The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 11, 1916, Page 4

THE RANCH AT THE WOLVERINE By B, M. Bower—Copyright, by Little, Brown & Co. NEXT WEEK, “THE OUTSIDER,” Entered at Reatt! . Postott ee ieed wenn up to mon, By mall, out of city, one year, 11.60) ¢ months » ..BY LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE long ment will com. ing chores and making everything snug for the night. Billy Louise fleabeck, when he was Marthy!” erled Billy Louise, und of tears in her voice. “Oh, toll} with th the world pened at the Cove.’ “That's what ‘What are we gcotng to do abont I'm going to This fe a part of » & tt, Ward?” you--—now you're thru being Junt| “Don't ‘Oh, Marthy’ me,” said the| thanked sized, popular novel being |] "voting, I guess, What did ” ; ‘ound be " ready to go, , i pals.” He put an arm around ber,/harwh voice, flatly I don’t want |" run complete thie week in you want to do?” and pulled her down beside him./no Marthyin’ nor no sympathy 1 knew you were re — thie newspaper. Othere are ‘Oh, nothing, I guess! How 4o| That's the wolf joke, William. 1|Well, old man, you're here to col-|7OUTe really big-souled, too, |remember it always, Mr. Seabeck.” to follow from week to week, {/ you feel, Ward? We've got to|did make a lot of money wolfing—|jeck, 1 w ’ ol, Ward . , jot of mo olfing—|ieck, 1 w'pose, I've allus paid my ~ “ beginning each Monday and {/ atick to the Job of Kotting you fit] on the aquare, I dug out a den of|debis, Benbeck. T'm, willln’ to pay] g jonrak ae 1 ee ee ending each @aturday. A {to leave here and go on down tol pups and struck a little pocket of now fer bein’ # fool.” toe ato. "lovee ittved are neta COMPLETE NOVEL the ranch with me, When do you] pretty rich gravel. I've been busy| ww where's Charlie?” Billy Loutee| a einaligh 4 , ak oa EVERY WEEK! If you want {| think you could manage to ride’ 4 position where you must pi 1 could panning it out all the thm spare, Ull the creek froze \ “You found a gold mine?” Billy! Louise gasped. “Why, whoever would have thought—" “Oh, I woulde't call ft a gold mine, exactly,” he hastened to as whispered the question. “1 a’ no, and I don’t care, He's! see. pul him an‘ that breed, I'll) ald, l—er—should like to give you have to pay yuh for seven growed) a little-—wedding gift, since you cattle I never seen till yist'day, Sea] honored me with the news of you beck “4 Can set yer own price! opproaching~—mm-m—marriag*. As on ‘em, [ain't sure, but I've got an|an old neighbor, and one of your that note—you will still—hm-mm! back 1 f th » or ok copies of the paper, Before I go, Miss MacDon- if you are not @ regular eub- eortber and wish to take ad- vantage of this feature, call thie paper's circulation de partment. | Ward looked longingly out of the window, Just an he had been look ing for #ix weeks, “I think I could! | manage it now,” he sald doggedly use of hie great longing 1 my own lew RESIDENT WILSON will receive the hearty support of the entire country in the Mexican situation. on, and I'm willing to admit) gure her, before her imagination rn + teeta eeetneneteteeeteaetel y r , » Page aoe they was shot las’ night an'| most sincere admirers, who would A band of desperadoes under the outlawed Villa crossed into the United States fi : you're ‘a wonder, | BUill, there's ®|quazied her. “There tan't enough |iimoed in the river, You ch set|feel greatly — honored by your from Mexico and attacked a town. ‘They killed Americans on American soil, The fj (Continued trom Our Last leeue)| iit Tt gown to tend the Me ole eee eryrty ae yer price. I've got the rheumatiz| friendship, I—should lke to have ‘official government of Mexico—recognized by the United States—has expressed CHAPTER XI horses, and if you think you can | OAnee yy EF vm A 0 eatg [#2 bad I couldn't go 'n’ put @ stop] you accept thie He held some ts. But even before this expression came to the national capital Wilson had Bitty oe heed a night, | Walk without hurting your leg, I'll wine Lo hel dead ‘eum to nothin’ but if you sit after | thing out to pity, Louise and . 5 p 5, a , i] oulse ayed oe - 7 r ‘ ©) Charlie, xi 1 ‘ou let ‘im! pulled open the door for tn ni a red American soldiers to cross into Mexico, and hunt Villa down, and to take fi) sne was afraid to leave Ward until ee oh (tg my 8 left yet. Enough left to pay the) po it, tne one Tee ioe eel ecen’ “ood aiget, Mies Macbeu | him, dead or alive. his cold was safely better, and/ oie with them, first, before we| Preacher, anyway.” Bitty Loutee| 224. 1 ain't goin She laid her} ald x ’ i ’ : y, b 2 ro ~ on. horseback.” one who 1s uttefly crushed an palf-op nouth Tose whatever merit they may have when any foreign enemy, be it a bandit gang She spent. most of the night|” mn es talked, her plans took | the other and letting them drop to! aumb, | with her back against the wall, she Of a recognized military foe, invades American soil. leurled comfortably on the Wolf! definite shape in Se ee at her | her Iap—“happiness ts like «old,!° "You've got to come and tte |tareed that something—en em President Wilson truly interpreted the American spirit when, without further ado, Peg lb g the arg Ware clot mind. She went in search’ of rare We've got to pan it out of} down, Marthy,” sald Billy Louise, | velope—over, twice, then tore oft : He hat et : Mu jor covertn » s. You see wha r ene ¢ end and pulled out the con- ic crutches among the willows along| life ourselve after a long, unbroken silence, po ’ og eee ee eee tte: Mexico |more unbrokenly than he had done| the creek Forked. sticka, were| mean, don't you? We «et.astreak| The old woman rone stiffly, and|tents. It was the note she and . — for a long time, whilo Billy Loulse | ientitul enough, but {t was not eo | of gravel; that’s life. And we can|with a feebleness that seemed ut-|Marthy had signed no longer than ‘ . |iny cuddled under tho smelly fur! cany to find two that would sup-| pan out happiness tf we try—tIittle terly foretgn to her usual ener-/an hour ago, and written large How About the Police? community. Lack of enforcement and thought and thought. port even so skinny a man as| nuggets and sometimes just colors) cy, permitted Billy Low to lead|across the face of it were the E right kind of li Shit wh means turmoil ' Cs the Rage tren “A an oe Ward, but it Keeps us hoping and work-| her from the kitchen | Paid, Samvel pet - right kind of a police chief, who cde set. dot te well enough, she meant to aa! m pre tng.” | Seabeck was gone somewhere) “The—old—darling! ily However, the mayor must not Jay {about those cattle he had mention HEN Dilly Loutse went in| "Doctor of philosophy!” Ward) on his horse, Billy Louise guessed! Louise under her breath and went will have the confidence, respect and too much stress on the importance of a jed when hé thought ber Buck O1 Werd| kissed her hair. ‘I've otruck 6 straight in to show it to Marthy. with her makeshift: shrewdly that he was looking over | o-operation of his men, is what Mayor = special prosecutor, The latter is help- Biiner. They were the same ones was sitting upon the side of| mighty rich streak of pay dirt in|the cattle and trying to estimate! ~ FA needs in a sincere attempt to en- less without the police. THE MAYOR Deke ina War tes tae caseat the bunk, clothed and in bis right| life, Wilhelmina. I'm panning out|the extent of the thievery, She CHAPTER xv, 4 the dry law. All this talk about MUST, IN ALL SINCERITY, LOOK [ito prove that. He had, in fact, told | ™4. | happiness millions to the pan right/ put Blue tn the stable, She would ow mn dthe tremendous TO THE POLI FOR REAL RE arty all abe needed to. know “Oh, by the way, I've got some-| now.” | not go on to the Wolverine. Marthy|, The next day Billy Louise re- pone ap aca alle ag ED hg R REAL RE- Bineariy all she needed to know-~| thing for you, Wilhelmina,” he said.| lily Loulse, attacked with a/needed her tonight. Marthy was) {urned for Ward ae ale had prom of debating as to whether the mayor, = SULTS. eee erat mentioned that | Come over here, Bee here, lady-| spasm of shyness, went abruptly! facing her bitterest sorrow fnap| wet... Tove: e's greek Dotter, Oe prosecuting attorney, corporation — -| mine. How would you Ike these|to padding the makeshift crutches) Minervy died, and Marthy was old,|‘%0 it was a difficult task for « jand Billy Louise was more curious lthan ever about his “wolf bunt tng.” it was after breakfast. A few questions on the girl's part brought about w clear understanding be- |tween her and Ward so far as the stolen cattle were concerned, She ltold him of her finding of the cat- ltle the day before and of what hap man on crutches to mount a horse, the feat was accomplished, and Ward arrived at Marthy’s cabin littie the worse for wear. When Rilly Louise told Ward of | all the happenings at the Cove he had agreed with her that they would have to look after Marthy. “She hasn't anybody, Ward, but us,” Billy Louise had said, “And and changed the subject. Seabeck returned after awhile,| “['m going home, soon as 1 fix! and Billy Loulse, who was watching | you comfy,” she said |from the doorway, met him at the) Whereupon Ward protested most) little gate. j strenuously and did not look In the| “Weil, how bad te ft, Mr. Sea |ieast like m man who has just an-| beck?” she asked. nounced himself a millionatre in| “Hmm-mm—how bad ts it—in happiness, |the house?” he countered. “The But when she explained to him! real crime has been committed her reasons he let her go with a/ there, it seems to me. A few head strung on « gold chain?” From under his pillow he drew out a tobacco sack and emptied the contents {nto her palm. “Those are your Christmas present, Bitll-Loo Like ‘om? “Do I!" Billy Louise held up the Diggest one and stared at it round eyed. “Gold nuggets! Where tn or Anti-Saloon league shall ap- him—is largely much ado about He’s Off Wrong MEMBER of the University of Wis- ff) consin has announced that, theoretically, human flesh is the best of food and that cannibalism is scientifically correct. ng. Upon the police rests the respons!- for the kind of enforcement this will receive—not upon any prose- ty The latter handles the prosecutions hen they are presented by the police. If the police are right, and prosecu- becomes too numerous for the pres- office force of the prosecuting attor- and the corporation counsel, special ecutors will quickly be added. The or can rest assured of that. There can be nothing but praise the mayor's expressed wish to en- rce the law. Enforcement means peace to the horses down, correct, there zs " 1 always ha: until | learned ‘women could be what we term that Goodyear users far outnumber the users of any other tic public prefer- ence cannot be price; for dozens of tires sell for less than Goodyear. It is found in Goodyear quality and in Goodyear features of construction, which make Goodyear Tires last longer, go far- ther and so cost less in the end, Goop#YEAR TIRES Ezany to get from Goodyear Service Station Dealers Everywhere Goodyear No-Hook Tires are fortified against: Rim-cutting—By our No- Rim-Cut feature. Blow-outs—By our On- Air Cure. Loose Treads—By our Rubber Rivets. Insecurity—By our Multl- Braided Piano Wire se. Punctures and Skidding— But we object to adopting human flesh as a steady diet, this late in life. considering how beef is going up and could show horse meat to be scientifically QUEEN CARMEN SYLVA of Roumenia te | dead. Warridden Europe will find time to hed a tear at the news. The “little wild rose bud of Wied” had sung her way Into the hearts all good men, and enmity and strife may well forgotten for the moment. Now, if the Wisconsin professor might be something to it. <___ In plain words each day ' “orazy,” and | now with | could be a man. traveled extensively, and 1 will say that the most sensible thing | have seen of read of In my travels te thie article or letter in your columns from “Bungalow,” and, much as | dislike the men, | would like to meet and talk with this one. That article he wrote wih be « great help to more than one wom. an or girl. Why cannot all girls Starting the wrong life take this letter in the spirit in which It is written? In time, every young gir! who has kept her good name wil! meet the right man. No matter how poor she Is, a good, true man will think just as much of her. But when a poor girl's good name is gone, all she In the world Is gone. Then the man who could love her and would make her a good husband is athamed of her, for he does not want to blush for her past. How | wish all poor girls could understand that poverty is no disgrace. This young man hae tried to make the women see themssives as they are. The girls as well ae the women always turn down the good, honest men because perhaps they may not be quite so handsome as the high! school dandy, and there Is where! they fall. A giri who Is loyal to her friend will help him to save, and, instead of trying to get him to spend ali his hard-earned money on her, will entertain him at her | mother’s hou for there she can entertain him in the way any sensi ble man would have her do. Any| man who will not meet a girl's! mother Is not a man at all, and a sensible girl would refuse his com pany at any time. | SEATTLE GIRL. Q.—Wil! you, from your fountain | of knowledge, enlighten us as to the meaning of “Mardi Ge. +” and! the significance of the celevration, | if any? SOME INQUISITIVE READERS, A-—“Mardt Gras” ts the name given to the carnival which pre cedes the period of Lent. Parts Rome and other cities confine this | celebration to Shrove Tuesday, the | last day before Lent. New Or Jeans, the only American city cele brating on a large scale, continues its Mard! Gras thru the whole month of February, winding wp on Shrove Tuesday night with an |elaborate affair. | Dear Miss Grey: WIII you kind ly print the following: Will the J. M. Beeman, who wrote you relative to the mission. | aries, please write to Box 23, Route |2, Arlington, Wash., as I think he Is a longlookedfor relative of mine. My father’s name w: Beeman, L. J. B. Q.——Was the Inventor of the aub marine an American? JIM. A.-—The first success with any | submart veut * that achle Jed by Da Bushnell, an Ameri jean, in 1 Robert Fulton, the { father of steam navigation, also constructed several submarine | boats about 1801, which were work Jed by hand-power, The first 1m portant submarine construction was that of J. P. Holland in 1876, and most modern boats are worked by the Holland method, Gaubet, a Frenchman, did submarine work tn 1881, Namen that stand out tn the |"Invention” of the modern subma rine are those of Americans—J, P Holland and Simon Lake Some of us 29,000 would rather be Griffiths supporters than lose on Gill's majority, eae eee Wa Pb ras SUA lle ad Coffee is first aid to success in the work of the day 45cCoffee 45c Quality Folger Week March 6 to 11 Save 10c a pound 1 Ib. 2 Ib, 2% lb. = 1.00 5 Ib. +, 2.00 Greeere "ence ease AS 35 8 = 1.65 ‘75 1.50 will” eellece the difference from ae elit Gate ( a dealer M. H. dealer dors not carty Folger’s Hee, telephone our rest who will give you the who doos, JONES , Officer Western Ave. and Y calor St. Telephone Elliett 3958 Res. 835-16th Ave., Phone, East 86 J. A. FOLGER & CO. San Francisco kiss and ber promise to return early next day. j CHAPTER XII. “Hmmmi" Rilly Loutse rode straight to Sea- beck’s ranch. The owner greeted her heartily “How de do, Miss MacDonald? Pretty nice day, but I'm afraid ft's ther-breeder.” ‘Yor, and so I mustn't stop, Could lyon ride part way home with me, Mr, Seabeck? I-—want to talk with you about something.” “Why, certainly, I'll co. If you'll | wait Just a minute while I saddle up |—or if you'd rather ride on, I'll overtake you. | “I ride on, I think Blue's a You're awfully good, | "Oh, not at all!” Seabeck stubbed [bis toe on the atable doorsil! in bis confusion at the praise, “I'll be right along, soon as I can slap & |enddle on.” He disappeared, and | Billy Loutse turned and loped slow- ty down the lane. | When he came up Billy Loutse | took ber courage tn both hands and | went straight to the point. | “Mr. Seabeck, I've always heard that you're an awfully square man,” jahe said. “Daddy seemed to think lthat you could be depended on tn jany kind of w pinch. I hope It's jtrue, I'm banking a lot on your squareness today. } And then she told him. “Charlie Fox! Hmmm!” Rumors jhad reached Seabeck, thanks to Billy Loutse’s dropped lashes upon & certain occasion, which caused him to believe he saw further Nght “Did Chariie For send Miss Portia—— “Hoe doesn't know 1 had any fnten tion of coming,” Billy Louise as- red bim with perfect truth. hey'll both be awfully surprined when they find it out"—which was also perfectly true—"and when they nee you ride up they'll think you've got tho sheriff at your back. haven't a doubt they-——” | “There aro a few points I'd like to clear up, if you can help me,” Seabeck interrupted. | “Hm4mm—do you know, Miss | MacDonald, whether there was any [intimacy between—your friends. and the man we had for stock In- |spector, Mr. Olney?” “I—can't aa to that.” Billy | Loutee, you see, did not know much jadout details, but the little she did know made her hedge. “There's a queer story about Olney. You know he has left the country, don't you? It seems he rode very hurriedly up to the depot at Wilmer to take the train. Just as hoe stepped on a fellow who knew him by sicht noticed a plece of paper pinned on the back of his coat, He jerked It loose. It was a— m-m—very peculiar document for a man to be weartng on his back. The train was pulling out. The man took the paper over to a saloon and |let several others read it. They |mm-mm—decided that {t should be | placed in the hands of the author! |tles, Have — m-m — your — friends lever mentioned the matter to you?” | “No,” said Billy Louise, and her jeyes were wide | “Mm-mm! We must discover, if we can, Miss MacDonald, whether they are in any way implicated with this man Olney. I belleve that this is at present more tmpor- of tant than the recovery m-m—cattle of mine w may have appropriated.” Billy Louise looked at him for a minute, “Mr, Seabeck, you're aw fully dear about this!" she told him “I haven't been as square to you; and I've been— Listen here, Mr Seabeck! I don't love Charlie Fox a bit, I love someboty else, and I'm going to marry him, He's so | I'd hate to have him think t you believe something t true. It's Marthy I'm thinking of, Mr. Seabeck, T was afraid you wouldn't let Charlie off just for her sake, but I thought |maybo—" “Hm-mm!” Senbeck sent her a |keen, blue, twinkling glance that made Billy Louise turn hot all over |with shame and _ penitenc \"Hm-mm!" he sald again—tt o can call that a saying—"Mm-mm!" any they 1" CHAPTER XIV. Marthy They found Marthy alone and fl) at the ranch In the Gove, By the kitchen table, with her elbows on the soiled ollcloth, sat ,Marthy, 1} | j | | | | | | | | |none nowhere.”. don’t count roken heart of cattle, more or le for much against the of an old woman.” “Ob!” Billy Louise stared up! wide-eyed Into his face. “Oh! You saw that, too! And they're your cattle that were stolen! You saw it—oh, you're—you're—” “Hmmmm—a human being, hope, Mins MacDonald, as well as a mere cattleman, How is the old “Crying,” said Billy Loutse, with brief directness. “Crying over that picture of that—swine.” “Do you think, Miss MacDonald, she would feel like talking business for a few minutes?” “Oh, yes; if she's Ike me, she'll want to get the agony over with.” Billy Louise turned with a twitch of the shouldera, Marthy did not attempt to rise when Seabeck followed Billy Loulse Into the sitting room, “Hmm-mm—I have been looking over the cattle,” he began. “You —mm-mm—you tell me there were seven head of grown stock—" “That they shot and throwed fn the river, with the brands cut out,” interpolated Marthy stolidly. “I ain't got the money now. You c'n fix up the papers t’ suit yerself. I'll sign anything yuh want.” “Hmm-mm—yes! A note cover.) ing the amount, with legal rate of interest, will be—quite satisfactory, Mrs. Melkie. If you have a blank note, I" “You kin look fn that desk over there,” permitted Marthy, “If yuh don’t find any there, there ain't Seabeck did not find any blank notes. He pulled a sheet of paper toward him and wrote. “You will please sign here, Mrs. Melkle,” he said calmly. “And if Miss MacDonald will also sign as an indorser, I think I can safely do away with any mort- gage or other legal security.” “I don't want Billy Louise to git tangled up in my trouble: Mar- thy said uneasily. “She's got! plenty of her own. Her maw’s just died, Mr. Seabeck. And I'll bet there was a hospital 'n’ doctor's n bill bigger 'n this cattle note, to be paid. I don’t want to pile on— “Now, Marthy, you be still, I'm perfectly willing to sign this note with you. If it will satisfy Mr. Seabeck, I'm sure {t's the very least we can do—or—expect.” Billy Louise, bless her heart, was trying very hard to be grateful to Sea- beck Whereupon Marthy signed the} note. Then Billy Loutse wrote her | name, Seabeck took the paper, re-| turned with ft to the desk for al blotter, hunted an envelope, fold-| ed the note carefully, laid it away inside and left the room with what haste his natural dignity would permit. That ended the Seabeck part of the whole sordid affair, except that he remained for another hour, do- are only outward manifestations inflammation of the mucous 8! that lines the lungs, the stomac! tion, which is stagnation of the rightfully called acute catarrh, If you suffer from such co. chronic, don't run the risk of sys equal to all its tasks, and be at peace what it did for this sufferer: Mrs. L. A. Patterson, 238 Utah Aven: *Thave been a friend of Peruna for many bard with ua, but Lean scarcely afford season of the yer OSHASES ane EAE ATO HAQEENED SUNOS seara cere roms pe a tte ts ea to Cold Sores and Fever Blisters all the digestive tract, but they give you evidence of how sore a membrane may become asa result of inflamma- complaints and found it a very excellent remedy, I have a small family of children. Times are when coughs and colds are prevalent. to our neighbors, for the benefit it has been to us.” You needn't suffer longer with such a remedy at hand. Peruna can be obtained in tablet form. You can carry it with you and take it sye- tematically and regularly for a remedy, or as needed for a preventive. Get a box today. The Peruna Company, Columbus, Ohio she's changed so—got so old. I never knew a person could chan so much fn such a little while. We'll have to take care of her, Ward, as long as she lives. That’ why I'm taking you there—so w can look after her. She won't leave the Cove. I—I w ” she had added shyly, sit in front of our own fireplace, Ward, and have nice, cozy even ings but—well, there always seems to be something for me to do for somebody, Ward.” “Oh, Withelmina-mine!” He had said a great deal more, They had nearly 15 and they rode at a walk; and a man and a maid can say a good deal at such a time, But there was one thing which Billy Louise, even in her most self- revealing mood, did not tell Ward, and that wae doubts of bim. Never once did he dream that she had suspected him and wrung her heart because of her suspicions— and, in that, I think she was wise and kind, They found Seabeck and Carson and another cowboy at the Cove, just preparing to leave. Mar- thy, {t transpired, had wanted to make her will, so that Billy Louise would have the Cove when Marthy was done with it Billy Louise cried a little and argued a good deal, but Marthy had not lost all her stubbornness, and the will stood unchanged. Billy Low! and Ward were married Just as soon as Ward was able to make the trip to the coun- ty seat, which was just as soon as be could walk comfortably with a cane, They stayed the winter tn the Cove, and a part of the spring. Then they buried grim, gray old Marthy up on the side hill near Jase, where she had asked them to lay her work-worn body w! she was gone. ‘They were very busy and very happy and pretty prosperous with their three ranches and what gold Ward washed out of the gravel bank while they were living up on Mill Creek, so that he could prove up on his claim. They never heard of Charlie Fox again, or of Buck Olney—and they never want- ed to, THE END. CITY PAYS BIG SUM TO INJURED LINEMEN The city will pay $14,000 for care and compensation to Stephen Fletcher, C. D. Fisher, William Me- Taggart and J. E. Rhodes, who were injured October 27, while working as linemen for the light department. They were burned by a high ten- sion charge. Each man will get $3,500 cash and the amount of his doctor bill. Compensation for such cases In the future will be paid out of the state Industrial insurance fund, as a result of the charter amendment passed Tuesday, of the urface h and blood, ditions don't let them become temic catarrh. Clear it Up With PERUNA When your system is cleared of all its poisons, the membranes soothed and healed, the cold gone and your digestion restored, you will enjoy life, feel with the world. Let Peruna do for you ue, Memphis, Tenn. says: years. Ihave used {t off and on for oatarrhal the ‘eruna to do without Peruna, especially durt ¢ always recoommend