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MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 14; W 24 ' CT/iejLANDOF FQggQTTEN MEN Edison Jllat'dla.lL Reledsecl t>/ NEA Service? Inc, Copyright 1923 V/ Little, Blown a Co. beginhere today Peter Newhall, Augusta, Ga.,-fles to Alaska, after told to by Ivan Ishmin, Russian violinist, he had drowned Paul Sarichef, Ish niin's secretary. Ishmin and Peter’s wife, Dorothy, had urged him to flee to South America. He joins Larson in response to a, disoKs signal, at, .sea, giving Lar son his sea ■ jacket. Their launch hits rocks. Dorothy is advised that her hus band’s body, identified by his sea jacket, is buried in Alaska, But Peter ras been rescued. Injuries completely change his appearance, hiding his identity. Larson’s bo ly occupies the grave. Ishmin and Dorothy go to Alas ka, to return Peter’s body. They do not recognize Peter, who is chos'-m head guide. A storm strands them at the grave. Peter is tempted to murder Ishmin when he sees the latter kiss Dorothy. Next day Isa min is charged by a bear whose cub he had wounded. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Her thick ears iaid bad: against the burly head, rangs flashing, high shoulders rocking as the great, curved claws slashed through the moss. She was- a huge beast— weighing more than a thousand pounds—and the power of those ter rific muscles was beyond the wit of man to estimate. Ivan had never been in greater danger, nor was such conceivable. The two natives on the hill above instantly gave him up for lost and fled desperately, lest the enraged’ bear should turn on them. And in j Pete’s mind two thoughts flashed' like rockets—One of the white,' pure brilliance of a star, the other so strange and sullen and red, like the sun seen through the smoke cf a forest fire, that it seemed beyond the pale of ' heaven-born mankind. 1 I AM DOING ALL KINDS OF I ELECTRICAL WORK NO JOB TOO SMALL OR TOO LARGE. Ido your work by the hour and save you money. Ask my customers. They KNOW my ability. ® J. C. 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Maynard, President > Tnr in ibi iih in umn ■uhiiim■iiiui nnmi n mw—— m RE-MILLING PLANT lam prepared to re-mill lumber in Urge quantities and solicit the patronage of the sawmill men wanting lumber dressed. Prompt Service w. Americus, Georgia. ‘TF HELP CAN BE FOUND, I’LL FIND IT—” At that instant Pete knew surely that he had only to hold his fire, and Ivan would be torn to pieces before his eyes. No blame could be laid on him self for failure to stop the charge. He had but one shell in his gun, and he might have sore need of that in his own defense. From the position in which he stood it was a doubtful shot at best, not because he could not hit the great form of the bear, but because likely he could not reach her vitals. Ivan was firing desperately with nis pistol, and maddened by many minor wounds, it was whojly prob able that the bear would turn to ward Pete after she had struck her first enemy to the earthj. In that case the guide’s only hope would lie in saving his one shell for a shot between the glowing eyes or into the throat at close range; there would be no time or or chance to procure other shells from his pdeket and reload his rifle. Yet at the same instant that this A Very Pleasant'Twosome 9 / \ I JgSBL., y 1 wi i .a-'. ' *9 Icj .?T ■ ’ - 'ouMrIM 'Aum - ?< There are no hazards on. the marriage links, says Gene Sara zan, who mad e such a mashie with the lovely Mary Pick that they arrived at a New York church in a single drive. Here’s the way they looked to the par son and the cameraman. knowledge came to him, his love for Dorothy commanded him as never before.. Perhaps she loved this man, and thus he must fight for him just as he would fight for her. These two opposing impulses, find all the thoughts that centered upon them flashed to his conscious ness in the twinkle of an eye. His gun sprang to his shoulder. He looked alon;g the barrel. The bear had reared up, preparing to strike, and at this range Pete could hardly miss thei huge form; the question was whether or not he could reach a vital place. But at the crack of the rifle the roaring bear pitched forward, in unearthly silence, in the moss. The rest was like, a dream: Ivan shuddering, the pocketing his pis tol; the fleeing form of the natives; the hills unchanged against the gray elouds. This man was no coward— this son of Asia—and he was able to smile faintly as he turned to his rescuer. “That was a good shot, Pete,” he said in a voice that hardly trem bled. “I owe you some extra days’ pay for that. A few jumps more, and I’m afraid we’d have had two handsome gentlemen to carry back to Georgia, instead of one.” But Pete scarcely heard. He was swept with exhultation, not at the successful shot he had made, but at his sudden freedom from the domi nance of his own passions. He need no longer fear his impuleses. He had escaped from himself and had come out beyond, true to his ideals and his heritage of chivalry and manhood. CHAPTER XI 1 Dorothy’s Loyalty Rough seas prevailed during the first five days of their isolation, and these were followed by a long period of comparative calm—a pleasant, threatening weather, yet nothing to keep stout ships in from of waiting that which at first was only a vague fear became almost a certainty; that the Warrior had gone down among the island crags the sea; and at the end of ten days and would not return. And now the castaways found themselves confronted by an ugly situation. As their hopes of rescue by the Warrior went down, the available sfupply of food likewise NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: ’ ' \ We have purchased H. Caratsole & Son, known as the Americus Fish & Oyster Market, effective today and will continue to operate under th e name of Ameri cus Fish & Oyster Co. ; We have had years of experience in the wholesale and retail fish and oyster business. 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I don’t see how we dare wait much longer for her to come.” “Agreed,” Dorothy replied promptly. “What do you suggest we do about it?” “Let’s sum it all up first, and see where we are. Let’s assu ; a the worst, that the Warrior has gone down, and that she went down (before she got word to anybody to come and rescue us. ' Sooner or later Bradford and De Long, down in Seattle, will learn that the War rior did. not come into Seward, but she wasn’t expected at any definite time, if she was expected at all, and it may be months before a search party is sent out—a half hearted search party at that, be cause they will naturally think we Went down with the Warrior. Af ter the same long period of weeks and months, some of your relatives £md friends down below will be come anxious about you and dis patch some search parties; but they will likely become discour aged by the same news—that we went tfown with the Warrior—an j rank us among the missing.” Pete did not add that this business. of being included with the missing was an old game to him. “But say they do come and search this shore: at least, it will be a matter of weeks and months. And weeks and months in this cli mate, and winter and with little food, is a deadly deal. There re mains the dory, and the difficult more or less dangerous trip down the coast to some settlement. “Os course, it’s the only possible plan now; you’ll agree with me in that. But our food supplies are already so low it wouldn’t be saf.- to attempt the trip for the five of us. “We’ve got to get busy quick. The natives are already getting scared; they say they can smell winter, that it’s going to set in early. Now this is my plan. “Tomorrow you let me take th rye days’- rations of grub—a Si wash outfit the men up here call it —and start off across the Penin sula on foot. I’ll pich my way over that range, sleep.ng out at night, and down on the Pacific side, where I’m bound to run into some native village or trapp r’s hut in a few days’ travel. Then I’ll get a hundred pounds of can ned good and come back here. Meanwhile the‘natives will go-hunt ing and kill all the venison they can, which we’ll dry oyer the fire —cut it into strips and jerk it the best we can. Th.cn with that fr,sh supply of food, you two, with the two natives to man the oars, van work down the coast and out.” "And what will you do, in the meantime?” Dorothy asked. “You can leave me a little flour and my rifle, and I’ll ' make it through; when you hit a settlement you can ask a native to pack me in a load of grub. That isn’t lx very big boat, and your grub will be limited, the best you can do. Be sides, there’s a possibility that some one will come here to look for you, and in that case one of us .ought to be here to tell him where to pick you up.” It was a good plan; she felt at once that it was the only plan. But when she tried to be hopeful, aj deep wave of depression seemed to engulf her, a feeling of hopeless ness, indifference to the future, almost as if old age had suddenly claimed her. “I don’t hce why it will be neces sary for any one to cross the main land,” Ivan said, in the hush.that followed Pete’s melow, deep bari tone. He spoke with considerable emphasis and urgency. “While you were gone, we’d just be eating more grub all the time. We’d bet ter start in the dory tomorrow.” Pete shook his head. “It wou'd not be safe, with our supplies so far reduced. You must, remember that while I’m gone the natives can be hunting and drying meat.” Perhaps the best plan would be for you to stay and hunt, too; jerk ed venison is a fine ration, and with the little we have here it would be all we’d need for the trip,” But only one of us can hunt, because we’ve got only-one rifle, Mr. Ismin,” Pete argued politely, Ivan hesitated, and his face look ed yellowish-white in the fading light of day. “If some one is going to go, it had better be me,” he said at last. “I can cross the ranges as well as you can.” Pete’s eyes drop ped over the Mongol’s graceful, vet powerful form, and he believed :that this was true. “If help can be found. I’ll find it—l’m not afraid of hardship, either. I’ve seen plen ty of it, in my training for the Russian army. You can take care of Mrs. Newhall and look out for her comfort as you’ve done pre viously.” Pete glanced at Dorothy to seel Rylander Theater Today and Tuesday 10c, 25c, 35c ’ At - Also ‘ ' Felix Comedy ™ E GOAT GETTER fll 2'• ~l3u gA 1 IMp afi jf $ jyjßß ff) 4$ fS iu /tigS fM ***-** WBTERCOMB ill CT j S^^utZ«^--™ ,tcA , J».wo» 133jJUJ I 11 i s mes VTEfS) YOUR FII^^ERS 1 -_r Y piiUSD AD®ST p AGZ FOR I »"=x a X lj=ll GIAUUY GIYSU: a s M HUTCBtfHSOE SIL '■ : • - w wMIwI life I Ilin i lllillli uHi HiiUlHRyllIII ’!I I IHlIlillnSl&f [what her face showed; but she was | evidently neutral. “Perhaps Mrs. ’Newhall would not want to be left 'here—without your protection,” Bq said simply. i “On the contrary, I’m perfectly willing to do what’s best for all concerned,” Dorothy remarked. “I’m sure it would be best. You need Pete here to look out for your comfort, to dry the venison and to take care of the camp while the na tives are hunting. I have every confidence in you, Fete; and so has Mrs. Newhall.” “I appreciate what you say, very much,” Pete returned. Continued in Our Next Issue) Z DAILY POEM TIN TYPES— Just look through the album,' that famous old album that mother and dad used to keep. You’ll laugh kill you cry at what catches the eye. View the pages and “read ’em and weep.” Ah, those were the days when the tin types wore made and your parents were proud as could be. They stood to be snapped, rather solemn and staid, and rhe pictures are funny to see. Dear Mom in a dress that was puffed at the sleeves. Old-fashion ed is all you can say. But time has not changed her; she firmly be lieves it was better than gowns of today. Then Dad in a derby that perch ed on his head and a coat that was up to his waist. A haughty Beau Brummel is what people said, for in those days such things were in 'taste. Together they stood; olden sweet, hearts, you know. The queen of the day and her king. 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