New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1922, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1922, SPRUCE 1000-Little, Brown & Campany i 4 Begin Here Today. BEN DARBY, a prisoner, is declared «to be a vietim of amnesla by a noted alenist, and is paroled to an old friend, EZRA MELVILLE, Together they atart on a trip to the Yuga River, where Ezra goes to take possession of a rich claim left by his brother, HIRAM MELVILLE, who recently v/had died. Ben is to have a part- nership and a new lease of life. At Beattle lives JEFFREY NEILSON and partners, Ray Brent and CHAN HEMINWAY. Neilson, leader of the notorious gang, has a beau- tiful daughter, Beatrice, with whom Brent is in love, She detests him. Brent complains to Neilson and her father promises to ald him in his suit. Nellson hears of the rich pocket discovered by Hiram Mel- wille and plans with his confeder- &tes to steal the claim before Ezra can arrive. When Ben and Ezra reach the north woods Ben sudden- 1y regains his memory. Knowledge of his past life returns. They meet & friendly stranger who directs them, Go on With the Story. *“Yes. Goin' to Bnowy Guich.” *It's only five miles, up this road,” the stranger ventured. “I'm goin’ up to Baltsville way myself, but I won't have no river to tow me. I've got to do my own paddlin’. Thank the lord I'm only goin' a small part of the " his two ““You ain't goin 'to swim, are you? Where's your boat.” “My pard’s got an old craft, and he and I are goin’ to pack it out next trip.” The stranger paused, blinking his eyes. ‘“Say, partners—you don’t want to sell your boat, do you?" Esram stated his figure, and Ben Wwas prone to belleve that he had adopted a highwayman for a buddy. The amount named was nearly twice that which they had pair. And to his vast amazement the stranger ac- gépted the offer in his next breath. “So you don't know any folks in Swowy Gulch, then?” the stranger had -asked ‘politely. “But you'll get ac- ted soon enough—" _"“I've got a letter to'a fellar named Morris,” Esram replied. “And I've heard' of one or two more men, too— "Jeftrey Nellson was one of ‘em—" “You'll ind Morris in towp all yight,” the stranger ventured to as- sure him. “He lives right next to Neilson's. And—say—what do you know about this man Nelison?” *'Oh, nothin’ at.all. Why?” “If you fellows is prospectin’, Jef- fery Neilson is a first-class man to stay away from—and his understrap- pers, too—Ray Brent and Chan Meminway. But they're out of town right now. - They skinned out all in & bunch a few weeks ago—and I can't. tell you what kind of a scent they got.” Ezeam felt cold to the marrow of his bones. He glanced covertly " at Ben: fortunately his partner was busy among the supplies and was not lis- tening to this conversation. “You don't know where they went, do you?"” he asked. “Not exactly.. They took up this creek here a ways, through Spruce Pass, and over to. Yuga River—the country that kind of a crazy old chap named Hiram Melville, who died here a few weeks ago, has always pros- pected.” The stranger marveled that his old listener should have suddenly gone quite pale. ‘Esram had only a moment’s fur- ther conversation with his new friend. He put two or three questions—in a * yather curious, hushed votce—and got his answer, “What have you and your wictim been' talking about, all time?” Ben asked. “Oh, just a gab-fest—a tat-i-tat as you'd call it. But you know, Ben, I've got a idea all a-sudden” Ben straightened, lighted his pipe, and prepared to listen. “This old boy tells me that we'd save just twelve miles by striking off from here, in- stead of goin' into town. Snowy Guich is six miles, and we have to come back to this very place. What's thé use of goin' into town at all?" “Good heavens, Ez! Have you forgotten we've got to get supplies? And your brother's gun—and his dog?"” *Yes, I know—one of us has. But, Ben, it seems to me that one of us ought to strike off now and figure out the way and, sort of get located.” “Qh, it would be all right” Ben began rather doubtfully. (I don't see that much is to be gained by it. But T'll strike off on foot, if you want me to.” Ezram's mind was thoughts like lightning, and his an- swer was ready. “Ben, if you don't mind, I'll do that,” he said. “But you'd get a ride, waited-—"" %I hate a horse, anyway—"" #You've surely changed a lot since the war." *3 was thrown off not long ago-— and have heen leery of the dum thoings ever since.” Bzram was wholly deliberate. He knew what waited him on arrival at poor this if you j CURED In 6 to 14 Days All Druggists are authorized to refund money if PAZO OINT- MENT fails to cure any case of ITCHING, BLIND," BLEEDING or PROTRUDING PILES. Cures ordinary cases in 6 days, the worst cases in 14 days. PAZO OINTMENT instantly Re- Heves ITCHING PILES and you can get restful sleep after the first application. 60c. flashing with | his brother's claim, Jeffrey Neilson and his gang had assembled there, had already jumped the claim just as his brother had warned him that they would do; and coolly and quietly he had resolved to face them alone, He made his pack—a few simple provisions wrapped in his blanket— and a Kknife and camp axe swung on his belt, He took his trusted pipe-— because he knew well that he could never acquit himself creditably in a fight without a few lungfuls of to- bacco smoke first—and he also took his rifie. "“You keep this copy of the letter,” He handed Ben the copy he had made of Hiram's will, “I'm the worst hand for losin' things you ever seen.” They said their simple goodbys, shaking hands over a plle of stores. “I've only got one decent place to keep things safe,” Kzra confided, “and that ain't so all-fired decent, either. When I get any papers that are extra precious, 1 always stick 'em down the leg of these high old boots, between the sock and the leather, But it's too much work to take the boot off now, so you keep the letter,” THEY SAID THEIR SIMPLE GOODBYS, SHAKING HANDS OVER A PILE OF STORES. “k suppose you've got a million- dollar bank note hidden down there now,"” Ben remarked. “No, not a cent. Just the same, if ever 1 get shuffled off all of a sudden I want you to look there mighty care- ful. There may be a document or two of importance.” “I won't forget,”” Ben promised. - CHAPTER V. Taming the Wolf. On arriving in Snowy Gulch, Ben's first efforts were to inquire in regard to horses. Both pack and saddle animals, he learned, were to be hired of Sandy McClurg, owner of the gen- eral store and leading citizen; and-at once he made his way to confer with him. “Most of my mustangs are rented out,” the merchant informed him, “but if you can get along with three, I guess I can fix you up. You can pack two of them, and ride the third.” “Good enough,” Ben.agreed. ‘“And after I once get in'd like to turn back two of them, and maybe all three— to save the hire and the bother of taking care of them. “Just a Mttle faster than a dog. ————— Shave, Bathe and Shampoo with one Soap.— Cuticura - ask for Horlick's \ The ORIGINAL , Malted Milk ‘The Original Food-Drink for All Ages. QuickLunchat Home,OfficeaFountains, RichMilk, Malted Grain Extractin Pow- deras Tabletforms. Nourishing-Nocooking. 89" Avoid Imitations and Substitutes Horses don't much care to grub theelr 'food eut of them spruce forests, where are you heading, if the ques- tion's fair?" “Phrough Spruce Pass into the Yuga River.,"” “Prospecting, eh? There's quite a movement down that lately, By starting early make it through in a day. sald your name was—'" “Darby. Ben Darby." The merchant opened his eyes, “Not Ben Darby that took all the prizes at the meet at lLodge Pole—" Ben's rugged face lit with the bril- liancy of his smile, “The same Darby,” he admitted. “And when did you sdy going?"" “First thing tomorrow."” “Well, you're pretty likely to have companionship on the road, too."” “I'm glad of it, if he isn't a ten- derfoot, That must be a pretty thick- |y settled region—where I'm heading." “On the contrary, there's only three human beings in the whole district. These three are some men who went up that way prospecting some time ago, and this other party will make four,"” “All right—I'll be here before dawn tomorrow and get the horses. And now will you tell me-——where Steve Morris lives?'’ . “Right up the strect—clear to the end of the row.” McClurg's humor had quite engulfed him by now, -and he chuckled again. “And if 1 was you, I'd stop in the door this side—and get acquainted your tellow traveler.” “What's his nate?" Ben asked. “The party is named Neilson.” “All right. Maybe I'll . look up:'™ A few moments later he was stand- ing in the Morris home, facing the one friend that Hiram Melville had possessed on earth. “Hiram didn't leave anything, far las I know, except his old gun and his pet. Lord knows, I'd let anybody take that pet of his that's fool enough to say he's got any claim to him, and you can be sure I ain't going to dis- pute his claim.” He turned, with the intention of se- suring the gun from an inner room. He did not even reach the door. Tt was as if both of them were struck motionless, frozen in odd, fixed atti- tudes, by a shrill scream for help that penetrated like a bullet the thin walls of the house. - The sound was in the range be- tween a growl and a Dbay, instantly {identifying itself as the utterance of and down been way you can And you you was just with him ing. Ben's first thought was of some enormous, vicious dog, and yet his wood’s sense told him that the utter- ance was not that of a dog. He heard it even as he leaped through the door in answer to the scream for aid, His muscles gather- ed with that mysterious power that had always sustained him in his mo- ments of crisis. He took the steps in one leap, Morris immediately behind him. “Fenris is loose,”” he heard the man say. “He'll kill some one-—!" He raced about the house; and at once the scene, in every vivid detail, was revealed to him. = Pressed back against the wall of a little woodshed | that stood behind her house a girl| stood at bay—a dark-eyed girl whose | beautiful face was drawn and stark- | white with horror. She was scream- Ing for aid, her fascinated gaze held | by a gray-black, houndlike creature | that crouched, snarling, twenty yards distant. (Continued in Qur Next Issue) an animal, rather than a human be-: KEMAL A POPULAR LEADER IN‘INDIA Mohammedans Plan fo Present Him With Costly Gilts Delni, India, Dee, 18.—~Three alr- planes and a finely decorated” sword are to be presented to Mustapha Kemal Pasha by Indian Mohamme- dans as tokens of thelr sympathy with his cause. ‘These gifts have heen of- fered through the Central Khalifat committee, which recently has been in sesslon herg, One of the airplanes is to be given by the Agra province, The Khalifat committee, in the resolutions it passed, congratulated Mustapha Kemal Pasha and the Na- tlonallst Turks upon their recent vic- tories over the Greeks, and approved of the establishment of ‘an Angoru Legion in India, The governments ¢* IP'rance and Italy were thanked for the ailr which they had given to Turkey. Appreciation was also expressed to the King of Afghanistan for granting equal rights to Hindus in the interest of Hindu-Moslem unity, With regard to the anti-Turkish policy recently displayed by Great Britain, the Khalifat committee was outspoken in its condemnation, Reso- lutions passed on this subject were as follows: . *This meeting of the Central Khali- fat committee accepts the challenge thrown by Lloyd George, the former British premier, in his speech at Manchester, to Asia on the one hand and Islam on the other, and assures him and other persons or his way of thinking that so far as Islam is con- cerned, this challenge to the Moslems of the world, alive to their responsi- bility, are ever ready to meet in every possible manner. “This meeting of the Central Khalifat committee considers the Brit- ish activities, in their attempts to in- ternationalize the Turkish Straits, as unjust and coercive, and in the opin- ion of this committee such interna- alization could only be ' justifiable in case other powers, especially Britain internationalize the seas under their respective influences, and, further, in the opinion of this meeting, such at- tempts are detrimental to the free- dom of the Khalifa of Isiam and the seat of the Khalifat.” \ BRISTOL MAN KILLED. Bristol, Dec. 18.—John A.-Bodkin, 35 years old, of this town, was in- stantly killel Saturday night when his head touched a high power wire at the plant of the New Departure Manufacturing company here. Bod- kin, who was employed as a laborer in the boiler room of the plant, climbed on top of a coal conveyor to investi- gate a breakdown and touched the wires as he stood up. He came here recently to work, and as far as known leaves no family. TryPISO’S Via Savannah 1 Passengers Freight | Three Sailings Weekly Alabama Tennessee and other Superiorservice,attractive passengerfaresand(reight rates. Passenger fares include meals and stateroom ac- commodation aboard ship, y For particulars apply to Ocean Steamship Co. of Savannah ) Pier 52, North River. New York | gnay, and at the same time-to pro- D DIVIDE ESTATES WoUL Acts Encourge Sube Division in Uruguay; Also Use of Land For Production, Montevideo, Dee, 18,—~With the ob- ject of forcing the sub-division of the Immense landed, estates In ‘Uru- { mote agriculture and stock breeding, the minister of industries Dr, Luls Cavigila, has drafted a bill 'to apply a special sliding scale, land tax npon all. estates of more ‘than 2,000 hec-, tares (5,000 acres), The scalp slides upward per thousand hectares, but exemption of the half of the whole of the tax is offered if the proprie-; tors comply with certain conditions to make the land productive, The measure is of special Interest to all the countries of the River Plate in which enormous landed os- tates, largely idle and tenaciously held by thelr wealthy proprietoms, ure com- mon, and thus far legislators have not been successful in finding consti- tutional methods of breaking them up for disposal to settlers and small farmers and preventing thelr forma- tion in the future, The conditions for exemption pro- posed by Dr. Caviglia are that ' cer- tain percentages of the estates be de- | woon Lo agrieviture, dalrying o) ook breeding, They fix the standards of the stock In the case of stock breed- Ing, and speeffy what equipment shall be necessayy. The bill will be considered by the Natlonal Couneit of , Administration before being prepented to congress. PRINCE GEUBGE REPENTS Writés King Algaader Confessing | Fault and Serbign "n‘mny Difficul- ties Are at an End. 1 r 0 Belgrade, Nov, 14-—The quarrel be- tween King Alexander and his elder brother, Prince Georgé, who renounc- ed - his clatm tod the throne of Berbia in 1909, hins beeg byrought to:an end hy the action' of Princé Gedrge In writing to the king that his actions were Incorrect and offensiye, The quarrel was started in connection with the latter's clvil list a¥lowance. Prince George coneluded his letter by entreating the king to forget the past, and he gave assurance that in the future he would fulfill his obliga tions as a member of the royal family and respect its statutes. The dispute, which welghed heavily mpon the coun- try, is now definitely clpsed, COASTING FATALITY, New Haven, Dec. ; 18.—The first Music for - Christmas Day! 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