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EDITORIAL
♦ I
»*♦»'» * I
js;lv at work.
F • . the inspiring |
r-i -' - :!... : time in iIiiii coun
• of the
... j> ... r ^:i in the
1'his nov s means, also,
u-ii: ha-, e swn almost.
.% . ul.eat to pro
ii While we In
i.'reat 'leal
i :;!•<. and while
, i ^ (hat the rest
: v. u;is doing much
• • ;>le >•( France have
. ■ :h their bunds and
.f.iiu ^rain lire their
- • .• 1" additional acres j
•1 - ■ i ■: a grea t deal '
Machinery was |
tl'i» place of de-!
•r a* table. say* lkes |
i The shelltom lands (
. s plowed deep I
* •••hin; but death
■ :'ied and planted. All !
- !sheil without
■ im r!.e world is amazed
at the K'[ikw of French Industry.
... a lesson frntu the
i noh pcasiint who
I irs i.v ' - . ■ aiul HmU surcease
it,--* in the hard work of
V - i. s to a prewar
> mi ••• and tram
t" i:s -in word*—
• .•!.!;♦• that we rep
> ' •• (h or "Th» dumb
c; !! them. Vet
•t> l» at your knee
:v d ' • y..!i. Imw eloquent
I I!!* friendship proclaims
-.'• net": his whole
•in.:- 'Us of his fondness
• . 1 •>. Two ii c friends when
t ! art: : to interpret aright
t;.e • : fails between them.
T i. iderstnndlng is
■ i w • .i ds are neres
It is a relief
r. ;;!iniit reservation
el. though nothing
i .. • ;• i■ i:t Ledger. We
. i- .;ti fr«'tu our humhle
• ; ■■:. I t ti: i: • a valuable lesson
■ implicit :li tliat does not need
t: e ni< dim ; ..f writing or of speech.
Why Wear Shoes?
Kve v: -i r p-N-'H? barefoot. and
\ • all tl e better be
cause she ■ IWen of Troy
fit the i:.o»t v.-oro sandals, and the
lal 1- •» •" niprnmise between the
shoeless and t!-.e shod. It is easier
a t "alca boots.
I: !rt > -!.:nd the- children
r : ' <n for mary a dny, and
the wit "I:I' I'.:id the i-Bti rj rise of
the other. show ti nt there Is nothing
r.-a!iy demoralizing In coin? without
shoes ai remarks the Lon
don Clir-mkle.
Job P!:;h' 3* Done Better.
Little y.i'~1 -a whs suffering from
swollen t. : and the attending phy
s. edlate operation
tq remove • ii. "ti heiiig told of the
coining oi leaned up against
her mo'1:' " - i >r d: "I !ust wish that
when the 1 or i made n.e tie had taken
tin-.- to stir the lump* out."—ladlan
apviis >v-v$.
!El©@M
A Tj^LB OF THE FLATjWOODS
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COPYRIGHT BY TrtE J
None of this escaped tlie Pearlhunt
er. The chance to use his stove leg
was ns good as gone, or rather, it was
not coins to conn*. Once he considered i
the desperate move of drawing Ills re
volver and forcing the sheriff to open
the door. lint the sheriff was known
to be a brave man. He might tight,
and If he did, one or the other of them
would be killed. The I'earlhunter dis
missed the plan.
"Th' woman didn't know there'd be
company tonight." the sheriff muttered
as he held the dishes within reach of
the arm thrust through the bars. "I'm
ufeared you'll be skimped a little. But I
we'll try an' cook up a-plenty in the !
morning."
He closed the door and turned the i
key In the lock. The I'earlhunter j
watched him until he had crossed the •
square of light shining out from the |
kitchen and re-entered the house, until ,
the door closed and the muslin cur
tains fell back into place at the side |
window. Then lie laid the stove leg
by. His chance was gone.
The revolver rucked under his
waistband at the ttauk of his back
and hidden by his blouse seemed to
have a personality. Its friendly pres
ence helped his appetite, though, for
that matter. It was already keen
enough, as he had eaten nothing since
morning. lie could have eaten three
such suppers us the sheriff provided.
The friendly revolver; the thought
of a grizzU'd old riv^r man. doubtless
at that moment rowing hard up the
river, took some of the smart out of his
cuts and braises. His left eye was
swelling shut. He winked it limber
and stood jyondering whether to blow f
out the candle or leuve It burn a while; i
finally blew it out. and went back to '
the west window.
A sound i-uuum m- t-«i . -.r,... , .
Ing down the river road. He listened. |
The steps turned in at the Jail yard; I
came around to the west window. A '
face appeared between the liars.
Enough light fell from the stars to re
veal its identity—the suave, handsome
fare of the man he least expected to
see there.
The Pearlhunter oame close to the
window. Tiie other hacked a step
away.
'•pleased to find you in." lie sneered.
The I'earlhunter passed by the taunt
In silence. It seemed to Irritate the
other that his shot had missed.
"Just thought I'll call around at your
—ah—your hoarding place this evening
and talk over a little matter of busi
ness—a sort of proposition—a—ah—
bargain." lie drmvk-u.
The man 011 the inside of the bars
made no answer. His face was as
stolid as if he hadn't heard. Neither
was the other much on talk. He shot
straight and talked the same way.
Half peluliii' ly he shifted to his other
fix.:; took his thumbs out of his vest
pockets. The easy smile left Ids face;
the real limn came out—a wildcat,
fanged and clawed.
"I'll uncork this rotten old lag." he
growled, "if you'll bolt the Flatwoods
and stop rjiteerin' my game."
His lips snapped tight. His cards
were on the table. The I'earlhunter i
pondered them in his deliberate way I
and cast up the stmi total of their ex
act value.
First. There would be no mob.
Otherwise he would have trusted to
that. The meeting behind the Mud
Hen had fizzled.
Second. He had no stomach for
going into court.
Third. "Queerin"' his "game." What
did he mean by his game? He couldn't
have meant the Blue Moon, for he
didn't know the I'earlhunter knew he
had it. His game. That tense scene
at the fence the evening before Hashed
up clear as the river bed under the
jack light: a girl with a basket;
frightened eyes; a yellow cnrl that rose
and fell upon a startled hosotn.
I II Sllt.V ■ .II". ..C .
crisp ami colli. "The law put me iu;
the law can get me out."
The 6ther shrugged his shoulders,
furious at the baffling coolness he en
countered. And yet he couldn't afford
to giro up h!s plans, or spoil them by
any untimely show of his real feel
ings. The easy smile came back.
'Those questions you were expect
ing to ask—I might answer them to
boot."
The Pearlhunter's fingers tightened
on the bar. He breathed deep. Those
questions! His life through, they had
haunteil him. And the man before him
knew the answer. His face set hard.
"Answer or not, as you please," he
said: "but I'll not bolt the Flatwoods.
I was expectln' to ask about my—fa
ther."
The other whipped a curious look at
him.
"Your father!" he snarled. The
scowl on his face became It better than
the smite. "As like you as two peas;
wfth the same lot of fool. Sir Galahad
notions about the women—angels and
white lilies, and all that rot. He
>03BS-MEKRJLL COMPANY
crossed my patii once too orten, ana
for the Inst time, seven years ago. He's
In hell now. And your mother—"
The list that stabbed out of the win
dow fell almost short, landing with a
snap Instead of a crash, Ill;# a lash that
can reach only so far. It stung the
man on the point of the cheek and shot
his head back.
He staggered and threw up his hnnd
to his face. His other hand involun
tarily dropped toward his hip. Well
for him that it stopped before' It got
there. The IVarlhunter had snatched
the revolver from under his blouse and
held It ju<t below the window ledge.
The man on the outside backed
lif ay. his face stung to flame by the
blow. He felt for his "knife; seemed
to remember where he had left It—be
tween the ribs of n man. Anyhow, It
would have been as useless as the re
volver. Noise precluded the use of
the one; wails and bars the other.
"I'd kill you." he retorted finally, his
tones steady, though strained, like the
current that | 'ays across the top of a
whirlpool, "only I hawen't time. There's
n flock of yellow curls and a devilish
trim pair of ankles waltln' for tne
down the road."
He had so framed the taunt as to re
flect oil the gill his very thought dis
honored. Without another word he
turned and walked away.
The Pearlliunter seriously debated
whether to shoot liita dead and trust
to fate for the ret. The revolver
crawled up over the window sill. He
grasped one of lite *«ars to steady his
hand. A start of surprise came to his
face. The revolver went buck below
tin* win-low sill. Tl'e bar was loose.
It was almost unbelievable, but it
was so. For seme reason or other It
h:i(l not been fixed very firmly In Its
auger hole socket*. There was pla.v—
a heartening amount of It—betw'en
the upper and lower lUtger holes. His
hi I missed a beat; then leaj-vd the
higher.
BOeket. The liottnm of the hole was
soft. Tin' mill hail probably rotted It.
Mr jaimni'il I ho liar attain mid the wood
gave. ]nit all hi'; strength ti> It.
Eai'h I'lTnrt drove tin barn little deep
i>r: cave it-a llltl." mure play at the
trip. If lie coiit'1 only drive It far
enntizh that the top would elenr! He
was wo'-I Iml' like a wild man.
ItenriiiL* iliwn with all his strength,
ho rotated the bar. The tremendous
exertion fpeiieil the rets ami scratches
mi fil»- neek ar.il breast until they bled
afresh. Me JniiittHil the bur down
again: Imre upon It with all his
strength: rotated |t again and again.
I.ess than lie If an Ineli slilj held at the
tup.
His erer'ions broilL'ht the sweat nut I
upon his faee. Another effort: tre
mendous; to the last on me of his
power.
His hands ivere l";e fire—but the
bar i-leare'1. lie emiM move It n tiny
mite to the ■ V • of the upper anrer
hob- " I e i1' i "hi wis ever so little
—bin li e' -ariil. Pricing his knee
a" titi»t ill . 'ill ami grasping the
meiir -villi lii< I- ft hand for anchorage,
he Imis: i;m| irk< I and Iwhlnl tb"
bur outward. At lest by a final su
pi-"!, ,i i ": i.. ■' ,■! : i| the upper luff.
TJ i'fe remn'twd only to lift It out of
the lower ntr-er lie'".
The I". 1 r'l":• "«-r rtwped bnek pant
ing a ml mopped the sweat from his fnee
with his sie ve. Tiie effort had been
tremetiilmis.
A miniili* n get tils breath: nuolher
spent in l's:c;fing: and he worked the
loosened end a lltflp freer: lifted out
th" bar: crawled outside; put It bnek
Into place again. feeling about with
his lingers to male" sure there were no
sears oil the wood or bits of ehlps
scrnped loose, and stole away under
the trees.
It would probably lie quite impossi
ble fur the city-bred to appreciate fully
the f> lin^s n"" tlie Pcarllmnter nt find
ing the breath of the open woods once !
more upon his fare. The trees were
like comrades In arms. The rough bark
that covered their stout hearts actually
felt friendly and g««.d to his hands as
he darted like a shadow from one to
the other on his way out of the Jail
yard and up the side of the bluff.
Well knowing there would be eyes
on his trail in the morning, he dared
not go directly to where his misgivings
urged him. The sheriff he did not fear.
To the sheriff he was still the notori
ous Red Mask. To the mob that was
sure to gather he would be the Red
Mask. His escape, with lock and holt
untouched, would nrystify both mob
and sheriff. They would ascribe It to
the dread powers with which popular
fancy had invested Ids name.
Hut In the rabble that would curse
and clamor about the old jail there
would be one pair of eyes that the
loosened bar would not escape; a pair
of eyes that would find it as sure as
the morning came, and rend the riddle
nt a glance. And they would be eyes
canable of toiling a trail—and follow-'
Ing It. Much as It went agRlnst nun,
therefore, he turned his steps east In
stead of west and plunged In among
the clumped underbrush that grew
nlong the top of the cliff.
Crossing the river road was the
problem. Choosing a place where the
grass came close to the track on each
side, a short distance above where the
path leaves It at the turn, be leaped
across, and using considerable care to
hide his trail, picked his way down
along the Inside of the brush-tangled
fence row.
That path! It led out of an ol(J
world Into a new. Peering through the
bushes he spnred a hurried glance to
ward the low place In the fence where
the path crossed. The stars peopled
the place with memories. A girl with
a basket; round, frank eyes; the sun
bonnet caught by an overhanging
limb; the curl that wouldn't behave—
they all came to life out of the
shadows. So many things had hap
pened since he walked that path with
her that it seemed long, long ago; and
It was only yesterday.
The picture dissolved. A breath be
tween steps it had held him, and he
was off on the long, lanky Jog. The
memory had brought a half longing to
traverse the path again, but prudence
warned him to keep away. The sharp
est eyes In the Klatwoods would be
on that path at sunrise.
If the night did hold the menace he
feared—that in so many words had
threatened—It would undoubtedly de
velop In or near the three-gabled
cabin. As he drew near the place his
mastery of woodcraft showed In his
approach. The bushes were not al
lowed to give up a sound.
A light shone through the front win
dows of the main room of the cabin,
lie wondered at this. It made him
uneasy, for the evening was gone and
the ripe night come. Not mauy caa
dles were alight at that hour in the
Flatwoods. lie sank back under the
bushes and crawled nearer. The mus
lin curtains were drawn, but no
shadows crossed them. The stillness
within vaguely disquieted him. He
was searching for a way to crawl n
Utile nearer, when the low tones of
the cello broke across the silence; and
be knew the girl wns keeping her lone
ly vigil beside the stricken old man.
Then came the voice from a throat
tin- gods had kissed. Each tone found
a kindred sound In the cello and
coaxed it forth to fluttes out upon the
listening night In a lustrous witchery
that somehow brought to the fancy of
the listener under the bushes a pic
ture of soft-winged swallows skim
ming over sun-kissed waters.
The figure of a man slid Into tha>
candle glow that beat the night back
for a space outside the window—
trim; compact; jaunty—the man he j
The Man He Had Expected to Find
Prowling There.
\
liud expected to And prowling there.
The picture was gone. He had little,
ear for the music that followed. The
hand of the listener at the window
stole up against the light and dragged |
off his hat. The man crouching in the j
hushes could make out the crisp locks 1
that citing close to the hared head.
The song ended. The last soft har- I
raony of the cello lost Itself among I
tile listening trees. There came n muf
fled shuffling Inside the cabin; a huge
shadow, as of two figures bulked to
gether, crossed (lie curtain of the
window at the west side of the door.
The Penrllmnter knew what was hap
pening—the girl leading the stricken
man to his bed. But his eyes were
tipon the still figure outside the win
dow.
One shadow came back, a slim,
trim shadow; there followed the
creaking of a-chair; a head, hung
with loose hair, rocked back and forth
across the curtain—and the man who
crouched under the bushes knew the
girl was alone with her thoughts.
The man at the window watched
the shadow. It seemed to rouse Mm
—to recall fancies that the song had
caused to wander far. He glanced
about; pulled himself together; made
n half oetulant step toward the door.
(Contin-uea on Tuesday)
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Infected bank notes can cause blood
poisoning will not lessen to any ap»
preclable extent the eagerness to
gather in all the tainted money In
easy reach. - ,|
aids to good looks, sound
teeth, eager #ppeE*« and
digestion are cnSy £e a
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Tho readers of this pap..r v. ill fce
pleased to loam that t ro is nt least
one dreaded disease that si t nee ha?
been able to cure in oil Its et-.ses and
that Is catarrh. Catarrh belli; greatly
influenced by constitutional conditlor.3
requires constitutional trest:nen\ Hall's
Catarrh Medicine Is taken internally and
arta thru the Bloud on the Siueous fur
fades of the System tin .-eh? <1> ■jtroylntr
the foundation of the dlsenre. EH-lnp tl<e
patlsfit strength by buiM!::- up the con
stitution and assisting native In doing Its
work. The proprietors have co much
faith In the curative prnvn of mil's
Catarrh Medicine that ihey n.f.;r One
Hundred Dollars for any ra that It fills
to cure. Send for lint of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo.
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATOR ON FINAL
HEARING
In i lie Court of tho Commissioner
fox tie Territory o' Alasl£a„
Diyi'Ion No. 1» belore the Hon. J.
J. F. Ward. Ex—Offlco PrODate
Judi» *ittlug In Probate, at SkaS
way, Precinct.
Ia th« ma>ter ol the Estate or
George Mowl, deceased.
Notice ,1a noreby Bivea by t' i
ri. r3iKned, administrator o£ ti'.t
tat© of GeorSe Mowl, deceased, that
a tinal r«Port ,aud petition lor dlstri
bution ha» boea tiled ,wltli the above
named Cou^ ty thg 'Administrator!
of the abova naraed estate; that the
Court l3 asked (to settlo such rcPort. j
distribut® iho ProP®r'y to the hi i. !
.ivrsoaa endt'ed lo tho fame and ,
di*char?e the administrator, -and th ;
TL"r«day the 23 [day ol Deoefbo
1920, at 2 jp. ni. la the Court Rcu
of the above entlltled Court. has bee
fUtJ ss the ti^o and^Placo for th
hearing of wch final report and Pe
111 Ion.
Dated at Ssasway this 27th day i ^
October, 1920,
(Signed) A. C. Blaachard,
' Administrator
First PuMllcatlon, Oct. 30th. 192"
Final pulblllcatlcn Nov. 27th. 192"
11II
H'aZl' is Worth Saving, and Some
Skaj^'ay PeoPle Know Hew
Save It.
Many okagway People taka tMr
lives la their hands by nesl°cting
the kidneys when tVy. know the"e
organ* nefd htlP. Weak kidneys,
ai* responsible for a vast amount
ot (SL'flcrlng and ill health, but
there is no need to suffer nor to ra
"■aju in danger U^a Doan's Kid
n. y Pi lis—a remecy that has helped
tt>ousanoslcl kldrey sufferer9.
The following "tatc™6!^ leaves no
ground for doubt.
J. W. LImias, carpenter, 47 Plaa
3.: S^ma Cruz, Calif; say3: "My
kl.l'i-ys w°.—> v" ak ncj during t'jo
Si'anlih American War while soldier
i:;; in tlia PailitPPiao Islaiid. My
bnck aci cd almo^ constantly and
" adt it hard for me to stooP or do
any ilitlng. Jly kidneys acted ver
frequently and irregularly. I tried
Uoaa'3 Kidney rills and they wcr®
jun v lot j needed. They sooa rid
n,e cf tho backache and Put my kid
n"}^ in good shape, i know Doan'9
can (. c' he-it for kidney trouble,,
I ad'-ise nnyone having weak kid
ae>s to try them."
frl'-p 6 c. at all dealers. Don't
fltlt for a kidney remedy —
get Donn's Kideny Pills — the
taine that Mr. Liming had Fost
t>r- MiUiurn Co; Mfgrs. Buffalo. N. Y
RH Of,
:• •••.. . -tho
' . \ c-vj ail
j;j.".l"ijrg3s in
2 "-HOURS J
, kn-1r:np«uls bean, the 4
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White Pass & Yukon Route
R«. 1, N. Boned
lit Class
1:11 *. m. Loaves
11:59 a. hl 1
1:35 p. m. „
3:10 p. ra. „
S:S9 ». m. Arrives
TIME TABLE NO. 45
I>aily •gtcept Sunday
SKAGWAT Arrtr.
WHITE PASS Learas
BENNETT »
CARCROSS
WHITEHORSE -
PaSBangers mu3t bo at depot 'ii t'me to have Baggage in
P'pcted and checked. Inspection '» 'topped 30 minutes before
leaving time of trains. - »"®5>—
IB# pound* of Baggage *" ho checked free with each full
ar« tfeket and 75 pound8 wlta each half fare t'eket.
So. a. 8. Bonn<J
tat Class
4:45 p. m.
3:15 p. m.
1:50 p. m.
11:40 a. m.
9:15 a. m.