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The train came to a sliding halt
at Deer Creek, paused an intinitesimal
fraction of a second, and roared on in
its ceaseless journey. That infnltesi-
NAL fraction was long enough for
Bruce, poised on the bottom step of a
sleeping car, to swing down on to the
gravel right-of-way. His bag, hurled
by a sleepy porter, followed him.
Duncan's next impression was one
of infinite solitude. He hadn't read
any guidebooks about Deer Creek, and
he had expected some sort of town.
But here was one little wooden struc-
ture with only three eides,-the open
ing facing the track. 1t was evidently
the waiting OOH used by the noun
tain men as they waited fSr their
local trains.
There were no porters to carry his
bag. There were nc shouting officials.
His only companions were the stars
and the moon and, farther up the
slope, certain tall trees that tapered
to Incredible points almost In the re-
gfon where the stars began.
The whole scene, for causes deeper
than any words may ever seek and re
veal hlONcu nlu past any experience
in his life. 1t was wholly new.
He turned about until the wind was
in his face. 1t was full of fragrances,-
strange, indescribable smells that
seemed to call up a forgotten world.
They carried a message to him. but as
yet he hadn't made out its meaning.
He only knew II was something mys-
terious and profound: great truths
that flickered, like dim lights. in his
consciousness, but whose outline he
could not quite discern.
Perhaps there were sounds, but they
only seemed part of the silence. The
faintest rustic In the world reached
him from the forests above of many
little winds playing a running game
between the trunks. and the stir of
the Little People, moving in their mid
night occupations. Each of these
sounds had lis message for Bruce.
They all seemed to be trying to tell
him something, to make clear some
great truth that was dawning IN his
consciousness.
He was not In the least afraid. He
felt at peace as never before. He
picked up his bag, and with stealing
steps approached the long slope be-
hind. The moon showed him a fallen
log, and he found n comfortable seat
on the ground beside 1t, his back
against its bark. Then he waited for
the dawn to come out.
The night hours passed. The sense
of peace seemed to deepen on the man.
He sat relaxed. his brown face grave,
his eyes lifted. The stars began to
dim and draw back farther into the
recesses of the sky. The round out
line of the moon seemed less pro
nounced. AID a faint ribbon of light
, 1922-08-30
CAT S

SYNOPSIS.-At the death of his
foster father. Bruce Duncan. in an
eastern city. receives a mysterious
message. SEM by a Mrs. Ross, sum-
moning him peremptorily to south
ern Oregon-to meet Linda"
Bruce has vivid but battling recol-
l%ections OF his childhood sn an or
phanage. before his adoption by
Newton Duncan. with the girl Lin
da. At his destination. Trails End.
the fac leaks out that "Old Elmira
has got word down to the settle
ments at last" The giant leader
of a clan of mo~untaineers prepares
to deal with Bruce upon his arrival.
, 1922-08-30
cThe Strength Of the Pines
Bp EDISON MARSHALL 4Ihm Of "The Dolce OF the Pack"

"T1l walk with you a way and show
you the road" Simon continued. The
Dol seemed deathly quiet as the two
men went out together.
They walked side by side until a
turn of the road tool them out of eye
range Of the store. "This is the road"
Simon said. "All you have to do is
follow it. Cabins are not so many
hat you could mistake 1t. But the
main thing is-whether or not you
want to CO."
about the mans meaning. 1t vas sim
ply a threat, nothing more nor less.
"Tve come a long way to go to that
cabin" he replied. I'm not likely to
turn off now"
There's nothing worth seeing when
you get there. Just an old hag-a
wrinkled old dame that looks like a
witch"
Bruce felt a deep and little under
stood resentment at the words. Yet
since he had as yet established no
relations with the woman, he had no
grounds for silencing the man. III
have to decide that" he replied. "Tm
going to see some one else, too"
Some one named-Linda?"
"Yes. You seem quite interested"
They were standing face to face in
the trail. For once Bruce was glad of
his unusual height. He Gid not nave
to raise his eyes greatly to look
squarely into Simon's. Both faces
were flushed, both set; and the eyes
of the older man frightened slowly.
81 am Interested" Simon replied.
You're a tenderfoot. You're fresh
from cities. You're going up there to
learn things that won't be n pleas
ure to you. You're going into the
real mountains-a mans and such MS
never was a place for tenderfeet. A
good many things can happen up
there. A good many things have hap
pened up there. 1 warn you-go
back"
Bruce smiled, just the faint flicker
of a smile. but Simon's eyes narrowed
when he saw 1t. The dark face lost n
little of its insolence. He knew
this huge son of the wilderness, and
he knew that no coward could smile in
such a moment as this. He was &C.
customed TO implicit obedience and
vas not used to seeing men smile
when he uttered a threat. 1--WE come
too far to go back" Bruce told him.
Nothing can turn
Men have been turned before, on
trails like this" Simon told him.
Don't misunderstood me. / advised
you to go back before, and / usually
don't take time or trouble to advise
any one. Now / tell you to go back.
This is a mans land, and we don't
want any tenderfeet here"
The trail is open,n Bruce returned.
1t was not his usual manner to speak
in quite this way. He seemed at once
to have fallen into the v%ernacular OF
the wilderness Of which symbolic ref
erence has such a part. Strange as
the scene was to him, 1t was in some
way familiar too. 1t was as If this
meeting had been ordained long ago;
that it was part of an memorable des-
tiny that the two should be talking to
gether. face to face, on this winding
mountain road. Memories-all vague,
all observation-disclosures through
him.
Many times, during the past years,
he had Weakened from curious dreams
that in the light of day he had tried
In vain to interpret. He was never
, 1922-08-30
CHAPTER VIII

In almost a moment. Duncan was
out of the thickets and into the biz
timber. AS far as he could see there
was nothing but the great pines climb.
ing up the long slope of the ridge. They
stood straight and aloof. and they were
very old.
He fell into their spirit at once. The
half-understood emotions that had
flooded him in the cabin below died
, 1922-08-30
gro BE c%oNrINupp.l
InfaInble Weather SLAMS.

Weather signs are as follows! A
red sunrise with lowering clouds later
means rain; n morning fog usually
melts away before noon; a deep blue
Sky means fair weather; a growing
Wilderness In the sky forecasts n Storm
fogs assure settled weather as a rule
a gray lowering sunset is a forerun'
ner Of rain.
, 1922-08-30

able to connect them with any remem
bered experience. Now it was as If
one of these dreams were comiug true.
There was the same silence about him,
the dark forests beyond, the ridges
stretching ever. There was some
great foe that might any instant over
whelm him.
81 guess you heard me-" Simon
said; 81 told you to so back"
And I hope YOU heard me too. I'm
going on. I haven't any more time to
give you"
"And I'm not going to take any
, 1922-08-30

"5wovaboo," she said, recall
Ing the name by which she called
him In her babyhood," you've
como to Linda"
, 1922-08-30

The Night Hours Passed. The Sense
Of Peace Seemed to Deepen on the
Man.
as they were,-those ancient, eternal
symbols and watchmen of the wilder
ness. And he knew them at last. ac-
quaintances long forgotten but re-
membered now.
"The pinesr" he cried. He leaped
to his feet with flashing eyes. II
have come back to the pinesi"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08
Field Bugs as Toys.

The field bugs, known In America a.
June bugs, have resumed their place
as toys for German children. An ex-
traordinary food Of the beetles has
sent hundreds of Beriiners into nearby
forests and fields to catch thousands
Of them and sell them to dealers who,
In turn. retail them 10 fond parents
and children. The bugs sell at ten for
a mark now, whereas before the war
a dozen could be bought for q few
pfennigs. The dealer makes 800 per
cent profit, those engaged In catching
them declare. Farmers encourage the
catching Of the bugs as playthings for
city children, as they are destructive
to the foliage Of orchards and vine
yards. The unusually large plague Of
field bugs has revived the custom Of
catching them for sale for the first
time since the war. An expert catch
err usually brings in about 1000 bugs
day. They live for about ten days as
playthings.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08
REFUSED TO BE DIVERTED
Successful Men Almost Invariably
Those Who Set Their Minds on q
Purpose, and Cling to It

1t is fine thing to see one who per.
severes till he has made a small thing
great, brought success out of failure,
victory out Of defeat. Often If the
traveller could have kept on till the
next turn of the road he would have
beheld the distant CLEAN of the city he
sought. and he would have been en-
eouraged to go the rest Of the way to
his refuge and his welcome. But he
surrendered to despair too soon. The
captain Of industry would have turned
his losses into profits could he but
have held on little longer-could he
only have obtained the capital to tide
him over" This inventor or this in
vestigator stood at the very brink Of
the solution Of a problem of the ages {;
but his time was up, and death came
and found him still reaching out into
the infinite, and he could not bequeath
his experience and his learning to an
other.
Those whose names are large in his
tory, for the honor that the world ac-
corded them because they were faith
full in its service, were not to be di-
verified from the goal toward which
they strove. They made up their
minds and they kept on. They did
not. in a moody, fitful restlessness,
abandon one thing and try another;
but they were ready to change if they
saw they had chosen wrong. When
they were once assured of being right
they continued in straight line with
out fiinching. They would not turn
aside for any bribe or influence. Their
minds were made up. Their hands
were at the pillow. They would not
leave the furrow till they had plowed
it straight through to the end.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08
THE KING OF LIARS

so FAR as successful impostures are
~ concerned. Giuseppe Balsamo, bet.
ter known by ais adopted title OF
Count Caglios1o" was undoubt-
edly the most remarkable man the
world has ever produced, for he not
only numbered his victims by the thou
sands but practiced his chosen art of
lying with such consummate clever
ness that he victimized cardinals and
princes as well as peasants and the
various classes lying between these
categeries. He was, in truth, "the
king Of liars" beside whom such mod
ern examples Of Cassie Chadwick and
Ponzi were the rankest amateurs.
AS a boy, Ralsamo gave early evi-
dence OF his sehemihg tendencies. and,
after being expelled from school, was
placed In the apothecary shop Of a
Sicilian monastery, where he set about
to master the science Of chemicals
and drugs. for which he appeared to
have q positive genius. It was while
n the apothecary's shep that Balsamo
sold to . credulsus peasant the secret
Of a mythical treasure cave" which
was supposed to b near by, but, when
the purchaser of the secret went to
examine the cave. 10 was set upon BY
q t'devtl" (Balsamo himself) and beat
en- nearly to death. For this escapade.
Giuseppe was banisAed from Sicily
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08

Africans were imported in slave days,
and chased back to the forest fast
nesses when the tax collector came
around. Many Of them found their
tropical environment there SO home
like that they eluded their owners.
The Indians are mostly Arawaks.
streets Shaded by Mahosanies.
Paramaribo has the Immaculate ap-
pearance Of Dutch city; it has one
natural extravaganza Of which it Is
proud, It's streets lined with mahog-
any shade trees. For the trees on
one block, spreading over neat
weatherboard houses, a lumber firm
once offered $4,000, and the residents
declined to sell.
Yet Paramaribo, like Dutch Guiana,
needed the money. Thrifty and care
full development of Suriname's re-
sources met with a series Of untoward
circumstances First the cacao YIELD
ed bountiful crops and then suffered
blight. Sugar cane was introduced,
and was attacked by a disease. The
indomitable colonists turned to ba-
nanas, and an epidemic overlook
them. Yet in 1911 the little colony
exported 100000 worth of goods,
mostly sugar. gold and cacao. Back
In Its timberlands American. firms
now are obtaining wood pulp. A rail-
road pushes fifty miles into its for
ests. Despite early disaster, sugar is
the chief crop.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08
Town In France.

The geography lesson was about to
begin, and the subject os It was
France.
Accordingly the teacher started of
with the question: "Now In this
past terrible war who was our princi-
pal allyn"
France" came the answer from q
chorus of voices"
"Quite right" said the teacher,
beaming. Nov can any Of you give
me the name Of a town in Francer'
A small boy at the back Of the
class almost fell over in his eagerness
to tell. Somewhere" he said breath.
lessly. - Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tel
graph.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08

! find that I can work in the laundry all
through the time and do my housework,
too. Last month ! was SO surprised at
myself to be up and around and feeling
20 good while before used to feel COM
pletely lifeless. l have told some Of the
girls who work with me and have such
troubles to try Lydia E. Pinkham' sVeRe-
table Compound, and I tell them how It
has helped me. You can use my testi-
monial for the good of others. Mrs.
BLANCHE SILVIA, 50 Grant St., Taunton,
Mass.
It's the same story-one friend telling
another Of the value Of Lydia E Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08

troubles that women
sometimeshave, that
my doctor ordered
me to stay in bed q
week in everymonth.
It didn't do me much
good, 80 one day after
talking with a friend
who took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound for
about the same trou-
bles l had, l thought
-~.1Il 49, -
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08

Just write q postcard to US and send
Us your name and address. II you
would further add the name and adj
dress Of the dealer from whom you
usually buy your tobacco, we would
appreciate your courtesy.
Edgeworth comes in two forms
Plug Slice and Ready-Rubbed. Edge
worth Plug Slice is formed into fiat
cakes and then sliced into thin, moist
waters. One slice rubbed for a second
between the hands furnishes an aver
age pipeful.
Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed is al
ready rubbed for you. You pour it
straight from the can into the bowl
of your pipe.
Both kinds pack nicely, light quick
ly, and burn freely and evenly.
Edgeworth is sold in various sizes to
suit the needs and means of all pur-
chasers. Both Edgeworth Plug Slice
and Edgeworth Ready Rubbed are
packed in small pocket-size packages,
in handsome tin humidors, and also In
various handy in-between quantities.
For the free samples address Larus
& Brother Company, so South 21st
Street. Richmond, Va.
To Retail Tobacco Merchants: -
nyour jobber cannot supply you with
Edgeworth, Larus & Brother Com
pany win gladly send you prepaid by
parcel post . one or two-dozen carton
Of any si1e Edgeworth Plug Slice or
Ready-Ruhbed Tor the Same price sou
would pay the jobber.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08
h[StayShx5tSefliies


in marrying a strikingly beautiful
woman and changed his name to
Count Cagliostro."
His first venture on a large scale
was the invention Of an "elixir of
life" Of which he sold many Thousand
bottles at fabulous prices and, in order
to prove the value Of his own metE
cine, claimed to be more than 1000
years old and to have been present at
the time Of the crucifixion, which he
described with a wealth of detail omit
ted from the Scriptures. At that
time there was much talk, Of the
wandering Jew" and fhany persons
believed that Cagliostro was none
other than this personage-a belief
which the Sici1ian took care to foster
whenever possible.
When the success Of the "elixir of
life" appeared to be imperiled by the
death of number of persons who had
taken 1t, Cagiiostro hit upon the
scheme Of organizing Masonic lodges
for women, claiming that he was Of
divine origin and had received a spe-
cial mission to perform this work upon
earth-a statement which naturally
endeared him to a number Of women
Of sufficient wealth to assist him In
the accomplishment Of his other
schemes, which included the making
of diamonds and precious stones and
the transmutation Of base metals into
gold.
By virtue Of his various impositions,
Cagliostro was able to accumulate q
large amount of money and. when he
decided to move the headquarters OF
bis influence to France, 1t was mat
ter Of only a few days before he be-
came the most talked Of man in Paris.
It was he who used the Cardinal do
Rohan, Grand Almoner Of France and
one Of the shrewdest statesmen In
Europe, in the tragic affair of the dia-
mond necklace, which brought dis
grace or Imprisonment upon everyone
implicated. including the Italian him.
self, who was imprisoned in the Bas-
tile in 1885. but was finally acquitted
and ordered to leave France.
After drifting about Europe for .
number OF years, the prince Of impot
tors finally returned to Rome and was
condemned by the pope to life I'm
prisonment as a dangerous foe to re-
ligion. dying in a papal dungeon on
August 20. 1875, after having duped
all Europe, prince and priest and
peasant alike. But apart from Gag
liostro's strange and almost hypnotic
influence over practically everyone
with whom he came In contact, there
are a number Of mysteries concerning
the man which have never been ex-
plained-including his origin and his
exceptional ability for handling all
kinds of strange chemicals. In add
ton, there is the greatest mystery Of
all: His power Of prophecy manifest
ed upon numerous occasions, but par.
ticulariy when he announced that
Maria Theresa, empress Of Austria,
was dying, and word reached Paris
Eve days later that the empress had
succumbed at the very hour foretold
by the Italian count. Again. during
his Incarceration In the Bastile, Gag
liostro wrote upon the walls Of his
cell: within three years the Bastile
shall be destroyed and the people shall
dance upon its site"-another proph-
ecy which was carried out to the let
ter.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08
SHE DYED A SWEATER,
SKIRT AND CHlLD'S COAT
WITH "DlAMOND DYES"

Each package of Diamond Dyes" con.
tains directions SO simple any woman can
dive or tint her worn, shabby dr. ,es,
skirts. waists. coats, stockings, sweaters,
coverings, draperies, hangings, everything.
even if she has never dyed before: Buy
Diamond Dyes"-no other kind-then
perfect home dyeing is sure because Die-
mond Dyes are guaranteed not to spot,
fade, streak, or run. Tell your druegiee
whether the material you wish to dye =
wool or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton
or mixed roods.
You can tell sloven by the At q
her glove.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08
Regulating the Prodta

Your friends are talking about
putting up a magnificent monument
to you"
"Never mind about giving me the
monument" said Senator Sorghum.
"You give the monument to some
other fellow and let me supervise let
ting the contract
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08
Compulsory Error.

"You have made 4 few mistakes in
your policies"
Il was forced 10 do So" replied
Senator Sorghum. "On one OF two &C.
customs public opinion In my district
went wrong and was compelled
either to quit Or DO 60 along with it,
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08
A Good One Sent in by }. M.

He-Youl pardon me for hugging
you In the hall, won't you? The fact
is, / mistook you for my wife.
She (dubiously) Well, don't
know. I'll consult your wife and II
she says you've Rugged her within
the past six months I'll forgive you
Boston Transcript.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08

Portland. Oreg.-T could scarce
~ get around to attend my duties
on the farm and knowing that I
needed something to relieve this
condition. I went into q drug store
In Washington and asked the drug
gist what he thought would be best
for my condition. He Immediately
recommended DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery 80 bought Q
bottle and commenced taking 4
and It helped me right away. After
the second bottle I felt dne, my
appetite was greatly improved and
/ gained strength right along. I am
. man seventy-eight years Of age
and can get around as well az many
younger men and feel that owe a
great deal to DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery."-John Frank
lin Cox, 1248 e. Yamhill st.
Go at once to your neighborhood
drug store and get the Discovery"
In tablets or liquid and you'll be
surprised at the way you'll pick up.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08
He didn't like
white bread-or
ready-rubbed tobacco
And probably he preferred
horsecars to the trolley

He admitted frankly that his tastes
were peculiar. He didn't know why. e
was Just matter of fact that while hs
was an inveterate pipe smoker, hs
never smoked Edgeworth.
"But don't let that worry you. I
don't like white bread. And there are
many other things that nearly every
body know hkes-and I don't"
We have always recognized that no
one tobacco would just hit the taste
OF every pipe-smoker. We have always
known, too, that we COULDN'T make al
the pipe tobacco in the world even II
itwere possible to make a tobacco that
everybody liked.
So we have been content to Jog
along, seeking and finding men who
do like Edgeworth, who find its indi-
vidualfragrance exactly suited to their
taste.
Those are the men We want to smoke
Edgeworth. II we can give them the
fun joy Of smoking and keep our fac
tories running somewhere near capac-
fty, it is about all we expect-snd it il
enough.
One thing we do want to be sure Of.
Il b this: That every pipe smoker Try
Ed9eworth ut least once and judge
Tor himself whether or not It 3 the
Al =
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08

Where people are queer there is 4
good deal of food for thought In what
they say.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08
DOES LAUNDRY
WORK and
H0USEW0Rk TOO
Surprised to Find Her.
self Feeling So Well

Taunton, Mass. II used to have pains
In my back and legs 30 badly. with other
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08
Halt Price.

Btlly-DOube header this afternoon
Jimmie.
Jlmmie---Gee. that's great. Tw
games for o0e grandpother.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08

Grasp no more than thy hand WIN
hold.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08

'iEht tobacco Tor
him.
In = way, II Is 4
.e6sh desire On
9ur part, for We
EEL that most real
pipe smokers srW
ike Edgeworh.
But to make
It ~ easy -
\ possible for you
or any other
4 m an to test
Edgeworth, We
viii send you
free samples Il
you'll write for
them.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08
Operate AZ Ever.

Operate a. Ever,
Here's late picture Of my aunt
she's former prima donna" "WeA,
Isn't she sttll7 She looks large
enough"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08

Precedents save thinking.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08

Begin in time to finish without hxr-
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