The Man From Yonder By HAROLD TITUS Copyright 1928-1934, HaroM Tltu?. WNU ServIc<t tilAfTJSK X?Continued "What's the difficulty, Brandon? Didn't you expect to see me this morn ing?" "Why . . . I . . . That Is, t thought?" Ben stepped close and dropped his voice nearly to a whisper. "You thought I wouldn't be walking today? Was that it?" "Not walking? I don't know what you're talking about." The older man's self-control was coming back rapidly, now that his fright had passed away. "I Just came in to get matters straight between us, Brandon. Several serious things have happened to the Hoot Owl but in spite of them the Hoot Owl is booming; now, I presume, I can look for things to happen to me. Before anything does?because I'm not rash enough to be cocksure that it won't? I want you to get me straight." The last vestige of his smile was gone by then. He stood spread-legged, hands locked behind his back, eyes boring into Brandon's gaze. "I'm not interested in?" "But you'll listen! You'll listen or I'll choke you until you'll beg for the opportunity to listen, Brandon! You'll listen to me this morning and it'll be the first and last time. "I know a great deal. I can prove but little. I know that you started in to run me out by sending Duval to clean up my camp. Next, you tried to cripple my operation by having a firebug touch off the mill. Next, you or some of your men stole a piston head out of the express?" "Don't go too far, young man!" "I won't. The pits of h?1 are the Inside limits for you, Brandon! "After that, you timed it nicely and blew up my trestle. You almost had us two or three times. But you flopped I The Hoot Owl is up on its knees, will be on its feet in a month if we keep going and it'll be sitting on the world 1 by the time breakup hits ns. All you've done to the job has only helped it. "That's that I Next you try to get me, thinking, probably, that if you knock the skipper off the bridge the ' craft will founder for certain. You're wrong, there. You can't lick my men. because they're too many for you; you 1 can't stop the Hoot Owl by getting me j out of the picture. But if you want to keep on trying, it's you own funeral I've only one thing to ask of you: try to play the white man, Brandon, and fight your own fights!" His face was dark with rage, now, and he emphasized his Inst words by ' downward thrusts of clenched hands along his thighs. Brandon smiled lightly. "You're a queer young man," he re marked. "You dream In broad day light and with your eyes open." ,4A peculiarly detailed dream, Bran don ! I've said all I have to say about the job and about myself but there is another matter left to he mentioned while I'm here. I won't even utter her name in your hearing, but any man who would pull a trick like you did and involve a girl . . . Brandon, a snake's belly is sky-high compared to you!" And that touched the well-springs of rage that had been dammed back un til the moment. "You fool!" the man said heavily. The words came like the first break in a levee; slow, sluggish words. . . . And then, like the following toss of foam was the frothing rage in his scream. "You fool I I'll drive you out of this country! I'll hang your opera tion up for the crows to pick! I'll string the bones of this timber and your own bones across this country!" He swung his arms in wide, wild ges tures. He stopped, sobbing for breath, and his teeth clicked in an agony of pas sion. "Dawn? Not mention her name? Well, 1 will. . . . She's mine, you fool, body and soull She's been mine for venrs. , Rer?niise she smiled at you, because she played with you don't think she's interested, fool! She's?" He swayed backward as Elliott lurched toward him, but their bodies did not lock. j* White and trembling, Ben stayed his own rush. "No! . . . Don't want to brawl over her." he choked. "But if you men- e tl??n her name to me again I'm likely to lj lose my head and tear your hide off - your carcass!" His rage was so high, so holy, that the fear It Inspired carried through Brandon's frenzy and the man stood silent, perhaps in awe. Ben relaxed. "Now," he said quietly, "I've just one thing to ask, Brandon. It's this: fight your own battles!" He turned on his heel and slammed the door behind him. CHAPTER XI Ben began nnhlankctlng his team * with the haste of high temper but be fore he had finished Able Armltage hailed hlra from across the street and vaine hurrying through the rutted ?now. n The old Justice's fact was marked I by an expression of concern and he came close before he spoke. "I hear Red Bart Delaney's in town." Ben nodded grimly. "Came to see me yesterday." "Nor "Yeah. Took a long look at me ? ? . over the sights of a rifle." "Ben ! Why, son !" Elliott laughed mirthlessly and told what had happened in the Lloot Owl chopping the day before. "So he's gotten down to the hiring of a killer'." Able looked anxiously into Ben's face. "Son ; . . It can't go on. Timber or no timber; success or failure for the Lloot Owl, you've got to think of yourself!" "I'm doing that. I've been to see Brandon and tried to drive him into the open. That's all I ask of him; that he fights fair." "And if he won't, what?" "Then I'll have to smoke him out!" Able clicked his tongue. "Benny, your way of doing things scares me! Why, this can't go on. It mustn't! It's your own affair, for sure, when he tried to shoot you down, but maybe, perhaps, possibly, I'm going to beg you to be careful. So long as De laney's in the country you've got to keep low. Get back to camn- stnv there; let us pick some man I can trust to follow Hart and Brandon night and day so you'll not be caught!" "No." Ken shook his head resolutely. "I'll go on about my business as I should. I've never run yet and don't like to start any fast foot work now." "But It's your life that's at stake, Ben! Don't be silly. That's what reck lessness is: downright silly! That's not like you. Why, not raking precau tions in this thing is like monkeying with a high tension wire." "No good, Able. I couldn't hold up my head if I hid out after the play I've made." So Able was forced to give up after a time and shuffled up the street, draw ing off his mitten again and rubbing bis face briskly with his palm. He had only reached his otlice and was unlocking the1 door when Aunt Km, walking grimly as if with a definite pur pose, approached. "Good morning?" he began. "Forget the palaver, Able Arraitage!" the woman said sharply. "You're in trouble. So are we all, maybe. That's why I came to see you. Is it true what they say that this Bed Bart Delaney has showed up here in Tincup?" "As true as disease or death or any thing else unpleasant." "That's what I'd heard! Do I have to guess why he's come?" Able untied his scarf and shook his bead sadly. "No, Em. Your first guess will be right And he took a shot at Benny yesterday!" ? Ana nnssea, i a juage rrom me iook )f him just now. But if he's still here :here'll be a next time; and he won't miss then. Did you do your duty and jend the boy to some safe place?" Able sighed and told her of his talk tvith Ben. "So you couldn't make him listen to ?eason!" she muttered. "Well, if you :an't, I can't. And, us falling, there's >nly one other who would have a ghost )f a show." "Dawn?" She nodded. "Dawn could. But she von't. . . . She won't go to him now. She wouldn't even listen to me talk ibout him, she's in such a state. She's ip to the ears in love with Ben El iott or I've got three legs! And then 0 have that scandalous woman do .vhat she did and 'upset it all!" She sat down heavily In a chair and Irew a great breath. "I don't have to ask you or any >ther man about Ben Elliott, Able! I [now the clean and decent folks when see 'em. I'd bet my reputation as a Jhristian woman on that boy! That >iece of play acting at the dance was ome of Nick Brandon's work, you can >et your last red cent! I had to give lim a piece of my mind just for relief he other day and, goodness me, what 1 look he give me! Why, Able, that nan's worse than ever I thought! My, <h, my! He gave me a look that like o froze the blood right in my veins. ,fter all the years of palaver and soft alkin* I've listened to from him! "Well, what I'm gettln* at Is this: rhe boy's in danger of bein' murdered very minute of day and night unless le takes your advice. There's no one left to try to talk hlra Into being care ful but Dawn. And how am I going to get her to see her duty when she goes Into a cryin' fit every time his name's mentioned? Yes. sir. Every time she hears his name/* "She doesn't yet see that the affair was a put-up Job, then?" "See? She can't see anything, Able Armltage! Put yourself In her place. Suppose you were a young girl who's had the things to bear that she has all her life; and suppose you fell In love ifor the first time; and suppose that young man was accused of such nastlness right In public with every body listening and gawping? Would you stop to figure that the reason he seemed guilty was natural? That the thing was so far fetched from the truth and such a shock that he was all kerfiummoxed? 1 should say $?u wouldn't! You'd do just what she's doin'; make yourself all sick with chills and fever by cryin'!" She twitched at the skirts of her cloak irritably and glared at the old Justice as though he were a sworn enemy inatead of a friend. "What ails her is shock. She ain't got over the shook vpf unit ovow I his name or anything else about him Is mentioned it sets her off again. She'll get over it, give her time. But then she'll be so humiliated to think she didn't use her reason that she won't be herself for another spell. And she should be herself now! There ain't any time to lose. She should patch up her mis understanding with him right today? right this hour?and use her Influence to persuade him to keep low. But how it's to be done I'd like to know. For Lord's sake. Able, ain't you got a sin gle suggestion?" The justice had been stuffing light wood into his stove during this. Now "he touched a match to the tinder, opened the drafts and stood with hands behind him. rusty overcoat unbuttoned and drooping, deep in thought. "It's difficult to get anyone in her state to use reason. Maybe the shock of knowing that Ben's life is in danger would be a counter irritant to this other shock. Maybe not. If the affair of last week could be cleared up. If Dawn could be shown that this Lydia woman was only carrying out a plan . . . But I wonder . . ." Aunt Em stiffened in her chair. She looked hard at Able and her eyes nar rowed a trifle. "You see," he resumed, "If the girl?" "Hold on, Able Armitage!" she cut in, holding up a hand in warning. "Hold on, now! I've got to think. . . . Got to think, I tell you! And I can't think while you carry on your gabble! You leave me alone, now. . . . Keep your tongue still. . . . They say a woman's tongue is hung in the middle and loose at both ends. . . . But . . . Yum . . ." As she pressed one hand over her eyes her words dwindled to unintelligible mumblings. "I've got It !'* she cried excitedly after a moment. "I've got It, now! You stay right here, Able! You stay until I came back. If it works, It works. ... If It don't, it'll be time to talk some more!" She moved resolutely to the door, left the office and strode down the street. People of Tincup watched her pass; people she had known for years spoke to her and drew no response, not even so much as a glance or a nod. On past the bank, the post office, the pool room. ... On beyond all the stores, on down to the depot. There, on the platform, she stood a long interval staring across the tracks to that short row of house on Section Thirty-Seven. The station agent came out of the office and looked at Em in surprise. "Hello!" he cried. "What brings yon down here before?" "Homer," she cut in grimly, Min which one of them nasty places does this Lydia woman live?" "Why-why . . . Why, now should I know?" he evaded as a red flush crept up from his collar. "In the one at this end, I think. I'm not sure, of course. ... I think she does, though. . . She . . ." But he no longer had a listener. Resolutely, slowly with something like defiant majesry, the woman crossed the tracks, with never another word to her Informant and never a look to right or left. Her head was up, her mouth set, and her long nose wrinkled as if at a SYNOPSIS Ben Elliott?from "Yonder"?arrive* at the lumbering town of Tlncup, with )on Stuart, old, very sick man, whom he has befriended. Nicholas Brandon, he town s leading citizen, resents Stuart's presence, trying to force him to leave! nd Elliott, resenting the act, knocks him down. Judge Able Atmitage hires im to run the one lumber camp, the Hoot Owl, that Brandon has not been able o grab. This belongs to Dawn McManua, whose father has disappeared with a nurder charge hanging over his head. Brandon sends Duval to beat up Ben. nd Ben throws him out of camp. Don Stuart dies, leaving a letter for Elliott to be used when the going becomes too tough." Ben refuses to open the letter, elieving he can win the flght by his own efforta Fire breaks out In the mill. Sen, when the flames are subdued, discovers It was started with gasoline. Elliott ets an offer for logo, that will provide money to tide him over. But a definite ime is set. Ben discovers Dswn McMsnus Is not a child, as he had supposed, ut a beautiful young woman. The railroad bridge over which the Hoot Owl umber must pass Is blown up. By superhuman efforta Ben bullda a new bridge nd himself drives the train over the rickety structure to Tlncup. making the silvery with only a few minutes to spare. Brandon compels a woman (known s "Lydla") who Is In his power, to accuse Elliott of misconduct with a girl. it a dance to whleh Elliott escorta Dawn, Lydia makes public her chargea ?verwhelmed, Elliott can only make a feeble denial Dawn, apparently bellev ng him guilty, leaves the dance without waiting for him. While In the woods. 111 lott la fired on. and drops, seemingly dead, but hla fall has been a ruse to iske his enemy believe him dead- The would-be killer la proved to be Bed Bart >elaney, notorious desperado. disgusting odor. A woman up by the stores shaded her eyes and peered at the moving figure and stared and stopped. Aunt Em Coburn, headed for Thirty-Seven! Why, It couldn't be! But Aunt Em mounted the steps. She rapped at length and vigorously on the scarred panel of the door. She went within, leaving a dozen long-distance watchers to wonder. It was long before she emerged and then . . . Ah, then Tincup had a sight to see, a subject for speculation! For by Aunt Em's side moved the wom an Lydla, collar of her fur coat high about her face as if to hide the traces of tears which hastily applied powder could not eradicate. Tears from those hard eyes? Noth ing less! For women know women and before Aunt Em had talked to this ; outcast five minutes she had discov ered the weakness In her shame, the j clean spot left In her heart And how Emma Coburn could talk! She talked that clean spot to a growing, glowing, gionous ining. sne talked Lyclla out of her house, across the tracks; talked her Into that slow, unashamed, almost flagrant march up the main street; talked her out of all but one look of misgiving at the windows of Nicholas Brandon's offices. . . . And around the corner and In beneath the hem locks which whispered above the snug white house. They entered, where Dawn McManus had hidden since the woman's words sent her flying from the dance hall to the sanctuary of Aunt Em's understanding arms. ? ?????? All the way out to camp Dawn snuggled close against Able in his worn old buffalo coat. Now and again she trembled a bit; once she cried softly a few minutes. But much of the time she talked. "To think It was the man I used to call Uncle who did that thing 1" she I cried. "Why haven't you told me. Able? Why haven't you warned me?" "What he's done, what he's been, what he Is, were no things for you. Dawn, glrL I've Just tried ... to stand between you and many unpleas ant things. You've had your share as it was." "I could have stood this one more," she replied, stoutly enough. "It hasn't been so bad these last few years, know ing that everybody thinks my father a murderer. I'd Just gotten myself above that and now . . . and now "What now?" Able asked gently. She looked at him through tears. TO BE CONTINUED. Hay-Wire Does Not Mean Same Among Lumbermen Individual In all things. New Eng land has its own meaning for a word used in various parts of the country as slang. Elsewhere "hay-wire" may be synonymous with "erratic" or a "little mad." In Dr. Frank Vlzetelly's records of the vernacular the slang use of the phrase "gone hay-wire" Is defined as signifying something or somebody "gone wrong." In .Maine's North Woods the serious Implications "Homer, In Which One of Them Nasty Places Does This Lydia Woman Live?" of that usage are fully understood. No greater Blur can be cast upon a lumberman's equipment than to say "It's a hay-wire outfit'* Hay-wire Is used In temporary repairs. The man who thus employs It Is foreslghted and Ingenious, but the man who habitually uses hay-wire Instead of making pre manent repairs is shiftless. The hay for the lumbermen's horses comes bound In bales. When these bales are broken the wise teamster saves for emergencies the hay-wire which held them Together. A good "toter" would not start his team on a trip without taking hay-wire any more : than he would set forth without an ax or a pail.?Philadelphia Inquirer. Green Tea Far East's Choice Green tea made from the an fen mented leaf Is the choice of the Far j Last and Is made entirely In China | and Japan. Black from the fermented j leaf Is made in India. 1 Knitted Apparel Goes Ultra Chic By CHERIE NICHOLAS I F you would keep In the very fore * rank of fashion you simply mus* wear something knitted this spring. Not only is the smart set taking to knitting with more enthusiasm than ever, but knitted things sold in the shops were never more fascinating. So whether you knij your own or buy, you are certain to be smartly clad if your suit, frock, coat, blouse likewise hat, gloves, belt and scarf, one or all are knitted. Astonishing things are being done in knitted realms nowadays. Every fad, foible and Intriguing move of fash ion finds interpretation via knitted art on the new style program. Which ac counts for the increasing enthusiasm expressed for knitted modes this sea son. The stunning three-quarter coat to the right in the picture Is one unmis takable "reason why" women are con tinuing so whole-heartedly knitted minded this spring. It can be knitted rapidly because it Is of heavy white cotton and made on large needles. Wide-at-the-wrlst sleeves, a flattering collar and pouch-shaped patch pockets lend a casual air to this youthful mod el. The beauty of this coat is that it can be tubbed so easily. If you prefer, make It of the new linen yarn or string. In either event, cotton or linen, this coat is a swank fashion and its "en dearing charms" will give you Joy the entire spring and summer through. In looking at the cunning Jacket-suit comes to sryung witn ieicning aetans, silhouettes and accessory notes. Note, for instance, the shapeliness of the Jacket to this suit. The skirt is straight and narrow and may be knit ted with or without the new slit hem line. (Twould be ever so smart with a slit hem to left front in the skirt) The original of the model pictured is done in old ivory of a delustered crepe floss, knitted in a tweedy diagonal ef fect The dainty blouse of drop stitch pattern is cream color. Brown gros grain ribbon trims the jacket and the crochet hat. Speaking of the crochet hat reminds us to say to those who would rather crochet than knit that fashion is will ing. Members of the smart set are hav ing any amount of fun crocheting the new cape suits (cape and skirt) out of either mercerized cotton or the very popular carpet-warp string. The whole thing can be done in an open lacy stitch or the skirt may be in plain with lacy for the cape. The crochet or knit sweater looks best in contrasting color. For your spring suit we suggest the accessory ensemble of hat, purse and belt shown below. Crochet It of mer cerized crochet cotton. The hat has the new off the-face movement which is an accepted vogue In the advance showings. The "set" would be pretty in different color combinations. The one pictured is a rich brown with or ange touches. ?. Western Newspaper Union. I to the left one can almost I fancy the knitting nee f dies clicking a ditty, to wit: "If fashion sends diagonals then diagonals' my choice." Which Is ex actly what we have been trying to say in regard to knitting as now is, it is as facile and amenable as any woven-on-loom fabric and what's more, knitted fashions are not missing a "trick" when it SPRING BRINGS NEW SHADES IN MAKE-UP New spring shades are going to mean some new spring make up for the wom an of discernment. Yellow, one of the favored spring colors, and heige, are calling for a coral tint In rouge and lipstick. Navy, however, requires a deeper tint, bor dering on the red, rather than on the orange shades. With white or black, orange or the more brilliant shades of red will be advisable. Local department stores have charts showing the shades of rouge and lip stick which should correspond to the shades of your clothes. No longer is it adequate to have one shade of rouge and one shade of lip stick, the authorities divulge. 4s for eye-shadow: blue goes with blue eyes, green with green, or brown eyes, and for evening, a new shadow with silver dust in it, that Is dramati cally effective. Flapper Mode Revival Is Suggested by Short Skirt The Introduction o( the short, full skirt In some Paris collections has set the fashion world to wondering wheth er the flapper Is returning. Several designers showed daytime skirts that were an Inch or two shorter than those of the previous season and most of them endorsed skirt fullness. Pleata and gathers shared attention. Fluctuating skirt lengths also were a sensation of the evening modes. Ankles appeared again and again. The skirt which was sufficiently short to show footwear at the front frequently was lengthened to touch the floor at the back and sometimes to form a train. Peasant Influence The peasant Influence has come to town, accenting sllmness with its full lines. Fullness Is used effectively, be low shoulder yokes, back and front with a suggestion of gathered flounce at tbe back of the skirt above the knee- i line. Waist and hips and shoulders look I twice as slim by comparison. I V WEAR FLOWERS llr ('II ERIK MdlOUH "Tis said that fashions will be say with flowers this season. The news first importance in the realm of stylish flowers is the carnation. The favorite houtonnlere of the moment is s his; fluffy many-petalled carnation, white, pink, red or even navy blue, garlands of flowers will be worn like i necklace. Add a flower bracelet if pou will. A wreath in the hair, too. If It Is evening. There Is rumor In the sir that hats will be trimmed In nat oral flowers?a special little contrlv mce to hold them and to permit re moving to change for fresh flowers, rbe flower ensemble In the plctnre Is nterestlng and very lovely. The tnr ban and the cuffs of the gloves are made of shaded purple violets. The bows are of satin ribbon In a deeper shade. Hats Go Bi-Colorod Here's something new In spring hats. Suzy makes a straw sailor whose right side is yellow and whose left side Is black. It Is finished with a simple black ribbon trim. ? No Better Investment Than Well-Kept Garden The Ideal garden Is planned and managed, as was the first of all gar dens, by man and wife together. Man is useful for the forking and spading, and for some of the heavier work, but it is the housewife who knows the comparative value of veg etables, and the need of variety in the garden produce. She knows what herbs must be grown for flavoring, what quantities of early roots, peas, bean ; and sweet corn ought to be planted. Such weighty problems as the thick or thin sowing of lettuce seed, of rad ishes, of early onions; of the best way of guarding cauliflower and cab bages from defiling butterflies, are to be settled only by patient consulta tions together. And the satisfaction of growing one's own "garden stuff" and enjoy ing it at meal time is simply immeas urable by purely practical standards. As a measure of economy, as a means of real relaxation, as adding to the pleasures of the dining table, as Increasing the beauty and actual value of the farm and of the whole neighborhood, one of the best invest ments about the place Is a neat, pret ty, well-tended garden!?Montreal llerald. Naming No Names To become a ?reat orator Demoa thenes put a pebble in his mouth. Sometimes we wish our would-be orators would try a cobblestone.? Boston Herald. Regular Elimination The proper use of Thedford's Black-Draught, (for constipation) tends to leave the bowels acting; regularly. It is a fine, reliable long established family laxative. "I have used Thedford's Black Draught fully thirty years," writes Mrs. J. E. McDuff, of Elgin, Texas. *T had trouble from constipation is why I first began the use of it, and as it gave perfect satisfaction I do not see any reason to change." Another good thing about Black Draught that helps to make it so popular?it is NOT expensive. THEDFORD'S BLACK-DRAUGHT PROSPECTIVE MOTHERS ?iiuAiuuu ?Ji v_.3 ^in .'AJ * WU in food health. doisf my bousewnrk. aad my baby was bora in splendid health. and baa always been well.' ?Mrs. S. M. Pate, 170?? 2ad. SL, c/o J. E. NoeL AH dnifpsts. Cuttenna Soap and Ointment Containing emollient and healing properties they soothe and comfort tender, easily irritated skins and help to keep them free horn irritations. WATCH YOUR KIDNEYS! Be Sure They Properly Cleanse the Blood YOUR kidnf-s are constantly fil tering impurities from the blood stream. But kidneys get function ally disturbed?lag In their work? fail to remove the poisonous body wastes. Then you may suffer nagging backache, attacks of dizziness, burning, scanty or too frequent urination, getting up at night, swollen feet and ankles, rheumatic pains; feel "all worn out/' Don't delay! For the quicker you get rid of these poisons, the better your chances of good health. Use Doan's PiTls. Doan's are for the kidneys only. They tend to pro^ mote normal functioning of the kidneys; should help them pass off the irritating poisons. Doan's are recommended by users the country over. Get them from any druggist. DOAN'S PILLS VVNU?4 17?33 NEUTRALIZE Mouth Acids ? by chewing one or more Milneeia Wafers |Aj| I Ik I 1^1 MMwfijjgytai I Ljmchbcrf. Va.?" Before k my dm baby came I was so k weak and exhausted and A had pains in my back and ? ade. Frequent headache* U bothered me. too. but all this i misery passed away after I I used Dr. Pierce s Farocite I Prescription. All dariac the

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