The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 13, 1923, Page 11

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1928. édison CE 1900-Littla Bown & Ganpany | pistol cartridges was all but but world ot| fall back upon Coatinued From Yesterday) XXX June passed away tn the wild Back There, leaving warmer, longer | days, @ tent ‘sun, and alhe had greener. loveliness to the! hook and a plece of line. He had calves no longer e carried the canoe from but and hid it In the tall swift mothers ov | reeds of the lake al and difficult trails.| pleasure’s but to pres nes learned to fly, the wolf/for the autumn floods when they had their first lessons in hunt-| might want to Moat on down to the ing on the ridges. The wild Yuga/ Indian villages; and surely it would had fallen to such an extent that| have afforded the finest sport in the fown to the Indian vil of trolling for lake trout, But on t 1 waters was | with utter callousness he made his wholly pistol serve as « hook and line. The days passed quickly for Ben/ Often he would down, onu and B They found plenty of | t as & ate be wolf, to the work and even of play to pass the | edge of a trout p . then fire mer time, arly to fill her lonely mo at @ great, apotted beauty ments, but more because it was an ‘The bullet Itself did not pen mstinet with her, Beatrice took an} etrate the whter, but the shock car ever-increasing interest ted thru nd the fish usually turned home. She kept it clean and cooked|a white belly to the surface, A fat the meals, performing her tasks/ brook or lake trout, dipped in flour with good-will, even at times &/and fried to a chestnut brown, was gaiety that was as tncomprehensible|a delight that never grew old, to herself as to Ben At every fresh find Reatrice ‘Their diet was not so simple now.| would come triumphant Into Ben's Of course their flour and sugar and | presence and at uch times they tice, and the meat that they took/ scarcely conducted themselves like in the chase furnished the body of|/enemics, An ungucssed boytishness thelr meals, and without th arm had come to Ben tn these things they could not live; but Br summer days: the hard atrice was a woods child, and she ed in his face and most knew how to find manna in the) ly hard shine left his eyes. wik Coty Almost every morning found herself curtously she ventured out into the atill, dew-| eager to ‘please him, taking the ut wet forest, and nearly always she) most care and paling with every dish came to ith some dainty for thelr| she prepared for the table; and it table She gathered watercress inj was true that he made the most the still pools and she knew a dos-| joyful, exultant response to her ef em ways to gerve it. Sometimes she | forts. The seartng heat back of his made a dreasing out of animal oll,| eyes was quite gone, now. Even eaten to a cream; and It wan better | the scarlet fluid of his veins seemed than lettuce salad. Other: tender to Mow more quietly, with lese fire, plant tops were used as a garnish | with less madness, A gentling in as greens, and many and varied fiuence had come to bear upon him; were the edible roots that supplied a great kindness, a new forbearance thelr increasing desire for fresh veg-| had brightened his outlook toward etables. all the world. A great redemption Sometimes she found wocus {n/ was even now hovering close to the marsh—the plant formerly in| him—some unspeakablo and ulti such demand by the Indians—and mate biessing that he could not by patient experiment she learned name how to prepare it for the tabla! Their days ware not without Washing the plant carefully she! pleasure, Often they ventured far would pound It Into paste that could Into the heavy forest, and always be used as the base for @ nutty and fresh delight and thrilling adven. delicious bread. Other roots were ture awaited them. Ever they baked in ashes or served fried tm) learned more of the wild things that animal fat, and once or twice she were their only nelghbors—creatures found patches of wild strawberries, af the way down the scale from ripening on the slopes. | the lordly moone, proud of his grow: ‘This was living! They plucked/ing antlers and monarch of the the sweet, juicy berries from the/ marshes, to the small pika, equeak- vines; they served as dessert and/ing on the siiderock of the high were also used in the fashioning of peaks. They knew and loved them delicious puddings with rice and/al; they found ever-increasing en- sugar. Several times she found cer-|joyment in the study of their ahy tain treasures laid by for winter) ways and furtive occupations; they use by the squirrels or the digging observed with delight the droll awk peopie-—and perfectly preserved nuts| wardness of the moose calves, the and acorna, The latter, parched over|tmpertinence and saucy speech of coala, became humor of the biack netr diet. She gone, of big game remained to Ben never wed regretting that more pe not tinh fresher The spring 4 on follow their dana long si tro wabbly lege, the river bank navigation way ages rwer impossible atrice ly Jexnly in her cave the Beatrice if gy a : : i iH g Jas see 4 HT iE i i 5 “I E ! i 444 le abl | i ski moose and all manner of northern and descended in! small game. Ben did not, however, | valleys: wpend rifle cartridges in reckless! twilight hours on the lake; they tra shooting. When at last his enemies| versed marshes where the moose came filing down thru the beaver meadow he had no desire to be left! cient forests where the decayed vow THE SEATTLE STA BY AHERN 7 wervine t,o PROP ANCHOR mM E “MAT “TUB, You GUYS START POLISHING TH’ DooRKNOR To out a) Au! RAGSLE TH’ GoaP !« 1 S'Pose YTHIN 1 \ OUGHT"TO RUN IN AN GIVE TH’ WATER A FAST LooK THEN WoRK ATOWeEL SKINNY IN “TWo i, MINUTES, BH? HW N'EVERNTIME 'Y YOU LAUNCH ITD “THAT WAGH SAUCER Y'DON'T LEAVE ENOUGH WARM WATER TD GET A GTAMP OFF Al ENVELOPE WITH A CROWBAR = . MIHEK You COME OUT ALL WE CAN Do 1S DAMPEN OUR ey ou! MAN NEPTUNE ouT / ON DRY LAND Again I= WHAT HAVE VBE Donig 1B IN“THTUB FOR “I LAST HOUR PLAYING Vou ||| WERE A SHARK CHASING A FRIGHTENGD BAR OF GOAP AROUND “TH! WATER UNTIL IT RAN OuT oF SUDS 2 ve J ‘ ( j 4 i) ws 4 chunks of spruce log, with « bit of bark for fireside seats And for more than @ week, Beatrice forbidden to enter @ certain just beyond the glade leat she should prematurely discover an even greater wonder that Ben, tn off.hours, wee preparing for « sur prime, From time to time abe heard him Dually at work, the ring of his ax and his gay whistling as he whittled bolta of wood; but other than that {t concerned the grizaly skin she had not the least idea of his task. But the work was completed at last, and then came two days of rather alg nificant silence—quite tncomprehen- «idle to the girl fhe was at a loss why Ben did not reveal his treasure. But one morning she missed the familing sounds of hia fire-butiding, usually hie firet work on wakening The very fact of their absence! remaining, SO YoU HAVE TWO ROOMS UP IN THE aTTic HERE? WHY DowT You 6ST A BULLIARD TACLAP Mnf Place Por mrt IT STICKS A LITTLE BUT | BELieve | CAN FIX THIS DOOR, Tom- THEY MUST HAVE CLOSED IT WHEN THE VARNISH WAS STILL, wae I MUST GET THe CARPENTER OVER ‘Ww PIX IT- covert itt sedelt Hi i 23 | outside the door.” | She hurried into BY CONDO OVT DRIVING ALONG HSE Hi@Hway THE OLD HOME TOWN —| COPY Cars: THE POPULARITY OF AUNT SARAH PEABODYS NEW RED PLUSH HAS STIMULATED BUS/NESS For JED BARRYMORE TO PUTIN A COMPLETE LINE OF UP-TO-DATE PARL OUT OUR WAY 2 WARD co IP one COAL BuRMeRS| | OPENERS — GLASS EYES-canneD potion RIED) BAG f wodioya YES. You FIXED ) R i 1T-Now WE ous Two WHAT ARE HOLLERING ABour? PAGE 11 BAVAI) eee stwagy aa oRYOR ROCKER -WHO HAS BEEN OR FURNITURE CALL UP MAIN 4784 AND TELL.MR.CLEMEMS THE CARPENTER. TO COME OVER HERE RIGHT AWAY - WE'RE with a halfempty gun He had never this more powerful their Sometimes he took ptarmigan— those whistling, sprightly grouse of the high steepe—and Beatrice served uncounted numbers of them, lik the famous blackbirds, baked in pie. Fried ptarmigan was @ dish) never to forget; roast ptarmigan bad/ & distinctive flavor all its own, and the memory of ptarmigan fricassee! often called Ben home to the cavern| an hour before the established meal | time, Indeed, they partook of all) of that full upland game willow | incom clan, the little, brown quail, grouse, fool hens, and the parable blue grouse, half of the breast of which was « meal. It was true that thelr little store of war THAT KES Page randmother,” said David, “we've been studying about Andrew Jackson in our history class. You know—I believe he te about my favorite hero of the re volutionary war.” “Yes,” grandmother said quiet- ly, and went on kaitting. Then presently she looked over her slassen and saw that the children were seeing pictures in the fire, and not reading at all “Did you know, dear,” she be gan, “that Andrew Chambers was named for your war hero? His father was an own cousin of Jackson's, and Andrew Jackson Chambers was not only named for | his noble kinsman, but was born in Andrew Jackson's house.” “Did Mrs. Taicott tell us that? | And all about him?” David asked, | wondering how he could have for gotten, ‘Maybe not,” grandmother told him, “I think she told you more about her mother. There's a bit of his story that 1 remember. He was an interesting man. “His tamily cronsed the plains in 1845." “In 18457" David eaid, “1846, 1 didn’t know that. 1 thought we knew about most all of ‘em that crossed in that year.” “Humph?" grandmother lassh- ed, “the Chambers family had measies about the time their wagon train coached Fort Lar- ————— alael the polgnancy of their strange lives, romping sometimes, gossiping like jays in the tree-timbs, and some- times, forgetting enmity, they told each other thelr secret beliefs and philosophies, They had picnics in the woods; and long, comfortable evenings before their dancing fire. But there was one enduring joy that always surpassed all the rest, a hap-| piness that seemed to have tte or igin tn the alent places of their hearts. It was just the return, after & fatiguing day tn forest and marsh, to the sheltering walls of the cave. With his ax and hunting knife Ben prepared a complete set of fur- niture for thelr little abode. His first work wns @ surpassing-mar velous diningroom suite of a table and two chairs, Then he put up shelves for their rapidly dwindling supplies of provisions enad cut Qrattle * INDS ME 885 mie on the North Platte river, and they had to stop for two weeks, because they were too I! to travel. “Two weeks and one day they rested, and Andrew, who was a young boy, and not very sick, amused himself counting the other wagons which passed them during that time. And how many do you think there were? Just—about—a thousand! All bound for the Northwest. All é¢xpecting to take claims and build homes in the New Country. “Of course thelr own company ot 20 wagons had gone on. 80 they joined gone company of 60 wagons ari straightway found that they had made a mistake “Did you ever think about {t? In driving dxen the drivers had no way of guiding or controlling them except by thetr volces. They had no reife over their necks, no ‘bite’ in their mouths. Only the wooden jokes «oon thelr necks. Well the ox tearns, 60 of them, had heer terrthly frightened by the Indifns not long after they mtarted nd had stampeded “And Worse than that they got into the/habit of stampeding (run ning ofray) every time anything frightened them “go )that's why He, a» you they made a will very soon (To Be Continued) ane bought bed on the cave floor. He had | tused the grizzly skin, hanging tt with unbreakable sinew, and fashioning tt | fn such a manner that folds of the | hide could be turned over her on cold nights. Fora moment she gazed, very earnestly, into the rumged, homely, raw-boned face of her companton eatrice waa deeply and inexptica- bly sobered, yet @ curtous haprinens took mwift possession of her heart. Reading the gratitude In her eyes, Ben's lps broke into @ radiant mile “1 guess you've forgotten what day ft tn,” he maid. “Of cours, month.” “T've noticed each @ay, you know. And maybe you've forgotten—on the de out from Snowy Gulch—we 1 hardly know the | TODAY AND < SAW SEVERAL of Your GILL BOARD ADVGRTISEMGNTS. THSY woes A CONGLOMGRATION OF VERY CRUDE ORAWING ANO PAINTSR'S Cocic !! They Siex — DONG WN FUTURISTIC y ART. ‘You Know Futurism ts ace THS Go tHese SS | 14 Sv DAVE RAY S va ms oe Oy LOOK AT HIM, HE'S HAFFA HEAD TALLER ME! HE LOOKS LIKE A BIG GOOF GOIN’ AROUN'IN SHORT PANTS. 1 DONT CARE IF HES Six Foor? IM NOT GOING TO HAVE. PEOPLE SAYING-— ‘OH SHE'S NO CHICKEN ANY MORE. SHES GOT A SON talked of birthdays. Today 1s yours.” She stared at him in genuine astonishment. She had not dreamed that this little confidence, given tn 8 careless moment of long weeks be- fore, had lingered in the man’s mem- | ory. She had supposed that the fury and savagery of his war with her father and the latter's followers had effaced all such things as this And ft was true that had this hMrth. | ny come a few weeks before, on the river Journey and previous to their oceupation of the eave, Ben would have let ft pass unnoticed. The «mol- | dering fire in hin brain would have | reared to ashes any much kindy | thought as this, But when the wild | hunter leaves hin leafy Intr and goon to dwell, a man rather than « benst, in a permanent abode, he han thought for other mibjects than his tribal ware and the blood-luat of his hates. | The hearth, and the care and friend- ship of the girl had tamed Ben to this degree, at lent. But wonders were not dona. The look in the girl's eyes muddenly melt- ed, ns the warm sun melts foe, some of the frozen bitterness of his mpirtt “It's your birthday—and T hope you have many of ‘em,” he went on. “No more Itke this—but all of ‘em happy —as you deserve.” He walked toward her, and her eyen could not leave hia, He bent soberly, and brushed her ips with his own. (Continued Monday) Wwece, They Ace WenT, BeeLieve me iY THE ONE-MAN WOMAN BY RUTH AGNES ABELING STARTS TODAY— SORPEN VERSION Edison Marshall's “Snowshoe Trail” CHAP, 81—KATE TELLS HER STORY - | BEGIN HERE TODAY GO ON WITH THE STORY | KAT WARD, widow of Kate felt helpless before the tears |DAN WARD, living with her tether, /of Chinatown Alice, Here was a grivt JUSTIN PATWIONE, has a visitor, she could not hope to comfort. She CHINATOWN ALICE, who ciatme Dan) didn't understand it. She was mute ponorir. why th ‘evenings tater thetr |! the presence of it. Softly she stole out of the laundry refuge in the roadster me, |awaiting at the curb. ves no—-let's start back right away ahe sald lames Latham. “You need some lunch first," was reply. And then, a Latham looked more closely at her face: and her father find an w They carry him h has recovered, DR. EDWIN J. N’S DENTAL 0) 106 Columbia St, Seattle's Leading Dentist for More Than 21 Years Ho falls tn love with laundry of SING LOY, with whom offor the Intter her frie however, does little but _ PRESERVING YOUTH has happened?" “T can’t talk about tt just quietly. And James Latham let the matter rest there until after they had lunehed and were well on their way out of the elty. “Lady Fair, don’t you can tell me “Sometimes two can out better than one—and I'd like to feel that I could be that much a part of your life. I'd like to know that you felt you could depend on me for some fow Uttlo things at least,” “It’s hard to tell you, Jimmy lad,” Kate answered, “there's so much to ray and yet #0 little “I know—I know,” meditatively “Such are the things which trouble us most and eventually break our spirits — those intangible worries which we can’t exactly account for, “Tel! mo, Kate.” was some now,” you feel that now?” he said think things thing of a command in the tone, “What ia it, ttle girl? Something And Kate told him, Boginning at the place where Dan left off life, she took up the thread of the story, She told of Altos, of Dorothy, on jown to the last visit to the laundry of Sing Loy. Only her premonition did she omit mentioning. She hadn't the courage to tell of that! James Latham did't interrupt. And when Kate finally veased speak- ing he was silent for a space, guld. ing the car along the moonlit road at a rapid rate, “Find out why Alice wanted a sum of money #o badly Just now,” ho sald at length, “and you'll have the whole story.” “And should say,” Kate was speaking, “find out why Alice cried and the seoret of everything will be out,” “Thee is some emotional cause back of almost everything a woman does,” continued Kate, “I'm not speaking now of flappers, of girls In the glow of early romance, of super i ficial, affected women. I © Jimmy, sane, sensible mothers wives and business women. “Women always have upon their emotions and int more than their brains. Their tion ts like a wireless searcht future, Their brain records the sage. ‘Their emotions temper course of action. “There was something b Alice's tears, Jimmy—som cere—-something fine,” Kate (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1923, by Seattle 7ick