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cHuURS their ‘the . might tura on him. git He had reached Bilt and severed the ropes | eri's " he cautioned. “Don't move THE OF SPRUCE Copyright, 1822, Lite, Brown & Company From Yesterday) xLu him the faster. screains of fear and ‘an instant he was on the ravening pack ‘vere fa a ring fans flashed. hare a: ‘and throat, and thelr | tnjury Deasts of prey fn & single instant the torn from him, leaving huddled, ghastly thing fire, at once, ‘of Chan's figure as ho| Wel! again. Tearest treo and seeming- aa oe year gekg upon hin. daged it the best she could, then cov~ a fat him frdm the side; and ered him up warmly and let him 4 on true, Ris fangs went the life went out of Chan @ single, neighing He pitched forward, shud- fh the soft grass, and lay peck surged around his if walting for thelr lead- bat measures of self-defense he DAY, FERRUARY 1, 1928 SEALEEE ESET ETE: SKYLINE SSSEEIULSSSSSSESISESESSESSERRS TENSES By EDISON MARSHALL Pst sssttteietsL et tLiccciitiscsctesssscoisesttststssiectia] jt subdued light as ahe gave the | wolf @ parung caress, Hut he oorld wreaks and goos}Hot stay with them, The primal law eg ears wat |of his being bade otherwise. ils way ae anaes attack of |Was the way of the open traila, the dRAt desperate strugale | Rixhte of madness and the rapture of Meemed to increase thelr | HUnLNg—and these were folk of the Ut.|eaves! They were not hia people aitho his love for them burned like fire in his beart, ‘all his blows: his but were| He could not deny the call of his ater merey than | followers on the ridge, It was Itke showa to Ben ala chain, drawing to them, Whining |into the darkness, The fire had been built up, Beatrice In that lurid | had rallied her spent strength oy full gleamed Ike | feeding of the rich, dried meat, and nd there, | had done what she could for Neilson's Ben, exhausted, had lain with pale-blue fire |down in some of the blankets of his sign of the blood|enemy’s outfit. Neilson was not however, mortally hurt, The bullet had coursed thru che region of hi shoulder, missing his heart and lungs jand altho he was all but unconaaious, But the pack | they had every reason to believe that Fenris had|* f¢® Weeks of rest would see him retnorselesaly he had sped away Batrice bathed the wound, ban- to sleep. And the time came at long past the midnight hour, that she crept once more to Ben's side There was little indeed for them to say. Tho stroan of the night had tak. en from them almost all 4 e to talk. But Ren took her hand tn his once, ‘or twice, then stood Beatrice told him, her eyes still bright with tears “We've seen it thru, and we're safe.” Ben nodded happily. It was true there was nothing further for them to fear. With the ald of the rifles of the three fallen, they could pro cure meat in plenty for their remain ing time at Back There; besides, th store of jerked caribou and moose ‘was enough to hold them over. When pack, forgetting its wrists “Stay be- that any attempt to reach tree would attract the and send them the rains came again, the throe of them—Nellson and Ben and Beatrice could glide on down to the Indian Peoria whined tn answer, and | toni«ht. that he was no longer to | Gulet hour. ‘The “There, old fellow— | {Interest to hold him tn these northern er. Again he knew |@fcampments tn the canoe, Thence as his own de-|they could reach the white settle- control of the pack | ments beyond the mountaina Her glance into the future went *till farther, because she knéw cer- attack. tain news that as yet Ben had not ted, “Down |heard. She had heard from Ray's |lps that night that Ben's claim had ‘wolf started at the voice, been legally Med; he had only to re-| Deside the fallen, gazing turn and take possession. It straight- fuminous eyes, ened out the future, promised suc- .* Ben cautioned, in ces tn the battle of Ife, gave him an forests. But ahe would not tell him Tt could walt for a more Presently ahe saw that he was try- ing to speak to her, whispering; try- ing to draw her ear down to his ipa three lesser wolves | fcross the dying fire,| Sho smiled, with an infinite tender- all the Wolves, except for their wD At the throat of the thing Addr, ih re the strength with that of the redeemed, crept Fenris whined and shtv- arms of his god. came at last to that camp lake, in the fa-, hidden Northwest, tho old wet- Bo matter where you meet forest, the grizzly bear Surly, dangerous brute. the dors did well to Man came up the un- ness. Dimly tho he spoke, she heard him every word. “I love you,” he told her simply. He watched her face, as intently as the three Wise Men watched the East, for a sign. And he saw tt, clear and tneffably wonderful, in the stare that came into her eyea “I love you,” she answered, with silence, Diissful in this wonder each had for the other, wholly content just that their hands and lips should touch. The same miracle waa upon them jdoth; ang the girl's thought, ranging shoulders of the | far, seized upon a deep and moving sobbing uncontrol- | discovery. ‘All tiie belongs to us,” infinite |she told . indicating with one movement of her arm the boundless solitudes about them. “This !s our own country, isn't it, Ben? We can't even—go away.” It was true: they could never leave They wore its jchildren, bred in the bone. Thetr strong thews would waste in a gent- ler land. It was thelr heritage, Thoy. must not go where they could not be- hold the dark line of the forest against the sky. | Tho fire burned down. The moon wheeled thru the sky. The tall spruce saw the dawn afar and beckoned. THR END, cises, exploded recently, south of Opelousas, Louisiana. to the ground. are Skattle _. * * By Mabel Cleland » Page 901 THE END OF THE SAD STORY wonderful forests of A strong man’s love for his dog 1s @ very real thing, and without stopping to consider his own safety, the man rushed Into the fight with the one thought of helping his faithful dogs. It was @ terrible struggle; be- fore the man had time to une his old-fashioned gun, it waa knocked out of his hands, and man, griz#y and dogs met in a fight which cannot be described, for there was no human eye to witness It. ooee ‘The sun came wanly out from the morning mists, shining down on the qutet wood; nearby a brook gurgied and rippled; a bird trilled in @ tree; there was a smell of damp, «weet woodsy earth in the air, and allence; silence except for the low rhoans of the man, and the whimpering whines of the dogs, a» they licked his hands and limped about him as he lay in the path, Up the trail and no they f you that, for the rere few dan- farely gave trouble, were not consider. in @ city 700 or Autumn morning of Warnitig cries, and leaping, they flew & whirlwind, but hin two hunters came, ‘ound him. broken, too, k—home—this fix that up Was going hard with hear ntood tatter hand by chin time he o he talked) wo he told t the story, Tendorly thoy tied him’ home, But before they reached the cabin the tired mother waa # widow, and her 16 children. were fatherlenn, equal simplictty, They lay a while fx. |long my | A civil war bomb which had been| | tossed about for 57 years, used as | an andtron and in shot-putting exer- wrecking }a house on a plantation two miles At the time it exploded it was serving 49 4n andiron, no one being in the) house at the time. The house burned | THE §& OUR BOARDING HOUSE <= EF ui ~ Nou / BLUNDERS “THINK YoURE MAJOR I « COAXING MY MY MODEST VICTORY GOAT Weta] | YOU WERE "ho |] ever BusteR tothe UNE 3ES UGH AB® PLANE oF A BECAUSE I VOR BUS! SCISTILLATING LOSY, EH 2- We CRACKED “TRIUMPH fe Hasina UNDER TH’ HOWEVER, I HOLD cairn STRAN UKE A \) Hie HigdesT Yican’t URSULA TRENT A Novel by W. L. George, pyrigit, 1081, by Harper & Brothers (Continued From Page 6) enhances hie pleasure in dominating me, “What axe you doing?’ he asks, | at length, | | lam writing the story of my life” | He laughs, “That's « big job, I'm) afraid you'll never finish it, Besides | . ys the best chapters are still un- | written,” I'm #0, nearly, I wonder, CHAPTIN 11 Bea Anemones I Tt te @ good thing to be pretty, | At least, I suppose I'm pretty, unless | I'm rather more, It is so diffioult to| | know Just what ons looks iike when Gna sees onosslf only in the ativery falsehood of & mirror, and occaaion- lally in the golden falsehood of a | man’s eyes that glimpse one thru a curtain of iIlusion, Still, I do belleve |it whan I Jook at an old photograph of myself, taken before the war, when | 1 was 32, It tw @ good photograph by | |Norman Bark, with one of those! |pomt-Oriental, semi-misty back~ |grounds which he likes, He has placed mé on an oak chest, my knoss crossed, my arma outatretched over an opin copy of Country Life, How arms look! They were) |rather thin then, The I suspect that | | Bark touched them up a little, I pare thick, slightly raw hands, the hands of = country gir. I'm very dark/| wkinned; under the ninon blouse | can s06 the shadowy outline of the! shoulder that was a little thin, flow- jing to a rather long but thick neck | khadowed with down. At that I am powerfully made, but undeveloped. My figure is alight; I remember the bony, sinow-botmd knesa wich {1 showed when bathing, and which |xhamed me because they lacked fem!- nine roundnens and delicacy, All that has changed, for I have filled out Now I have a dimple at my elbow jand thinser hands, But my face has jnot changed much, Still I wear my rather coarse, almost black hair close about the crown and thickly coiled over the back of my head, Thare was a wreath of {vy leaves round my [head, and 1 wore & necklace of noed [pearls. My forehead ts low, but looks | high because my head t# narrow and long. Met wide apart about a faint lly tip-tilted nose ie my eyen that are large, deep brown, very thickly lashed, and always outlined by an aura whore purple melta into sapia and at the edge disappears into the darker flush of my dark cheek Dend-black, fairly level brows over hang my eyes, ‘Thin miven an oftect of brooding and melancholy. When |1 am thinking of nothing men always believe that I am being soulfal. 1 wuppode it is my mouth misleads |thom, for it fa rather thiak, expecially jthe upper lip; the under lip falls away o little, showing a gleam of teeth; {t makes me look forlorn, and [1 might be thought weak if there [were not big bones In my jaw. I’m | deceptive; men cannot guess whether [my somber foeblenens may eantly be abused, or whether J shall muddenly turn hard, or even furious. Tam not very tall, but tho I talk a lot, my voice is quiet, My husband Is right; he knows the hardness in mo that mixes with my dependence; and |how suddenly dependence can tnrn |into the rage ho liken to dispel, (Continued Tomorrow) | Banbury Tarts BY GERTHA Kf. SHAPLEIGN } Of Columbia University Roll any good paste, puff or plain, \to 4 {meh thick, Cut Inte four. inoh aquares, In center placa two tablespoonfuls Banbury filling, Bring corners to enclose the mixture, Bake in &@ moderate oven 20 min- utes. | Or, shape in form of triangle, | with same amount of filling on ono | half of square before folding over the other half, It iw well to wet the edges and press *hem together with a fork before baking, The filling, | 1 oup raisins, #aded and chopped | % oup currants | f tablespoons lemon sutoe i Grated rind of 1 orange % oup ernoker criumba % oup brown sugar 1 one | Mix all ingredients wot togothor. | There fo no inatrament that wil! indicate the prowsnce of gold and] atilver or thelr ores, [ron attract tho “needle,” but nelther gold nor RARER meee eee “iver in magnolia, Nice WoRK, \ CONCERT I BY IOVE, BOVG ~ NOUR OVATION OF FLATTERY ELEVATES Th Steam MOUTH ORGAN w) }\ REGARDS For y | me! A GYMPHONY MY VANQUIGHED . OPPONENT! « HELEN, THAT WAS A FINE DINNER- | ENJOYED EATTI GLAD YOu ENJoeED 1T,Tom- Now iF 1 ODT HAVE THIS STACK OF DISHES To D9 | MIGHT GO IN ANDO E STAR B Y AHERN “ post Lert’ VICTORY Go" YouR WEAD, MAJOR! WHEN They CROWD uP FoR Your MTOGRAPH >| BE CAREFUL HoT Z\ “To PuT rr on A CHECK! HELEN,! BRUEVE WITH THIS BIG HOUSE AND A THAT WE SHOULD GET AMAID To RELIEVE ‘You OF SOME OF THE WORK- DON'T You KEEP You COMPANY ~ EVERETT TRUE (Do You GST ON THE CaR AT THE RUSH HOURS AND FLASH THAT BILL TO SHOW THAT You! Have THAT MU TO RUSTLE VP Sous SMALLER CHANGS Ft = MONSY, OR ARE YOU Too LAZY BY RUTH AGNES ABELING CHAP. 47~-THE VISITORS BEGIN HERB TODAY KAT! WARD, widow of DAN WARD, has « visitor, CHINATOWN ALICH, who says Dan was father of her child, DOROTHY, Kato is much portarbed A thelr home, He recovers and woow Kate, Tt develops that he knew Dan, and helps Kate to find a trunk he a may contain papers throwing Hight on the latter's pant, but they are Alaappointed. Allow recognizes the trunk, Kate writes to her at the Jaundry of KING LOY, where she works, asking her to vinit the Parsons hume with Dorothy. Alice accopta. Determined to eo it | meant GO ON WITH THE STORY_ While Kate waited on the plat form of the frame station until the train bearing Alice and Dorothy should arrive, she folt a thrill of , | anticipation, Hor dosire to tost the girl, to trap her into betraying something, had been replaced by a fooling of real friendship. Kate almost wished sho had put the trunk out of sight so that if, by any chance, It ever had anything in Alloo's life, it would not recall it, Kate knew the mirl's life had not been an easy one, Sho watched as the train pulled and the passengers left the PRET thot Broves You Say, THERES THE OLD HOME TOWN China Bae OM PURCE CHECKER BOARD: CITHERS ~ PiANc op0 wo * OUT OF JOEL KANCOCKS EAR TODAY-—— THE THROWER. OF THE SNOW BALL IS KNOWN AND WILL BE PROSECUTED- Ine A GO ON JUS PUT YouR FOOT UP 10 THAT CRACK. 4 YOu IF 1 KIN FIGHT ER ae ZED HORSE COLLARS |t— ‘TOM, | THINK YouR IDEA ABOUT GETTING AMAID TO GIVE HELEN A LIFT ISA GOOD ONE ~I’*M AROUND HERE ALi DAY AND Kiow HOW MUCH THER 15 TO DO- 7 NERVO! 1LL SETTLE i? —~| Down JN_TEN ; INUTES OR YY i GOQ_ON! TLLSHOW ENN fi Ni £iu\\\ ia RENE a NG f i te tw ; \M ALITTLE MEANS IT ALLRIGHT- SEE ABOUT GETTING A PAH GOON! ™ CRACK 'N YOU ARE! (iF) GOON SUS PUT ONE FOOT ON I AN’ ILL Busy You ONE. PAGE $84 BY STANLEY US BuT HELEN, | GUESS HE HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO MaiD Tomorrow! BY WILLIAMS CLOSER “6 ‘AT GTUAT IN Nr AMATI aN Wy vite AMAL ME AY yee DORA SERVICE coaches, She was startled when | \ finally Alice and Dorothy appeared. “I think I've never seen anything more summery and lovely than you | two air who said as she kissed Dorothy and took Alice's hand, It seemed natural that she should kiss Dorothy. In) spite of the little she | had seen of her, the child had come to mean something to Kato, | Dorothy was in white with a but: | torfly bow at the back of her frock, Another huge bow poised at the side! of her bobbed head, Alico had on dark blue dimity, dotted in white, Sho had never looked #o much @ «irl, yet so much a mother before, Kate thought. “You didn’t find it hard to get away from your work today?” Kato Asked, Alice looked squarely at Kate, It soomed her eyes had lost some of} tholr hardness, She laughed—tt was an almost girlish laugh, “Bing Loy,” she sald, “is the kind. ost man I've over known, I have to watch myself all of the time to keep from imposing on his good “TV NEVER SEWN ANYTHING | MORE LOVELY THAN YOU TWO GIRLS." nature, ” “Why, you Know, the first day 1 worked at his place three years aKo, he asked me, when J was ready to leave in the evening, if 1 had money enough to get along on and he of fered me a roll of bills! “They're like that,” Alice contin ued, “Chinese are, If they like you they'll give you the shirt off their back, and TI don't believe they'd ask anything in return for tt, “Sing Loy never has," she said “and he has done enough for me to feel that he has somo rights.” Dorothy danced along beside the two women like some lovely elfin thing. Occasionally she broke jato their conversation by bringing them to a halt at a bed of moss or a few flowers growing tn a fence corner. Justin came down the path from the cottage as the three figures ap: Proached, Dorothy Jumped Into the arms he held out to her, Sho squealed with delight as he swung her to hi shoulder and marched Into the house, “Oh, what a lovely place! Kate had just opened the door of the room prepared for Alice. Sho went to the window, looked out across tho atretch of woodland, then, aa she turned, the trunic caught hi oye, (To Be Continued.) (Copyright, 1945, NRA Bel