New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1923, Page 5

(Continued From Last Issue), But John Hannon was grimly with Clendenning, hand and heart, it secmed CHAPTER XV _On the Rim of Mesa Grande Val Hannon rode the rangeland constantly. - Torn to the open and the #addie as she was, she seemed filled With a keener restiessness than usual, & more peignant drawing te the sweeping levels, For John Hannen's blood was stir- ving in her and she had found her slar, She had ralsed her innocent yes to it in the peculiar idolatry of that strange staunch bleod—and for- ever after she would know ne other light. Horse — friend —lover --Val Hannen would be true to them as simply as water to its level, So she rede among the mesas and dreamed her dreams, and always she listened for a rider's coming from the illimit. able distances, searched the south for him, And who shall say but that Ve. lantrie, fighting his inner battle far away, drawn desperately by the triple lure of beauty, purity and lonest love, felt the longipg of her heart, the call of those warm brown ey At any rate he came again, on & windy golden day, and met the girl by the Antelope—and they had scarce need of speech, They rode together with eager out. stretched hands and eyes that search- ed cach other's faces with a grave, flerce hunger, “Val!" sald Velantrie, softly, for the first time using her first name, even In his thoughts, Val did not answer, though her eyery nerve re- sponded to the word, It seemed that for once In her life she could not speak, that there was a fog of joy within her throat, She held hard to his hand and looked at him—just as her father looked at Belle. It was a pity that Belle Hannon could never see that look in her husband's face. Velan- trie was more blessed. “Ride with me,” sald Val, present- *I want to show you my country some of our springs—and Mesa Grande.” And Velantrie, the strong, the man who mastered his own desires, turned with her, weak as water in this one girl's hands, and rode with her open- ly across the plains. So they went by Whitewater, boil- ing above its silver sands, stopped to drink and loiter by its sentinel trees, then on again to Mesa Grande. “This has always been a secret place for me,” said Val, quietly., “I have come here always. It is so old ly. and so still, so high in the sky, as if it is just under the feet of God and 1 sometimes fancy I can hear the angels' wings sweeping about the cliffs. Théy, horses walked here and there crumbling huts of a lost, pepple. 3t was midafternoon and the drowsy heat was tempered by a soft wind from the south. Where the centrai hut stood large among its fel- lows they stopped again and Val sat down, her booted feet crossed under her, and took off her hat. The hair was sweated on her temples and thg man's eyes caressed each little pasted carl. His fingers twitched with the uge-old ache to smooth them back, to tcuch the fair forehead beneath. He rolled a cigarette leaned against the wall. “This was the council-house/’ said Val, where the headmen gathered. 1t must have held a desperate coun- cil' that far-off time when the enemy was coming up the cliff—I'd hdve liked to see those grim dark faces ——— -:» WANTED " EXPERIENCED MILLINERY MAKERS Apply At Once I OUTLET MILLINERY CO. —Ine.— ismounted and lgaving the stand in hip-dropped rest, among the forgotten 257 Mdin St. Booth Block BRI\ ¥o DROP a Hill's Cascara Bromide Quinine Tab- let in a glass of water, Ob- serve that it disintegrates within 10 seconds. 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THE HERALD The A-B-C Paper with the A-B-C Want Ads instead and : when they decided on the long leap for all their race" “Look at mine!™ with sueh sudden sharp bitterness that the girl caught her breath, &lancing up with startled eyes. “What de you mean?" she said, Velantrie, “sometime of the Bor. der,” threw away the cigarette and sat down opposite her, “What I sald, look at my face, Miss Hannon, and you will see the same desperate decision—for myself, Long ago I tried to make it—and for the first time since I can remember, falled, In all the great crises of my sald Velantrie “I AM ON A MAN-HUNT, FOR- SWORN TO KILL THE MAN WHO KILLED MY FATHER." e —————————eeeeeeeeeee life T have been able to command my- self—until—lately, Always I huve prided myself on my inner strength. Now I find I am not so strong as I had thought—that is, that T have not teen, I am deciding now—today—to ‘build well’ like our departed friends of the old huts here. I, too, have a leap to make. Help me to make it, Miss Hannon.” The smile that curled his lips was tender, but the look in his blue eyes was growing hard, like a martial flame struggling up to light a march- ing army. “To long T have dallied in this country,” h went on, “I have wronged you, d Father Hillaire and —myself—in staying hereabouts." Val wet her lips and listened Ve'antrie laid aside ‘his heavy hat and wiped his face with a hand that was not quite steady. The lines of his features seemed to sink deeper in, sometimes result in lame mus- cles, stiff joints, coughs, colds, Wh ch ) use m'- lin:;:hul—p‘;::::n: to Inhale, easy to Rub In. For more than 65 years Minard’s has been the favorite family liniment. MINARD'S FOR PAIN NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERAYD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1023, 'CASTORIA For Infants asd Chfidren | tn Use For Over 30 Years | @s If he stood to his task ffort, “Iam & man forsworn te blood," he sald presently, “a man whom all the Border knows. 1 am a thief' and e bandit. T have raided and pillaged for four years now, and my hand has been against the wealthy, 1 have a Land of men who swear by me, hard characters ail, and they follow me for the shares I give them of my il gotlen gains, I hate.tlem all to & man, almost, but I.must have them," He paused and looked hard in the glirl's eyes, They were steady as harbor lights, though the blood was slowly draining from her eheeks, “Is that enough? he asked bru. with an sald Val Hannon, piteously, rs gripping the brim of her “Then by Heaven!" eried Velantrie, leaping to his feet, “I'll tel you the rest!” Val rose too and faced him with her pale lips fallen helplessly apart, “I am on a man-hunt, forsworn to kil on sight—and have been for four black years-~the man who killed my tuther'" They stared hard at each these two young creatures there in the shade of the anclent couneil- house on top of the world, and they looked with tragic eyes on the naked depths of each other's souls, “Is it enough?" said Velantrie, hoarsely, “will you let me go now?" But Val shook her head and put a strong hand on his shoulder, No,"” she said again, “never under God's heaven—if you want to stay, Do you?" . The man frowned and dh{ not answer, 8he leaned near, sweetly, danger- cusly near, and her dark eyes were the most wonderful things he had ever be held in all his life—sane, suf- fering, honest to the depths, With a groan Ke turned from her, covered his face with his hands and laid it ugainst the wall, In the tense silence that followed, tragic, pregnant, the heat seemed to glimmer faintly from the hard earth of the mesa and all the world about to listen, The shoulder under the girl's gripping hand trembled as with a chill, A sigh that was near a sob heaved the man's shoulders and he straight- ened from the wall, wiping his ashen face with a downward sweep of his Lands, When he looked at Val again he had aged tremendously. But the shaking of his features was done. He was steady as a rock, Then the gi~l gnoke, “You have an oath to keep. A bad word broken i sbetter han one kept. Will you not break this one—because T ask you to?"” “Don’t!"” cried the man. “Don’t ask me that! The man was my | father, and I loved him .as few sons love their parents Do you love John Hannon?"” "Yes,” she answered, “Could you see him Kkilled before your eyes—and let the murderer go unpunished ?"" Val's hand slipped from his shoul- der and she turned frowning eyes ovut over the distant plain, Far in the pale expanse a rider on a pinto horse came idly by the mesa. She studied it absently while she turned this over in her mind. John Hannon—big, iron-gray, handsome. 1f a man should kill him—aye, she'd be like this man before her, savage, hard as adamant, bent on revenge. Yes, assuredly—there was no other way. ‘Why, she had said she’'d kill thé man who stole the Redstar, |60 slight a wrong as that! One's father, now— I "I see,” she said at last slowly, | understand.” “And when I've done the said Velantrie, bitterly, *“I come back to you-—not then." “Why?" she asked simply. Velantric gulped and swallowed. other, oL thing,” cannot DOINGS, OF THE DUFFS HELEN, WHO IS THAT TALKING MACHINE THAT’S IN THERE CALLING ON OLIVL AP EVENING MISS OLIVIA - I'LL CALL You TOMORROW JCALLED, MR. THAT'S MR.JACKSON OF TH E FIXTURE COMPANY - ) $ALESMAN $AM - i HER DOWN AS | Wowo A DO w GONIT 1M OFFh, Mwnfi.%”m% tor | | ENJOYED THE A wry smile curved up his 1 thetically. . “Because I can't” he mid, “there is an ethics of the case which says the mdn who dares to It his eyes to FOuU myst be clean as & man can be, P'm_not that man* “You are that man"” said Val cleareyed, “There Is no other™ “No, You've made me weak as water, I've lingered here when 1 should have been gone long back on the restiess quest I've followed, Now I must be gone again, The elue T followed here has seemed to vanish in thin air, anyway, the clue of The Meteor," “The Meteor? What's that? “The horse I told you of ene day— the tie-twin of The Comet, The man 'm hunting for is the man who stole this horse—that black day aeross the Mexican Border which made me what I am There bad been great racing at New Orleans and my father, whe owned these two. wonderful horses, Lkad had them there, They had run to within two seconds of the world's record and offers poured in from all sides for them, He would not sell them, not for a thousand times their value, for he was a horseman born and they ware his pride and glory, 1 traveled with him always, for we were all of our blood extant, the old man und I, and the life was gay and free. It was a elean life, too, for the pater was a clean and courteous gentieman, of good old Kentucky stock, After the New Orleans races we started for a town in Mexico, It was fine spring weather, and at El Paso we took the horses from the rallroad and, with two trainers and extra mounts, were going down on horseback, I'll never fofget his pride and pleasure in the splendid animals, (Continued In Our Next Issue) GERMAN CONFERENCE. Workers Are Calling Big Meeting for March 4, Berlin, Feb, 12 (By Associated Press) —An Essen dispatch to the Rote Fashne says that a conference of the Rhenish Westphalian workers has been called for March 4. The meeting Is being organized by a spe- clal committee appointed by the workmen's councils to request the summoning of a conference of lead- ing international labor organizations to take “all measures necessary in the interest of the proletariat.”” Or- ganizations thus approached include the red workers international, the second and third internationals, the social democrats and democratic and communist parties, and the trades unions of France, Germany, Belgium and England. Several German labor organizations have also been ad- dressed, the dispatch adds. The Berlin press finds little to llfl+ liking, the Franco-Belgian note pro. hibiting German cabinet members from entering the Ruhr. One news- paper declares that the ministers will disregard the order, while Hugo Stinnes’ paper, the Deutsche Allge- meine Zeitung, finds the note partly ludicrous. The longest reign on record is that of Louis XIV of France, who was on the throne for 72 years. e ———— 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- lieves ITCHING PILES and you can get restful sleep after the first application. 60c. LAURETTE TAYLOR In aScene From PEG O' MY HEART POX'S—Next Mon,, Tues, and Wed, DOUGHBOYS GLAD T0 BE BACK BUT MONEY'S SCARCE Their Greatest Trouble Is Learning That a Dollar Is Only a Dol- lar in U, 8 A, New York, Feb, 12.—Forty-five of. the 152 doughboys who returne from Coblenz on the transport St Mihlel yesterday turned their atten- tion to the future, For these 456 are married, most of them to German brides, and soon are to be discharged from the service of Uncle S8am. Their big problem is a return to normaley, a sudden descent to the American dollar after living for three months on the Rhine as “mark millionaires." Awaiting their. discharge at Fort Hamilton, the husbands-—15 of them are fathers, as well—are making plans for a radical change in their spending habits, “Sure,” sald one of them, as he expressed the sentiments of his Benedict buddies, “I'm glad to get back, me being a good American and all that, but we sure was sittin’ pretty, there on the Rhine. Nobody can say we were not sittin' pretty. We werg getting paid in American dollars but we got it in marks—3,000 for a dollar, Sitting on top of the world, I'll say; but sure I'm glad to get back. It's good to sce the states again but of course there'll be times when I'll think of that beer at half a cent’a seidel and a full meal for ten cents.” He pointed to his wife, a robust fraulein, flaxen-haired and smiling. ee that nifty dress?” he asked. “Cost six bucks. The hat? One buck. Fur coat $40. It's like that in Coblenz and rent's the same, and grub, “But I'm glad enough to get back. But I might as well be honest about it. There's goin’ to be times— “But don’'t get me wrong. It's good to see the states again.” Ex-Convict Will Speak at Trinity M. E. Church Sun. Rev. C. J. Albertus of New York city, who was converted while in prison serving a sentence for an of- fence committed by someone clse and has since become a mir v owill speak at Trinity Methodist tirch next Sunday morning and He will appear for a few 1 fore Everyman's Bible class preced- ing Rev. John L. Davis' sermon on the 28th psalm. MEXICAN LEADER A SUICIDE Mexico City, IFeb. 12.—Gen. Jesus M. Garza, former military command- er of Mexico City and one of the lead- ing figures in the movement against the Huerta administration, committed suicide in Monterey. A novel musical instrument is a | violin that can be folded, and carried | like a walking stick. A Poor Demonstrator X 77/ %% VERY MUCH, I'M GLAD You JACKSON=I'LL EXPECT TO HEAR FROM Sam Changés His Mind TAKE MOUR GOk Y JOUNG AN — #£200 OR 200 OAS THAT MR,JACKSON IS SOME TALKER ISN'T HE P IN THERE =~ IS HE HE INTEfiS‘;?iZJ BOYCOTT OF FRENCH IS LATEST GERMAN MOVE General Degontte, Howerer, Says France Will Win and by a Knock- ont Blow, Too Duesseldorf, Feb, 12 Press) . —Reports that are organizing a general strike Herne not far from Boehum have o the dispateh of French tanks teo that place The Germans are boycotting the forees of occupation throughout the Herne district and the Freneh have been obliged to take over the work of some of the German police The boycott in faet is more and more (By Asseclated Germans ot led the cided to extend it to Fssen, refusing to do business with the Belgians beginning today Commenting on the results of the| first month of the occupation, Ger Degoutte told the correspondent that| Germany “is branded as a quitter be. | fore the entire world,” “But 1 solemnly warn Gérmany,” he | continued, “that if a single one of my soldiers is harmed and she forces another battle on us, she will not nlny’ our hand by erying ‘kamerad,’ It will be a fight to a finish—a complete knockout." The general expressed the opinion that Germany would not fight until she believed hersclf stronger than| her adversary, *“The moment she feels an opponent | Is more powerful,” he said, “she sur- renders, She pleaded and begged for| an armistice nnder eircumstances In which the allies would have consid- ered they had just begun to fight,” | Gen. Degoutte declared that France sought redress rather than the n-n-' nomic destruction of Germany, as has | been charged by Chancellor Cuno. “We want Germany to honor her signatu he satd, *“The economic| ruin of Germany would prevent her | from paying us. Germany by fo-| menting strikes, is responsible for lhu] N becoming |« popular threughout |* the Ruhr and the Germans have de- | Freneh and |* present situation of achieving her own rui Pointing 1o the great dificuitios France faeed in the lubr the gen- eral said that even American energy and genius Tor organization might found the situation difienit, He added, however, that “right and might,”" were on the side of France and that she would win. T === Fat That Shows Soon Disappears cames have and amous preseription from Buy and try rid over v se or you ot from the Marmola Ave, Detreit, Mieh, d-bye to disting, exers Ruddy Cheeks— E -Most Wolnc_:"\ c.':‘:"?f.ve” Says Dr, Edng-. a Well-Known Backaches?-welcome relief! Scatter the painful congestion. 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