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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22
lara "ReantifuI Hill.U

From the coming of Heremon, hus-
band of Tea, to the deS0latiOn Of Tara
in the Sixteenth century, 120 kings of
the Scotic or Milesian stock ruled from
their palace on the famous hill In the
annals of the Four Masters we read of
the fortieth in the list of Irish kings,
the renowned Ollav Fola, who institut-
ed the Feis or assembly Of Tara. His
real name was Eochy, the title Ollav
Fola. or Doctor of Erin, being given
him because of his extraordinary
learning. The ''feis tara" was the ma
tional parliament of the Ireland of it's
day, and met triennially for one week
at the period known as Samhaintide
(three days before and three days
after November day). The meeting
was held in the open air in fine wealth
er and in the banqueting hall in wet.
This hall was 500 feet long and from
60 to so feet wide, and had six or
seven large entrances on either side.
The site can still be traced.
The last king to reign at Tara was
Diarmaid, and no king after him, even
when called king of Tara, ever dwelt
upon 1.-The beautiful HILL"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22
IN SHADE OF HIMALAYAS
Majestic Panorama Displayed When
the Gray Clouds Break and Re-
veal the Great Mountain.

NOrthward from Darjeeling the
view of the HimaIaya mountains is
inspiring When the gray clouds break,
they reveal crystal ramparts, lifting
panorama Of range beyond range in
the blue distance. The primeVal for
est no longer extends to the snow
line. There are bare spots and grain
fields and hundreds of tea gardens
But the farther mountains are
clothed with great trees and with a
tangle of ferns and creepers, bamboos,
climbing palms and wild flowers. The
hill tribes living in these sOlitudes are
very diSsmilar in features, dress and
habits, but alike in their half-SuperSti-
tiOuS awe Of their great mountains
and in their quiet friendliness. Some
times q woman from the Himalaya
forests appears in the Darjeeling mar
&et place, bearing on her back, it
may be- bundle of fagOts for fire
wood, q burden less beautiful to west
ern eyes than armfulS Of scarlet
rhOdodendron blossoms or strange
hued orchids would be, but no less
precious to the heart Of a dweller in
a land Of unceaSing rain.-FrOm "1n
the Darjeeling Market-Place," by
Marietta Neff, in Asia Magazine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22
Disintecratinq, As 1t Were.

one of the most prominent and dig
nified business men of our town. AS
he passed me he raised his hat and
in doing so he knocked his cigar from
his mouth. Trying to catch the cigar,
he knocked his hat off. Also trying
to keep that from falling, his nose
glasses slipped from his nose, fell to
the walk and broke Gathering up
his scattered belongings, he remarked
that it looked as if he were coming to
pieces.-EXchange
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22
Chinese Wear Stoves.

Chinese women wear practically the
same clothes in winter as in summer.
In the most severe weather, however,
they wear heating baskets under their
cloakS.
These baskets are plain wicker ones,
such as we use for trash. Inside the
baskets charcoal warmers are placed.
They will radiate heat for hours.
The charcoal is mixed with chemi-
Gals that generate oxygen, and thus
the charcoal will burn constantly, even
though 1t is sealed in the containers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22
cirdle Reminder Of Ancient Times.


Girdles of metal, adorned with
brilliant ornaments, now quite COM
monty used largely for purposes of
ornamentatlon In women's dress, is
reminder, or the revival of custom
of ancient times, when they were
worn by both men and women to con-
fine to the person their long flowing
garments. They were not always of
metal, but often of linen or leather.
The girdle also served as the support
of weapons, utensils, bags or pockets,
etc. In the Middle ages books were
sometimes bound with a strip of flexi-
BILE stuff hanging from one end of the
volume, which could be drawn through
the girdle and secured.
Among some. people, even in this
day, the girdle is put to practical
use. Being large and loose, the scab-
bard Of a sword or long dagger is
passed through the girdle instead Of
being hung from it, a hook or pro-
jecting button serving to hold it in
place.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22

Stores and fat building-Best Bus
mess Location rented, good in
come property-Owner will sacrifice
for cash deal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22
DO MORE THAN GUARD SHEEP
Dogs of Scotland Are Also the Com
panions and Protectors of the
Crofter Children.

The sheepdogs of Scotland are
guides and defenders not only of the
sheep focks, but also the children of
the crofters. Were it not for these
shaggy, intelligent fellows, born shep-
herds Of the weak and defenseless, it
would be unsafe for the children to
go far from the lonely and isolated
crOfts in the outlying districts. The
schools are far distant and it is long
rough journey across the moor from
home to school and back again. And
SO the sheepdOg goes along with them
and safe-conducts them to and fro.
Moreover, he must carry the books for
them, for the little folk would be I'M
equal to the task Of carrying any eX-
ira weight in the long tramp. Over
the dogs back the books are slung
and no one need very for the safety
of the children or their belongings.
The sheepdOg knows his duty and is
proud and eager to do it.
The rural Libraries established by
the Carnegie trust are also using the
dogs in distributing books among the
homes of the crofters. In fact, it
would scarcely be possible for the in
habitants whose crofts are so far from
the library centers to share in this
great benefice, were there not the
sheepdOgs to act as librarians. Good
literature for the elders as well as the
children is dispatched and returned
on the sturdy backs of these reliable
dogs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22
Why Overcoats Are Dark Color.

Overcoats are generally of a dark
color for the scientific reason that
dark colors are the warmest. They
absorb in the winter all the heat pos
sible from the sun and, air.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22
Life for chiId's SLAYER.

Camden, N. j., June 13.-George
Elmer Monroe, the nineteen-lyear-ol
youth who confessed to killing seven
year-old Ida Kramer of Woodbury.,
was sentenced to life Imprisonment in
the state penitentiary at Trenton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22
THE MARKETS

FLOUR-Hard spring wheat-Short pat
ents, S.65Qf.75; special mill brands, In
98-lb. cotton sacks, $s.0OG8.O5; warehouse
delivery, sS.50Q&55. Sole winter wheat
Short patents, $5.90Q600.
HAY-No. l timothy hay, s24.00g26.O0;
No. light clover mixed. $22.O0G24.00; No.
2 timothy, $21.OOQ3S.O0; No. clover mixed
and No. mixed, s19.0OqH.O0 No. heavy
clover mixed and No. / clover, $4,000
1900; No. 2 light clover mixed and No. Q
clover mixed, $17.O0Q20.O0.
CATTLE-Prime steers, $9.OOG9.50 good
to choice steers. $SoeGS9O: feeding steers,
s600G7.75; heifers, $6.O0QS.40; yearlings,
fair to choice, s7.0O09.40;- plain to choice
steers, $6.00G8.00; plain to choice cows,
s42B7.25; Gamers, $2.75G3 40: cutters. 1876
@425; bologna bulls, So 7CG4B; good to
fancy calves, $9.50111.50
HOGS-Choice light butchers, s10.451
10.65: medium weight butchers, $10.350106O;
fair to fancy light, $10.15010.65; heavy
butchers. $s60104O; heavy packing, $3.50
$3.50; rough packing. sS.OOG9.5O; pigs.
$SO0G10 9
SHEEP-Good to choice lambs, $10509
150; spring lambs, $1250G1475: yearlings
- 6n71n5n- rzathnrs &c nnao - ------- >e
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22

One story house, nicely located,
six rooms, hard wood floors, large els
tern, city water, modern improve
ments-new garage-newly papered.
Very desirable home.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22

Property for Sale

38-acre splendid pasture and
hayland, running water, located
within five miles of city. The land
is known at the west forty This
land will be sold at once Terms 1-3
down, balance 5 years, at 6 per cent.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22

Two story. house, practically new,
good condition, large cistern, good
lot-This property is well worth the
money-$1, 200.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22

One story house, near school south
side-good lot, large cistern, electric
ally wired.-This property is very
reasonable.-Price $1,000
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22

Two story dwelling, north side, fine
garden, fruit trees, berry bushes, gar
age.-AH modern Improvements
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22
THEY'RE All at the Movie Temple.

What has become of the old-fash-
toned family that used to pass long
evenings in which one of it's members
read aloud from good el?-Chi
cagO News
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22

Vacant lot-east frcnt@1arge trees
cesspool, cement walk and curbing-
All ready for building desir-
able for any one contemplating build
ing.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-08-24

Needle Trail. 1t leads from behind the
cabin"
He tried to emerge from the dream
like mists that had enveloped him.
How far is it," he asked her steadily.
! ITO the end of Pine-Needle Trail"
she rocked again, clutched for n Of
his brown hands, and pressed it be-
tween hers.
Then she raised it to her dry lips.
Bruce could not keep her from it. And
after an instant more he did not at
tempt to draw it from her embrace. In
the darkness of that mountain cabin,
In the shadow of the eternal pines, he
knew that some great drama of human
life and love and hatred vas behind
the action and he knew with a knowl-
edge unimpeachable that it would be
only insOlence for him to try further
to resist it. It's meaning went too
deep for him to see; but it filed him
with a great and wondering w
Then he turned away, up the Pine
needle Trail. Clear until the deeper
forest closed around him her voice still
followed him-a strange croaking in
the afternoon silence. "At last" he
heard her crying. "At last, at last"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-08-24

In vain to interpret. He was never
able to connect them with any remem
bered experience. Now 1t was as IL
one of these dreams were coming 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 v
whelm him.
II guess you heard me-" Simon
said; 81 told you to go back"
"And l hope you heard me too. I'm
going on, 1 haven't any more time to
give you"
"And I'm not going to take any
more, either. But let me make one
thing plain. No man, told to go back
by me, ever has q chance to be told
again. This amt your cities-up here.
There amt any policemen on every
corner. The woods are big, and all
kinds of things can happen in them
and be swallowed up-as / swallow
these leaves in my hand
His great arm reached out with
incredible power and seized a hand
full Of leaves off a nearby shrub. 1t
seemed to Bruce that they crushed
like fruit and stained the dark skin.
"Pve already decided. I'm going
on.
Once more they Stood. eyes meeting
eyes on the trail, and Simon's face was
darkening with passion. Bruce knew
that his hands were clenching, and
his own muscles punched and made
ready to resist any kind of attack.
But Simon didn't strike. He laughed
instead-a simple deep note of utter
and depthless scorn. Then he drew
back and let Bruce pass on up the
road.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-08-24
CHAPTER VI


Martins was a typical little noun
tain store, containing a small sample
Of almost everything under the sun,
and built at the forks in the road.
Bruce entered slowly, and the little
group of loungers gazed ait him with
frank curiosity.
only one of them was of a type
sufficiently distinguished so that
Bruce's W curiosity was aroused.
This was a huge, dark man who stood
alone almost at the rear OF the build
ing-a veritable giant with savage,
bloodhound lips and deep-sunken eyes.
There was a quality in his posture
that attracted Bruce's attention at
once. No one could look at him and
doubt that he was a power in these
mountain realms.
He was dressed much as the other
mountain men who had assembled in
the store. He wore a flannel shirt yer
his gorilla chest, and corduroy trOu-
sers stuffed into high, -manE-seamed
riding boots
The dark eyes were full upon
Bruce's face. He felt them-Jnst as
IL they had the power Of actual physic-
al impaet-the instant that ne was
inside the door. Nor was it the
ordinary look of careless speculation
or friendly interest. II was such that
no man, to whom self-respect is dear,
could possibly disregard. 1t spoke
clearly as words.
Bruce flushed, and his blood made
a curious little leap. He slowly
turned. His gaze moved until it rested
full upon the mans eyes. 1t took all
of Bruce's strength to hold that gaze
The moment was charged with a mys-
FERROUS suspense.
The strangers face changed too. He
did not flush, however. His lips curled
ever so slightly, revealing an %instant's
glimpse of strong, rather well-kept
teeth. His eyes were narrowing too;
and they seemed to come to life with
singular sparkles and glowings be-
between the lids.
"Well?" he suddenly demanded.
Every man in the room-except one
started. The one exception was
Bruce himself. He was holding hard
on his nerve control, and he only con-
tinued to stare coldly.
"Are you the merchant" Bruce
asked.
mo, / amt" the other replied. you
usually look for the merchant behind
the counter"
There was no smile on the faces OF
the waiting mountain men, usually to
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-08-24
CHAPTER VIII

In almost a moment, Duncan was
out of the thickets and into the big
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
misunderstood emotions that had
flooded him in the cabin below died
within him. The great calm that is,
after all, the all-pervading quality of
the big pines came e him. Bruce
was rather tremulous and exultant as
be crept softly up the trail.
II was the last lap of his journey.
- the end of the trail he would find
.-....... Ind it seemed quite fittins
that she would be waiting there.
where the trail began, in the widest
heart of the pine woods. He was
quite himself once more-carefree.
delighting in all the little manifesto
lions of the wild life that began to
stir about him.
His delight grew upon him. 1t was
a dream coming true. Always, it
seemed to him, he had carried in his
mind a picture of this very land, a
sort of dream place that was a real
ity at last. He had known just how
it would be. He had always known
how the pine shadows would fall
across the carpet of needles. The
trees themselves were the same grave
companions that he had expected, but
his delight was all the more because
of his expectations. @
AS the trail climbed higher, the
sense of wilderness became more
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-08-24

pronounced. Even the trees seemed
larger and more majestic, and the
glimpses of the wild people were
o frequent. The birds stopped
their rattle-brained conversation and
stared at him with frank curiosity.
The grouse let him get closer before
they took to cover.
The hours passed. The trail grew
DINNER. Now it was just a brown
serpent in the pine needles, coiling
this way and that--but he loved every
foot of it. 1t dipped down to a little
stream, of which the blasting sun of
summer had made only a succession
of shallow pools. Yet the water was
cold to his lips. And he knew that
little brook trout-waiting until the
fall rains should make a torrent Of
their tiny stream and thus deliver
them-were gazing at him while he
drank.
By a queer pounding of his blood
Bruce knew that he was in the high
attitudes. He had already come six
miles from the cabin. The hour was
about six-thirty; in two hours more
it would be too dark to make his way
at all.
He examined the mud about the
spring, and there was plenty Of evil
dence that the forest creatures had
passed that way. Here was a little
triangle where a buck had stepped,
and further away he found two pairs
of deer tracks-evidently those of a
doe with fawn. A wolf had stopped
to cool his heated tongue in the wa
tiers, possibly in the middle of some
terrible hunt in the twilight hours.
Then ne found a huge abrasion in
the mud that puzzled him still more.
At the first he couldn't believe that
1t was a track. The reason was sim
ply that the size of the thing was In
credible-as If some one had laid a
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-08-24
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
10 southern O~regon-to meet LINDA"
CHAPTER u.-Bruce has vivid but baf-
1ing recollections Of his childhood in an
o~rphanage, before his adoption by New
ton Duncan. with the girl lind
CHAPTER III.-At his destination,
Trails End, news that a message has
been sent to Bruce is received with
mArSed dlspleasure by a man introduced
to the reader as Simon"
CHAPTER Tv.-Leaving the train,
Bruce is astonished at his apparent fa-
TO MS knowledge he has never been there.
He was not in the least afraid. He
felt at peace as neve before. He
picked up his bag, and with stealing
steps approached the long slope be-
hind. The noe showed him a fallen
log, and he found a comfortable seat
on the ground beside it, 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. And a faint ribbon Of light
began to grow In the east.
1t widened. The light grew. The
night wind played one more little
game between the tree trunks and
slipped away to the Home of Winds
that lies somewhere above the noun
tains. The little night sounds were
slowly stilled-
Bruce closed his eyes, not knowing
why. His blood was ieaping in his
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-08-24
CHAPTER V

The dawn revealed a narrow road
along the bank of Deer creek-a
brown little wanderer which, winding
here and there, did not seem to know
exactly where it wished to go. Bruce
didn't know which direction to take,
whether up or down the creek.
He gave the problem a moments
thought. stake the road up the
Divide" Barney Wegan had said; and
at once Bruce knew that the course
lay up the creek, rather than down,
A divide means simply the high places
between one watershed and another,
and Of course Trails End lay some
where beyond the source Of the stream.
The creek itself was apparently a
sub-tributary of the Rogue, the great
river TO the south.
Bruce was in a mood to be delighted.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-08-24

these early morning hours. ~He was on
the way to Linda a dream was about
to come true. The whole adventure
was Of the most thrilling and joy
u anticipations. He did not feel
the load of his heavy suitcase. 1t
was nothing to his magnificent young
strength.
The san rose higher, and be began
to feel its power. The sweat came
out on his bronze face, but he never
felt better in his life. There was but
n great need, and that was break.
fast.
A man of his physique feels hunger
quickly. The sensation increased in
Intensity, and the suitcase grew cor
respondingly heavy. And all at once
he stopped short in the road. The
impulse along his nerves to his leg
muscles was checked, like an cleo
trio current at the closing of a switch,
and an instinct of unknown origin
struggled for expression within him.
In an instant he had 1t. He didn'
know whence it came. 1t was moth
ing he had read or that any one hat
told him. 1t seemed to be rather the
result of some experience in his own
immediate life, an occurrence of so
long ago that he had forgotten it. He
suddenly knew where he could find
his breakfast. He set his suitcase
down, and with the confidence of a
man who hears the dinner call in his
own home, he struck off into the
thickets beside the creek bed. In
stinct-and really, after all, instinct
is nothing but m~emory-led his steps
true.
He glanced here and there, not ever
wondering at the singular fact that
he did not know exactly what n
Of food he was seeking. In a mo-
ment he came to a growth Of thorn
covered bushes, a thicket that only
the she-bear knew how to penetrate.
But 1t was enough for Bruce Just
to- stand at its edges. The bushes
were bent down with a load Of de-
licious berries.
He wasn't in the least surprised. He
had known that he would find them,
Always, at this season Of the year, the
woods were rich with them; one only
had to slip quickly through the back
door-while the mothers eye was else
w~here--to find enough of them not
only to pack the stomach full but to
stain and discolor most Of the face.
D,,A tN cnnrool 80 hfp, khof In rnnahaH
them easier than he expected. Either
the bushes were not SO tall as he re-
membered them, or-since his first
knowledge of them-his own stature
had increased.
When he had eaten the last berry
he could possibly hold, he went to
the creek to drink. He lay down be-
side a still pool, and the water vas
cold to his lips. Then he rose at the
sound of an approaching motor car
behind him.
The driver-evidently a cattleman-
stopped his car and looked at Bruce
with some curiosity. He marked the
perfectly fitting suit Of dark flannel,
the trim, expensive shoes that were
already d~ust-stained, the silken shirt
On which a juicy berry had been
crushed. "HOwdy," the man said after
the western fashion.
Show do you do" Bruce replied.
-How far to Martins store7"
The man filed his pipe with great
care before he answered. Jump in
the car" he replied at last, 'Sand I'll
show you. TN going up that way my
self"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-08-24

OF Peace seemed TO deepen on the
Man.
veins. An unfamiliar excitement, al
most an exultation, had come upon
him. He lowered his head nearly to
his hands that rested in his lap, then
waited a full five minutes more.
Then he opened his eyes. The
light had grown around him. His
hands were quite plain. Slowly, as
a man raises his eyes to a miracle,
ne lifted his face.
The forest was no longer obscured
in darkness. The great trees had
emerged, and only the dusk as Of
twilight was left between. He saw
them pla~inly,--their symmetrical
forms, their declining limbs, their tall
tops piercing the sky. He saw them
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
1.-THE pinesp he cried. He leaped
to his feet with flashing eyes. II
have come back to the pines !"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-08-24

CHAPTER lat the death of his foster
rather, Bruce Duncan, in An eastern city,
receives a mysterious message, sent by a
MIS-. Ross, summoning him peremptorily
10 southern Oregon-to meet LINDA"