A Man
By
I
CHAPTER XII Continued.
Lund took swift, Inventory, lining
them up as they "came timorously out
of the water or straggled against the
cliff at his order. Tamada had come
4own from the fires. Peggy had told
of his share, and Sandy's timely
hout ' Lund nodded at blm In a
friendly manner.
. "You're a white man. Tamada,'
he
aid. "Tou, too, Sandy. I'll not for
get It. Balney, round up these dere
licts an help Tamada fix em up. Til
settle with 'em later. Hansen, put the
rest of 'em to work, an' keep 'em
to It! Do you bear? They got to do
the work of the whole bunch." ,
Lund turned to the two hunters
who had stood apart
"Wal, you yellow-bellied neutrals,"
be said, his voice cold and his eyes
hard. "Thought I might lose, and
hoped so, didn't you 7 Pick up that
skunk Beale an' tote blm aboard.
Then come back an' go to work.
You'll git yore shares, but youll not
git what's comln to those who stood
by. Now git out of my sight You
can bury That when you come back."
Ee nodded at the sodden corpse of
Demlng, flung up on the' grit "You
can take yore pay as grave diggers
out of what you owe blm at poker.
He ain't goto' to collect, this trip."
Balney, lame and sore, helped Ta
mada patch up the wounded, turning
the hunters' quarters into a sick bay,
using the table for operation. Beale
was the worst off, but Tamada pro
nounced him not vitally damaged.
After be had finished with them he
Insisted upon Balney's lying, face
down, on the table, stripped to the
waist, while he rubbed him with oil
and then kneaded him. Once he gave
a sudden, twisting wrench, and Balney
saw a blur of stars as something
snapped Into place with a click.'
"I think you soon all right now,"
said Tamada.
"You and Miss Slmms turned the
tide." said Balney. "If they'd got
these tools first they'd have finished
ns In short order."
"Fools I" said Tamada. "Suppose
they kill Lund, how they get away?
No one to navigate. Presently tne
sninhoat wonld find them. I think
Mr. Lund will maybe trust me now,"
be said quietly.
"What do vou mean?"
"Mr. Lund think in the back of his
head I arrange for that gunboat to
come. ' He cannot understand how
thev know the schooner at island. He
think to come Jus' this time too much
curious, I think."
"It was a bit of a coincidence."
Tamada shrugged his shoulders
rilehtlv.
"I think Japanese government know
all that goes on in North Polar re
gion," he said. "There is wireless sta
tion on Wrangell island. We pass by
that nretty close."
Balney chewed that information as
he put on his clothes, wondering If
they had seen the last of the gunboat
They would have to pass south through
Rcrlnir atralt. , It would be easy to
overhaul them, halt them, search the
schooner, confiscate the gold, mey
were not out of trouble yet.
When he went Into the cabin to re
. place his torn coat he had hardly a
button intact above the waist, from
Wkot to undershirt he found the
girl there with Lund. Apparently,
thev had Just come in. Peggy Slmms
' with face aglow with the excitement
that had not subsided, was proffering
Lund her pistol.
"Keep it" he said. "You may need
it. I've got mine."
"nut rnii threw it Into the water. I
saw von."
f ' "No." He laughed. "That wasn't
tn'tf arm. ThflV thought it Was. I
wanted to bring the thing to grips.
But I"wasn't fool enough to chuck
away my gun. That was A wrench I
was usln' this mornln' to fix the cabin
stove looks Jest like an oftermanc
I stuck It In mv Inside pocket I was
haf a mind to shoot when they showed
their knives, but I didn't want to use
mv run on that mess of hash.?
He stood tall and, broad above her,
looking down at the face that was
roiopii to his. Ralnev. unnoticed as
yet .saw her eyes bright with admira
tion. 'V-'v.
;"You are a wonderful fighter," .she
said softly.
. 'Wonderful? What about you? A
man's woman t v Yon saved the day.
Comln' to me with them drills. An we
licked 'em. We. GOdl",
He -went her uo Into his arms, lift
. tag her In his big hands, making no
more of ber than If she had been a
feather pillow, bp till her face was on
level with his. . pressing her close,
. while' in swift Indignant rage she
' fought back at him, striking futilely
while be held her, kissed her, and, set
her down as Balney sprang forward.
S Lundi seemed itterly unconscious of
; 'Oomln' to me with th drills !" heJ
, skid.' rw. licked Vro. .You, an', me to-
cpther. If v woman!" '
' . Peggy Slmms had leaped back, her
, eyes blaing., Luna came lor ner, nis
fnee lit with the desire or lier, arms
Britsnread. hands ODen, Before Balney
, could Elirg himself between them, the
To His Mate
J. ALLEN DUNN
COPYRIGHT BOBBS MERRILL CO.
Lund had set on the table and fired
point-blank. She seemed to have
missed, though Lund baited, bis mouth
agape, astounded.
"Tou big bullv 1" said Balney. Now
that the time had come he found that
he was not afraid of Lund, of his gun,
nf Ma strength. "Play fair, do you?
Then show It I You asked me once why
I didn't make love to her. I told you.
But you, you foul-mlnded bully I All
you think of is your big body, to taice
what it wants.
"Peggv. Will von marry me? I can
protect you from this hulking brute.
If It's to be a show-down between you
and me," be flared at Lund, still gazing
as if stupefied, "let It come now.
Peggy?"
The girl, tears on her cheeks that
were born from the sobs of anger that
had shaken her, swung on him.
"Your she said, and Kainey wiuea
under the scorn in her voice. "Marry
your She began to lnugh hysterically,
trying to check herself.
"I didn't mean vou ehnv harm." said
Lund slowly, addressing Peggy. "Why,
I wouldn't harm you, gal. You're my
woman. You come to me. I was Jest
Jest sorter swept off my bearin's.
Why," he turned to Balney, his voice
down-nltchlng to a growl of angry con
tempt "you pen-shoven' whlppersnap-
per, I tfud break you In ha'f witn one
hand. You ain't her breed. But"
his voice changed again "If it's a
show-down, all right
ff I was to light vou. over her, ra
kill you. D'ye think I don't respect a
good gal? D'ye think I don't know now
to love a gal right? She's my mate.
Not yours. But it's up to you, Peggy
Slmms. I didn't mean to Insult you.
An' if von want him why Ifs up
to you to choose between the two of
us," ' ,
She went bv Balney as If he had
not existed, straight Into Lund's arms,
her face radiant upturned. '
"It's you I love, Jim Lund," she saia.
"A man. My man.!'
As her arms went round bis neck
ha rave a little crw
"I wounded you," she said, and the
tender concern of her struck Balney
to the quick. "Quick, let me see.
"Wounded h U " laughed Lund
'D'ye think that popgun of yores cud
She Seemed to Have Missed, Though
Lund Halted, Hla Mouth Agape
Astounded.
tnn me? The nellet's somewheres in
my shoulder. Let it bide. By God,
viVre mv woman, after all. Lund's
T -rk !" .
Balney went up on deck with that
ringing In his ears. His humiliation
wore off swiftly as he crossed back
'fhward the beach. By the time he
crossed the promontory he even felt
relieved at the outcome. He was not
in love with her. He had known that
when he intervened. He had not even
told her so. His chivalry had spoken
nnt hla .heart. And his thoughts
strayed back to California. The other
girl, Diana though she was, would
never, in almost one breath,, have shot
nd kissed the man she loved. A linger
Ing vision of Peggy Slmms' beauty as
she had gone to Lund remained and
faded. . - '" .
"Lund's right" i he told himself.
"She's not of my breed."
CHAPTER XIII.
. ... t
, Lund's Luck
Lund glanced at he geyser of spray
where the shell from the pursuing gun
boat had fallen short, and then at the
hunk of mist ahead. They were In the
narrows of Bering strait between the
Cape of Chariea ana ranee Eawara s
Xnlnt the gold aboard, a full wind in
their sails, making eleven knots to the
gunboat's fifteen. . , ,
The great curtain of fog was a mile
ahead. . The last shell had fallen two
hundred yards short - Five minutes
more would settle it Hansen had the
wheel. Lund stood by the taffrall, bis
arm about Peggy Slmms. He shook a
fist at the gunboat, vomiting black
smoke from her funnel, foam about
ber bows.
"We'll beat ,'era yet." he cried.
The next shell, with more elevation.
whined parallel with them, sped ahead,
and smashed Into the waves.
"Hold vore course. Hansen! No
time to slgzng. Got to chance It D n
it they know how to shoot!"
A missile had gone Dlumn through
mntn nnrl ftfkaafla tonvlnor rniind fifties
So mark the score. Another fairly
truck thn main tonmast and some
splinters came rattling down, while
the remnants of the top-sail flappea
amid writhing ends of halyard and
sheet.
Thv entered the beginning of the
fog, curlfng wisps of it reached out
twining over the bowsprlnt and head
sails, enveloping the foremast swallow
ing the schooner as a hurtling shell
crashed Into the stern. The next In
stant the mist had sheltered them.
Lund released the girl and Jumped to
the wheel.
"Now then." he shouted, "well
fool 'em!" He gripped the spokes,
and the men ran to the sheets
at command while the Earluk shot off
at right angles to her previous course,
skirting the fog that blanketed the
wind but yet allowed sufficient breeze
to filter through to give them headway,
gliding like a ghost on the new tack
to the east.
Tlnlnev. tense from the exDlosIon of
the shell, Jumped below at last and
came back exultant
"It was a dud. Lund t" be shouted.
"Or else they didn't want to blow us
up on account of the gold. But they've
wrecked the cabin. The fog's coming
In through the hole they made. Tama
da's galley's gone. It's raked the
schooner!"
"So long's Ifs above the water line,
to h 11 with it! We'll make out.
Listen to the fools. They've gone In
after us, straight on."
The booming of the gunboat's for
ward battery sounded aft of them,
dulled by the fog growing rainter.
"Lund's Luck I We've dodged 'em r
"They'll be waiting for us at the
nasses." said Balney. "They've got
the speed on us." . i ,
"Let em wait To blazes with tne
Aleutians ! Beady again there for a
tack I Sou'-east now. We'll work
through tills till we git to the wind
agIn. It's all blue water to the
Seward peninsula. We're bound for
Nome." '
"For Nome?" asked Peggy Slmms.
"Nome. Peggv I An American port.
The nearest harbor. An' the nearest
preacher I"
(THE END)
THRESHING MADE A PASTIME
Italian Families Beat Wheat From
Straw In Rhythm, and Seem to
Enjoy the Work.'
Gasparlno Dante got up early Sun
day morning, and before the sun was
very high bis day's work was well
started on his farm near Cupula, Italy.
The two daughters one eighteen and
the other fifteen started (and fin
ished) the day with the men. Th
younger children were too sniaU to bs
of any help, although the boy of ten
scattered wheat over the stone thresh.
Ing floor so that it would be ready
wheu the older members of the family
had finished with breakfast bread
and cheese and coffee, for Dante can
afford coffee in the morning. , H
owns thirty acres.
When threshing started, the fathei
paired with the oldest girl on thn
side of the floor; the other couple
stood side by side opposite. The four
flails were poised high In the air an
instant and then at a shout from the
farmer one pair descended and as they
were lifted the couple opposite struck
The four beat the grain, keeping
perfect time and pausing only whllt
the boy raked the straw into a pile
at one side of the floor and swept the
kernels of. wheat Into another heap,
and threw down a fresh supply.,
Then, with a shouted signal thai
seemed to welcome the new onslaught
the rhyth.ni of the thumping started
again. The manner of the thresher!
was more like that of couples dancing
an old-fashioned Quadrille than that
of harvest tollers under the blister,
ing, blinding midsummer sun, of south'
era Italy. ' ' -
: ' Difficulties to Be Overcome V
. Lord Beaconsfleld was no idealist
though he had imagination yet even
he said: "Man Is not the creature of
circumstances. Circumstances are the
creatures of men "Nurture your
mind," he said again, 'with great
thoughts. To believe' in the heroic
Is to make heroes." t Difficulties are
regarded by a great hearted people ai
things-to be overcome, and to them
duties are challenges.
V Unfair Advantage.
Horse Cabman (to driver . of 44
horsepower car, who has bumped In-
kto hla horse) "Ah, yer-bnnkln' cow
ardl , Forty 'gainst cer-Evenln
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IMPROVED UNIFORM WTEWAT10XAI
StindavSchool
Lesson
(By Kit,, f. . nUliaia.it, D. D..
Teacher of English BlbU US the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Copyrttht, HJJ. Weetera Nawepaper Union
LESSON FOR MAY 28.
JEREMIAH
SPEAKS
GOD.
BOLDLY FOR
LESSON TEXT. Jer. a.
GOLDEN TEXT. Amend your ways ana
four doings, and obey the voice of the
Lord. Jer. K-.1S.
REFERENCE MATERIAL. - II 6am.
11:1-14; I Kings 21:17-14; Jer. T:l-lfi; Amos
:l-8.
PRIMARY TOPIC. The Story of a
Brave Prophet
JUNIOR TOPIC. -A Brave Prophet's
Message.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC.
Jeremiah Speaks Boldly for Ood.
TOUNO PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
When and How Bhould Wrong Be Re
buked? 1. Jeremiah's Solemn Warning to
Judah (vv. 1-7). "
The Lord commanded him to stand
in a conspicuous place In the temple
and proclaim the Judgment which was
about to fall upon them ' because of
their sins. The object was to provoke
them to repentance (v. 8). If they
would not repent, Ood would make
the temple as Shlloh (v. 6). Just as
Shlloh was once the dwelling place
of the Lord and now fallen into decay
and abandoned, so will it be with the
temple. Jeremiah was sent to speak
the words the Lord had told blm and
not to diminish a word.
II. Jeremiah on Trial (w. 8-11).
1. Cause of Arrest (v. 8). It was
for faithfully speaking all that the
Lord had commanded. The one who
speaks boldly what God commands
shall be opposed. The time-server and
self-seeker will not stand for such a
ministry.
2. The Charge (vv. 8, 9). It was a
capital crime. They said, "Thou shalt
surely die." His guilt according to
their charge was twofold: (1) Pre
tending to speak for Ood; (2) Speak
ing against the temple and the city.
According to their charge he was
guilty of blasphemy and sacrilege.
3. The Princes Sit in Judgment
(vv. 10, 11). When the excitement
reached the ears of the princes they
came to Judge of the merits of tne
case. Matters of state were not en
tirely in the bands of the priests and
elders, but were partly controlled by
members of the royal family.
III. Jeremiah's Defense (w. 12-13).
1. Reiterates His Divine Commis
sion (v. 12). He had nothing to deny,
but to repeat what he had said. He
plainly told them that In opposing
him they were opposing Ood, for he
was Ood's messenger.
2. His Exhortation (v. 13). He
urged them to amend their ways and
obey God, and God would not bring
upon them judgment. Their threats
did not cause him to suppress or
soften his message.
3. He Gave Himself Up (v. 14). He
did not resist the powers of govern'
nient (Rom. 13:1). Knowing that
he was sent of God he was content to
trust God for deliverance. He did not
fear what man could do unto him.
4. Warns of Fatal Consequence
(v. 15). He frankly told them that
God had sent him and If they killed
him they would be guilty of defying
God. Resistance to God's prophet
would be resistance to God. Woe
would not only fall upon them, but
the nation and city would suffer.
IV. Jeremiah Saved (w. 16-24).
He was acquitted. God is able to
raise up friends and advocates from
the ranks of those who oppose us.
All hearts are in God's bauds.
L Judgment of the Princes (.16)
They p'ronounced him not guilty, as
he had spoken in the name of the
Lord. Jeremiah's word3 convinced
them that he was speaking the truth,
2. Speech of the Elders (vv. 17-23),
As the princes probably represented
the king, so the elders represented
the people.
The elders plead for Jeremiah and
adduced several cases In illustration
(1) MIcah (w. 18, 19). Mleoh'had
prophesied against Jerusalem, but the
king Hezekluh instead of putting him
to death, repented and thus turned
aside the punishment which was Im
pending. (2) TJrijah (w. 20-23)
UrlJah prophesied against the city and
land and thus incurred the wrath of
Jeholaklm, who brought 'him back
from Egypt whence he had fled and
slew him.
Though all this was done, judgment
was not thus thwarted. Killing God's
prophets does not prevent God's judg
ment but Intensifies It In the case
of Hezeklah God's judgments were
turned aside through heeding the
Words of the prophet, and In the case
of Jeholaklm judgment, fell upon the
nation because of refusal and mal
treatment of thir prophet
3. Rescued ' by Ahtkain (v. ; 24),
Ahlkam must ha ocnrV"011 '
fluence su v
.t such a t
"4 tiMnterfert
Friendship . ' " ' 'IsiVS.
'Suppose Jesus cdm
pany, would It not , "ongJ
and pure Bu,I '"""ctlw, 'U1 ret
and sweetness t s ""J v J
have- such a .Fritu i ui. . Iia'a
His is a companloiii t hevtr
grows wearisome, and. L.x a friend
ship that -never fails, oma it teacn
through time and eternity.1?.- Yx
n -v v
. ,'- r s
Fitvv Llka Flv. "i C
Envy is like a fly that passes tnV
body's sounder parts and dweJa cpu j
the aorea Chapman. ..
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LINER CHASED
BY WATERSPOUT
Passengers on the Carmania
See Thrilling Struggle Be
tween Sky and Ocean.
IS SAVED BY SPEED
Passengers at First Merely Interested
In Phenomenon, but When Chase
Began They Huddled Awe.
8trlcken Along Decks.
Newi York. The story of a gigantic
waterspout which chased the Cunard
liner Carmania half an hour and then
suddenly subsided when it was almost
upon the bard-driven ship was told by
ofllcers and passengers when she ar
rived here after a round trip to the
Near East
The liner was about 800 miles out
of New 1'ork when the spout was
sighted. At first, passengers said, it
appeared as a slight disturbance of
water about eighteen miles away.
Then the waves were twisted ana
churned and hurled skyward with
much force In an ever-Increasing vol
ume, while myriad colors played
through the mass. The column of wa
ter was 1,200 feet high and 150 feet
wide at its base.
Capt. G. W. Melson ordered the liner
sent ahead at full speed.
At almost the same moment the
spout seemed to take wings and rush
after the big ship.
Wager on Speed.
Passengers crowded aft Smoke
belched from the ship's funnels while
the Carmania strained every atom of
ber strength to escape. As the spout
traveled it grew larger.
It widened rapidly and towered high
in the air, throwing off tons of spray.
At first passengers thought It Just
a wonderful pnenomenon. xney db
gan to bet on Its speed or whether it
would catch the boat or pass it.
Then, as it towered in the Car-
mania's wake, gaining rapidly, It oc
curred to the passengers that It car
ried certain death and that the race
was one for life.
The spout continued to gain until
It was almost on the ship.
The passengers huddled, awe-strick
en, along the decks watching the on
coming mass of water.
8uddeny Subsides.
It had only to reach out for the
ship and it subsided as suddenly as
it had risen. Five minutes later there
The Great Waterspout Writhed.
ma nothing to show there had been
any disturbance.
Frederick Pratt, Standard Oil com-
panf official, said it was the most ter
rific but at the same time the most
wonderful sight he ever had seen,
Captain Melson smiled when he wo
asked about It
"I'll never tell what would have
happened if It hnd caught us," he
said. "In fact I never could have
told. We would have been listed as
missing." isr. ") vvf
JUDGE ORDERS f
New York Recorder Husband to
V Give'WifVs Anhoyer "Good"2
.,' t ' . : : Ucking.': '
Atlantic; City. N.. J. Webster Rlsley
wflji,.4pstt3.ked to ."beat up ;TEoias
3uVtis by Recorder Clarence Golden
ffer)rThls decision f olTowecl " the
testimony SfUxs. .Risley,- whoaldJ
that Curtis-was accosting her on the
street writing unfounded accusations
In letters to her husband ana mating
scenes when they- went In public
Dlaces, -
The husband Is tall and muscular,
while the defendant is small In stature,
sparsely built and wiry In movement
"It looks to me' as you were nig
fnough to settle the controversy by
hontinc him ud and whUe' you are at
1M would suggest that you give htm
It good. Ucklng, said, the recorder,
v ; r- - a ; .
' 4 Biiralara MaintalneofKice..
New York. Asserting, thaf they con
ducted operatlonsfrom ansofflce rent
ed .in a downtown building, police ar
rged twV members of a "firm of bur
el ars,"-ulpptng in- the bud their plans
f or the rsprlng .trade.
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weather."
Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
Conscience Bothers Them.
The rain falls upon the unjust as
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