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, 1922-08-23
THE KILLERS CHARGE TOO LATE

TIE lear reared up, snqrling viii prata, but for a moment it
dared not charge. The sudden appearance of the girl and the horse
held him momentarily at bay The girl sOung to the ground IN
ohe len. fired again, thrust her arm through the loop of the bride
rein. then knet at Bruces side. The white blade that she carried
in her left hand slashcd at his bonds.
The horse, plunging, seemed to jerk her body back and forth,
and endless seconds seemed to go By before the last of the thongs
Wds Sepered In reality the whole rescue was intellectually sapIt.
The man helped her all he could. "Up-up into the saddle" she
commanded.
Once more the pistol cracked. Then the horse broke and ran
IN a frenzy of terror. Bruce ~s full in the saddle by then, and
cVsn al the first leap has arm swept out to the girl on the ground
beside him. He svang her towards him. and at the same time her
hands caught at the arching back of the saddle Never had her fine
young strength been put TO a greater test than uhen she pulled
herself up to a position of security.
The KILLERS charge had come a feD seconds too late.
Here you have then-the hero, the heroine and the great grizzly
which dominates more than scene in 1.-THE Strength of the Pines"
For this stirring story is a tale IF the Oregon wilderness, where nature
makes civilized IA look small. But to the right kind If man nature
gives strength from her strength. BY the girls cabin stands a great
sentinel pine. And from the army of pines at its back comes the strength
that gives this city ma thu power o win at long odds from the evil
clan of mountaineers tina; menaces him and the girl he loves.
This is Edison MarshalPs second novel. He's a native of Oregon
and lives att edford. He began to attract attention in 1916 when he
was a newspaper ma by his short stories. In 1921 he wn the first
THE Heart of Little shikars" His first book was 1.-THE Voice of the
Pack" which vas published in 1920 and is still selling. Read 1.-THE
Strength of the Pines" and you will e why his public has beer won.
, 1922-08-23

nable." he said significantly. But III
take the little beggar. anyway"
And thus Bruce went to the cold
fireside 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 a g~entleman's house
as far as the meaning of the word
usually goes-and Bruce had beer af-
forded a g~entleman's education. There
vas 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 It be
called a home. There was nothing
homelike in 1t to little Bruce.
The other lasting memory was of
Linda. She represented the one liv-
ing creature in all his assemblage of
phantoms-the n person with whom
he could claim real kinship. He had
done a bold thing, after his first few
years with the Duncans. He planned
it long and carried 1t out with infinite
care as to details. He wrote to Linda,
In care of the superintendent of the
~orpbanage.
The answer only d%eepened the
mystery. Linda Vas missing. Whether
she had u away, or whether some
one had come by in a closed car and
carried her Off as she played on the
lawns, the superintendent could M
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
no 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
come 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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He had only n few minutes - wait !;
then Barney Wegan tapped at his
door. This man was bronzed by the
sun, never more fit, never s~traighter
and taller and more 1.-the. He had just
come from the far places. The m
barrassment that Bruce had detected
in his voice was in 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 l was cautioned by all
the devils of the deep to see you-the
moment / came here"
cigarettes IN the smoking-stand,''
Bruce said steadily. "And tell away"
But tell me something first. Was
Duncan your real father? If he was,
I'll know I'm up a wrong tree. l don't
NEAR to be personal"
"He wasn't. / thought you knew it.
My real father is something like you
something of a mystery"
II won't be a mystery long. He's
not, eh-that's what the old bag said.
Excuse me, old man, for saying 'hag.'
But she was one, If there is any such.
Lord knows who she is, or whether or
not she's a relation of yours. But I'll
begin at the beginning. You know 1
was way back on the Oregon frontier
back in the Cascades. 1 was fishing
for steelhead in q river they call the
Rogue. While way up on the upper
waters l heard of a place called Trails
End-a place where wise men do not
60"
And Of eourse you went?"
o 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 enormous-no one
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 in 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
old woman sent word. secretly, to
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III

There had not been time to make In
quiry as to the land Bruce was going
to. He only knew n thing-that
it was the wilderness. The fact that
he had no business plans for the future
and no financial 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 It.
But the idea that others also-havlng
no business relations with his father
might be Interested In this western
journey Of his did not even occur
to him.
But the paths men take, seemingly,
with wholly different aims. crisscross
, 1922-08-23

sturdy fellow" he said, as Bruce was
ushered in.
The mans eyes Travelled slowly from
the child's curly read 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 my. 1t was
the wlfe'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 conjec-
lures as to his WI parentage, thought
that some key might be given him at
last. There is nothing hat we "a
tell you, Mr.. Duncan he said at
last. "a woman brought him here
with an infant girl-when he was
about four. l suppose she was his
mother-and she didn't wait to talk
to me. The nurse said that she wore
%outlandish clothes and had plainly had
a hard time"
But she didn't waltz
"She dropped her children md fled"
A cold little smile fiickered at the
mans lips. ut looks rather dam
, 1922-08-23
By EDISON MARSHALL
Author of The Voice of the Pack

II told her there might be several
Newton Duncans In a city this size.
You should have seen the pain grow
on her face. After SO long, after so
longp she cried. in the queerest. sob
bling way. Then she took heart and
began again.
"sThis Newton Duncan had a SON
a foster-son-named Bruce she told
me-. And then / said l knew you.
You can't imagine the change that
came v 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 l asked why she hadn't
written to Duncan. The answer was
how to write. Those in the mountains
that could write wouldn't, or couldn't
she was a trifie vague on that point
dispatch a letter. Something is up,
Bruce. and l don't know what. But
she said-for you to come back and
find-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 IA no time to lose The mans
voice broke and changed. Isn't thai
queer, Bruce?'
Bruce slowly %stiffened the only sign
of emotion was one hat even Barney's
eyes, trained to the dimness of the will
derness, failed to see. It was just au
ever-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 was Linia?"
II didn't get that idea" Barney an
sw e. "She spoke of Linda as she
might a young girl"
And how do you get there?"
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 urned-his dark
eyes glowing beneath his straight
brows.
Tn 'phoning-asking for reserva-
tions on the first train west" he an
swered.
, 1922-08-23
AT Iast-at last" she cried.
you've come at last"
fTo BE c%oNrINUEpJ

This Earth's Fourth Warm Period.
About 10000 years Z ice began
to cover the northern part of The
United States and all OF Cinadh for
the fourth and Inst time. We arr rrw
living in the fourth warm pcripe.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02

IoWH-ueSlgneQ Dy tneSe 1al
MEADOWBROOK Hats
that present the sports modes
with distinctive originality
RAWAK Millinery of va
ried M Cd es, from sports to
evening, from strictly tailored
to exquisitely elaborated
VOGUE-A name standing
for the ultra-smart in tailored
Hats
BRUCKWEISS = Flowered
transparent affairs, like Sum-
mer dreams
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
For "Easter"
Observation-Disclosures

They include all kinds of
pretty little Baskets; also
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Rabbit.
The Stork Candy Box.
Bunny Head Candy Box.
Eggs-all sizes-that can be
filled with goodies.
Easter Cards-Party Favors.
Jack Horner Pies-with IL
favors in each pie. These are
beautifully made of crepe paper
and will add to the table deco
rations.
Also there are dear little
Baskets with tops made Of
Eggs and the bottom a candy
container.
And there are numerous
other things we could tell you
about. but won't you come and
see all these attractive novelties
and judge for yourself?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
Announcing Extensive
Selection of The
Miller 6 Rhoads
Town &C0untrv
TWeeds

III two-piece Easter Suits, man
tailored, and full range of Eas-
ter colorS, $500.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
Exclusive Easter Hats

ou will find nowhere else in
I'd houses:
KURZ-Gay creations with
young artness for the
miss
R1EHL-Semidress models.
appropriate in SO many places
that they are economies as
we'll as masterpieces of Mil
linery-
SCHWALBE-Dressy Hats,
most Of them owning a nat
ural dignity that is charming
on the matron-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ity in Millinery for tailored
costumes and for dress
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
Framed Notices

Sentiment Cards, in the pref
test little gilded frames, and
are very nice to give as an
Easter remembrance, now
priced at the low price Of 25c
each.
Basement, South
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02

o-Ply Satin Striped Voilcs-3S
inches wide, very good quality.
and including some of the new
est prlntings in French designs.
Priced at S1.25 a yard.
BrOcaded YOiles-38 inches wide:
very fine wolfe with brocaded
dots and figures. Priced at CSC
yard.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
MISUNDERSTANDING
Values in Handmade
BlOuSeS
at $2.98 to 1898

Every one Of them is trimmed
with real handmade Filet lace!
Exquisite hand drawnwork p,
we'll. At sos, a Blouse with
l la-inch rose pattern Filet lace.
At S3.9S, Blouses Of very fine
French Wolfe and Dimity. Fa-
vored Easter models.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
Noz0 Displaying
Smart Writing Papers
(F1-0m OVer-SeaS)

We have just received a new
assortment of Imported Writing
Paper Of French, Italian and
Spanish manufacture. They are
unquestionably beautiful and
most re son bly, priced. And
they are SO attractively boxed
that one is likely to desire them
for gifts.
They are shown in our Engrav-
ing and Fine Paper Department.
Basement, South
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
You Will Be Shopping!-

e Wqe Wor OF weeed women this week In fashion
% the Fifth Avenue shopper Miller Roads will
the beautiful
You Will md marvellous climax
Spring "
EASTER Weeks from Today
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02

Ratinspun Suitings-36 inches
wide. This cloth is fine bas-
ket weave, and comes in a full
range Of Spring colors. Priced
at SOC yard.
Novelty Check Suitings-36 inches
wide; one of the newest Spring
materials for sport skirts, etc.
Priced at $1.19 a yard.
Floor One, Central
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
New Corners in Wash Fabrics

Examine each of the four numbers mentioned below and
see If you too won't they're among the petties fabrics
you've for Spring Frocks
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-23

and that there was a Is percent loss
in the oats crop, figured on the basis
of the out-turn in 1920. Russia, Por-
tugal and the Serb-Slovene states were
not reported on.
With a Sc percent greater supply of
rye and seven percent more wheat
than in 1920 we find the bread supply
increased by As percent, as rye is a
favored bread grain in Europe. Pota-
toes, a prime necessity, seemingly fell
short from seven to 10 percent, taking
the average of the countries reported
from.
This increase in bread grains by no
means provide large surplus, but the
| inability of the stricken nations to buy
and consume freely, partially accounts
| for the comparatively low prices on
wheat and rye in the worlds markets,
as figured in American dollars. I'm
imagine what would be the result if
we could actually get distribution of
! the grain needed into the famine dis
tricts of Europe and Asia, until all
were adequately fed and supplied with
seed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-23
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanporn

also dispose of lot of heavy White
Rock hens a. the same time, at gong
prices for chickens. This experiment
with capons seems to be so satisfac-
tory" said Mr. Rooms, that / intend
going into the business in much larg-
er way the coming SPRING Capons
are always in demand and we have
never known the capon market to be
over supplied, although at times prices
are better than at other seasons.
Federation Us Growing
The national secretary of the Amer
lean farm bureau told the annual con-
ference of Illinois farmers, at Spring
field that the statement that the farm
bureau is losing members is unquali.
tedly false. 1t is gaining in members
at the rate of 10000 per month" In
asmuch as the central headquarters
collects 30 cents per capita on the en-
tire membership, Mr.. Coverdale should
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-23
Farm Sale Calendar
Tuesday, January "a,

Harry Robinson, c. E. Thomason,
on old Jesse Hunt farm, IL miles
southwest of Whitewater; miles
north of Richmond on old Mt. Vernon
road Dissolution sale, 1920 a m.
Joe Tennel farm, miles south of
Lynn and l mile west of Lynn; gen
eral farm sale.
Ernest C. Collins on Alva White
farm; miles south of New Madison
miles northeast of New Paris. Clos
ing out sale.
Wednesday, Jan. IS.
Wayne Smock, one mile west, one
mile south of Lynn. General farm
sale; 10 a. IN.
Rife H. Gard. on W. w. Gard farm,
7 miles west of Eaton, miles east of
Boston. Ind. miles south of Camp
bellstown, on West road; 10 a. m.
General farm sale.
r. c. Ritz, general farm sale, We'd
nesday. Jan. %. One mile north and
three fourths mile west of New Paris.
o., on the Pleasant Hill road
Thursday, January &c
Boston township community sale. at
Boston An all-day affair, with din
ner. music and a basketball game on
the program. Forest Druley will do
the selling.
Tuesday, January 81.
Rufus Raper, 4 miles south of Rich
mond on Straightline pike; general
sale.
Wednesday, Feb. I.
o. L. Daily, on Will Baker farm, 6
miles north of New Paris and one.
quarter mile north of Pleasant Hill
church Closing-out sale, 10 o'clock
5. NJ. Parrish, two miles west OF
Webster, three miles south, one-hail
east of Williamsbu burg; closing out sale
1890 a N.
W. II. Brown, Connersville. General
stock sale.
Tuesday. Feb.
Charles S. Ginger, 21a miles north
east of williamsburg. Closing out sale
Wednesday, Feb. 8.
Oren Gates and o. G.. Hunt, on farm
known as Jesse Townsend farm, three
quarters mile south of Whitewater
dissolution sale. $50.
Thursday. Feb. 9.
Harrington Bros, on Harrington
farm, one mile east of Fountain City
1900 d. m. General farm sale.
Wednesday, Feb. IS
Howard Harter; one mile from Will
iamsburg. on Richmond pike. Genera
farm sale
Thursday, Feb. 16
o. ]. Oler, three miles south of New
Madison. General farm sale
Tuesday, Feb. 81.
sOne and One-half miles west of Has
erstown; Working Keagy Macy; clean
uB sale; 10 a. IN.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-23

A farmer living near Spartanburg IN
Randolph county told a story about
a big hog at the meeting in that burg
the other evening. This "stag" weigh
ed a good 1000 pounds. he said, and
the butchering was a mans sized JoD'
in fact it took several of US to DO the
work A tree and a block and tackle
was a part of the equipment. Inc
output OF lard was 457 pounds, ne
stated.
John Duke, Of Williamsburg, tells OF
rendering $50 pounds of lard from
80 pound stag" killed at the Grant
Watkins plant, few days since. This
ranks as the heaviest hog killed at
the plant this season
A team of registered Belgian mares,
s and 9 years old, topped the morse
Offering at the w f. Champion sale,
at $500 for the pair, Seven horses
went under the hammer. The net OF
the sale was given at S4,S90
The NJ. r. church at Williamsburg
will be the scene of large farm gath
ering on Monday night, at the Green
township bureau meeting. In add
ton 10 few remarks from Dolan, Pit
finger and Hunt, the program includes
music and good things to eat, as the
story runs.
Finds Capons Profitable
J L. Rooms, a farmer living on route
out of Camden, over toward Gratis
tells us that he is experimenting Will
White Rock capons this year, and thai
the venture has been found profitable
He has 65 of these capons, all las
springs chickens, the smallest o
which now weigh 10 to II pounds
while some of them weighed up to II
pounds last week.
Mr.. Rooms says he thinks this
good time to market these birds, ant
that they will bring high prices II
New York He does not intend. how
ever, TO ship them, either alive o
dressed, to strangers in that distan
market. but will dispose of them a
the Parker plant at Eaton, Mr.. Parke
having offered 80 cents a pound 10
the birds alive at the farm. He vii
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-23
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-23

know. The Chicago officials have re-
Gently asked that membership fees be
RENTED monthly by the state officials
instead of their waiting to make an
nual or semi-annual settlements.
Now Going Concern
The live stock sales plan is having
it's only tryout to date. at the East
st. Louis yards, where there are some
so commission firms. The first week s
business was A cars and in the second
week 81 cars went over the "Produ.
Gers" scales. These shipments came
/. from Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. We
/ are not advised that any action has
! yet been taken TO install one of these
! associations at Indianapolis, or else
| where, but committee is looking over
the various fields and is figuring on
the chances for paying patronage.
4 tuberculosis in Poultry.
+! DR.. w. A. Billings. of the Mime
! sofa university, says there is no cure
4 for tuberculosis in the poultry house
! and that a few affected fowls may
communicate the disease to the entire
! flock, through the soil and contamina.
| ton from the droppings The germ
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-23

may be seen through a microscope,
and the best and right way to head of
the spread of this malady is with an
axe. Birds dying from tuberculosis
should be burned. 1t is generally be-
lieved that poultry does not become
infected from cattle and hogs, but this
is not definitely known to be true. L
is possible that certain of our wild
birds carry infection from flock to
flock, but this is only surmise.
Volume on the Farm.
Volume of business is a key to farm
prosperity, writes an Ohio man. He
gives this story as an example of what
he is driving at: "Of 80 Washington
county farms recently surveyed, the
| SO with a cash income over $4,000
| cleared three times as much money
as the 81 with less than $4,000 cominG
/ in each year
Bread Supply Increased.
The latest figures from the Inter
national Institute at Rome indicate
| that the wheat crop of the world in
! 1921 exceeded that of 1920 by seven
percent, that rye increased So percent
that the barley crop was about normal