The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 7, 1922, Page 11

pu _ TUESDAY, MARCTI 7, 1922. ERSKINE DALE PAGE 11 BY STANLEY THE SEATTLE STAR UR BOARDING HOUSE BY AHERN GET “IW’ LAUGH THATS \ | LOOKS To ME LIKE HE'D) Wels BEEN WAITING \ CALLING ON MIGS FISHER« |/ THINK 'HAMPTON- ROADS' | /ON MISS FISHER A TLL BET IF VWENT UP AND |] WAS SOME KIND OF A |] HALF HOUR AND HIS ASKED HIM WHAT FLOOR || HIGHWAY « LANGWERED [EARS ARE SO RED Now TH’ MILLINERY DEPARTMENT]| “TH! DOOR WHEN HE || YoU COULD UsKr A \S ON, HE'D START STRUTTED IN, AND HE [| CIGAR ON 'EM= BOWING AND RUBBING ‘AWSKED' FoR MISS WIS HANDS | 'FISHAW'=HIS R's GET ALL WAXED uP THE OLD HOME TOWN = WOLD ER J I RATT o/ | ¢ nites SS ! THEM wuz if | my PAYOR ITE WE CAN Fix | BATIN | “ ‘ TH LAMP Bur [i 4 «1 o > xm wow A AT ae BEGIN HERE TODAY SKINE DALE, captured tn infancy by the redakina of Kentucky, ts adopted by the chief of the Shawnees and give the name of White Arrow. Ho ts told that his mother was captured with him bat was later killed. Maltreated by an Indian brave, Erskine Mees to a settlers’ stockade and ts recognized by his mortally wounded father, DAVE YANDELL, a pioneer, acts as guardian, and sends the boy to Red Oakes, the great Dale plantation on the James, occupied by r POLONEL DAL#, younger brother of Erskine's father. Erskine ts kindly ARBARA and received by his cousing, ARRY, Soon he quarrels with Dane Grey and threatens to stab him. Later Erekine is ashamed of his outburst and flees to the wilderness vo Yandell, Harry and Mugh Willoughby, another cousin, start in reuit GO ON WITH THE STORY At sunset Dave knew that they | or lifted his eyes searchingty to the not far behind bim, but when | shaggy flanks of the hills. meas hid the tad’s tracks Dave} ‘The tral! was broad enough next stopped for the night. morning for them to ride two Dave laughed aloud the next fore | abreast-—Dave and Erskine in ad 2 |vance, They had scarcely gone a “He's seen ue tracking bim and | hundred yards when an todian hee doubled on us and is tracking | stepped into the path twenty yards um 1 expect he's looking at us/ahead, Instinctively Dave threw his from somewhere around here.” | rifle up, but Erskine caught his He halloced at the top of bisjarm. The Indian had lifted hie A warwhoop answered al | hand—palm upward. it in their ears that made the} “shawnee? said the Ind, as two leap in both the boys. more appeared from the bushes. Hire wheeled with cocked rifle, | The eyes of the two tidewater boys lad stepped from behind « buah | grew large, and both clinched their | coly ten feet behind them. guns convulsively, The Indian| pPWell, by gum,” shouted Dav,| spokesman paid no heed except to ied us, after all.” | Erskine-—and only from the lad's FA faint grin of triumph was on | tice, in which surprise was succeed lad’s lips, but In his eyes was Aled by sorrow, and then deep SNES RES “SPE FLASHY MISS ——o= FISHER'S CALLER TUNES UP THE ANVIL CHORUS —= <> THE LARGE OIL LAMP HANGING IN BACK OF JRA HEARNS STORE FELL LATE TOON, RUINING A BALF BARREL OF CRACISERS = iting inquiry directed at Harry | thoughtfulness, could they guess | Prom ied Hush. They sprang forward: | what the guttural speech meant, un-| Bpere nS . ‘bi BY ALLMAN p “We're sorryt ti Erskine turned to them |was actually then the chiet ot «|| DOINGS OF THE DUFFS Tom Buys an Alibi (On Firefly, Harry buckled the/ } They w ty | powerful tribe, and even he was & 5 Niemen 4g enddle ond motioned for him ey were not om the war-path | Against the whites, he explained. | little awed by the instant obedience JUST MY LUCK To MISS A CAR : OH HELEN, COME) DON“T TRY TO KID oes His fost her—Kahtoo, the big | of the savages, who, without # word, , na AND HE SAYS Hgcomy HAT | ME! DINNER IS WHAT WAS THAT “He's your horse, cousin.” said Epi ei ge omg 2 PSS |] WHEN i'M LATE~| SUPPOSE Biv vusr As PAI AND SEE Wi R- IF “by 7 ramp you | put the king—was very ill, and|meited into the bushes an sa | VL. GET MINE WHEN | GET J UST AS 1 BOUGHT FoR | OVER-! OU LAST REMARK You hin message, brought by them, was | Peared A HUMAN BEING THINK I'M GOING TO bis home ta yours whem | that Krakine should come back to| It was nearing sunset and from a f AS ANU ce j Please. And Barbara sent tne tribe and become chief, as the little hill Dave pointed to @ thin chiefs only daughter was dead and|biue wisp of smoke rising far ahead hin only son had been killed by the| from the green expanse At almost the same hour tn the) : was ee gg yo Old | patetuces ‘There's tho fort, boys!" he cried. ney altawn nena on Bead bam oi They knew that im the fight at x / ingly deed that the lad had line fort Erskine had killed the Sha Rgds behind him. It was a rudey, se ee had aw-! ‘The green of the wilderness dulled nee, his tormentor, for they knew | 4 and burst into the ellow scarlet feraw! on a sheet of paper, signed| ine arrow, which Erskine had not}. ) jut into / iy the boy's Indian ocandiaie | jand the russet. This glory in turn hereditary j bad time to withdr The dead | quited and the leaves, like potals of jetem mark--« buffalo pierced by @2 | Shawnee's brother—Crooked Ligh’ a am a) © P bas -ahasion oo leh’ | withered flowers, began to drift to ning—was with them. He ft was , the earth. Gt make me meek. 1 have Be! wno had recegnined the boy the day) Thru the shower of them went fuse I give hole dam plantashun | pefore, and they had kept him Pavol 8 and Firefly killing Erskine from the ‘bushes From hie coonskin cap the bu He sat on his horse like a king | tai) hung like a plume; his deerskin ix asa king. He thanked 4 | hunting shirt. o ie by old Mother Perce Guys inter they reached the holding back Crooked | sanders, wan beaded and fringed Wread, beautiful Helston river, pas- evil hasd, but—con ‘ 4, bi OO) fringed acrons the breast, at the over the pinecrested, white-/temptuoustly he spat toward the wriste, Bie rrp ayy thea, pages oa be hyo ype er dary buge savage—he wan not to die by! ny a belt from which the ber came outlying fort that hand Iie was a paleface and/handie of a scalping-knife showed "RECKLES 4 SF NDS Hee weeters: frontier. Next Gay|the Indiame hed sain hie white|in front and the head of a tome FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS Marted on the long, long wilder-| mother. He had forgiven that, for hawk behind: his powder-horn teward the Cumbariand|he lowed the old chief and his fos Aa You TALK (TN Too much ! na +f mls de) a mT Narre eels. OU,CUIP A UTTLE third ewung under one shoulder and bis WHATCHA GONNA on. Se 7 ag Necmsea 0 ter mother and brother and sister, | pullet-pouch, wadding, flint, and steo! ICE AND MAE be nd jand the tribe had always been kind | under the other; his long rifle across So Now, ite Nanks into steep gray|to him. Then they had killed his|his saddiebow. For food he carried suddenty into Cum-|white father and he had gone toleniy a little sack of mit, for his Up this they climbed. | visit his kindred by the big waters, the summit they went into camp, | and now he loved them. the morning Dave swept| “I will come when the leaves fall.” the wild ¢x-|/he conciuded, “but Crooked Light Begarraast the tribe until he can show that his | heart is good.” And then with an! feeling that | imperious gesture he waved his| iy being followed but | hand toward the went: | e cliffs alongside,} “Now gol j as Erskine, too, had It was hard even for Dave to real than once turned in hiv saddie'tze that the lad, to all purposes, ApV entunes fo) oa ftE, TWINS | A NEW START | | } Hight he saw the face of a woman at the other tent. Startled, he caught) penne S Soe tS ER TNE NT VERETT 3 " 3 HGLLO, SCVSERETT, HAIN'T ‘You arene Samstes nen LOST IN THIS PART OF TOWN “AD that?” | “A paleface, Kahtoo bought her WHAT BRINGS land adopted her, but”—the old wom x “Four more days and wel b€\ an gave a little guttural cluck of tri Sa there.” umph—''she dies tomorrow, Kahtoo ‘ will burn her.” rifle would bring him m and the |" .nurn her?’ burst out the boy * | forest would o him nuts and). palefaces have killed many | Set. | of Kahtoo’s kin!” | te On the fourth day he reached tho} hittie later, when he was passing a nS —_$—<$———— river and swam it holding rifle and) oo) the whit fan's tent, @ «irl 5 — } unding corn in a Page 617 | powder-horn above his head. On the ‘ seventh he was nearing the village 2 up at kena He Redes pu gaataan She had the skin where the sick chief lay, and when at in front mortar faring jhe caught sight of the tepees in @!o¢ the half-breed, and he stopped (Chapter 111) | | little creek bottom, he fired his r startled by that fact and her beauty “1 wonder what is the trouble,” | fretful ery } jand putting F Si § gallop) and went quickly on. He turned |] the girlwife said “Ob!” the litte mother said, f} Sad wih bis right bape bigh SwePt ito fing hie fomtermether watehing “Balky team,” ber busband| anxiously, “We haven't any J] into the village him ; wed f.22— The flaps of the stent part-|" “who is that girl™ The old wom anewered vor fellow, it's a bad| water, have we? I always give ed and his foster-m: tarted to-!an looked dixpleased, place to get stuck. The road is| him his bottle of water about this “Can she see us?” asked the goat with a worried look | ward him with a sudden strean Daughter of the white woman.” | ust barely wide enough for one| time. Poor lamb! Mother knows t J if “Well, now what?’ asked the) going on our travels. You see, Nancy | *@*S turned y back What is her nam | wagon. Pretty bad for us if he| he's thirsty.” And she crooned to goat. |and I are on our way to hunt the old oe heen F ev Barly Morn ” Eo has to work long. It will soon bo| him and petted him and tried to “If you mean what are we going record of Longhead the Wizard." waiting for her ¢ pte Be Se ne fe new mere © , h him back to sleep, but his * replied Nick, guess we're| “What's that?” asked thw goat, |8he could open p thoae two, but the old Indian woman |} dark, and I don’t like driving this] bush him back to sleep, but his J) 4 meee —— pretending not to know | Arrow! It is well. Here—| caught him by the arm hill in the dark—it's too danger-| fret became a regular baby wail, || ‘: | “Oh, it tells whether the Diddyev- | ** . | “You will only make more trou. ous, and the road is too narrow,” | and he wouldn't be comforted. | A ne ‘ur ‘om his horse | bie.” ret: vers with the blue hair are hand-| Erskine had swung fr » 3 vered ati te er He'll be alright when he gets I leomer than the Koraknotts of the|#Nd followed. The old chief meas-| Ho followed the flash of her eyes Sho shivered and d i i: en copa i jgreen beards. Whoever is, : must | Ured him from d to foot slowly! to edge of the firelight, where a shawl close about her baby on her | hie water,” the father said, hoe jxive up to the other and rule i of | #94 his face grew content young Indian stood watching and breast, while the horses tolled on | fellows will surely move on pretty =! Fairyland. Then it's to be decided |. “YoU must cian bed ccd get a |] up the ill and the rain fell stead. | soon.” ”, ith who shall marry Princess The jie white wampum and ® pence tal Who ie the! ae } eitan a. dreary, ebnatant But the fellows continued to say Clean Child’s Bowels with She lives in the Castle of Mirrors|AD4 when you go, you must hurry| “Black Wolf, son of Crooked Light ee grt ae ae shel wocén ie thath’ Socmin kad te Al tocem oy @ THING, INQUISITIVE ae ¢. Es WY. ‘baae cae os. ceasies 3 back, for when the sun ia highest! ning.” patter on the canvas cover of the | words , ne FoR ONE TH * ‘California Fig Syrup jana poate ms persns +g Fp 4 on the day after you return, my spir-| Within the old chief called faintly wagon, horses bagghe "det or ab %t 6 \SNOowTERS Cive MS AN <7) ne other side of the | i+ will pass.” and the Indian woman motioned the or iciuiekel abiaes | they were siued to the hill, and Nit AWPUL PAIN saby continued to wail, an¢ He turned his face and went back} lad to go within Talk!" he commanded. I have been with my people up till a turn brought them close to the back of the wagon ahead she ee us?” asked the goat | They followed the road up wal re ak tists ces | Into sleep. h & worried look. This part about |'"7.0 1a «aw an aged Indian emerge | the mirrors he did not gg ine ere m one of two tents that sat apart | # rain continued to fall, and the sht continued to be black darker and the little moth: | aimost at the end of her strength fF} 1 the lad, simply | “I suppose wo," said Nick. “But o1 tle rise many and strong and rich ‘itoubla®” ‘called ees very late and must ne atarting. | 0 tt ee ne asked Mane tap eases Gb wend ence 40 5 oe called the young) ana the young father was at his | I can’t think how Nancy and I hap. Bhi ayllnattater ‘i | . 1 sre |] husband. wits ends to know what to do. P| “The new prophet,” sald bis foster-| had never seen, and they plant more | pened to stay here #0 long. When| 9 other jcorn than all the Shawnees and Iro-| “Troubie enough,” a voice came| About midnight one of the men we started it was morning and now |", armful of pine fagots was | quole |] back, “s've got @ horse here that | game back tot and asked, “Is. J it's nearly night.” » | your baby sick wed o ola Ce leap of| (Continued in Our Next Issue) 8 80 stubborn nothing short of | } y | ‘The goat changed his voice so ft tossed on the blaze, and in a Pp he a na ss | ts #0 stub nm nothing ab “id of| “He's thirsty. the young | was very sweet. “Would you lik J] @ynamite will move him if he's &/ taper said, “He's thirsty with company?” he asked. “Perhapa if J ° mind to stop. | water enough around us to drown would go with you, I could be of use Pr Ml 2 da Paul—am aris He's stopped” him, and we can't get him a One can never tell when he may © Vv “At the sound of the loud volees | drink.” meet an enemy.” | By Zee Beckley the baby waked and began a Little | (To Be Continued) “Yes, you may come,” agreed Nick, (Copyright, 1922, by The Seattle Mart |“altho no one said anything about | A TH Ht OW aT ~ toate ja my facet” ee Rigaud touched. het arias Loven a wick ch it" . arenes THR Ce ap | errified, Polly drew back, staring | ou are beautiful when you ai taste of “California Fig Syrup.” If| w,n4 wer take the cake alon: wf CHAPTER XXIX—-THE CUSTOMER | very clean, but there was a vague, Paul didn't seem to notice. . . Per-|at him, angry! Be angry if you like, but do he little tongue is coated, or if your! ted the goat. “You can eg | Wgaud called for, glittering hotels I love the quaint | atmosphere of the clandestine about | haps he was preoccupied with the| “Ah—have pity, madame, I am /|not deny me another meeting, What iehild is listless, cross, feverish, full | (ieee eet can carry iton |. omar og places.” * it all. It seemed too florid, and| business of the evening. Polly went|but human, When I see your charm. harm can it do? Sce—this place is lef cold. or has colic, give a teaspoon. | 00 A NAA Oe it WH get the {Poly and Paul in his handsome) Pir ad tar down the Grands |somehow unnecessarily private. M|bravely on, looking forward to tho|ing face, your form—" his eyes|quiet, discreet... Let me come for ful to cleanse the liver and bowels. In| my bw ogre a Oe eed | montevande.’ ‘Sidantane .4 @ did | puzzled Polly end of the meal and her own release | traveled over her till she pressed her |you tomorrow, and we shall have few hours you can see for yourself sper igre | rvour husend tells me," he beens | not take a table in the erewaed. liked Rigaud, but was a little|when the men should begin talking | hand to the open bosom of bh wn |luncheon here?” “NO? cried Polly. iow thoroughly ft works all the con-| He ran into the cave and slyly! o's. three had stowed them-|downstaira room, but led them up a|embarrassed by his unconcealed ad- | together defensively, “Do not fear me, it is| She felt if he did not loose his etipation poison, sour bile and w peed the ver of Dread ‘fato {| selves sr in the back neat and|dariish flight of stairs to a small miration. He fairly caressed her| The waiter came in with a mes- that I love—" hold instantly, move away from her, basket, and when he returned | ##lves sn ’ arkish fligh ’ ama lout of the bowel#, and you have a/b d|sage, Then Polly remembered Paul! Cheeks aflame and breath coming !she show lthe uniformed chauffeur had started, | »nartment that looked to Polly more with bis large brown eyes, mans eam He pressed J the cake carefully on ft well, playful child again i ou've been to the big restau: | ite o parlor than anything elac to make her feel his remarks were |had left word where they were din-| fast, Polly flung off his hand angrily, | closer muuiions of mothers keep “Cal ure we may take itr’ | “that you vo ming a little place—|_ tye window was hun with’ red addreased to her, tho made toling, so that an important telephone| “I sha‘n't lxten to you! How dare| Her eyes searched the room for @ Bia Fig Syrup” handy. Th a and pli aceng ngpoy ox oe IK, Y - The curtains drawn, ‘The carpet Paul, framed lavish compliments|call should be transferred. He ex-|you insult me the instunt my hus: | bell, saw one in a corner and started * a saves : nodded the & ee o. catain A I hope | a A ted velvet Moth wan and in a hundred subtle gullantries| plained and hurried downstairs to|bund is gone. I~" toward it. Rigaud blocked the way. ° ig t |Gypsy woman baked it for us her.|™ famonw lor 4 tr unconventional Me test dhe wall and most of the re-' paid court to her as a woman, not| the phone | She checked herself abruptly, re jShe felt his breath on her face. Cautorsia, Fig elf iat gays pans a taken up ee a fellow being of mind and| [guud suddenly leaned to her, |membering she was hostess and must |Blindly she tore from him, and Which has directions for bables and) "11 tej} you a secret, my dears. wrens nr pdrrtiges ese alie appendices pene grasping her hand in his own hot| preserve self control. “—pardon mo, |struck against the door which Paul Sildren ‘of all ages printed on bot- |The minaing record was inside the ‘Oh, indeed, ye chr shges bed Dalgety ce ella awe eed bag teok refuge in laughs and|one, his Hps close to her ear; |monsieur, I mis—understood you.” | had Just opened. @. Mother! You must say “Call | miadie layer the wor id. ose only psn ded peal thi nny han meh Se lightness, signaling Paul now and| ef he whispered. “Don't you! She moved back, and prayed Paul (To Be Conttane® id vadverta wi ‘3 eae opyr int rr? Poy ial ue tar) pisgpery to the Kits and the other! jt jooked warm and bright and then, to come to her rescuc, But] see how II care for you? Lwgk atl would returo, or the waler come! (Copyright, 1924. by Seattle Stag n yrup. ertisemen ight, 1922, patile Sta