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2 miic when expose to air tea lose ita strength af fla sesqh of kazan james oliver curwood a love epjc of the fas hosih wmmifyml was convinced after his examination j they were tte tracks and the dog was hack e tt- ijotwoif reported to then he came to the first trap mat laaart the factor that jig- had had been robbed of its bt i prints larger than those of a under his breath ik cursed lha for that reason is sieversold in bulk your grocer sells this delicious blend try salada dawes plan verdict so far so good the first six months ot tho dawes reparations plan show a favorable bal- aneo on the side of financial common sense and sanity this much is clear ly indicated in the first semiannual re- synopsis it wa in the nrintcr that a half- of the tracts breed found in the t- w footprints f of a doj liaree th mctagga were bait was gone and the ti was un- roused baree had been his enemy sprung the sharpened stick that ut had tried to kill the dog and the had transfixed the bait was pued out a hna intlirted wounds on him clean tzeover mctaggart had shot pyr- all that day bush mctaggart f o rot the trapper who was barees lowed a trail where baree had left mastr and caused the animal to be traces of his presence trap after slanted from ncpeetl impps trap he found robbed on the lake ho ihir came upon the mangled wof i rom daughter came upon the first disturbing excitement of his discovery of barees presence his hu- chapter xxv- contd ti g to o rage and the next day saw the begmmng f t day dragge the struggle that was tofouow he- was not unacquainled with tween the wits of man and beast 10 four 0 the trapline baree the encroachment ot tsusn mc- usual a wolf or a fox or a dog taggarts trapline was not war it just soaking in it loosens all fee dirt saves you the hard wor of rubbing wasxistence it was to ttjgj ss only fewuaps but- in he even fancied on a certain night of done a writable- mkn of traps guard- food as pierrots line had f urt ished traveunk straight- st that ho heard her voice out in ed the house he did not fasten tho j i- ftita iiis o i and ess than chains but let them lay iooso in tha port ot seymour parker gilbert jr ai agent general of reparation payi f f ma but menu prophets of evil in germany f fact that in this instance i i a j he was lawbreaker and had an enemy and m other countries will find little to outwu kad it hew d hun at each basis for pessimism in this prelimiu- weather he might have gone on for at arv survey j the unseen hand that was guiding his ianderings wero drawing him slowly an ary survey this of course is all mr gilberts wuiiuciiu report pretends to be what has been but surely back to the old beaverpond accomplished during this first half and the gray loon year is on the whole a means to an end stabilization of german cur rency has been achieved but that is not an end in itself the german budl jj his special use he followed in get for the coming year has been bal- tvle factors snowshoe tracks and in p of the third trap killed a rabbit when ln tlu ivi had finished with it nothing but night from trap to trap and his footprints the wailing of thwind o v- v l r ks the snow showed that he stopped a m later ho heard faintly a dis- snow if baree got into one trup uo each tant howl out in the forest that would get into others and there would at dusk he reached the shack pierre night his heart was filled with a leaden j be no use of togges uis work done eustach had built midway of his line i dread he shook himself ho smoked mctaggart hurried on through tho and took inventory of his fur it his pipe until the cabin was blue hthickningjwihght of winter night to was not more than a third of a catchj cursed bar0j and the storm but his shack he was highy eated ims uv- was half ruinedi a m was there was no longer in him the bullyi time there could be no such thing as as it was with tovhi completely in two the second j i courage of old siilf3i nono any- the barees tracks wero not an hour old anced that also is in the nature preparation tho ultimate purpose is snow three times during the ho heard the dog howling the third day mctaggart did not ne imu tv nf lilrwid i the third day lucjaggari um iwnnu k i stabilibathe hair and w rcturn to lac bainbut began a cau- of his trapline in his sleep in a restless dream and after that it lived and lived the thought that the spirit of nopoesoj was guiding bares in the ravaging to be continued wolfish tious hunt for baree an inch or it was in january that mctaggart commencement on every hand young people have boen standing to say farewell whore it was m january mat mc j a ggui i ii n i m hunger and tsss swsmm conflict as a result of the proper de- he the bait from a full dozen to take baree was a dozen feet away from it at the breadth of the river of lite cision on the part of the allies that of m traps three times ne e footprints freely within a time it was as if baree knew and t6 a graduating class assembles germany should bear the major share st poisonbaits venison or car- j n v vnr f the had come while the pre- jbou fat in the heart of which was a liminaries have been carried through dose of strychnine and each ume mctaggart could pick out the straight i standing out clear from the dwarf blndlng and so ultimate that it is hard detected tno uuiy r v- r two hmmiw not twentv vards awav from a h hino nr tho ultimate purpose is lumiuuu- tion and adjustment of vast economic lay upon the snow starved fo and financial forces which came into days lie was filled with a i hunger and before the day w 1u11u11ca nii wv successfully it cannot yet be said with keen nostrils uwun v 0 certainty whether the dawes plan will pierrot had more than once noted the trail function radius of a ruindred yards of the had come to taunt him for when the on aplatform and tho ties of closo as- of tho wars burden while tne pre- jbou fat in tne cabin it was half an hour before factor suddenly looked up baree was soc through the years seem so itractlve version of the overblouse lace edgings arid narrow- tucks elaborate the tailored blouses of to day one cannot have too many at- comes piece frocks the modal pictured here the six months thed wastmade with white epedechme turned ou repara u brought the cum afresh to mci his hand was reaching for it when isssssssksa durhig the felfeis g lips he swu in a wijlike a flash bareo wa gone tne round five years the collections i- ate of flesh from which his as supersei 4l payments al preceding gaits poiso and he followed this for two spruce not twenty yards away from hours into a thick banksian swamp him his white fangs gleaming and t0 ima a severance by ttmo or jjkj coa f a apace tomorrow tho devoted friends stared as if turned have tho worlds diameter between wa3 baree he recogj years hence the one who in tho period star the whitetopped ot tutelage wss marked for shining woves ate oi ueaii rom sna of brush or the metallic ear and his heart thumped like a months the dawes mill has supersensitive p e h click of twigs against his rifle barrel hammer in his breast very slowly er turnea nim vi bush mctag- and then with a sudden inspiration j he began to creep toward hi3 rifle 11 ik aet frt at tj l too 1aanliftrr fnr- if wvwvn down the centro irom me ivuuu boyish collar is bacoming and the full- about 12500o0o0 for each sixmonth rimfii mith n neriod taken at its lowest terms the the centro front lar is bscominj and the tun- aoout t length sleeves are finished with a period take tailored cuff the pattern is perfor- dawes plan has quietly and automat ated for short sleeves and provides an cally evoked payments at tho samo attractive cuff the hipband may be rate they were collected amid the omitted and the blouse tucked under political storm and regulation shirt cial chaos of the liaf decade immodi- smell of on the way and leaving his suspicion i 1 and cut straight back for the to minnpr of his circle and cut straignc oack lor i this gave mctaggart his new idea tne 1 mc trapvline when the factor reached j b himself a fresh trail footprints ffidrftocoou thlin along toward nopnbamf throughthe forei5 his taggart had hated at miaaaj lu j j k vio wm-l- h lwi 1 1 i 14 t i iv distinction has unaccountably col lapsed into insignificance and failuro the laughingstock of whom little or nothing was expected has found him self and those whose reminiscenses begin i knew him when are con founded by the inexplicable n much good advice is offered by those alive to the force of the french adage tho skirtband in waist style sizes 34 36 38 40 and 42 inches bust size 38 bustrequires 2 yards of 86inch or za yards of 40lnch material pries 110 cents our fashion book illustrating the newest and most practical styles will be of interest to every homo dress maker each copy includes one cou pon good for five cents in the pur chase of any pattern how to order patterns write your name and addre plain ly giving number and size of such patterns as you wrnt enclose 20c in ntely following j- n mndpthesesame had already begun his work he had trap but a least five hundred his dinner baree mat e tnese sa rabbit ho had b fmm wherever a cautious circes with ins ieei j- the secon stress and finanjand mor smell of skctrt unobserved b this strategy he be- 1 t0 pass on their experience the peace i but was n f fpf eustach it was the fifth- day that bush mc- iioved that in time he was snre of t0 thelr junlors those who wsint tte cent of h f tends from jtaggart returned to his post he tting a shot at the dog again it a that flre burn3 and s s urnczen ms sssskfflsf sll drowns are often pathetically eager to a hen the smel of him wa snjn l u t circles with his feet f ijuras uouim nm scond day being less hungry bed three traps in the distance a trap or deadfall was set this new trail if youth knew if old age could e keenly alive to the hated mile and he was headed again btruck sh in like tho point of a george herbert palmer defined his his enemy baree ate less fver the trune for post thatihvcould approach his lino j ssitj is a place where the elders it is true that the wnoothnesswith which payments have been made un- der the dawes plan is directly attribut- the p ho and then the smel of him able to the international loan of 200 barces noe this wrought in ooooco made r jjru be strange indeed have water he four frenchmen was there and j again it was the man who was de- j inisriiious voath rasvalence who heard his stoiy feated the first day jhat mctag- j persuade impetuous ingenuous jodtu finite antagonism and afterward heard him cursing gart followed his new trail baree also of the fact and are not heard willing- to germany it would baree aswi ft and definite ntagonism h store a that t eed if with 2000000 a steadily incr easing figte c bigeyed and fnghtonedrfwfh as a starting point germany cculd not few days betore i mc v tho of her cheeks flaming red where bac and forth between the old and make a turnover of 250000000 the forgotten the p sl com- mctaggart had struck her while tho new trail then there was no 7 anmal mind la pcess misimp 1 sto was getting her the donbt t new trail was the fresh r l ni man is more than nutation which does not n a- salmon mct wanted for and he followed in the footsteps but the p n the dstnc ion o f reas on a rd wh l is oppor- j of the factor from lac bain mc- automatic tl is desigi ed tobewn together mglwjtunlty to whisper softly in her ear t did not know what was hap- tinuously expansive its 250 000 000 duces esuts bm o nnd bicu lerue has trapped a silver unu his return trip when he firstyear payment is expected to suvell to elt baree did vmj wg f sa low triumph ho the story told in the snow baree by the third year to 625000000 by two topcet her to make our he did noi ft fe wiu havj withou ex stamps or coin coin preferred wrap tj jt works germany will be go back step b stp to p j si catch by spring and sends c ho had approached each time it carefully for each number and tho tul burden commensurate self that the man 10 higyou this message from his cabin up at the po 0 the inverted v after address your order to psttorn dept ity t0 pay line belonge d was tte cause of a i u b wth n a maarig of lying in wilson publishing co 73 west ade- thipoint the gilbert report fr itn 1 vearni tail be ready to fly when the soft waitj of approaching at every point of trail for o little whilo ly young people have to learn for im three times he cut themselves it is not an evil that this laide st toronto return mail patterns sent by sounds a warning note so far in spite of all efforts germanys balance sessthv wolves thai ho of trade on the whole has remained had ever hated it was mctaggart who unfavorable in her exchange of goods had hurt him mctaggart who had and services with the rest of the hurt pierrot mctaggart who had world she has received more ttnyn she made him lose his beloved nepeese when she has given this situation musfbo cor- and mctaggart was here on this trap- biuo i r line if he had been wandering betiful at i iif or destinv hoi to whi is so what they learn in propria per sona adheres liko a burr what they gain by proxy is soon in the limbo of discarded and forgotten things but the graduates aro never going to forget the influence of a personality who some one was to them will in tho long run mean more than what a text book impressed they will argue by a life they studied at close range that i a similar performance is possible for y point oi which mc- them- and thoy will not care to dlsap- point an affectionato expectation tho playing second fiddle young students of musical instru ments would be wise to remember a aaylng ot schumanns if everyone played first violin no orchestra would reeled i t be sot toeothor the loss nromlnont there are signs that the process in fore without object or destiny oe goi logouior me loss prorainom t was given a mission now it was to odd smile instruments aro just an useful as those the right direction is being energeti- k the traps to feed himself in tha limelight to oxcel nowadays callv stimulated during the last fow to ve his liatred and his ven- as a performer on the more popular in- months 130 contracts have been con- j g as he lived truments tho piano and tho violin j eluded which will tend to redress the the second day in the centre of a moans exceptional gifts and a vast economic balance for instance ger- lake he came upon the body of a wolf many is supplying to franco 100000 that had died of one of the poison- telegraph poles two ships and 4000 baits for a halfhour he mauled tho railway trucks german engineers laborers are dredging the selno he marie did not look at him but she taggarthad twenty timescursed him- heard and her eyes shone so like stars se into flls of ma another idea teacher who does not care what his when the young storekeeper gave her cam0 to him it was like an inspira- pupils dp after thoy leave him is mis- had the salmon that he said to valence j tioni and so simp t it seemed aljcast in his calling those who novor most inconceivable that he had not thought of it before he hurried back to post lac bain the second day after he was on the trail at dawn this time he carried a pack in which there were a dozen strong wof traps freshly dipped in beaver oil and or rabbit which ho had snared the previous night now ana when she had gone death but she is still beau times valence he i to which valence nodded with an chapter xxvi by the middle of january the war between baree and bush mctaggart j f i i i then he looked anxiously at the sky amount of work the high standard which used to be reached by only a fev now is reached by manvj for the ulmplo reason that ever so many nfore than used to study those instruments now do so there is far more room at tho top for players of other- instru ments and it the student would give his thought to the viola or tl cello among the stringed instruments or to ono of the various woodwind or brass instrumepls ho would be moro likely to command a prominent place after every meal v building a floating dock in the had become more than an incident j wag c until lato in the after- more than a passing adventure to the when banks of dark clouds be- p from tho east half a few flakes of snow be- mctaggart let one of iuwouvc the back of his mit- g congo a wireless tranmissp j m sfs station for italy railway material m afresh the scent of the vtea it w what rumania wooden refugee huts- for this p p which was from lac bain he was impressed still wanted before morning there greecethese are only a few of the a 8t vgg s f more strongly with the mstnet that sx inches of freshly fallen factors that will enter into the ropara- p he w was righttho ho was avenging himself upon a dead- cover the trails lions account il 1 1 mrfl of the post the ly enemy again and again he out- 1 h stopred at the next traphouso sis of readjustment will bo h to lay witfauu ssi ct tte hu m to work first he andgermany has not yet be- sh in a thicket of banksian pine stnntrao ongly to dl look back to a preceptor as a vital in fluence have been unfortunate how- over many years it is ones dostlny to put between the day of graduation and the final goal thero should bo a lively and tenacious- iromory of all that in the auroral bout of entrance on active life was held to bo worth tha strife to win a rather tall story longllegged men have tho bosfc brain capacity according to the theory of an american scientist 4 v ice in the movies paraffin when spreadvpvorwatoj and photographed with a movie cam era exactly resemblos ice lifo is not a mans personal pro- jj perty it is a loan from tho almighty awav the poisoned bait in tho j for which he is responsible minards liniment for backache similar twins not only rcsembo pass it- around after every xneal give the family the benefit of its aid to digestion geans teeth too keep it always in die j house ri 11 liuuufii wnicn oarcs wuiuix to reach fori each other in appearance and charac- the bait thoremuining nine he scat- ter but are likely tohave the samo -j- i i i the reparations issue from the xtio hfs hatred burned r as the ffitei w ssrisliiis s w iong fangs at isppmi of disease duetojnbonvde lent in good will it aimed fenfwilh i-l- spgt o that when he was or wl to lve a fair trial to methods of pa- j est f at last on his knees whip- passed and an ot tne um awuj tlent ininijrv and quiet admlnlstra- pm 1 tlon inn in spito of what the futuro may hold 1 fqr it the verdict uxlay ts so far so good hard turned straightin tjie gray loon after that even more ot her loss oi carefully than before he examined mjg mlonut nights he sent fortr one of the dearly impressed tracks in suirrj or muoi uv the snow when ho ro3e to his feet wailing cies for her again ami therewas inihisjfacoitte look of ono bush mctaggart listening to- them ij i u uj i nnmt his- the midde of the night fet strang i who had made an unpleasant dis- shivcrs run down his spine the mans hatred was different than covery i fool it is a dog and then hatred alone there was mixed with i j no 25 sentence sermons there i great satisfaction hi i kriowlng that yen have given- your work your best effort inhavirg nothing to conceal from your best friend in being ableto help someone who cannot be expected to return tho favor j in facing tho jfacts and having it over with j jn being able to promote an cm- ployee in being nbc to say i told you j so without saying it ihvman it was his privilege au v l in fceing competent to do your two together and out of two km pt insisted m i h and two he made baree there was mctaggarts ugly mind n hulo doubt in his mind the thought passed now that ha did not think r had flashed on him first when isnio the wiow never a iiht ciirs an had mcnuoned uvo black wolf work is well asit can bo done ism i aid mlnard3 liniment after a moment he muttered m u ji a sunerstitiou voice scarcely louder than a wws aindennableandsurrstitio h on travelling the trail zfsilrt of the dog a new excitement posses- as surel as the scviu ot ms i 4l hlmsmt was more thriningten f f jthe sal s 1 tho excitement oc the hunt jnj st00 jor nr atvatv er a d 1 went without a visiomng cf hr face place potatoes in pot and cover over with water when ftftlifcci drain ojt water through strainer spout handle kxki cover on no scamtnc or acorchinc being pure sjp eoaneled ware it comes o boil far quicker than other wares tiia potatoes sro meaty whole perfectly boiled serve with butter in covered dith s potato pots 1 3- j