The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 22, 1922, Page 13

FRIDAY, DECEMBER (Continued From Page 6) But MMi strike off on foot, if you with his mind was flashing thoughts like lightning, and Answer was ready, “Hen, if you don't mind, TN do that,” he said. “I can get along without gazin’ at the sky serapera of Snowy Gulch, and to tell the truth, that 12 miles of extra walkin’ don't appeal to me one bit Td as poon have you tend to all the} things In town.” “But you'd get waited i “T bate a horse, anyway “You've surely changed a lot since the war.” “I was thrown off not long ago and have been leery of the dum things ever since. I'd walk, soone than ride, even if I did have a horse. So you roll me that big Hudson Ray blanket and give mo a couple of day's rations. I'll make a pack for my book that I can't feel. Then you strike off Into town.” Without especial enthusiasm Ben agreed. Exram gave a great sich of satisfaction. He had put thru the deal: Ben's secret thought was thi Exram’s curiosity--always a pro nounced trait with the old—had mas tered him, and he could not walt longer to explore the mine. Not one Glimpse of the truth as to Eazram’s| Yeal reason for desiring to push on alone as much as occurred to him. Ezram was wholly deliberate. He knew what waited him on arrival at) his brother's claim. Jeffery Neilson and his gang had assembled there, had already Jumped the claim just his bother had warned him that they would do; and coolly and quiet-/on the right foot ly he had resolved to face them alone. They wore desperate men, not likely to be driven from the gokt by threats or persuasion only. no law in his lite; Tt was true that the desire to or | a ride, if you/tt « | eudden—rottin | mountains, 1 | ndyed blithely on. But | OTTR RO, fi 1 HOOPLE « IMaT \So We - | STUNNING Edison. farshall- ‘CAMEO { By & ‘Litthe Brown & Ganpany tve ever |/ MY, Wow \ éonfided,) | SEEN! } ‘ _ RDI 7 <a Why MATOR How {/ LeNvy keep thin, wate Mera nd that ain't #0 all-fire | mY HoopLe! | \_, A @ letter 1 suppose you've got « million dollar band hidden down there now,” Ben remarked. ‘No, not a cent, Just the ver I get shuffled off all of a down ¢ of these want you to look There may be f importance there areful », lightly and happily 1, and—'take keer of yer The olf man turned away, and soon his withered ffrure vanished into the thickets farther up the river, fairly well-worn moose trail, and and he went swiftly. Soon he was out of hearing of the sound of the great river ‘Then the Ittle woods people—mar ten and ermine and rodent and such other small forest creatures that light wateh with ex wt the on thy mht that old He was following a who can say ceeding Inte trails, could have thy Puram was already fatigued down beside a tree and drew a sheet of paper from his packet Searching further he found then the travelers He sat OW, MOS« T CAN'T TELLVoU | HOUSE i Yow MARTHA, M'DEAR 1 MUG TELL Yous (7 WIGTORV CONNECTED $ WITH "THAT BROOCH MIND You “WIS 16 IN UTMOST SECRECV! TWAT CAMEO WAG IN THE COLLECTION oF | TeD] ’ “THE RUSSIAN CROWN] \ \\ DELIGH ee MRS.]| 1 AM / JEWELS, AND WAS WORN BY WE EMPRESS CATHE Rint L CANNOT DIVULGE ANY NAMES AS “1O Wow VT CAME IWhTd \oy POSSESSION !/} | t| g , i Wh HAs You CAN'T BE Bek PAID A GIN POLIGHER A DOLLAR FoR CAMEO, an)’ fma BY AHERN 7 WHEN He ] STARTS “To | STEAM ve'D MAKE You | BeLieve “mH! NMIOLETS on }WiS GHAVING “| MUG WERE THEN FANG Fy painttiep BY, THOIL LIKE/ |p, Marte “| EMBRANDT TWAT EGG!« THAT BONE atub of a pencil. Then he wre Ha; tng written he unlaced folded t and thrust it into his booth relacing the shoe, ho arose and jour TO GET DADDY'S CHRISTMAS AND ) WANT You TO BE A ™x On arriving in Snowy Gulch, Ben's first efforts were to ing gard to horses, Both pack and saddle NOW, MOTHER 1S GOING DOWN TOWN PRESENT /\577> WHEN YL BET You'LL BE GLAD ‘YOU GET IN Your NEW HOME - HAVE A BIG YARD TO PLAY IN - HAVE A NEW ROOM To SLEEP IN - HAVE ALOT OF NICE rive on the scene at the eartiest pos- | animals, he learned, were to be bired sible moment had been a factor in his|of Sandy McClurg, the owner of the @eciston. One of them could hurry | semeral store and leading citizen of Good Boy AND MIND OulVIA,,. SF ~~. OR 1 WON'T TAKE You OVERS GeT Him TO SEE OUR NEW HOME - A NICE ONE, BOYS ANDGIRLS To PLAY WITH*A~ OH THERE'S on, unimpeded by the pack animals, and the other must linge: to secure their supplies; and there could real- ly be no question, tn Ezram's mind, which should go and which should He had known perfestly that bad realized the true need for he would never have submitted to Ezram's will The old new Wolf Darby. ‘Tho strong eyes tn the lean, raw-boned him as to this know!- the village; and at once he made his | way to confer with him. | “Most of my mustangs are rented out,” the merchant toformed him — they met in the rear of the general store, “but if you can get along with three, I guess T can fix you up You can pack two of ‘em, and ride the third.” “Good enough.” Ben agreed. “And after I once «et tt, I'd Uke to turn back two of them, and mgybe all PES 7 “THE PHone! three—to save the hire and the both- er of taking care of them. I sup pose, after the fashion of cayuses, they'll leg tt right home.” { “Just a Uttle faster than a dog. | Horses don’t rhuch care to grub their | food out of them spruce forests | They're good plugs, so of course I) don't want to rent ‘em to any one! Who'll abuse ‘em, or take ‘em on too hard trips, Where are you heading, if the question's fair?” i tl There's been! Quite a movement down that way | lately, considering it never was any- . | thing but a pocket country. By starting early you can make {t thru/ in a day, And you sald your name was" “Darby. Ben Darby.” The merchant opened his eyes. “Not the Ben Darby that took all them prizes at the meet at Lod, Pole——” Ben's rugged face lit with the bril- | Nancy of his smile, “The same Dar- | by.” he admitted. | | “Well, well! I hope youll excuse} them remarks about abusing the} horses. If I had know who you) was. ‘Wolf’ Darby, I'd have known | you knew how to take care of cayuses. Take ‘om for as tong an! you want, or where you want. And when did you say you was going?” “First thing tomorrow.” “Well, you're pretty likely to have companionship on the road, too. There is another party that ts going up that way elther tomorrow or the | |day after, Pretty lucky for you" | | “I'm giad of it, if he isn't a ten-| derfoot. That must be a pretty! thickly settled region—where I'm) eading.” | “On the contrary, there’s only three human beings tn the whole dis- | trict--and there's a thousand of square miles back of It without even one. These three are some men that went up that way prospecting some! time ago, and thix other party will rarefied TetTpRA TER He ar Seattle _ » * 18 * % abel Clelan * Page 866 THE HOUSE WITH SIX CHIMNEYS It was a big house, this house low tones, so as not to disturb which stood on Chambers Prairie,| mother, for mother was very, seven miles from Olympia, in the | very it. year 1862. It was made of sturdy “Tomorrow's Christmas,” little timbers, and so jointed and build-| Ella ventured, “’spect what Santy 4 that men who looked it over| will put in my stocking.” in the summer of 1922 declared it “Ont” TAzzte reminded her, to be good for many and many a| “don’t you ‘member? Mother jong year to come. said we are so far away out here It had a wide porch around ft,| on the, prairie that she 'spected and big rooms, and long windows, | Santy would have to skip us this and—it had six great fireplaces | year.” with wide, open chimneys holding “Yes,” Addie agreed, “they anid up their tall heads in a yearly! that. Mother did, and father did. challenge to that mystic saint| But I believe when he goes by who comes riding over housetops | he'!! see all those chimneys stick- and casts treasures down just) in’ up in the sky an he'll juat such highroads Into homes. come down to see who lives in this Seven rooms and three chim-| home and there our stockings neys the house had had when it} will be, and he'll put something was built in 1854, but the need for more rooms and more chim- neys had grown out of the fam- Mly’s increasing numbers. When Andrew Jackson Cham- bers had brought his bride to live on the lonely prairie three chim- neys had been quite enough. But on this Christmas eve, of which We write, things were quite, quite different. y It was a cold winter, a very cold and sn winter, and in spite of all the érackling fires the house was not #0 bright ## usual. | tng in the house to put into the little girl@ gathered about | stockings. | sitting room e and talked tn | RARER & * "* litt Ella wanted to , “What'll he put in our stockings?” “On—1 thing.” Bo they talked. And passing thru the room, unnoticed by the little ones, the anxious father heard, and stifled a sigh. No possible way in which he could get away, The mother so i), and not a toy, nor a stick of candy, no raisins or nuts or apples; noth- don't know—some- make four.” He paused, amiling } “Yes, I think you will enjoy this trip tomorrow, after you see who it is. I'd| jenjoy ft, and I'm 30 years older than | you are.” Ben's thoughts were elsewhere, | and he only half heard. } “All right—I'll be here before dawn tomorrow and get the horses. And now will you tell me—where Steve Morris lives? I've got sotne businens with him.” | “Right up the street—clear to the end of the row.” McClurg’s humor had quite engulfed him now, and he chuckled again, “And if I was you I'd stop in the door just this side and get acquaintea™,ith your fellow traveler.” “What's his name?’ Ben asked. “The party ts named Neilson.” Unfortunately the name had no mental associations for Ben. Iti wakened no interest or stirred no memories. He had read the letter the copy of which he carried but once, and evidently the name of the man Ezram had been warned against had made no lasting tmpression on | Ben's mind. “All right. up.” Ben turned, then made his way up| the long, straggly row of unpainted shacks that marked the village street A few moments later he was stand- | ing in the Morris home, facing the| one friend that Hiram Melville had possessed on earth. Ben stated his case simply. He was the partner of Hiram's brother, he said, and he had been designated to take care of Fenris and such other belongings as Hiram had left Morris studied his face with the quiet, far-seeing eyes of a woods- Maybe I'll look him | i've got means of identifica- Ben realized with something of a shock that he had none at all, The letter he carried was merely a copy without Hiram’s signature; besides, he had no desire to reveal its con- tents. For an Instant he was con- siderably embarra But Morris smiled quietly, “IT guces 1 won't ask you for any,” he said. “Hiram didn't leave any- thing, far as I know, except his old gun and his pet. Lord knows, I'd let anybody take that pet of his that’s fool enovgh to say he's got any claim to him, and you can be sure I ain't going to dispute his claim.” “Fenris, then |e—something of a problem ?” “The worst I ever had. Hin old gun is a good enough weapon, but I'm willing to trust you with It to get rid of Fenris. If you don't turn out to be the right man, I'll dig up for the gun—and feel lpeky at that. I won't be able to furnish another Fenris, tho, and I guess nobody'll be EVERETT TRUE BY CONDO WHILE SITTING HERES HAVS Been THINKING. HOW MUCH FORCS 13 WASTED IN WORLD WHICH, IF PROPERLY HARNESSED, COULD BC APPLIGD TO THE BENGRIT OF HUMAN SOCIoTY. I HAVE IN MIND SOMG SORT OF ATTACHMONT TO BG WORN BY EVERY PERSON WITH THS HABIT CF SUCKING AIR BACK FORCIBLY THROUGH THE TSECTH SVERY FEW SECONDS. THG APPARATUS COULD STORES YP THS SOUND WAVES UNTIC SUCFICIGNT GVGREY HAD BEGN ACCUMULATED AND THEN SOODENLY tee es HEAD QUA COAL SCUTTLE WASH TUBS PERFUME CoconvT AGN TS Form Pe Newt = SHES - LAREARM ANB SUSPENDEP S — LAN SAKES WHO IS te EES (18S, MELEN -1 SEE-GET YOUR BANK BOOK OUT OF THE ‘ToP DRAWER OF YouR DESK 7 ANDO SEE WHAT YOUR BALANCE \S~- | SEE ~‘YoOU WANT To ee, FIND OUT HOW MUCH HAVE IN “THE BANK-~ ALL RIGHT WAIT A MINUTE - OUT OUR WAY Yuen TUT Te THUMP CVGR THE BRAIN CAVITY ff THe INTENSITY OF CONTUSSION COULD ge REGULATED TO MEST THE VARYIN RSQUIRGEIWENTS OF EITHER LIGHT OR LTVUSBORN i oy \ i ated by another sound, such a sound as left Ben only wondering and ap- palled, Tho sound was in the range be- tween a grow! and a bay, instantly | identifying itself as the utterance of an animal, rather than a human being. And it was savage and fero- cious simply beyond power of words to tell, Ben's first thought was of some enormous, vicious dog, and yet his wood's sense told him that the utterance was not that of a dog. Rather tt contained that incredible sorry, And if I was you--I'd take him out in a nice quiet place and shoot him." He turned, with the intention of securing the gun from an inner room. He did not even reach the door, It was as if both of them were struck motionless, frozen in odd, fixed attitudes, by a shrill scream for help that penetrated like a bullet the thin walls of the house, Instinctively both of them recog- nized It, unmistakably, as the plero- ing ery of a woman in great distress and terror, It rose surprisingly high, | fierceness and savagery that marks hovered a ghastly instant, and thén|the killing erles of the creatures of was almost drowned out and obliter- | the wild, 8 WHEN THE MAILMANS A no THS LETTER IS GOIN” EVEN IF | ) HAVE To FLAG AUNT SARAH PEABODY WAS FURIOUS ToDay WHEN STATION AGENT DAD KEYES CLOSED UP AND TOOK TRE MAIL Pouch To THE STATION AN_HovR BEFORE “THE FAST WELLO, HELEN,.. FOUND » 1T - You HAVE A BALANCE OF WINETY- SEVEN DoLLARS AND SIXTY CENTS~ SPEND IT ALL ON Him ~ HE'S WoRTH PUM fare a min, her DANDY OLFELLER = Rw He heard it even as he leaped thru the door in answer to the scream for aid. His muscles gathered with that mysterious power that had always sustained him tn his moments of crisis, He took the steps in one leap, Morris immediately behind him, “Fenris is loose,” he heard the man say, “He'll kill someone——!" Ben could still hear the savage cries of the animal seemingly from just behind the adjoining house. A girl's terrified voice still called for help. And deeply appalled by the sounds, Ben wished that the rifle, such @ weapon as had been his trust h £ since early boyhood was ready and loaded in his hans, 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 wood shed that stood behind her house a girl stood at bay—a dack-eyed girl whose beautiful face was drawn and stark- white with horror. She was seream~- ing for aid, her fascinated gaze held by a gray-black, houndlike creature that crouched, snarling, 20 yards dis- tant. 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