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A ~vssdVrIuia th t erot] Produsa by the U By LUIS JOS] A a "nM Faaan mr"y tHAPTER XXXVIll. The Upper Trail. In the ten minutes' delay necessi tated by this reverse, a number of more or less innocent bystanders picked up the man Texas and carried him-* to breathe his last beneath a roof; Hopi Jim picked himself up, brushed his person tolerably clear of clouds of dust and profanity, and de parted in search- of a mount to replace the horse that had been shot under him; and Judith sat her horse calmly, smiling sweet Insolence into' the exas perated countenance of Marrophat. Incidentally the fugitives disap peared round a bend in the road that led directly into the wild and barren' heart of the Painted hills. In the brief interval that elapsed be fore his return with Hopi Jim, Marro phat contrived to persuade the bandit that Judith -had been, at least indi rectly, responsible for the catastrophe, with, the upshot that, temporarily .b1ded to her fascinations by the glit terof nineteen thousand dollars in the near distance, Mr. Slade maintained his distance and a deaf ear to her blandishments. The only information as to their purpose that she was able to'extract from either man, when the pursuing party turned aside from the main trail, some distance from Mesa, was .that Hopi Jim knew a short cut thrigh the range, via what he termed the upper trail, by which they hoped to be able to head the fugitives off .be fore they could gain the desert on the far side of the hills. Only t togintervals did they draw rein tdopjE7 Hopi Jim _t make.re connoissance of the lowei trail that threaded ~(e villey on-the fai side'of the -rldge. Toward noon he returned in baste. from the last of these surveys scrambling recklessly down the moun tain-side and throwing himself upon his horse with the advice: . "We've 'headed 'em-can make It now if we ride like all get-out!" For half an hour more they pushed on at the best speed to be obtained from their weary animals, at length drawing rein at a point where the trail crossed the ridge and widened out upon a long, broad ledge that over hung the valley of the lower trail, with a clear drop to the- latter from the brink of a good two hundred feet. One hasty look back and down into the valley evoked a grunt of satisfac tion from Hopi Jim. "Just in time," he asseverated. "Here they come!' Ten minutes more ... His smile answered Marrophat's with unspeakable cruel significance. "Texas will sleep better tonight when he knows how I've squared the deal for him!" the bandit declared. 4 "What are you going to do?" Judith demanded, reining her horse in beside Marrophat as the latter dismounted. A 'gest1?re drew- her attention to a huge boulder poised insecurely on the vthe chasm. ' e'reb)1g to tip that over on your freOMiss Judithi" Marrophat replied, wNa smack of relish In his voice. 'imple-neat-efficient-eh? What mno~ can you ask?" She ' s~ered only with an Irrepress ible gesture. of horror. Marrophat's laugh tcillowed her as she turned away. For e moments she strained her v~so~Eainy, endeavoring to pene trate je turbulent currents of super. heted; air that filed the valley. Then she m,.ade out indistinctly the faintly -- m klineof the lower trail; and tely she caught a glimpse of th small'figures, 'mounted, toiling Tly toadthe point where death ~~stily she glanced over-shoulder: W~op JimaadMarrophat; Ignoring her, wer stainngthemselves against the boulder without budging It an inch, for all Its apparent nicety of poise. For an instant awild hope flashed through har mind, but It was immediately ex orcised when Hopi Jim stepped back and uttered a few words of which only tw'o-"dynamite" and -"fuse"-reached her ears. -Kneeling beside the boulder he dug bisily for an instant, theri lodged the stick to his satisfaction, attached the 4 fuse, and braking off, edged on his belly to the edge of the cliff and looked down, carefully calculating the length of the fuse by the distance of the party down below from the spot where the rock must fall. -But while he was so engaged and Marrophat aided him, all eager Inter est, Judith was taking advantage of A their fisregard of her. Hur'redly unbuttoning her jacket, she wlhpped a playing cald from her . pock t, a trey o' hearts, and with the stub 4f a peacil scribbled three words on its~ face-"Danger! Go back!" Thq~ flziding a small, flattish bit of roc she bound the card -to It with . of string; and with one more bac ard glance to make sure she was not watched, approached the b H I Jim was meticulously shorten ng he fuse, Marrophat kneeling by hi a de. e canyon below the three were WI two minutes of the danger point. Itno trick at all to drop the stone. o that it fell within a dozen feet. e leading horseman. he .aw him rein in suddenly, dis mount, t a look aloft, then dismount and * up the warning. , s -e others joined him, he de tach j~e card and showed It to them. At esame time Hopi Jim and Mar roph Mjumped up and ran back, each b and holding his horse by nose ad. fle 'otraned to do likewise lest she loe s mount, Judith waited with a ng/-d heart... Sexplosion smote dull echoes flanks of the Painted hills, i ng in the noon-day hush: ~teetered reluctantly on the .sappeared with a tear 8 -' earth A d in. Anucas. 4T II 'Dai ~Um~tho Same N= &versal Film Co. PH VANCE meth Pkture Pdedctis misosephVance 'he edge, threw himself fiat and a Atterly, with an accent of griev i.s he rose. From the canyon below a dull: :f galloping hoofs advertised too 3 Ly the failure of their attempt. And Hopi Jim turned back on and Judith mounted, reining her I In between him and Marrophat, prepared to give emphasis to wha bad to say with an automatic I that nestled snugly in her palm. "One moment, Mr. Slade," she gested evenly. "Just a moment b you break the sad news to Mr. N phat. I've something to say that i our attention-likewise, your rei It is this: I am parting company you and Mr. Marrophat. I am r on toward the west, by this trai either of you care to follow me': automatic flashed ominously in sun glare-"lt will be with full k edge of the consequences. Mr. N hat will enlighten you if you any doubt of my ability to take ca myself in such affairs as this. I are well advised, you will turn and report failure to my father." She nodded curtly and swuni horse round. "And what shall I tell your f from you?" Marrophat demg sharply. "What you please," the girl re flashing an impish smile over-shol "But, since when I part company you, I part with him as well-for me, you may tell him to go t( devil!" "Well," Mr. Marrophat admitte fidentially to Mr. Slade. "I'm dam "And that ain't all," Mr. Slade fided in Mr. Marrophat, whippini his own revolver: "You're being up,too. I'll take those guns of y friend; and what else you've got you that's of value, including your -and when you get back to old Trine you can just tell him, wit best compliments, that I've qui job and lit out after that daughi his'n. She's a heap sight more a tive than nineteen thousand d( and not half so hard to earn!" CHAPTER XXXIV. Burnt Fingers. Once she had lost touch with b ther's creatures, the girl drew and went on more slowly and tiously. Below her, in the valley, the trail wound its facile way. Fron to time she could discern upon naked stretch of its length a ele dust, or perhaps three mounte ures, scurrying madly on with fi death snapping at their heels. It was within an hour of mid a night bell-clear and bitter co the heights, and bright with light, when Alan's party made It pause and camped to rest again! dawn, unconscious of the fact tl quarter of a mile above them, o upper trail, a lonely woman p when they paused and made hei cmp on the edge of a sharp dec The level shafts of the risini awakened her. .She sat up, rubbe eyes, yawned, stretched limbs with the hardship of sleeping C yielding, sun-baked earth-and sudden started up, surprised b: grating of footsteps on the earl hind her. Before she could turn, howeve was caught and wrapped in the of Hopi Jim. She mustered all her strengt) wits and will for one last struj and in a frenzied moment manai break his hold a trinle, enough1 able her to snatch at the pistol ing from her belt and present It; head. But It exploded harmlessly, Ing Its bullet on the blue of the: lng sky. The bandit caught her in time, thrust It aside and subj It to such cruel pressure and suel age wrenchings that the pistol dri from fingers numbed with pain. And now all hint of mercy le eyes; remained only the glare of He put forth all his strength in and Judith was as a child In his I In half a minute he had her he] in as much time more her bacd breaking across his knee, whi: bound her with loop after loop< rawhide lariat. Then, leaving her m~omen supine on the ground, Hopi Jim c and unhobbled her horse, and wi troubling to saddle it, lifted th< to Its back, and placed her there upward, catching her hands and as they fell on either flank of th mnal, with more loops of that uni able rawhide, and deftly placin master knot of the hitch that 1 this human pack well beyond bility of her reach. She panted a prayer for mercy laughed in her face, bent and 11 ter brutally, and stepped back I ing to admire his handiwork. Thus he stood for an instan tween the horse and the edge c declivity, a fair mark, stark as the sky, for one who stood In thi ley below, holding his rifle with fingers, waiting for just such c tunity with the same Impatience which he had waited for it ever the noise of debris kicked ove; edge by the struggling man woman had drawn his attentic what was going on above. Alan pressed the trigger anc shot sounded clear In the mo stillness, Judith saw a look o grieved amazement cross the fa Hopi Jim Slade. Then he threw his hands out, cl blindly at the air, staggered,. r against the horse's flank so he that It shied in fright, and abr shot from sight over the edge o blufi'. (Con tinued Next week) DAVE BURNf in Roofing and Hot Air Furii *P iLTREET unty dersc, and Alaba~ orafter u sbama fIon it of pri olir ed era IIHERIRAL PRESS I in wiseawl ioise go lain- sta The Local Paper a Most Useful I ly to Agency on the Farm-The Press, off( lorse Pulpit and School a Trinity of cas and InfluenCe That Must Be br t she Utilized in Building Ca )Istoi Agriculture. I Lot sug- Mr. efore eitl ing aeeds By Peter Radford his Lecturer National Farmers' Union ars pect- lciyo cul, with A broad campaign of publicity on [ding the subject of rural life is needed in ,5 i. If this state today to bring the problems COE -the of the farmers to the forefront. The con the city problems are blazoned upon the the lowl- front pages of the metropolitan dail- cor :arro- Ies and echoed in the country press, an have I but the troubles of the farmers are me me re of seldom told, except by those who you seek to profit by the story, and the cor back glitter of the package ofttimes ob- err scures the substance. A searching in- org her vestigation into the needs of the my farmers will reveal many inherent de- for ither fects in our economic system that can aff nded be easily remedied when properly un- sci derstood and illuminated by the pow- the glied, er of the press. cor Ilder. The rural press, the pulpit and the cat with school are a trinity of powerful in- nei all of fluences that the farmer must utilize lifE > the to their fullest capacity before he can in occupy a commanding position in pub- su con. lie affairs. These gigantic agencies are ed!" organized in every rural community and only await the patronage and co out operation of the farmers to fully de held velop their energy and usefulness. ur'n, They are local forces working for tbout the best Interests of their respective hoss communities. Their work is to build man and their object is to serve. They f my prosper only through the development t the and prosperity of the community. er of Every farmer in this state should ttrac- subscribe for the local paper, as well as farm periodicals and such other publications as he may find profitable, but he should by all means subscribe for his local paper, and no home should be without it. The local paper is part of the community life and the , editor understands the farmer's prob er fa lems. It Is the local press that will rein study the local problems and through cau Its columns deal with subjects of most ric L vital importance to local life of the let Loe community. timen some A Noble Task. E ud of mi fig- In too many instances the country seg tar of papers mimic the city press by giv- er ing prominence to scandals, accidents it aght, and political agitation. The new ini d on rural civilization has placed upon the noon- rural press renewed responsibilities, th s last and enlarged possibilities for useful- cr it the ness. It cannot perrorm Its mission fr' xat, a to agriculture by recording the frail- di l the ties, the mishaps and inordinate am- ad ased bitions of humanity, or by filling its of -own columns with the echoes of the strug ivity. gles of busy streets, or by enchanting sun stories of city life which lure our d her children from the farm.M stiff It has a higher and nobler task. br n un Too often the pages of the city dailies m of a bristle with the struggle of ambitious to the men in their wild lust for power, and ' h be- many times the flames of personal ac conflict sear the tender buds of new a , she civilization and illuminate the path-s ar way to destruction. The rural press Is the governing power of public senti- t i and ment and must hold steadfast to a principle and keep the ship of state or edlto in the roadstead of progress. The a etrural press can best serve the inter h n- ests of the farmers by applying its hn-energies to the solutiori of problems ihsaffecting the local community. It pnmust stem the mighty life current orn- cities, sweeping befor~ ftar tosande wrist boys and girls per-day. It has to deal ected with the fundamental problems of ta sa-| civilization at their fountain head. Its s pped mission is to direct growth, teach ef ficiency and mold the intellectual life t his -of the country, .placing before the pub rage. lic the daily problems. of the farmers turn, and giving first attention to the leg and- islative, co-operative,- -educational and pless, social needs of the agricultural classes was within its respective Community. Le he >f hie The Power of Advertising. tarily The influence of advertising is clear aught ly visible in the homes -and habits of thout the farmers, and the advertising col girl umns of the press are making their ,face mprint upon the lives of our people. feet, The farmer possesses the things that e ani- are best advertised. ireak- The farmer Is entitled to all the g the advantages and deserves all the lux >ound urles of life. We need more art, sci possi- ence and useful facilities on the farms, and many homes and farms .He are well balanced in this respect, but issed the advertiser can render a service augh by teaching the advantages of modern . -equipment throughout the columns of t be- the rural press. :ainst The farmers are in need of personal a val- leadership. They have political lead eager :1. Dut they need local industrial ppor- '~r:: yard educational leaders. and RURAL SOCIAL CENTERS n to _ _ _ Ithe We need social centers where our young people can be entertained, gamused and instructed under the di efrection of cultured, clean and com efpetent leadership, where aesthetic adsurroundings stir the love for the aweed beautiful, where art charges the at veled mosphere with inspiration and power, ayand innocent amusements instruct pyand brighten their lives. Ithe To hold our young people on the farm we must make farm life more __attractive as well as the business of "farming more remunerative. The Sschool house should be the social unit, 9 properly equipped for nourishing and building character, so that the lives of asour people can 'properly function the n ecessary elements of human thou gt and activity. '0 mind, not a stu of the memorY. olarships and-Cash Given by H. G. Hastings in South Carolina and Other States .tlanta, Ga.--(Specl.)--Corn club :es for Southerln boys in South Car ia and nine other corn-growing :es of this section have been renew for 1915 by H. G. Hastings, gen i -chairman of the Georgia corn w committee and chairman of the icditural committee of the Atlanta, mber of commerce. 'he prizes amount in all to $1,200, .ash and scholarships, and will be trded under the direction of the ,ernment corn club agents in each e. 2 South Carolina Mr. Hastings has tred $100 to be divided int% tnree hi prizes of $50, $30 and $20, or to awarded in scholarship form, ac ding to the wishes of the South -olina corn club authorities. a Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Lislana, Texas and North Carolina, . Hastings offers $100 in each state, ier in cash or scholarships, accord to jocal arrangement. In Georgia, home state, he offers a $250 schol hip in the State College of Agri turn' and two additional bash prizes $30 and $20, respectively. 'he great educational value and structive force of the corn club tests, in addition to the marvels y are accomplishing in increased n productions, are emphasized in interview given out by Mr. Hast s in connection with his announce nt of prizes. Mr. Hastings said: The interest now being taken in n production, by the federal gov ment, by state officials, by leading anizations and individuals, is, in opinion, the greatest constructive ce now operative in agricultural irs in America. For too long tne dency of education in the rural o0 was to draw boys away from farm, but the corn clubs are now bining with true agricultural edu ion to influence the boys to form ,v ideas and new ideals of farm The corn club work is growing value and importance with each cessivp year." GUPBOAR r-ffiE A LUNCHEON HINT. LUNCHEON MENU. Rolls. Creamed Celery. Beef Rechauffe With Tomatoes. Peach Whip. Cocoa. SIMPLE little luncheon for the home folks may be prepared as suggested here. Reliable Way of Making Cocoa. Cocoa.-Take two quarts of good h milk, put in a double boiler and it come to a boil. Take two table oonful of cocoa, dissolve in a little t water and add to the boiling milk reeten to taste, simmer for a few nutes after adding the cocoa and eve. 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