THE REVIEW, HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA
WHISPERFOOT.
Synopsis. Warned by his physi
cian that he has not more than six
months to live, Dan Failing sits
despondently on a park bench, won
dering where he should spend those
six months. Memories of his grand
father and a deep love for all
things of the wild help him in
reaching a decision. In a large
southern Oregon city he meets
people who had known and loved
his grandfather, a famous fron
tiersman. He makes his home with
Silas Lennox, a typical westerner.
The only other members of the
household are Lennox's sort, "Bill,"
and daughter, "Snowbird." Their
abode is in the Umpqua divide, and
there Failing plans to live out the
short span of life which he has
been told is his. From the first
Failing's health shows a marked
improvement, and im the compan
ionship of Lennox and his son and
daughter he fits into the woods life
as if he had been born to it. By
quick thinking and a remarkable
display of "nerve" he saves Len
nox's life and his own when they
are attacked by a mad coyote.
Lennox declares he is a reincarna
tion of his grandfather, Dan Fall
ing I, whose fame as a woodsman
is a household word. Dan learns
that an organized band of outlaws,
of which Bert Cranston is the
leader, is setting forest fires. Lan
dry Hildreth, a former member of
the gang, has been induced to turn
state's evidence. Cranston shoots
Hildreth and leaves him for dead.
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CHAPTER I Continued.
For when all thiugs are said and
lone, there were few bigger cowards
in the whole wilderness worjd than
Whisperfoot. , A good many people
think that Graycoat the coyote
could take lessons from him in this
respect. But others, knowing how a
hunter is brought in occasionally with
almost all human resemblance gone
iroin mm uemuse a cougar cnurgeu iu
his death agony, think this is unfair
to the larger animal. And it Is true
that a full-grown cougar will some
times attack horned cattle, something
that no American animal cares to do
unless he wants a good fight on his
paws and of which the very thought
"would throw Graycoat into a spasm;
and there have been even stranger
stories, if one could quite believe
them. A certain measure of respect
must be extended to any animal that
-will hunt the great bull elk, for to
miss the stroke and get caught be
neath the churning, lashing, slashing,
razor-edged front hoofs is simply
death, painful and without delay. But
the difficulty lies in the fact that these
things are not done in the ordinary,
jt i, i i j i
rational blood of hunting. What an
animal does in its death agony, or to
protect its young, what great game it
follows in the starving times of win
ter, can be put to neither its debit
nor its credit. A coyote will charge
when mad. A raccoon will put up a
wicked fight when cornered. A hen
will peck at the hand that robs her
nest. When hunting was fairly good,
Whisperfoot avoided the elk and steer
almost as punctiliously as he avoided
men, which is saying very much in
deed ; and any kind of terrier could
usually drive him straight up a tree.
But he did like to pretend to be
very great and terrible among the
smaller forest creatures. And he was
Fear itself to the deer. A human
hunter who would kill two deer a
week for fifty-two weeks would be
called a much uglier name than poach
er; but yet this had been Whisper
foot's record, on and off, ever since
his second year. Many a great buck
wore the scar of the full stroke aft
er which Whisperfoot had lost his
hold. Many a fawn had crouched
panting with terror in the thickets at
Just a tawny light on the gnarled limb
of a pine. Many a doe would grow
great-eyed and terrified at just his
fctrange, pungent smell on the wind.
He "yawned again, and his fangs
inniron wriup unci hiiiiiii iiiiin v ini in
the moonlight. His great, green eyes
were still clouded and languorous
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unds. It was a curious thing that
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now fields, and yet there wasn't a
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chill at the end of his whiskers.
The little, breathless night sounds
the brush around him seemed to
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ii tii lii i in (frnarianiA s tn Ancinnn
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ind, more potent than any wine or
t. Me oegan to tremble all over
th rapture and excitement. But un-
e Cranston's trembling, no wilder-
ve rustling beneath him.
V
CHAPTER II.
Shortly after nine o'clock, Whisper
foot encountered his first herd of deer.
But they caught his scent and scat
tered before he could get up to them.
He met Woof, grunting through the
underbrush, and he punctiliously, but
with wretched spirit, left the trail. A
fight with Woof the bear was one of
the most unpleasant experiences that
could be imagined. He had a pair of
strong arms of which one embrace of
a cougar's body meant death in one
long shriek of pain. Of course they
didn't fight often. They had entirely
opposite interests. The bear was a
berry-eater and a honey-grubber, and
the cougar cared too much for his own
life and beauty to tackle Woof in ' a
hunting way.
A fawn leaped from the thicket in
front of him, startled by his sound in
the thicket. The truth was, Whisper
foot had made a wholly unjustified
misstep on a dry twig, just at the
crucial moment.. Perhaps it was the
fault of Woof, whose presence had
driven Whisperfoot from the trail,
and perhaps because old age and stiff
ness was coming upon him. But
neither of these facts appeased his
anger. He could scarcely suppress a
snarl of fury and disappointment.
He continued along the ridge, still
stealing, still alert, but his anger in
creasing with every moment. The fact
that he had to leave the trail again to
permit still another animal to pass,
and a particularly insignificant one
too, didn't make him feel any better.
This animal had a number of curious
stripes along his back, and usually did
nothing more desperate than steal
eggs and eat bird fledglings. Whisper
foot could have crushed him with one
bite, but this was one thing that the
great cat, as long as he lived, would
OB
A Full Twenty Yards Farther.
never try to do. He got out of the
way politely when Stripe-back was
still a quarter of a mile away ; which
was quite a compliment to the little
animal's ability to introduce himself.
Stripe-back was familiarly known as
a skunk.
Shortly after ten, the mountain Hon
had a remarkably fine chance at a
buck. The direction of the wind, the
trees, the thickets and the light were
all in his favor. It was old Blacktail,
wallowing in the salt lick; and Whis
perfoot's heart bounded when he de
tected him. No human hunter could
have laid his plans with greater care.
He had to cut up the side of the ridge,
mindful of the wind. Then there was
a long dense thicket In which he
might approach within fifty feet of
the lick, still with the wind in his
face. Just beside the lick was another
deep thicket, from which he could
make his leap.
His body lowered. The tail lashed
back and forth, and now It had begun
to have a slight vertical motion that
frontiersmen have learned to watch
for. He placed every p$w with con
summate grace, and few sets Of hu
man nerves have sufficient control
over leg muscles to move with such
astonishing patience. He scarcely
seemed to move at all.
But when scarcely ten feet re
mained to stalk, a sudden sound
pricked through the darkness. It came
from afar, but it was no less terrible.
It was really two sounds, so close to
gether that they sounded as one.
Neither Blacktail nor Whisperfoot
had any delusions about them. They
recognizee them at once, in sfrange
ways under the skin that no man may
describe, as the far-off reports af a
rifle. Just today Blacktail had seen
his doe fall bleeding when this same
sound, only louder, spoke from a
covert from which Bert Cranston had
poached heir and he left the lick in
one bound'.
Terrified though he was by the rifle
shot, still Whisperfoot sprang. But
the distance was too far. His out
stretched paw hummed down four
feet behind Blacktail's flank. Then
forgetting everything but his anger
and disappointment, the great cougar
opened his mouth and howled.
The long night was almost done
when he got sight of further game.
Once a flock of grouse exploded with
a roar of wings from a thicket; but
they had been wakened by the first
whisper of dawn in the wind, and he
really had no chance at them. Soon
after this, the moon set
The larger creatures of the forest
are almost as helpless in absolute
darkness as human beings. It is very
well to talk of seeing in the dark, but
from the nature of things, even verti
cal pupils may onjy respond to light.
No owl or bat can see in absolute
darkness. It became Increasingly like
ly that Whisperfoot would have to re
tire to his lair without any meal
whatever.
But still he remained, hoping
against hope. Aftgr a futile fifteen
minutes or watching a trail, he heard
a doe feeding on a hillside. Its foot
fall was not so heavy as the sturdy
tramp of a buck, and besides, the
bucks would be higher on the ridges
this time of morning. He began a cau
tious advance toward it
For the first fifty yards the hunt
was in his favor. He came up wind.
and the brush made a perfect cover.
But the doe unfortunately was stand
ing a full twenty yards farther, in an
open glade. Under ordinary circum
stances, Whisperioot would not have
made an attack. A cougar can run
swiftly, but a deek is light itself. The
big cat would have preferred to Itnger,
a motionless thing in the thickets,
hoping some othev member of the deer
herd to which the doe must have be
longed would come into his ambush
But the hunt wai. late, and Whisper
foot was very, veiy angry. Too many
times this night he had missed his
kill. In desperation, he leaped . from
the thicket and charged the deer
In spite of the preponderant odds
against him, the charge was almost a
success. He went fully half the dls
tance between" them before the deer
perceived him. Then she leaped.
There seemed to be no interlude of
time between the instant that she be
held the dim, tawny figure In the air
and that in which her long legs pushed
out in a spring. But she didn't leap
straight ahead. ?5he knew enough of
the cougars to know that the great
cat would certainty aim for her head
and neck in the same way that a duck
hunter leads a fast-flying duck hop
ing to intercept her leap. Even as her
feet left the ground she seemed to
whirl in the airland the deadly talons
whipped down in vain. Then, cutting
back in front, she raced down wind.
It is usually the most unmitigated
folly for a cougiir to chase a deer
against which le has missed his
stroke ; and it is silso quite fatal to his
dignity. And wloever doubts for a
minute that the larger creatures hava
no dignity, and that it is not very dear
to them, simply laiows nothing about
the ways of anirmls. They cling to
it to the death. But tonight one dis
appointment aftei another had crum
bled, as the rains crumble leaves, the
last vestige of Whisperfoot's self-control.
Snarling b fury, he bounded
after the doe.
She was lost itp sight at once in
the darkness, but for fully thirty yards
he raced In her pursuit. If he had
stopped to think, it would have ben
one of the really great surprises of
his life to hear the sudden, unmi
takable stir and movement of a large,
living creature not fifteen feet distant
in the thicket.
He didn't stop to think at all. He
didn't puzzle on the extreme unlikeli
hood of a doe halting in her flight from
a cougar. It is doubtful whether, in
the thickets, he had any perception
of the creature other than its move
ments. He was running down wTind,
so it is certain that he didn't smell It
If he saw it ttt all, it was just as a
'shadow, sufficiently large to be that
of a deer. It was moving, crawling as
Woof the bear sometimes crawled,
seemingly to get out of his path. And
Whisperfoot leaped straight at it.
It was a perfect shot. He landed
high on its shoulders. His head lashed
down, and the white teeth closed. All
the long life of his rate he had known
that pungent essence tat flowed forth.
His senses perceived it, a message
shot along his nerves to his brain. And
then he opened his. mouth in a high,
far-carrying squeal of uttr, abject
terror.
He sprang a fulA fifteen feet back
into the thickets; I hen crouched. The
hair stood still at his shoulders, his
claws were bared; he was prepared
to fight to the death . He didn't under
stand. He only knew the worst single
terror of his life. It was not a doe
that he had attacked In the darknesst
It was not Urson the porcupine, o?
even Woof. It was that imperial mas
ter of all things, man himself. Un
knowing, he had attacked Landy Hil
dreth, lying wounded from Crsnston's
bullet beside the trail. Word bf the
arson ring would never reach the set
tlements, after all.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Umbrellas are grent Mff.r irs a
case ef put up o dhnt- uv w
Setting a for it fire.
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY HAPPY
At a Cost of $5,600 it is Found That
County Treasurer Made a Mistake
of 33 Cents in Four Years.
Fayetteville. It cost Cumberland
county $6,600 to find out that its coun
ty treasurer made a mistake of thirty
eight cents in four years. Also to
learn that the county owes the clerk
of the court $218.90 and the sheriff
$234.94. These are outstanding facts
levealed by the audit of the county of
ficers' books under an act of the spe
cial session of the legislature.
The total liabilities of the county
are shown to be $916,549.11, with
funds surplus of $563,048. The total
assets are $1,479,079.23.
Charlotte. A large rally will be
held at the city auditorium for farm
ers and business men Monday morn
ing, January 17, under the auspices
of the American Cotton association,
for the purpose of beginning a drive
for stock in the American Products
Export and Import corporation.
ExGov. Richard I. (Manning, . of
South -Carolina, will be one of the
speakers. Mr. Manning is president
of the corporation.
Rocky Mount. Creation of an al-
der manic purchasing committee, in
structions to the mayor to advise the
county representatives in the legisla
ture to secure p&rmission from that
body for the city to sell $160,000 gas
improvement and construction bonds
as low as 95, and the selection f Mr.
J. Ii. Suiter to succeed Mr. J. L.
Horne, Jr., resigned, as alderman
from the first ward were the out
standing features of the regular ses
sion of the board.
Durham. More than 40 Durham
Shrine s met in the local chamber of
commerce moms and organized the
The Shriners are planning for a
banquet on the night of January 20,
with Past Potentate William A.
French, of Wilmington, and the poten
tates of the Oasis and Sudan Shrine
temples as invited guests.
Wadesboro The Anson Sanato
rium, the local hospital, has recently
been enlarged by tha addition of two
large annexes. It is now one of the
best equipped hospitals in the state.
The X-ray department is tinder the su-
p rvision of Dr. James M. Covington,
who won distinction as an X-ray spe
cialist while in charge of a hospital in
France during' the world war.
Raleigh. The North Carolina Mas
ter Printers' Association organized at
Greensboro on December 8 -for the
betterment of the printing industry in
dustry in North Carolina, will hold its
second meeting in Raleigh January
19. Sessions of the association will
be held in the morning, and afternoon
with a banquet at night.
Goldsboro. With quite a sum of
money and other valuables on his per
son the dead body of McKagy Wig
gins, a well known farmer of Fork
township, this county, was found in a
field near Whitleys on the Southern
railway, about eight miles from Golds
boro, with two pistol shot wounds
over his heart.
Greensboro. Henry B. Varner, of
Lexington, must furnish counsel for
Mrs. Florence Varner, his wife, with
specific amplification pf certain alle
gations against her character, Judge
James E. Boyd, of the western district
of North Carolina, federal court, ruled
here. ,
Concord. Frank Blackwelder, Tom
Lefler and Luther Smith, three white
men held" in connection with the
shooting of M. W. Allman, a; promi
nent white man, have been carried to
a jail in an adjoining county for safe
keeping.
Kinston. The- health (bureau here
has drawn another ex-army man to
direct its activities. Dr. Robert S.
McGeachy. who has assumed charge
of the bureau, was with the 120th in-
fantry and other units during tne war.
AshevHle. Elmer Hughes, aged 20,
came to his death by accident, and
was not murdered, as first reported,
according to the finding of the cor
oner jury.
Cotton Mills Merged.
Havidson. At meetings of the stocs
holders of the Linden Manufacturing
comnanv and the Delburg cotton mills
held here, it was voted unanimously
foy those concerned, to combine the
mills under one management, as soon
as the combination can be effected.
Ae a matter of fact the two. mills are
for the most part owned by the same
Dersons.
The nlans by which the two mills
will be united is the formation of a
new company known as the Delburg-
Lindrn company.
Want Direct Trade Relatione.
Durham. Durham is considering di
rect trade relafSons with Czecho
slovakia. Elimination of importer,
Jobber and middlamen, and of
tremendous transportation overhead"
is contained in a suggestion received
by the Durham Chamber of Commerce
from Franz J. Schinkel, .exporter ox
Haida, Czecho-Slovakia. r
Schinkel desires to send glass ware,
including fine qualities of cut glass
into Durham, dealing directly with
wholesalers and retailers of this city.
Schinkel did a large pre-war business
flomelbwn
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USE OF TREES AND SHRUBS
Effectively Employed, They Are of Im
mense Importance in Improving
Appearance of House.
It sometimes happens that barns
are necessarily of greater size than
the dwelling, and so have the appear
ance of being more important. Yet
Unsightly Barns.
the building of chief Importance al-.
ways Is the home. That fact can be
made plain by manifesting special
regard for the appearance of the house.
Trees and shrubs will hide the en
croaching but necessary service build
ings and emphasize the true center
With Trees and Shrubs.
of interest the home. The illustra
tions show how the scheme may be
carried out to the best advantage.
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Perfect Greensward May .Be Quickly
Realized by the Use of Novel
English Method.
It is proverbially a slow business
getting a good grass lawn in a gar:
den, but a new English idea makes it
possible to secure a fine stretch of
verdure just as one would buy a car
pet at the stores. Grass seed is sown
thickly on strong canvas and, when
this is thickly covered with growth It
Is ready for making the lawn.
The site is well prepared, being
made perfectly level, and special at
tention is given to getting the soil so
that it is a favorable rooting medium
for the little plants. Then the grass
mats are put down on! sections, these
being closely fitted together. As time
goes on the roots push down through
the canvas and, in this way, establish
a permanent lawn. Ultimately the
material will rot. The value of this
lies in the fact that an immediate ef
fect can be secured. It is quite easy
to have a splendid grass lawn in n
situation where, a few hours before
there was nothing of the kind.
Thenceforward the grass will go on
improving and the little plants speed
ily take a hold on the soil. Scientific
American.
Trees Beyond Valuation.
Ten million dollars' damage annu
ally Is done to the shade trees and
hardy shrubs of the country by shade
tree Insects, according to estimates
made by the bureau of entomology,
United States Department of Agricul
ture.
It is very difficult to estimate the
money value of the shade trees and
shrubs of the country, but a very con
servative estimate would place their
value at $1,000,000,000. These figures
were reached after extensive corre
spondence with the forestry and other
authorities of states and municipali
ties. A more definite census is aimed
at, but the figures are taken as de
pendable for general purposes. They
are based on the value of trees to
cities, parks and private property, and
have no reference to the bare intrin
sic value of wood or lumber. An old
oak tree which, because of its condi
tion is not worth $2 for lumber, may
add $500 to the value of the city lot
on which It is located.
City Has Right Idea.
A campaign to beautify school sur
roundings has been started by the
architectural-engineering department
of the public schools. About $35,000
will be spent this year, it la announced.
A. D. Weeks, director of the de
partment, says that from a landscape
standpoint Detroit schools rank poorly
in comparison with eastern cities
though they compare favorably in
architecture.
in the past, work of this sort has
been largely assumed by the pupils
who performed the labor and bore
the expense. Detroit Free Presa,
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"Of course there is no such thing
as woman's supremacy."
"Think not? From the time a boy
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toads until he is blind and old and
toothless he has to explain to some
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