armament, she said was because
the United States stayed out.
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31
Hardin County Girl Wins.

A Hardin county girl-Miss
Sue Belle Mason, a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. R. Mason, of
Sonora, achieved credit for
winning debate upon the ques-
ton of the League of Nations is
told in the following article from
the Louisville times:
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31

CHAPTER LAT the death of his foster
father, Bruce Duncan, in an eastern city,
receives a mysterious message, sent by q
Mrs. Ross, summoning him peremptorily
to southern Oregon-to meet Linda"
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31

CHAPTER III.-At his destination,
Trails End, news that a message has
been sent to Bruce Is received with
marked displeasure by a man introduced
to the reader as Simon"
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31

CHAPTER II.-Bruce has vivid but baf-
fling recollectio1s of his childhood in an
orphanage, before his adoption by New
ton Duncan. with the girl Linda.
New Britain herald., 1922-01-27
LEGAL NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICE.

Taken by virtue of an EXECUTION to me directed, and will be sold at PUBLIC VENDI'E to the highest bid der at the public signpost in tho Town of New Britain, l4 days after date, which will be on the 9th day or February, A. D., 1922, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon, to satisfy said Execution and my fees thereon, the following described property to wit: Electric Light Fixtures, 1 Heating Stove, l lot of Stove Pipes, Gas Stove, Tables, 1 Fruit Bench, l lot ot Wrap ping Paper, 1 IceboX, Chars, iuu box of Wooden Trays, full case Swft's Arrow Borax Soap, E Bbl. or Vinegar, E Bbl. of Pickles, cases or Drinking Soda, Floor Mops, II BUS. of Ammonia, 6 cans Evaporated Milk' cans of Peas, 10 cans of Stove Poi- ish. A cakes I'els Naptha Soap ana 30 s-lb. Bags of Salt, all located al oo Tafayette street in said Town of New Britain.
 Dated at New Britain, this 27th day of January, 1922.
 GEO. A. STARK,
 Constable.
New Britain herald., 1922-01-27
BANK HOL|DAYSFOR
 FEBRUARY LISTED
Schedule of 0bseryances for
 Coming Month

New York, Jan 27.-The following calendar of bank and public holidays which will be celebrated in February in the states and countries and on the dates enumerated below is furnished by the Guaranty Trust company of New York
 Wednesday, February 1-China, Federated Malay States Siam, Straits Settlements.
 Thursday, February 2-Austria, Brazil, Fernando Pc. Hungary
 Friday, February 3-Paraguay, Arizona.
 Sunday, February 5-Mexico.
 Friday, February 10--Malta.
 Saturday, February 11-Japan.
 Sunday, February 12-China, Per sia. In the United States: California Colorado Connecticut, Delaware, H. linois Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ken lucky, Michigan. Minnesota. Missouri Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jer- sey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Ten nessee. Utah, Washington, West Vir- ginia and Wyoming; also in Alaska Hawaii and Porto Rico.
 Tuesday, February 14-ln the United States Arizona. Wednesday, February 15--New- found,ond Rumania, Siberia | Ukrainia.
 Saturday, February 1S.--Malta Persia.
 Sunday, February 19--Cypres Wednesday, February 22--Panama Siam. In the United States: lr every state in the Union and the Dis trict of Columbia; also in Alaska
New Britain herald., 1922-01-27

during the war and since, has brought into use great coal saving inventions expensive grates, and the like, which have vastly prevented waste of fuel, but which when coal was cheaper. were not considered economically necessary. The result has been to considerably reduce the demand for coal.
 Independent ironmasters claim, too, that the high price of coal is an important factor in retarding econ omic and industrial reconstruction, by increasing the price of iron products and thus keeping the producer from buying.
 Now to all this President Lewis of the coal miners union replies that he cannot consent to any wage reduc- tion and, indeed, feels that an in- crease is necessary
 For these reasons l feel coal strike is inevitable.
New Britain herald., 1922-01-27
ARCHBISHOP FEARS
 ANTI-CATHOLICS
Father Curley of Baltimore Declares That All Catholics Must stand
 Together.

Washington, Jan. 27.-Archbishop Curley of Baltimore. addressing the local membership of the Holy Name societies yesterday, declared that un- less Catholics stood together and de- fehded their rights as American citl- zens and as Catholics" against anti- Catholic agitation which he said had become intensified in the last seven years, they would be swept off the map"
 1T do not believe in the policy ad- vocated by some to let sleeping dogs lie'." Archbishop Curley said. If you let men walk on you, on your rights as American citizens and as Catholics they will walk on you and they are right" Asserting he had watched the growth of an anti-Catholic campaign particularly in the southern states ir the last seven years, the archbishop said that he had become convinced that if you fight back those whom you fight will respect you, and if you do not. they will not"
New Britain herald., 1922-01-27
BY HERBERT HOOVER

Secretary or Commerce.
 Much as we all regret 1t, believe a great strike of soft coal miners to be inevitable for the following req sons:
 About 20 per cent. of the mines are non-union. These operators have been able to adjust their wage scales downward, thus enabling them tc keep down the cost of production and to grab off the cream of the trade during the past year at the expense of the unionized mines and miners.
 The non-union operators have beer enabled to give their miners more steady employment, while the unior miners have worked on the average only 1s2 days of the year. which al s7.50 average minimum wage peI day would give them but $1,365 2 year.
 But this is not the worst of it This average of 1S2 days employment has not been evenly distributed Many union miners have worked fal less than 1S2 days, so that many O them have had bare living, other! less than an existence.
 Loss of business 10 the unloH uiIe' has naturally depressed the operators while the sight of non-uDion miners getting steadier employment did no tend to raise the spirits of the uniol miners.
 No Wage Agreement.
 2-No wage settlement, as l see it between the union miners and theiI operators can correct this fact of th' non-union mines. Again man! operators feel they cannot attend { wage conference because of the in junction issued by Federal Judge An derson at Indianapolis.
 But the coal problem is mucf broader than the foregoing. The op orators feel that it is due to the higf price of American coal, caused b! high wages and high transportation costs, that we have lost our foreigr export coal trade, which was normal ly i,500,000 tons the month ant which occasionally reached a maxi mum of three million tons. All tha Is gone now.
 England Is actually exporting coa to ports on our coast where she hal aot before sold for 20 years, Trans Atlantic ships no longer bunker at ou' ports but carry their entire coa supply from the European side.
 Inventions Save Conl.
 Then again, the high price Of coa
New Britain herald., 1922-01-27
HARVEY SEES POINCARE
Conference Today Expected to Develop
 ImnOrtant Results

Paris, Jan. 27.-(By the Associated Press)--George Harvey American ann bassador to Great Britain who attend ed the Cannes conference of the allied supreme council, was to confer today with Premier Poincare. The meeting is looked upon as unusually important in view of the statement by MT. Har- vey last night that, before returning to London, he would take the oppor- tunity of making clear to the French
New Britain herald., 1922-01-27
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New Britain herald., 1922-01-27

government the American viewpoint with regard to the proposed interna- tional economic conference at Genoa as we'll as the worlds financial and economic position generally.
 The decision of President Harding as to United States participation in the Genoa conference is thought to hang largely on the result of these conversations.
New Britain herald., 1922-01-27
HEAVY GAS BILLS LED
 DRY AGENTS TO STILL

Houston, Texas, Jan. 27.-Investiga- tion by prohibition officers of the records of the gas company for large bills from small houses in Houston Texas, led to the finding of a large private disti1ling plant and the arrest of the owner. A gass bill of $45 di- rected suspicion toward the premises where the still was found.
New Britain herald., 1922-01-27
ANNOUNCEMENTS

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