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-4k rWMfcr -wWIWW .acaawsji5U!: '! iW RED OLOUD, HEB1AIKA, OHIIf !&. " ' S" FARM MORE LAND Cultivate for the Soldier at the " Front. MEET REQUIREMENTS THE ALLIES rjSSrwwtsKH UU ihj TOCOHTROLEXPDHTS nnunc? ditat mi aim ii i' f. i? , ? t ( ) I li p ii r r: H rFi-W sEW VSal N MllB CiJHS31 SMBNMMHBMdi HU r M wm eh By FRANCIS LYNDE (Copntsfct by OuiIm Scribow Sont) ii AFTER SAVING THE LIFE OF DAINTY CORONA BALDWIN, SMITH TAKES IT UPON HIMSELF TO SAVE THE COM PANY'S PROPERTY AT THE RISK OF HIS LIFE Synopsis. J. Montnguo Smith, cnshlcr of tho Lawrcncovlllo Bnnk and Trust company, bachelor society lender, engaged to marry Vcrdn Rlchlandcr, heiress, Is wrongfully accused of dishonesty by Wntrous Dunham, his employer, and urged to bo tho scapegoat for his guilty nc cuscr. Smith strikes Dunham, leaves him for dead nnd flees tho state. Ho turns up an n tramp sometime Inter at nn irrigation dam construc tion camp In tho Rockies nnd ns John Smith gets a rough Job. He soon attracts tho nttcntlon of his boss by his evldcnco of superior Intelli gence nnd becnuso tho company Is In finnnclnl strnlts, is asked to Join tho olllco staff und become n sort of llnnnclnl ndvlscr. About this tlrao Smith snves tho llfo of Miss Corona Baldwin, daughter of Col. Dexter Baldwin, president of tho company. 5 CHAPTER VI Continued. "I.wns born hero In Tlmanyonl, nnd you haven't been hero thrco weeks: do you think I'd bo nfrnld to go any where that you'll go?" "We'll 8eo about that," ho chuckled, matching tho laugh; and with that ho lot tho clutch take hold, sent the car rolling gently up to tho level of tho rallrond embnnkment nnd across the mils of tho main track, and pulled It around until it was hended fairly for tho upper switch. Then ho put tho motor In tho rovcrso nnd begnn to jbnek tho car on tho siding, steering bo that the wheels on one side hugged the Inside of ono mil. "What In tho world nro you trying to do?" questioned the young woman iwho had said sho was not afraid. "Walt," ho temporized; "Just wait a minute and get ready to hnng on Ilko grim denth. Wo'ro going across on that trestle." Ho fully expected her to shriek and ,grab for tho Btecrlng wheel. That, he 'told himself, was what tho normal 'young woman would do. But Miss Co rona disappointed him. "You'll put us both Into tho river, and smash Colonel-daddy's car, but I guess tho Baldwin family can stand It if you can," sho remnrked quite calmly. Smith kept on bncklng until tho enr lhad passed the switch from which tho legs nnd bodies, sufllclently terrifying, ono would suppose, to n young woman Bitting calmly In an automobile a hun dred yards away. Tho strugglo was short in Just pro portion to Its vigor, nnd at the end of It two of the trespassers were knocked out, and Smith was dragging tho third over to tho wagon, into which ho pres ently henved the ninn ns If ho hnd been a sack of meal. Miss Baldwin, sitting in tho car, saw her ally dlvo Into the covered wagon and como out with a pnlr of rifles. Pausing only long enough to smash tGo guns, ono nfter tljo other, over tho wagon wheel, ho started back after tho two other men. They wcro not waiting to bo carried to tho wagon; they wcro up and running in a wido semlclrclo to reach their hope of retreat unslaln, if that might be. It wns all very brutal and barbarous, no doubt, but the colonel's daughter was Western born nnd bred, nnd sho clapped her hands nnd lnughed in sheer enthusiasm when bIio saw Smith make a show of chas ing tho circling runners. Ho did not return to her until after ho had pulled up tho freshly driven stakes nnd thrown them awny, nnd by that Umo tho wagon, with tho horses lashed to a keen gallop, was disap pearing over tho crest of the northern ridge. "That's ono way to get rid of them, spur branched off to cross to tho mate-1 isn't It?" said tho emancipated bank 'rial yard on tho opposite side of tho Tlver. A skillful bit of juggling put I the roadster over on the ties of tho spur-track. Then he turned to his fel low risk. "Sit low and hang on . with both hands," ho directed. "Nowl" nnd ho opened tho throttle. The trestlo was not much nbovo two hundred feet long, nnd, happily, the cross-ties were closely spaced. Steered to a hair, tho big car went bumping across, nnd In his innermost recesses .Smith was saying to his Immediate ancestor, tho well-behnvcd bank clerk : "You swob I You novcr saw tho day vhcn you could do a thing llko this you thought you nnu mo lieu up in a bunch of ribbon, didn't you?" If Miss Baldwin wero frightened, she did not Bhow It. Smith Jerked the iroadstcr out of tho entanglement of jtho rallrond track and said: "You may sit up now nnd tell mo which wny to go. I don't know nnythlng nbout tho roads over here." She pointed out tho wny across tho hills, and a four-mile dash followed. Up hill and down tho big roadster Wed, devouring tho interspaces, nnd (at the topping of tho Inst of tho ridges, In a small, low-lying swnlo which wns well hidden from nny point of view in the vicinity of tho distant dam, they 'came upon tho Interlopers. There ,wero three men nnd two horses and n covered wagon, ns Martin's telephone messngo had catalogued them. The horses wcro still in the traces, and Just beyond tho wagon a legal mining claim had been marked out by freshly driven stakes. At ope end two of tho men wero dlgglngtperfunctorlly, while the third was tacking the. legal notlco on a bit of board, nailed to ono of tho takes. Smith sent tho gray car rocketing down into tho swalq, brought It to a tand with n thrust of tho brakes, and Jumped out Once moro tho primitive iStono Ago man In him, which bad slept 'bo long and so quietly undor tho Luw rencovlllo conventionalities, was Joy ously pitching tho barriers asldo. "It's moving day for you fellows," be .announced cheerfully, picking tho blg jfest of the three ns tho proper sub ject for tho order giving. "You'ro on -the Tlmanyonl Ditch company's land, und you know It. PUo Into tho wagon and fade away 1" Tho big man's answer was a laugh, pointed, doubtless, by tho fact that the order giver was palpably unarmed. Smith's right arm shot out, nnd when ,the blow landed there wero only two lleft to closo In on him. In such sud Wen hostilities tho advantages are all rwlth tho beginner. Ilavlng superior reach nnd a good bit moro skill than either of tho two tncklcrs, Smith held his own until ho could get In a few more of tho smashing right-handers, jbnt in planting them he took punish ment enough to mako him Berserk mad and so practically invincible There was a flcrco mingling of arms, man, Jocosely, upon taking his place in tho car to cramp It for the turn. "Was that something like tho notion you hnd In mind?1 "Mercy, no!" sho rejoined. And then: "Are you sure you nro not hurt?" "Not worth mentioning," he evaded. "Those duffers couldn't hurt nnybody, so long as they couldn't get to their guns." "But you have saved the company at your own expense. They will bo sure to hnvo you arrested." "Wo won't cross that bridge until we como to It," ho returned. "If wo wero back In tho country from which I havo lately escaped, It would bo proper for mo to ask your permission to drive you safely home. Since wo nro not, I shall assumo tho permission und do it anyway." "Oh, Is that necessary?" sho asked, meaning, as ho took It, nothing moro than comradely deprecutlon at putting him to the trouble of It "Not absolutely necessary, perhaps, but decently prudent. You might drop me opposlto the dam, but you'd havo to pass thoso fellows somewhere on tho way, and they might try to mnke It unpleasant for you." Sho mado no further comment, and ho sent tho car spinning along over tho hills to tho westward. A mile "I can't talk and drive a speed wagon nt the same tlrao," ho told her, twisting tho gray car Into the rond she had Indicated, and ho mado the asser tion good by covering the four remain ing miles In tho same preoccupied fashion. There wn3 a reason, of a sort, for his silence; two of them, to be exact. For one, ho was troubled by that haunting sense of fumlllarity which was still trying to tell hlra that this was not his first meeting with Colonel Baldwin's daughter; and the other, much bigger and moro depressing, wns tho realization that In breaking with his past ho had broken also with the world of women, nt lenst to tho extent of ever asking ono of them to mnrry him. Ho pushed tho thought nslde, com ing back to tho other one the puzzle of familiarity when Miss Bnldwln pointed to ii transplanted Missouri fnrm mansion, with a columned por tico, stnnding in n grovo of cotton woods on the left-hand sldo of the rond, telling him it was Hlllcrest Thero was a masslvo stono portnl fronting the rond, and when ho got down to open tho gates tho young womnn wok tno wneci nnu urove through; whereupon ho decided that it was time for him to break awny, nnd said so. "But how will you get bnck to the enmp?" sho asked. "I havo my two legs yet, and the walking isn't bad." "No; but you might meet those two men ngnln." "Thnt is tho least of my troubles." Miss Corona Baldwin, like the Mis souri colonel, her father, camo upon moments now and then when sho hnd the ultimato courago of her impulses. "I should havo said you hadn't a trouble In tho world," she asserted, meeting his gaze level-eyed. Tho pollto paraphrases of the cof fined period wero slipping to tho end of his tongue, but he set his teeth upon them and Bald, Instead: "That's all you know about it What if I should tell you that you've Been driving this morning with an escaped convict?" "I shouldn't believe it," she said calmly. "Well, you haven't not quite," he returned, adding the qualifying phrase in sheer honesty. Eiie had untied her veil and was asking him hospitably If ho wouldn't como In and meet her mother. Some thing in the way she Bald It some little twist of the lips or look of the eyes, touched tho spring of complete recog nition, and tho familiarity puzzle van ished Instantly. "You forget that I am a working man," he smiled. "My gang In the quarry will think Tvo found a bottle somewhere." And then : "Did you over loso a glove, Miss Baldwin a whlto kid with a little holo In ono finger?" "Dozens of them," sho admitted; "nnd most of them had holes, I'm afraid. But what has that to do with your coming in and meeting mamma nnd letting her thnnk you for saving my llfo?" "Nothing at all, of course," ho hastened to sny; and with that ho bndo her good-by rather abruptly, and turned his back upon tho transplanted Missouri mansion, muttering to him self as he closed the portal gates be hind him : " 'Baldwin,' of course I What an ass I wns not to remember the nnmol And now I've got the other half of it, too; It's Corona." "They looked like a bunch of hired assassins," said Smith, with a grin. "It's somo more of the Interference, Isn't it?" The colonel's square Jaw settled Into the fighting angle. "How much do you know nbout this business mix-up of ours, Smith?" ho asked. "All that Williams could tell me In a little heart-to-heart talk we had the other day." "You agreed with him that thero was a tolerably big nigger In the wood pile, didn't you?" "I had alrendy gathered that much from the camp gossip." "Well, it's so. We're Just about ns helpless as a bunch of cattle In n sink hole," was tho rnnchmnn president's confirmation of the camp guesses. "What In tho namo of the great horn spoon can we do moro than we have dono?" "There are n number of thtngs thnl might be done," said Smith, falling back reflectively upon tho presumably TRAINING BASES FORTROOPS Providing for American Soldiers Now In France Daring Air Ratd on London By Germans ?'- PpS ,iifmaSI Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington. Govornmont control of Amorlcan exports, authorized in a provision of tho espionage act, has beon ordered put into operation July 15 by Prosldont Wilson with the issu ance of a proclamation requiring tho licensing of shipments to all countries of tho most important export commod ities. ' In a statement accompanying tho proclamation, tho president do :lared tho government's policy will oo first to glvo consideration to Amor :an needs; next to meet as far as pos sible tho requirements of tho allies, nd lastly to supply tho neutral coun tries wherover practical. It Is mado sloar that ovory ofTort will bo mado to sco that no supplies reach tho cen tral powors. Tho commodities named put under control, aro coal, coke, fuel, oils, ker OBeno and gasollno, Including bunk ers; food grains, flour and meal, fod der and feeds, meats and fat, pig Iron, steel, bullots, ship plates and struc tural shapes, scrap iron and scrap Btool; fertilizers, arms, ammunition and explosives. Tho inclusion of food stuffs In tho proclamation lends color to statements that tho administration Is considering tho advisability of a complete ombargo for sixty days on all food shlpmonts to give tho country tlmo to ascertain tho amount of its supplies and to glvo allied and noutral countries an opportunity to present a full program of tholr requirements. "They Looked Like a Bunch of Hired Assassins. CHAPTER VII. .jaflSfc The Struggle Was Short short of tho trestlo river crossing they overtook nnd passed the wagon. Bo causo ho had tho colonel's daughter with him, Smith put on a burst of speed and so gavo tho claim Jumpers no chance to provoko another battlo. In tho maze of crossroads opposlto tho llttlo city on tho south bank of tho river, Smith wns out of bis reck oning, and was obliged to ask bis com panion to direct him. "I thought you weren't ever going to say anything nny more," sho sighed, in mock despair. "Take thla road to tho right" Tlmanyonl Ditch. Smith had his voto of thanks from Colonel Dexter Baldwin in Williams' sheet-Iron office at the dam, the colonel having driven out to the camp for tho express purpose; and the chief of construction himself was not pres ent "You've loaded us up with a toler ably heavy obligation, Smith Corry's mother and mo," wns tho wny tho colonel summed up. "If you hadn't been on deck and strictly on tho Job at that railroad crossing yesterday morning" "Don't mention it colonel," Smith broko In. "I did nothing more than any man would havo dono for any woman, lou know it, ana i Know it Let's leavo It that way nnd forget It" Tho tnll Mlssourlnn'8 lnugh wns en tirely npprobatlve. "I like thut," ho said. "It's n good, man-fashioned way of looking nt It You know how I feel about It how any father would feel; and that's enough." "Plenty," wns tho brief rejoinder. "But thero's another chnpter to It that neither of us can cross out; you'll havo to come out to tho ranch nnd let Corry's mother havo a hack at you," Baldwin went on. "I couldn't flguro you out of that if I should try. And now about thoso claim jumpers: I sup pose you didn't know any of them by namo?" "No." "Corry says you gavo them tho tlrao of their lives. By George, I wish I'd been there to sco I" and tho colonel slapped his leg and laughed. "Did they look llko tho real thing sure ly enough proipectortr dead and burled bank-cashier part ol him. "And If you can manage to stay in the game and play it out, there la big money in it for all of yon ; enough to make it well worth whllo for you to put up the fight of your lives." "Big money? you mean In saving our Investment?" "Ob, no; not at all; In cinching tho other fellows," Smith put In genially. Colonel Dexter Baldwin lifted his soft hat and ran his fingers through his grizzled hair. "Say, Smith; you mustn't forget that I'm from Missouri," he said half quizzically. "But I shouldn't think you'd need to bo 'shown' in this particular In stance," wns tho smiling rejoinder. "Tho chnnco to sell you people water from your own dam isn't the only thing or the main thing In this case. They are obliged to havo this dam site, or, at least, ono as high up the river as this. In order to get the water over to their newly ullenated grant In tho western half of the park." "You'vo got it straight," said the colonel. "Very good. Then they're simply obliged to have your dam, or Don't you see the alternative now, colonel?" "Heavens to Betsy I" exclaimed the breeder of flno horses, bringing his fist down upon Williams' desk with a crash that made the ink bottles dance. And then: "What a lot of fence-posts we are tho whole kit nnd b'llln' of us I If they get tho dam, they sell wnter to us; if they don't get It, we sell 0 4o them I" "That's it exactly," Smith, p quietly. "And I should say that rar .stake in tho game Is worth tho Btlffest fight you can make to save It uon i you agree with me?" "Great Jehu I I Bhould sny sol" ejaculated tho amateur trust fighter. Then he broke down tho barriers mns- tcrfully. "That settles it, nun. xou can't wiggle out of It nowJjo way or shape. You'vo got to comwover Into Macedonia nnd help us. Wflllaras tells me you refused him, but you can't re fuse me." German Air Raid on London. London A second daylight descent apon London by a squadron of air planes was mado Saturday. Although tho German contingent was larger, moro daring, more deliberate In Its movements and descended much low er than on a visit of Juno 13, tho num ber of killed nnd wounded was, ac cording to tho first official roll, rough ly one-third tho previous casualty list Tho destruction of property may have been greater but that is impossible to estimate. Tho flight of the Gormans over London lasted about twenty mln Ites. British airmen engaged the en emy for several minutes over tho me tropolis and anti-aircraft guns wero firing briskly, dotting the sky with shrapnel puffs but without effect so far as concerned tho destruction of any of the twenty or more machines which constituted tho Invading force. Twenty-sovon, it is known, were killed, and over a hundred Injured. TRAINING BASES FOR TROOPS American 8oldlers In France Have Been Provided For Paris Training bases for American troops In Franco aro ready for oc cupancy. Thoy include aviation, ar tillery, infantry and medical bases. The section of tho battle front even tually to bo occupied by tho Americans has beon approved by Major Gonoral Pershing. Tho location Is a military secret and no actual tlmo has been specified for American participation in tho fighting. Tho battalion of United States soldiers that took part in In dependence day celebration In Paris has begun training at its permanent camp. This question of conservation ol food has becomo so agitated by those who hnvo a knowledge of what It menus in tho preservntlon of llfo, who havo made a study of tho food condi tions, nnd tho requirements of the country, thnt it is beginning to arouse tho entire nation. Tho economist whoso duty it is to study the output and compare It with tho consumption, sees a rapidly creeping up of ono on tho other, and, when tho nppetlto of consumption gets a headway on the output, where will tho nation bo? It Is time tho people wero aroused, for there is danger ahead unless tho in telligence of tho peoplo is awakened to tho facts. Tho crop of 1017 will be less than nn nverngo one, nnd see the work it hns to perform. It has to feed the l nn producing it, and he is of less efficiency today than a year ngo. Ills strength hns been reduced by the drawing away of the thousands from the farms, who aro now in the ranks of the consumer instead of In that of tho producer. Thero Is nn Inverse ratio here that can only be under stood when confronted with tho ap palling figures presented by those In charge of tho conservation work. The ' nrmy hns to bo fed, dependents enred for, the nnvy hns to have provisions, nnd we cannot sit Idly by nnd see the women nnd children of the countries across tho sen stnrve. Thero is such u great cnll for active pnrtlclpntlon in tho mnttcr of providing food, thut those who nro left nt home in charge of this work have a responsibility placed upon tbcm fully as great as bus the man ut the front who bus gone out to protect tho homes, the sanctity nnd the honor of those who aro left behind. Tho producer should think only of this; thero should bo economy, not only of labor. Every ucre of avail able lund should be producing. Ad vantage should be taken of every day light hour. It must not be a case of how much can we make. It must be a case of "fight" with those who have gone overseas, but In our way, fight to win the war. Where that spirit per vades will be found the spirit of the patriotic American. There Is no diffi culty in securing land In any of the stntes. It may be rented on easy terms or purchased at low prices, and there should bo little difficulty arranging with bankers to get tho necessary funds to carry on operations. Should you not be able to get what you want In your own state, Western Canada offers nn Immense wide field for oper ntlons at the lowest possible cost, nnd Americans nro welcomed with open arms. Homesteads of 100 acres each may be had on easy conditions, and other lands may be purchased at low prices on easy terms. The yields of all kinds of smnll grains are heavy. The prospects for a 1917 crop are ex cellent, and It looks today as if there would bo as good a return as at any time in the past, and when it is real ized thnt there have been yields of forty nnd forty-five bushels of wheat over lurgo areas this should be en couraging. Now that the two coun tries aro allies and the cause is a com mon one there should be no hesitation In accepting whatever offer seems to bo the best in order to increase tho production so necessary, and which should It not be met, will prove a se rious menace. Particulars as to Cuna dian lands, whether for purchase or homestead, may be had on application to nny Cnnndlnn Government Agent-Advertisement t ffbx Potrograd. The propaganda in fa vor of a "women's fighting regiment" has made considerable progress Eight hundred volunteers have already enlisted, among whom, is the wife of the war minister, A. P. Kenenaky. Madamo Schabanoff, president of the pan-Russian Women's league, declares raising such a force is the only means to flro tho courago of tho men. Salt Lako City, Utah. Appointment of Major It. W. Young, grandson of Brlgham Young, pioneer president of tho Mormon church as colonel of the Utah National Guard to command the Utah troops in Franco has been mado from Governor Mamgor's office. Do you believe that Smith would be wise In taking an Im portant position with the ditch company especially If he really hopes to escape prison as a re sult of the Lawrencevllle aftairt Wouldn't he be wiser If Yte disap peared from the new Job? Britain Secures Another Loan Washington. Twenty-five million dollars has beon placed to tho credit of Great Britain by Secrotary McAdoo, bringing tho loan to that nation up to $585,000,000, and the total loaned all tho allies $1,043,000,000. U&47&3tf. Yean. (TO BB CONTINUED.) Resistance of the Wind. Tests on n model of tho naval collier Neptuno made in tho wind tunnel of tho Washington navy yard by Naval Constructor William McEnteo Bhow thnt if this" vessel wero stcnmlng ngnlnst a 80-mllo wind nt 14 knots nn hour it would requlro nbout 770 horse power to ovcrcomo tho reslstanco of the wind. This Is about 20 per cent of the power necessary, to propel through the water, Washington Secretary Rodflold Is proparing to warn business that the govornmont may find it necessary to requisition shipping tonnage within a short time. Industrials will bo told thoy should adjust their affairs accordingly. Russian Forces Continue Offensive. Potrograd. Russian troops have captured Konluchy, on tho Gallclan front, with 164 officers and 8,400 mon, tho war offlco has announcod. The Russian official announcement Bays that tho Russians have advanced to tho Konluchy stream and also havo capturod sovon heavy guns. Teuton prisoners continue to bo brought in. Russian, forcos contlnuo tholr of fensive against tho Turks in the Caucasus. Russian cavalry pursuod tho fleolng Turks and occupied tho vll lago of Engldja north of Lako Dorlbar. He Would Pay. It happened nt a Christmas party, A pretty young lady bad asked one oi the male guests to pass a dish of al monds nnd raisins. "With pleasure," ho replied, "but do you know that what you have asked for Is called In the vernacular 'Kiss miss,' and that the penalty of a kiss attaches to the request?" "Is that so?" answered tho lady, calmly. "I must consult my husband." And sho called across tho room to him, and repeated the observation. "Quite so," he replied. "According to custom It is a Just debt and must bo paid. But is the gentleman aware of the arrangement made whon wo wero married that I must settle all my wife's liabilities?" 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