Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 9, 1922, Page 2

E ® . LN COPYRIOUT " THARPER AND BROTHEAS.. Continued fiom lash issue) Jim -Lash's wound healed without any aggravatiog symptoms. It would be:only a matter of time until he had the use of lils leg again, All these days,” however, there was little ap- parent, change in Ladd’s condition, un- Jess ‘it was that he seemed to fade ,away as he lingered. Then Yaqul asked for the care of Ladd. The Indian absented himself from camp for @ while, and when he returned he carrled the roots and leaves of desert plangs unknown to Gale. From these the. Indlan brewed an ointment. Then Be stripped the bandages from Ladd { #nd applied the mixture to his wounds. That .done, he let him le with the wounds exposed to the air, at night the wounds to the warm, dry ! aly. ' Slowly they closed, and Ladd céaged to bleed externally. Diays passed and grew into what Gale fmagined must have been weeks. Yaqul recovered fully. Jim Lash be- gan to move about on a crutch; he shared the Indlan’s watch over Ladd. Thorne lay a haggard, emaclated ghost of his former rugged self, but with life in the eyes that turned al- . 'ways toward Mercedes. Ladd lingered and lingered. The life seemingly wonld not leave his bullet-plerced body. 'The tireless, implacable, in- scrutable savage was ever at the ranger’s side. His great somber eyes burned.. At length he went to Gale, apd with that strange light flitting across. the hard bronzed face, he sald Ladd would live. e e s s s s = The second day after Ladd had been given such thin nourishment as be could swallow he recovered the use of his tongue. '“Shiore—thls’s h—1,” he whispered. " ""Ihat was a'characteristic speech for the ranger, Gale.thought; and. indeed : de all who had heard It smile ~ T it thelr’ eyes were wet. #¥From that - time forward Ladd gained, but he galned so immeasurably slowly -that only the eyes of hope cbbld . have seen any improvement. Jim Lash threw away his crutch, and Thorne was ‘well,” if 'still somewhat wegk, before Ladd could lift his arm OFturn ‘his head. His whispers grew stronger. And the day arrived when Q"Qrp, who was perhaps the least op- timistic, threw doubt to the winds and knew the ranger would get well. e e e s s s » “Boys, come round,” said Ladd, In bis low volce. “An’ you, Mercedes. 4n’ call the Yaqul” ’ "/Ladd lay. in the shade of the brush shelter, that had been erected.” There seemed . little of him but long, lean ' lnes, and if it had not been for his keen, thoughttul, kindly eyes, his face would ihave resembled a death mask of a-man starved. ‘“Share I want to know what day 1s it‘an’ what month?” asked Ladd. Nobody could answer him. The question seemed a surprise'to Gale, and evidently was so to the others. “Look at that cactus,” went on Ladd. “I reckon according to that glant cactus It's somewheres along the end of March,” said *Jim Lash, soberly. “Shore it’s April. 'Look where the sun is. An’ can't you feel it's gettin’ hot?" “Supposin’ Lash, slowly. “Well, what I'm drivin’ at is It's about time you all was hittin® the trail back to Forlorn River, before the waterholes dry ont.” “Laddy, I reckon we'll start soon a8 you're able to be put on a hoss.” “Shore that’ll be too late.” A silence ensued, in which those who_heard Ladd gazed fixedly at him and then at one another. Lash un- sily shifted the position of his lame Teg, and Gale saw hima molsten his lips with his ‘tongue, 3 & “Charlle Ladd, T ain't reckonin’ you mean we’re to ride off an’ leave you here?” . BN a “What else Is there to do? The hot weather's close. Pretty soon most of the waterholes will he dry. You can’t travel then. Pm on my back bere. an’ God only; knows: when Y.could be packed out. Not for weeks mebhe: Tl never-be any good: again even if T was to-get out alive. . . iYou see. shore this sort of case come: round sometimes in the desert. Tt common enough. I've heard of sev eral cases where men bhad t an Tanwn o Salan fahtnd To . . If you're fightin’ the desert you can't afford to be sentimental. Now, as.1 said, I'm all In. So what's the sense .of you waitin’ here, when it it Is April?” queried .means the old desert story? By goin’ ,now_mebbe you’ll get home. ,now, .boys, you'll see this the right ‘way? ' Jim, old pard?”’ Shore /. “No, Laddy, an’ I can’t figger how you could ever ask me.” “Shore then leave me here with Ya- .qnt ‘an’ ‘a couple of the hosses. We sull cat sheep meat, An’ if the water LR TR ¢overing him. Next day he again b GOLD livius oul “No!" interrupted Lash, violently. Ladd’s eyes sought Gale's face. “Son, you aip’t bull-hedded like Jim. You'll see the sense of it. There's Nell a-waitin’ back at Forlorn River. Think what it means to her! You'll 80, son, won’t you?” Dick shook his head. DOINGS OF THE DUFFS =« ¢ Tom Makes A Getaway NO,WE GOT To\ GO RIGHT Now = 1 WON'T BE GONE The ranger turned his gaze upon Thorne, and now the keen, glistening eyes had blurred. | “Thorne, it's different with you. | Jim's a fool, an’ young Gale has been punctured by choya thorns. He's got the desert poison in his blood. But you now—you've no call to stick—you can find that trail out. Take your wife an’ go. Shore you'll go, Thorne?” | Deliberately and without a mo- ment’s hesitation the cavalryman re plied “No.” ™ Ladd tnen directed his appeal to Mercedes. His face was now con- vulsed, and his volce, though it had sunk to a whisper, was clear, and beautiful with some rich quality that Gale had never before heard in it. “Mercedes, you're a woman. You're the woman we fought for. An’ some of us are shore goin’ to die for you. Don’t make it all for nothin’. Let us ot nyees. RS W “Mercedes, You're a Woman. You'reé the Woman We Fought For.” feel we saved the woman. Shore you can make Thorne go. He'll have to go If you say. They'll all have to go. Think of the years of love an’ happi- ness in store for you. A week or so an’ it'll be too late. Mercedes, don't make it all for nothin’. Say you'll persuade Thorne, if°not-the others.” For all the effect his appeal had to move her, Mercedes . might: have pos- sessed a heart as hard and fixed as the surrounding lava. | “Never!” ‘ ‘White-faced, with great black eyes ' flashing, the Spanish girl spoke.the word that bound her and her com- panions in the desert. The subject was never mentioned again,# Gale thought that he read a sinister® purpose in Ladd’s mind. To his astonishment, Lash came to him with the same fancy. ~After that they made certain there never was a gun within reach of Ladd’s clutching, clawlike hands. | Gradually a somber spell lifted from the ranger's mind. When he was en- tirely free of it he began to gather strength daily. Then it was as if he had never known patience—he who had shown so well -how to wait. He was in a frenzy to get well. His ap- petité: could, -not be satisfied. The sun climbed higher, whiter, hot- ter. Every day.the water in the lava hole sank an inch, LB 1 The Yaqui .alohe spent the .ym_lfl'ng times in activity. He made trips up on the lava slope, and each timeshe returned with guns ‘or boots or som- breros, or somethinf belonging! he bandits that bad, fallen. | i ] Those wafting days grew into weeks.: Ladd galned very. slowly.":«iNeverthe: less, at last he could walk about, and soon he averred that, strapped. to a horse, he could last out the trip to Forlorn River. There was rejoicing In camp, and plans were eagerly suggested. The Yaqui happened to be absent. When he returned the rangers told him they were now ready to undertake the Journey back across lava and cactus. Yaqui shook his head. They de- clared again their intention. '"“No!" replied the Indian, and his deep, sonorous voice rolled out upon the: quiet of the arroyoi :He' spoke briefly then. They bad waited too log. The ‘smaller watorholes back | rER R SAY, HELEN, I'M GOING OUT FOR A LITTLE _WHILE , BUT I'LL BE HOME EARLY! OH, BUT,TOM WAIT- ~ou DIoN T HAVE YoLUR R DESERT! VERY LONG — , DADDY OH,WHERE . \TAKE ME. YOU GOING Tom P HE’S GONE! NEVER EVEN \xnsss\) GOoop BNE!) ALONG? ST R THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER . By Allman 7"} ToMm, po You WANT ME TO ! 60 WITH You? HENEVER TAKES ME! WHAT DO You SUPPOSE _\7~ ME | GOT INTO HIM TONIGHT? | NEVER HEARD HIM PULL ANY THING LIKE THAT BEFORE! SOMETHING. HIS MANNER ToNIGHT! in the trall were dry. The hot Sum- mer was upon them. There could be only death waiting down in the burn: ing valley. ‘Here was water and grass and wood and shade from the sun's rays, and sheep to be killed on the peaks. “Wait for rain,” concluded Yaqui. and now as never before he spoke as one with authority. “If no rain—" Silengly he lifted n sneaking hand. CHAPTER XVI . Mountain Sheep. ‘What Gale might have thought an appalling situation, if considered from .4 safe and comfortable home away from the desert, became, now that he was shut in by the red-ribbed lava + walls and great dry wastes, a matter calmily accepted as inevitable. So he imagined it was accepted by the oth- . ers. Not even Mercedes uttered a regret. word:was spoken: of home. If there was thought of loved ones, it was locked deep in their minds. By tacit agreement Ladd again be- came the leader of the party. The first' thing' he asked was to have the store of food that remained spread out upon a tarpaulin. Assuredly, it was a slender enough supply. It was impossible to read thé gravity of Ladd’s :face, for he still looked -like a dead man, but the slow shake of his head told Gale much. There was a grain of hope, however, in the signifi- cance with which he touched the bags of salt and said, “Shore it was sense packin’ all that salt!” Then he turned to face his com- rades. “That’s little grub for six starvin’ people corralled in the desert. But the grub end ain’t worryin’ me. Yaqui can get sheep up the slopes. Water! That’s the beginnin’ an’ middle an’ end of our case.”. “Laddy, I reckon the waterhole here never goes dry,” replied Jim. “Ask the Indian.” Upon being questioned, Yaqui snoke of the dreaded ano seco of tie Mexl- cans. In a dry year this waterhole failed. i “Dick, take a rope an’ see how much water’s In the hole.” Gale could not find bottom with a thirty-foot lasso. The water was as cool, clear, sweet as if it had been kept in a shaded iron receptacle. Ladd ivelcomed this information with. surprise and gladness. “Let's see. Last year was shore pretty dry. Mebbe this summer won’t be. Mebbe our wonderful good luck’ll hold. Ask Yaqui if ne thinks it'll rain.” Mercedes questioned the Indian. “He says no man can tell surely. But he thinks the rain will come,” she replfed. “Shore it'll rain, you ;can gamble on. that now,” continued/ Ladd. “If there'’s only grass for the hosses! We can’t get ‘out of here without hosses. Dick, take the Indian an scout down the \arroyo. ‘Today I see_‘n the hosses weré gettin’’ fat, “Gettin’. fat In this desert! But mebbe they've about grazed up all tbe grass. Go an‘ see, ch:% An' may ¥ou comie back with moré good news!” Gale found that the-arroyo widened as it opened. Near'the head, where it whs narrow, patches of gray grass grew everywhere. Gale bezan to won- der ‘where the horses ‘werre. Finally the 4rees and brush thinned out, and a mile-wide gray plain stnetched down to reddish sand dunmes. Over to. one slde were the white horses, and here was grass enough for many; the ar- royo was indeed an oasis. Ladd and the others were awaiting Gale’s report, and they received It with calmness, yet with a joy no less evident because it was restrained. Gale, in his keen observation at the moment, found that he and his com- rades turned with glad eyes to the woman of the party. “Senor Ladd-, you think—you—be- lieve—we 1I—" she faltered, and her volce failed “Mercedes, ne-white .man can tell | I what'll come fo_pass out here,” said Ladd, earnestly:” “Shore I have hopes now I never dreamed of. I was pretty near a dead man,’ The-Indian saved me. Beldin' ‘had it right. Yaqui’s our godsend.. :New, as to the future, T'd like to 'Kif6w: mebbe as well as you if we're ever to get home. Only bein’ what I am, 1 say, Quien.sabe? But somethin’; tells me- Yaqui knows. Ask him, Mercedes. ' Make him tell. He's a silent Indlan, but:maké him tell.” gy t - Mercedes called to Yaqul. At her bidding there was always a suggestion of hurry, ‘which otherwise was never manifest in: a She put a hand on hi§ d ‘muscular arm and began to ‘spemledn Spanish. Her voice thrilled G: 1ugh he understood scarcely a word she said. He dld not need translation to” know . that here spoke the longing. of ‘a woman for life, love, home] thehefltage of a woman’s heart. St ) “Si1” rolled out the Indian’s reply, full of power and depth. Mercedes dréw a long breath, and her hand sought Thorne's, % “He says res,” slie whispered. “He answers he’ll 'save us; he’ll take us all back—he knows!” The Indian . turned -away to his tasks, and the sileuce that held the little group was finally broken by Ladd. “Shore I said so. Now all we've | got to do is use sense. Friends, I'm the commissary department of this outfit, an’ what I say goes. You all won't eat except when I tell you. Mebbe it’ll not be so hard. to keep our health. Starved beggars don't get sick. But there’s the heat comin’, an’ we can all go loco, you know. To pass the time! Lord, that's our problem Now, if you all only had a hankerin’ for checkers. Shore I'll make a board an’ make you play. Thorne, you're the luckiest. You've got your girl, an’ this can be a honeymoon. Now with a few tools an’ little material see what a gand house you can build for your wife. Dick, you're lucky, tco. You like to hunt, an’ up there you'll find the finest bighorn huntin’ in the West. Take Yaqui and the .405. We need the meat, but while you're gettin’ it have your sport. Rustle now, son. Get some enthusiasm. For shore you'll need it for yourself an' us.” Gale climbed the lava slope. away round to the right of the arrovo, along an old trail that Yaqui said the Papagos had made before his own people hunted there. From. the crests Yaqui’s searching falcon gaze roved near and far for signs of sheep. Suddenly he grasped Gale and pointed across a deep, wide gully. With the aid of his glass Gale saw five sheep. They were looking in his | direction. Remembering what he had Suddenly He Grasped Gale and Point- ‘ed Across a Deep, Wide Gully. heard about the wonderful eyesight of these mountain animals, Gale could only conclude that they had seen the hunters. Then Yaqui’s movements attracted and interested him. The Indian had brougit with him a’red scarf and a mesquite branch. He tled the scarf on the stick, and propped this up in a crack of the lava. The scarf waved in the wind. That done, the Indian bade Gale watch. Once. again he leveled the glass at the sheep.. All five now were motion- less, standing like statues, heads pointed .across the gully. They were more than a mile distant. When Gale looked without his glass they merged into the roughness of the lava. He wa$ intensely Interested. Did the sheep see the red scarf? It seemed incredible, but nothing else could ac- count for that statuesque alertness. The sheep held this rigld position for perhaps fifteen minutes. Then the leading ram started to approach. The others followed. He took a few steps, then halted. - Always he held his head up, nose pointed. “By George, they're coming!” ex- 'cluimed Gale. “They see that flag. They're hunting us. They're curious. If this doesn’t beat me!” Evidently the Indian understood, for he_grunted. (Continued In Next lssue’ iSUBSCRIBE FOR THE PIONEEF { The pomp and trappings of regal state surrounded the recent opening iof Parliament.. Here is the royal coach, bearing King George, leaving the palace ‘grounds for the triumphant journey to the House of Par- tent W h livered. . i 0 ‘| Klux agitation, and the strength of SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1922 'STATE RIGHTS INVOLVED | IN KU KLUX QUESTIONS (Continued from page 1) generally hold that the political sys- tem of tVrty-eight United States, functioning under one central Gov- ernment, has grown to be the great- est Nation in the world because of the ideals fostered by divorcing Federal Government from local matters, and:-- keeping -local con- ditionis from dictating national af- fairs:! In.their viewpoint every en- croachment, by the National Govern- ment upen . the rights and . peroga- tives of States, and every presump- tion by a State to take upon itself the direction of national affairs, is a blow at the fundamentals of American form of government. Hence . the President and‘in regard to the Ku the fight against the Dyer bill is en- couraging to those who believe that the form of government wnich has worked so well for so many -years should be continued in force and ef- fect without change, U. S. EDVICATION WEEK IS OBSERVED IN KELLIHER Kelliher, Dec. 9.—American Edu- cation Week was observed in the Kelliher schools, beginning with an address by Rev, Vinje on Monday at Assembly. Rev. Vinje spoke briefly on citizenship, with its privileges and duties. On Tuesday students of the high school read selections eulozizing the flag, our emblem of freedom. Wed- nesday morning Lieutenant Peter 'Krogseng addressed the high school, giving 2 summary of thé ‘American Legion plans for Americanizaticn. Representing the local post of the American Legion, he urged the value .1 euucucion tor every ciild and the ‘avalization of educational ovpor- tunities. Thursday morning Henry Latterell and Mrs, Eberhardt sang for the school with plano and guitar aocompaniments. Friday Rev. MacLean spb~ ~~ ‘he subject of illiteracy, pointing cut the need of greater ofioris education if illiteracy is to be tamped out. Kelliher school chdl- dren are very fortunate to have ka _hese zddresses, and musical num- pers to make education week a re- ality. 2LUIE IS FAVORITE COLOR OF BOTH MEN AN Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 9 (United| Press).—Blue is -the favorite color, ~f hoth men and women. aceorw.ng to Dr. Thaddeus L. Bolton, profes- | er of peycaoogy at Temple versity, who has made a research! study of colors. 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