He recalled now the
inordinately long arms of the man.
Doubtless these had puckered the
blanket around his mldrift and beat-
en him into unconsclousnese. The
lovelorn old codger, fired with jeal-
ousy, must have. been stalking the
widow's place, mistaken him for

| Tival and acted under the dictates of
} lis brandy-befuddled brain That he
}had forgotten to confide the fact of
| !mprisonment to Hardley was evident;
but then, he had neglected to lock the
Ij il. How the ox driver had got pos-

trayed tho fact,

D

} session of the key was a detail unex-
| plained, but Seymour would never be
‘sufficiently curlous about that to in-
‘quire into if. To have been taken

NEVER FIRE FIRST

ry
JAMES FRENCH DORRANCE

Co-Author of “Get Your Man,”
"Glory Rides the Range,” Ete.

(BSerlal Rights Arranged Through
F. D. Goodchild, Publishers,
Toronto)

(Continued)

Seymour thought of firfng his pistol |
through the window in a hope of at~}

tracting attention to his plight;
he eyen went so far as to
unlimber the weapon But!

he recalled that he had not the slight-
est idea of where the calaboose was
situated, for it had- not come to his}
notice in the course of his one crowd-
ed day in Gold. That it did not stand
immediately back of the sheriff's office
he was certain, and if might be on the
eamp’s outskirts for all he knew to the}
contrary. It seemed the part of wis-
dom to reserve his ammunition; at
least to give the deputy another halt- |
hour of grace.

In his impatience to be out and go-
ing, the sergeant began to pace the
floor. Already, his physical fitness}
was asserting fiself, returning him)
rapidly to normal. There was a pair}
of bumps on the back of. his hea
where the two put-out blows had land- |
ed, but there was no sign of a scalp}
wound, thanks to the protection the}
thick blanket had afforded. cept |
for the confining bars and that ice-box |
door, he was ent y able to be out, |
earrylog the Jaw where it sadly was
needed. |

On his fourth and fifth round of the}
smal) room, he paused before the door, |
seized with a commanding impuse to}
expend his surplus energy in beating}
upon it. He had seen prisoners be-
haye in that same futile fashion in his|
own guard rooms and, for the sake of
quiet, liad put irons on them when they
persisted. But there was no one in
this inhospitable place to put irons on
him, so he yielded to the extent of
beating a tattoo on the stout planking.

To his amazement, the door gave
slightly under his touch, which was no
way at <Jl fora self-respecting jail
door io behave. This “giving” sug-
gested’ the application ef more force.
Crouching, he put his shoulder to it and
the heavy portal swung open. We had
been “jugged” in an uncorked “jug,”
and there was nothing now to keep
him from going where and when he
Usted.

He delayed just long enough to ex-
amine the fastenings which had not
fastened. A heavy padlock hung se-
eurely locked in its deep-set staple,
but the hasp had been left outside,
folded back against the door. For
the first time that morning, Sergeant

| for you but heard no ‘Come in.’”” e

| ed indutitable.

| single-handed by Cato was not parti-
nilea This one took themeemnot-a cCularly flattering, even though the
sare Be gnome was possessed of superhuman
cheerfully waved greeting, as Trom strength.
friend to friend. By no stretch of; « n'L Cato hitting the hootch yes-
the imagination could it have been) ferda was all he asked of the driv-
expected from an officer sighting al ey sloyer.
prisoner who had just broken out of} that,” admitted Brewster,
Jail. Seymour advanced, puzzled and) and he had a hang-over this morn-
on guard. ing. But how he ever imagined——
“You're | out early this morning,| On, well, there’s no har done, Icne|
stranger,” Hardley shrille@ when the) as {t was only a drunken dream. I
paces that separated them were few-| was afraid Hardley would lose another
“Just been up to your room looking day getting after the Seymour murd-
and J didn't want to see you suf-
The sergeant studied the man a mo-/ fer from his foolishness. But you've
ment, then replied: “Sorry I was out. picked a queer place to camp, strikes
~ ua santa for you, now that you've; me, Didn't you know that Glacier
ound me? | Creek is closed 2”
“I noticed yesterday that you have! nike aoe had not heard this
a come-hither eye,” went on the de-| and was curious to know how any
puty in a lower voice. “I've got a creek could be “closed.” Brewst
hunch them murdering stage robbers} told himy The genial old missiona
preterm a canon south of town) Shan O'Malley, had laid the founda-
ys.. Thought you might like a/tion for the situation in the early
little frolic as one of my omic fal po: | days of the rush. With more fore-
No danger to speak of, fox I'll be lead-| sight than many laymen, he had seen
ing you and we'll all be armed to the) what was coming. To hold the In-
shoulder-blades. Better come f/ dians of his congregation, or whatever |
aa be ee aa oe Heke 53 | he called and i, keep them fron}
ha ardley did not know Sey-, contact with the white “rushers” as
mour had spent the night in jail seem-| far as possible, he had induced them)
The Mounted officer | to claim, slake and register every foot |
could not explain it. Too much to; of bar and bench from the canon en-
blame upon the brandy this seemed, | trance back to the glacter. To make
for the deputy had been absolutely ;a close corporation of it, he and his
sober in Brewster's room. But ex-\nlece Ruth had staked the two full
planations could wait. Tiere was | claims between the canon gate and
chance to be about his police business|the Cheena. Glacier Creely had not
without disclosing that he had any, proved a bonanza, but O'Malley did
At once Seymour expressed his peel aot seem to ca the laziest Siwash}
gret. He honestly had no time tod } could pan out « li ng! and the old man
Spare. seats coult-understand how; was keeping his flock together.
anxious he was to get tothe cre Then along came Bonnemort and
and locate something for himself. The; Kluger, a shrewd pair from some-
‘They
ing-enough men citizens who knew| saw a chance of operating the Glacler|
the country better than any stranger} Creek diggings on a large seale. The

another to the morning’s list of sur-

deputy should have no trouble recruit- \ where back in Kastern Canada,

could and who already had staked) Bonnemorc of the combination admit-
thelr claims. He was for the law) ted to being a lialf-breed, and he knew
every time—Seymour was, but he'd) how to handle the Siwashes. Before

appreciate being excused from service) the missionary k what was up, the
this once, | pair had leased every Indian claim be-

“Sure, I understand, friend,” agreed | yond the canon gate, Moreoyver—and
the deputy. “Be on your way and} frewster was forced to smile appre-
the best of luck to you. My down- | ciately as he told it—they had hired
river hunch may he all wrong, so keep | the Indians to work their own claims.
your eyes peeled for a horse that’s| When all was set, they posted a “No
shod In front and plain behind. The;

rider of him ts the killer of Sergeant
Seymour, or I’m a Mar and as a deputy |
sheriff, not worth the powder to blow
me to blazes!”

Half an hour later, a horse that was

shod before and plain behind traveled |
north out of Gotd. His rider was}
Sergeant Seymour himself, not nis!
killer, |

CHAPTER XXI, |

The Closed Creek
By-noon, Seymour had his A-tent
pitched on the bank of the Cheena,
between the trail and the stream, a
few rods below the point where Glac

Bearlet srolied; more than that, he
grinned. For once he was indebted
to too much brandy.

jer Creek made its indigo-colored con-
tribution. Above the scrubby timber
spiralled the smoke of the hidden mis- |

Ontside, under the blue sky, he took
several deep breaths of vitaliziug alr.
He had seen his own prisoners do that
upon being released from confinement,
but never understood the impulse as
he did now. A moment was neces-
sary to get his bearings; the jail stood
en a knoll a hundred yards back from
King Street.

To make tracks out of camp was his
first inclination. But at once he re-
Jected any attempt at escape. That
would only start Hardley in pursuit,
probably with that posse the corner’s
jury had authorized so superfiuously.
Rather, he must guiet the deputy’s
suspicions, even to disclosing his offi-
celal identity, if necessary. ‘Picking
his path, he strode down the incline to}
King Street. |

As he neered the Bonanza, he saw)
Hardley cone off the porch and wad-|
@le in hfs direction. But at first)
afght of him, the deputy merely ade

———

COULD NOT
SLEEP NIGHTS.

Pains and Headaches Re.
lieved by Taking Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound

Dublin, Ontario.—‘‘I was weak and
‘eregular, with pains and headaches,
‘and could not sleep nights. J learned
about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound by reading the letters in the
newspapers and tried it because
wanted to get better. I have got good
results from it as I feel a lot stronger
and am not troubled with such bad
headaches as I used to be and am more
regular. I am gaining in weight all
the time and I tell my friends what
kind of medicine I am taking. You may
se my letter as a Ree ie others, '’—
Mre. Jawes Racuo, Box 12, Dublin,
Ontario.

Halifax Nurse Recommends

Halifax, N. S.— ‘I ama maternit)

i ommended Lydia E.
nureé and have rec: Ape aa eS
childless, also
am

‘a gilments. Ihave one which I

Peep to. oe, I will wuliny answer

letters east ony seh Ut 2 a ven

Vegetable Com ea . 8. M.

CALEMEAN, 24 Uniacke 4 Street, Halifax,
Nova Scotia.

——-

| hand sof any blacksmith.

sion, to which the officer proposed to
pay a nelyhborly call when he had fin-
ished the meal of bacon and beans
which he was preparing.

Yesterday, O'Malley and his niece
had made it plain that they wished a
conference with him to be secret and
under cover of night. His unexplain-
ed capture had made that impossible.
Whether or not their caution was well
founded, he was unwilling to await the
fall of another night. We would need
to make camp somewhere and felt it
might better be near enough to excuse
an open call, ‘Hence he had pitched
hfs tent here

But Seymour had done more that
morning than ride out from Gold five
muddy miles and make, camp. His
years of detachment service had made
him something of a jack-of-all-trades,
and his cayuse-packed outfit was com-
prehensive. Kaw, grazing on the lush
grass of the meadow, now was as neat-
ly shod as lie could have been at the
No longer
was the animal a fit subject for De-
puty Hardley’s suspicions.

The sergeant had scoured his tin
dishes in the river bank sand and was
returning to the tent when he saw a
horseman observing him from the
main trail. The man stared a mom-
ent longer, then rode toward him.
Soon, Seymour recognized him and
wondered at such curiosity from a
man of affairs.

“You're my first visitor, Brewster!”
be called as the cordial freighter drew
near. “Welcome to camp. If you'd
been fifteen minutes earlier, I'd have
fed you. Now, if you're hungry, over
there’s the grub box.”

“So it’s really you?” The visitor's
response was oddly halting, as if he
was finding it difficult to believe his
eyes.

“To my best knowledge and belief, |
I’m no one else.”

Brewster laughed and swung into a{
chatting position by hooking one lcE
over the horn of his saddle. “And
here I was hot-footing into town to
get you out of jail."

“Kind of you, but apparently un-
ary,’ Seymour offered a laugh
own. “Where did you get the
{dea I was In limbo?”

The sergeant did not need to feign
his look of mystificatlon. That the
news of an arrest that Hardley him-
self did not remember had traveled to
the crecks to be heard by Brewster |
served only to deepen the puzzle.

“Did Hardley mention jail to you?”
he asked. “Ho didn’t to me, and
saw him just before J left town.”

“It wasn’t Hardley—haven't seen
him since he left my room last even-
ing. But Cato said Hardley had
pinched you and locked you up. He
declared he had helped in the capture
and was pleased with himself.”

At mention of €%ito, the sergeant
was suddenly in the clear, although

Trespass” sign and stationed an arm-
ed guard at the narrow entrance.
When this sentry turned back the sky-
pilot intent on visiting his flock, the
whole district had learned of the coup.

Brewster said he had been right
friendly with Ruth Duperow and lier
uncle at that time. Because of their
fears that the Siwashes were being
robbed, he had brought Sam Hardley
to inyestigate. The B. & K. outfit
had produced their leases and the In-
dians denied that they were being
worked against their will. As no es-
tablished trail ran up the creek, which |
was a veritable cul-de-sac because of
{ts glacier source, Hardley had decid-
that the leases were within their
rights and that there wasn't a thing
to be done about ft. The creek was
still closed, and because there was
only one entrance—through the nar-
row mouth of the canon, where one
man could hold up a regiment—it was
likely to remain so until the within-
the-law operators took down the bars,
(To be continued)

He Liked the Job

Irish Farm Laborer Had Vague Idea
Of Golf

On a golf links in the west of Ire-
land the eaddies had run short, and a
farm laborer who had never seen golf
played was pressed into service.

At the end of two rounds, the play-
er for whom he caddied presented him
with a payment that was far above the
ordinary dajly wage of a laborer at
that time. The improvised caddie
was accordingly anxious to broach the
question of a further engagement, and
as he handed over the clubs, he, in-
quired very politely: “Might your
Honor be diggin’ here again about the
Same time tomorrow. — London
Morning Post.

Ostrich Races In Germany

Birds Were Harnessed to Pneumatic
Tired Bamboo Sulkies

Races between ostriches, said to be
the first of the kind ever held in Eur-
ope, were run near Berlin a few weeks
ago. The ostriches were harnessed to
bamboo sulkies equipped with pneu-
matie tires. Wach driver carried a
light stick with which he touched the
bird occasionally to prevent {it from
following its usual zigzag course. The
distances cevered were from a mile to
awile anda half, Nino, a grey-head-
ed four-year-old, won the first Euro-
pean championship.

Meant Business
A burly negro entered a hardware
store with “blood in his eye’ “Ah
wants a razor,” he roared at the clerk.
“Do you want a safety razor?” asked
the clerk, politely. ‘‘Naw,'"’ sald the
customer, “Al want one ob de mos’
dagerous rahzers what yo’ got!”
SaaS
* Dhis much must be sald for the Chi-
nese: They have to go to the Christian
nations to get thelr war supplies,

——

Death may Jove a shining mark—

A Unique Institution

A Poor House For Those Who Were
Once Wealthy

One of the most unique Institutions
of which New York can boast is & poor
house for ex-rich men. It {s devold
of any appearance of charity and is
Known as the Andrew Freedman
Home. It is the gift of Andrew
Freedman, capitalist and baseball
magnate. It is nonsectarlan and 1s
operated solely for the care and main-
tenance of gentle folk of advanced age
who were once wealthy and now live
in penury. As far as possible these
folks haye an opportunity to enjoy the
same mode of life which they led in
days of aMuence. The structure is of

gray limestone and 1s four stories
high. It contains forty-eight bed-
rooms. There is a large community

library, a stately living room, a Chi-
nese dining room and an inviting card
room.

Royal Kitchens Are
Splendidly Arranged
Each One Has Chef With Number or,
Aésistants
Tt is said there is no royal house in
the world where the kitchens are so
well arranged‘as in the grimly gray
castle at Windsor, the home of Eng-
lish sovereigns since the days of Wil-
liam the Conqueror. Built originally
centuries ago, they have been modified
from time to time to meet the needs
of changed conditions, but wherever
possible the old has been preseryed
and not infrequently English beef is

roasted on a spit that did duty in the
days of the Plantagenet kings. |

to pastries, et cetera. At the orders |
of each chef are four cooks who ae
under them a good-sized corps of as-
sistants, altogether a force large
enough to take care of the extradrdin-
ary demands upon the royal larder.

Third Century Map Found

Was Painted On Shield Belonging To
Palmyra Archer

A shield has been found near Dam-
ascus on which somebody painted a
map in the third century A.D. ‘The
land is shown in red, and the sea and
rivers in blue, while ships are painted
sailing on the sea. The shield be-
longed to an archer from the famous
city of Palmyra, and he has marked
on it the stages of fhs marches as a
legionary of Rome.

‘fhe map shows the places he visit-
ed and the yastness of the Roman im-
pire about the time of Severus. How |
much longer it must have taken for a
legion to march round the Black Sea
then than for a British regiment to
be shipped io Hong Kong now!

Fines Paid For Clubhouse

In English Village Raised
Money In Unique Way
Fines LI ad from/blasph Ss
haye paid for a handsome clubhouse
opened recently at Newbrancepeth, a
Durham Colliery village.
The club was first suggested at a
dance where sone men’s “language”
caused offence to a group of miners
who agreed, there and then, to stop
swearing and to fine theMelyes if
they broke their promise.
They formed the non-swearing club

Miners

late, new members were added with
surprising rapidity. Everybody kept
a sharp ear out for blasphemers who
were called upon frequently to pay
fines, and the infant club’s exchequer
soon waxed prosperous,

His wife was trying to make him
give up smoking. “Look!” she sald,
pointing toa paper. “It says ‘ere that
smoking does a uwful lot o’ arm, Why
not chuek it?”

“Do I look armed?” he answered.
“Y'm sixty, and strong as ever.”

“Ah, well,” she replied, “if you ‘adn’t
smoked so much you might ‘ave bin
seventy now.”

Sts Sees

Scientists can now measure the
four-mililoneth part of an inch. With
a few improyements this will be
brought down to a point where it will
be of use to the firm cutting ham for
sandwiches.

Irritable telephone subscribers are
subject to arrest in Paris.

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Moslems Worry Over

High Burial Costs

Motor Transport Company In Persla
Charges Excessive Rate

The bones of pious Shiah Moslems,
whose relatives can afford to pay the
price, are now transported part of the
way by automobiles from Teheran, the
Persian capital, to Kerbela in Meso-
poltamfa, where every good Shiah

wishes his bones to rest.
A local

line in the company’s business.

High cost of burial in Kerbela is
beginning to worry faithful Persians.

the mullahs
fees for

In addition to -paying
who extract enormous

portation cost of about $1,000.

burial site at Kerbela.

Irish Want National Anthem

Friend of the Family —

z motor transport company
served to King George which has been) recently extended its service between
Beirut and Bagdad as far as Teheran.
The conveying of bodies of Persians
Each kitchen at Windsor has a chef.! from the capital to Bagdad for rail-
One devotes himself to roasts, another} way transport to Kerbela, about 60
to soups, a third to entrees, a fourth Uniles from Bagdad, is a profitable side

the} of
burial, they have to bear the trans-
The
latter charge is said to be trifling com-
pared with the fees exacted for a good

Busnes Methods ioeharity Work

President Coolidge Speaks On Systen
Of Financing Benevolences —
Adopting business methods in char-
ity” work was Jauded by President
Coolidge, in a talk over the radio ts a
meeting in New York of the Federa- ~
tfon of Jewish Philanthropic Societies,
Spread of the “community chest”
system of financing beneyolences,
philanthropies and charilfes, Mr.
Coolidge said, has not only eliminated
the “waste of indiscriminate charity,
but has accomplished much in the —
service of organizing these works of
human helpfulness.”

GUARD THE CHILDREN
FROM AUTUMN COLDS

The Fall is the most severe sease
the year for colds—one day fs
warm, the next cold and wet, and up
less the 1oother Is on her u
Uttle ones are seized with eolds thi
may hang on all winter. Baby’s 0
Tablets are mother’s best frien¢
preventing or banishing colds.
act as a gentle laxative, k
bowels and stomach free
An occasional dose of the
prevent colds, or if it do

suddenly thelr prompt

the baby. The Tablet
medicine dealers or by
a box from The Dr. W
cine Co., Brockville, Ont. —

yas. Simple

Prize Offered For Poem That Would
Be Suitable

Poetry and patriotism, seemingly,

do not go hand in hand in Ireland to-

day, the judges of a contest, conduct-

ed by a Dublin newspaper, have dis-

covered. The paper offered a prize ae
of 502 for a poem suitable for Smart Boys Always Own Knil
an Irish national anthem. Many sets Eastern Business

of yerses were received and submit-| There are many tests of huma

Yeats, the poet;
playwright, and james Stephens, au-
thor.

The judges now aanonuce that they
found nothing worthy among the con-

ted to a committee composed of W. D.
Lennox Robinson,

acity, from Mr. Edison’s ques’
to the Haryard entrance exam
but few are so simple as the test
a hard-headed, self-made “down ez
biisiness man applies to boys who 4s!
him for work. To all of them he”
‘puts one question: “Got a jackknife 2"

to recefye the fines and, strange to re-| 2

tributions, declaring, “We read these: pes .
poems and all agreed that not one| J the boy says “Yes,” there Tay a
amongst them was worth a guinea, or further inquirles. If he ae aN
any part of it.” They suggest that | the interview ends. © “Don’t want .
another attempt be made, advising Boy that ain't got tay te enough to —
the aspirants this time, to study the|O¥™ knife wouldn't be any use te
national songs of different countries. aoe ji
Most of the verses submitted in the
contest, the judges say, were imita-
tions of “God Saye the King.”

A popular science paragrapher i *
minds us that the round-the-worl
filers found Iceland mostly green, an
Greenland mostly ice.
The discovery that he has inve
ed in a salt mine is apt to make a man
peppery. 3

°

LITTLE HELPS FOR
THIS WEEK

o
Not as I wilt, but as Thou wilt—Matt.
xxvi.,

| Wet Feet!

Prevent colds by rubbing the
feet with Minard’s. It quicke:
circulation, prevents chills.

“Not as I will’; the sound grown
sweet

Each time my lips the words repeat.

“Not as I will’; the darkness feels

More safe than light when this thought

steals
Like whispered voice to calm and

bless 4
All unrest and all loneliness.

“Not as I will,” because the One
Who lovéd us first and best has gone
Before us on the road, and still
For us must all His love fulfill,
“Not as we will.”
—H. H.

Resignation to the will of God is
the whole of piety; it includes in it all
that is good, and {s a source of the
most settled quiet and composure of
mind. It is a temper particularly
suited to our mortal condition, and
what we should endeavor after for our
own sakes in our passage through
such a world as this, where there is
nothing upon which we can rest or de-
pend.—Bishop Butler. SS

E B
: LOOK FOR THIS SIGN

Something the Way LAKESIDE COALS,

A Houston road sign painter sug- Head Office, Edmonto
gests the following signs for railroad :
orossings:

“Come abead. You're unimportant.”

“Try our engines. They satisfy.”

“Don't stop. Nobody will miss
you.” a

“Take a chance. You can get hit
by a train only once.’—Houston Post.

INIMEN TLE

DE:

<a

“You may have observed that when
a mule {is kicking he is never pulling,
and that the same is true of men in
this world.

Distance doesn’t lend enchantment

to one’s view of the almighty dollar.