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gain was lost, while French francs | dropped more than 15 points. Cables from London stated that re- Activity in to-day's stock market was Ports of England's intention to toigely confined to various issuvs ‘RrARt a moratorium te Germany on ta which syecial influences are at paration payments had been work, and, notwithstanaing the ex- much werated and possessed tent of the recent rise in'many of , little if any foundation in fact. these specialties, they were run up The share list, continued firm and ‘“ to-day in remarkably easy manner. ruled at or within narrow fractions In numerous instances net gains, of the highs of the day, There was extended to beyond three points. urther heawy demand for coppers, Ve) The general jist consistently main-| and Anaconda showed a net gain a 4 tained a strong tone. A majority of nearly three points. of the rails, practically all of the * coppers and most of the stocks in 7 TO 2. | the oil, equipment, tobacco and commas \ uther " rd up to new shag BS Te nenant abwaed re ve- As the market went into the fourth 3 ment hour ‘floor traders and profession- >) News of the day was peacticaily col-| als, still working on the,theory that : orless, but it was evident that th a reaction is long overdue, if for ‘ larger market interests found suf-| no other reason than that ‘the in- ficient =ncouragement in recent de-, side or technical position has peen velopments to continue their cam-| materially weakened by the elim|- paign for a higher level of value: nation of a large part of the short For instance, nothing new developed interest, searched around the list regarding the proposed consolida-| for. weak spots. But their quest tion of a number of the important was fruitless. The market. ¢ independent. steel companies. The. tinued to hold firm, with tobacco, definite reports received yesterday electrical and independent steel that such a*merger is actua in stocks, process of negotiation went almost Further profit taking developped in unnoticed marketwise. This morn- the Hill stocks, and Pennsyfvania ing it was made the basis of a and Rock Island continued back- \ violent upward movement in the ward, but in other parts of the rail of steel companies con-| list advances running from frac- tions to more than a point con- Before the end of the first hour of) tinued to rule. Baldwin was-unable business Lackawanna Steel worled | to follow the lead of other equip- up nearly five points, Midvale Steel, ments. Money renewed at 5 per became the most active stock on! cent. and continued to rule at that the list and rose more than three| figure. points, while other independent ae steel shares rose two points or 270 3. more, And although the real in- tent of the proposed consolidation is to offer more serious competition End of the day profit taking, which to the United States Steel Corpora- almost invariably makes its ap- | Ajax Rubber ‘Alaska Gold Allie. Chaimner Allia-Ohalmers Am Age Chemical Am Beet Suaar,, Am bows Magieto Am Brake Shoe Am Can. Am Can pte... Am Car & Am Dmg Synd Am Exprew Aa Am Milied Chen Am si An Snuff Am Sugar Am Sugar pt Ain Ain Zine uh Anaconda Atlantic Fruit tion, the stock of the latter com- | pearance after a strong upturn, pany rose a full point. was felt in final dealings and prac- The action of Great Northern and tically the entire list reacted from Northern Pacific clearly indicated the high marks established earlier that the extra dividend of 15 per in the session, but the tone. re- cent, declared by the Burlington mained strong and a large number late yesterday had been fully dis- of issues were able to show net counted. And Colorado & South- gains of from 1 to more than 2 ern failed to respond to the dec- Points at the close. laration of a 3 per cent. dividend. ‘The rails turned more or less ir- There was. more or less profit tak. regular, Union Pacific was sold on ing in these shares on the theory knowledge that the company is that the good news is out, and about to announce some new financ- they fuled’ fractionally tower, in ing and the Hill stocks continued nearly all other rails, however, — heavy. Bains’ running from’ fractions’ to Sales of Cuban raw stigar at the about a point were the rule, It lowest price of the year tended to St wie eee utter of widespread unsettle sugar stocks, but in the will ment that Dennayirania deepite €dulpment “group, the tobacco, Me aroted chewing in tatetons, . tire and rubber shares and the olls was undble to follow the rise in ” % frm tone was in evidence right the general rail list. uP A t Seinen | pau ene steel Coppers continued torrenect the ma- Mocks fetained nearly all of their ferial improvement in. the metal yp, analy Foreign exchan, tes continued Position and allof the leaders rose weak, At 3 o'clock demand sterlin, Into new high ‘round. Tobaccos Wag quoted at $4.04, off 3% points’ continued to maintain a strong tone fryunck showed’ decline ot ts and oils and chemical shares were Inte, ‘and: marke 10% plata, + generally higher. Brainy . Peed ‘A further Increane in the reserve Grains were practically unchanged ratio of the Federal Reserve Bank “4 cotton was tm. Halt & Ohio. Beth Steel B. kin Unio: Brang ‘Term Bums Brow Hutte Cop Lutte & Su Butterick Co Hurnelale 0 Cal Racking cal Pet ak Pot pt to 72.7 Lor cent. was without eile Wall St. Gossip inasmuch as it had been general Recent sales of Royal Dutch have anticipated. However, the uninter- rates, and a further reduction in Grade of preferred stocks, been mostly of a professional char- rediscounts is altogether likely to further stimulate investment pur- chases of bonds and the higher rupted rise in the reserve ratio quite clearly foreshadows a further reduction in the bank's rediscount ‘acter and have been based on expec- Pr arry tations that the company would be 11 TO 12, ‘forced to suspend dividend payments. The forward movement gained fur- |company has declared a cash dividend ther momentum during the second or 15 per cent. payable Jan. 18, hour, and the number of stocks | movement was/incréased. United |aftiliations with the International Fruit rose % pothts; General Elec- Mercantile Marine Company state Midvare a Reackawanna. 4 8-81 |that the bulk of the $20,000,000 bills Midvale, epublic, 3 7-8; Amer~! receivables shown by the company in lean Car & Foundry, 21-4 to a@ its last annual report consist of sums “ah high, and American Tobacco, | due from this Government. And they 2 8. jassert that there are strong prospects * Sen eerrectation of bear traders was that this Government debt to the Bere tee when teebeal fy of the company will be paid in the near fonda y aeeuck, Company late yes-|tuture and that it will be applicable y declared the regular pre-|to the payment of back dividends on — riper and both the come} Marine preferred, This is the most Pe yon And preferred rose sharply. important reason for the current J. toarket's current atrength ie due to| ferred thareas ne Common and pre- Increasing public participation, The i ae ehibying alarms, increase. Ia | esters WATTS faleeea ee crease in| bankers $12,842,300 railroad equip- business and that each day their|ment certificates. Of this amount books show a large balance on the ) $4,507,100 was taken by a syndicate buying side, headed by the Guaranty ‘Trust a Company and Potter Brothers. The improved market for these equipment 12 70 1. certificates has much to do with the 4 wiegscatcmaod strength of railroad and equipment Wm. Foreign exchange. rates from the|stocks. Thus far a total-of $182,910,- WE © opening of. business moved in sharp | 600 Certificate has been sold by the contrast with yesterday's trend. | Government. Last night demand sterling closed} It is altogether likely that in the ‘fat $4.08, a net advance of 8 cents | Near future, probably within the next for the day. In initial dealings to- | Week the Union Pacific Railroad will day more than three cents of this|&Mnounce some new financing. It is expected to amount to between $15, 000,000. The new financing will take BANKING AND FINANCIAL, _| tHe form of a bond issue. A sale was made to-day of a lot of 5,000 tons of Cuban raw sugar at about 2.02 cents f, 0. b. This is equal to between 2.17 and 2.18 cents, cost and freight New York, and is the lowest price Cuban raws have sold this year. $150 Earns $30 The above refers to one of the highest grade securi- tles listed on the New York Stock Exchange. LIBERTY BONDS Liberty 31-28 opened 96.18, off .06; Ist 41-48, 97.58, up .18; 2d, 97.50, up 06; 3d 41-45, 97.80, up .16; 4th, 97.80, up Victory 43-4, 99.98, off .02, FOREIGN EXCIWANG: Exchanges continued weak through- out the afternoon and toward close reached the lows of the day. Sterling demand, $4.04; cables, $4.04; off 3 1 cents, French franes, demand .0723 cables, .0124; off 0015, Lire, demand 0423; ca off 0016. Belgian MEETINGS. pe i cables, ot ‘Alaska | -0703 demand Fx o off 0010 Ecce eae ber ira and cables .0044 1 off 0010 1 ‘Compan Telephone, write or call for particulars. BECK & COMPANY STOCKS AND BONDS, Wau oe gs Phone Rector zage, NO Fore ct Greek drach, demand 0.405; cabi York ‘Cas. |.0410; off .005. a oft, Cok. eee eylnay, iiows, ot |EIGHT ARMED BANDITS “| ROB N. Y. CENTRAL TRAIN ui| Fretahe H Auto Load of Goods Stolen Near Dunkirk. afesiena on, dleaualt Fo Seat board. meeting ‘eae he srereated, of BUFFALO, Dec. 2.—A New York any regula ot ofa ‘Decemary "to select “a. au or tral freight train was held up by elzht ee armed bandits and an auto truck load 7 of merchandise stolen between Dunkir gh tr adine there Af |and Fredonta last night, according to a f necting at fe ae dispatch from ‘Titusville, where Con- ductor Sanderson in charge of the train, for the purpose of tre euch, ; a me bad 2? othe: |made his report to-day. iThe train was on the Dunkirk, Atle: 1 THE PRESIDENT. gheny Valle pittsburgh branch Es a the line. ‘The merchandise. stolen’ in W, Albright, ‘Becrvtary, | cluded groceries, tobacco and cloth, |To-day it became known that’ the|' Consol Gas. Coaden Oil Corn Products Cuba Cai Davison Chem Krie Erie Jat pf. Erie 24 pt Famous Fisher Body. Fisk Rubber , Freeport Texas General Cigar, Gen Moor of Goodrich Goodrich pf Granby Mining Great Ore juan Sugar Galt States Si Hupp Motors Inter M Inter Nicket Island Ow Jones Tes. Karsas City Leigh Vailey Loew's, Ine Lorillard Louls & Lima Looo Man Shirt. Mo Pacific « Mont Ward Minn 8 P 8S M.. National Acine .. Adama Express™) Ade Romely ., e+ 1) Nat Cloak & Suit,, 27 | Nat Conduit Enam & Stpd., Nevada Consol , New Orleans T & OM were WY Norfolk & Wet. Nat RR Mex gd pf Okahoms Pk Ry Outarlo Bere. Otis Elevator. Am Wide & L. Am H & bp Am ¥ Ain lee it vss Am Linteed Oil oul pt Am Locomotive Aun Safety Mazor & Com. Am Sineit eit Am sm & Ret pt. ‘ aa *baenn Seaboanl Stl Am steel Fay, Am Sum Todmeco, Pitta'neg Coal Prowl Steet Ca Punta Alege Su Awieta Itealization Rail 3t Springn. Asso Dry Goods. Reading 1st pf. % | Remington Type % | Replogle Steel Iron & Steel 44 (Rep Iron& Steel pf Kowwblic Motor AML Coast Line Ath Gulf & Ww Atl, Gulf & Wil of Baldwin Lao. Baldwin Looo pf. {St Joneph Lead. [SCL & San Fran wISt L & Southwest ay [anta Cee Bak & Ohio Beth Steel 8 p Wkiyn Rapid 1 Bklyn Tay Tr otts Shattuck Arizona... Shel T & Siowa. Sheff Steel... So Porto Rico Sug Souther Pacific . Caddo Cent Ol. Canadian Pacific. ral Leather Con Leather 4... Cerre De Paseo ndier Motors .. & Uhio.... Chi & Alton Ry.. OM & SP KR. CM &@ & PRK pl Chil & Pace. CRI &L 6 pc pt 7 CRE & PT pet cab Gt Weet t.. ni & Northw Hy. T0% Stand Oil of N J. Stand OilofN J pf Stewart-Warner ay | Btytobaker . Submarine Boat... 4 |tenn Cop & Chem *Texag Company .. ‘Texas & Pacific % | Tex & Pac Coal 4 | Mira Avenue % | Tidowater Oi! ‘Tobacco Produc 4, Un Rag & Paver. Col & Southern. Union Pacific « Col Gas & Blew Columbia Grapbo. Coun Tad & Ree. United Food Prod 4 | Un Ry Inv Co.. Un Retail Stores .. Consol Textile. nt Int-Cal Mi y]us C,1 Pipe, 4lusoTP Mm. *}U S Expres. Corn Products pl. . 108% Cmeible Steel .. making new highs for the current} Banking houses that have close |Crucible Steel pf... wba Cang Sugar. Sngar of Consol Distrib. Cuban Am Sug . 51% 4+ | Utah Copper . Hudson . + Leary Caro Chemical, Caro Chem pf.. — 1% | West Maryland 70% — Gy | West Maryland pf. on + | Wet Western Union « 05 + 1% 1 West Airbrake General Asphalt. , Gaston Wil & W Wheling & LE. Wheel & L E vf. General Electric. General Motor. tien Motor 6 Dc. % [Worth Pump - Worth Pamp pf B.. +x dividend, Total _eales, 835,900, —————>—__— SE OIL MEN OF S. O. TACTICS Great Northera pf. “| ACCU Haskell & Barker Houston Oil... Mlinole Central Indiabdma Refining, Inepiration Copper, Inter, Cons, Com. Inter Cons. Corp p Inter Agr Corp if.. Toter, Harvester Inter Paper»... Marine. Int Mer Mar pf , WASHINTON, Invincible Ol. Kansas Oxy So pf, o4 Kelly Springfield Kennecott Copper: Kemtone Tire . 4,,] Ave Directorates WASHINGTON, Dec. »* | Vanderbilt Liggett & Meyers, Manati Gouger - Man Bievated « [et htltleeel tee May Dept Stares. Mexican Petroleum, 113% Miathi Copper 4 Middle States OU Mitvale Steel ..... Minn & St Louis, Mo Kan & Tes... Mo Kan & Tox pf [+ BURGLARS Mo Pacific pt.. pywatchman, fed. VENTN UELD: FRIDAY, fier. ‘to, tast Bh 974 113% 50% wy 7 23% 2 5% ™% 7 a 18% 06 8% 16 19 1 04% 47% % 15 12% TT 5 2" 20% 43% 08 %| Trade Commission Attacks Califor- nia Agreements on Prices and Practices. Dec. 2.—Members of %|the Independent Petroleum Market~ ers’ Association were charged by the Federal Trade Commission to-day with having agreed among themselves 4] to maintain the prices and selling %| practices established in the State of California by the Standard Oil Com- pany of California. Se S]H. S.. VANDERBILT ASKS. TO RETAIN 33 RR. JOBS N. ‘m Subsidiart 2.—Harold 58. of Oakdale, N. Y, from the Interstate Com- to-day to retain thirty-three orporations, most of which are sub- idiaries of the New York Central and the Chicago and Northwestern »; SHEEPSHEAD TRACK. ‘Two men earty to-day made the sec- tempt since Monday to break into way Park Cor- old Sheepsiead Hay Ocean and two sho THE CURB CLOG. High, Low, Last, INDUSTRIALS. 220 Acme Coal . 200 Acme Packing 100 Allied Packing 20 Am Maht & Tr. 400 BAtit Am Tobacco ree 11% 4000 British Am Tob coup... ‘ae. % % % % % % % » 30% Cah Ae vais... 200 Chi Nipple . 700 Chalmers Mot Ap C00 Columbia E#herald %0 Conley ‘Tin Foll. 200 Cont Motors 200 *Denver Rio G 300 *Denver RG pf. 500 Farrell Coat eee HLEFHL Ltt Ge rdep eet 20 *Havana Tobacco . 200 Havana Tobacco bronze aur 200 Herden Chem 000 Inter Prop. 100 Libby McNett 900 Lincoln Motors 100 *Locomobtle pered. “And she comes from a fa stepped out of some ancient legend 1000 *Perfection 500 Phillip Morris 400 Radio Com . 100 Radio Com pt. 4200 RJ Reynolds Bw 200 Southern Coal & Iron 100 Standard Mot . 160 Tobacco Products. 200 U 8 Distributing. 11000 *U $ Ship 3500 United Profit Sharing. 900 United Ret Candy.. 200 West End Chem. 4000 “Willys Corp. 200 Willys Corp ist pf. STANDARD OILS, 1800 Anglo-Am Ott 200 Atlantic Lobos 200 Galena Signal 10860 8 O11 vf In 80 8 Oil of N Y 3 INDEPENDENT OILS. Ht FLL Ete ee LL tei tte teeeeeeee 2200 *Am Fuel 200 Atlantic Pete 8000 Boone Olt 10500 *Boston Wyoming Brit-Am Ol 1td. 7800 Carth Synd .. 1200 Cities Service B etfs. Cities Service old « +4t4tl] ] 21000 *Cushing Pete 2100 *Edmonds Oil . 2500 *Etk Basin Pet. 4500 *Fay Pete 000 Federal Olt +ltidi+ TALLEY GALLS ON 200 Glenrock O11 . 1000 *Hudson Oil 3000 Int Petrol 600 *Keystone Ranger 1900 *lgons Pete 2500 Magna O11 100 Marland Mex. . 4000 *Meridian Pete . 300 Merritt Ot 700 Mex Eagle . 100 Mountain Prod 2000 *Noble Ol. #0 No Am Oil . 4500 “Omar O11 500 Producer & Refiners 2.0 Sala Creek Prog _10 Sinclair pt . 28000 Simms Pet . 2500 Skelly Oil 200 Southem PR . 8900 *Texon O & L. 100 Tidal Osaxs 200 Victoria Ol! new a 1b++t 300 *Woodbura, +t jt 600 Alas-Br Col eat 5100 Big Ledge 11100 Bost & Mont 200 Cons Cop Min 1100 Copper Can $800 Cresson Gold 2000 Devide Ex . 300 Dolores Eaperanz 8000 El Salvador 5700 Eureka Croesus 1000 49 Mining a + + 8000 Hard Shell 14000 Harmell D 200 Hecla Mining 1000 Jumbo Extension 500 Kerr Lajgr.@. 20000 Lone Star 1000 McKin Dar 108 Magma Cop . 1200 Motherlode Cit 1000 Murray Mogridge 4500 National Tin 200 Nevada Ophir 200 New Cornelia 2000 New Sil pf. 42(0 Ohio Copper 2000 Rochester Mines 2000 Rochester Sil 100 United Verde 200 So Am P & G. 1200 Tone Divide +1 bettie 4500 U $ Continent 1400 United Eastern 100 United Verde . 100 West End © 500 Yukon Gold FOREIGN BONDS. 61 Rio Grande $s 12 Aluminum 7s Tel 6s 43 Ausconda 7s 29. Seut- rues Sone: SoS, Baoan e23s3223s ts and ihey PSPEETEEELE ese > ee Gara, camping th Canada, matied a her.” She decided to find & job in idly reply, au out-of-the-way bay CHAPTER VI. (Continued) LODDARD went swimming at dawn and struck out far from shore. In truth, had it not been for the girl in the camp he would have given no thought to turning, back. He dzessed slowly and followed the shore back to camp. Sadie was sit- ting on a rock, trying to comb her ith her fingers. “She's wonderful!” Stoddard whis- tory! It’s easier to believe she h Sadie turned suddent: fovnin'!” she called gayly. “I ain't seen, thut comb you was goin’ to make me.” ‘The spell was shattered. ‘The sovl in her was strong and brave And wise, but--if only some niagic would touch it and give it speech! Your inair’s all wet," she obsetve been swimming. I almost hated to come pack. “And how far did you go?” quarter ora third of a mile, perhaps. “Straight out from = shore nodded. : Sadie frowned. you must'’nt do that, No. 44," she id. ‘Suppose any~ thing hoppened to you? “But nothing could happen.” “It might.” she sald, unconvinced, ‘Then I'd be in a nice fix.” ‘ ‘ The last sentence did not carry the real reason for her anxiety. “I'm always careful, Sadie," he an- swered. “J don’t take chances just for the fun of it.” Ce “Well, J'll let it go this time,” she said solerunly. “I want to ask you something,” she said after a little. “Will you answer straight?” , “Till try to.” She almost whi: He pred, “Do 1 talk very bad, No. 44 ’ “f don’t think you talk badly at all, Sadie.” } “ “That's not answering straight,” she said. “L think you talk a lot of séhse,” SURETY FIRMS 10 . HELP END GRIME hem to Stop - Giving Bond to Professional Crooks —Raises Bail High. _ Judge Talley “in General Sessions ey to-day announced that he expected jthe bonding companies of this city to take concerted action within the 34 next thirty days to cure the growing evil of giving bond for professional ves who are in this way released and permitted, pending trial, to ply their trade. Two Grand Jury foremen* with their panels were present. Following the admonition, which was addressed to James H. Donaldson, Assistant Secretary of the New Amsterdam Casualty’ Company, they thanked the Judge for his action and“told him they felt certain evéry member of the Grand Juries conéurred in the sentiments. The cases that brought the situa- tion to a head were those of Joseph Kéllar and Benny Rossnerg Kellar’s criminal record extends over thirteen years; Rossner's, five. and Sing Sing. Arrested recently in New Rochelle they were bailed out, returned to New York, subsequently were caught with burglar tools and bailed in $3,500 here, Mr@Donaldson’s company providing bond. At the request of District Attorney Sullivan, Judge Talley raised their bail to $25,000 each, and anhounced if an effort was made to meet ft he would raise it to $50,000 each, He | stated he proposed, if possible, to break up the practice. He explained to Mr. Donaldson that his remarks: were not directed against his\com- pany but were to be construed as general. criminal operations,” said the court. “I want you to say to your com- pany, to the responsible heads and managers, if they profess good citi- zenship it is up to them without any compulsion from this court to stop the practice of bailing out pfofes- sional’ criminals for pay. It is not any answer to say that it is legiti: mate business and the defendants are entitled to ball. : “That does not justify surety com- panies acting under a license, and under the protection of the State, fn making it easy for professional crim- inals to carry on theirtwork, I have taken this rather drastic means of calling this to your attention because I wish the attention of the public centred upon what I consider a great menace to the peace, law and order of this community, “There is no reason why in any case such as this you can not defer writing a bond until you have com- munieated with the police or District Attorney, |. “The court will expect that within the next thirty days the bonding companies of this ¢ity will themselves agree, without compulsion in any rm, to do what this court suggests.” | Surprising Story of Love, Hum SYNOPSIS OF PRA CEDING CHAPTERS. Sadie Hicks, packer in a shitt factory, pinned & note tn the pocket of a size 44 shirt, John’ Mtod~ ed Sadie the day the Shrimp discharged gt the irl he suppoved wae jas at Lower Btation.. A vstorm swambed ‘wich aud wired Stoddard. “He hustl Sadie onto ® southbound exyress, only to ‘find that Sadie their canoe, ‘which they lost When Stoddara with dMsleulty rescued Sadia. ‘They were on an island in > ISTER 4-4 BYELRATH or and Adventure Conyrig.t, 1921, by the Bell Syndicate, Ine, | said Stoddard hastily. ‘Truly, I do. “Sometimes I'm sensible, F Know, she assented. “But I mean the way [ say ft? “Every person talks in his own way," he temporized, e shook her head, me talk different. It's because you' educated and I ain't, And I noticed you looked at me kinda funny once or twice.” Stoddard flushed with mortification if all right,” she continued calm- ly. ou see, even if I don't say things right, I can ‘most always teil when somebody else says ‘em right. A good deal of the way I talk is habit, Iv. but not all of it, far tu said Stoddard gently, |member this: | ‘resting at one island on the way. Once there I'll go along shore until I come to the entrance to this bay. From there 1 can see across to the | hotel on Deepwater Island. I'll mak They have | been in the penitentiary at Elmira you are simply sending them out into the community to continue their say it, but what you say.” She pondered this and nodded slowly. “You said something, then, No. 44. But then it’s better, when you have to say, to be able to say it right, too. Do you guess I'm got someti too old to learn? I'm twenty-fouri” “We're never too old to learn any- thing,” he declared vehemently. You see,” she mused, “I get up here, No. 447" - Thug they were back to the topic that most disturbed Stoddard. “The trouble is, Sadie, now.” “| wouldn't expect it to be all out- doo¥s,” she said, ‘Just so's [ could feel outdoors was right next to me, and I could look at it once in a while and get into it after-the whistle blew There ain't no factories here, | sup- pose?” “I don't know of any. The trouble is, up to dateMit has been mostly a man’s country. Nearly all the women here are tourists,” “guess that's right,” She nodded. “Would you want to work in the hotel?” “Why, that'd be all-right!” ehe ex- claimed. “Il tackle anything, No. “a new it had changed hands, tha » work in thw hotel.” She resumed the combing of her Stoddard went & himself, and set about the getting of some break- hair with her finger: up to the camp, curs! The flesh of the aged porcupine after a night of simmering over the fire seemed that it might yield grudg- ingly to human teeth. He spiked sev- eral strips of it on green sticks and set them over‘the embers to broil, After he had scrubbed their lard- Stoddard put it to an- pail with sand, other culinary use. “Hot chocolate! hands in wonder. “It's a little weak," “pecause T used ‘onls “It's grand gerly. half of it.” The porcupine required much per- severance to reduce even one strip of him to the point where it' could be swallowed. But he was meat, freah, and very much like pork, and both Stoddard and Sadie were ravenous, They had an altogether gay break getting off the island. signals with something and get help. across the water. as far.” she declared earnestly. bossin’.” be said grumblingly, she said. sprang up. to come by. So what do you su: the man done? He built a raft!” his pipe folks.” Glory!" « CHAPTER VIL. side under his weight. Their big timber exhausted, he set You don’t want to hurt my feel- in’s,” she said. “I understand. But I've been listenin’ to you, and you and Back in Ohio, before I left the , I could talk better 'n L do now. But ‘workin’ in the city 'I sort of fell fx with -talkin’ like the people I worked with, You get to slangin’ along and by ang by you talk that way all-tte time.*1 never noticed it iauch till I got up here. But now”— She made a little gesture of resigna- re- The most important thing about talking i@ not how you 'd hate to have to always be workin’ at some job like packin’ shirts. Some day I'd like to get a job where I could use my head. But I ain't ready for that now. Maybe itll be years; I don't suppose I'll ever get very good at it. What'sqrt of a job do you think I'll u'll want to be outdoors, and I can't think of any outdoor jobs for women right T'll see what I can do at the hotel ard did not even know naging the hotel; he e| she said, smiling, “TI guess | Seltles the job question. I'll go ” Sadie clapped her he apologized, she cried, sipping gin- fast, then discussed the problem of “rl swim oVer to the mainland, “You mean to swim as far as that land over there?” she asked, pointing “It's easy. I've often swum twice “pi just suppose you didn't make it! “sNo, nothing like that. No. 44.” ‘L-won't let you. I'm goin’ to do that much Stoddard shrugged his shoulders. “It's the best chance@I can think of,” She reached across and patted him on the hand. “I wouldn't let you!” They sat in silence, Suddenly Sadie “I got it! I got it from the movies!” she exclaimed, “I got to rememberin’ about two shipwretked folks, a man and a woman. They was away off somewheres on a Island where there wasn’t any ships likely Stoddard knocked the ashes from “Sadie,” Stoddard said, rising, Il make believe we're the movie “Us for a raft!" she whispered. HEIR work had to be done with no tool save Stoddard’s knife, Stoddard selected a shallow, sheltered cove as a shipyard. Here, frequently waist- deep in the water, he began the ac- tual putting together of what Sadie christened The ATk. Such logs as he had’ bristled with knots and jagged branches and would not le evenly together, Sadie combed the woods for roots, vines and green withes that would serve to hola their makeshift craft together. Now and then Stod- dard would test its. carrying capacity by climbing upon it, only to shake his head as it dipped from side to Sadie to work tying together bundle @fter bundle of small dry twigs. T he thrust underneath the raft to give added buoyancy. Tt wap With a little sigh that she finally receive? his announcemést that The Ark would carry them botr. ‘MFust how itll navigate I can't tell * he told her, “But it will float amy how.” At one end of the raft Stoddard managed to erect a sort of screev, three or four feet in height, tha? would serve to catch a little wina. He placed the box that had been uged as a cupboard upon The Ark as a seat for Sadie. He had nist picked up a few nails, with which he contrived to fasten a couple of small boards to the ends of saplings, which he intended should serve as paddl It was midafternoon when Ste dard carried Sadie aboard, seated her upon the box, and enjoined her to re- main quite still. She burst out laughing as he tool his place in what he described as the stern-sheets. “T was just thinkin’” she said, “that you don't look much like Noah.” “If it's going to be a Noah's Ark voyage T will before it's over,” he an- swered, feeling the stubble of beard on his face. “But you won't be 600 years old That's what Noah was. And he lived 350 years after he got You got quite a spell ahead of you, Where do you guess we'll find Ararat? “Somewher Bay, I hope." As they floated clear of the island Sadie looked back wistfully, “‘and the Ark went upon the face of the waters,’ she quoted solemnly. Stoddard looked at her with new interest. “You've been doing some reading, Sadie,” he commented, “Also some remembering.” “I've read it all, once over. But there's parts of it I've read lots of times—the parts with adventures in fae ‘ outside of Pickere! ‘Adventures’ ure. Why, it's just full of grand adventures, No, 44] It's got fights and battles and explorin’ and lots of excitin’ things. They never had no trouble about outdoors in them days." Pickerel Bay was pleasantly rippled by the breeze. Soon the last point of the island slipped past them. “Good-by, friend," said Sadie with a wave of her hand. “Comin’ again soing day.” “Do you suppose I could ever be 2 guide, like you told me about?” sh | Csked presently, “I neves heard of a woman guide, Sadie I'd like it better than washin’ disb- es, No. 44. uides wash dishes," he informod her. “Maybe. But they do other things. too. Big things!” The Ark moved methodicaliy on ward. A mile astern lay the green and placid in the li efternooa sun, Sadie turned about oa her box and peere? through the inter- stices of the balsam-sail. — Stoddear remembered that he had half a pipe ful of tozacco. Kneeling on the he crouched to shicld a match fre the wind. A minute later he looked up, Sadie was fifty feet away, still perched on her box. There y.cre two rafts instead of one. Stoddaal shouted Sadie turned, gasped and started .o stand ur it down!" he velled as thie tion of The Ark tipped and dl. He seized one of the clumsy paddles and fell to work. The afterpart of jthe Ark was almost square and alked steadily at attempts to nayi- Gate it, luptPon’t be scared!” he shouted. “I'll get there.” He bent anew to the task. The blade of his paddie dropped off and floated astern. The other paddle was with Sadie. Her half of the Ark Was sailing serenely off, “Take down the sail!” he cried to her. She made short work of it, bit the halves of the sundered Ark Weir a hundred yards apart by the tim she had accomplished it. “Ill try to paddle to you!” called Sadie. “No. Don't touch it! You may up- set. Only one thing prevented him fro swimming to join her—his knowledgo that Sadie’x half of the Ark wou: not be sufficient to sustain both o them. Sadie was calling again. She was pointing at a canoe, moving slow'y, Stoddard made a megaphone of hi: hands and bellowed a series of hails whereat Sadie took up the ery in Ions musical “Whoo-o00!” that carried fr beyond lis deeper notes. The cane seemed to hesitate, then increased its pace. ‘All right, Sadie!” cried Stoddard “He's coming!" Sadie behcld a birch bark ean cutting through the water at surpris. ing speed, the paddle plied by a “shrimp"—a little, thin, dark man, “An Indian!" she whispered to hor- self, as he drew near. e laid hold of the legs to steady his canoe and fodded to her to a in. Tha dark vessel seemed to be vin. gularly frail, even though it. floated buoyantly. As Stoddard climbed «nt the canoe he grinned at Sadie, and sho \n turn Taughed at him, aa "Got any tobacco, La mantea. John?” he de- The canoe swung into the opep water of the South Arm. toddur laid the bow of the canoe ona lin. for the Decpwater Hotel, now visin at some three miles’ distance. Jolin Presently faced about and asked: “Hotel?” ‘ aa for the lady,” answered Stod “You see folks.” no wBhe has no, folks hee sly ‘Jour folks.” correctéd the Indian, Yes; at hotel.” remarked Jc “Come this morning. , Two ee teguev Mean: my “mother—and ais. The Indian nodded. “Come to ep in launch,” he explained. “This aft. ernoon.” Stoddard learned that the ladies haa promised to return, and John had set on a hun out on a hunt of his own for the Sadje turned, to Stoddard. “Take me somewhere else,” she pleaded, |" can't meet ‘em this way.” He clutched at the opportim Sadie offered. “I don't see anythii= to do for the present but to take you to camp," he observed, Read To-Morrow's Interesting Instalment.