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Seattle It ThinkingBy the Editor of The Star

AWKEK ago today The Star publishedan editorial setting forth, in con-

siderable detail, its views on prepared-ness.

The attention of many of Seattle'swell known citizens was called to the

editorial. They were asked whether they

agreed with the opinions voiced therein.

Sev«nl of them responded. Most of them

indorsed The Star's statement of the Sit-

uation. . . A.

The important thing, however, is that

this discussion of preparedness has de-

veloped the fact that we all are doing a

lot of thinking on the subject.Several men who did not care to set

their opinions down in writing (youwould be surprised if we told you whothey are) dropped into tht office during

the past few days to talk the matter

over informally with the editor.It is interesting to know what our

neighbors believe ought to be done justas interesting, we think, and probablymore so, than the information fromWashington, D. C., as to what our sen-

ators and congressmen say on the sub-

ject.The Star hopes any other of its read-

ers who have ideas, pro or con, on theall-important question of whether theUnited States should prepare a defense,

and, if so, what sort of a defense it shallbe, will write us about it.

Keep your letters brief, please, and to

the point.

Squelched One Liar

A SO-CALLED "responsible citiien"having wired a United States

senator that several thousand Carranzasoldiers were being congregated at AguaPrieta, opposite Douglas, and were erect-ing barb-wire entanglements and diggingtrenches just a rifle shot from the Ameri-can town, Gen. Calles invited the sheriffof Cochise county to visit all the campsacross the line an<f see for himself.

The sheriff and a committee of Doug-las citizens having done so, they reportthat the sensational story was entirelywithout foundation. That there are nowire entanglements and no trenches andthat the Mexican garrisons along the lineare only normally strong. Gen. Calles tookth« best and most sensible way of reassur-ing the Douglas people. In return, theDouglas folk* ought to brand that "respon-sible citizen" as an Ananias of the firstwater and convey a gentle hint that anymore activities of that nature would puthim in the "undesirable citizen" class.

FS»MIIHfFWf Th» aiar

r.,». Mitu "?

fhon# MftUMM

Why Nonparti«an»hip?

THF.RK never has been a momentousquestion in the life of this nation

\hat was decided on a partisan basis.

That is why all logic and reason should

welcome the nonpartisan ideaToday we have the great Issue of

preparedness. It is the most important

before the American people.

It is not a question for republican-Americans to decide, or democratic-Americans. It is an unhyphenated, non-

partisan issue on which Americans, with-

out prefix or suffix, must declare them-

selves.it was the same on the slavery ques-

tion.The republican party platform upon

which Abraham Lincoln was nominatedand elected in 18<0. DID NOT declarefor the abolition of slavery. That wasaccomplished as an incident of the civilwar and was a nonpartisan act supportedby the whole of the North?by republi-cans and democrats alike.

All great movements, all great prin-ciples, are not subject to partisan limita-tions. Partisanship fetters, binds and

gags.Partisanship makes men lose their per-

spective and causes them to sacrifice pa-triotism and love of country for spoils andlove of party power.

Partisanship makes for dirty politics.There is not one city in the United Statestoday that has adopted the nonpartisanplan which would even consider a propo-rtion to return to the old idea.

We have abolished partisanship in theelection of city officials in Seattle, Ta-comi, Spokane, and every large city Inthis state.

WHY NOT ABOLISH IT INCOUNTY OFFICES AND STATEOFFICES?

We ilo not consider it wise to electour judges on a partisan basis, as re-publicans, dem>*rats, socialists, etc Thejudiciary is not partisan.

Why should our legislative and ex-ecutive departments be more sacred andmore subject to party bossism?

Republicans as well as democrats areclamoring for a national nonpartisantariff board.

Why not also a nonpartisan board ofcounty commissioners?

We have a nonpartisan interstate com-merce commission.

Why not a nonpartisan governor to ap-point a nonpartisan public service com-mission?

Travesty, AllRight

THE courts are quashing those Youngs-town indictments against the steel cor-

porations. * Some of the indictments aretoo "uncertain and indefinite"; some justquash of their own feebleness.

When any corporation is punished forconspiring to keep wages low, wake us!

Didn't Judge Gary, at the very start,describe those indictments as a "ridicul-ous travesty"?

The State-wide N'onpartisanship league,with headquarters in Seattle, is entitledto all the help it can get from fair-minded men and women. It expects noaid from political tools and special priv-ilege corporations. Its fund to carry onthis campaign is to come from its mem-bers.

Its cause is worthy and membershipin it should he a privilege and an honorin the struggle to emancipate this greatstate from party slavery.

EVIDENCE IS given that the United Stat**'machlna gun* wouldn't work In that Columbu*fight b*cau«* full of dust. o**l What thaarmy naada la a ca'l tor 1,000 or so volunt**rhouaemaldal

iMOST ANYTHING <-

t EV TRUE »AYE^^i "For a further

!*?* «»?

| rival of spring.; iota tha aho war

\u25a0 H eandldataa' an-I nunc anuria "

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L C. A. Patera, tha literary renlu*from Tacotra and Walla Walla, says

the prlaoners have only a hi*apoon to Mt with. That's better

; than having tha poaa roll off one's

kslfe.a a ?

Tou've got to hand It to tha forypolitician* They sure hare theknack of doing opposite things at

SYRUP OF FIGSFOR CROSS, SICK," FEVERISH CHILDIf Little Stomach Is Sour,

Liver Torpid or BowelsClogged.

Mother* can rest eaay after fltIns "California Hyrup of Flo." be-came In a few hour* all the clog-fed-up waate, aour bile and fermenting food gently move* oat ofthe bowel*, and you have a well.

: playful child again. Children aimt ply will not take the time from| play to empty their bowel*, and

they become tightly packed, liverfata alugglah and (tomach dlaor--4e red.

When croM, feverl*h, reetlea*, seeIf tongue I* coated, then give thladellclou* "fruit laxative " Childrenlore It. and It cannot canan Injury.No difference what alia your littleone?lf full of cold, or a aorethroat, diarrhoea, atomarh-ache,bad breath, remember, a gentle "In-aide rleanalng" ahould alwaya hethe flrat treatment given. Full dl-

jrectlon* for bablea, children of all? age* and grown upa are printed on.. each bottle

Beware of counterfeit fig ayrupa.Aak your drugglat for a 60 cent hot

J tie of "California Syrup of Fig*,"' then look carefully and aee that It*I* made by the "California Fig> Syrup Company." We maka no,

(mailer alze. Hand back with con-i lam n# an* nth flar awenn

tha aamo Urn*. On* of our congrra-slonal eandldatea aara h«'s for anon-partisan tariff board, bat I*against a non-partisan board ofcounty eommlsalonera. Ob, yonconsistency!

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4 ? \u2666ZOO KEEPER KNUOSEN'S

IDEA Of SOFT JOE ATWOODLAND.

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At a dnifflat, operation* of"Tha Doctor" were rather aucceaa-ful.

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Sheriff Hodge aara yon can'tmake a dm* atore out of a barrelof whlikay. No, one muat alaocarry a few atarnpa and a few baraof *oap.

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rnnßcona corclciiosTeanhef?lf a farmer aold 1,47»

bnahela of wheat for It.IT a baahal,what would ha cetT

Hoy An automobile.? ? ?

Councilman Hum told Council-manfclanna he'* a "Jockey" voter,and Manna aald Haaa changed hiemind every fire minute* Who Baldconncllmen are untruthfulT

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Ij. W. Roger* of New York telletheoaophlat* that there la no aucha thing aa a man belnc dead. Huh'lie doean't know C. Allen Rale, R.A. Balllnger. W. Howard Tift etal.

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Thla la Cleanup week. If the Jobl*n't done thoroly now, don't worry.Moat of ua will be dean In a weekor two, anyhow, after we pay for'tho*a new Kaater lfda.

earrrr ri*a

lUfatjr pin* ara bad for raun*children when awallowad open. Aa amatter of fact, they art not to t>*r«ri>mm«i'!M aa food even whenrloaert for on* of the pecu!larlt|e aor aafety pin* la that they ar* likelyto open up at any tlrna. no matterhow emharraaelng or painful th*prnceaa may ba for tha awallowar orwearer

Whan a aaf*tr pin decMee to un-claap It *1 th*r atab* aom* on* or lataanmathlnK drop Tn tha flrat r».th* reeult la painful; In H * aaromlIt may raai.lt In a total lo** of per-sonal dignity.

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And now *? are to hare a hotcampaign for gor«roor with Frost.

IF KIDNEYS ACTBAD TAKE SALTS

Say* Backach* la a Sign You MavaBean Eating Too Much Meat,

Which Forma Urlo Acid.

When yon wake up with backacheand dull mlaery In the kidney regionIt generally raeana you have beeneating too much meat, aara a wellknown authority. Meat form* uricacid which overworka the kldneya Intheir effort lo filler It from theblood and they become aort ofparalyzed and logy. When yourkldneya get alugglah and clog youmint relieve tham, like yon relieveyour bowela; removing all thebody'* urlnoua waate. elae you havebackache, alck headache, din yapella; your stomach aour*, tongueia coated, and when the weather labad you have rheumatic twlngea.The urine la cloudy, full of *«diment. channel* often ret aore, waterscald* and you are obliged to *o«krelief two or three time* during thenight.

Klther conault a good, reliablephy*lcian at onro or get from yourpharmacist about four ounrea of .ladHalts; take n tahlea[iooriful In aglans of water before breakfast fora few rlaya and your kidney* willthen act fine. Thla famou* aalt* I*made from the acid of grape* andlemon Juice, combined with llthla,and hna been used for generation*to clean and attmulate iluKXiah kid-.neya, alao to neutralize acid* In theurine *o It no longer Irritate*, thu*ending bladder weakness

Jail Halt* I* a life saver for reg-ular meat eater*. It I* Inexpensive,rjtrmot Injure and make* a delight-ful, effervescent llthla natar drink.

STAR?MONDAY. APRIL 3. 191« PAOK 4

A Novel a Weekalso ?»«*%?!. vnmplrl* lhl« wrrk Isllila pMil

%i«t Inn* waltai ? fwll l»tßll-mrnl will com* to fnu #»»ff 4mf.

(MlAPT ICR IThe Camp on the Little Baboa

JKNBKN drisw the note from hi*pocket mid reread 111Tnu wilt linin»ill*t»lr proneed

1* the vamp *m lli< l.tttle Haboa, a*

per previous litetru'tlniie anil awaita ttifiiiMii|»r from the North. 'Iblanull* will Identify yuu.

.Ifllurn threw the alieet down on

tha table beneath tlx window andgated apeculatlvely out acroaa lb"rlrer.

To tha north lay Vngara and thavaat Arrjio aolltudea From thari>who waa coming? And what wouldh« bring* On Jitat what thla "met-tenaer from tha North" would bring

hinged tha auccaat or failure ofletiten'e heart breaking Journeythat had finally brought him to thla

rouith, but romfotiabla. thraa roomi aliln on tha tdge of tha UtilellaYioa river.

Alan Jenaen waa a new and, aofar, rather unimportant cog In that

va»t mm binary of precautionarymaaauraa tha Inlted Htataa gorern

mant malntalna to Ruar<l tha perm

anence of Ha peace. aud Ibe purityof Ita coinage

Aa Jenaen gated ottt from thacabin window acroaa the I.lttlaIlab<<a, ho taw ugly gray moontalna of vapor thai ha knew muat

ha an early winter etorrn awlftlycoming hla way.

Irarktieea waa beginning 'o fallJen tan throw freah log* on the fireand aet down to wait, aa he badbean waiting for alt dare. ll* hadfound the ehac.k well etocked withwood but nothing with which to

make a light. Jenaen puttied muchomr thla odd clrcumttaw e.

Jrnaen bad all but fallen Into a

ataie of half dreamy doling when

he awoke with a atart. There wat

?oroe one pounding on the door, andhe could hear dog* barking outaldeHe atrode toward the door and

threw it wide."Wbee-w! Put that fire look*

damn comforting." boomed a deep

contralto voice. and Jenaen nearly

dropped to hla kneea with amaxe-tneat

No half breed, no Eaqulmau. not#ren a whlta man. waa thla paraonwho entered the door and puabedpatt him toward hla roaring fire

tnttead. a woman young, fairiklnnil, and fur-clad. And aha cer-tainly had e»ld. "I>amn'"

Too amaxed to apeak. Jenaenatood gating at thla young woman

who bad ao auddenly invaded theaolltude of the Uttle Haboa camp

Who waa the, and where had abecoma from?

T"«ard him aha had not even

glanced. Drawing tha bench cloeer

toward tha blate. aba eat flown to

bold her palma out to tha grateful

warmthHhe waa rather tall than ahort.

and wore a Jacket of black fot.tremendoualy ttpenalve fur. aa Jen?en well knew, and a fox hood waathrown back from her head, per-

mitting a cloud of apun-gold hair to

fall about bar glowing cbeeka Infaacloatlng tanglea of dltorder.Jenaen gained the eJualea Impree-

aion aa ha looked at bar. that thlawaa a young woman aocattorned to

the finer thisga of Ufa.He decided that a modeat coagh

would be tha proper thing to callher attention to bla praaenca In theroom.

"Ahem!"With a atari of aatnnlthmenl. the

young woman glanced Jentan'a way.

and a look of amaxement overtprvad her featurea.

"Why. why! why!" aha cried Increacendo. "Who are you?"

Janaan't heart became lata buoy-ant aa be Helmed. Thla young

woman waa giving htm excellentevidence that It waa ahe who waa

the "meatenger from the North,"

alluded to In the note, and Jenaenfelt rather certain tbat whateveralae the tneaaenger from the Northmight be. ahe waa engaged In amoat dlareputable bnalneaa.

For answer to her question of

who ha waa, Jensen merely noddedtoward tb* nota lying upon tbetable; mora he did not dar* say.

If things were to be kept straight

and she unsuspicious, tb* not* alone| would do It

Th* young woman aroa* fromtha bench before the hlaza, pickedup tha nota. and read It In tba firelight.

"But, still ! do not understand,"she declared with frowning brows

Then ah* threw up her head witha decisive motion aa she added:"Oh. thla Is absurd; who ar* you.anyway* Don't try any damn nonsense with me."

Yea, sh* had said "Damn." andby thla time Jensen waa perfectlycertain that be could not b* dreamIng. There waa at 111 no clue forJensen to go on.

"They told me tha not# wouldaiplain!" ha aaid. "1 am a newman on thla, and I don't think youwould recognize my name, AlanKerrlaon,"

Ida errand Into the North had todo with gold; old J. J. Kerrlaoncontrolled the Colraln and Com-munapalr (old mlnea, the richeatIn tha world. Jenaen had beenthinking about old "J. J." that dayThua Kerrlaon happened to be thefirst family name that popped Intohla head at tha moment, and habrazenly appropriated It for hlaown use.

On thla Impatient young woman*tandlng before him, Jensen's ut-terance of the name Kerrlaon ap-peared to have an effect almoatelectrical.

"Kerrlson!" she repeated. "Why,(hat I* my name. Are you really aKerrlson? I don't believe It; youhaven't the look. Stop thla absurdnon*en*e and tell me who you arearid what you are here for!"

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It w*» in .tune that the NationalNorthern hank, one of the largestnliiklo depositories of gold In theUnited .Stated, made a moat as-tounding discovery.

It doe* not matter how the die-rnvorv una moiln ).n» #>«

It doe* not matter how the die-covery wa* made, but the fact* ofthe ca*e were that the bank foundIn It* vault 20 bag* of doubleeagle*?every coin a clever coun-terfeit,

The spurious double eagles were,to all outward Appearances, perfeet The weight was Invariablyexact, the ring true Kipeita de-clared the center* of the coins to

IXT WKKK?"THK WARD OF TeCUMBFH"

rouMit of * comt>o*ltlon. the eiact

nature of which tha Ko»ernmant

linn never *een fit to dl*clo*e. Thl*much I* known, however. that on«of tli« element* In thl* dom[Kiillion wa* n rare tnalal. obtained a*

a byproduct In tha refining of

pitchblende to *acure radium TliUcenter, with Itf thin coating of fold,mud" a coin no difficult of deter

tlon that larn» amount* hnd icalnedcirculation befora they were da-

tact ad.On (ha *Uth day of July, fhlef

llllkle of tha fnlted Htate* aarral

aarvlca callad In all hi* oparatlvaawho «ere working on tha ca»a anddistributed them within a certaindtatance of aach other In a doublaUna acroa* Ilia ranter of tha 1 nltedStat'* from coa*t to coa*t On»\u25a0action of thl* Una had order* to

mova *teadlly aouth. th# otharnorth

Alan Jrn**n waa a unit In th*

,ln» of M>cr*t \u25ba art Ira man raklncth« country toward tha north.

Journnyln* thru norUiarn V»rmont, Jrnam had atojiprd on»

nlKht In an liiolatad cimp of

Vy«uch-CanadUtt rharroal burner*

Her* ha found anothrr atr*n««-r. tilan>l dr'lrtoua. brlnK rarrd for by

theaa titan; th«"* darlart-d tha «I<kmatt hail into th* hut ona

avenln* a wa«-k prr*lou»; hadthrown gold colna rlitht and laftand atrldrntly dtmandad that thay

produrr "that bundla of fur* fortha bank and Ut him ba on hlaway." Thar* »aa alao mora bab-bling noti»«"naa t!ia rtiarroal burn-<>ra did not understand and did notrantcitilwr

Knowing that hanka do not ordlnarlly deal In fura. Jenaen aakedto tea aome of the gold colnt tottedabout by the alck man In hit de-lirium Uplifting a coin with anaxe, Jenaru dltcovered the Interiorto conalet of bate white metal!

Tlila could mean much, or noth-ing. aa Jenean realized. The tickman might be only an honeat fur

trader. Innocently having aome ofthe counterfeit coin In bit poetaa

tlon. Yet It offered a lead worthfollowing, and Jenten volunteeredto alt up wltb the tick man thruthe night, hoping tomethlng deflnlte might be pieced together fromhit rarlnga.

It ana a atrange mixture of aenta

and nontente that Jenaen Hati-nedto thru the long night Towardmorning the man appeared to be

come more rational, and Jenaenthought be gathered that bit camewaa Tom Hprlngrale. that he waaon hla way to laike Uicann. Que.bee. where he "would atrlke TrailNo. 1 at the head of the lake, attbe Yellow portage; but mutt keepcarefully clear of Trail No J; mutt

obtain the package at the l-ltlleRaboa ramp and muat return to NewYork without delay " Theae teemedto be tnatruotlona tha tick man badrecelred At timet he referred to"Trail No. 1" aa "Dead ManaTrail."

Jenaen remembered a TomHprlngrale who bad played qnarterback on tha eleven at Harvard:but that chap waa s aenlor whileJenaen waa a frethmaa. and ha badknown him but allghUy. Ulneeeand a beard had ao altered tbltman'a featurea that ba could notaay whether It waa tha aameHprlngrale or not Ha aaamed toremember that the Hprlngrale behad known became an engineer ofaome kind

Thla man had an odd. Ilrlit tearrunning diagonally from hla righttemple to the left aide of hla mouth,aa If from a aabre ent or tomething of that aort. The HprlngraleJenaen remembered had no auchtear at thla on bla face during hitcollege daya.

At dawnbreak. ffprlngral* died.There waa absolutely nothing In

tha traveler's pack to Identify himfurther. Hut aa Jenaen happenedto giant** beneath tbe bunk wherathe stranger had died hla aya *ai

caught by a bit of white paperPicking thla op. he read

Ynu will lmm»<1l»t»lT prnreed to

the ramp on the Kittle MM«, a* perprevious Instructions. and awall a

from the North. Thlanote will Identify you.

Jenaen hurried to tha nearestctty, Burlington. and rot Into tele-phonlo communication with blachief.

C'hl*f HJttl* *ii rmthar akeptlcal; ha didn't think It promisedmuch. Th* nun waa probably aHudaon'a far company n>*aaent*r

Htlll. In the present absolutelyblank ctatua of «h*» case, any thineIn th* allgbteet degrca significant

«ai a lead. and th* chief, knowingthat Jensen had spent many varatlona In the North wnoda and couldeasily handla himself under thecondition* be would meet thera. or-dered him to find tha trail to thalittle Ha bos camp, and follow Itup.

CHAPTER n.Th* Eyaa and T**th of Bin P*talr

Jensen held oi>en the door, andman and dog came rushing In. liewas a little man. thin almost toemaciation, and a face marked withdeep scare that gave him an appearance flf vicious ugliness. Hedartod toward the roaring fire.

"Walll wall! TheeW eea one dambllx', eh, iny frlenda," ho declared"One dam bll*'!" He, too, ap-peared to emphasise the expletiveoddly. "But eet ees tak' more dande f * bllz' to catch Sin I'etalr, eh,my IlabyT" And he reached over tostroke the head of the dog. halfwolf, half collie, that crouched be-side him.

"Kh, why don* you apeak, eh,what?" a*ked the man. turning to-ward Jen*en. "You bear me anythee* ee* one dam bllr.', eh. what?"

Jen*en found hlm*elf greatly per-plexed to decide which of these twoarrival*, the man tir the woman,wa* tho real me«*cnger from theNorth alluded to In the note.

Aa the man and dog came Intothe cabin, .lenaen'a attention hadbeen drawn away from the woman;now he glanced covertly towardwhere *he eat at one aide a* heanswered the man'a remark.

"It certainly la 'one dam hlli,'a* you eny. and you were Indeedfortunate to get here before It be-came worse. I arrived before thestorm begun myself, but thl* youngwoman Just beat It out In time."

Jensen accented his expletive ashad tho other two arrivals. Hewas becoming certain that theremust be some hidden meaning Inthat expression; tho look of per-plexity that overspread the young

wonian'a face n» tie emphMlxed Itconfirmed Jenxoi'a Imprenalon,

"Kh, what?" <|U«itloiied (lie manwho hud < ailed hlmnelf Hnlni I'cter,glancing up qucatlonlngly. "Theeayoung woman? Why don' you notell Bin I'etalr th«r« «???* ladleapreaant, eh, what, my liaby?"

The dog got up and began towhlrio nueruloualy.

"Valry good, Baby," commendedflalnt I'eter whtmMcally. "Valr-eyrood: eat eea *an young lady w|ih

»«l>n hair, you aay In doglanguage You aay ahe rig dambeautiful, ah, what?"

I'eter Halnt aroee from hla benchby the fire and began (matllngabout the room He moved quick-ly, but In rather a blundering way,the dog continually by hla elde, h«-rvery no«e aeemlng to follow theman'a himd wherever It moved. Oc-C«alonally the man wrpld »«y:

"Wall, wall, where w>» that coffeecan. Wat, eh, my Itaby?"

The great dog had been trainedto reach up, poke her damp noaeInto aome comer of a alielf andflnitlly tumble out the coffee can.or whatever elee It wa« her rnaateraakeil of her. Seldom did ah* makea mtalake.

MUa Kerrl«on continued to altIn her dark corner with frowningand perpleied browa Twice Jen-aen took wtMlnn to make a punt-

itle remark to MNa Kerrlaon aboutthe aeverlty of th«- atorm, but ah*anawered with monoayllable"

I'eter Halnt, baring flnlahad hitpreparation! for cooking tbe aup-per, now gtve hit attention to lay-ing tbe board. The dog, precedinghim by a few atop#*" flrat act eyeaon tbe tiny bit of white paper.With pawa on tbe table, ahe be-gan anlfflng at It.

"Eh, what eat thee*, my Baby?"called Peter Saint In a*ton!*hment.picking up the paper at the varyflrat cry of the dog "A lettalr?"

Jenaen aroti- to recover bit note,

took lut a few atept, and thenttopped In amaxement. PeterHalnt. inttead of bringing tha paperto tha firelight and holding It be-fore hit ? yea to read, wan patting? enaltlve finger llpt over the writ-ing. meanwhile muttering the met-aage eoftly to hlmtelf.

For one puxxled '.natan' Jenaenlooked and llatened. than he graap-ed the man by tbe ahotilder, whirledhim about Into the glare from thefire, and gated Into the man'* face,the area turned up toward bla wereentirely filmed over.

' You are blind. Paler Halnt," de-clared Jenaen. angry 'hat the manatunild not hare mentioned It."Why didn't you tell ma thla be-fore?"

"M'alen make wan beeg area-take." He put out bit hand towardthe great dug tbat waa growling

'A SIREN OF THE SNOWS'By Stanley Shaw ?Copyright, 1919, by Little, Brawn * Co.

BY CRITTtNDIN MARRIOTT

about Jenaen'* li-ff' and patted herfondly. Thee* eea my eye*, anlieltalr eye* i .in nevalr be for anyman, cb, my llaby, what?"

With n sudden ru*h It Carne to

Jenaen why there wa* no provisionfor making a light lii the cabin.He determined to aetlla the quea-t l<>n at once.

"Ho It I* your cabin, Peter fiilnt.that the young ladv and myaelfhave ti«k< n shelter In?" be asked.

"flure, sura, *ure," ariaweredPeter Halnt, without any attempt

at evading the /natter. "Now onelectla question from Hln Petalr.Wan eet msleu bring deese let-

talr?""Certainly, I brought that letter,"

answered JensenAt hla word* the young woman

stood up. "Thla man who call*hlmaelf Kerrlnon had the letter Inhla po**e*alon when I arrived here,

hut I am aallafled It I* not hi*.What he la h« re for I do not know;

but It nie»n* no good to you, PeterHalnt."

Aa Ml**KerrUon *poke. Jensencaught the mm's face glaring ht*way with a look of Intense fury.

Jen*en dodged quickly to one*lde at the \ery Instnit the blindman ahot toward hltu like a stonefrom a catapult. Peter Halnt fellcrashing to the floor, and Jen*enleaped forward to pin him there,

only to feel hla arm graaped In themouth of the dog. Babe, a* ahejerked him onto hi* back and stoodacroaa hi* cheat with threateningJaws extended.

Saint Peter or Peter Faint ?hecall'U himself both ?arose to hi*f>-ct and *t#>t>ped toward a "helf.Returning with a atout rope, be be-gan to trims Jensen up In a thorolycompetent manner. while Habe, thebig wolf-colll*. held menacing Jawabut a f>-w Inch** from his throat

Having removed Jenaen'a auto-matic, and tied Jensen's anna andleg* *o securely that he couldscarcely move, Peter Halnt carriedblm to a low bench aeat that ex-tended along one side of tha cabin

"lx>ok here. Peter Saint." Jensenexclaimed. "Tills Is utter foollsb-neaa. Vou already hare my revolv-er, and I'll gl»e you my word tomoleat no one If you will loosenthe#« corda; they sre deucedly un-comfortable My ahoulder, too,pain* like the very detice whereyour do* faatened her teeth, and Jought to dreaa It."

A* he spoke. Peter fltlnt ttirn'dtoward Miss Kerrlson with s ques-tioning nocture Jenfn attemptedlo move bis upper body, and eventhe slight movement he was ableto make In turning bis body aent adart of agonising pain shootingfrom finger to shoulder.

lie »aw ths firelight suddenlydie down, snd the room w»nt dsrkabout him Jost aa Miss Kerrlson

A Great FeaiMM» «?" IV. '

?,. k a mlmntlmrd-prirr_

%"ihli>s l»lirr l-r »"\u25a0?»» "

lea-

told P«t«r Hatnt to releaaa *>'4When Jensen retrained hl»

he »a* lying upon a thick. fu|ered *kln In the wirMit «Jbefore the tlre; »nd Mlaa Ker

khh moving about the room,)ii.K fin#l for the

while l-'tfr Halnt attended to

\u25a0(<» ? wound.Aa Jenaen aroaa to DM »?«

er having bla arm bandaged,

reeled a bit with dlxxlnesa and t

Hslnt a**latad htm toward at

iII table with all the g'

ness of a mother mlntstarlng

1 hfld. _. I

Mli* Kerrl*<>n. P't*r "all

! have declared a true# f Jnight." laid Jensen with a i r

a* he dr»w forward a chajwaved an Invitation for herjseated at the labia "I "OW

arraligament Include* your*

well. I mean to explain al*

that letter, and I want you /hear what I have to aay. \

Kor a few momenta tn»gathered about tba table Apresslva trtbuta to

aklll of Peter Ha'--'- Ithought It time to eij Qgter of the left'f.

i "Now, Peter Hslnt." \111 explain fully a bout \Bab* I* right, It waa \mine; the man who orlirases*ed that letter la daaT

Tin aound of * quick.Intake of breath made Jeoiabruptly. Mlaa Kerrlaou viing at him with wjda, atari]aa ib« repeated to awed to

"Dead; tell ma quickly, Ibe die. and where?"

"1 ain coming to tt>*t," aliJensen, and told (Imply of \u25a0ing of the alrk mas.

"I waa with him when £at the cbarroal bunier'a c«icontinued, "and he exarted Jl*e from me that I woulA. : 4

thla letter at Peter Balnt|y")after which I wa« to rettMthe package the not* refer#

"Return to whereV §"To New York." t"And to whom were yo«« '

liver tbla package In New §

Hhe eyed blra keenly aa ftha question. *

"To the bank." £ ,

(Continued In Our Neat V

CONTINUE NEfUtHearing of charges against Jl

Warden Harry Rlef. accused by W.A. Blackwood, a realty dealer, andformer employ ea of tha warden'soffice, of falsifying hla records asto the number of gam* birds andflah propagated and released In thecounty, will be continued s' 7:MMonday eight by the gam« com-mission.

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