Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 31, 1922, Page 2

SYNOPSIS FOREWORD.—Motoring _throug Arl- xona, a party of easterners, father and daughter and a male companion, stop to ‘witness a cattle round up. The girl leaves the car and is attacked by & wild steer. A masterpiece of riding on the part of one of the cowboys saves her life. CHAPTER 1.—Clay Lindsay, range-rider on an Arizona ranch, announces his inten- tion to visit the “big town,” New York. CHAPTER II.—On the train Lindsay becomes interested in a young womau, Kitty Mason, on her way to New York to become a.motion-picture actress. She Jis marked as fair prey by a fellow trav- ‘aler, Jerry Durand, gang politician and ex-prize fighter. Percelving his intention, Lindsay Durau Provokes a quarrel and throws CHAPTER 1I1—On his fivet day in New from the train. York Lindsay is splashed with water by :M’lmlor. ‘hat. individual the range- lor unishes summarily and leaves tled to a xra bydrant. A young woman who sces the occurrence invites Clay into her house and hides him’ f¥om the police. CHAPTER 1V.—Clay's ‘rescuer” intro- duces herself as Beatrice Whitford. Lind- say meets her father, Colin Whitford, and 1s Invited to visit them again. He meets ‘by accident. She has been “The man in velveteens met the eyes of the energetic manhandler and quafled. This brown-faced barbarian looked very much like business. “Don’t you touch me! Don’t you dare touch me!” the apostle of anarchy shrilled as the table crashed down. “Ill turn you over to the police!” Clay jerked him to his feet. Hard knuckles pressed cruelly into the soft throat of the Villager. “Git down on yore ham bones and beg the lady’s par- don. Tell her you're a yellow pup, but you don't reckon youll ever pull a bone like that again.” The companions of the poet rushed forward to protest at the manhandling of their leader. Those In the rear jammed the front ones close to Clay and his captive. The cow puncher gently but strongly pushed them back. “Don’t get on the prod,” he advised in his genlal drawl. “The poet hg's got an important engagement right npw." A kind of scuffle developed. The pro- prietor increased it by his hysterical efforts to prevent any trouble. Men to support herself is selling cigarettes in a ulfl'fin Clay visits her there. __ (Continued from last wsued CHAPTER. V Arizona Follows Its Lawless Impulse. The Sea Siren was already begin- ning to fill up when Clay descended three steps to a cellar and was warlly ndmitted. A near-Hawailan orchestra was strumming out a dance tune and a few couples were on the floor. Wait- | resses, got up as Loreleis, were mov- ing about among the guests delivering orders for refreshments. The, westerner sat down in a corner and looked about him. The walls were decorated with crude purple crayons of underfed sirens. A statue of a nude womah' distressed Clay. He did not mind the missing clothes, bue she wns 0 dreadfully emaclated that he thought 1t wise, for her to cling to the yellow-dind-red * draped barber pole that rose from the pedestal. On the base was the legend, “The Weeping Lady.” 'After he had tasted the Sen Siren fare the man from Arizonn sus- pected that both her grief and her anaenila arose from the fact tnat she had been fed on it. ‘A man in artist’s velveteens, minus a halrcut, with a large, fat, pasty face, sat at an adjoining table and dis- coursed to his friends. Presently, dur- ing ap Intermission of the music, he rose and took the rest of those present into his confidence, “Bourgeois to the core,” he an- nounced, speaking of the United States. “What are the Idols we wor- ship?- Law, the chain which binds an enslaved people, thrift, born of childish fear; love of country, which is another name for crass provincialism. I—I am a Cosmopolite, not an American. Bo- hemia is my land, and all free souls are my brothers, Why should I get wrinkles because Germany sunk the Lusitania a month or two ago? That’s her business, not mine.” Clay leaned forward on a search for information. “Excuse me for buttin’ in, and me a stranger. But isn't it yore business when she murders American women and children?” The pasty-faced man looked at him with thinly disguised contempt. “You wouldn't understand if I explained.” “Mebheso I wouldn't, but you take a whirl at it and I'll listen high, wide, and handsome.” The man In velveteens unexpectediy found himself doinit as he was told, There was a sugresrion of compulsion about the zray-hlua fastened on his, somethinz In the clamn of the strong jaw that brought him up for a moment against stark reality. “The - intelligentsia of a country know that there can be no freedom until there Is no law. Every man’s duty I8 to disregard duty. So, by far- ing far on the wings of desire, he helps break down the slavery that binds us. ‘Obey. the Cosmic Urge of your soul re- gardless of where it leads you, young man.” It was unfortunate for the poet of Bohemia that at this precise moment Kitty Mason, dressed in sandals anda lilac-patterned smock, stood before him with a tray of cigarettes asking for Kis'trade. The naive appeal in her ‘moft ayes had its weight with the poet. What:is the use of living in Bohemia if oue cannot be free to follow im- pulse?. He slipped an arm about; the girl and kissed the crimson lips up: turned to him. Kitty started back with a little cry of distress. The freedom taken by the near-poet was Instantly avenged. A Cosmic Urge beat in the veins of the savage from Arizona. He took the poet's advice and followed his Law- less Impulse where It led. Across the table a long arm reached. Sinewy ‘fingers closed upon the flowing neck- wear of the fat-faced orator and dragged him forward, leaving over- turned glasses In the wake of his QOUrse, . o o e jolned themselves to the noisy group of which Clay was the smiling center. The excitement Increased. Distant corners of the room became the refuge of the women. Some one struck at the cow puncher over the heads of those about him. The mass of closely packed human beings showed a conyulsive ac- tivity. It became suddenly the most popular indoor sport at the Sea Siren to slay this barbarian from the desert who had Interfered with the amuse- ments of Bohemia, But Clay took a lot of slaying. In the rough-and-tumble life of the out- door West he had learned how to look out for his own hand. The copper halr of his strong lean head rose above the tangle of the melee like the bro- midic Helmet of Navarre. A reckless light of mirth bubbled in-his dare- devil eyes. The very number of the opponents who interfered with each other trying to get at him:was a guar- antee of safety. The bluws sho 1 at him lacked steam ahd’ were’ budly timed as to distance. . The pack rollea across the room, tipped over a table, and deluged an artist and his nmrlmy with hot choco- late before they could escape from the avalanche. Chalrs . went over - like ninepins. Stands collapsed. Men grunt- ed and shouted advice, - Girlg'screamed, The Sea Siren was being wrecked by a cyclone from the bad-lands. + Arms threshed wildly to and fro. The local point of their destination was the figure at the center of the disturbance. Most of the blows found other marl Four or five men could have dem ished Clay. Fifteen or twenty found it n tough job because they interfered with each other at every turn. They were packed too close for hard hitting. Clay was not fighting but wrestling. He used his arms to push with rather than to strike blows that counted. The Arlzonan could not afterward remember at exactly what stage of the proceedings the face of Jerry Durand impinged itself on his consciousness. Once, when the swirl of the crowd flung him close to tne door, he caught a glimpse of it, tight-lipped and wolf- eyed, turned to-him with relentless malice. The gang leader was taking no part in the fight. The crowd parted. Out of the pack a pair of strong arms and lean broad shoulders plowed a way for a some- what damaged face that still carried a debonair smile. With pantherish litheness the Arizonan ducked a swinging blow. A moment, and ne was outside taking the three steps that led to the street. Into his laboring lungs he drew de- liclously the soft breath of the night. It cooled the fever of his hammered face, was like an icy bath to his hot body. A little dizzy from the blows that had been rained on him, he stood for a moment uncertain which way to go. ~ (Continued in Next [ss=e) P ——————————— Violin Instruction Forming class of twenty— Interested parties call at 415 AMERICA AVE. C. L. ARNOLD Remember TO-NIGHT~- Tomorrow Alright Paste In Your Hat CITY DRUG STORE PERSONALS Mrs. W. K. Denison is entertain- ing a number of friends this evening at her home, Doran apartments, there being four tables: of bridge. Miss Gladys Chapin, teacher of the kindergarten department of the State Teachers college, entertained: the little folks at a picnic this moirning at Diamond Point. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Congdon and son James autoed to Wadena Tues- day and visited friends and rela- tives, returning”: ‘to Bemidji in the evening. MILK & CREAM Pure Milk & Cream from grade Shorthorns in Dr. Gilmore’s herd. Have been supplying St. Anthony’s Hospital and can now take care of city trade. 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Dunning, at Racine, Wis,, and also Mrs. Naugle and grandson Joe, who are yisiting there. 5 Wellington McLaughlin, Seattle, Wash:, arrived in ' Bemidji last Fri- tay isurprising~His brother, T:{J. Mec- Laughlin, 218 Irvine avenue south, whom he’ had not seen for about 31 years. He will be a gueste at his home for some time, and will go to Duluth and Michigan to visit rela- tives before returning to Seattle. PDIAMOND POINT PARK People who registered at Diamond Point yesterday were: Bud J. Wil- liamson, ‘Thomas A. Williamson and Pete Williamson, of Colorado, and Victor Fishbe¢k of Fos:ton. ELKS LODGE WiLL HOLD MEETING THURSDAY NiGHT The regular business ‘meeting cf the B. P.'0. E. will be held Thurs- day evening at the Elk’s hall, and a large attendance of members is re- quested, as there are several applica- tions for member:hip to be voted upon. FIRST LUTHERAN BROTHER- -HOOD MEET THURSDAY NIGHT The Lutheran Brotherhood of the Pirst Lutheran church meets in the church parlors Thursday evening, June 1, at 8 ¢’clock. A good pro- gram has been arranged and all members are urged to be present. The ‘public is invited. ST. PAUL'S YOUNG rEOPLE MEET TOMORROW NIGHT The Young People’s League of the St. Paul’s Evangelical church will meet Thursday evening at 8 o’clock at the home of Paul Eickstadt, 609 A MIXTURE of Naivete and [o TONIGHT Irviné avenue, he being host. The business meecting will be followed: by a social hour and a large attendance is urged. A.F. & A. M. PUTS ON SECOND DEGREE WORK THIS EVENING All members of the Bemidji lodge No. 233, A, F. & A. M, are request- ed to be present at the regular meet- ing of that order to be held at the Masonic hall this evening at 8 o’clock. 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