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Elm ira had o n in and the coast was
clear, il wouldn't come TO his lips.
at seems Strange" he said. ito
come here only last highland then
to he leaving again."
II seemed TO his astonished gaze
that her lips tremb.ed ever so slightly.
I'VE have been waiting for each other
a long time, BwoyaboO." she replied.
She spoke rather low, not looking
straight at him. "And | hate to have
YOU go away so soon"
But I'll be back-in a few days
you don't know. No one ever
knows when they start out in these
mountains. Promise me, Bruce-to
keep watch every minute. Remember
there's nothing-nothing-that Simon
won't st0op TO do. He's like u wolf.
He has no rules of fighting. He'd just
as soon strike from ambush. How do
| know that you1l ever come back
againf"
But I will" He smiled at her, and
his eyes dropped from hers to her lips,
He reached out and took her hand.
"GoOd-by, Linda" he said. smiling.
She smiled in reply, and her old
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When the second hand Of the watch
In his pocket had made one more cir,
cult, both Bruce and Linda found
themselves upon their feet. The ten
sion had bro'en at last. Her emotion
had been curbed too long. Ii broke
from her IN a flood.
She seized his hands. and he started
at their touch. "Don't you under
standy' she cried. "You-you-you
are Folger's son. You are the hoy
that crept out-under this very tree
to find him dead. All my life Eimira
and ! have prayed for you to come.
And what are you going to dor
Her face was drawn In the white
tight Of the moon. Fer an instant he
seemed dnzed.
"Do?" ne repeated. 81 don't know
what I'm going to do"
"you DON'T" she cried. in Infinite
scorn. "Are Won Just clay, Aren't
yOu a man? Haven't you got arms to
strike with and eyes 40 see aiong n
rifle barrel? Are you a coward--and
a weakilng; one of your mothers
blood. Ia run awayf Haven't you any
thing tn avenge? thought YOU were
q mountain man-that all your years
I'm titles couldn't take that quality
svay from you'll Haven't you any
answer"
He looked up. q TRANCE HIGHT grow
Inc on his face. You mean-kil-
ing?"
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c4ufhor Of
The Toice of the Pack"

day and the night, and You can imag-
Inc them denying mans superiority
just as long as possible.
or course the saying is ridiculous IL
applied to cities or perhaps even TO
the level, cleared lands of the Middle
West. The reason is simply that the
wild life is practically gone from
these places. But a few places remain
in America where the reign Of the
wild creatures. during the night hours
at least, is still supreme. And Trails
End is one OF them.
Bruce dressed slowly. He wouldn't
waken the two women that slept in
the next room, he thought. He crept
slowly out into the gray dawn. He
made straight for the great pine that
stood a short distance from the house.
For ason unknown 10 him, the pine
had thought that it's limbs rubbed to-
gether and made wOrds--b ut OF the
words themselves he had hardly
caught the meaning. There was some
high message III them, however; and
the dream had left him with n vague
curiosity, an unexplainable desire to
see the forest monarch in the day
light.
He found to his delight that the
tree was even more impressive in the
vivid morning light than it had been
at night. He was constantly awed
by the size OF IT.. He guessed it's cir
conference as about twenty-five feet.
The grent lower limbs were them
selves like massive tree trunks. Its
top surpassed by fifty feet any pine
in the vicinity.
He felt stilled and Gained. Such
was its influence. And he turned with
a start when he saw Linda in the door
way.
"Tve been talking to the pine-alI
the morning. he told her.
"But II won't talk to yOu," she an
swered. at talks only to the stars"
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cheer seemed to return 10 her. Good
by, Bwovaboo. BE careful"
"r1l be careful. And this reminds
me Of something"
"What?"
'That for all the time I've been
away-and for all the time I'm going
TO be away now haven't done any
thing more-well, more intimate
than shake your hand"
Her answer was to pout out her lips
in the most natural way in the world.
Bruce was usually deliberate in his
motions but all at once his delibera-
ton fell away from him, There
seemed TO be no interlude of time be.
tween one position and another. His
arms ven about her, and he kissed
her gently on the lips.
But it was not at all as they expect
ed. Because Linda had not known
many kisses, this little caress beneath
the pine went very straight home in
deed to them both. They fell apart,
both Of them suddenly sobered. The
girls eyes were tender and lustrous,
but startled too.
"Good-by, Linda" he told her.
"GoOd-by, B~wOvaboo," she answered.
He turned up the trail past the pine.
He did not know that she stood
watching him a long time, her hands
clasped over her breast.
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Bruce and Linda had q long talk
while the sun climbed up over the
great ridges to the east and old FL
mira cooked their breakfast. There
was no passion in their words this
morning. They had got down to a
basis of cold planning.
Let me refresh my memory about
a few OF those little things you told
me-" Bruce requested. "First-on
what date does the tw~enty-ycar Pc
riod-of the Turner's possession Of the
land-expire?"
ION the thirtieth Of October, OF this
year"
Not very long, is it? Now you I'M
derstand that on that date they will
have had twenty years of undisputed
possession Of the land; they will have
paid taxes on It that long; and unless
their title is proven false between now
and that date, we can't eve drive
them OUT
That's just right"
And the fall term OF court doesn't
begin until the fifth Of the following
MONTH"
Eyes, we're beaten. That's all there
is to it. Simon told me so the last
time he talked to me-"
ut would be to his interest to have
you think S But Linda-we mustn't
give up yet. We must try as long as
day remains. II seems to me that
the first thing to do Is to find the trap
per, HudsOn-the n witness that is
still alive. He might be able TO
prove to the court that as my IA
ther eve owned the land in reality,
he couldn't possibly have decided it
to the Turner's. DC you know where
this Hudson isl"
II asked old Elmira last night. She
thinks she knows. A man told her he
had his trap line on the upper imp
qua, and his main headquarters-yOu
know that trappers have a string Of
camps-was at the mouth OF Little
river, that flows into the Umpqua.
But 1t Is a long way from here"
Bruce vas still a moment. How
far?" he asked.
1.-TWO full days tramp at the least
barring u accidents. But IL you
think II is best-you can start u to-
day.
Bruce was a man who made deci-
sioRs quickly. Then III staTt-right
away. Can you tell me how to find
the trail?"
8" ran only tell you to go straight
NORTH
"Then the thing to do Is 10 get ready
at once. And then try to bring Hud-
son back with me-down the valley.
After we get there we can see what
car be done"
Linda smiled rather sadly. SIN not
very hopeful. But IT'S our last chance
and we might as well make a try.
There Is no hope that the secret
agreement will show up in these few
weeks that remain. Wen get your
things together Mt once"
They b~rcakfasted, and after the
simple meal a finished. Bruce
packed fm tire journey. The tive
women walked with him. out unds,
the pine.
!. Bruce shook old Elmira's scrawny
hand: then she turned back ut once
into the house. The mar felt singu-
larry grateful. He began 10 credit
the old woman with a great deal Of
intuition. or else memories from her
%girihood OF long and long ago. He
did want a word alone with this
strange girl OF the pineE But when
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THE

SYN0PsIS.--At the death OF his
foster father. Bruce Duncan. In an
eastern city, receives a mysterious
message. sent by q Mrs. Ross. sum
monins MIN perenIptorily TO SOUTH
ern Oregon-to meet Linda"
Bruce has vivid but battling recoi-
iect;ons OF his childhood la an or
phanage. before his adoption by
Newton Duncan. with the girl Lin
la. At his destination. Traits End,
news that a message has been sent
to Bruce Is received with marked
~displeasure by "a man introduced
to the reader as "Simon." Leaving
the train. Bruce Is astonished at
his apparent familiarity with the
surroundings. though to his knowl-
edge he has never been there.
Obedient to the message. Bruce
makes his way to Martins cIoss-
roads store. for direction as to
reaching Mrs. Ross cabin. On the
way, Simon" sternly warns him
to give up his quest and return
East. Bruce refuses. Mrs. Ross,
aged and fnfrm. welcomes him
with emotion. She hastens him on
his way-the end Of "P.nA-Needle
Trail" Through a country puz-
zlingly familiar. Bruce Journeys,
and finds his childhood playmate.
LINDA. The girl tells him of wrongs
committed by an enemy clan on
her family. the Rosses. Lands oc-
cupied by the clan were stolen
from the Rosses. and the family.
with the exception of Aunt Elmira
CMrs. Ross, and herself, wiped out
by assassination. Bruce's father,
Matthew Folgers was one of the
victims. His mother had fed with
Bruce and Linda. The girl. while
small, had been kidnapped from the
orphanage and brought to the
mountains. Iinda's father a
decided his lands to Matthew Fol
ger, but the agreement. which
would confute the enemy's claims
to the property, has been lost.
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knew It. He was hungry too: but
hunger is m emotion for the beasts
OF prey TO keep carefully TO them
selves.
The Killer moved quite softly. One
would have marveled how silently his
great feet fell upon the dry earth and
with what slight sound his heavy
form moved through the thickets. He
moved slowly, cautiously-all the time
mounting farther up the little hill that
rose from the banks of the stream.
He cane to an opening In the thicket,
a little brown pathway that vanished
quickly into the shadows OF the COW
erts.
The Killer slipped softly into the
heavy brush just at its mouth. II was
his ambush. Soon. he knew, some OF
the creatures that had bowers in the
heart of the thicket would be coming
along that trail onto the feeding
grounds on the ridge. He had only
to walt.
The night wind, rising somewhere In
the region OF the snow banks ON the
highest mountains. blew down into the
Killers face and brought messages
that no human being may ever receive.
Then his sharp ears heard the sound
Of brush cracked softly as some one
Of the larger forest creatures came
up the trail toward him.
The steps drew neare and the
Killer recognized them. They were
plainly the soft football of some menu
Der of the deer tribe, yet they were
too pronounced 10 be the step OF any
of the lesser deer. The bull elk had
left his he'd. The red eyes OF the
grizzly seemed to glow as he waited.
Great though the stag was, only one
little blow OF the massive forearm
would be needed. The huge fangs
would have to close down but once
The bear did not move a single tell
tale muscle. He scarcely breathed.
The bull was almost within striking
range now. The wicked red eyes
could already discern the dimmest
shadow OF his outline through the
thickets. But all Mt once he stopped,
head lifting. The Killer knew that the
elk had neither detected his odor nor
heard him, and he had made no move
ments that the sharp eyes could de-
tect. Yet the bun was evidently
alarmed. He stood immobile, one foot
lifted, nostrlls open, head raised.
Then, the wind blowing true, the griz-
ely understood.
A pungent smell reached him from
below-evldently the smell OF a living
creature that followed the trail along
the stream that flowed through the
glen. He recognized II In an instant.
lie had detected II many times, par
ticularly when he went into the
cleared lands to kin cattle. Il was
man, ain odor almost unknown In this
lonely glen. Dave Turner. brother Of
Simon, was walking down the stream
toward Hudson's camp.
To the elk this smell was Fear 10.
self. He knew the ways OF men only
too well. Too many times he had
seer members OF his herd fall stricken
at q word from the glittering sticks
they carried In their hands. He ut.
tered a far-ringinE snort.
1t was n distinctive sound, begin.
ming rather high on the scale as q
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loud whistle and descending into a
deep bass bawl. And the Killer knew
perfectly what that sound meant. Ii
was a simple way OF saying that the
elk would progress no farther down
that trail. The bear leaped In wild
fury. n
The bull seemed to leap straight up.
His muscles had been set at his first
alarm from Turner's smell on the
wind, and they drove forth the pow
erful limbs as II by a powder explo-
sion. He was full In the air when the
forepaws battered down where he had
been. Then he darted away Into the
cOverts.
The grizzly knew better than to try
to overtake him. Almost rabid with
wrath he turned back to his ambush.
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BOOK TWO
THE BLOOD ACHIEVEMENT
CHAPTER XII

"Men W the day. but the night IL
ours" IL an old saying among the
wild folk that inhabit the forests OF
Trails End. The saying originated
long and long ago when the world al
quite young. Before that time, likely
enough, the beasts owned both the
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rifle as lives In legend. with sights as
fine as a razor edge and an accuracy
as great as light Itself. Loving hands
had polished 1t and kept 1t in perfect
condition.
wOman explained, "f0r Matthew Fol-
gers son."
And that Is how Bruce Folger re-
turned to the land OF his birth-as
most men do, unless death cheats
them first-and how he made a pact
to pay old dents OF death.
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"Hunt up Hudson, the n
living man who witnessed that
agreement between Ross and old
Foiger."
tTo BE c%oNTiNUEp.1

Beginning Of Great Industry.
The first Gale of cotton exported
from this country to Europe was
shipped from Charleston, 3. c., II
1884.
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Philadelphia Hosiery Center.
Philadelphia leads the world In the
manufacture Of hosiery and under
wear.
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RADIO.

The radio is rapidly becoming
a rival of the press in reaching
the masses of the people with
important public messages.
President Coolidge will make
his first radio address, on Mon
day night, December 10 speak
ing from the house studio on the
plan to establish a memorial to
the late President Harding.
The presidents speech will
last about 10 minutes, beginning
promptly at, $3.50 p. M. Eastern
standard time. Arrangements
are being made. to insure 1T
reaching 4O,00O,O00 people.
Speech apparatus set up on
the White House lawn will trans
NIT the presidents speech to
broadcasting stations in New
York, Providence, Chicago, st.
Louis, Dallas and other Western
cities.
At all these stations it will be
re amplified so as to insure clari
ty of tone.
Of all great electrical inven.,
tions none has come into use
more rapidly. or displayed great
er versatility of adoption to serv
ing humanity than the radio.
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NEW ASST. TRAFFIC MANAGER


G. L. McFaul, general passen.
ger agent, has been appointed
assistant passenger traffic mana.
ger for the Pacific System of the
Southern Pacific Company. An.
nouncement of the promotion of
Mr.. McFaul and its approval by
President VIM. Sproule is made
by J. Fl. R. Parsons, passenger
traffic manager.
Mr.. McFaul is succeeded as
general passenger agent in San
Francisco by F. G. Lathrop, who
has been assistant passenger
agent.
L. Richardson, who has been
district freight and passenger
agent at Oakland, is appointed
to the position of assistant gen
eral passenger agent in San
Francisco. - vi Is =: = :''s:'..-,>
F. S. Howard of the general
passenger department in San
Francisco, also was named as
an assistant general passenger
agent. - .....'. >: :,
Mr.. McFaul began his service
with. the Southern /. Pacific in
July 1892, as a. telegraph: ope.
rator on the Coast Division. He
held various positions until Sep
tember 1904 when het was .ap.
pointed city freight and passen.
ger agent attSan Jose. In 1918
he. was transferred to Salt Lake
City as district freight and pas
senger agent. He remained
there until in 1916 when he was
transferred to Fresno. Mr.. Nc
Faul in 1920 was appointed. as
general agent at Chicago, where
he remained until August of this
year when he was appointed
general passenger agent at San
Francisco.
Mr.. Lathrop entered the ser,
vice of the Southern Pacific in
1903 as a passenger agent and
later was appointed city passen.
ger agent in San Francisco. He
was appointed to the position
of assistant general passenger
agent in July 1915, serving in
that capacity until his present
J promotion.
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SUMMONS.

In. the Superior Court Of Santa
Cruz county, State OF Arizona.
Liberty Central Trust Company,
a corporation, plaintiff, vs. E. f.
Boh.inger, executor OF the estate Of
r. R. Richardson, deceased, G. B.
Wilson, and w. P. Capehart, de.
PENDANTS.
Action brought in the Superior
Court of Santa Cruz county, State
of Arizona, and the complaint filed
in the said county of Santa Cruz
in the office of the clerk of the said
Superior Court.
In the name of the State of Ari.
zona to E. F. Bohlinger, executor
of the estate of R. R. Richardson,
deceased, .. B. Wilson, and W. P.
Capehart, defendants, greeting:
You are hereby summoned and
required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the Superior
Court Of Santa Cruz county, State
OF Arizona, and answer the COM
plant therein filed with the clerk
of this said court, at Nogales, in
said county, within twenty days
after the service upon you of this
summons, if served in this said
county, or in all other cases within
thirty days thereafter, the times
above mentioned being exclusive
OF the day Of service; or judgment
by default will be taken against
you: - .''.'' =. @A".
Given Under my hand and seal.
of the Superior Court of Santa Cruz
county, State Of Arizona, this 9th
d ay Of. November, 1928.
CSeaD RoBT. E. LEE,
Clerk of the said Superior Court.
12-1.5t
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NOTICE or SALE or REAL PROPERTY

In the Superior Court of the
State of Arizona, in and for the
county of Santa Cruz.
j. D. Halstead Lumber Com.
pany, corporation, plaintiff. VS..
Jose CASTELAR, and Sadie Caste.
Ian, defendants.
Under and by virtue of a spe.
cial execution issued out of the
Superior Court of the State of
Arizona in and for the county of
Santa Cruz, on the first day Of
December, 1923, in the above en-
titled action wherein the above
named plaintiff. j. D. Halstead
Lumber Company, corporation,
did on the 9th day of Novem-
Der, 1928, in the above entitled
court obtain a Judgment against
the above named defendants,
Jose CASTELAR, and Sadie Caste
Ian, his wife, for the sum of Five
Thousand Seven Hundred Seven
ty Six and 51/.100 ($5, ,776.51)
Dollars. current lawful money of
the United States of America,
with interest and costs, | am
commanded to sell all of the
right, title and interest, claim
and demand of the said defend.
ants, and of each and both of
them, as said title as existed on
the Goth day of January, 1920,
together with any and all right,
title, interest, claim and demand
thereafter acquired in and to the
following described property.
That certain real estate and
premises situated in the city of
Nogales, county of Santa Cruz,
State of Arizona. and particular
ly described as being lots mum.
bered one (1) and two (2) in block
number one (l) according to the
plat of the Herold subdivision,
part of lot FIVE (5), block one Cd,
Nogales, Arizona, surveyed by
H. Gordon Glore, engineer, April
oath, 1915, the plat of same be.
ing on record in the Office of the
county recorder of Santa Cruz
county, Arizona.
Notice lis hereby given that I
will on the Oath day of Decem.
Der, 1923, at eleven o'clock q. m.
of said day at the west or main
door of the county court house
in the city of Nogales, county Of
Santa Cruz, State of Arizona, in
obedience to said special execu-
ton and judgment aforesaid sell
at public auction the above de-
soribed property, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to
satisfy the said judgment afore-
said with interest thereon and
costs and accruing costs to the
highest bidder, for cash, IN gold
coin of the United States.
Dated this first day of Decem.
Der, A. D., 1923.
Ell. j. BROWN,
By Sheriff.
H. J. PATTERSON,
12-1-3t. Deputy Sheriff.
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GETTING MOST FOR DOLLAR

The distinct problems con.
fronting communities and public
officials who must spend tax re
venue on highways are:
To salvage old pavements with
a view to utilizing as large
proportion of the original invest
ment as possible.
To construct new pavements
at the most reasonable cost con
sistent with service and durabil
ity. There are in the United
States nearly 100000 miles OF
hard surfaced highways and OF
this total at least 100, GOO miles
consist of waterbound macadam
pavements.
1t is little short of an economic
crime to dig up these old mac
adam pavements and replace
them with an entire new pave
ment, thus ignoring the excel
lent foundation value of the old
macadam.
The material in these old pixies
has been compacted under years
of traffic to degree of stability
which would hardly be approach
ed by entirely new construction.
During the process of com.
pacting, the weak places both in
the subgrade and in the rock
covering, will have been shown
up so that repair and replace
ment can be intelligency con.
Quoted without sacrifice of those
por tions of the old road which
are in good condition.
When it is considered that the
stone or gravel constitutes by
far the heaviest portion of a
pavement the saving in the cost
of quarring, transporting and
placing this great mass of mate;
rial becomes an item well worth
while.
For conserving these old mac.
adam pavements an asphaltic
concrete wearing course is ideal.
First, it is absolutely waterproof
and protects the subgrade from
| its deadliest enemy, water.
Second. because an asphaltic
mixture is absolutely dustless
and thus protects the pavement
from ravelling and blowing away
in the form of dust during dry
weather.
Third, because it is shock ab.
sorbing and saves both pave.
ment and vehicle from destruc
ton due to impact of traffic. -
The Manufacturer.
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ARIZONA cATILEMEN TO MEET

F The seventeeth annual con.
vention of the Arizona Cattle
Growers Association will be held
in Douglas on Tuesday, and
Wednesday, January 20 and 30.
The time of this meeting will be
somewhat earlier than previous
sessions as officers of the asso.
citation are desirous of holding
the convention as near the first
of the calendar year as possible.
for the purpose of arranging "a
program Of work for the 1924
year.