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The Man From Yonder By HAROLD TITUS Copyright 19JWSH. Harold Tltoi. WNl' Sorvlc*. SYNOPSIS Ben Elliott?from "Yonder"?arrives at the little lumbering town of Tincup accompanied by Don Stuart, old, very aick man, whom he has befriended. He signalizes his coming by defeating Bull Duval, "king of the river," and town bully, in a log-blrllng contest. Nicholas Brandon the town's leading citizen, resents Stuart's presence. He tries to force him to leave town and Elliott, resenting the act, knocks him down. Elliott is arrested. CHAPTER II?Continued "Are you guilty or not?" Able re peated and Ben Elliott who had stood at ease before him, slouch hat In his great brown hands, now gave bis head a grave twist. "Well, If pitching a man off the side walk Into the mud Is called assault and battery In Tincup, then I'm about a hundred per cent guilty," he said. A stir In the room followed that and Able frowned, a convincingly judicial frown. "Guilty, eh?" He cleared his throat at length. "Now how about this dis ruption of the peace, anyhow?" The sheriff spoke: "Ton see, Able, 'twas this way. Mr.?" "Now Just a minure, Art This ac cused has pleaded guilty, as I under stand It I don't see any need of any body else saying anything. He's thrown himself on the mercy of this court you might say, and It's regular and proper and according to the spirit of the statute that I question him before passing sentence. Besides," he added, with a twinkle at Brandon, "I'm a little curious." The steriff sniffed and subsided. Clearly, Here was little friendship be tween him and the Justice. "Now, Mr . . ." Able glanced at the complaint again. "Mr. Ben Elliott, how come that you go about the coun try tossing reputable citizens Into the mud?" "Why, he was trying to make a friend of mine do something he didn't want to do. That's all. I butted In, I guess; he got hard and so,"?shrug? "I lost my head for a minute and put him In his place." "In the mud, you mean." "Yeah. In the mud." "Well, go on; go on. Go back to the beginning. I want to know all about this affair." Elliott drew a long breath. "I started for Tincup several days ago. I was a long ways off. over In Minnesota. This morning I got down to the Junction west of here and while I waited for my train got talking to this old timer, Don Stuart, who was In the station. Maybe you know him, Judge. Other folks here do." Able blinked twice; hard. "The old fellow Is about all In, I'd say. He's got It Into bis head that he's about to die and prob ablyhlsguess Isn't such a bad one. Seems this used to be bis stamping ground, that he's been away a long time and that I ? "Guilty, Ehr he'd started back to finish his days here where he could see some old friends. He went broke on the way and was just sitting there this morning waiting for something to happen. I happened. I wasn't any too well heeled myself, but I had enough for his ticket so I brought him along. "As luck would have it, I got a chance to pick up a few dollars of Tlncup money as soon as we got In and I had to have It, with the old timer on my hands. While I was busy getting this cash this man Brandon evidently saw my buddy and started rushing him back to the depot to take the next train back to where he came from. I didn't like that so welL I tried to talk him out of It but Mr. Brandon isn't a great talker. That's all. . . . Here I am!" "Guilty as charged, eh?'* Able fum bled with the papers. "What brought yoo such a long ways into Tincup, any how?" "Because Fd heard Tincup was a tough nut to crack." A stir In the crowd, then a sharp look from Brandon to Elliott. "Oh. . . . Fond of nuts, are you?' Able asked and the look Id his eyes was much less severe. "So you'd heard about Tincup and started for it from a long ways off and . . . Now this mat ter of nuts: You like all kinds?" "Not all nuts; no." The steel-gray eyes were a bit narrowed, now, as Elli ott tried to plumb the old man's mood. "Well, for instance: like peanuts?" "No. Can't stand 'em." "Not at all? Almonds, then?" A twinkle was surely coming to life in the court's eyes but, seeing it, the defendant only frowned. "Can't vote very strong for al monds." "Or English walnuts or pecans?" "Never did hold them to be what you'd call irresistible, either." "Hum-m. . . . How about black wal nuts?" "Now," declared Elliott with a nod, "now, you're getting into real classy nuts!" Men In the crowd looked at one an other, not knowing what to make of tills. "Well, if you like black walnuts, would you say they were your favor ite?" The other considered this question with great, if not wholly genuine, seri ousness. uot eucuy. i u pui uiaca wal nuts high up Ih the list, all right, your honor, but since you're interested about my preferences in nuts, I'd say that the best nut that ever hung out doors or offered itself for the cracking was a good old hickory nuL" "Real tough ones, eh?" "Real tough ones, yes." Able wiped his face with a palm and wet his lips. The two looked long at one another and that spark passed which will jump from man to man, car ried sometimes by a deed, often by a word, frequently by only a glance; that message which says as plainly as though inscribed in black characters against white background: "1 like you; I am your friend I" It went from the old man to the young and back again from young to old. Nicholas Brandon understood and the lightnings in his dark eyes played more briskly, more ominously. "And so you'd figure Tincup as a sort of hickory nut?" "I had. Tincup has a reputation all through the Lake states. Wherever you go you'll hear it talked about as a hard camp. I'd heard so many times that a good man with Ideas of his own, with independence and. maybe, with ambition had better keep away from here that I found myself hankering to get a look at the place." "What's your line of work?" "I follow the timber. . . . Anything." "Well, just what, for Instance? What are some of the jobs you've held?" Elliott smiled a bit "Good many. I was a chore boy once; another time I was a road monkey. I've teamed and sawed, worked as millwright and on rivers. Once or twice I've run a camp or two." "But your avocation. 1 take It, Is looking for hard nuts?" Brandon spoke now: "Your honor!" His voice was well modulated and yet In Its quality was something which ruggested iron cov ered with velvet "As complaining wit ness in this case, may 1 suggest that we are beginning to waste time? This young man has pleaded guilty. Of course, I do not want to be put In the light of one who attempts to dictate to a court of law, but I have pressing | matters to attend to and if we can get on. . * Outwardly this vas only a sugges tlon, a plea; really, though, It was one way of demanding, of giving an order. "Yes, you're a bcsy man, Nick." Able said and nddded. "I'd sort of figured being busy here today, myself. Sort of wondered If somebody wouldn't bring in Bull Duval on a charge of as sault and battery. He trimmed my man Harrington so badly that he's gone and my operation's without a boss today. I sort of thought, being Interested as you are In law and or der, that Duval might be brought in." "That Is something i know nothing about," Brandon said severely. "Likely not You can't be expected to keep as close track of the men who work for you as I do of mine. That Is. It Isn't reasonable to think a man of your tallber would." He spoke drily and Elliott, watching the two, could see that his words stung Brandon. The justice straight ened in his chair, however. "But maype we are delaying things. Now, Mr. Elliott, don't you think It a little out of the way to come Into a town, a total stranger, and upset all that town's precedents? If you. In stead of one of Sir. Brandon's hired men, had cleaned up on my man Har rington, for Instance, it might not have been such a grave offense. But here you come and pick out the one man In Tlncup who hasn't been struck or even threatened In longer than I can recall?a man who Is regarded here about like most folks would regard a baron of the Middle ages?and toss him out Into the mud I Why. Elliott that's not ever happened before! "Probably It didn't hurt Nick much, but there are his feelings to consider. Aren't yon ashamed of giving people a chance to Jeer at Mr. Brandon?" Elliott looked at Brandon, then, de liberately, carefully. Inspected him from his glossy black hair to his mud dled breeches. "It wasn't a very smart thing to do, I guess," he admitted. "It's not lfkely now, that I'll even get a chance to see how hard a nut this town really Is." "And no worse than you deserve!" Able said sharply. "You know better than to carry on that way, Elliott. I've got to give you a fine commensurate with your offense. I'll fine you a dol lar and seventy-five cents for costs or send you to Jail for a day." In the rear a sacrilegious titter or two. From the sheriff, a grunt; from Nicholas Brandon a breath of of fended dignity and a look that scorched. But on Ben Elliott's face only ap peared a foolish smile. "That's reasonable enough," he said, "but the joker is this: I haven't even got the dollar I" "Well, our Jail's real comfortable, I'm told. A day there'll let you think over the advisability of going around the country muddying up the pants of respected citizens!" Elliott, though, faced even so short a Jail sentence with anything but relish. "I can get the money easy enough," he said. "That is If you, your honor, or somebody else'U send a wire for me." "That might be arranged. Where to?" "Here?" He reached for a sheet of paper and pencil lying on the table. Swiftly he wrote the words: "Badger Forest Products company. Beech Ridge, Wisconsin." He handed it to Able. "Will you wire them for twenty five dollars and sign my name? Send the message collect." , "That's a big outfit," the judge said. "You figure they'll do as you ask ?" "Well, they never have turned me down for anything I've asked. Of course, there's always the first time. If you'll do that . . . "Until that gets back. Sheriff, i sup pose it's me for the brig. ... Is that right. Judge?" Able was studying the address and when be looked up and grunted an af firmative reply his gaze was far away. Far, far away. for a considerable interval arter bis court room had emptied. Able Armltage sat motionless In his chair. His eye still held that far-away look, staring Into space, and now and again he picked up the scrap of paper bearing the address young Elliott had written and scanned it closely. "By cracky!** he said, an hour after being left alone. "By cracky?byjing! It might be, you know. ... It may be,possibly, perhaps might be!** Thereupon he rose, went to a wall telephone and put in a call for Nathan Bridger, general manager of the Bad ger Forest Products company, of Beach Ilidge, Wisconsin. After this he stood for a time In the front window, peering out into the street. A man came along the side walk, a man of about Abies years, bearing a limp and rusty bag which 8tam{?ed him as a physician. He waved a hand to Able and then, as on sudden impulse, changed his course and ap proached the entry. "Rig day, Able,*'?as the Justice opened the door. "Yeah. Big." "Old Don's back." "So I heard." "Bad shape, too." "I heard mat. ueai Dad. Emory7" Emory Sweet nodded gravely. "Heart's like a sponge. He can't last long. . . . Nick was all for send ing him back to Hemlock but I told him It would be murder to move him now." "Oh. Nick showed up. did he?" "Came right from here. Said he'd been providing for Don for these last years and wanted him with somebody or other in Hemlock who'd see he didn't get hold of hooch again. Was quite provoked when I opposed mov ing him." "Nicholas doesn't like the notion of Don's being In this vicinity." * "It's about as popular with him as smallpox. When I'd prevailed on him to let Don alone I told him the truth: that he can't last more than a few weeks and Nick looked like a man who . . . well, like one who's heard good news." Able nodded. "Safer for Brandon to have him In his grave. But when old Don goes, seems like the last chance of ever clearing the thing up's gone too." "Looks that way. Unless he'll talk before he dies." "Even so. it wouldn't amount to much. He's an old bum: he was a known drunkard at the time. It hap pened so long ago, and with the courts controlled by who they are . . .* "All but yours." "And mine without any jurisdiction in sure-enough trouble." The doctor started out but halted in the doorway. "Hear Harrington's gone." "Yes. The Bull ran him out of tdwn." * "Brandon?" "Don't be simple. Emory. Who else?" "He certainly can't forget the Hoot Owl, can he? What are you going to do now. Able?" The other shook his head gravely. "I wish I could give you an an swer ? . . or myself an answer. All forenoon I've had a feeling In that palm,"?extending his creased right hand, "as if the end of a rope were slipping through It" "Tough," muttered the doctor as he went out An hour later Able Armltage left his office. He moved with great alacrity for one of his years and stopped only | once and that was to draw Bird-Eye Blaine from the throng of onlookers tluit lined the sidewalk. Ttet^our car In town, Bird-Eye?" he askecL^Jave? Will It still run?" "Run!"?as though insulted. "Say, Able, thuc car may not be so foxy j lookln' as some, but she's got a heart j av gold 'nd?" "All right Run her around by the jail, will you? Might need you; again. "Hum-m. He Says You're No Good." I might not- Best to be prepared. though." Bird-Eye nodded assent and the old Justice went on. Ben Elliott, solitary prisoner in the county Jail, lay on the least objection able of the bunks he fonnd there, smok ing and staring at the dingy ceiling. His hands were clasped beneath his head and his feet were crossed; an attitude of relaxation, surely, but his one foot twisted on its ankle aroand and around, most restlessly. A man of action, this, not accustomed to Idle ness or restraint. He raised his head sharply when a key grated in the big steel door leading to the cell block and stopped puffing on his pipe when the opening barrier revealed Able Armitage. "Hello, Judge!" Elliott cried and grinned. Able wasted no time. "I've Just been talking with Bridger." "Bridger! He here?" "Oh, no. I called him on long dis tance." Able smiled as the other gave a puzzled frown. "Bridger and I are old friends. We fought Spain together . . . and malaria when we had Spain whipped. I think a lot of Bridger. Tve a great respect for him and his opin ions." "So'Te L Everybody has.' "Hum-m. He says you're no good." Elliott started. "Wha-a-at? Why . . . That's funny. Do you mean he wouldn't stake me to the money I asked for?" TO BE CONTINUED. Beirut Has Seen Earth's Mighty Men Come and Go On the face of the rock which over looks the scenery from Beirut to Trip oil are written the names of every conqueror that has Invaded Syria from Sennacherib the Assyrian down to Field Marshal Allenby, who conquered Palestine in the World war. That mighty testament to Syria's glorious past Is one of the few color ful touches to be* noted around this seaport at the foot of the Lebanon. The climate is damp and stilling in hot weather. To make life durable, towns people take to the mountains where cedars such as those Solomon imported for his temple still grow In numbers, although the slopes are no longer for est-covered. In almost every direction, trips by motor out of Beirut bring one In touch with the immemorial past. Not far down the Mediterranean coast lies 81 don. Oxen now plow the fields where once stood the great temple of As tart e. Tyre, which the Syrians call Soar. Is farther south. Once the mightiest city of the East, it Is now a fisher men's village. Between Beirut and Sidon lies Swalfet, to where Cleopatra Is sup posed to have journeyed for her final tryst with Anthony before he act out for the buttle of Actlurn. Fastest Dog in World The whippet, fastest dog In the world, is a cross between the grey hound and the terrier. Peasant Influence in Modern Dress By CHERIE NICHOLAS BIG sleeve*. Moused bodices, draw string necklines, ccrd and tassel fastenings, colorful sashes girdling the waistline, rustic linens and cottons ! bizarre with color and design, ornate embroidering* and hosts of other de tails equally as fascinating and pictur- . esque, all proclaim the romantic, | quaint, peasant fashions of mid-Europe as the source from which modern de signers are gathering inspiration. The prologue to this peasant-inspired style program was written months ago when millinery, as we all remember, went so spectacularly and so pictur esquely Tyrolean. The movement grew j and grew until this season. Through out all costume design one sees modern Interpretation given to peasant themes gleaned from many lands. To peasant sources may be traced the primitive reds and greens and yei- ! lows in beach and sports wear as a change from the subtle pastels, the j nautical blues and the softly modu lated "faded" tones and tints we loved ' so well. Peasant-shawl prints enliven I the new evening gowns. Self-fringe finishes the edges of rustic fabrics. Raffia accessories is the new note sounded in connection with sports cos tumes. Starched Laces dare about j throat and on sleeves. Belts gaily em- I broidered in peasant colors make cos tumes look pictoriaily gypsy'ike?and so on and so on the str-cy of peasant lore unfolds In modernized version. Perhaps the most significant reaction to peasant influence is the silhouette which introduces softly Moused bodices and big generous sleeves. The dress on the seated figure iu the illustration ! speaks more eloquently than words of this new movement. Gray jersey fash ions this gown, which is a Paris model. Gray, by the way. is accounted as ultra- ! voguish for both day and evemng wear by stylists both here and abroad. The huge pleated sleeves are set very high, j These, with the gathered-neckline and fullness given to the bio use which is i conflned at the waistline with a mas sive silver belt, give that "different" look which insures a new chis-seasou styling. The dress on the standing flgnre to the right also features the very new and smart b loused bodice, but In a more conservative way. It is fash ioned of a handsome fuchsia colored crepe. There Is a bit of smocking slightly suggesting a yoke which gives the required blouse fullness. The big sleeves are gathered in at the wrist in traditional peasant fashion. The frill at the neck also reflects peasant styl ing. Blouse*! bodice backs are made a special point of Interest in many of the new dresses. The model pictured above to the left In r.ie group illus trates "lines" that are considered the Last wori in chic. Speaking of influences reflected in the newer fashions there is another movement under way which is quite as outstanding and important as that of peasant trends. We are referring to the "Regency" period fashions which flourished in the early Nineteenth cen tury (from 1312 to 1320). The Re gency influences in dress versus peas ant traits inject a versatility to this season's styling which insures against the possibility of a dull <r mo no to nous moment in realms of fashion the whole spring and summer through. The former bespeaks a formality ami sophistication which is quite for eign to the naive rustic beauty of the latter. The cuaractenstfc features In either are easily recognizable. Remi niscent of the Regency period modes are the high waistlines which certain French couturiers are introducing, the long skirts often with decorative hem Lines and that which 7011 will see dis played in millinery showings this spring?bonnets, reui poke bonnets which of course will interest the in genue and debutante cil"ureie. far more than women of more mature years. ?. V inturn NuwHpayer L'niun. TULLE TRIMS PRINT By CUEXUK MCHOLiH The call of the evening mode I* for masses of frothy tulle used a a trim ming way on gowns. ?? vert haad some yellow and Mack v'k crepe gown pictured has a froth of black tulle at each shoulder. The cuuniug cai?e which milady holds in hand la readi ness to don at sweet will * also of frothy layers black tulle. Halo* of Plaited Silk The latest halos for evening wear are made of plaited silk In a variety of colors, with moleskin capes and muds, dyed green, plum or navy. ACCESSORIES EKE OUT SMALL BUDGET The woman who has to get through an entire season wtfu one evening gown?now there's a problem tor you. But Lt can he an amusing probiein if the woman is sufficiently clever anil ingenious. The styles ire on her side this winter. Ail this girl with the collapsed hud get need Jo is watch her colors and accessories. Let her get a white or cream*coJored gown built along sim ple, classic lines n crepe, chiffon, satin or velvet. Then let her change the gown's appearance from time to *?lwe with a double capelet of burnt orange tuile. wrth 1 mauve seuum jacket, with a high-necked Jeep blue velvet jacket that buttons down the back, even with 1 lovebird green chiffon scarf wnose ends iluac airily behind. Purple Flowers Are Back in Spotlight of Fashion "Buttercups and daisies here to please the ladies'?are supplanted by v olets, paosies and lilacs, the cur rent acceptance of colors in the pur ple range, sponsored by 5khiapareiii, Jiainbocher. Leioog, Batou and others, have brought these ioveiy blossoms back Into fashion. Late last summer Paris began using these together with bines, which fre quently have a purplish cast. the vio lets are varied iu type, single, double. Large, small, Uiacs come in sprays or clusters, following genuine or artificial effects. Schiapare.ii uses a spray of pans.es over the shoulder. \lainbocher uses lilacs to trim lavender chiffon, k'atou pones a bunch of violets at cen ter front. Black Velvet Favored Black velvet hits the high spots for afternoon and evening. Velvet suits with peplums aud rhiuoetone buttons or bow knots are chic. Uncommon Sense C. B.1I lypdlw.?WNU ?*rTlc? The other day I picked up a new paper which care an account of a per son whose Job Is to The Road to help people to spend Happiness th*ir ldle llme Now the only peo ple I know who have any idle time are forced to spend the moat of it looking for Jobs. Those who have plenty of work to do don't hare enough idle time on their hands to worry a hour. It is my belief that a person who has overabundant idle time ought to devote it to finding some useful employment. A good many widely known million aires hare done that. When Andrew Cam#*gle retired from the steel business, with much more than enough money to keep him and his family for the rest of their Use* he didn't send for somebody to portion out his time for him. and show him exactly how he could lire in enjoyment for the remainder of his existence. ? ?????? Not having any schooling in his own youth, he thought of other people wte might need It as badly as he did. So, Instead of trying to teach them how to spend their spare time la the Lightsome pursuit of mock happiness, he scattered Libraries all over the coun try, so they could at least read and improve their mini Is when tfley didn't have anything else to do. My idea of spemiing idle time profit ably is to devote it to some interesting kind of work. ? ? m m m m m Why don't these blase people study another Language, or Look into a book now and then to see what Lr contains* natead of hiring a dancing teacher ?r employing a guide to show them the things they ought to see In a trip around the world. That would relieve them of the rigors of ennui, and when they wanted exerciae they could take a walk through the slums of a great city, where idle time combined with idle money might do a great ieai toward! ?leaning up the town and making lift* brighter and happier for those whe never will have any idle time as Long as they are able to stand and see. I on not i Boishovik or i CommuniM. [ dim t bttliavn that avmrrhody ouqtu tm toil ihrtwfiuiiit flu oulsncR, f hm ham bam dirmvd ?muiufti to storn up money far a rnrnr dor. But hiring a professions. time-spends er looks to me Like an extremely use less and futile procedure. And there still being a bigh percent age of intelligence in the country, T don't believe that the professional time spending counsellors have hit on the nght way to make existence mom prolitabie for people who have more money than brains. ? ?????? There is uo possible way to grow nappy and prosperous :n this life with out uow ami then taking a chance. If <Jhristopher Columbus' watch word aad been 'safety drst." America would have had to wait Coward's considerably longer Motto ^ k? 'Uncovered. . Courage ieservae the praise which It hus had since the beginning of the human race. Moral courage, which is the highest type of courage, always involves some form of risk. The instinct of self preservation is strong, but if it bad not been constant ly set aside luring 'he race s apbuild mg, we womd he about as far iiong our way as the timorous lazy 'Digger* rndlun. whose tribe ><till exists on some iniriions of the North Pacific coast. Heroic men lave always been able to nerve themselves up to doing 'hinge they were afraid to do. and there can be no higher courage than that. The here worship bestowed upon neu and women who ire uofc afraid t? rail great risks for tile sake of tiieir t:n or friends, or for a cause, .s always justified. I can remember a line in this coun try when party seniors were afraid to lefy some poiiticai nose who bad or* iered eaders to nominate notoriously rascailv and unfit joen for ofllee. That sort of tiling !u? k:ly. is passing. .Vs i race we :ire improving, lecause our courage s improving. No longer demagog ies rise in the and to achieve such a following that ?he rank and file of the country is afraid to take measures to unseat them. Nobody can accuse young Mr. Lind bergh of being governed by the safety irst idea. Had George Washington been guided by such a rule there would today be rio United States of America. We are improving, however. man aui woman sm/aus mMinc* iveiy the -tnhi /tin,* to to. Hut, ?innaf*? pily. every man does tot 9i/i?i?s the grd 'JO do iL More people recogn.xmg rusks Cake them notwithstanding :han ever before. Never credit the contention chat civi lization is makuig us softer. There are more potential heroes In the world than ever before. And wbeu they are needed they will overcome perfectly nutnrai fears, and go out and show the world what they can do. Fortune favors the brave now as much as it ever ha a ttut even if it did not. the sua a wbe takes a chance In doing some heroic deed is the kind of s man that the whole world wdl adii r*
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