Devil's River News. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 1784, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 21, 1925 Page: 4 of 4
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The Free
Traders
VICTOR ROUSSEAU
are In th# pr ni'il, n Inn;.’. lir#«u,ar,
' !«<!• •» i In*sin, . >i«udinp JiKlftiniteljr
m«i Ui« fllhiiinra, hut an narrow n* ts
•* incri-ly m lip or crack lu the rugged
"••'nee of Hie ground.
i hud not been worn bjr min* or
ijlor; It nav loo deep for (Imt. I’roli*
uhiy tho linivatona, thrust up originally
from Hip earth’ll Inner core, had l>**on
*in'lied down again In aoine final con-
vulsion, while the granite was mill
half molten, honing the granite sli(4l
ahout Hip cluiain.
And In spite of |ta depth the ctmmn
wiii ho narrow that It ulmoat looked
aa If a iiiub could have leaped ucroaa
It.
Ttila was undoubtedly Inrorrocl, ih*
distance hattvaen cliff and cliff h#!3g
apparently redtin d by the donna
SYNOPSIS
CHAPTIITI I—Lee Andereon, Royal
Cniia<Jlbo Mounted Polloe veiaeant, la
rant to Stony range lu m r..t a luiiu 1 (Hall
aai.iad I ally for murder tie le elan , , n,
loairucted to look after ,11m lluttiway. I
reputed he id of the "Free Tradura, ' UBilerbruah that fringed th« orMlco;
h. ;nd:gp:[./"u'"l#/;(i...Adii^ :••• '«•«■•«■• «*•*"■»•»,. -
found a ituld mlu#, ui«d Is u.l»gtnff. . '•* hi'-fi llK’lire*! iBwurd toward fht* *»m>-
tnlt was lo*a than half that of Hi* bun*.
Il wan Just such a chs'ira nm a man
CHAPTK.lt It.—At Hu hotel where
Ami. re.in etopa. a girl, ohvloualy out
A>yi?brV^»b^rAuu‘r.L% H'"v lnt"1,10 10 teitaln
Iitrtf M ( .4 : I '1 I ■ - I l f. el -I .1 , . Il
Shorty," i*nnoy th« Kill AnrNr*<u» In-
tsi fdirms, amulug the enuilty of tho
two
»*HAKI i:H IH —Tb* flrl •* t« out for
■ *Mi-h Is AndersHn i
J v • H« oTwrtak** hvf ut.U I In*
1 «■«> m«u with whom he hutl trouble
ultffct bdtfor#.
flJAPTfclt IV.—Piirre end •.Shorty"
*n. A ruler soil fend tb«
If* lu the Mile tl.
h«r
Irl ft'llow*
*r»ec lu Hie Mile thu rue t Ih blown ui*.
end behind the two AntJerNttn,
w: ♦ h bis horee, le hurled down the
e*«»uii »la eld#, eeneel#He
• ’Ml PTEH V.—»»v#iInf ronrrrloue-
>++« Andrreun find* If.** girl he.‘i flle-
fc.tp i ml, but th« finding
• vlt**n:y burrUdly cut rn.
wher# It hr.d been mug til
of her I>u
jin her he
On thp floor of thin gorfo !>•♦» could
« a few scrub birche* Mtunriing
primly eroct, Hcemlng t*> Ut hnnlly
lurfor (him troo noodllng* ih m horti-
cultural n-rs<*ry.
Tho timiuro extended flingonnlly of
(ho * ill.In. Lee !»«*>• n to ratrac® Ido
hIhjui, following ft uloug Its •••Irb. tintII
ho cam# to h place where it tcrvul-
nuN't1 ftiddonly In n pile of great rocks
of | r outoror*.
Tho of f'j . «• rockn it.ioij ' .* ‘'il * ii
onch wdo of ihi* ‘*!id tf (mi c’
-nnulu liU i« • ih nt J. * «* • ’ •
i Fortune hud played Into a.a Imp..'
i Lee mu' tluit from the | i .nt
he wm» ( llny ng. th* re appeMivd i
| n fit II I> (uihv deneent to f' ••• f
It wtm only the upper purls »»f tl t
♦ n Ihc* that wen* r
Mtif lie i on 1 'f go no furl.er n
Aiixl«'t> f»r .Joyce w&* rising in !i * *
f!e wmm half afraid *he ndglif (I*
souictJdmr rush.
In Hune wh.\ Hath way ai>einwt to h»
hvh« inf»*d with Felly; petimpa he war
l»r<>»o tin;; him Sup|M>M»( then tl
the girl harl gonr* hack to the Km
Trad mu* hen thp i art or# on Hinton !n’>
(»r fl ft Into the utortii In her
Hupp# ** they hud been folio •*!
Le*- »••in# tnl t r#*f| Iiim fnlicy flint In* •
*‘-ea ,m fml!i<n wnf- fiirnf them. 1 -
I r’■** Trntters \ » .id »,,•»! ;
H.-t* idin; the ir.ii! at either end of i
lak«*. knowing rhut Monnar or lhum fi e
tuufcf ♦ uh rye • *if Of tli • forest*.
ri un It remembered tli#* *1 >i"< .v 11
fh** h#*t]f»#* and fill* •.• . t<-r It
wlilci e liad dlst) !! *vf»f!. non fo**.
to aa^uiiie in tils mind h formidu' i
UNpi ft,
NmJdrnty, hr Leo clung tli* re. h *
board a njtublln;! Round above h.
and a rnoi ni biter *«»;•* f1
hoi<fted poxf It and jmntuiied t:j
j'tXUfitl <pf tho chaMn Look lu if d
l^ei saw tho fiotiffuentft of tin u
nimiH honid t lying on tlie ground
ui-'diTtely hem*ill* him.
Ho lied hail a narrow osruf*o Ap
• olttf’-fantlv he turnd tf* re-onier f’
a nt nor##, uMnur#ti Mm nl
»ed probably In th# pows
>nd r*aiiorty.M On foot hn
uuKht by h#r full
b i m ilia I m
ally#
*»r of pl»i
rr'
inaliHH til
bl
eA.riipuiiiovi of th# diy before, ar.d
Hathway, with u Klrl. I*Jfit#ilo. a f<
rty. on icmji tie iiimUhh Mm
► ey to Wist on Ia«l(H Thar# h# find. hl«
'A>rnpuulon of th# diy h
hwu
t Wff#i •art
9 Co «-*i hi#
of An'.i#rHOti m,
ifld* no# a nd
voun •!«• and pructU-ul
wr#ck%d til# lif#. Pathway etrl)<#« TI#-
»ftrr a fight Ai iltr.inii. with
tali*, and an rr a ruigi Atiutraou^ w
i'4t«ll# s help, bsoipuM with th# Klrl.
t'UAPTBR VT.—Andtrson's cornu* u-
nd «h# In Hiirfur*
ion n mind i.s etourted
Ink With a
• eta th# ka
1 #
with h dhdooate#
•a.
kn«o.
CHAPTBR VII.-
tnnn*-l Put hefoie he had thm a h
lik» llloliolltl M, Hlll.Ollgll It VYI S cl,-Mr II, H.l ■ ,1 shvUlMc' H lil rl't‘l- r-il,.' -*
that they bail not been fuNMoiuxl by oil i* inhlu Am! tlilti •
liiiinmi I.HniU. Ile'wccn them woe 11 ...|v . llitlr. pr()| , j;ni!
Hilnt. Ilka u monolith li.at hail bw*m nIh hcwil tout >», ■ i j;i
rluog Oovvii. j The boulder struck ih*» v >( Il
«o tide was iin wnormnUB I «bot out into Hie air, and, just uosa'a
riH-k und I .tug who hud been w»IWIng him, auiar'iwil to pieces haiovv.
liUo Hm> faco of the wind, alopped and i,.c hol ed up. but he nverimn ■ r.
Iwnned ugalml I hit) .Kotik fix' u htw cllffe aluit nut the view of evcryf.l ,
ui'Hoonta, Lb order to oatch HU brentli except the overl-.inahu bit.• th
To h!j ttufenlabiiient H:<| n.aealtw ’ «|<y,
AnS'dTaoa I leiulder reamed ’-'houl to topple l.a-'k Whether or r-t him n j r
j ward ah'lair hU vvcIghL lie fell hln>- | reofoti i'_S|e for th* f ■ || <rf th • f
itwllas. m forutcr
u>. Mho bf.d
-Mamory r,t h#r
*i/# practically gen#, #y#n to th# #at#nt
•if r«ni#mb«*rlnK b«r uurn#, Atulci
• ud kiln
• ***lf ; Ht* turned You ml,
In oompanlon ro <>u.
r*r«»o«
rHAPTKR VIII—Th# two plon t#
•i»k# thflr wny to a Moravian mlHaloii.
(•rath ha# char*r*.
nd their mutual
fi #4
i*f which Kathur Me
Yh*lr exp«rl«nc»M u
PnRsr have natural!,
y drawn th#in to-
ol t«tebed at tba gt'ific, fititl npw It hour
ini( untfrtr hU fiux Ilk#? a Hhtp »t yen.
And then Ut* renllRA*#J what hud bwp-
patitfd. Tbo yt#»n«* un* not collApilii|i
but fit* pruasme of his hotly hud net It
In motion.
It cttiua olowly to a Btttnd*tlll. I
pi*txHM| bln hnnd a^aiiut the boulder,
CHAKPKIt IX.—The irlrl rvm#njb«?r# • *»•«! l»UiadlHtcdy It \\ii4 lu moveiHMIt
that hvr oh iii# In Juye# Pally and HK'iln.
that #h# I# th# daughter of th# man ! , . . , ,
* * L | Il waa n rncktaff stoQu, nud probably
on* of the iHrgoiit in I ho world.
Tin* icuKt touch stHrtcd it, go d»*M-
ng#r have
^cth#r,, und their uoviu alula tic# up «u#
rnufuui low
Andernon I ip
torn h.iw(*n h#r
and hot rog .rd ft»
t* o Hint
liivu f.
rogurd f#»r And»r
•ractlcully drlvtu him from b**r.
to arr«#t.
ur h#r father
Andtriion. th# girl (
hoitfdci'M, it wii# (orttiln that the r r.
nel’jt mouth did not uppi-nr to ht* »
parti# ill;*, ly hta>f.i' -pot nt thtlf ti»*»
ment
And Lea forced bis h*** ! find ah-^ol
dor.- through, and irrop#d f >r the r<> '
1?;d«t r within t:ruNia% his tblwh* -#r
alilng cgu'nFt tb^ • ;•»*• of fh« oj>■*•
In**. K m ending hi# hrrd*. h*» f#*it r*i
amooth Mtirfurc «*f »h** tvntor*worn, in
t«*rl#»r ivhII He gi -.tc I *hc Indd •
clung to If, |»u! 1 i hhtid^lf up. nn.‘
; found his foo?ln?f.
CHAPTER X
The Tunnel Under the Rock
An'1 th'-n of ti fiiirldcn I.ee hii'l tb»
cet^l.v wtiih II letlaed, but k team of iimntx’nl-ilhle ln't!rcr t> at he fim n
her* m iNk.lil not hava wlilftwl It from a!,>m> Tiiere ,<■iretle r living ’Mr
lf« |Mi«ltlon. 1 within Hie tern-t'
I-ee attimhled nut o( Him catliio,
•taxed, atup-,1e<1 by .Iu.vcm’h reralnllno.
The man be nought stood, nn Invin-
cible barrier, between htmuelf a ad the
woman lie lored. Ncror. If lie liad my
jenaer to read the humna heurt, < " jli
Joyce I’elly look on him ngala with
anything hut bate und horror,
Renealh her gentle nature there lay,
be knew, a aool of ateel, calta uad re.
A. Him huge, overhanging aide Hltnd.
I nt Loo'a touch, he auvv a narrow open
j lug undent«oHi It Hla tli it thoui/iit
t war Hint It wuh that of come burrow-
ing animal. Then ho perceived that
Him ahnrp edgea of the hide had un-
d'j«bte<lty been madu by a apnde.
i Human hHtidu hud made It. I/««
, atured at H until the atone, returning,
| hid the opening from view,
i He aw one the boulder uaraln, Hnd, »e
It tilted, revealing the hole otu*« more,
Til >'!"h It no " ao’> : •,»
{x* foi »1 •• f*!1:;' 'i r **•
,S *. * X• iOf o- fh,
■'.'it b- r 11*»» :
pr*»‘ • u .. • #* •
n**t lu nr’p
.•u’v ' r;g
An*? ’ vv 1
!!•• “ •• •.
•li’.trr
.c'.-'t- ■
thur
He hr
kap’.dneaa waa ended forever.
And be groaned «a ba etrode tbrmigb
the Maeta. and beet hie Hate Inte th#
wtilrtlag anow.
Then to the rnni H are came tcu*v-
fa'fen Oerear tbnn uny he hnd known
e» be perceived Ibe <nui way eat, that
•nly way.
ft waa only noceewiry to And Telly,
w, warn hlai on* of the diatrlrt fi«r-
e.-er. fo return to ktonletree, making a
r-pert I hut Petty waa ileod, In order
t- win Joyce, inking her away with
blm, miming her grutltifde, her love—
lint would glie love blm HietiT
fon'd tlielr bappliiflae be Imaod wn that
dlrhonorT
iTrhapa he could win her. And
fen’ Iteelgn from the police. «/
e-otroe, and bear the harden «f the
aberne for the ie»t of bir days, read-
ing It In Joyce’e eyea. their ctdldreO
Trading It lu their parotlta' eyea.
•fo, even that wee net imtMlhle.
There wita no eacnpe for blm.
And lie tbauked (lo<l that he did not
atone, In Itn return, Ju.it gramsl hla
abeuldcra.
Ibc came to the conclusion thn* the
hole extended downward beneath the
l*ew of the groat atone, and, lying
lint «o Ills face, ha pttyhed It tip with
hla alioulderri Th* light that cam* la
ue II i»«d(*d Imekward allowed lilm a
fool held In Hie granite heneutli the
»!rlj, of mould that covered It—a rm-k
leilr*. with gaping hlackneaa below.
Then the atone came heck Into poet-
Hon aaw'ii, aod nothing wna vlallile,
Clinclnr In Ih* darknea* to Hie
edg*a of Hie hole, l^>e extended H Nmf
downward. IT.* to* of Ida boot struck
a ledge of is’ek. f'rewllav down. Lee
Imvprod himself until lie felt n second
foorlmld tKimiilh. Below Hmt vine a
third.
II* found hlms*lf dcaciooliug a lad
dor of rock.
And very mrefidlr he l»«-irsn work
Ihg hla wey downward. TV* gninlle
well one pollabed na am noth ns glass.
«a<di foothold waa precHrlmialv s'lp
per”, und I* eluiv: like s oTh
haro to weigh Hi isji posslhllltlca, | r,; r,1* nod Irtteej as !
lkni<o!i Iin u ow.1.1 at*. I.... .. ..I—I I J
though he would never kiive yielded.
Tor atrongcr even (ban cenatlence
waa th# thought of the force he tvae
no prnnd to serve.
Thoae dat.nlteea guardians of the
taw hnd endured the Icy Meets of the
treeless tundrna. they had looked na-
fllnchlngly Into Him flic* of danfh,
death hy vlulenm, by cold, bv lumgor,
and on tha Wut?l*f.*|i|; It rvae all part
cf the game whether one faced a moral
enemy or a physical one. Keen In
thought there eould tie no i cm paring
with dishonor.
And It waa only for a monisait that
I.«e weighed thoae poetlhlllHes «e be
at rode thrnngh the atonn. Then b«
squared hie abeuldcra resolutely nsd
threw off the burden. He would take
Joyce to the Moravian mission im he
hnd planned, there hand h*r over te
♦h* prleet, ttn.i—lanve her t.i go to hla
teak, the api>r*li*osl«4i of b*r ferlier.
The etonn was grow lag den «r.
Is^, nunkenlng to the twillgiitlcn of
Oilvrnnle ns tha Icy Askew wfdppeil hla
fine, discover* 1 Hint he Imd left Him
elenrlng fuv hehlr.d him; he could w*
bmger discern Hie odiin in the dis-
tance through the whirling wiow Ha
hnd hron traveling ucroaa the ridges
ef the broki n ground, apparently
bmklng tmcoimcloualy for ilia aiielter
of the friendly fortot behind It, with
the Instinct of u wounded baust to
fnke covet.
Well, he most go back, said they two
mugt face Hint night together, and thn
next day. There wne no Imlp for It.
Aa ba atrode an. auddenly lne«ln<'t
pulled hint up ahaiply. Hu had been
trampling through a mass of withered
nndcrgniwth and bramble; and now,
directly In front of him, he perceived a
front gorge, ro concealed In tide
growth th*t lie had all blit stepped
•vor the edge.
If# ndvanced catlHoualy and i>ucr.»d
down Into It. it wns nn extraordinary
forinntlon. 11* bud ream inch beforn,
to Hmt nnd other r^jlons, v here the
limestone, pushed up through molten
grnnlie by volcnnle action r.t aotna prw-
hlatorlc time, nnd then abraded hy rain
•e torrent, left strong# hollowa and
gtilllea.
Bnt he hnd never seen ou# on such
n acole as llils.
, He waa looking Into a n.iturul lia-
• I dt 1 I i*'tt
In m few Mi.iP.t«*» a rtlri tlchl "cm n.
fll’iir npivatsl fV"in hel.nv, f ee's brad 1
ecrnt' it ngaltist rock. The tight grew I
stronger. Flukes of sn*iw whirled In j
Than lie emerged Into dn;flight, to
rtnd htoisidf clinging to the interior I
Unlaa' of the grout ehaain. Ilk* h ttv {
on a wall, Ihree-frairths of Hi* way
down. The anmv mm whirling nbnut 1
'mmIn p. c t*i‘ rn
llrlons mo-" *w,
he hnd *'.*i‘ ever,").*cr1
for anr* now Hint the fill of the ■'.%
’ boulders hed '•*•■!’ no nccbhnt.
Me hnd b"*n witter**! he hnd l'**u
-cen fo en'er, mid Hi.it w.teller nn not
to Relit him f* the dentil And of
<inr-«e If wna Petty t
He did nnl rellfh H»e prm»oc"t of n
s'rncgie with th* cmged ni l min cn-
which could hurilly -nd In itny nth*r
way Hum hy the deuth of one of
them. Tl nonld h*» n sharp -•'-nf
lens struggle, lo which l.c *'» ills t*'’in-
Inge lay in the f»c» that he could not
be th# llrsf to fire
I.o* called: "Is thut yon Pally? I
went lo talk In von.”
No snewer mine He atralrnvl hie
eics upward through fh* darkness
t’olers and wheel* of light duelled
acl’iws hla vision nnd went nut,
•Tolly, lln' -.n to me I” I.ec rri-ul
Hfsaln. ''You know iriuif IV# C"iWv
P>r. ToaOws go* no chance. :b*er.>i:
d#r. nud you'll get fair frs'iitms Bf ”
Will no un*wt*r; nnd vet 1^* could
fuel thut other human pervewnllty
cl s*' to blm. Il* wnl'ed. Midi il
’ ’h.- wt>s no way fo move. *«••* vee-
-flv : nnd lliei* waa n* pi's''-!.1# rc
Hint for him. The loc-auiooth grnn.'t*
nail* wore all nhont him. The tun-
nel whs n slralrht. narrow slinft, up
ind down, from the ro 'king stone
fhp <i* » f *'-i«d If •!' —* ibeonc!
the il.ii i. - - o4’ tl.# t
gorge lieluw.
7he n» t Ins’nnt he wn* light.n
the moat desperate buttle of h > Ilf*
to "In through the ttumri before I
hied into iinconscUiuaiii'M.
lie caught mi two long, sin "iy nr,,
thnt clittclied Ida brgl.v in the end r
lo ildig him down: und. holding on t<»
H.elr krii'ea and f*«'t. the two wr* Hi
In Complete alienee.
It wns a muu- the thing that
hut It secoicd more like h tv •
aier. for Hie nuked nrtui w.-re • •
with thick hair, imdcni" it! "
sinews moved over e.ch •*' r . <•
aleel bunds. Lee wtr- i: i, -h r
wrestling; he could only din, on !
grim ditifh. feeling Id* Imc- con ’ '
•Pu.-i tuai luoaaiirc, and exuwtlng ev
er.v niAnit'iit to fetd Ids injured ri
ernck In hla side
Ills left hand crcoun'cn I u crc*/v»
In Hi* rocky rung above him and
gripping It, determine,! that not lo,
should lenr Ids hold ruty. with bi
right hst lie began Imvim rln .- h * o-
aiiiliint'a face nn l body incoascntly.
ills blows rebiiun(Je*l from the ,r>
'•heat oa if It w ere of r-ihb- r, ■
blow sent the l.ri'iitl: 1 ig o
from the lungs with roc-.'' "0 ivl
thut (Hied th* tunnel
If the other could have g"' l. -e •
left Imnd. lie tulirhl li.-.ve torn h c
from hi. hold, hut, us 'f ur.Mwiir' ol
bin hold, bis tiss.'illrnt pill nil Ids
atrcigth Into the endeavor to tor e
bi'onth from ids body mil twist him
Imekwnri]; while l.ee, cllngiog on d;-
pernt#l.v, continued to batter th> f.» e
and burly.
Although It wi.s Imp"".'.'Me to d aw
bach his arm far enough to de r-i-
n blow with full force. |.*"'a lower
position gsvii hii i Hi* iidvantneo of
equlptiise over Ills strance nasrdliint
aril cnsbled 1 ' i v .
fill punlshii'Mit.
For a minute or two :* a- probl*
mnric wbeiber l.c* rouid w:t' arund tl'*
strain long enough to comm r. The
greet shoulders swung I,e« from *’d<*
to ride In the abaft like n child a,:*!
oil the while I,ec. believin ’ hi u*- If
seriously. If not family wounded,
fought on with th* mechanical notion
of n piston, dRshlnv his list.* into Ids
opponent's face until nt Irsl groans be-
gan to hurst frmr. the other.
Then, feeling the clu'i'h rHiiylna,
I.ee let go Ids bold, nnd, standing
straight np on Hie rung. Iirong’it both
fUts Into play. No human being could
have stood np aiminst tltat fearful
punishment. R.-ts were wet w-lih
bloiat. The gnisji nhout him relntf'd.
Fie redotibled the Riirv of his Mows—
und suddenly found thuf he mis ham-
mering nt fhp bar# face of th“ rock.
Ills i)*sii!!:int ivna gori". Kalntlv
f.ec hoard the wreping of Ills feet on
the upper ledge* of the rock 'adder.
Then, feeling cautiously she <• him,
l.ee ccnilnm*! Ids ns"cnt. until ttl
length tji-r# r.ame • tiny glimmer of
light from above, changing Into a sud-
den glare as of high noon.
The tunnel was empty.
The glare decreased to a glimmer.
Lee understood v.hnt It meant. Ills aa-
wdlsnt had tilled back the rocking
stone and tied.
Tn nnotber moment or two Lee whs
beneuth ihe stow He (iattmed hlm-
f - bfr -r- • gy. -|]t*rlon na to hi*
the mall was I'cliy Hi.t > •
gun to doubt Hu* An old in i
have had Ids aoxnlhint'- *'r*-tu
would n it have bad the etni
Hut at ronver still ". a * rhe •>'
that tliat moiidr' is fwr- •
at tucked him in the slut ft could
have been the father of ! c
Yet who hut I'dly know the ■ r
of ihe mine?
The problem whs af present 'a*
itble, but it-- - tci-Hi'.iti hr*-...
with It H e f11*i Joict niiglu h •
been attacked a* well I,.-.* (, :i '
Ids fuotst pa tbr' Muli the *■ i
J which was r.o’.. str -Ming Himi •
I *mnv still fcl! HMiulity ilc bl
Id Ul self bitterly fm tiavlnv left
gill Surely th* *tr n.-th of tbal h •
and temp races he felt low ai d I..-
would reach tier, a* 1 she 1 o
respond I
And be planned i hm be would *n
to her. He would advise her that I
was li.iprobal I* that her father woe •
receive unythlng but a nominal rer.
ti-ii"*, that h iiilrhi icon .o fu* ;
In the o'u li e of ivltm ••c« » i-iilivii
Hoo might priv-* liupoisible. !!ls • -
corrsc w 'til ha to surrender I-
begun te grow more butsiful
The log louse i-ii.'i.e Into slgb
atiind'ng hare and bleak In Ihe *n >"'
wllderni e* Thu o -css no light within
I.ces nliirtu Inc:-uhciI. He hurriei
to the door. I* cnllefl, hut no
answer Paine. H* struck n mstcb
ily the tiny light he saw Hint fhn
kitchen and l :v* nil'll cunt room wer<
empty.
And he hern ir-ilng from ro*iui to
room, striking itii'Iic-' and ••»• II In:
her. und knowing all the while the fo
tlllfy of It Joyce was not In th*
house.
Blip had (b'd In'o the snow nnd
d ■ ] '■■ *•< ,fv hi hr wn' after hla
encounter. I.ec bail no alternative but
to take tip (be i|t'*»t She could noi
imvo gone far, but *he must have heeo
lu n state of dos: oration to have gon-
on* Int i that storm Which ws.v? Th-
falling snow Imd surely long since oh
Uteniled her footprlllta.
He mode his wily down toward the
trull beside the river. Only two ways
were possible: on? ran toward the
mission, nine or ten miles away, the
other 111 the opposite direction to the
Froe Traders Iu-iid'lu«rters.
Hut sudd' nly Le*'a hopes and
spirits lea tied "P conlldently. Stoop-
ing. he traced the tracks of a sleigh
along Hie trull. It had been drawn hy
a single horse, nnd it was going In
the dlrcclloti of tile tol.yslnn.
There was only one reasonable In-
i KEEPING WELL:;
1 • # ►
:: BETTER ROADS—
: BETTER HEALTH
!! on. vHbugaii'K n. uKxtc.y
| ; Kdltur ef "HKAI.TIl"
Romantic Bells Point and
Piosaic Smith
It wuh otiv of toe eurly French ex-
plorcru of Arkansas who gave to tills
lovely spot nn the Arkansas river the
romantic name of licit# I'olnt und
there many years later wus built a
fort to wlilcl) wuh attached Hie very
prosaic nuuic of Smith. The site for
the pout was chosen by MuJ. Stephen
Long, Hi# explorer, In .November, IfilT,
and "lien the tint little stocked# was
erecfpil Piter If was ivitwd for Trig,
llvu. Thoinus A. Smith of Virginia, a
veteran of Hi# War of 1S12.
Tli# first commandant ut Fort Smith
xua MuJ. William Ilrudford of Com
pauy A of th# Kill# regiment, com-
posed of men "l,o I,ad fought with
'•old Hickory" Jockami at the huitie
of New Orl, ana. Itradioed was suc-
ceeUml In ISL’k by Col. Matthew Ar-
buckln, rounder of Fort Gibson, okla.
In IS-'IS Hu* government decided to
»■» o»#
P VKUVONH admits the value of
guod roads, but wlmt possibla con-
nect iou is thciu between good roudn
nnd tieultb?
Good roads have always been re-
garded us ou# of the necessities of
a civilized sluts. The old Uoiuana
were famous roud bulldets and some
of thair btghwuys nr# still tn exist*
ence.
Mucauluy, lu Ids "History of Eo^
hind.'' says: “Of nil Inventions of the
httingn mind, iho alphabet und tbo
printing press alone excepted, those
Inventluus which have bridged din*
tune# Uai# done most for the clyillsn-
tion of luun.” Steumbouts and mil-
roads ntude possible tbe exploration of
the cl vitiat'd world in tbe Nineteenth
century. The automobile, airplane#,
und I lie radio are going to muiplelif.
its clvllkuitlon by bringing all natlona
und races together.
Hut v.’lial have good roads to do
erect substantial fortlllcatlons at the ; with health?
place and plans for it "ere drawn by j 7 hu slat# board of health of Kan-
Yuubnnni*. Hi# famous French fort lit- ; bas says thut good roads prevent
cation expert. Temporary quarters disease.
were er#»-leil by Cupt. \V. (I. Hoik imp
which were occupied hy the troops
until four years Inter when His new
buildings were completed.
The conimaudunt from 1S41 to 1S43
was Col. Zachary Taylor and Fort
Huilth Is one of the several forts
which claim to he Hie sits of Ihe
Howl . {
In many ways.
The remov'd of weeds find trnsii
and Hie drulnugo which follows road
building destroy breeding place* for
mosquitoes, flies and other luaectn
which are known as disease carriers,
uot to mention chlnctibug*, graauhop.
elopement of Ills daughter, Sarah D*r*, #nd other posts which hurt th*
Knox Taylor, with Lieut. Jefferson erwpo.
Davis, nlthough history has uot yet ' Hard roads and oiled roads also
decided Just " iml were Ihe fact* con- promote drainage and prevent losect
nected with that romantic uffalr. breeding. Dry roads offer pedestrians
As the Importance of Fort Smith | »“<* especially children who ere rout*
Increased the government selected Hie pelted to walk to and from school, n
site for u now fort and pttlchaseil 300 dry path.
acres for the reservation. Within this
new fort several two-story buildings
were erected but suliafquently all ex-
cept on# aere destroy#*! by Are. This
one lias particular interest because It
wua used as a t'nltod States district
court und Its ha semen t aa a Jail for
Good roads promote travel anil
teak# It easier for the farmer to wove
his produce, to get his supplies and
to take hla family to town. Good
roads nnd automobiles hare Improved
health by making it potcdbl* for the
doctor to see more patients and le
above tn that d nitty (Vop te'nw.
It i\a* Impossible to ru«h the other,
Impossible tn do unrthtn'T except to
dumber Stiffly up Hio«e slippery run;-*
him. but the wind hail <■?"*,'d. cut off | of rock, expecting every Instant tr
hy lbs |ir#el|i!tim* walls <if tho chasm • hear th* ro*r of I’elly’s platol .ovl ti
Then T.c# midcrstiwid Jie had found ' rev ive the bullet In h!» hreart t’
fercnce. Father McGrath must have
been iinssin?, perhaps he hud mot
Joyce, und he had taken her with him.
Lee took up the long walk Imme-
diately. The snow wns deep, progress
was diflicult without auowahoea. and
the frost had alre.-.dy crusted the aur-
face, an that Ids feet sunk In cum-
brutialy at every *t<*p. Hitt a great
load wns removed from his mind; tbe
future now looked roseate.
At last the mlsuinn came Into light
—n group of log huts clustered about
a larger one on a low elevation, sur-
rounded by the forest. Lights gleamed
pleasantly inside them. A horse waa
neighing In some stables. Over the
largest hut a wooden crons stood ont
against the background of the sen-gray
eky.
| I/*e strode np tho ascent, hesitated
as to which hut to approach, stood Ir-
resolute for a moment In thH open
i apuce at tl.e Croat of Ibe little hill
I Then, ns he waited, the door of one ol
: them was Hung open, and a man In a
; nincklnuwN and lumberman's boot!
; stepped out toward It! it. Under hit
i arm he bald a rifle. 11# presented It
j at Lee's breast.
lie looked to be ahout fifty yerrs of
| age, or n little older. He had a round
: smooth flic* ns soft us a liHbe's, at!
! Incipient paunch. A silver cross Inina
| from Ids maektnaiv. A Jolly-looking
j priest; hut the eyes within the fuc«
I were steel-gray nud ico cold. H*
stopped two [ivires distant.
“Take yersel' off. ye dumped Free
Trailer." ho said softly, ''or I’ll blow
ya into Kingdom Coma!”
prisoners. Hero tho famous Judge ■<* th'm '»oro promptly, to Mini hla
I. V. I'arkor, In th# turbulent days of patients, when necemwry. to a boa-
Indian territory In Ilia '70'a and '80 s *">'> Klv» b*,*r
sentenced hundred* of squaw men and Gooil road* hnv# made It possibla
territorial outlaws to death until the •or townships to unite In bntldtug cen-
uume of Fort Smith and Judge I'Rrk- •rHl high schools and so provide as
er becume synonymous for probably good education for country children as
the speediest and moat summary Jus- •or t^F children,
tlce ever meted out In the history of Good roads have don* away wl.'li
this country. Isolation of the farmer and Ida
Almost fr#m the beginning of Fort family.
Smith a Battlement wus growing up Anything which contributes ta tha
wlthlu the shadows of its walls and physical or mental wellbeing of tba
the town of Fort Smith wa# Incorpor- Individual helps prevent disease and
ated away buck in 1842. The govern- prolongs life.
B»ent reservation and fort were given Good roads have reduced th*
to the city of Fort Smith In 1884 and
are now a public park.
(•. Kit. Wsslsra Nswspsvsr t'nloa.)
HOMER STILL IN USE
“An old Greek philosopher says
the invention of music was brought
r.bout through tho Bounds made by
hammers.”
“Undoubtedly true. The girl who
gave hitn that idea is still hammer-
ing away in the apartment right
next to ours!”
amount of (last aud bo have decreased
the Irritation te the maw. the throat,
tbe eyes, and the esr». I>u»t catch*#
disease germs and the less dust wa
Inhale, th* better off wo are.
Good roads, either In tbe city er to
the country, mean healthier, happier,
avid lunger lives for all of ns.
(£. 1934. W##torn X*w»p«s>«r Uu:#»#.)
Unfortunate Remark
Senator Hi rum Johnson was talk-
ing about the Japaneee smbnaeador’e
letter, with its unfortunate “gmy*
conseijuunces*’ phrase, whieh the sen-
ate and house regarded as a threat.
“An unfortunate letter,” said Sen-
ator John son. “More unfortunate
even than the remark the revivalist
made ou the train to a rough-look-
ing customer with bristly hair,
whom ho was trying to reform.
“ ‘Ah, my dear friend/ said the
revivalist, ‘don’t you wish you could
have your time ovr again?*
“V, iicn lie caniu to jut hour later
Car 'i"ruii c Picha Up
Repentant Friar
The seven hundredth nuniversiry
of the coming Franciscan friars tn they told h:;n tliat the rougii-lookiir}
England, whieh was recently rule-1 customer had just done 12 years.”—
brated, brings to mind a story of an ■ Detroit #t#« Ftv.-w.
Oxford Franciscan who found a pair
Wealthy Indians
Though the Osage Indians ant
the wraUhicst peop!# in tho world
.led Jrsv/ His Aiit»nn»
of shoes one morning, and wore
them to matins. That night he
Improvement in the economic dreamed that he was beset by mur-
po»it'iii,8 of European countries is derers on the road, and cried out, “I per capita, the country whose bounri-
1 » larger foreign tr:iile in am a friar.” “You lie,” was tho art- j tries are co-extenaivc with those nt
u: -. npmonta o! foreign turs to Sw*r, “for you go ehod.” The friar the tribal properties line been wi»v-
t.ie American sales are increasing lifted up his foot in disproof, but 1 *rty stricken, 'litis i« because Ui«
an. .iea\ur buying for foreign no- j the Fhoe was there. “In an agony! r'fh Indians hare laieu largely ex-
corint at the winter sales in this of repentance,” says the record, “he ! *mpt from taxation, leaving thei*
poorer white brethren to #tu»d tha
H« Fi«tt?n-*t w'mcc'f ** •Vrour'l coll|dr.v i« predicted. Americans awoke and flung the 6hoei out of
'll nt';,' ii!u
.v*u’il h*i(n elv* tin l >M
#y«»i-v her# Suit n I
\*« ,*H-iir,J!?v
tri" t ■
Telly
ilk *
ml- ”
1!, ill.l not "Oil Hint .* n'ence
. !>> clua: there, 'u i I’UAiice*
■ NI Tl * mIxivi Ii.-il "-..'fcr’i*'1 ’ ’
i|f* **t .in f-irv \ b?|| iw tins -,
<•* Mici'iif in 1 :b • *' 1XTJ. "C . .•
"TK1
nn »ntrsnc*i. [wil.atilv fh<* uct.' 'a#
;nJ. Hi* ami’*: bx.i umikmih* lisj pro-
(Vilcfi lifut. |>sH*nily a.*»i<Hii.; citur.-
In th# .-rMlIoii aiiii *stiurif*iiit>n- of Ii
steps *f thnt perky IsiMPr, whlrii lnu!
i.ecti iu-oi1*iJ. itni'lna fh# cc*r* ■ <,/
mllli'nniMina. by tho action of n now
firlc l up waterfall.
Only water cxiulrf have hollowed out
that courx? hr th* play of (b* ten pin..:
torrent on the projections of the 1 " IHi'n i! c xiinf'. um’ .Icl-r’,■■»
granite. | "r.H to wall. * »•! ■ th# r*
Look I oy ilcnn from where he clmic.
I.#* imv thm s lliln «(rc:ini trlcM-'J
over h Hnefiy bed In th# middle of H ,
gurg* below. Issuing from one on 1
where II hur-t out of Hi# gm:ii:i
carrying with It Hi# dehrls of tli# >1
luxinl load above—tnud, Km\H, «*
aanA
And sofiiVnlv tin* Ides occurrcil
him tknl In nil [unliaMllty he
stumbled upon old Telly** gn'd n '
In which event, wlmt mor# n*
Mien that Telly xrn« liidinx In ihut '
arcesslt'lp spot, when* lie would he n
aoliitely Mwur# srulitet dla*ov*rx i f.
Iona he Imd lacaiilhiual.v pcnnl't
iimip ou# to sits re Ills secret?
And perhaps Joyce knew, slid hi
com# up In enter to l># with him "ii
to procare food snpptlca for him. Ldi
Importation of Art Works
A growth of the artistic aeuti-
I ...lu Uauadiaua bought plentifully the window.”
self upon the around and drew hla kvj- °/ ni,, 'e Nof'b American furs at
tmmitlc. II# flrul on* Hiiot. end. h#- *ll<, hMtdon sales, despite Iho added
fore the echoes imd died hwh.v, hnd fust of shipping the pelts to the
pteioMn'hnnd0”8 l’"ek H,,,, ^ nnd thcu bn‘,k t0.'hi« ^untry. j ment "in the United StatcT ia^evi-
Thc glare hnd been only In contrast !,envor “n<) [•yr\x’ particularly, were deuced by the latest official records
to th# dark of Hie tunnel. Ontstdo it •t'a'lLv bought by tho Americans at of tho government, which show en
wn. melancholy twilight. Le# emerged t!l0 Umdon sales. | importation of more than $29,000,-
T Z~ I 000 worth of art works in the fisteil
»untams Popular ' year 1924 against $2T,000,000 worth
Flealth cxficrtK and the various in 192.8, $21,000,000 worth in
Into u military, snowbound world.
There hum no sign of his antagonist,
who hnd evident!)' had enough for the
present.
expeiice of government. But e court
of appeals hits h»ld tlwt the Indians
must pay kite county taxes iu tha ft**
ture aud for 14 years buck.
Air-Flight Hair Restorer
One ef the moat pusxling results
of the around-tho-worH flight of thu
American airmen was the fact 11 mi,
some r.f Ihe aviators grew notice-
ably laid, while the man who vtart-
,.»*' * nr*-V,,‘*>. I,
Xn I .| 1 (' fir
iriiinm 1 ■ ■ \ it!. ,i I',
dlain i ' '.i For .
■ tri-’ '»'tl ' “r *' I'
,'C ’ •! cn ■' V CU"i 1
b#" f !■ ■ 1 I'I'rt .’ *!
hiui
I re’ , ' r
tmr if ’ • t'.« »•
I'C ,cH Ii" .lilt :
hack. '.##'- ' n * * '
Inst Inch or tw« c' #
Th# etc#' ntii«« f
niei: tn tl*# #vfr- • T
There wa? m - •"*
ter nn ’nst; rt 1 #
m (a '.vereone ht i ?
snil rlutiTcd fo'- f#*-:'
•ted lorn fie hand mviiv. j
I>r# looked dnxvu St the fragments ‘l«irv men’s organisations have com- 1921, and »22,000,000 worth in , ml out a«’a l)«ld head went back to
trrjrr*sr»'ss !rs ^ ?/«»•
l!c° tf're'' tha 'ro x 'vjH’rf ri0»ri'*lnng milk is value of art works imported in the
tbrciid on his chest,
open.
There was only a scratch on the
skin from th# knife-point, but there
]Y*r " hrnlse—under th# fln<1 t|1( v arp proving ryTpufar’
thick colls of Joyce's hair, le which r \ , r.. , ‘
Ih# Imlf* hind# had hacotno entangled. . ‘ll 111 11 *' b^tng fitted up on
Th? Mow. struck Immediately ever busy thorougiifarcs ta resemble the
the heart, wonld have kill;*) him In- 'lair', house
Bluntly hut for that. I.*# relst'd th# farm.
tresses reverently to his lips. And _
with a dorp tee’ln- of tcntlerncsa
as ctisx to obtain as soda water or fiscal year 1924 is greater than in
I'ini cr ;me. In llicso shops nothing any year sit*co the lieginning of the
but milk or milk concoctions are war.
lmir. Ho wns Lieutenant Nelson
»nd no specialist* or doctors haro
been able to explain tire curious re-
Milt of tho long and arduous llighti
American Cars for France
Statistics for the first six mouth*
of 1924 show that during thnt time
Scientific Eagle
Rconuxe an eagle built Iter neat in ( ................. . llini
of the old-fashioned the transcontinental telephone line ! France' bought '' «,w" ntitemnlni
___ between San Francisco and New , from the United Slates ami aoid 2 U
p. a , . w . 11 P01"1 n<>ar E,ko> Hi French cars to Americans. No other
rut. ro.c.utonn Hole telephone convemtion between the country approaches the United
w»i* States iu eutoroobilee imported intu
townril iriri, b#ffvtn to mnkp his . ^
w-t* tr,# tixillglit toxvnrd tii# ^ilf>kout> the law pcrimta the Atlantic and Pacific coasts _____ u v ,,
W inM,0f ^"‘.7 S;,m,"v’ whilc rr0* "toprH AMOri*!H Pn** wirP* Kr«n«ritiil7Ul»ing '^cou'r with
,lp 4WS ,t>rn ,,e"v“‘n "PP"!. os!«n l.il ting the snl# of vegetables. The for n few honrs were interfered with" C1L
arrest of a dealer charged with sell- In the nest were found pie»-e« of ,
UNDERTAKING
Robert Massle Co.
Day and Night
Phone 113
San Angelo, Texas.
ROYAL TYPEWRITERS,
— NEW. Service station
phone or
here. Repairs, parts and sup- ,• on 3-
plles for all makes. Tvpe
writer Fxchanpe, 24
Chadboume Si. ^an
Texas.
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ing tomatoes on the Habbnth left wire and automobile parts, whirl)
the prosecutor in a quandary, since enured a short circuit.
the dictionary defines the tomato as---
both a fTii't and vegetable. Boys to Get "Air Sense”
J-2 S.
\n<cIo
W R Clendennen,
’amn Aiiii in, or, huad of
North ^..ano. V
Dog Saved Mistress
While going to investigate « o,im.
motion among Iter chickens Mrs. ff.
~ , . 1 „ C> Marshall of Ciithbcrt, 0».. was
To ,'^v'b>P «n «ri.v «"• *ense attacked by n catamount. (Tilling
among British boys, tf. ts planned fo her pet dog she was saved from
Dano Long on Cosmetics
«srz M/i;
amount of talcum powder sent from ter the machines on the ground, lia- vicious *itakc« broke its unnn
Hus country to IJcnmnrk last year ten to practical lect"rcs frt,m ev-,
• king twice that of the year before, peri# and bo associated daily wi'.Ix
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