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— — THE RED LINE TRAIL < I : T CRITTENDEN MARRIOTT CoaamgM. W. G. OMpMan 4.* TALE WITH THRILLS Hero's a good ■«« yarn—aa good as one of W. Clara äum sell'a old-time stories, and with the advantage of being modern. It opens wiin a mysterious u*ur der snd the securing of valuable papers by the villain, masquerad ing aa a rich osante secretary. Thereupon the rich men anu one of bis daughters hastily start on a mysterious Journey, Its desti nation an Island In the Soutn At lantic. The rich man's wife and bta other daughter follow soon after. robbed of hie sealed orders. Dir ty work in the forecastle and all over the ship. Mutiny, maroon ing and shanghaiing. A mysterl Island that contains no gold. The captain's safe I« 4 OUS but something far more Impor tant than pirate's ca»e or treas ure cacha And love! Why. the rich man e son Is In levs with an actress, to ths father's great Indignation. One daughter ie In love with a * working on one of The other young man her father's docks, falls In lovs with an English lord who gets mixed up In the effet a regular lighting son-of-a-gun. In the sod six young and wildly beating hearts are made happy. The joke Is that all three mar riages are better than wealthy and ambitious fathers and mothers could have hoped for. 1 their And. by tb« war. the author, Crittenden Marriott—who U h«T It'« « new nan« but It'* doll*--« to doughaut« the* he le coma ex perienced spinner of yarn« under Certainly ha write* a pen name, like a «killed craftsmen. t CHAPTER I On a Dark Road The trolley station at Curwen is email, consisting only of a closed-ln shed with a single bench against its rear wall and a line of glmcrack, jig saw scroll eaves overhanging its open frone On a dark night It is almost invisible and is practically nonexistent. It was well after ten on an evening In late October when a buggy, drawn oy a hard-driven horse and containing a single occupant, approached the sta tion. The man who was driving con tinually peered ahead, in the manner of one trying to recognize some land mark that may tell him where he is. When he saw the rectangular bulk of Curwen station against the tfcy line, he leaned out, endeavoring to distin guish the white letters that spelled the name. Failing to do this, he threw hack the lap robe and prepared to get out and Inspect them more closely. Midway in the move, however, he was stopped by the sudden siren shriek of an automobile that was coming up behind. He turned and looked through the glaat-paned peephole In the back of the buggy and saw two great acety lene lamps splitting space with terri fying speed. Instantly he shook hts reins and tried to draw out to the side of the road. He did not rmilly ( « hind would slow down In time to pre vent a crash. And yet that raucous shriek had sounded very Imperative. Again be urged hla tired horse. The car did not halt, nor even slacken speed. Too late he realized that it would not or could not slacken. Hut hla nerve waa good ; not till the very last possible second did he aban don hts rest and leap for safety. As he did so, a cry rang out, the auto veered and plunged outward, away from him. It« rear wheels, skidding, struck his buggy and hurled It forward against the horse. Its front wheels el Imbed the ridge that bordered the road and the whole great machine dived downward toward the river, with a roar of throbbing engines, flying pebbles and whirring wheels. Stagger ing from h|s leap, he caught a gHmpse <ot a dark form hurtling through the moonshine to the earth, and of the great automobile plunging into the » i ki water. As he stared, shaken by the sudden ness of It all. a beam of light switched past him and he realized that the door of a house till then unseen, had been thrown open, letting out a white glare, and that a woman waa calling to know whether anyone was ban. He laughed shortly. "Anybody tin it 7" be echoed. "He ought to be. If he Isn't. He ought to be dead. Bring a light will you?" He plunged down the bank toward the spot where he had seen the dark form hurled from the automobile. As he went, hla eyes roved over the river, seeking the au tomobile. but the placid surface of the stream waa unbroken, aa if the ma chine had never plunged Into It A moment later be reached the bot tom of the slope and bent over, the body of a man. whore huddled «cd bent form bespoke s e ri o us injury if not death. As he stooped, however, a groan told him that life was at least not extract. The next moment the glimmer of yellow light that bad been tncreestng behind him bee« roe stronger. as If the baarar had removed a shel taring hadH'frem before IL Its beam* fed upon the woonded man. direioaiag i « ghastly wound scrim« the brow. He looked up. The light come from « tamp carried by a girt, whore face dimly ta the gloom The lamp t rertf, he noticed, was trembling «lightly perhaps from the haste with baps from the shock of the occurrence. "Oh 1 Poor fellow I" she breathed. "Is be deadr "Be ought to be." The man spoke harshly. "Anybody who drives an au tomobile through the night forty miles an boor and runs down a horse and buggy ought to be deed. However, he lent dead yet" "Is anyone else hurt?" -The man ah rugged his shoulders. "If they were, they're past praying for," he said callously. "The auto went Into the river/ The girl glanced at the water and shivered. "Can you get him to the house?" she asked. "We haven't any men about the place." The man from the buggy had risen and was looking at the girl. She seemed to be about twenty-two or three years old, with clean-cut Ups and a well-shaped nose. He could not make out her eyes, but her chin be spoke determination, and he guessed that her eyes might be gray. "No," he said, consideringly. "I won't need to trouble you. I can man age, I think." He bent down again, caught the wounded man'k arm and drew It over his right shoulder In ac cordance with the rules for carrying wounded on the battlefield. Then he rose with some difficulty to hts feet, lifting the man upon his hack, and began to struggle slowly up the slope. The girl followed. The slope was short and not very steep, but the wounded man was heavy and the rescuer himself was scarcely In condition for the work. However, he went doggedly on until he had nearly reached the top. There he stopped, staggered, and would have fallen backward bad not the girl U m U ■ t Then Hs Rose With Some Difficulty to Hie Feet Lifting the Man Upon Hit Back, and Began to Struggle Slowly Up the Slope. propped him from behind, pushing with s strength altogether unexpected. The timely aid enabled him to step over the crest of the slope onto the road. gratefully. "Yon siMrod us." "You could have saved yourself," Mid the girl. "If you had dropped your burden. Why didn't yon?" A new re spect »poke In her tones. "I always plsy the game out If the cards have been dealt." remarked the man. lightly, aa with firmer footing be crossed the road and the tracks "Thank you," he murmured toward the open gate on the other side. As be passed through It he noticed that someone was standing on the porch, and heard a soft, quivering voice. "Oh. Edith," It colled- "What has happened?" "It's an automobile accident, mother," replied the girt, clearly. "An automo bile jumped the bank and plunged into the river and threw oat the driver. This gentleman is bringing him in." The hearer mounted the steps firmly and followed the old lady Into the house snd the sitting room, where be thankfully let hla burden slip from bis shoulder to a broad lounge. "Is there a doctor anywhere In the neighbor hood T he asked aa he rone. The girt nodded. TH telephone," she said. She went to a telephone hanging on the wall and gave a number. A mo ment later she turned around. "Doc tor Fox U expected home any minute," she Mid, "and they will send him over ss soon as he comes. He is the only doctor anywhere near. Can't we do •omet hing before he cones. "Harrison." r e spond e d ' ? the ~ man promptly. "Henry Harrison." "Thank you. I am Edith Grant. Can't we do something. Mr. Harri son?" « Harrison nodded. TH try." be an swered. He was already feeling the limbs of the wounded man. "One of hts legs Is broken snd he's badly cat «boat the bead. Get a basin of warm water and a sponge, please." The girl turned to the older woman. "You're «store as a «beet, mumsey," rite rem. "You mast go and He down. Come!" She tod the unresisting oid lady from the room. A moment later the waa back, bring ing the water and basin. While the man straightened the mangled leg, ahe bathed the cut and bound It up, A few momenta later Doctor Fog ar rived. "Good evening, Misa Grant." he said, nodding to the girl, as he bent over the mangled form. "How did It happen?" Edith Grant glanced at Harrison, and he explained. "Humph !" The doctor had finished tying up the broken leg. He glanced approvingly at the bandage about the wounded man's temples. Then he opened the muddy and bloodstained shirt snd exposed the broad chest "Good Lord !" he exclaimed. At his tone Harrison bent swiftly forward and Misa Grant, who had drawn back a little, turned toward him with a startled face. "What is It doctor?" quavered the girl. "Matterÿ' The doctor was fingering the wounds, "This man has been shot The ballet went clear through him and came out at his back. He'a dying. Who shot him?" Harrison and the girl looked at each other. Harrison's face was white. He seemed dismayed, perhaps terror stricken, by the announcement "I certainly didn't," he blurted out "You? Certainly not!" The doctor seemed a little surprised by the hasty disclaimer. "Not unless you were traveling with him. He was shot at least an hour ago. He moat have been pretty far gone when he ran into yon. Did you find any papers on him?" The doctor was working as he spoke. "We haven't looked," Harrison spoke calmly. The doctor's assertion that the roan had been shot an hour before seemed to restore hts poise. _: The doctor slipped his hand into the man's pockets and brought to light a parse, a watch and other small ar ticles. At last he drew out a flat packet, carefully corded, but muddy, broken and bloodstained. Hesitantly he stared at the seels, and then at the roan. "I don't like to open this," he said. "I'll try to restore him to consciousness first, anyway." He hesitated, as if doubtful what to do with the packet. When Edith rec ognised his dilemma she reached out her hand to take It. But he shook hts head. "No, thank ypn." he said. "I'll keep It." He slipped the packet into his pocket, then raised the man's head and poured a few drops of pungent liquor between the contorted Ups. Almost Instantly the man opened his eyes and stared around him. "What has happened y he demanded, striving to straggle up upon his elbow. The Intonation of his voice was foreign. Gently the doctor pressed him hack. "Lie still." he ordered. "There's been an accident and you're badly hurt." Into thf man's ayes snapped a look of terror, snd he snatched at his breast. "My pocket!" he shrieked. "Where is It?" "It's here!" The doctor thrust the packet Into the man's hand. "It's safe. Now yon must He still." "Still I Still! Good heaven I" The man laughed hoarsely. Hla fingers closed tightly on the packet. "I will lie still enough soon," he gasped pain fully. "I muat work now. I must see Henry Archman before I die." "Henry Archman I" The doctor's eyes met those of Mise Orant "Mr. Archman lives near here." be said soothingly. "We will send for him at once." "No! No I I shall go to him." Again the man tried to struggle up. "Where fti my car?" he demanded. 'Tour car la at the bottom of the river," answered the doctor. "Listen to me. You have been badly hurt. Yon are dying—'' "1 know It Yes, I knew It when the ballet hit me ! They think I shall fall. But I'll fool them I I'll best them all vet" The man's voice rang with des peration. "I must see Henry," he re iterated. "So yon shall," tho doctor promised glibly. "Bat yoa mast De still. I will get Mr. Archman for yoa. But first tell me who shot you." The man mode a gesture of con tempt "What doe« It matter?" he demanded. "Yoa cannot touch them. ip their fingers at the law. They But Henry can beat them. That will hurt them worse. Get him for me !" "But—" The doctor still strove to protest Edith Grant stepped forward. "Dy ing men have privileges, doctor," she said. She turned to the man on the couch. Tell me your name and what to say, and I will telephone to Mr. Archman." him? And «shat for? And what doss he want of Archman? (TO BU COKTINUXD.) Threatn I consider It s mark of great pru dence In a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for but thrusts make him more cauri-'ti* and the other excites bis hatred, and to a ktaehiaveiil X3/ke AMERICAN «LEGION« (Copy for This rupartmtat Supplied by th* Amener, Now« Sonic«.) WANTS HIS MARKER PAINTED BLOOD RED Requesting that World war veter ans annually repaint bis immument in blood red "to act as a reminder of the blood shed by Minnesota men." John Bowe. Legionnaire and aoldier of for tune of Ouuby, Mlun., has mads hla last win and testament. Bowe, whose service under colors of several nations has brought him one of the most unique lighting rec ords In World war history, now past fifty-five, is awaiting that last call fur sendee beyond. In the meantime he has not forgotten the sacrifices of hts comrades, and by continuation of serv ice in the American Legion has earned the admiration of the fellows for fais fighting spirit. His early life was one of hardship, in 1888 he went to Pierre, 8. D., to be in at the opening of Indian lands (which did not open) and had to trek back to Deadwood on foot to secure employment. The next yesr he rode 500 miles through the Dakotas to Mon tana, on to Spokane. California, Utah, Old Mexico, saw him in what were nearly pioneer days. Service in the war with Spain followed this adven turous career. Then abroad. Bow« visited Portu gal, Spain. Italy, Morocco, Algiers, Egypt, Turkey, Palestine and Greece. He saw Cuba, Panama, Veaeauela, Martinique and other Central Ameri can countries with odd and moat dar ing of experiences practically every where he visited. He la believed to be the first Min nesotan to get Into the World war; In January of 1915 he enlisted In the French Foreign Legion. There be served for one cent a day until Octo ber of that year when be was wound ed In the Champaigns attack near Ferme Navarin. He won the Serbian medal for bravery, the French Croix De Guerre, the fourragère of the Legion of Honor, a Congressional y æjjâ Wm John Bows. Medal of Honor from President Mc Kinley, and 'service medals for bis service in the 8panlsh-Amerlcau wst and the Philippine insurrection. Invalided home from his French service In 191U, Bowe found he had been "sold out" for nonpayment of a mortgage on his home and was forced to start all over again. But this did not daunt him, so he eet shout mak ing a new home for his wife and fam ily, and "carrying on" for them. Bowe was an American In the cate gory of one who served with silled force«, and for whom special provi sion was made that they might enter the American Legion. He was present at the first department convention of Minnesota Legionnaires, and was chairman of the congressional district committee. Following this service Bowe went about the state organizing posts, about tprty coming under his jurisdiction. When the national convention was held In Minneapolis Bowe was named to the eligibility committee and was a member of the sub-committee which prepared the present clause setting qualifications for membership. He was a delegate to the second national convention In Cleveland, O. One year he was candidate for the post of de PHtSWBt commander, hfl* was defeat ed, At the Isst department conven tion. held In Faribault. be served on the resolutions committee. Legion Open» Night School » In combo tine Illiteracy In the state, one of the first moves of Georgia petn ber* of the American Legion is the support of night schools, where those unable to read or write can study. Bolding post of Hie Legion In Gaines ril«# ha* opened such ■ rehool. which will have the services of Instimtors -f the Gainesville high school. ====== ; OPPOSE COMMUNISTS AM not an alarmist." sait! Dr. Hubert N. Rowell, dep 4 uty grand exalted ruler of the K. P.O. Efts, In addressing members of the Berkeley (Cal.) 11 post of the American Legion. "I J I have not come here to paint o with red the azure skies. 1 am 11 a loyal supporter of constituted . > government, and 1 am here to * ' tell you of a need for a deter > mined fight against communists I and allied forces." He said that there are 15 ree ll ogntsed leaders of radicals In Under the 11 * 1 ♦ 1 • the United States. \\ direction of these crafty men < > are 1,500 sectional leaders, and I \ beneath them are the follower« <* of the movement. "The United I ' States Is a clearing house for ; [ radicalism with every ship bring- < I lag more radicals and more of | ' their destructive literature," he < » said. * I : IJ "At present there radicals are 1 «► raising a fund of$2,000,0001nC«ll- , J J fonila, Nevada and Oregon for J > the purpose of carrying on their < [ work of disrupting government. , In closing, the < •• i < > he declared. 11 speaker called upon the men of * < • the Legion to again take up de- < 11 feime of their country against \ ' • the menacing forcée of I. W. W. < J1 radicals and communists." J FAILED TO CONFORM WITH BODY'S POLICY Daylight Post. 229, Department of California, the American Legion, «M suspended not because of its ex pressed views about adjusted compen sation, but because tu membership did not conform to tbs legally adopted policies of the national and depart ment organisations. This Is the an nouncement made by Morgan Keaton, adjutant of the California department who has wrtttsn posts in the principal cttlsa of tbs country sxplalning the stand of the officials. The post went on record as unfavor able to passage of the adjusted com pensation measure, snd Department Commander James F. Collins prompt ly suspended the poet and celled for surrender of Its charter until the de partment bed time to act. Ths execu tive committee sanctioned this act of the commander. Post officials have since announced that they will Uke their fight for re instatement to the national organisa tion, but the matter muat first be con sidered by tli« department convention. Keaton's latter to other post* at the organisation, says: "This suspension should not be con fused as any attempt on the part of the State department to reprea« or coerce Daylight post, or Is the ques tion or adjusted compensation In volved; nor Is the question of free speech Involved; but la simply to be clearly understood to mean that Day light poet or any other poet must agree to conform with the legally adopted policies of the American Le gion or withdraw therefrom. A man or post cannot serve two masters or support two opposite causes. If Day light post wishes to oppose adjusted compensation It has that right, snd Its method In doing so Is to withdraw and join three who ere opposed to H. because the Legion favors the adjust ed compensation as a result of de liberations In five national conventions, and there every unit belonging to the Legion must of necessity adopt the same policy." Voteront Are Urged to Beware of Sharpen The American Legion Is warning alt veterans against paying any fees to rneys who offer to ««cure a certlfl flmned in lieu of lost discharge. atto cote In a recent letter from Watson B. Mil ler, chairman of the Legion's national rehabilitation committee, Instances were mentioned where unscrupulous attorneys were seeking fees for this work, when the government furnishes the certificates without charge. Mr, Miller advisee all veterans to either apply direct to the adjutant general of the army or to write the service bureau of the American Le gion, 417 Bond building, Washington, who will handle the case without charge. Bridgeton (N. J.) Poet to Aid New Hotpital Shoemaker poot of the American Le gion In Bridgeton, N, J., received a bequest of $4,000 from the father of Hie roan for whom the post was named, with the request that it be used for erecting a memorial building. The Legionnaire*, impressed with the possibilities for service to the com munity offered by erection of a new hospital in Bridgeton, authorized the turning over of this bequest to the building fund for the Institution. The generosity of the Legionnaires wll! be marked by a special room dedicated to the men who gare their Hres dur ing the World war. Legion Men at Scout Loadere A class of 25 Legionnaire* are busy In Bloomington, Si, receiving Instruc tion from scoot leaders so that they may take charge of troops of boy scouts in fhat city. The Legion in Illinois (s greatly Interested and Louts K. Davis post of Bloomington, one of the strongest posts in the state, will sponsor practically all troops to that city, which are to be in charge of the •» j — = Ü every meal {*, It stlsialatas • pgstlls ant alts tlfasUea. akes year «• it leottoyea It Nl*«n Oust atter hearty Whliaas •••tan to sweetens !S1 Office Equipment "Doctor, I bear you are going to retire." "Yet. my boy. 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