DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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Junnlta Holland, n Philadelphia joutiR
woman of wealth, on her Journey with
her BUltle, Good Anne Tnlfoott, Into the
heart of tho Cumberlnrirts to become a
teacher of tho mountain children, faint
nt the door of Kletch McNnsh'B cabin.
Sho overheard n talk between Had Anise
llavey nnd olio of his henchmen that nc
ii Mints her with tho Havoy-ricllrlar feud
Talks with lilm and thoy become nntaf?
onlfts Cnl Douglas of tho Havey clnn In
en trial In Peril, for tho murder of Noah
Wyatt, a McHrlar. Juanlta and Pawn
MrNash liecnmo friends. Cnl Douglas In
acquitted. NnBli Wyntt attempts to kill
him but Is himself killed by the Ilaveva
Milt McHrlar meets Had Anse and dis
claims responsibility for Wyatt'g attempt
to kill Douglas. They declare a trure,
under pressuro from Good Anse Talbott.
Juanlta thinks sho finds that Bad Anse
Is opposing her efforts to buy land and
build a school. Milt Mcllrlar breaks the
truce by having Klotch McNash mur
dered. Jcb McNash begs Bad Anse to UP
him who killed his father, but Is not tnld
Junnlta nnd Had Anso further misunder
stand each oilier. Had Anse tells JuanltH
ha does not light women nnd Juanlta gets
her land nnd cabin. Jeb refrains from
killing Young Milt McHrlar, as be Is not
suro Young Milt Is tho murderer. Young
Milt and Dawn meet several times, re
sulting In a demand from Had Ans that
Dawn leave Juanlta's cnbln. Juanlta and
Good Anso go to see Bad Ante, who again
says that tho school will fall bemuse It
has been started by Junnlta In the wrong
way Juanlta begins to understand Had
Ansc's dream of regeneration for his peo
ple. Young Milt and Had Anse lay aside
tho feud for tho tlmo to prevent the
burning of tho new school'iouso Dawn
remains with Junnlta. Bad Anse llnda
himself drifting dangerously near Juanlta.
CHAPTER XVI Continued.
Tho girl from Philadelphia had for
soino days boon watching tho road
which led In tortuous, twists from Peril
to tho gap. Sho herself hardly realized
how expectantly sho had watched it.
Sho was thinking of tho man sho
had sent away and wondering what
their meeting would bo like. And tho
girl of tho hill sitting near by would
look on, hor fingers gripping thorn
selves tightly together nnd an acho In
her own heart. Deep In Dawn's nature,
which hnd been coming of late into a
sweetly fragrant bloom, crept tho ran
cor of a fierce Jealousy for tho man
from "down .below" whom sho had
novcr scon, but whoso letter could
make Juanita forget present things
and drift away into n world of other
days and other scenes a world In
which Dawn herself had no part.
Juanita was wondering if, after all,
alio had not misjudged Roger Malcolm.
Sho wanted to think she had, because
her heart was hungry for lovo. Sho
had written to him, stonily forbidding
his coming, and If ho obeyed that man
dato ho would, of course, provo himself
weak and lacking In Initiative. So sho
was waiting with a fluttering heart
But on tho day that ho camo she
was not watching. Ho had pushed
on at a rate of speed which mountain
patlenco would not havo countenanced
and had arrived in two hours less than
tho Journey should logically havo re
quired. Tho heaving sides of his tired
horso told almost as much of tho eag
erness that had driven him ns did tho
frank worship of Ills face.
At the front fence ho hitched his
mount and walked nolsolessly up to
tho larger house. Two feminine fig
ures sat sewing in tho hall as ho silent
ly opened the unlatched door and lot
himself in. One of them was a figure
ho know oven with Its back turned a
Ilguro which, becauso of something
distinctively subtlo nnd wondrous,
could belong to no ono else. Tho other
was u mountain girl of undeniable
beauty, but, to him, of no Interest.
It was Dawn who saw him Jlrst and.
with a glnnco that brought a resentful
flash to her eyes, sho roso silently and
slipped out through a sldo door. Then,
B8 Juanlta camo to her foot with a
llttlo gasp and held out both hands,
tho man's heart began to hammer wild
ly, and l.o knew that tho Angers ho
held wero trembling.
Ho would have taken her at onco In
his nrniB, but sho held him oft and
Bhook her head.
"I told you not to como," sho ro
buked him In u voice that lacked con
viction. "And I flngrantly disobeyed you," ho
answered. "As I moan henceforth to
dlsoboy you. Onco I lost you because
I played a weak game. You want a
conqueror, and I havo always been a
suppliant Now I havo changed my
method."
"Oh!" said Juanita faintly. For Just
an Instant sho felt a leap at her heart.
Perhaps, after all, ho had grown to
her standard. That was how sho must
bo won, If over won, and she wanted
to bo won.
Sho saw him draw out of his pocket
a small box which sho had once given
back to him nnd tako from it a ring sho
had onco worn, but again sho shook
hor head.
"Not yqt, dear," sho said vory sortly.
"You haven't proved yourself a con
queror yet, you know. You'vo Just
called yourself ono."
Then hor' heart misgave her, for,
after gazing into hor oyos with n hurt
look, tho man masked his disappoint
ment bohlnd a smllo pf doferonco and
repliod; "Vory well. I can wait, hut
that'B how It mUBt bo In the ond."
In tho end I Juanlta know that, aftor
all. ho had not chnngod.
Ho was still tho man of brave In
tents and words still tho man who
stood liositnnt at tho ruomont for a
blow.
It was while Malcolm was Juanlta's
SNAP" SHOTS
Shlftlossnoss is variously construct.
If a woman makes a chorry plo and
leaves tho floods In, that Is Bhiftloss-
nous.
Gorman scientist has demonstrat
ed that radium lias a marked effect on
woody plants, ovon forcing thorn to
bud in dormant Beasons.
There Is llttlo eympathy for tho
Iowa man whose sovonth wlfo Iibb
sued for divorce. Five wIvcb aro
enough for any man.
guest that Anse Hnvey broko his re
solve and for tho first tlmo camo
through tho gate of tho school. Sho
saw him como with a pleased llttlo
senso of having broken down his re
servo and a feeling of feminine vic
tory. A momont later the mountaineer was
standing on tho stops and slinking
hands with Roger Malcolm, whom ho
greeted briefly and with mountain re
serve. "I was down at Peril with a couple
of teams," ho said, turning to Junnlta,
"an I found a lot of boxes at tho sta
tion for yc. I 'lowed yo didn't hardly
havo any teams handy, so I fotched
'em back to my house. I'll send them
over In the morning', but I thought
I'd lido over tonight an' tell yc."
Sho hnd been wondering how, nt a
tlmo of mired ronds, sho vas to hnvo
thoso books, which sho would soon
need, brought ncroos tho ridge. Now
ho had solved tho problem for her.
Anso Havey stood leaning against n
porch post, his broad shoulders and
clearcut profile etched against tho
moonlight as ho studied tho Phllndcl
phlnn. Suddenly ho asked abruptly:
"Have yo found anything that Inter
ests yo In tho coal an' timber line?"
Roger Malcolm glanced up and
knocked tho ash from his pipe against
tho rail of tho porch. Ho hnd not sus
pected that his rambles about tho hills
with a set of maps and n geologist's
hammer hnd been noted.
Hut ho showed no surprise ns ho an
swered with perfect frankness: "Yes
and no. I camo primarily to see how
Miss Holland was progressing with
her work. It's true I havo thought
something of investing in mountain
resources, but that lies In tho future."
Havey nodded and said quietly: "I
hope yo decides to invest clsowhoro."
"So far as n casual Inspection shows,
tills country looks pretty good to me,"
rejoined Malcolm easily. "I may buy
here provided, of course, tho prico Is
right."
"This country's mighty pore," said
tho head of tho Havoys Blowly. "About
all it can raise 1b a llttlo corn an' a
heap of hell, but down undonioatlitho
rocks thcro's wealth."
"Then tho man who can unlock tho
hills nnd get It out ought to bo wel
come ns a bonofactor, ought ho not?"
Inquired tho Easterner with n smile.
"Ho won't bo," was tho short re
sponso. "Why?"
"Tho men from outside always aim
to got tho benefit of that wealth an'
thon to movo us off our mountains, an'
there ain't nowhercs clso on enrtu a
mountnln man enn live. Developln'
scorns pretty much llko plundorln' to
us. Wo gen'rnlly ask benefactors llko
that to go away."
"And do thoy usually go?"
"No j not usually. Thoy always
goes."
"Do you expect mo to bellovo that,
Mr. Havoy?" queried Malcolm, still
smiling.
"1 don't neither nak yo to bellove it
nor to dlsbellovo It," wnB tho cool re
joinder. "I'm Just tellln' it to ye, that's
all."
Malcolm refilled his plpo nnd offered
tho tobacco pouch to Havoy. Anso
shook his head with a curt "Much
oblecged," nnd tho visitor snld casunl
ly: "Well, wo needn't havo any argu
ment on that Bcoro yet, Mr. Ilnvoy. My
activities, If thoy evontunto, belong to
tho future, and when that tlmo comoB
perhaps wo Bhall bo able to agree.
aftor all."
"1 reckon wo won't hardly agreo on
no proposition for dcspollln' my peo
ple, Mr. Malcolm."
"Then wo can disagree whon tho
tlmo comes," romnrked tho othor man
with a traco of tartness In his volco.
"Then yo don't aim to devolop us
Just now?"
Malcolm shook his head, tho glow of
his plpo bowl for a momont lighting
up n laco upon which lingered un
nnuiBcd smllo.
"Not this tlmo. Another time, por-hapn."
"All right, thon." Havoy's volco car
ried a vory masked and courteous but
very unmlstaknblo warning. "When
over yet got good an' ready wo'll ar
gue that."
Ho bowed to tho girl and tumod into
tho path which led down to tho gato.
say: "Duwn, do yo know why I don't
come over tliar no more?"
Tho girl hnd only nodded and tho
boy wont on:
"Well, Borne day when yc'ro at Job's
cabin I'm n-comln' thar. I hain't a
goln' ter como sllppln', but I'm cotnln'
open nn' tipstandln', an' Job an' mo aro
goln' tor talk about this business."
"No! No!" she hnd exclaimed, genu
inely frightened nnd In u volco full
of quick dlssont. "Yc mustn't do. it,
Milt; yo mustn't. Ef yo docs, I won't
sec yc."
"Wo'll settlo that when I gits thar.
I Jest 'lowed I'd toll ye," persisted tho
boy stubbornly. "I reckon 1 mustn't
tnlk tor yo now I'm pledged," nnd
without another word ho shook up tho
reins on his horso's neck and rodo
away.
So tonight, whllo tho moon was
weaving its spell over several hearts,
tho son of tho McHrlar leader was rid
ing with a sot faco over into tho heart
of tho Havey country, openly to visit
tho daughter of Fletch McNash.
Jeb wns sitting before tho firo with
a plpo between his teeth and Dawn
plunked on a banjo not tho old folk
loro tuno that had onco boon her reper
toire, but a nowor and sweeter thing
that sho had learned from Juanlta Hol
land. Then, as n confident volco sang out
from tho darkness, "I'm Milt McBriar
--'-Jk -i-i. ''iltlt Dri
"Dont, Jeb!" She Screamed In a Trans
port of Alarm.
an' I'm a-comln' In," the banjo fell
from the girl's hands and her lingers
clutched in panic at her breast.
Sho saw her brother rlso from hl3
chair and hoard his volco demand truc
ulently: "What thor hell does you
want hyar?" '
Though Anso Havoy strode1 up the
steep trail to tho croat that night with
long, elastic strides, seeking to burn
up tho restlessness which obseuscd
him, ho found himself nt tho top with
no wish to sleep and no patience with
tho Idea of confining his thovghts be
tween walls.
Anso Ilnvoy felt that something was
miBsing from his lifo; something of
tho barbarian order had become sud
denly hateful to him. Into tho gray
oyos crept a suffering, and tho brows
camo together In helpless perplexity.
Junnitn wns a woman of an exotic
race who choso to think that llfo comes
to perfection only under glass. Ho
was a lender of a brier-tangled and
shaggy clnn men who wcro akin to
tho caglos. No menace or threat of
death had over mado him dovlato from
his loyalty to that peoplo. But now a
foreign woman hnd como and ho wns
comparing liimHelf with tho well
dressed, soft-voiced man who was her
visitor and fooling himself a creaturo
of uncouthnens.
Ho found hlmsolf wishing thut he,
too, waB smoother. Then ho flung
tho thought from him with bitter self
contempt, and a low oath broko from
hit) lips, Wns ho growing ashamed of
his llfo? Was ho wishing that his
onglo'c tnlons might bo manicured and
his pinions combed?
"It yo'vo dono come down to that,
Anso Havoy," ho said aloud, "It's about
tlmo yo kilt yourself."
No, ho protested to his soul, ho hnd
disliked Roger Malcolm becauso Roger
Malcolm had Bpnkon of n projoct of
plunder nnd stood for his enemies of
tho futuro; but his soul answered that
ho thought llttlo of that, and thnt It
was becauso of tho obvious understand
ing between this man and Junnlta Hol
land thnt a new hatred had been born
In his heart.
CHAPTER XVII.
It wns ono of those nights under
whoso brooding wings vnguo things
nnd Influences aro nstlr and In tho
making Dawn hnd gono back for a
fow days to hor brother's lonely cnbln
on Tribulation to sot his houso In or
der and to do his slmplo mending. Per
haps In hor own heart thoro was an
other reason an unconfesBcd unwll-
llngnosB to Btny at tho bungalow whllo
sho must feol eo fur away from Jua
nlta and boo Roger Mnlcolm seemingly
so near.
In her heart vaguo things woro stir
ring, too, and In another heart. Tho
fact that she had not been allowed to
oo young Milt MoBriar had given him
an augmontod importance which had
kapt the boy In hor mind desplto hor
dununcintlons.' Once she had mot him
on tho road and ho had stopped her to
Generally sneaking, tho brimltfant
mine is tho dullest placo.
Meanwhile, tho decision of a Kansas
Judge to tho effect that a fnrmor la
not necessarily an authority hh to tho
inonlal condition of others, soums to
be sound, If somewhat daring.
A prominent politician bollovos
overy family should keep a cow. Sim
Hockle Is ovon furthor advanced along
tho lino of progressive Ideas. Shu
bollovos that overy family should also
keep a boo -Jay E Houso In the Pitts
burgh Dispatch.
At tho scant wolcomo of his greeting
young Milt McBriar stiffened a llttlo
from head to foot, though ho had not
anticipated any great degrco of cordial
ity. Ho climbed tho Btllo and walked
across tho moonlit patch of trampled
clay to whoro tho girl stood leaning,
weak-kneed with fright, ngalnst tho
llghtod frnmo of tho door.
"lob," ho said slowly to tho boy,
who had stepped down Into tho yard,
"how air yo?" Then, turning to Dawn,
with his hat in his hand, ho greeted
hor gravely.
But tho son of tho murdered man
stood still and rigid and repeated in n
hard volco: "What thor hell does yo
want hyar?"
"I como ovor hyar tor sco Dawn,"
was tho calm response, und thon, as
tho girl convulsively moistened hor
dry lips with her tonguo, sho saw hor
brothor's hand swoop under his coat
and como out gripping a heavy rovol-
Job had novor gono nrmed boforo
that night when. Flctch foil. Now he
wub never unarmed.
"Don't, Jcb!" she screamed in n
transport of nlnrm, as sho braced her
self and summoned strength to seize
the hand that held the weapon.
Jeb shook hor roughly off and
wheeled ngaln to faco the visitor with
tho precaution of n sldcwiso lenp. Ho
had expected that tho othor boy would
use that moment of intorferenco to
drnw his own wonpon, but tho young
McBrinr wns Btandhrg In the samo at
tltudo. holding his hat in ono hand
whllo ho renssurcd tho girl.
"Don't fret, Dawn; thnr hain't noth
In' tor worry nbout," ho snld; then,
facing tho' brother, ho went on In n
volco of cold nnd almost scornful com
posuro: "Thet hain't ther first tlmo yo'vo seed
mo acrost tho sights of a gun, Is It,
Jcb?"
"What does yo mean?" Tho othor
boy's faco wont brick-red and bo low
ered his muzzle with a senso of sudden
shame.
"Oh, I heered 'about how old Bob
McGrcegor told yo a passol of lies
about mo, nn' how yo como acrost thor
rldgo ono day. I reckon I kin guess
tho rest"
"Well, what or hit?" Jcb stood with
his pistol now hanging at his sldo,
but In IiIb eyes still glowed the flro of
hatred.
"Jest this," young McBriar went on:
"I ain't got no gun on me. I nln't oven
got a Jnckknlfo. I 'lowed that yo
mought bo right smart Incensed at
my comln' hyar an' I como without no
wonpon on purpose. Ef yo hain't
sheered of mo when I'm unarmed, I
reckon yo kin put your own gunbuck
in thor holster."
Jeb McNash slowly followed tho
suggestion, und then coming forward
until tho two boys stood eyo to eye,
ho said In dcllberato accents: "I reck
on ye don't 'low I'm skecred of ye."
"I reckon not." Young Milt's tone
was almost cheerful. "I reckon ye air
Jest about as much Bkeered of mo cs
I am of you an' that ain't none."
"What does yo want hyar?" persist
ed Jeb.
"I wants first to tell yo an' I hain't
never Hod ter no feller ylt thet I
don't know nothln' moro about who
kilt Fletch than you does.' If I did,
so help me God Almighty, I'd tell ye.
I hain't tryln' ter shield no murder
ers." Thero was a ring of sincerity In the
lad's voice that carried weight even
into tho bitter skepticism of Job's
heart a skepticism which had refused
to bellevo that honor or truth dwelc
cast of tho rldgo.
"I reckon, of that's true," sneered
tho older boy, "thar's them in yoro
house thet does know."
At that Insult It wasYoung Milt
whoso faco went first red and then
very white.
"Thet calls fer a light, Jeb," he said
with forced calm. "I can't barken tor
things like thet. But first I wants ter
say this: I come over hyar ter toll yo
thet I knowed how ye felt, an' thet 1
didn't sco no reason why you nn' me
hnd ter quarrel. I como over hyar ter
sco Dawn, because I promised l
wouldn't try ter seo her whilst sho
stayed down nt tho school an' bo
cauao I wants ter seo her an 'lows
ter do hit Now will ye lay aside yoro
gun an' go out thar In ther road whar
hit hain't on yoro own ground, an' let
mo tell yo thet yo lied when yo slurred
my folks?"
Tho two boys stripped off their
coats In guaranty that neither had
hidden a weapon. Then, while tho girl,
who wns really no longer a girl, turned
back into tho llrellt cnbln and throw
herself faco downward on her feather
bod, thoy silently crossed tho stile Into
tho road and Milt turned to repeat:
"Jeb. thet war a Ho yo spoko, an' I
wants yo ter fight mo fn'r, list nn'
skull, an' when wo gits through, ef yo
feels llko hit, we'll shako hands. You
an' mo ain't got no cause tor quarrel."
And so tho boy In each of thorn,
which was tho manlier part of each,
came to tho surface, nnd Into a bitter
and long-fought battlo of flsts and
wrestling, In which both of them rolled
In tho dust, nnd each of them obsti
nately refused to say "enough," thoy
submitted their long-fostered hostility
to ono fierce debate At last, as tho
two lay panting and bloodied thoro In
tho road, It was Jeb who roso and held
out his hand.
"So fur es tho two of us goes, Milt,"
ho said, "unless thor war busts loose
ergln, I reckon wo kin bo friendly."
Together thoy roso and recrossed
tho stllo nnd washed their grlmod
faces. Dawn looked from ono to tho
other, and Job said: "Milt, set yoro
self a cheer. I reckon yo'd better stay
all night It's most too fur ter rldo
back."
And so, though thoy did not realize
it, tho two youths who wcro to stand
some dny near tho heads of tho two
factious, had set n now precedent nnd
had fought without guns, ns mon had
fought beforo tho feud began.
Jeb kicked off his shoes and lay
down, and beforo tho flaming logs sat
tho Havey girl and tho McBriar boy
talking.
bryouic affiliations with tho people of
his enemy.
Young Milt hnd visited Dawn; ho
hnd watched with Anse Hnvey Tho
father had always taken a natural
prldo in tho honesty that gleamed
from his son's nlert oyes, and the ono
person from whom he had concealed
his own ways of guile nnd deceit most
studiously wns tho lad who would
soino day be lender in his atead. There
wore fow things that this old intriguer
feared, but ono thero was, and now It
was tracing lines of care and nnxiety
in tho vlsngo that had always been so
masklike and Imperturbable. If his
son should ever look past his outward
self and catch a gllmpso of the inner
man, the father knew that hd would
not be able to sustain they scorn of
thoso younger eyes. So. while the
lad, who had gono back to college In
Lexington, conned his books, his fnth
or sat before tho blaze of his hearth,
his pipe tight clamped between his
teeth, his heart festering In his breast,
and his mind dangerously nctivo.
Tho beginnings of all tho things
which he deplored, and meant to pun
ish, went back to tho establishment of
a school with u "fotched-on" teacher.
Had Dawn McNash not como there,
his boy's feet would not have gono
wandering westward over tho ridge,
straying out of partizan paths. The
sllmness of her body, tho lure of hor
violet eyes, and the dusky meshes of
her dark hair had led his own son to
guard tho roof that sheltered her
against the hand of arson tho father
had hired.
But most of all, Anso Havey was re
sponsible: Anso Havoy who had per
suaded his son to make common cause
with the enemy. For that Anse Havey
must die.
Heretofore Old Milt had struck only
at lesser men, fearing the retribution
of too audacious a crime, but now his
venom was acute, and even such grave
considerations as tho danger of a holo
caust must not halt its appeasement.
Still tho mind of Milt McBriar. tho
elder, had worked long In Intrigue, and
even now It could not follow a direct
lino. Bad Anso must not be shot down
In tho road. His taking off must be
accomplished by a shrewder method,
and one not directly traceable to so
palpable a motlvo as his own hatred.
Such a plan hl3 brain was working
out, but for its execution ho needed a
hand of craft and force such a hand
as only Luke Thlxton could Bupply
and Luko was out West.
It was not his intention to rush hast
ily into action. Some day he would go
down to Lexington and Luko should
come East to meet him. There, a hun
dred and thirty miles from tho hills,
tho two of them would arrange mat
ters to his own satisfaction.
Roger Malcolm had gone back, and
he had not, after all, gono back with a
conqueror's triumph. Ho was now dis
cussing in directors' meetings plans
looking to a titanic grouping of inter
ests which wero to focalize on theso
hills and later to bring developments.
The girl's school was gradually mak
ing Itself felt, and each day saw small
classes at tho desk and blackboard
small classes that were growing larger.
Now that Milt had laid tho ground
work of his plans, he was making tho
field fallow by a seeming of general
beneficence. His word had gone out
nlong tho creeks and branches and In
to the remote coves of his territory
that it "wouldn't hurt folks nono ter
glvo their children a little l'arnln'."
In response to that hint they trooped
in from the east, wherever the roads
could be traveled. Among thoso who
"hitched an' lighted" at the fence wore
TBa3Ii!
His Plpo Clamped Between His Teeth,
His Heart Festering In His Breast.
He shook his head nnd gazed away
Into his oyos camo that troubled look
which nowadays they sometimes woro.
"1 reckon it wouldn't hardly ho lion
ost for mo to come. 1'vo told yo I
don't think tho thing will do no good."
Ho was looking nt her and his hands
slowly clenched. Her beauty, with tho
cnthtialnsm lighting her eyes, mado
him feel like a man whoso thirst was
killing htm nnd who gazed at a clear
spring beyond his reach or. llko tho
caravan driver whoso sight Ib tortured
by n mlrngo. Ho drow a long breath,
then added:
"l'vo got another reason an' a
stronger ono for not comln' over there
very often. Any time ye wants mo for
anything 1 reckon yo knows I'll como."
"What is your reason?" alio demanded.
"I ain't novcr been much Interested
in any woman." Ho hold hor eyes bo
directly thnt a warm color suddenly
flooded her cheeks, then ho went on
with naked honesty nnd nn uncon
cealed bitterness of heart: "When 1
puts myself In tho way of bavin' to
lovo ono, I'll pick a woman that won't
have to bo ashamed of me sumo
mountain woman."
For an instant sho stared at him In
astonishment, then sho exclaimed:
"Ashamed of you! I don't think any
woman would bo ashamed of you, Mr
Havey," but. recognizing that her voice
had been overserious, she laughed, and
once moro her eyes danced with gny
mischief.
"Don't bo afraid of mo. I'll promise
not to mako love to you."
"I'm obleeged," ho said slowly.
"That ain't what I'm skeered of. I'm
afraid yo couldn't hardly stop mo from
mnkln' lovo to you."
Ho paused, and tho badinago left
her eyes.
"Mr. Havey," sho said with great
seriousness, "I'm glad you said that
It gives us n chance to start honestly,
as all true friendship should start In
some things any womnn Is wiser than
any man. You won't full In love with
me. You thought you woro going to
hato mo, but you don't."
"God knows I don't," ho fiercely In
terrupted her.
"Neither will you fall in lovo with
mo. You told mo once of your superior
ngo and wisdom, but in some things
you aro still a boy. You aro a very
lonely boy, too a boy with a heart
hungry for companionship. You have
had friends only in books comrade
ship only in dreams. You have lived
down there in that old prison of a
houso with a sword. of Damocles hang
ing always over your head. Because
wo have been in a way, congenial, you
are mistaking our friendship for dan
ger of lovo." '
Danger of love! Ho knew that It
had gone past n moro danger, and ills
eyes for a moment must havo shown
that ho realized its hopelessness, but
Juanlta shook her head and went on:
"Don't do it. It would be a pity. I'm
rather hungry, too, for a friend; I
don't mean for a friend in my work,
but a friend In my life. Can't wo be
friends llko that?"
She stood looking into his eyes, nnd
slowly tho drawn look of gravity left
his face.
Ho hod always thought quickly nnd
dared to faco realities. Ho was now
facing his hardest reality. He loved
her with utter hopelessness. Her eyes
told him that it must always be Just
that way, and yet she had appealed to
him sho had said sho needed his
friendship. To call It lovo would mako
it necessary for her to decline it.
Henceforth llfo for Anso Havey was
to mean a heartache, but if sho want
ed his allegianco sho might call It
what sho would. It was hers.
Swiftly ho vowed in his heart to set
n seal on his lips and play the part sho
had assigned to him.
"I'm right glad yo said that," ho en
sured her. "I reckon yo'ro right. I
reckon wo can go on llghtin' and beln'
friends. Yo see, as I said, I didn't know
much abaut womenfolks, an' because I
liked yo I was worried."
She nodded understanding.
Suddenly he bent forward and his
words broke Impetuously from his
lips.
"Do yo 'low to marry that man Mal
colm?" He came a step toward her,
then raising his hand swiftly, ho add
ed: "No don't answer that question:
That's your business. I didn't havo no
license to ask. Besides, I don't want
yo to answer it."
"It's a bargain. Isn't it?" sho smiled.
"Whenever you get lonely over thore
by yourself and find that Hamlet Isn't
as lively a companion as you want,
or that Alexander the Great is a little
too fond of himself, or Napoleon is
overmoody, como ovor hero and wo'll
try to cheer each othor up."
"I reckon," ho aald with an answer
ing smile. "I'm liable to feel that way
tonight, but I ain't comln' to learn civi
lization. I'm Just comln' to seo you."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Achy Joints Give Warning
TveryrUvrr
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A creaky joint
often predicts rain.
It also foretells in
ward trouble. It tl
may mean that the 1T
kidneys are not fiL $?
tcring the blood gfyfe
ana uru allowing
poisonous uricacid
to clog the blood
and cause trouble.
Bad backs, rheu
matic pains, sore,
aching joints.hcad
aches, dizziness.
nervous troubles, fj
heart fluttenngs,
and urinary dis
orders are some of
the effects of weak
kidneys and if nothing is done there's
danger of dropsy, gravel or Briglit's
disease. Use Doan's Kidney Pills, the
most widely used, the best recommended
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How to Heal
Skin Diseases
A Baltimore doctor suggests this
simple, but reliable and inexpensive,
homo treatment for peoplo suffering
with oczema, ring
worm, rashes and
similar itching, burn
ing skin troubles.
At any reliable
druggist's get a Jar
of reslnol ointment
nnd n cake of resl
nol soap. Theso aro not nt all expen
sive. With the reslnol soap and warm
water batho tho affected parts thor
oughly, until they are freo from crusts
and the skin is softened. Dry very
gently, spread on a thin layer of the
reslnol ointment, nnd cover with a
light bandage If necessary to protect
tho clothing. This should be done
twico a day. Usually tho distressing
itching and burning stop with tho flrnt
treatment, and tho 3kln soon becomes
clear and healthy again.
Briefly defined, faith is a fixed be
lief that the Impossiblo is going lo-happon.
To keep clean and healthy take Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They rcgulato
liver, bowels and utomach. Adv.
An old bachelor says that most
fashlonablo young women aro engag
ing works of art.
Tho parents of a baby aro tho only
successful conversational opponents
ot-the man who wishes to talk about
himself.
Some Show,
"This play Is supposed to appeal
especially to tho tired business man."
"Tho Idea being that If ho Isn't tired
whon ho comes In ho will be beforo
tho show Is ovor, I presumo."
Chase the Unpropltlous Mood.
In tho presence of manifest duty It
Is our privllego to treat an unpropl
tlous mood with scant courtesy. We
may havo to sweep it out of our path,,
without so much as an "if you please."
His Size.
Tho Judgo You say your wlfo as
saulted you with a dangerous and dead
ly weapon? What was it?
Mr. Peewet It was a fly swatter,
your honor. Judgo.
Out for Show.
"Felice spends hours every day in a
beauty parlor."
"How does- alio spend tho rest of
tho tlmo?"
"Realizing on tho beauty doctor's
work."
Reasons for Eating Fruit.
1. Because it is appetizing and pal
atable 2. Becauso it is refreshing and
thirst quenching.'
3. Becauso of Its nutritive proper
ties. 4. On account of its salts and
ncids.
5. On account of its action on the
kidneys.
C. Its laxative properties.
CHANGE
Quit Coffee and Got Well.
vor.
.NS
POSTSCRIPTS
A fairly uccurato sundial has boen
invented that can bo held in the hand
and adjusted to tell tho time In any
latltudo.
Rubber tubing can bo kept from de
teriorating when not In tuo by stor
ing it in water to which a llttlo salt
Iihi boon added.
Cannon loaded with sand havo been
found effective In breaking up awurms
of locusts t'. at frequently appear In
Costa Rica
CHAPTER XVIII.
When winter has como and settled
down for Its long slogo In tho Cumber
lands human llfo shrinks nnd shrivels
Into a shivering wrotchednoss. and a
spirit of dreariness steals Into tho hu
man heart
Tho house of old Milt McBriar was
not bo dark and choerloss n hovel as
tho houses of his lesser neighbors, but
as thnt winter closed in Ills hoart was
blttor and his thoughts wore black.
In a roundabout way he had learned of
oung Milt's visit to the McNash cnb-
In. His son was the apple of his cjh.
l and now he wag seeing him form em-
The totul value of tho world's fish
ery products has bqon estimated at
$493.471.b01
Tho man who goes to oxtremos may
bo olther hla own worst ononiy or his
own beat friend.
A pickpocket alarm has been invent
ed that rings a bell when anything of
value is taken from n pocket by an
unauthorized person.
Operated by a trondle, a combina
tion grliulstme and ornery wheel has
been patent. d, the stone serving ns
a flywheel i..r the othrr
not only parents who brought their
children, but thoso who camo Impelled
by that curiosity which lurks in lonely
lives. Thero woro men In Jeans and
hickory shirts; women In gay shawls
and linsoy-woolsoy and calico; peoplo
from "back of boyond," and Juanlta
folt her heart beat faator with tho hopo
of success. a
"I hoar yo'vo got a right plentiful
gatherln' of young barbarians over
thero at tho college theso days," said
Anse Havoy ono aftornoon, when thoy
mot up on tho ridge.
HerChin camo up prldofully nnd her
oyes sparkled.
"It has been wonderful." sho told
him. "Only one thing has marred It."
"What's that?" he asked.
"Your aloofness. Just because I'm
going to smash your wicked regime,"
she laughed, "is no reneun why you
should remain peeved nbout It and
sulk in your tent"
VNNNNN
CONDENSATIONS
Italy consumes less tobacco per
capita than any other civilized nation.
In ancient times it was the custom
for disputants in philosophy, and for
priests and sibyls when rendering or
acles, to be seated on three-legged
seats.
German furniture makers impart
colors to several native woods by bury-
I Ing them, when freshly cut, for several
montMs in earth mixed with lime nnd
other materials
Fashlonablo Ills Disappear.
Sorao of tho most fashionable Lon
don physicians havo been badly hit
by the war. This Is mainly caused by
tho slninkngo in tho number of irang
inary ailments. Thoso people who
used to swell tho fashlonablo physl
clans' bunk balance prodigiously with
thoir fancied maladies havo now situ
ply no tlmo to Imagine themselves
ill, or rather tho war has distracted
their attention. Ono never seems to
moot a hypochondriac or neurotic In
thoso days. Tho war has nlso been
tho causo of tho termination of many
family feuds.
Roosevelt's Idea.
A man who is good enough to shed
his blood for his country is good
enough to bo given a squaro deal
Morp than that no man Is ontltled to
and loss than thnt no man shall ho
Theodore Roosevelt.
L. II. Gorrell of Allen county, Kan
ninety-two years old, spends his win
ters in tho opon. hunting and trap
ping. Ho says he keeps young living
outdoors and exorcising. Mr. Gorrell
has novor touched tobacco and never
tasted Intoxicating liquor.
The government of TaHtnania is dam
ming a large lake and will construct a
hydro-electric plant from which cur
rent for light and power will bo dis
tributed throughout the state
Electricity is successfully used in
Franco to ripen cheese.
A woman's coffee experience Is In
teresting. "For two weeks at a time
I have taken no food but skim milk,
for solid food would ferment and causo
such distress that I could hardly
breathe at times, also excruciating
pain and heart palpitation and all tho
tlmo I was so nervous and restless.
"From childhood up I had been a
coffee and tea drinker nnd for tho past
20 years I had been trying different
physicians but could get only tem
porary relief. Then I read an artlclo
tolling how some ono had been helped
by leaving off coffeo and drinking
Postum and It seemed so pleasant Just
to read about good health I decided to
try Postum.
"I mado tit change from coffee to
Postum and thoro is such a difference
In mo that I don't fool llko tho same
person. We all fsund Postusa deli
cious and llko it better than sonec. My
health now is woniarfully good.
"3s soon ns I raado tho shift to
Postum I got better ond now my trou
bles aro gono. I am fleshy, my food as
similates, the prossuro in tho chest and
palpitation aro ill gone, toy bowels are
regular, have no moro stomach trouble
and my headaches are gono. Remem
ber I did not use modlcluos nt all
Just left off coffee and used Postum
Jteadlly." Name glvou by Postum Co.,
Battlo Creok, Mich.
Postum comoa in two forma:
Postum Cereal tho original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 2oc pack
ages '
Instant Postum a soluble powder
dissolves quickly In n cup of hot water,
and, with cream and sugar,' makes a
dolloious beverage instantly. 30c and
E0c tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost about tho same per cup.
"Thero's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocera.
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