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Till: STORY OP TWO MATCHES
By Robert Louis Stevenson
One day there was a traveler In the woods In California, In the dry sea
son, when the Trades were blow ng strong He hail ridden a long w-ay, and
he was tired and hungry, and dismounted from his horse to smoke a pipe
But when he felt iu his pocket he fuund hut two matches. He struck the
Erst and it would not light.
"Here is a pretty state of tilings." said the traveler. "Dying for a
smoke, only one match left, and that certain to miss tiro! Wus there ever
a creature so unfortunate? And yet." thought the traveler, "suppose 1
light this match, and smoke my nlpe. and shake out the dottle here in the
grass—the grass might calc'n on fire, for it is dry like tinder: while 1 I
snatch out the flames iu front, they mlg.it evade and run behind me. and
sei:e upon yon bush of poison oak; before 1 could reach it. that would have
blazed up. Over the bush I see a pine tree hung with moss; that, too,
would fly In fire upon the Instant to its topt.iost bough. And the flame of
that long torch—how the trade wind would take and brandish that thru
the Inflammable forest! I hear this dell roar in a moment with the joint
*■> ce of wind and tire I see n y-elf gallop for mv life, and the flying con.
fagration chase a:>d outflank ti:e through the hills. I se* this pleasant
forest burn for days, the eattle roasted, the springs dried up. the farmer
ruined and his children east upon the world What a world hangs upoa
this moment!"
With that he struck C e match, and it missed tire.
"Thank Ood," said the traveler, and put his pipe ill his pocket.
-75
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Six Kule* for Prevention of Fires
1. Haulm—lie suie your match is out. Break it in two before you
throw it away.
2 Tobacco—Throw pipe ashes and cigar or cigarette stumps in the
uual of the ro.td and slan. p or pinch out t .e ft re before leaving them. Don't
throw thein iuto the brush, leaves or needles.
3. .Making camp— Build a si:.all camp fire. Build it in the open, not
against a tree or log or near brush. Scrape away the trash from around
it.
4. Leaving f'anip—Never leave a camp tire, even for a short time,
without quenching it with water and earth.
5. llomiiv Never build bonf: res in windy weather or where there
is the slightest danger of their escap tig from control. Dou't make them
larger than you need.
6. fighting Kites—If you find a tire, try to put It out. If you can't.
g"t word of it to the nearest l". S forest ranger or State fire warden at
once. Keep in touch with the rangers.
PREVENT PUREST f'lUKS- IT PAYS
A U ll l 'S NATIONALITY
While there may have been good reasons once for the laws which de |
termine a wife's nationality by that of her husband, the changcd legal i
status of women Imperatively re ii; es a revision of these laws. Not many1
months ago the director of health In Philadelphia was prevented from em-]
ploying as a bacteriologist a competent woman, born and educated in |
Philadelphia, because si.e was married to an Englishman and became i
ti.ereby a "British subject." Althoug i the anomaly of such a rule was |
obvious, there was nothing to be done about it. and another technical ex- i
pert had to be sought. And at the present moment a similar case Is at-)
trading attention in New York, where a young woman lawyer, native born '
a»d a graduate of the New York University, is disbarred from the practice
of her profession in her own city merely because she happens to bo mar
ried to a man a citizen of Great Britain.
This is one of the sex disqualifications for which there is no longer
any valid reason. The New York legislature and the congress of the Uni
ted Slates are being asked to remedy the injustice resulting from the ex
isting rule, and the relief asked for should be granted. The wife in all
such cases should at least have the opt.on of deciding for herself, especial
ly where she has no intention of changing her residence or taking advan
tage of the alien citizenship of her husband —Philadelphia Public Ledger.
CORDIAL. (.KKKTIM; TO GOVKKNOK »OXK
After an absence of nearly three months Governor Soott C. Bone re
turned to the capital city yesterday. He was cordially greeted and warmly
welcomed by a large majority of our people, who hold him in the highest
esteem be.'ause of his kindly and grac.ons ways and honesty of purpose in
I he endeavor to sincerely do those things that he believes will he for the
happiness and prosperity of the people of Alaska.
^ Never before has the Territory had a governor who enjoyed the full
MRfidence of the administration officials at Washington, and never before
Jrive we had a governor of such marked ability, who believes in progress
and development. And Governor Bone returns fully imbued with the hope
that in a short time there will be beneficial changes and remedial legisla
tion that will redown to the glory of the present administration and the
greater development of the territory.
The people gladly welcome the return of Governor Bone. They have
pinned their faith in h!m and are now eagerly looking forward to the day
cf changes. It may not come until after Presideut Harding and Secretary
Fall personally meet the people of Alaska and see for themselves the needs
of the territory. Certainly Governor Bone will be on hand to see that the
visiting officials are fully informed of our needs and expectations, and to
add the strength of his endorsement. In turn congress will be Informed
end definite results should soon follow.—Alaska Capital.
| The Voice j
I of the Pack I
I I
1
V
►J By Edison Marshall ;
S J
(Copyright, 1WU, LltUe, Brown A Cwpiir)
"B'p're a 00'iple of wis* ones, Rolni
after that wolf with only three Rhor
to our name. Of course by hlmsel
he's harmless—hut he's likely enouel
to lead us stralch! toward the pack
And Snowbird—I didn't like his look*
He's too iraunt and he's too hungry
and I haven't a bit of doubt he waltei
In that brush for us to come. Intend
Ins to attark u«—and lost his nervi
the last thine. That shows he's des
perate. I don't like him. and I wouldn'
like his pack. And n whole pack mlgh
not lose Its nerve."
"Then you think we'd better tun
hark?"
"Yes. I do, and not com* our ntr
more without a whole pocket of shells
I'm going to carry n rifle, too. Ju«t n
I.ennoj has always He's cot only i
flesh-wound. Yon saw what you db
with two partridge?—(rot In one flesh
wound. Three of 'era against a par]
wouldn't he a grent deal of aid.
don't mean to say you can't shoot, hu
a lumping lively wolf Is worse thai
a hlrd In the air. We've cone ove
three miles: and he'd lead us ten mile
farther—even If h» didn't go to tin
park. Let's (o hock."
"If yon wiv *o. Hot I don't thin!
there's the least b'» of danger. Wi
cun always cllmh a tree."
"And have "em make a hrautlfu
circle nnder It! They've pot more pa
tlence than we ha\e—and we'd havi
to eom> down some time. Your fathe
can't come to otir help, you know. It'
the s'm of the ten<l«rfoot not to thlnl
there's anv diinger—and I'm not golni
to think that way any more."
They turned hack and mushed li
silence a long time.
"I suppose you'll think I'm a cow
ard " r>an asked her humbly.
"Only prudent. Pun," she answered
smiling. Whether she meant It he dl<
not know. "I'm Just beginning to tin
derstand that you—living here only i
few months—really know and under
stand all this hetter than I do." Shi
stretched her anus wide to the wilder
ness. "1 guess It's your Instinct."
"And I do understand," he told he
earnestly. "I sensed dancer bad
there lust as snre as I cun see voir
face. That pack—and It's a hlg on.>
Is close: and It's terribly hungry. Ant
yon know—you cnn't help but know
that the wolves are not to be trustei
In famine times."
"I know It only too well," she said
Then she paused and asked hln
nbont a strange rmynes*. like smm
Mown by the wind, on the sky ove
the ridge.
• ••••••
Bert Cranston waited In o clump ol
exposed thicket on the hillside untt
he saw two black dots, that he knew
were Pan and Snowbird, leuve th<
Lennox home. He lay very still a!
they circled up the ridge, notlclm
that except for the pistol that ht
knew Snowbird always carried, tbej
Wtp unarmed. There was no par
tfcular reason why he should be Inter
ested In that point. It was Jnst th<
mountain way always to look foi
weapons, and It is rather difficult t<
trace the mental processes behind thl
Impulse. Perhaps It can he laid t<
the fact that many mountain fimllle'
are often at feud "vlth one another
and anything In thr way of violent!
may happen before the morning.
rne two passon out or nis sicnt
and after a lone lime he heard tlx
cmck of Snowbird's pistol. Hi
guessed that she hnd either shot ai
some wild creamre. or else was mere
ly at target practice—rflther a com
mon proceeding for the two whet
They were on the hills together Tim
It Is to he seen that Cranston knew
their habits fairly well. And sluce hi
had kept a clo«e watch upon them foi
several days, this wa« to be expected
lie hnd no Intention of being Inter
rupted In this work he was ahonl ti
do. He had planned It all very well
The elder Lennox was still helpless
Cranston had noticed that wheu Pat
and Snowbird went out. they wer<
usually none from two to four hours
and that pave him plenty of time foi
his undertaking. The moment liar
come at last to make a thorougt
search of Lennox's house for those In
criminating ..c.-uments that Pan lux
found near the body of Landy HI!
dieth.
The nnlv really dangerous part o
his undertaking wns his approach. Il
by any chance Lennox were looklri
ont of the window he might he fo'im
waiting with a rifle across his arms
It would be quite like the old motin
ta'neer to have his gun beside him
and to shoot It quick and exceptional
ly Btrnlght. without asking questions
at any steullng figure In the snow. Ye
Cranston felt fairly sure that Lennoj
was still too helpless to raise u i:ut
to a shooting position.
He had /Observed that the tno'ui
falneer spent his time either ou tin
flreplHce divan or on his own bed
Neither of these places svas available
to the rear windows of the house. So
very wisely, he made his attack fron
the rear.
He came stealing across the snow—
* wiuu-r tti Uib tiiii qr. r>r \ en
I Silently nnd swiftly ho sllpK'l off Hf*
st owshoes nt thf- ilivir. The door It
1 self was unlocked. Just as- he had sup
; posed. In nil Instant more he was tlp
• '< t elrig, n ilnrk. sit.-nt figure. through
i the corridors of the house. lie held
j his rifle rend* In hi« hands.
; lie peered Into 1-ennoi's bedroom
' Ilrst. The mom was unoccupied.
• Then the floor of the corridor creaked
J beneath Ills step; and h« knew noth
f Ing further was to he gained hy watt
! Inp If Lennox suspected his pres
j eme. he might he waiting with Hlmed
rifle a« he opened llie dodr of the liv
ing room.
He gilded faster. He halted once
nirfft—a moment at the living-room
door lo see If Lennox had heen dis
turbed. He was lying still, however.
' so Cranston pushed through.
I l.ennox glanced tip from his maga
, line to find thai unmistakable thing.
[ the barrel of a rifle, pointed at his
, breast. Cranston was one of those
rare niarkstnen who shoot with both
eyes open—i:nd that meant that he
kept his full visual powers to the last
Instant before the hammer fell.
■ "I can't raise my arms." Lennox
said sluiply. "One of 'em won't work
C"
n
: "I Can't Raise My Arms." Lennox Said
Simply.
at nil—besides, agulust tlie doctor's
j orders."'
Cranston stole over toward hlra,
looking closely fur \v« n)mns. He pulled
' aside tlie woolen blanket that Lennox
1 liud drawn up over his body. and he
i pushed his hand Into the cushions of
I'he cot"eh. A few deft pats, .holding
his Title through the fork of hl« arm.
t Anger roiled Into the trigger guard,
i assured him that Lennox was not
I •Reeled'' at all. Then he laughed and
went to work.
I "I thought I told you once." I.en
1 noi began with perfect coldness, "that
' the doors of uiy house were no longer
! ojien to you."
j "Yon did say that." ««' Cranston's
' guttural reply. "Km ywu see I'm here
| fust the same, don't Jon? And what J
• are yon so.tig to do about It?"
I "I probably felt that sooner or later
you would come to sieal—Just e« you '
and your crowd «tole the supplies |
1 from the forest station last whiter— ]
i and that probably influenced me to 1
1 etve the orders. I didn't want thieves j
I around mv house, and I don't want .
thetn now. 1 don't want coyotes. 1
either."
i "And I don't want any such remark* |
i out of you, e''her," Crans'on an
i «wer«-d him. "You lie still and shut j
i up. and I suspect that sissv boarder .
j of your* will ci me hack, after he's |
j through emhrctc'ng your daughter In 1
I the snow and And you !n one piece. |
I Othcrw i>e not."
j "If I were In one piece." T.ennos an
| severed him very quietly. "Instead of
| h bundle cf hrol-en hones that can't
I lift Its nnns. I'd get op off this couch, j
unarmed as I am. and stamp on your ,
lying Hps."
But Cranston only lanched and tied
l.ennox's feet with a cord from the
window shade.
He went to work very systematical
I ly. First he rifled l.ennox's desk In
j the living room. Then he looked on
I all the nianrels and ransacked the
: cupNmrds nnd the drawers. Re was
taunting and calm at first. But as the
moments passed. his passion grew up
on htm. He no longer smiled. The
rodent features became Intent: the
eye* narrowed to curious. bright slits
under the dark toshes. He went to
Pan's room, searched his bureau
drawer and all the pockets of the
clothes hanging In his closet. He up
set his trunk nnd pawed amonc old
letters In the suitcase. Then, stealing
like some creature of the wilderness. .
he came hack to the living room.
Lennox was not on the divan where
he had left him. He lay Instead bit
the floor near the fireplace: and he
met the passlon-drawn face with entire
raininess. His motives were perfectly
plain. He had Jnst made a desperate
effort to procure Dan's rifle that hung
I on two se!:> of deer borus over the Are-.
place, and was entirely exhausted
from it. He had succeeded In getting
down from the couch, though wracked
by agony, but had been unable to lift
himself up In reach of the gun.
Cranston read his Intention In one
glance. Lennox knew It. but he stm
' ply didn't care. He had passoJ the
puiut where au>lhlu£ seemed to mat
ter.
"Tell me where It Is," Cranston or
tfered him. Airnln he pointed his rifle
■a i«vuijv.k a li;'C4sU
' "TpII ~ yoti wlwre *h»f 1*1 •*>
mobey!" i.
••Yon know what J want—and ll
fcm'i money. 1 mean those letlrr* <h»i
Fulling found on the rldfle '
through fooling. Lennox Hun learned
tlmt long ago. and It'a time yon learned
H now.' . _
-r»*n Iwmwl It ta-Hf he ""»• »,<r
He ten t sick now. Dont presume too
ninch on that."
Cran«ton laughed with tmrrti «<*W»
-Rut that Isn't the question. I
I've wasted «" the time I'm fcolng ,»
Yon are an old roan and helpless; W
I'm noi p>ing to let that sfsnd to the
«nt of getting what I came to r«
Thev're hidden somewhere around this
houie. I've watched, and be't had no
chance to ta\e them Into t<*n. HI
plve you—Ju«l flve second* to tell m*
where they're hidden." !
-And I give you.- Lennox replied
►one second leaf than that—to go to
Beth of them breathed hard tn the |
oolet room. Cranaioc «> tmnhlltw
now. shivering Jus, a little In Ma »™>*
end rtionlders. "l*nt K« »' mpt**1
Lennox." he warneo. __ 1
-And don't have sny detnalona IB re- l
psrd to me. elthe-." L«,nDx rcpl1e^
ifve stood worse r"Mn from this acrt
a.«nt than any man can give me while
i vet live, no matter what he doe*
}ou wan, to get on me ahd hammer
me In the approved Cranston way,
cant defend myself-but yon »or
r,.t * civil answer out of me. r» u*m
to pain, and 1 can stand It. ® ^
cs«m1 to fawning to a coyote like you
and I can't stand it."
But Cranston hardly heard. An
had flamed In hi* mind and ca*t « red
glamor over all the scene about htaL
1, was instilling a po son In hi* nerrea .
and a madness In Ma blood, and It w*»
pea ring him. like Are. In hla dart
brain. Nothing se*med real. He aud |
denlv bent forward, tense.. I
"Thai's all right -bout you." he aal«L
•But vou'd he a II''"e mot* polite If R 1
.as Snowbird-end D«n-thai would j
''VvrhapTthe color faded
Lennox'a face; but hla voice did not
Thi v'U see your footprint* before
thev come In and he ready, l-errno*
replied evenly. "T»-ey alw.vs come In
|,y the back way. And eve* with a
,.l«tot Snowbird * a match f»r yon.
••Old von think that was what 1 |
meantr Cranston scorned "I know a
xvnv to destroy those letter*, and HI
do it—in the four second* that I said,
unless vou tell. I'm not even sure Ijn
coin' to give you a .hance •" tell now ,
,.•« too g.-od a s<h"*ue There wont
be any witness* then to yell around
in the courts. If I choose to set
flre to this house*
••It wouldn't iumrlse me a great
deal. If* >"0r tn,de ,Z
shudder*) once <*» toll P*«<* 00
fl'T wouldn't have to won? I
tho-=e letters then, would P They at*
somewhere In the house and theyd he
:u;:,i w «« u»i »•«»«
that would be burned. You could 'nay
. rrawl out. but you couldn t carTy
•],«• guns, and you couldn't carry the
pantry full of f»od. TotIt* oeaA
elgl tv miles up here from the neare«
occupied house, with two pair or
for the three or you and
one dinky pistol. And you cant wa k
„ all. It «ould be • nice pl<*»e
wouldn't It? Wouldn't you have k W
chance of getting town to otvUtta
tlimT (Contlnoed on Saturday)
WMt women tnouea. i
••Madam/' said the Insinuating agent
-1 have called to see yoc about »«(*>•■
thing every married woman abould ]
lr.ne." j
••If von mean a husband who doeant .
"home merely to eat an o.va,sloow. :
meal, get . few wink, of »
I.Bth and change hla clothea. I 9^t« j
agree with you that ev.ry mjkrttofl
woman shotlld have one. «10 the (
cn^s-looklng matron at the do«\ ,
you don't look to me Ilka a r*r»»n wbo J
could supply that deficiency^ Oo^-J
Mi Art WAT
orpkrs
SS C«mp Sk_»f*aj >'o- 1
Jl mini pmj eerowl aw)
M fourth "day «t«4!h*
W ml 8:80 o'clock. V sit
ing brother* rordWly w>lr>m»>.
J. M. Ke?1«¥. U S. KrtMr,
Arctic rffcortft. Arctic
a r. o. klkb, «*»*•
' **J Unip. No. Ml, B.
P. O. Kills b*«i rrrrj
TburwU) W I f n.
VMtil| hro»hrr« cor
d 1*11 j wcloomts.
dan Mcdonald, k r.
P. J. YAXDKWAIX, S«x-Prt*rj.
F. A A. H.
White Pan P. • A.
M. No. tit, IWO 2nd *n>l
, 4th rrn»tn(t* of
Mrk Bovth M I •Ytork
VitlUi| BrMhfM in wri
. com*.
F. J. V«* de W»n, W. M.
TJ O# ,i, ftl*■ - -
. *. rMiQdiffn, nw1 ff*ry.
fVtrtrui Oriw of
Aerta, No 25,
Orin of
Kaglfw, bum Um> trM
ami third Wfytiifortny Bight at prneh
month *1 thotr hall on Klfth An»
nutv Vlnltligt hprfbrr* mrdlill; t»
vltrd to altntL
& H. ROGERS, W. P.
J. M.
\aorai Chapter No. •
0. K. A., rnwu la Mi
male hall, flr-st uxt
third Krl<l«J of nrb
month, tt S» o'clock.
* Idling wrioomr.
POLLT WEBSTER
Worthy Matron
P»««T Spear, Srcr^arj.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS ♦
w. b. srcm
A t t o r a r j it Law
Practice in all iw»rli
Id Terr!lory «rf Alaska
RAINES ALASKA
DR. L. ft. KELLER
Dm din
Mont Mmtorft MrthM»
OfBca Hoora: »-12 a. m.—I-* p. na.
Hfth Arfnuf — Nrrt
Door to Dallj AImIu
8RAGWAT ALASKA
If OTIC*
Whn rt>« vast SSTthlBC morra
Truoka, PuiWi «r anrtb:n« •!*«.
0*11 tp lb* Joha Will lama. C A
Tranafar Co. Alao wood. II loca,
daltvered. H.S#. and coal, par
delivered, ill.10. Phbna IS.
Dan Sutherland
For
Delegate to Congress
Ask* the votm of Alaaka to endorae his rrnrf at the
past joar In ronfma, by voting for hto rMmntu
tion at the Repnblira primary on April CV, 1P3E2.
IVlepnte Snrhertand ha» <JfIt|rr«Uy and p i »lt
ently nought to centre eaartnfnt of k*f*latlrra that
would be for the bnwflt of *11 the pacple of Alaaka
and aid IB the development of the Territory.
—Paid A4v«rllM!DMt.