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“I Want You to Win Over That Dawson Girl Jo Our Bide.’' A LASS OF THE LUMBERLANDS by E. ALEXANDER POWELL NOVELIZED FROM THE MOTION PIC TURE SERIAL OF THE SAME NAME. PRO DUCED BY THE SIGNAL FILM CORP. SYNOPSIS. Rupert Holmes, a lumberman of the North Woods, disappointed ut becoming the father of a daughter Instead of a son, abandons his wife and child to the log jammed river. Thinking them dead, he al lies himself with the lumber trust head, whose daughter he marries. But the de serted wife and baby are picked up and cared for by one Dave Dawson. Twenty years later Rupert Holmes Is the lumber magnate fighting the Independents around him. His daughter, Helen, unknown to him, has brought herself to his attention by several heroic acts about the camps. She takes up a fight against the trust and leads the Independents In their defenses against the great Amalgamated which seeks to absorb their hard-earned prop erties. In this Helen Is assisted by Tom Dawson, a young engineer, and her foster father, Dave Dawson. Helen discovers that the trust 1s not living up to their charter and she proceeds against ihem. The village council resigns to balk her, but she helps elect another. Rupert Holmes meets his abandoned wife, Vir ginia, whom he has thought dead and learns that his own daughter Is fighting him. In an attempt to Kill Virginia he renders her an Invalid, but she tells the truth about Holmes to Little Bear the In dian boy. The Amalgamated foment a etrlke among the independent camps. In a riot the buildings are burned. Holmes’ agent releases a car of explosive against the Independent lumber train, but It Is ■topped by the heroic act of Helen. EIGHTH EPISODE Even the shrewdest and ablest men •re occasionally guilty of astounding lapses of Judgment At least that Is the only plausible explanation of Ru pert Holmes’ decision to send his son Stephen to Dawsonvllle as an emis sary to Helen Dawson, whose friend ship and cooperation the president of the Amalgamated was desirous of se curing. He sent for Stephen, who, since his graduation from college, bad been em ployed In the company’s head office In Seattle. “Carruthers writes me that he needs another timekeeper on the railway construction work at Dawsonvllle," Holmes abruptly began. “How would you like to go down there for a few weeks?" “Grent!" Stephen exclaimed enthus iastically. "I’m dead sick of office work. Dawsonvllle, eh? Isn’t that the place where Miss Dawson lives—the girl who suved my life when the Mara thon was wrecked, you know?" “To tell the truth," said Holmes, “the real reason I am sending you there Is because I want to win over that Dawson girl to our side. You might offer her a position In the Seat tle offices, for I'd like to get her away from Dawsonvllle. What do you think •bout It?” “I'd like nothing better, dad,” re plied the young man. “She's a mighty fine girl and I feel certain that I cun win her over to onr Bide." The experiment ended precisely as Rupert Holmes ought to huve foreseen thut It would end. Before Stephen had been In Dawsonvllle a day he had re-lntroduced himself to Helen; with in • fortnight he was a regular and welcome caller at the Duwson home, before a month hud passed he found himself desperutely In love with Helen Dawson. And she, though not In the least In love with lilm, liked him for the clean-minded, nlcc-munuercd boy that he waß. With the coming of the holidays Stephen reluctantly started for Seattle to spend them with his pa rents. One evening, os ho and his futher were seuted alone In tue library of the great house In Seattle, Stephen, made confidential by the shaded lights and the crackling fire, suddenly decid ed to toko the plunge. “Dad,” he began somewhat hesi tantly, “I’ve decided to get married.” “Yes?” said Holmes carelessly, "und who Is the young womun you huve de- elded to honor with your affections?” “Helen Dnwson I" was the reply. Rupert Holmes sprang to his feet and began nervously to pace the room. “Impossible,” he said hoarsely. “Such a thing Is utterly out of the question, Stephen.” “But why Is It out of the question, dad?” the boy persisted. “It’s out of the question,” Holmes re peated. “There’s no use In discussing It. It Isn’t a suitable match." “But, dad—" his son pleaded. “I don’t want to hear another word about It,” snapped Holmes, losing his temper. “I was a fool to send you to Dawsonvllle—l ought to have foreseen what would come of It. You are not to return there after the holidays. Your mother has set her heart on a trip to Japan next month, but I can’t get away, so I want you to go with her. By the time you get back perhaps you’ll have forgotten this nonsense.” As the boy flung himself from the room, Holmes dropped heavily Into his chair and stared moodily Into the fire. Bitterly he reproached himself. The worst of It was he couldn’t give his son the true reason for his objection. One evening, a fortnight after the departure of his wife and son for the Orient, Holmes was seated alone In his library when the butler ushered Into the room a tall, lean young man, built wiry as a panther, whose cop per-colored skin and straight black hair showed unmistakably that he was an Indian. “My name Is Little Bear,” he began, staring at the lumber magnate with disconcerting Intentness. “I have come from Dawsonvllle to tell you that your wife Is dead. She died yesterday.” “My wife?" echoed Holmes. “My wife 1b on her way to Japan.” “I don’t mean the woman that you call your wife,” suld the Indian con temptuously. “I mean the woman whom you married many years ago—Vir ginia Holmes, the woman whom you treated so brutally that she had to run away from you.” “You’re drunk or crazy, I don’t know which," said Holmes roughly. "Where did you hear this cock-und bull story?” “I heard It from your wife,” was the reply. "I reached her Just after the accident. Before she lost conscious ness she told me everything. She told me thnt you are Helen Dawson's fa ther. She told me that It wus you who murdered Chief Sleepy Dog, yeurs ago, on the Calapoola, after cheating him out of hlB land." "Who else heard this conversation?” naked Holmes. “No one," was the answer. "We were alone." "Well, what Is It you want of me? I presume thnt you have not come here merely to break the news." “I have come to learn what you Intend to do for your daughter,” suld Little Bear quietly, “und what you In tend to do for me.” "How does It concern you?" sneered Holmes. "I an- tho son of Chief Sleepy Dog, whom you murdered,” was the stern answer. "Tho luuds which you stole from him belong to me.” “And the womun who told these fnlry tales Is dead?” luughcd Holmes. "Well, unless you wnnt to find yourself In the hands of tho police for blackmail, you’d better make yourself scarce.” The young Indian, stung by the In solence of Holmes' tone and momen tarily overcome by passion, gathered himself as though about to spring at the lumber mugnate. But Holms*. THE OXLFEir OBSERVER. sensing the danger In which he stood, Jerked out the drawer of the table be side which he stopd. The next Instant he had the Indian covered with an au tomatic. “If you’re not out of this house in thirty’ seconds, I'll put a bullet Into you," he snarled. "Damn your Impu dence, thinking you could blackmail me under my own roof. Out of here now, before I send for the police." The Indian, as regurdless of the pis tol-as though It did not exist, picked up his hat and moved slowly toward the door. At the door he turned. “You cheated my father of his land and murdered him.” he suld. “I shall not forget.” As the door closed behind him, Holmes sank back In his clinlr and wiped the perspirutlon from his fore head, for years of easy living had sapped his courage. So Virginia was dead. Thank heaven for that 1 But was his secret safe? .It would have beep wiser, perhaps. If, Instead of an gering the Indian, he had bought his silence. One evening, not long nfter Little Bear’s return from his unsuccessful Interview with Rupert Holmes, a man knocked at Dave Dawson’s door and whined an appeal for food. “Sure,” said Dave. "Come In. I reckon mother here can find some thing for you.” The man, a furtive, blear-eyed fel low, whose clothes were in rags, ate like a famished wolf. At last he pushed back his chair with a sigh of content. “Any chnnct of my gettln’ a Job 'round here?” he asked. “You might go over und see Mike Morrissey In the morning,” Dave sug gested. “Perhnps he cun do something for you. Ordinarily you wouldn’t have any trouble getting work, but the Holmes crowd have been making a heap of trouble lately for the Independ ents, and they’ve been laying off men Instead of hiring ’em.” “That ain’t Rupert Holmes, by any chnnct, fe it?” usked tho stranger. “Him that used to huve a camp on the Calnpooia.” “The same man," said Dnwson. “Do you know him?” “Do I know him?” the man repeated with a bitter oath. “I’ve worn stripes for twenty years, thanks to him—blast his soul! But never you fear—l'll get even with him some day. He’s a bud nctor, is Dollar Holmes. I knew him when he was culled ‘the River Pirate,’ und the name fitted him, too. There wus nothing that he would stick at to get whnt he wunted. The timber lands over on the Calnpooia that gave him his start in life he got by cheating Chief Sleepy Dog." “Whnt do you know about Chief Sleepy Dog?" interrupted Little Beur, who had been listening to the conver sation. “I know a lot about how Holmes cheated him out of his land," said tkp stranger mysteriously. "Sleepy Dog was my father,” Little Bear quietly remarked. “Well, I’ll be d d!” the man ex claimed. “So you're the papoose I used to see Sleepy Dog's squaw toting 'round the camp." He lapsed Into si lence. After a little time he roused himself from the reverie Into which he had fallen. “You’ve treated me white,” he said, addressing himself to Dnwson, “und I'm goin’ to tell you something that may Interest you. I take It from your talk thnt you don’t like Rupert Holmes nny better’n I do—and, God knows, I’ve got reuson enough to hute him. My name Is Dill—Jake Dill. Twenty four years ago I wus over on the Cula poolu boot-legging. One duy Holmes caught me sellin' whisky In his camp. He gave me the choice of goln’ to Jail or of sllppln’ up to the camp of the Klamath Injlns, which was up the river a piece, an’ gettln' ’em drunk. It nln’t hard fer you to guess which I chose. The chief, Sleepy Dog, as nwny at the time, an’ Holmes' scheme was to get the Injlns drunk so's he could buy their land. It all worked out Jest ns he planned. Holmes had the transfer papers ready and he paid the bucks fifty dollurs apiece to sign ’em. I was one of the witnesses, and Holmes' Scotch foremun wus the oth er. And when Sleepy Dog came back to find his land gone. Holmes pushed him over tho edge of the cliff." “And whnt did Holmes do for you, Mr. Dill?" usked Helen, who hud lis tened with breathless attention to the vagrant's story. “ne double-crossed me, that's what he done," the mun answered bitterly. “He trumped up some charges ugulnst me and railroaded me to prison." "My uncle, Mr. Dawson, will see that you get work of some sort and thnt you are taken enre of,” said Helen. “In return, I wonder If tomorrow you would be willing to make an affidavit to what you huve Just told us? We have n little score ourselves to settle with Rupert Holmes." "I don’t know's I’d mind," snhl Dill, "not If It would mnke things hot for Dollur Holmes." The next day, Hcleh having tele phoned to Big Falls for Clay, the young luwyer who represented the Independ ent owners. Dill’s affidavit was duly drawn up In proper form, signed und sworn to. With this evidence In Ids possession, Little Beur started the next day for Washington to tell his story to the Indian commissioner and to plead for the restoration of the tribal Innds. A fortnight later Helen received a wire, signed by Cluy, from Washing ton. “As result of Investigation by bu reau of Indian affulrs," It reud. “Holmes' purchase of Klamath lunds has been found lllegul and the com missioner has ordored them restored to Little Bear and surviving members of tribe." (END Or EIGHTH EPISODE.) SEEK ANTIDOTE FOR SUBMARINE Inventors Strive for Means to Rid Sea of Menace to Shipping. EARLY ACTION IN AMERICA Thousands of Letters Received by Boards of Inventions In England and United States but Few Practical Ideas Advanced. London.—The New York Herald’s naval correspondent writes: A development of the war which will receive special attention from the his torian Is that which is connected with the mobilizing of Inventions for fight ing purposes. In Germany science was harnessed to the Moloch of destruc tion before hostilities began, and all the resources of technical knowledge were brought to benr for the purpose of devising new methods of killing. It was the use by the Huns of poison gas and similar contrivances which awak ened the allies to the necessity for mobilizing Inventions and the Imagi native enterprise of thoughtful men and painstaking Investigators. As a result there were established In France nnd England boards of In vention connected with the naval and military departments, for the exami nation nnd trial of such plnns and pro posals as seemed to be of value. By these measures the flow of invention was directed to channels from which It wns hoped might issue a provision of new weapons nnd new kinds of mu nitions helpful to the forces by land and sen. Early Action by America. With ready forethought America, while yet at pence, provided her own bureau of Invention. She should be, therefore, more ready to utilize her natural Inventive genius now that she hns become a participant In the war. It Is comparatively easy to find men of expert Judgment und experience to Inquire Into or advise upon the feas ibility of schemes and proposals, many of which are only rough hewn but may contain the germ of Improvements; but whnt Is less simple is to detnch nnd detail the right kind of officers from the navnl nnd milltnry services to carry forward the work of experiment and Investigation to a point of useful ness. Just at present the attention of in ventors Is directed particularly townrd finding an nntldote for the submarine. It Is said thnt the consulting bonrd of the United States navy received In one week more than two thousand letters, ench containing what the writer be lieved to be a solution of the subma rine mennee. How many letters the British board of Inventions has re ceived on this subject has not been made public, nnd yet it Is manifest thnt no device has been discovered the prac tical application of which Is an nssured Buccess. The explanation of this un satisfactory state of nffntrs seems to rest mainly In the Inability of the in ventor to grasp rightly the factors in the problem. The principal obstacle to effective dealing with the U-boat is its Invisibil ity, Its quality of submersion for a considerable length of time, during which It can travel comparatively long distances under water and change Its position without discovery by the wntchers on the surface. It Is true thnt It must come up at times to re charge Its electric accumulators or to give Its crew fresh air. It must more often put Its periscope above water, and the clrrumstnnces In which its nt tnck Is made may oblige It to emerge for the purpose of bringing Its gun Into action. The Real Solution. In these conditions It may he treated os n surface bont, and proposals for dealing with It. whether from the air or the sen, have already attained n high degree of efficiency. Again, where the U-boat Is forced to operate or to reach the scene of its activity through narrow channels or constrict ed waters, the value of netsjind mines ns a deterrent has. ns official records show, been proved up to a point. Nevertheless, to overcome the sub marine, It is not sufficient to be able to obstruct Its passage In certnln limited arena, or merely to be prepared to deal WORKING FOR THE MILITIA OF MERCY Receiving and labeling packages of knit goods at the headquarters of the Militia of Mercy In New York. The organisation aids the families of nan* with It during Its brief Intervals of emergence. Something more Is want ed than this. The real solution of the problem will depend upon the possi bility of discovering Its whereabouts under water and making that discovery either on the surfnee or In the air. This Is the fruitful field for investi gation, nnd this is clearly the direction Indicated to inventors ns the line along which to devote their thought and study If they are seeking an untldote to the submarine peril. The limita tions thus set up not only narrows the scope for suggestion but the number of persons whose equipment by train ing and experience Is likely to fit them for the task. In order to save themselves from an Inundation of use less or Impracticable schemes, It is surely worth the while of the various Investigating boards to Issue to would be correspondents some rules by which the latter might be guided in muking suggestions. Much disappoint ment would thereby be prevented and much waste of time nnd trouble. Raise Flags Underground. Shenandoah, Pa.—At the Draper col liery the other morning the Inside em ployees raised two American flags 1,000 feet below the surfnee in the mammoth vein gangway in honor of two of their workers, Edward Phillips and Robert Hahn, who have enlisted. One flag wns set floating at each chute from where the men worked. Every em ployee of the Inside workings was there. Rodin Gets Aztec Sculptures. Mexico City.—Reproductions of some of the more famous exnmples of Aztec sculpture hnve been sent by the Mex ican government as a gift to Rodin, the French sculptor. Rodin In return hns promised to send a reproduction of one of his works to be placed In the Na tional Academy of Fine Arts. TRUSTS HIS FOE; IS SHOT IN BACK St. Louis Man’s Generosity to Enemy Costs Him His Life. IS VICTIM OF TREACHERY “Fighting Jimmy” Paul, First In Front Line of Enemy, Is Mourned by French Foreign Legion—Even Wounded Attend Funeral. Paris. —Generosity townrd the en emy cost the life of James Paul of St. Louis, a member of the famous French Foreign legion. Paul was known ns “Fighting Jimmy,” aud he never failed to live up to his name. To be called one of the bravest men In the legion Is a great honor, and that was an honor held by “Fighting Jim my.” Twenty-four hours before one of the general attacks by the French In their recent offensive In Champagne. Paul was sent out with a body of picked men to “worry" the Germans’ first line with bombs. Paul was the first mnn over the par apet and got safely through, together with several other Americans. After trying In vain to keep off the attackers with mnchlne guns, the Germans scut tled Into their dugouts. Paul, who was In advance, threw a dozen grenade Into n dugout and cnlled upon the skulkers to come out. Victim of Treachery. Only one German appeared. He threw up his arms, shouting “Com rade," nssurlng Paul the rest of the men Inside were dead. Without taking the trouble to search the man for hid den weapons, Paul turned to another dugout. The Instant his back was turned the German drew an automatic pistol nnd fired. Paul fell backward Just as his fellow legion members fol lowed. The German fell with bayonet wounds In his body. Two of Paul's best friends. Arthur Berry of Boston MAJ. GEN. HENRY G. SHARPE A new snapshot of Maj. Gen. Henry G. Sharpe, quartermaster general of the war department. As the “rustler** of supplies for the army he has a man sized job and will have a bigger job before the war is over. and Christopher Charles of Brooklyn, knelt beside him. Paul lay on his back and there wns a smile on his lips. “You are not bndly hurt, are you, Jimmy?” asked his friends. There wns no reply, and they turned the body over. The bullet had pene trated the heart nnd death must have been instantaneous. Wounded Attend Funeral. any German showing: fight wns ruthlessly bayonetted. Those who surrendered were spared, although their trip from the front to the rear was far from pleasant. After the position had been thor oughly cleared out, the legion mem bers retired, bearing with them Paul'» body. Every man who could attended the simple funeral. Even wounded men hobbled out to the improvised cemetery. Paul had been decorated for bravery at the battle of Belloy-en-Santerre, on the Somme, in July, 191& At that time, single-handed, he held a sector of a trench after his seven companions had been killed. Someone once referred to St. Louis as a German city. “That’s not true,” exclaimed Paul. “It Is no more a German city than Paris. True, there are Germans there, but you find Germans everywhere. You will find that St. Louis will send over some mighty good soldiers.” WEST VIRGINIA BANS LOAFING Rich and Poor Alike Must Work at Least 38 Hours Weekly, Says New Btatute. Charleston, W. Va.—All loafers look alike to the law In West Virginia. A statute Just passed by the legtslature provideß thnt every able male between the ages of sixteen and sixty must work at least 80 hours weekly at "some lawful and recognized business, profession or employment." This hits 'em nil, both great and’ small. The law Is effective, no matter how big an Income any Individual may enjoy. Students are exempt during school session. Violators may be fined 3100 or be put to work by the state. In which case their dependents get the small wage allowed. The purpose of this lnw Is to make every able-bodied male do something useful during the war. ITALIANS BUILD FINE ROADS IN ALBANIA Rome.—Thanks to Italo-Aus trlnn rivnlry, after the wnr Al bania will have the best system of wagon roads of any Balkan state, Greece and Roumanla In cluded. A few days ago a new road, 400 kilometers long, connecting Santl Quarantn with Salonlkl, was opened to the public. The road Is a monument to Italian labor nnd engineering. Over 300 kilometers lie through high mountains nnd deep gorges. A motor car can cover the distance between the two cities In about 20 hours. In n few days a new piece of road, 110 kilometers long, will bo opened to the public and will connect Avlona, on the Adriatic, with Salonlkl.