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The Honors Eiy JMr PROLOGUE. Up in the "Big Snows," near the dome of the earth, lies the scene of this story of real men and real women, who have all of the virtues of their hardening en vironment and few of the failings pf their more civilized relatives. This is a tale for reading when one is tired of the artificialities of civilization or at any other time when a good story is appre ciated. You will find in it ro mance and adventure and mystery mixed in such skillful manner and in such proportion that no ingre dient interfereswith another. Yet all go to make fine reading for women who like to hear of brave deeds and sacrifice for love's sake and for men with even a drop of the spirit of adventure in their veins. And one thing morethe author has livedamong the people whose lives he de scribes, and he knows how to tell a story. . CHAPTER IV. Ths Fight at Dawn. IT waa a new team. It bad come from the trails to the east and Jan's heart gave a sudden jump as he thought of the missionary who was expected with the overdue maiL At first he bad a mind to Inter cept the figure laboring across the open, but without apparent reason be changed his course and approached the ledge. As he came nearer be observed a sec ond figure, which rose from behind Ha Shot Out a Powerful Fiat and Sant tha Boy Rtsling to the Ground. the dogs and advanced to meet him. A dozen paces ahead of the team It stopped and waited. "Our dogs are so near exhaustion that we're afraid to take them any nearer." said a voice. . "They'd die like puppies under those packs!" The voice thrilled Jan. lie advanced with his buck to the fire, so that be could see the stranger. "You come from Churchill?" he asked. His words were hardly a question. They were more of an excuse for him IV Ulan uiuint uuu , ui ucu a in' ic, .... , . . .. , . M in that for an instant the clowlnir tiro flashed In his eyes. "Yes; we started from the Etawney just a week ago today." Jan bad come very near. The strun f'l !rT:l I L!DJ! IUU LUIU, UCIV7 U1UI. U4IU I U like a white cameo almost within I reach of blm. With a startled cry be j drew a step back, and Jan's violin dropped to tbe snow. j For no longer than a breath there was silence. Tbe man wormed him- i self back Into tbe shadows inch by inch, followed by the white face of the boy. Then there came shrilly from I Jan's Hps the mad shrieking of a name, i and his knife flashed as be leaped at 1 tho other's breast i Tbe Bt ran per was quicker tbun be , With a sudden movement be cleared himself of the blow, and as Jan's arm , went past blm. tbe point of tbe knife ripping his coat sleeve, be shot out a ' powerful fist and sent the boy reeling to tbe ground. Stunned and bleeding, Jan dragged himself to his knees, lie saw the dogs turning, heard a low voice urging them to tbe trail and saw the sledge disap pear Into the forest He staggered from bis knees to his feet and stood swaying In his weakness. Then be 4t, -i iuiioeu. , new on(j poignant terror. lie forgot that he was leaving his j Would the dogs beat him out? Slough knife tn the snow, forgot that back . lnir ,n hl, trn hWd,nI. nt vorv t(Mlt there about tbe Gre tbere were other dogs and other men. Qe followed, sickened by tbe blow, but gaining strength as be pursued. Ahead of hlin he could hear the sound, of the tobog sof the- iff! (flV CoDUrtflht. 1911. bu the Bobbs Merrill Co. gan and the cautious lashing of a whip over the backs of the tired huskies. The sounds Oiled him with fierce, strength. He wiped away the warm trickle of blood that ran over his cheek and began to run. slowly at first, swinging In the easy wolf lope of the forest runner, with his elbows close to bis sides. At that puce be could have followed for hours, losing when the pack took a spurt, gaining when they lagged, an in sistent Nemesis just behind when the weighted dogs lay down in their traces. When be beard the cracking of the whip growing fainter be dropped bis arms straight to his sides and raD more swiftly, nls brain reeling with the madness of his desire to reach the sledge, to drag from it the man who had struck him. to choke life from the face tha; haunted that mental picture of bis. grinning at him and gloating al ways from the shadow world. Just be yond the pale, sweet loveliness of the woman who lived in it He did not feel the soft un packed snow under the beat of his feet He received the insb ot low hanging nusb e without experiencing the sensation of their sting. Only he knew that be wanted air more and more air -nmi to get it be ran with open month, struggling and gnsplng for It and vet not knowing that Jean de tJravnw would have failed mm h foot for tbe ! manner tn wnicb ne sought it lie beard more and more faintly the run of the sledge Then ne tit-nrd It no longer. Ills heart swelled in a final bursting effort and lie plunged on until at last bis legs crumpi-d under blm and he pitched face down ward in the snow, like a thing stung by sudden death. It was then, wltb bis scratched and bleeding face, lying in tbe su-iw. that reason began to return to him. After a little while he dragged bfmw.t weak ly to bis knees, still panting from tbe mad effort be bad made to overtake the sledge. From a great distance he heard faintly tbe noise of shouting, the whispering echo of half a hundred voices, and be knew that the sound came from the revelers at the post It was proof to him that there bad been no Interruption to tbe carnival and that tbe scene at tbe edge of tbe forest bad been witnessed by none, tie turned again on the trail. Where the forest broke into an open, lighted by the stars, be found blood in the footprints of the leading dog. Halfway across the open he saw where the leader bad swung ont from the i . . . . . . , . - . . i trail and the others of the pack ' ... r bad ; crowded about blm. to be nrged oo i by the lashings of tbe man's whip. Other signs of tbe pack's growing ex haustion followed close. The man now traveled beside the -ledge where the trail was rough and rode wbere It was smooth and bard. Tbe deep Imprints of bis heeled boots tn tbe soft snow showed that be ran for only a short distance at a time a hundred yards or less and that aft er each running spell be brought tbe pack to a walk. Fie was heavy and ! lacked endurance, and this discovery brought a low cry of exultation to i Jan's Hps. ne fell Into a dog trot Mile after mile dropped behind him. Other miles were ahead of him. an endless wilder 1 ness of miles, and through them the pack persisted, keeping always beyond sound and vision. I The stars began fading out of tbe I skies. Jan followed more and more ' slowly. There was hard breathing ef- fort now in bis running-effort that I caused him physical pain and discom fort Ills feet stumbled occasionally in tbe snow. Ills legs from thlgb to knee began to ache wltb tbe gnawing torment that centers tn the marrow bone, and with this beginning ot the "runner's cramp" he was filled with a would they still drag their burden be yond the rench of bis vengeance? The fear fastened Itself upon him. urging him to greater effort and be called ttpon the nt of bis strength In a spurt Big Snows Aifttar If 66Tte that carried hi in to where the Hilc spruce gave place to tbln bush and the bush to the barren and rocky side ot n huge ridge, up which the trail climbed strong and well defined. For a few paces he followed It. then sllpned and rolled back us the fatal paralysis dead etied nil power of movement In nts limbs. He lay where he fell, moan'ng out his grlnf with wide staring eyes turned straight ud Into the cold cray of the starless sky For a loua time he wns motionless. Then he Ih-u'iid slowly to crawl up the trail Shiiim nf the dull paralytic aohe was gone troin ins limbs, and as he worked hi hiiiiiil Ih'iiii to warm 'hem into new strength until hp stood np nnd sniilHit hum an nnlnini In the w'nd that was comma over the ridge from the south. There wns something In that wind that 1 1) rilled him It stung his nostrils to h uuicu -eiiKlnu of the nearness of something that was human, tie smelted smoke In it there wns the pungent odor of green hnlsatn mixed with a faint perfume of pitch pine. ami because the odor of pitch prew stronger as he ascended he knew that it was a small tire that was making tbe smoke, with none of the fierce, dry woods to burn up the smell, it was a fire hidden among the rocks, a tiny fire, over which the fleeing missfotier was cooking his breakfast. Jan almost moaned aloud In bis glad uess, and the old mad strength return ed to bis body. Near tbe summit of tbe ridge he picked up a club. It was a short, thick club with tbe heavy end knotted and twisted. Cautiously he lifted his face over tbe rocks and looked out upou a plateau still deep in snow swept bare by the winter's winds nnd covered with rocks and bushes His tace was so white that at a little distance it might have been taken for a snow bare. It went whiter when a few yards away be saw the tire, the man nnd the dogs. The man was close to the little blaze. his broad shoulders bunched over, steadying a small pot over the flame. Beyond him were the dogs huddled about the sledge. Inanimate as death Jan drew Himself over the rocks Once he had seen a big footed lyux creep upou a wide awake fox. and. like that lynx, tie crept upon the mun Oe side the lire One ot the tired dogs moved nnd his pointed nostrils qmv i-red in i he air .Ian lay flat iu the snow I'hen the dog's muzzle dropped tietween tils paws, and I he hoy moved ou Inch nv inch tie advanced The ir.cn 's mtilttplleO themselves into h foot, the foul lengthened into yards, nnd (III I lie tiian remained hum-tied over Ills simmertuv put In a M.-ish Jan look tii nisi lip, una nls -nit) criish-n down iiimiii I'im ilil'lulier"s tieail I'tl- mnri itih-l hi iIKh a tog it ml. with II I,H IT. 'lie IMI VMS Mt tu mroHt. "I am .Ian iiivnii" ne ,hri"kwi "I hiii Ian I (eireim .inn I hurenu 'nill- to keel on" He HropiWl lil club nun was niton tile iiihiis dins', his Sletidei tllllfr tlgriteuiiii; like steei wire nt'oiit the thn-K in runt ot til- en ciny "I keei von siow Kiow" n cried as the iinssionei itrnggled weHklV The treat (hick oody 0av-0 under Mm. and ne put all Ms strength into There Waa Death In Each of tha Two Grips. bis bands. Something struck him In tbe face. Something struck him again and again, but he fult neither the pain nor tbe force of it and bis voice sob bed out his triumph as be choked. The man's hands reached up and tore at bis balr, but Jan saw only the mls sloner's mottled faco growing more mottled and his eyes staring in greater agony up into bis own. "I am Jan Tboreau," be panted agnln and again. "1 am Jan Tboreau, an' 1 keel you keel youf Tbe blood poured from bis face. Ic blinded blm until he could no longer Bee the one from which he was chok ing life.. He. bent dojrn his bead to es- cape tne blows. The mau s uoay beaved more and more: It turned until he was half under it but still he bung to the thick throat as the weasel hangs Id tenacious death to the jugular of Its prey. The mlssloner's weight was npon him In crushing force now. His huge hands struck and tore at tbe boy's bead and tace. and then they bad fastened themselves at his neck. Jan was con scious ot a terrible effort to take In breath, but be was not conscious of pain. The clutch did not frighten him. It did not make Dim loosen his grip, nis fiugers dug deeper. He strove to cry out still his words of triumph, but be could make no sound, except a gasp ing like that which came from between the piping laws of the ninn whose life bis body and soul were fighting to smother. There was death In each of the two grips, but the man's was stronger, and his neck was larger and tougher, so that after a lime he staggered to his knees and then to his teet while Jan lay upon his hack. hl9 face and hair red with blood, his eyes wide open and with a lifeless glare in them. The nils sloner looked down upon his victim in horror. As the life that had nearly ebbed out ot blm poured back Into his body he staggered among the dogs. fastened them to the sledge and urged them down the mountain into the plain. Tbere was soon no sound ot tbe sledge. Ilalf a mile down the ridge, where it sloped up gradually frpm tbe forests anil swunips ol (he plain, a team ot powerful maiemutea were running at the bead ot a toboggan. On the sledge was a young half Cree woman. Now beside the sledge, now at tbe head of the dogs, cracking his whip and shout ing joyously, ran .lean de Orovols He was hringing back wltb him a splendid voting woman with big lus trous eyes and balr that shone wltb tbe gloss of a raven's wing In the sun. She laughed at blm proudly as be danced and leaped beside her, reply ing softly In Cree. which is tbe most beautiful language In the world, to everything that be said. Jean leaped and ran, cracked bis caribou whip and shouted and sang until be was panting and red In tbe face. Just as lowaka had called upon him to stop and get a second wind the malemutes dropped back upon their haunches where Jan Thorean lay, twisted and bleeding, In tbe snow. "What Is thlsT cried Jean. He caught Jan's limp headland shoulders up tn his arms and called shrilly to lowaka. who was disentan gling herself from the thick furs In which he bad wrapped her. "It Is the fiddler I told you about wbo lives with Williams at I'ost Lac Rain" he shouted eicltedlj in Cree. "He has been murdered. He hos been choked to death and torn to pieces In the face as If by an animal." Jean's eyes roved about as lowaka Ineeled beside him. "What a tight!" tie gasped. "See the footprints a big , man and a small boy. and the mur derer has gone on a sledge!" "He is warm." said lowaka. "It may he tmt he is not dend." Jean de (jravnls sprang to bis feet kls little black eyes flashing wltb a dangerous tire. In a single leap he was at the side of the sledge throw lug off the furs and bundles aud all other objects xcept his rifle. "He Is dead, lowaka. Look at the ipurpie nnd tilnok In nls tace It Is Jean de Oravols who will catch the murderer, nnd von will stay here and make yourself s camp, lll-o-o-o-o!" he shouted to th mV?mutes. The team twisted sinuously and swiftly tn tbe trail as be sped over the edge of tne mountain. Upon the plain below be knelt upon tbe tobnccn!i. wth his rifle in front of him. and ot hla low. hissing commands, which reached n farther than the dogs' ears, the team stretched their long bodies In pursuit of tbe mlssloner and his huskies. Jean knew that whoever was ahead of blm was not far - away, and bo laughed and bunched his shoulders when be saw that his magnificent malemutes were making three times the speed of the huskies. It was a short chase. It led across the narrow plain and into a dense tangle of swamp, wbere tbe buskles bad picked their way in aimless wandering until they came out tn thick bnlsam and Bank slun pine. Ilalf a mile farther on, and tbe trail broke Into an open wblcb led down to tbe smooth surfnee of a lake, and two-thirds across the lake was the tleeitig mlssloner. (To He" Continued.) Helps a Judge in Bad Fix. Justice Kli Cherry, of Gills Mills, Term., was plainly worried. A bad sore on his leg had baffled several doctors and long resisted all remedies. 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Miss I'.dna Propst of Omaha came down this afternoon to spend Sunday with her parents at Mynard. Lig Hrown, tho hustling mayor of Kenosha, was in the city to day looking after some matters of business. C-rei'd Harris of near I'niou was in the city today attending to some matters of business for a few hours. Adam KatlVnlierger of Might Mile iroe was in the city today visiting Ins triemls and looking after business mailers. Charles Ulrich and wile were passengers this morning for Omaha, where they visited for the day and attended to some busi ness matters. Mrs. Daniel Matson of Meadio polis, Iowa, who lias been hero for some days visiting with Mrs. Agnes Chapman nnd family, tie parted this morning for her home. Mrs. A. K. Smith of near Hock Muffs was a visitor in this city Thursday, and tnndo this office a very pleasant rail. Mrs. Smith is quite an old lady and gets around very lively for one of her age. Tom Smith, who was quite seriously injured by being caught in a threshing machine several weeks ago, was in the city yester day for the first time since tho accident, visiting his numerous county sent friends. Don't waste your money buyiirp strengthening plasters. Cham berlain's Liniment is cheaper and belter. Dampen a piece of flan nel with it and bind it over tho afTcrted parts and it will relievo the pain and soreness. For sale by V. C. Frieke & Co. Mean Piece of Work. William Heil and two daugh ters, Misses Helen and Annie, and two sons, Willie and (iuy, were in e city a few hours last Salur day visiting and trading with county seat friends. While here Mr. Heil and daughter, Miss Helen, paid this office a brief call, to re new his subscription for another year. In conversation with Mr. Heil he tells us that for the first lime in the history of their coin inounily there was some very mean work done on halloween evening. At the home of his son, L. 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The name of the corpora tion shall be the Chopie Gasoline Kngine Company (Limited). The principal place of transacting its business shall be in the city of IMattsniouth, County of Cass, and Slate of Nebraska. The nature of the business to be transacted by said corpora tion shall be the manufacture and sale of gasoline engines, other engines, and machinery and the erection and maintenance of such t.'ii- i uuidiugs ami siruciures as may be deemed necessary, and to pur chase real estate for a site there fore, and to procure any and all necessary property, both real and personal, incidental to or re quired in the manufacture of gasoline engines. 3. The authorized capital stock of said corporation shall be Two Hundred Thousand Dol lars, divided into shares of ten dollars each, to bo subscribed and paid for as required by tho Hoard of Directors. One-half of said stock shall be preferred, and which preferred slock shall draw seven per cent, to be paid out of the net earnings of the company, per annum. The other half shall be common stock, on which dividends shall be paid as the Hoard of Directors might de termine. Only the owners of the common stock shall bo entitled to participate in tho further profits, election of officers and manage ment of the Company. All of sai4 stock shall be non-asse9sable. 4. The existence of this corporation shall commence on the 5th day of October, 1912, and continue during the period or twenty-five years. 5. The business of said cor poration shall be conducted by a Hoard of Directors not to exceed five in number, to be elected by the stockholders of the common slock. The first election of directors shall take place at Plaltsiuouth, Nebraska, on tho day of October, 1912, and thereafter such election to take place at such time and beacon ducted in such manner as shall be prescribed by the by-laws of said corporation. (5. The officers of said cor poration shall be president, vice president, secrelary, treasurer, and a general manager, who shall ie chosen by the Hoard of Direct ors, ami snail noiii ineir omco for the period of one year nnd uiilil their successors shall bo lected and qualified. 7. The highest amount of in debtedness to which said corpora- lion shall at any time subject it self shall not be more than two- I birds of its issued and paid up capital stock. 8. The lyanner of holding tho meeting of stockholders for the election of officers, and the method of conducting the busi ness of the corporation, shall be as provided in the by-laws adopted by the Hoard of Directors. In Witness Whereof, "we have hereunto set our hands this 5th day of October, 1912. Jno. A. Chopieska. Sam G. Smith. II. M. Soennichsen. I). (). Dwyer. John T. Lambert. In presence of Hessie Shea. STATF. OF NFHHASKA, Cass County, ss. On this 2nd day of October, 1912, before 4110, Hessie Shea, a notary public, in and for said county, personally appeared the above named Jno. A. Chopieska, Sam G. Smith, D. 0. Dwyer, II. M. Soennichsen and John T. Lam bert, w ho are personally known to me to be the identical persons whose names are affixed to the above articles as parties thereto, and they severally acknowledged their instrument to be their voluntary act and deed. Witness my hand and notarial seal at Plaltsmouth, Nebraska, this nth day of October, 1912. (Seal) Hessie, Shea, Notary Public. My commission expires June 3rd, 'lOt 3. State of Nebraska, Secretary's Office. Received and filed for record October 7, 1912, and recorded in Hook 20, Miscellaneous Incor porations, at page 528. 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