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The Wheeling
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Friday, March 30, 1917.
WHEELING RED CROSS
The? Wheeling Auxiliary or the Keel
C ross Society meets to-day at the
Board of Trade rooms to take meas
ures to increase its? membership, and
its appeal for support should be met
with the largest response. The or
ganization will be one of the most e:>
ficlent aids to the government in ease
of war in administering ro the suffer
ers on the field and in the hospital, but
it has a mission in peace as well in
extending its ministrations to victims
of great disasters and the unusual
cataclysms of nature.
It needs workers as well as the
army and navy ueed men. If you can
not enlist in Its personal service you
can contribute of your means to its
financial support, which will prove to
be an acceptable evidence of your
sympathy with its humanitarian pur-j
pose and parriotic object.
A TIP TO CONGRESS j
If the Congress that is about to as
semble is wise it will refuse to submit
to any urging looking to the passage
of obnoxious censorship laws. There
can be no question whatever of the
acquiescence, indeed the hearty co
operation of th'- newspapers of the
country i:i a censorship that seeks
to pre v en? the printing i>f informa
tion that wouid be of benefit to the
enemy, bur there is a suspicion in
Washington that a censorship is cook
ing 'ha?, would prevent criticism of the
mistakes of department heads and
others. The obvious object of such
an inhibition would be ro cover up the
blunders of the administration.
It is easy to see how far such a
suppression could uo, and the dis
. astrous effects that would likely ensue
?were blunders of administration kept
in the dark. And there is the danger
of little minds clothed with power
' ? 'taking on a great deal of nonsensical
authority. A tensorship based on
lines of common souse and patriotism
will be the most workable kind. A
too drastic .and tyrannical measure
cannot be tolerated. A mutual under
standing be' wren the newspapers and
the government ought to be sufficient
to protect all the interests of the
nation without the aid of Congress
ional enactment on t.he subject.
FOR INTELLIGENT EATING
The ln'?*lii?encrr has been deluged
for som?- time past with circulars ap
pealing for the utilization of backyards
and vacant lots for raisiug foodstuff;,
with many of them offering to give in
structions by correspondence for the
proper planting and cultivation of
these. gardens, but so far .tone uf them
have been as comprehensive as the
scheme devised by the progressive and
public spirited firm of House &. Herr
mann of this city. While this mm -
ment to interest the people in an obvi
ous self-protection against i..e .-wi ...
creasing high cost of living is a com
mendable venture in i-hilanthroDic
economics, there is another important
feature connected with the problem
which should not be overlooked, and
that is the question of diet. We are
told by experts who are-, acquainted
with the fuel requirements of the
human body that the most of us eat.
too much, choke the furna<?- as it were,
while an equal number waste money
on non-fuel articles of food. It has ail
been figured out for us in calories, or
heat units.
The country is familiar with the diet
squad experiments recently made ici
several cities, and while they have
been held lightly, the lessons to be
learned from them are non the less
impressive in the matter of domestic
ecenomy. especially when these experi
ments show that a normal man can be
well nourished on a diet requiring tiie
expenditure of only 2." cents a day; or
!S .\I?V aNi K.
Certainly! Wheeling
Merchants are in
business to do busi
ness. That's why so
many of them use
McAdam
Advertising Service
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'an average of S 1" corns a meal. lij
? loo? niit require abundance to
properly, but a wise <e|ei-t n-n .of.
abundance to thrive arul hi* happy. U ?
;s curious how uy.yiliuu many pi-op'.c,
cultured people, a!" to take iliolrj
bodies' seriously, until they become Ml.
Die.t is looked upon as a subject for
joke and merriment. Hut the stress .>t\
war is forcing many of these problems
relative to i he efficiency of the 'hunwn
body more and more upon the atten
tion of the public. It is a fine thin.?
to have culture: but it is also neces
sary to know how to live, and tte
quicker we realize this and teach it '?>
our children, lopping oil', it necessary,
some of the fancy-work of ??ducal ion,
the quicker we shall move toward a
higher average type of citizenship and
a stronger and more enduring national
' vitality.
j Ah. ha! Getting uritutid it rather
I neatly. Woman sutfrag** will t?< grrint
?-d t.y Great Mrirain as a "reward, not
j as u concession." Well, .Mr&. l'atiKhui'st
j wun't care, just so sh<- Kits >l
j "PEACE AT ANY PRICE" j
Some very ill-advised advocates of
the "peace-at-any-prico" propaganda ;
had arranged for a parade of protest
against Congress taking any warlike,
action, which was set for next Mon-j
day in Washington. Whether it was
the evident indiscretion of making
such a demonstration that finally im
pressed these radicals, or some im
pressive representations of the gov
' ernmi*nt that induced theui to call off
' the parade Is not known, but. some
1 gleam of reason seems to have oper
ated to that end. in exciting and
hysterical times like these it takes
very little irritation to provoke a dis
turbance, and such would undoubted
ly have been the outcome of. the sug
gestive parade in W ashlngtott.
| In this connection it is doubtful if
! Mr. Bryan's public appeal to Congress.
! issued yesterday, will be as placating
Ins its intentions are. or irritating in
' its effects. Of course the former
Secretary of State is within his rights
as a private citizen to, as he says,
"petition Congress." but his statement
reads more like instruction than
pleading. His exploitation of the peace
treaties he was instrumental in ?' t
ting through while in office if not in
bad taste, convey a rather personal
suggestion. It. seems to us that the
trend of his "proclamation" will pro
voke resentment rather than sympa
thy. At least it will be anything else ^
but oil on the angry waters.
Kenccade Clydo Kelly, of the Brad
deck I'll., district, is out f..r fhamp
,:iark fer ?P-aker. Why shouldn't he
I... for him? il? was* elected as a Demo
crat ?* ,
RAILROAD REGULATION |
The railroad or public utility com
missions of forty-six States have US
members, and of these TO. or exactly
one-half, are lawyers. The principal^
function of the commissions is to regu
late railways, but only ten of then j
members ever "had any experience as
railway officers or employees. Thrfl>?
[acts are brought out by a study of the ,
personnel of the State commissions,
which is published in the current issue
of the Hail way Age C.azette. "It is." j
?avs the Gazette, "perfectly evident,
that so many lawyers have been j
'rhosen not because lawyers by their j
training and experience are peculiarly |
qualified lot" the regulatiim of public i
utilities. Their selection undoubtedly
h due to the fact that lawyers as a]
class are more active in politics thanj
any other class of business or proiVs
sional men. and thai the choice of thej
members of State commissions has
been dictated largely by political con
siderations." Out of this fact ansea
i he tendency of so many State conmus
steins to be governed largely by politi
cal considerations in the exercise of
their functions.
The Gazette, however, is inclined to
the opinion that on the whole there
has been improvement of late both in
the laws creating the commissions and
giving them their authority, and in the
personnel of their members and other
more important employes. I nfortun
ately. not only have many of the State
commissions still great shortcomings
as to personnel, mainly because their
members are usually selected regard
less of their qualifications, but they
are constantly prevented from regu
lating the railways as wisely and fairly
as they otherwise would by the pass
ace bv the legislatures of arbitrary
laws which many of the State commis
sions themselves do. not favor.
' Isn't it criicl and unusual punishment
t,. concentrate the crews ct the ln
i t-rnod Ccrman ships in the bone-dry
i state of Georgia? t
! ?.\>ws quarantine"' Is a new inven
' tion f?r unjust detention, which has
| W? applied to Minister Brand Whlt
. lock.
i If we had shown that we meant busl
j ness at first there would hav.i been 1<-sii
likelihood of the present "state of war.'
Former Senator X. B. Scott !s willing
: to be <?ne of the "soldier hoys" acaln.
! lie has tho crlt. all right, all right.
i That pacifist "peace-nt-any-pricc pa
1 rade staged for Washington next Moa
J .hus wisely h-e? ealte<l off. |
The armor plate site 1h to he an
' nounced ne*t - we'ek. and Wheeling is
holding its breath.
Th-re is riot likely to b?> any "vzz
rolling" on the White Hons* lot F.atser
Monday this year.
Germany is said to be planning an
j eleventh hour peace coup. Watch for
| th" joker.
Now :t is the Swedish cabinet that
has resigned, hut Daniels still sticks, j
Universal service will set. the slackcr.]
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!
You don't want- a -low remedy when
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Pape's IMapepsin "noted for its
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nc.-s; its certain unfailing action in
regulating sick. sour, gassy stomachs.
Its quick relief in indigestion, dyspep
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Keep this wonderful stomach sweet
ener in your home ? keep li handy
get a large fifty-cent case from any
drug s to r" and then if anyone should
eat something which doesn't agree
with them: if what t lie y eat lays like
leaii, ferments ami emirs and forms
gas: causes headache, dizziness and
nausea: eructations of arid and tindi
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1'ape's I >iapep.sli! comes in contact
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL SERVICE OF THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER. ,
CLOTURE AND CO-ORDINATION |
Cniiiiross and Kxccutivf at Last Equipped with J lie Flexibility Which
is Kssfntial to Stable I iovcnimonf as Well as National Defense
By WHARTON BARKER
Author of "The threat Issues"
With war imminent, i: is Imperative i
ili;u t h r? functions of the executive !
and ? iie legislative branches of our'
government he recognized in order !
that each shall act to the full measure ;
of its duty and resi>onsibility. Hy nils,
co-ordination alone can a democracy
secure the instant efficiency which Is
indispensable tor its Ueien.se aianus:
tli? aggressions of ah nutoerat aeimy
with the readiness of imperial power.
1 Hiring the closing hours ol the ?Sen
ate of tiie last Congress a small group
of Senators l'uund it practicable to;
thwart the will of an overwhelming
majority who sought to comply with
the unanimous demand of the people
v?f the United States. The Senate at no
time proposed to remit to the nation's
executive its sovereign power to He
ctare. in accord with the House <>l
Representatives, the policies of the
government. It sought only to transfer
to the 1'resideut the p-jwe ru requisite
for protection of the rights of tins
people. The recalcitrant Senators were j
able to balk tho purpose of their col
leagues and to stultify this govern
ment in the eyes of the world because
of the existance of a Senate* rule that
debate must be without limit. ,
Unlimited debate at this juncture,
must have been big with unlimited
danger, possibly, with disaster. Not on
ly is this country in all its activities
crippled by the embargo on its ocean
freights, but. those nations abroad
that are In death grips with the gov
ernment that has made Kself our en
emy are confronted with a grave dan-:
per through lack of tlu> supplies' which
ii is our right, as well as our obliga
tion to ourselves, to forward to them. 1
The Senate's rule of unlimited de- '
bate has prevailed from the beginning
because of the belief that, at some
statre of all legislation, there should I
exist no possibility of an enforced i
haste. Its sanctitv was enhanced by
ilus Senate's traditional jealousy of
its prerogatives, and its merit was
seldom impugned by abuse.
the coward awl the shirk, as it ought
Just 11 few days more and we will
know how the cat Is Ruins to jump.
In critical times Col. House ari'ca rs i
to supercede the cabinet.
MY KTUTD or FOI.KS
My kind of folks I? simple folks.
And Kent I" folks and plain.
The folks that live without pretense. |
c Not lordly folks' arid vain.
The kind niv old grandfather was. !
And grandma used Jo l>e.
In days when I wan hut a boy
i And thvv were spoiling me.
They r"vcr bragged about themselves.
Nor over-v'ilu.-d gold.
They never lordly praised their birth >
in any tab* they told.
They never sneered rit other folks
Nor tried their faults to see,
i Ft*s; kind and gentle were their ways !
i When they were spoiling me.
! They laughed nt all my little pranks j
! And "ft they'd let me do.
!A l?'t of -things 'hey knew were wrong. ?
Keeause I wanted to.
And gramlad in my stubborn spells
Would take me on his knee
And pet me, though, my father said !
| That he was spoiling ineH
(here are thousands here today
st like that gracious pair.
. . * *i* all the frills and shams of life
| They do not sei>m to cure.
They are the simply, kindly folk'
j That rill the eart.h with Joys,
And try to spoil their friends the way
I They spoil the girls and bovs.
| ? Edgar A- Guest in I'etroit Free Press.
The Senate now recognizes that,
government to be stable must be flex
ible.: No uih- ti ranch of t h'?* govern
iiii :n can afford to hinder by rub-si
action that is essential to the safety
of the commonwealth. More ? the
Senate has recognized that, as the
moui h piece of iho people, it owes to
the people a direct and immediate ob
ligation equal to its responsibilities.
It would seem, however, that the
Senate majority, in its resolve to equip
the Senate for the requirements of
the international situation, has gone
beyond the limit set by the necessity.
Some saving thought of the wisdom
of the ancient rule of unlimited debute
prevented iht injudicious adoption of
tie* proposal that a mere majority
vote should suffice for cloture. The
substitution of the two-thirds vote
smacked of an eagerness to yield more
than the occasion actually demanded,
and goes to a length that works in
justice to the interests of true democ
racy.
There were tow reasons for the
adoption of the two-thirds vote. One
was the habit of employing that frac
tion for such purposes ?a mere fol
lowing of precedent. The other rea
son was the desire to assure to the
minority opportunity to be heard. In
view of the actual number of Sena
tors ? - ninety-six ? the opportunity
would have been safely secured by re
quiring a three-quarters vote. Amend
ments to the Constitution can be pro
posed by two-thirds of the States, but
require the votes of three-fourths of
tite States to become valid.. In view
of the Senate's traditions as a body
peculiarly dciiverative. the conserva
tive, spirit informing the Constitution
might well have been applied and as
safely applied ? to tho novel rule of
cloture.
Yet it suffices that the precedent
of a century has been set aside. Tin
Senate becomes fitly equipped to CO-1
operate with the House and with the!
President for any action demanded by I
the International situation.
Rippling Rhymes
By WALT MASON. j j
WASTED CHANCES.
In every town are vacant lot s. with'
varied rubbish I u tube red, producing :
cheap forget-me-nots, am! cockle-1
burs unnumbered. Year after year.1
they go to seed, when Autmnn winds ;
are sighing. and every brand ol' noxi- j
ous weed thereon is multiplying. If
all those vacant lots were sown i<>
parsnips, spuds and carrots, less often
would we hear men groan in hunger:
stricken garrets. And here we si*e the
nation's vice, the waste that has no
ending: economy can cut no ice. while
w.' have enin for spending. Why plow
the weed-grown neighborhood, and
plant the bean and later? Our stand
off at i he store is good: we'll think ;
of such schemes later All winter, in
our little town, some folks were near- j
I_v starving; ?otne charity was handed;
down, some roosters for their carv-;
ing. lJut not a. lesson have rhey j
?learned, their future course to sweet
en: i he coal we handed them is
burned, the grub we gave is eaten,.
Th". sprint; is here -why look ahead?!
Why get the spake and grind it? And
when again they're needing bread, the;
town will have to find it.
"What is hrenrt worth today?" <*fv
?.p|< o<l. poir.tinu to a loaf about th.; tdxo i
of n biscuit.
"Worth about two rospoiul^d :
th- truthful eroc.-r, "tui! w> 'r.- charging J
ten."? -Puck. I
EASTER PREPAREDNESS
Easter ami fine footwear jut inseparable and that is why
this store of true shoe servin* anuoiinees its preparedness with
Spring Styles that rise to the highest point of efficiency ? styles
expressive of refinenieni whieh distinguishes a woman without at
tracting the wrong kind of attention.
Colored shoes in ehie novelty effects. White shoes in wash
kid and Rainskin. llitrli or low heels.
Ideas without number in ideals of the day and the hour.
See Our Window for Display.
Store Closes Saturdays, 10 P. M. Weekdays, 5 P. M.
M. H. M.
1047 Main St. SATISFACTORY SHOES. Wheeling.
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II IBlll I ?lllll Hg?
I? If Wc Could Only Make You Realize That*
Not Again This Season Can .You Buy These'
189 Anniversary Week Specials
At the Prices We Are Naming On Them,^
Friday's Crowds Would Be Doubled?
? $15.00 SERGE DRESSES
For Women and Misses
Four attractive Spring styles to choose from.
Fine quality Navy Blue Wool Serge.
$3.48 SILK BLOUSEsT ?2.98
These White, Flesh, Maize or Gold Silk Crepe and
Silk Georgette Blouses arc the prettiest we could
find to retail at Friday $2.98
FREE FLANNELETTE ROLLS
WITH SILVERWARE TODAY
In addition to .naming the makers' minimum poll
ing prices on ih<> celebrated "1M7 Rogers Bros." and
"Community" Silverware. wo aro giving FREE Flan
nelette Hulls with purchases of KNIVES, FORKS
and SPOONS.
SPRING'S FAIREST SILKS
Three Assortments which cannot be equalled for
Beauty, Style and Value:
$.1.25 to values in Taffetas, Messalines.
Satins and Fancy Silics, practically 00
every color, yard tpltl/v
S J . 75 to .Sil.ilR values in ChiiTon Taffet ;us and
( ropes do ( nine nil shade?, black and <? -J pTA
white, yard
Fp in S2.50 values in Black. While and (pO AA
Colored Gros do r.oinires. .' . . tp^j.vyJ
PURE LINEN DAMASK
Search tlje city from end to end and you will not
find t lie equal of these 70-inch FFRE LINEN Table
I'n masks, $l.f>y to values, at Anniversary
$1.15 * $1.25
$1.00 SHEETS, 79p
Torn and hemmed Sl\90-inch Seamless Bleached
Sheets, scan.-o values .it SI. 00, Anniversary
Frio
BUY YOUR LINOLEUM
Here Friday at prices you will not again be of
fered :
50c and <>Or Congoleum ami Ringwalt OH}/ n
Linolr-utns. square yard O/ / 2 ^
Besi SI. 25 grade Inlaid Linoleum, squar?.
yard price
89c
ADDITIONAL NEW LigCES
For Selection at, Yard. . 4
Just added Twelve n^w paiternsfcto the range of
Twenty styles, of FILET LACK EDGE'S. Choose from
% 10 2Vj-in'c.li. widths, average KM P
values tl\/
MEN'S $1.50 SHIRTS, 95d ' ?
These lull-cur, soft-cuff, 5-bui.ton' Negligee Shirts
are made of Silk-Finish Crepe with' mercer- Q _
jzed Silk Stripes. 11 to 17 sizes \ */OC
S P R I NG WASH 5&OODS
Best Light or Dark Calico ? ...8<
15c While Dimity-stripe Nainsook
15c Cotton Challis 12 H t
ISc Cotton Poplins ? IIS Vi $
2"ic \\Tiite Crepe Voiles 15?
35c White French Lawn 22 i
STATIONERY BARGAINS
100-sheei, lithographed Pencil Tables, SIX 25c
lOp 100-sheet ruled Ink Tablets, TI^tlEE 25C
Full-size, Rubber-tipped Lead Pencil^, FOUR
MEN'S HANDKERCHIEFS :
Think of it. These hemstitcfcjpd pure Linen.
Handkerchiefs sold for 19c each bunder old time
conditions. Today they're worth feearly JT _
double. But we ofTer them Friday ^Lt -LOC
HANDSOME HALL RUNNERS
They're. made from finest ArdeMl, Kerman and
Acme French Wilton Carpet, wo' th $5.80 the
vard. Three and Four yard Hall i* 1 7C J
Runners at ^ 1/0 yd.
BOTT LED PERF-0" MES
One-ounce ground glass bottJ*B, with fancy
ground-glass stoppers, filled wltlr a high-grade
Perfume. An S5c value Friday
for *. . .
48c
BASEMENT BARGAINS
Choose from Twenty-seven different lines Fri
day all MUCH UNDER VALUE.
!AND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE Similar Inviting ANNIVERSARY
ECONOMIES are certain to make Friday Another Record-Breaking S^les Day in
the big THIRTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY SALE. ^ .
GEO. M. SNOOK CO.
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Jack London's Famous Fiction of (he Silent North
Nine ffrcat short Btorles of I&r North written after famous anthor'i
lirFt vinlt to Kloudlko whon red tlood flowed and tliero was no law cxcept
that of man to man. These aro stor ok on which Jack London'a reputa.
tiun Ik founded. Among- heat frcns his pon.
THE SON OF THE WOLF
II BY JACK LONDON.
I
(Continued from Woduoadny.)
"No: it's protected. t.Jo ahead! You'll
see it Hurts."
It wiis . it) iuU'i'csi Iuk Somebody
kti'-ckcd at the flour a -?<?* ?? ? n ? I time ! ?*? -
fori* Maleiinile Ki?l said, "I'oine in."
The don r .?iw.iiii,' open. Sonift IiIiik ^ ?i -
lifted mi. I'rliU " caught or.e square look,
ami spiam; to his if*',. Tin: honor mi
I - c:!?se.l .Ma lei nut e Kid !<i whirl
about; am! Ik- too was startled. though
he hail seeti had ihuiys before. The
liihiK totctred i ? I } : i ? I ! > toward lln-ni.
Ijred .i?-.i,v till In- leached the
nail from wlu-ii swung his Smith Ac
Wesson
"My 'iod' what I- U ." I.' whisper''!! to
Malemute Kill
I ?..t; ? know. Looks like a case of
:i?; and no |;rul iv|dii (I the Kid.
sliding away * ;i the opposite direction.
Watch ? It may he mad," In- warn
ed, ? -o n i i t iti hack f i o 1 1 1 closing the door.
The thit'n advanced to tin*, table. Tlic
briaht flame of the slush-lamp caught
:ts !?>-.?. I: was amused, and pav<? voice
t" ejdriti il i aiiiie:: which hi tokened
mirth. Then, suddenly, he? lor it was a
man- swayed back, with :i hitch u> his
skin trousers, and l>ei;afi to sing a chan
t.V, tttiolt as nie;i lift when they swing
around the capstan circle and the sea.
snorts in their ears:? -
"Van-kee ship come down the ri-ib-er,
I'lill! my bully boys! Pull!
[)'y?T wani ? to know de captain ru-uns j
full! my bully lioys: Pull!
i Jon-a-than Jones ob South Caho-li-in-a,
I I 'nil ! my bully" ?
I He broke off abruptly, tottered with a
.wolfish snarl to the moat-shelf, and i
' before thoy could intercept was tearing
. with his teeth at :t chunk of raw bjicon. !
.The struggle was fierce between him!
?ami Malcnr.itc Kid; but his mad strength 1
left him as suddenly as it had come, and !
In- weakly surrendered the spoil. Be- I
; tween them they got him upon a stool, j
I where he sprawled- with h if his body .
, across the table. A small dose of whis- !
; key strengthened him, so that he could
; dip a spoon into the sugar caddy which
Malcntuic Kid placed before him. After
; his appetite had beet! somewhat cloyed.
i'rinct*. shuddering as he did so, passed
| him a ntui; of wi'.ak beef tea.
1 The creature's eyes were alight with
ja cmisbre frenzy, which blazed-' and
j waned with every mouthful. There was }
1 very little skin to the face. The face,
for that niHtetr, sunken and emaciated.,
| bore very ilttle likeness to human coun
tenance. Frost alter frost had bitten :
1 deeply, each depositing its stratum of'
scab upon the half-healed scar that went [
.before. This dry, hard surface was of a
I hloody-ldack color, serrated by grievou |
[??racks wherein the raw rod flesh peep- \
fed forth. liis skin garments were dirty J
and in tatters, and the fur of one side ?
was singed and burned away, showing
where he had lain upon his fire. i
Malenv.ite Kid pointed to where the ?
sun-tanned hide had been cut away. !
? strip by strip ? the prim signature* of ;
famine.
"Who ? are ? you?" slowly and d!s- ]
; tinctly enunciated the Kid.
1 The man paid no heed.
"Where do, you come from?"
"Yan-kee ship come down de rih-ib-r-r," i
was the quavering response.
"I'on't doubt the beggar came down j
the river." the Kill said, shaking him in !
an endeavor to start a more lucid flow
of talk. J
Hut the man shrieked at the contact, i
clapping a hand to his side in evident
pain. lie rose slowly to his feet, hlaf ^
leaning on the table.
"She laughed at me ? so ? with the
hate In her eye: and she ? would ? not ? :
come."
His voice died away. suid he was sink- '
ing hack when Malem lite Kid grinned
him by the wrist, and shouted. "Who?
Who would not come':"
! "She, I'nga She laughed, and struck j
.at me. so, and so. a ltd then" ?
"Ves?" j
S "And then"?
"And then what?"
"And then he lay very still, in the'
snow, a long time. He- is ? st 111 in ? the
snow."
; The two men looked at each other!
"Who Is in the snow?"
f "She. I'nga She looked at me with
the hate in her eye. and then" -
. "Ves. yes"
i "And then she took the knife, so; and
, once, twice ? she was: weak. 1 traveled
? very slow. And there i* much gold in ?
' that place, very much gold." >
"Where is I'nga?" 'For all Malemute'
: Kid knew, she might be dylne a mile
away, lie shook the man savagely, re
penting again and again. "Where is-.
I'nea" Who is I'nga'.'"
"She ? is ? In ? the ? snow."
! "<1o on!" The Kid was pressing his I
wrist cruelly.
"So ? i- I ? would ? be ? in ? the snow ? 1
hut ? I ? had ? a? -debt ? to ? pay. I! ? was
? heavy ? T ? had ? a ? debt ? to ? pay ? a
delit ? to ? pay? 1 ? bad" ? The falter- ,
ing monosyllables ceased, as he fum- I
bled In bis pouch and drew forth a '
buckskin sack. "A ? debt ? to ? pay ? five
? IMiunds ? of? gold ? grub ? stake ? Mai
? e ? mute ? Kir? 1" ? The exhausted *
head dropped upon the table; nor could
Malemute Kid. rouse It again. .
"It's l.'lvsses." he said quietly, tossinir
the bad of dust on the table, "t'juesis '
it's all day with Axel Ounderson and the
woman, f'ome on. let's pet him between
the blankets. He's Indian; he'll pull
through, nrid. tell a tale besides."
As they cout his garments from him. ;
near his right breast could be seen two
unhealed hard-lipped knife thrusts.
Ill
"T will talk of the things which wero.
In my own -way; but you will under
stand. I will bogiu at the beginning. 4
an<l tell of myself ax.i the woman, and.
?rt'tor that, of the myn."
He of the Otter iVkins drew over to
the stove as do men^vho have been de
prived of t'lre and an afraid the Prome
thean pi ft may vant.ih at any moment.
Malemute Kid prick id ,|l, th? 8l"';h"
hum., and placed It sfc-it mlKht faU iijon
(lie fat e of the narrajor. I lince slid his
l.ody over the edge, of the hunk and
joined them. ?
?I am Xaass, a ehi/f, and the .son of a
chief, horn between sunset and a rls- .
in* on the dark s.^s. 1,1 >' Others
com ink All of a nijht the men tolled
at the paddles, and I 10 women cast out
the waves which thr* w in upon us. and
we" fought with the' storm. The salt
?pi*av froze upon mothers hreaht
till her breath pass.-* with the passing
?f\he tide. But I- I raised my voice
with the wind and tie storm, and lived
"We dwelt In Akar.tan"?
"W lie re0" asked M^ilemuto Kid- *
"Vkatan. which isfin the Aleutians:
Akatan. beyond Chl^ik. beyond Kardi.
lak. beyond Uttlmak. As X say, we d' wcl i
in Akatan. which lies in the midst of the
s. -i on the edge of th ; yrorld. We farm
ed' the salt seas for the fish, the sea'
itid th'> atter; and oi.r homes shoulder
ed about one knothcrSon U,e rocky strip
between the rim of -he $ ;
vol low* beach where oV Hayaka la>. We
j.ft',. not many, and tpo world was %er>
sinaH There w -re s>. range lands to the .
p"s. Lis ands Ilk'- ^ Akatan: so we
thought all the worflt. was Islands, an>
11 ' '.I ["Vvas 1 .11 f f erent fr >m my people. In
the sands of the beat* were the crooked
lin.|H,rc ami wave-wfcrped planks or a
,o- such as mv peo,v'e never built; and
1 r.'member on the i: pint of the island
Ui,r overlooked, th^.cean three way* e
? i . f.A/i r\ 1 1 1 n o ^iroo* w lilcn ncv *? r
; there. smool h *Ud straight and
" ? n is said the two men came to ?
i t sp?t turn about, through many
Il-ivs- and watched w th the passing of
?*!?.?* iicbt These tv.'.< men came from
.Vit of the sea in the boat which lay in
doces on the beach. And they were
i into men like you.juid weak- as the
little children when t je seal have ton?
awav and the hi. nters. ?ome home empt .
these things from the old
men and the oid wo,n>n. who got them
f^.U^s^g^hl^m^fnot
Jiley ^rew'stron^^hTof^he mh and .
eac^'his' "ownTolisef
,,{ our women, and in time
Thus he w:us |>orn who was to
, ' . the father of rtv fitther s fat. H?r.
"A^ i said l was ciifferent from my
n.-ooie for I 'carried tlje strong, Strang.'
I ond of the white m?n who came out
f l e sea It Is said had other laws
' the *davs before tht se men; but lh?>
? .T.. fierce and quarrelsome, and fough t
with our. men till th^rewere^no more ?
!r,ade%themserves .dtie^s, and took away
mu?-h,lhar'',thacnman w}s "the son'ofhls
r and not his n#ther, as our way
hid liwn Thev also uiled that the son.
firstborn, should have all things which
|,h f-ither's hef< re him. and that
h.' br hers and slste,.s should shift for
themselves. And th-jr gave us other
Imws Thev showed ui new wa>s in j
caching of ti"h and fie killing of bear \
whUdVv^e|hI^lntlf,^?:H^thev .
Sr.Vn.rot rSinl-! An" <l?* ftW
W'-'ai!?"wn?ln thoy lnM ticcom? chief*.
t\?' I r l'!n^rU they "finish t!" these a trance
white ' men.' each witt the
the one whose blood N t,a rr. . rouirh
tween them, and blac^ "but
"If. V.v'-a S Z* UT'lb^d
them that won't beforf ; Of my bloody
J5
"" t come ba ok fro m? t h c 'fishing on*
talr'''d/' o r h,hs and said the
nvn. shook th vvj 0!, rhlldren were
fieht w0"['1 ,'hlld^en to me. They
m"?" thi? as a bov. till I came to be
loveandto iook u'p<i^ r'nga as a foe. .
Ivho wis to b- the nether of children
which were to fighu with mine. I
JVnoeht of these thinfw day by day. and
T crew to a st'lpling- I came to
this should so. And they
'We "nT tnow- that la
fhwcrwt vour faih. rs did/ And I
such wa . those w'/,i<;h were to como
T? id ?4ht IN batt.es of those that
should f.?ni ? (n lrf.j could Bee n0
rlcht But the people said It must bo.
;?j I was only a ?trl..,Ilnsr.
(Continued xjonday.)
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