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A Man To His Mate By J. ALLEN DUNN COPYR1GH'1T3O~mS MURBIL O. to i "HE IS DEAD!" old F) nopses - Loitering on the San Francisco vater font, John Ral- by ney, newspaper reporter, is accost- ('e[g ed by a giant blind man, who asks the Railney to lead him aboard the sealing schooner Karluk. In the cabin they find Captain 8tmms and he i a man named Carlaen. Simnms rec the ognises the blind man, calling him side Jim Lund. Lund accuses Samms of abandoning him, blind, on an ice and floe. and denounces him. Slmms He denies the charge, but Lund re- will fus to be paetied. He declare lo his inention of accompanylng the Karluk o its expedition north, te where ft Is ging in quest of a gold feld which Lund has discovered rol Pegg. (mas' daughter. i aboard n and detfeds her father. Carto, who Is a physician as well as nrst ite mate. drugs Rainey. Awakl g from spo his stupor. ainey fnds himself at ha` see, Caries ltfoerm him be has been kidnaped. He offers RBaSy a share of the soldw, ae Ratney is w foreed to declare himsetf stisAed. hin Lud gives him a brief account of unn a forse expeditton of the Karluk. tells him he distrusts Carisen, and flip uggests a "partnership." Rainey the to act as Rand's "eyes." Rainey 6 Is made seese mte. Captain Lui 3mm. is Wi and the navigation is' eanly the hands of Carlsea. s At the latter' suggestion a shoot- doi aB match I staged and the seal ele Buaters abaust their ammunal two. CaSmen shows his skill with the pistol and Lund does some as- gel areJu g shootlng "by sound." th gdo.y, the ship's boy. is swept It oveyeoed and is rescued by Ral asn, who thus wins .'ey's admi- w rales. The captain gets worse. daey tells hew ICarlsa is stirring try up treuble ever Uhe division of the k. gold. Caris draws a gun on Ral- sh aey, who eoerpowers him. Tasmada I mysterous Jhpanese. cook. d.- lat larles bimelf neutral. Lund. his lht 'restored, kills Carlaen. up CHAPTIR VII-Continued. thi re4 .--- "It's til bght, Miss Simms," he said. . "at klred a skuit. Ralney, git that "o i, am ' n sateed to the young lady, will 1o0 , git sod in the doorway of th her thert' eble, bar face tfrosea to th - eri+ar, her yw on Lund with he - li . As Ralsey got the auto- let - I I~dn iato his pocket, and th wn a wastl her, she shrank from th s ti t hebt w.ele was serb Lead. c es' gtins er r' face ckened at aer, but there was br .nater. lsbe,"s .0 he6 w o u t l p, m"ig " 5ae 2 Mm aV tk that der.c e. ,hs .lus, Walil" M sl t he lnod iv I _ essbe t i k to td ma aaer body. a 6Asdiemt Wes MM di ' bhis vie. - t y1 dee d - x ' P" ~~e~CI to prote'ct the girl. If ltul. st-aaaing pl'r* more like at pirat;e Ithan ever, with his part cold eyes sweeping the horizon, his i.iir bulk casting ilai.ey's inato a dwarf's stare by colnmparison, attempltetl to harIm itit i Peggy Simms, Rainey resolved to play less the part of chiampion. "11 He could not shoot like Lund, but terei he was armed. He felt the mastery of she the man. And he felt incompetent he- darts side him. Lund held the power of life and and death, not by brute force alone. she He was the only navigator aboard. the l wish the skipper seriously ill. As such a na alone he held them in his hand, once to ht they were out of sight of land. "C "Hansen," said Lund, "Mr. Ralney'l Rainl relieve you after we've eaten. Come blou on, Rainey. You ain't lost yore appe- on tite, I hope. Watch me discard that Plun spoon for a knife an' fork. I don't Ha have to play blind man enny longer." wonu Food did not appeal to Rainey. It der was Lund's demeanor that gripped soon him. The giant dismissed Carlsen as Thel unceremoniously as he might have bent flipped the ash from a cigar, or tossed "I the stub overside. "He "I've got to tackle those hunters," TI Lnnd said. "I expect trouble there. Lun sooner or later. But I'm goin' to lay "1 down the law to 'em. If they come Rai clean, well an' good. they git their per' original two shares. If not, they don't on 1 get a plugged nickel. An' Deming's uot the one who'll stir up the trouble, take hint it front me. I'd jest as soon it was own war. I don't see as we can help the ry. skipper much 'less we try reverse treatment of what Carlsen did--i we "He knew what that was. If he gits worse som she'll let us know, I reckon. See youn 1 later." revl Rainey took the dismissal and went The up to the relief of Hansen. He did star D not mention what had happened until fort the Scandinavian referred to it indi- and rectly. ing 1 "They put the doe overboard, sir, t oon's air. Lund an' you bane go be- salt i low." It seemed a summary dismissal of mal t the dead, without ceremony. Yet, for of t a the rite to be authentic, Lund must wan h have presided, and the sea-burial serv- and i iee would have been a mockery under rlet d the circumstances. It was the best hin * thing to have done, Rainey felt, but he Cat could not avoid a mental shiver at the thoughtot the man, do lately vital, his qul u brIn alive with energy, sliding through mit the cold water to the oose to lie there, if a , sodBea, swinging with the sub-sea cur- sell lents until the ocean scavengers poc . dlaimed him. I] S'MA right, anseon," he said' in an- sle r" er, and the man huaied off after his wa e aetr detail. am Sj.pd came up after a while, and tal - Rainey told-him of the fate of Carl- str 'see' body. I d, 7 fgered they'd do about that." kt y. ebmme~ted Lund. "They savvied he'd be , aimed to make suckers out of 'em, an' Ca triy dumped him. But they ain't on sac SS ear eide, ty- a long sight. That Deming 811 - is' a better man than I thought. He's Is tu main grouch among 'em. Said if I bed)'t had a gun he'd have tackled me I10 aw in the cabin. Meant it, too, though rd I- hbare iatshed him. He's lore beces t m eto gid he warn't my equl. I told him if dr to e wanted to try it out, rd accommn. op t date him. He didn't take It ap, an' Sthey'll kid him about it. He'll pack a eI guis. I ain't lrsddo their kanin' c S , et whilke the umklp's Mi. They a Smeed me to aritit;s" di tg e a ' ate sal" 4ugba ted Rainet doldr a t as abe n e mS u& bua t m Ko ' `suet sates," he sai. "Det h Si. StgI't yi ~asaes b et mo toe s lb . eaa, Jest nuw, Is a stM of i hiI ,tl.r's jll"r ,l'ed :said thlei l ir' l ;ip- " 'rnr peieared. Sho looked like a ghost. 1ir e cri hair was tdi.htvele'Id and her eyes u' stared at then witlhout seeming re'og- tile itition.. But she spoke, in a flat, tone- like less v\ice. Ili: "My father is clead! I-" she fal- spok tered, swayed and seetllled to swoonl as <att she sank toward the floor. Rainey ~`. darted forward, but Lund was quicker regg and swooped her up lin his arms as if hone sihe had been a feather, took her to ange the table, set her in a chair, dabbled ed a napkin in some water and applied it me to her brows. I'm "Chafe tier wrists," he ordered Rainey. "Undo that top button of her blouse. That's enough; she ain't got on corsets. She'll come through. Plumb worn out. That's all." He handled her, deftly as a nurse would a child. Rainey chafed the siln t der wrists and beat her palms, and I soon she opened her eyes and sighed. 3 Then she pulled away from Lund, bending over her, and got to her feet. I "I must go to my father," she said. "He is dead." They followed her into the cabin and Lund bent over the hunk. "Looks like it," he whispered to t Rainey. Then he tore open the skip r per's vest and shirt and laid his head t on his chest. The girl made a faint a motion as if to stop him, but did not P hinder him. She was at the end of her 5 own strength from weariness and wor e ry. Lund suddenly raised his head. e "There's a flutter," he announced. e "He ain't gone yit. Get Tamada an' C some brandy." n With the dose there came signs of revival, a low moan from the skipwr. it The girl flew to his side. Tamada. d standing by with the bottle, stepped I forward, handed the brandy to Ilainey, I- and roiled up the lid of an eye, look ing closely at the pupil. r, "I study medicine at Tokyo," he said. "Why didn't ye say so before?" de f manded Lund. It did not occur to any ir of them to doubt Tamada's word. There it was an air of professional assurance The r- and an efficiency about him that car tr rled weight. "What can you do for it him? There's a pnedicine chest in P'ei le Carlsen's room." me "I was hired to cook," said Tamada the is quietly. "I should not have been per- wa ib mit to interfere. It is not my business e, if a white man makes a fool of him- 1 r- self. Now we want morphine and hy- 1 rs. podermic syringe." Tamada rolled up the captain's gir a- sleeve. The flesh, shrunken, pallid, cot is was closely spotted with dot-like his scars that showed livid, as if the cap- Sh id tamn had been suffering from some 1- strahge rash. ' Luand whistled softly. Rainey, too, gel " knew what it meant. The skipper had jol 'd been a veritable slave to the drug. ev M, Carlsen had administered it, pre Da scribed it, used it as a means to bring og Simms under his subjection. T e's "How much d'ye suppose he took at ca I once?" Lund asked the Japanese in a him se low voice. * do rd "Flfieen grains, I think. Maybe I more. Too n6achl Always too much it drug in his veins. Much worse than o. opium for ndn." in' "Cartlen's work," growled Lund. a "Incrasted the stuff on him till he It' couldn't do without it. Made him a ey star to dope an' Carlmen his boss. He ara4 killin' Jest for that, the p Sskuank." l R c ffaUstiehly searched through the medicine chest and, Ending only t five tablets matke Mrpne 1 gr. In a bottle, sought elsewhere In vain, et -d he could lad n needle. But he to rv acess autde mtle cartridges ;at o h en tn a hin pockets before he *' e bekt. Is net emugh," said rTambde. "And we suld have needle. But I a i Mthene In galley." And he bur- E esd set. s girl ad aopped doln on ,ee bses beside th bed, holdig bhr gW"' anad agaist her ips, her eyes - ·a e s da to be prayig. Tat do adnaIisterd the morphine C neray. tfrlhtfmes al low a in had I thanged smi *ss was breathing whIle, eahae fnd~ taglg his ise, w-dlo smealv m thek' UWe3 h** u in. a to msaso k" ' -IlasC said, *There are Getters' •m,~v Tb. girlt tur s towure Lud. r -*assei, asoe on~ c1 Tn." The Eaglak co shout as Ralmer miamt the deL t d gav hiso rders. I Ibs 4* Marmle to a tahbi The opens had ea - Ms ayes. Jw.vs - eop ?at n a &ac a kw biv uois dee I Sn aspper st asIso ak toth asa 'whs .bm'rbea-.das *wwr ---- cill mu-es r e iue as rs t meaDshaD" bed m gag. rWt w me. he b aked. ot, i g. * wt last1 pay, easeamy ny m r dtLS assshL st Sag wn eesame , ·- ,emsa Iue tLh 5UiU Ise, u.U .i. ill -a UAUUA1 hear what you shouted, Jim. The storm came up. We were frozen by the time we found the ship. Numb. "Jim, this trouble lilt nme the iday after we left the floe. Not sciatica, at first, but in the head. I couldn't think right. I was just nulmb in the brain. An' wbhei it cleared off, It was too late. The cle had closed. We couldn't go hack. I read up in my edical book, Jim, later, when the sciatica tooik me. "Had to itake to my hunik. Couldn't I . stail. T hoiid moripillhie, nl' it relieved lie. Tohek tIn miauchili a fter a lwhile. I lad to have it. (;ot letter in San SI'raneilsco for a hit. 'Thenli ('r'Ie li pre scribedl it. Morpbhine \as my baos. e -I' thlen I':irln, he was ho of the mnorphie. Seemlled like--seemed like-" lls voice was weaker when he a spoke again. They mllle closer to as catch his whispers. CY "Carlsen--milud wasn't my own. :Peggy--I wasn't In my right mind, if honey. Not when-Carlsen-he was to angel when he gave me what I want- ' ed ed-devil-when he wouldn't. Made Rows itme-do things. But he's dead. And Taft, I'm going. Never reach Unalaska. Brans Tad Perse ed.ra ot. ld. Inter The t to lp line r n hh n for- pr ona. t rold Pepg' Lun a Pr of Imda. ors h tare peel of hi gether. In a few minutes T fmada ir joined them, his face sphnxcilke as eever. de- He is dead," he said.i any Rainey and Lund went on deck. t: imce The Girl Had thraslipped Down on Her the car- Knees Beside the Bed. part for part; in Peggy-forgive. Meant for best--but this -not in ribeght mind. JiThem-t wasn't rta Iad w the gold. Not Peggy's fault-any- of f per- way." the ness "She'll get hers, iemmso, said L cha him- "Yours too." Tt by- The skipper's eyes closed and his t him frame settled under the clothes. Thet sin's girl flung herself on the bed in na- tuha llid. controllable weeping. Lund raised In -like his eyebrows at Taniada, who or cap hrugged his shoulders. it tome "Better get out o' here." whIspered Lund. He and Rainey went out to too, gether. In a few minutes T omada had joined them, his face b phinrlike as irug. ever. "He is dead." he saId. ,ring ainey and Lund went on deck. The schooner thrashed toward the vol ik at canof the berlipg-mark for Unalaska. in a hidden behind It. They paced up and down ta silence. c i than "e t the girl, too, has a b wtrp. H in ugged that im a be BEp CONTINUEDi.) Enthuriasts who Have Sivdied the u ith a 4. 4or 'e".lar distinctions bsetwae vegtable end animal t ife I.th that anlmals have ploee of choice and ale oe~ , vl try motion, le veetalhesr I But the miarscope seems to shw . Sthat many vaegetabl- ple an mtoe h he e eaaIy as anr am a r. l th to a ao minute that mllos f it . ad o the micrasce. om plat sthMgthlegad in ponty5 which arstill moe Sthe ap*ren purpas ees. w ll gas " s rudy the sther to climbing ant . os state that theas saem to earcis the U Laud Hbete.f H he. Their teadril ind a cheibIn gce.o piee ot woad wth t easyme e. .t e olbes will the aei adeori. the d ea, uss tey n onte that pleats esa the 4 -- '- aeJs re sti t ·gaofi aeren tntdi wi t rai asel ae from isuite It el t ge . .e was othe goddess-thwh B ed, pirecade wo t el at a wit w te sr gods pledimie s ach other. O y d ola l, stsd d t o resign hr t me Jeat e Her f aat ir ptre r gale& i Hee ret ain e the power a d 's o i the boom of yu mBany t the age d an bicord to dea a ou se f wasr on Ie. bcm the woi f te ohft ecules att t114 mhsr h Junot orHarcu aL whot b I Her hclsw el osed as a w f hi a a* aI ee e hAb dd ofFesaA Our Highest Tribunal as Now Cons ii ntment of William This is the first photograph to be made of the Supreme court of the Urited States sl` na, Chief Justice Aoward Taft as chief justice. Left to right, seated, JusticeWilliam R. I)ay. .Jlutice Jo ee Louis Demblts Taft, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and Justice Willis Van Devanter. Left to right, sta Brandeis, Justice Mahlon Pitney, Justice James Clark McReynolds and Justie John 11 Secretary Fall Is "Surprised" Interior Department Stages a the Party Not on Official the Schedule. cot on ui fiHe CHIEF IS SIXTY YEARS OLD of II - Th Personified National Parks Offer Con- sistei gratulations in Verse-Affair Has excit Deep Significance for Army tary' of Nature Lovers. vite _lius Washlngton.-Albert R. Fall secre- Part; tary of the Ii'terior, tigured as guest tieth of honor thie other day in a social alf- Part fair thit was not on the otticial Finn schedule i :n c.aught him entirely un- tion. al are. It was an unusuaIlll l sort of dle' aflair In that it has a deep significance R'ifl for the anrnIy f na;tional park en- TI thusia.ts all over the country. It came fi'e about this way: serv Secretary Fall Is a "regular feller," tion; the rank and tile of the Interior de- tary partment have decided. The national O park service is eslpecially emphatic on blue this point for the reason that the sec retary has just finished an Inspection Ma of five of the big national parks ind Isi the field force of the service had a cart chance to try him out and size him up. ear To camp out with a man is to know se him-that's one of the eternal verities girl that all outdoor men accept without question. If he's got too much ego in his cosmos or a mean or a lazy I or a yellow streak in him, It will eau stick out like a sore thumb. Travel- on d and Ti WI ha In Secretary Albert B. Fall. No s lang with a man on foot and horseback, I id sleeping qlth him under canvas or as under the stars, getting wet and cold I ly and hunmry with him, sitting aroundA t the eamlfre and filling up en trout, 1 Y bacon, fapjacks and coffee with him thats when ypu get acquaintpd with him for keeps. r It Of course nobody In the national ch park service was foolish enough to he think for a minute that the secretary ts was a tenderfoot. They all knew too e much about him- for that. They all an knew that although he was a practice Ing lawyer he was also a veteran of A w the Spanalsh-Ameriean war and a Its rancher, stockman and miner. Just the the same, every last one of his travel In tg companlone-oficials, park supe A 1th lntendents and park rangers-wanted A her to see f 'he was as g ood as the New a Mexicans said be was. Ith- eoretary Makes Gd. A Well, they foond out Though the it secretary was hitting a tiial be' " b nome of his party were born and the A naspection trip took them into places too strenuous for the tourist, he went r the everywhere that sagnone else went, saw lay everything, slept anywhere, never ad miseed a meal and toted his end all her timte; I las Wet more th tfound out to t th r delliht-ea maybe rsif-tat j ae s sersary, who by virte ot his ee o s Iso t omly the head of the as. to ismal park mrvie but alas em ot it se mt s embhers ot the water pow. _ er commailes. Is a dyed-ln-the-wool Snature lover, and a antimal park e b thuslast. He beievrea In the develop. |meat of the Seente West by private I o enterprit. But e also beliteves that SELL PAPERS OF FORT SU'I'ER Pmsums DgsumuuuW of P~a Wer* bJsct a@1 $Sm tfw Miiy lrsý cell.ýl' sNy'let Port dlL IrXe . l Ysk-4bS tg4bfegt tw 11 iur1.~t? it 1s arsrtS, on ~M UwM -4 fo r3M t ae malm, Ufs-b b s eiime ON rue beos - ~ w, tt bu-y sad vue*5 L , vaue N huees rseeuf. the national parks In their untouched M'i wildness are a priceless heritage of Hess the American people, to he used and to t1 not abused, to be conserved from been commercial exploitation and passed natl on unharmed to future generations. trou Hence the surprise party, as a token over of appreciation and of loyal co-opera- Chai tion. ver The Interior department people in- havi sisted upon mnaking their affair quite Miss exclusive and staged It in the secre- well tary's office. They did, however, In- and rite Mrs. Full. So the secretary found nati hiuself surrounded by a sort of family widI party, assembled in honor of the six- tion t tieth anniversary of his birth. In the 1 fe I party were First Assistant Secretary In t 1 Finney, Director Mather of the na- It's tional park service, and heads of the Froe f dozen or more bureaus of the depart- Tli e lnRnt. u This official family was headed by Thau e five young women of the national park AT service who personified five of the na- And tional parks Inspected hr the secre- Bef tary : Miss Isabelle Story, in green, A, I Yosemite: Miss Beatrice Ward, In blue, ('rater Lake; Miss Leila Price, A in lavender, Mount Rainier; Miss the 3May Schnurr, in yellow, Yellowstone; Ah d Miss Bertha Miltenberg. In red, gro a Rocky Mountain. Among them they of I carried five dozen chrysanthemums, Pi one for each of the years which the aro' secretary carries as lightly as did the an. girls the blossoms. sor our ro Yosemite. A ty Miss Yosemite. taking on airs be- yea Ill cause the secretary visited her first nem 1- on his trip, presented her blossoms the and said thld nice little bit of verse: We bring thee greeting on thy natal day arm From all those glorious regions in the w West. is Our Nation's Parks, where you, most I*n welcome guest, she Have watched the people of a Nation 11hs play. Ne Have seen the joy which each succeeding ric day Has brought to visitors who, seeking of rest, Have found as well that God is mani- na fest po Where nature undefiled still holds her sway. The mighty rock that stands as sentinel, O'er-shadowing the trees beneath its wall, . The rushing roar of waters as they fall' With rainbow tinted spray, all, all impel The thoughts of man to turn to Deity. This is the message from Yosemite. Crater Lake. Miss Crater Lake, fittingly In blue, had this to say in rhyme: In far-off Oregon there lies A lake of wondrous hue. Not even cloudless summer skies .Ck, Are such cerulean blue. or old In vividly contrasting shades. Its blood-red walls rise clear, fnd A gorgeous ring of palisades )Ut, Buttressed and bold and sheer. Although you traveled many a mile, This stirring trip to take, I'm sure you found it worth your while nal To visit Crater Lake, to Mount Rainier. 'r Miss Mount Rainier was also strong too on description and verse. Here's her all piece: o Among the mountains of the West Those mighty granite masses, a Rainier's the one I love the best. lust Its maesty surpasses. vel A crown of everlasting white Dy day in sunlight gleaming. ited A spectral erown when seen at night, ow Whil e a the world Iles dreaming. And through the snow, in contrast rare, I The trees grow tall and slender. the Its' meadows quite beyond compare, L- Wese dowers bloom in splendor. And every spot afRords a view arc That satisues the hunger. rent I'm sure If you come back, that you saw Wil feel a whole lot younger. ever Yellowstone. I all Miss Yellowstone had so much to say about the oldest and biggest of Sto the natlonal parks that she wisely re that - oe petry W prone: h is Tre all the mountanlas and the valleys et Yellowstone, I bring you greeting. Sro e tb miglhty river and the lak who hbeuty tis s yet untouched by the Po0w nal banad of eommetrilsn. I bring wool ys greeting. ~ e And from the mammoth hot sprinLage and l the playfol geysers and the crannies and mgres and the agle's nest and the can rt s and the water falls, and from the that Elk ad tha Buffalo, the Brown Bear These papers were the subject o sarch for more than half a century. Geore Bancrott. whose extensive io restistoas yielded many other price lss historital treasures of similar character, Basily abandoned hope o the discoverY of the Fort Butter papera sad sai In his fork that a rvel of i myery shrrned the events of 1846 sad 184t In tthe S8cramente valley ad that very little was kaewa et at h.. and the even the Mountain Sheep and pe. ever grateful for a shee ha e hand of the hunt er, from I bring you greet inge s. e. all the trees, big and little rest of the growlnl things in join In the wishl that g of years may be lengthened the allotted span. ountain. S Miss R ltain, with the pert. Sness of the opportunity to take a a few who have been stl ppositlon to local n national 'ice poLcy. Her . troubles, are practically ?I over, inal th the Estes Park - Chamber ree and the Den ver ('iic ercial association . have Inde policy in question. to Miss Rockp in was modest as e* well as spite of her youth n. and the 9 " she leads all the (l nationall attendance by a ilv wide mia re's her contribu, ix- tion: he I feel uite d mmature. ryIn fact. y y Insecure, For I am ountain Park. in- It's hard al tell my friends he From those some selfish ends; rt- They al me In the dark. TPut I am ou'll agree That if mi re good to me, irk And put silly strife. A8- And not won't be long re- Before I big and strong. And live ul life. in Future. Ie Anti t osemite wound up iss the liter Itl this effusion: And n -ageretary. we had e hoped by welcome a big hoped grown-up r midst. in ths shape eyof Roose e Park. 1o, Perhaps r another year rolls the around. y liake her acqualntance and who rh ps by that time, a new littl .llhave arrived from somewbe exico to join us In our birth At any am he year and all the be- years to only peae. happl Irst ness and opportunity to serve the natio ople. s The National park she e: speaks Is ua, enlarged and with th f name; legislation is pendi resa to that end. In ost I "new i from New Mexico" she refe movement to estab tion lish an rk in the Bandel National region, which is ding rich in prehistoric race. One tertain: a secreta"' ng of the ympthy with the n- na nal ement has e a "oP" portunt the nation and its her people." -e nel. GI - THE LEGION Its mpel ty.L blue, 5* while trong s her This is A ting Gowns.. valleys I as mg the U