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ERSKINJ "PALEFACE 1" "Here's a story of pioneer days in early Anerican hisaory that contains vivid pictures of momentous events from Kas kaskia to Yorktown and of famous American fighting mnen from George Rogers Clark to George Washingtor.. The story revolves about a striking figure -the son of a blueblooded Vir ginian, stolen and brought up by the Indians and reclaimed by his kindred--only in the end to hear the call of the wild and become a pioneer in Kentucky. But he ecaped from the wilder ness a breech-clouted savage. He went back to the wilderness a civilized white man, with the beat gift of civilization---a love ly American brid' . John Fox, Jr.. is the author of this story. Patriotically American, he won fame with stories of Kentucky, his native state-"The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come," "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" and the like. "Erskine Dale--Pioneer" is his latest--and last. CHAPTER I -'tre ' of ro"d r;in nim-ar/d, and In nsw r t e't' tll' .ren' t gr'ay ee',' ,f tihe wil (ern'i'l ss litfb'' its iistI-frin;.t'dl lId. Fro th's ) oen dep!1 e'nne tllt 1lut in11 of a b'n13 woenel-thi rush. A cotugar l'n'se'd 1i fil.: t he l w inh of an 6uk, tlisse . :ntul :1 siniddering dleer It:eh d h in.' hi fre'i'st uisle, b tanlie-i linto, n litiin' e'rlen ing, stoppedl rigirl, !!-.irieds 1! ,':IWlh~r <-nomy, an widtrh:'Iel into the w1ile'n'ns again. Sti!t! dehe'e''r in til- letwhna b my with a Iow a:n arr'w t nil :m1;", (e\ct' for se:n1)-1",'k :1n14 h:. 't',h- clouit, sprang frititi s -!es', : fi .:itn tok't i Ilight along t buff:! trail. .\: nin, not t'ar bh'lnd him, threer gruntina:. -T' ages were tak ing up tthe print of ils locca'sined feet. An !i'.ai hef 're a tel f(laree yaOn wtithin tI.' sitanked "ttle'nhsi're that was re rel 1 h' eentr tie t' the lIlth' leat' li;. ui. a1'e it 1t. . w el tiy. t' I' dst gIltiiiner of dtay the a nie's ca 1 eui ni littIt 11nd1 three Will h:1"s " -arsssmed and14 moved'( le'is. 'tre'l' 1~r -t 'wanis-e-he: mtan wi\'th1 a hu'e '-h rle in the heeliowi' of his i nh alele' :tftul his h1e'1, and 'E l"",,;!:;1 ' 1- '-1 hi, he'ats. At eit hr !'~1 1'' t , k:tt e' \ w a tch-twl r of enki L"., ..," v'isible :and1 In (':11-h a !ise ; . ":: ,-w i t .~lVnin, naod sulftegi thel 1! ,,;:: .Ninell of ruing Vynlnii ll! '' I1: L1,. C ine : .- r.ose' te\\ ring to the fnt :i' statLre. sire''eluel his mtgiIhl :!:; uiflh n yanwn. iami lighttyi el"-si'e A ''irt e! iib .: lh'' twid Ilud der : to he twer stol-M''i mh~lway'. "Y!n do' SeemLtl to ILnPin uch uset 'N unh-l'' I'm g'iet- up. and I wuMIM' thten If I t'eublc .itoe as hIgh its I e:fu urtl.'' '.le wen't let'ar her' to aM at M eftCn hin handie with a tttutun litth-e guni~uce shte lteaped l's lgly n.-: hadeu he fee he gr'oundit. kettle etf ttening <-hi o l',hes watched "Lfoek Lit l'eelly ('eft til, won't ye? I declare fthatie gul ---" * "tLed IE ' 'rlede Po'lly, "brting D~ave's bren k fast :" A I 11he doer of a :' 'heI log enhdit, as lbily hullt an it lI tte for't, a hunter was ~ tlennIng a Ioni ritle. At the wie5e'r'n tngle' tw uee wteu ere strength Citing thle pl'ht'tts of' the pailiade. About the Ire it'wo mtothersH weret sueckhng htnh'es a' natked brensts. .\t the thi'i n I i girl roset, pushed U uas of .nihuirnted ha ir fr'omt her' htantted foreeadtl it, an In tsh not from the lt'e fusedt with hier; sile. "1 reckoni~l Dave c'ain \lk this far -he don't look v'ery pune~.' A v oit''e1t vpant with turasm:ti rose from one0 of the. w~oi tn nhou t te stt i tming :at ie "Holenor !'" .s' er'l('d, "11(nolr San In a doot'".'.iy nonttr, n thlird girl was famecd- dee~p-ey'ed, de'ep'hrenste.u "'oner!"' criedt t he reid WOman "eStop wast In' yo' tine wIthI that weav. ini' in tha lint'f' ceime out heire an' hte'p thste tw'~o gitiI to jgIt I )a ve his b'ritk -fnM."'~ Dave Yand'l Ilt hithed loudly. ''omet on, 1 lonotr,"' he enlled, but thie girl t urned tl theflt whIr' of' a loomt tarted agin litJke thle hiumminng ol bees. JLdti Naoe handed the hutnter a tnan of deerVt men t aund coi'n bread, anid P'olly l)oured'( hIm a cupI of steam tng lquid made fronm sassafras9 leav'es. Dave looked up~ Into P~olly's black eyes, shIfted to Ly3dlu, swerved to the door whent'e eanme the wihlr of the loomn. "Von nt-c lookcing v'ery handsome this mtorninag, P'olly'," he said gravely, "and 1jdin lovel'ler (even than usut, nnd Hono:' Is a witoodlihin dream." lit' hook hIs head. "No," he said, "I really cotubln't." "('ouldn't wihat ?" asked Polly, t hougth qhe 'A'ew sonme nlonsense was cmnE. ? DALE-I By JOHN FOX, Jr. "Be happy even with( two, if t'other were far away." "1 reckon you'll have to try somne day--with all of us far away," said (he gentle Lydia. "No donht, no doubt." the fell upon Ihis breakfast. "'oor boy !" gab Lydin, and Polly looked at her with quickening wonder. Dave gave his hunting kiife i pa thetle flouirish. "And when the Virginia gallatts come, where will poor Dave be?" "I woneder," said Lydia, "if they'll have Iong- hair like Dave?" Dave shook hi; long locks with mock pride. "Yes, but it won't be their own an' it'll he powdered." "L oli, I'd like to see the first In dian who takes one of their scalps." i'o!ly laughed, but there was a shotd der in Iylin's sinile. Dave rose. "I'in going to sleep till dinner--don't let anybody wake ae," he said, and at once both girls were serious and kind. "We won't, Dave." Cow hells began to clang at the edge of the forest. "'T'here they are." riled Pol ly. "(o ine on, Liddy." The young hunter entereel it door find within threw hinself across a rude bed, ieu down. "I onor "' cried one of the old wom en, "you go nit' git a bucket o' water." The whir stopped Instantly, the girl stepps'd with a sort (if slow manjesty from the cabin, and~ entering the net paused on the thresholdi as her eyes caight the powerful figure stretched on the bed and already in heavy sleep. She felt the flush in her ae and to conceal It she turned her hen ii angrily when she caine out. A few miniut's later she was at the spring and inellug water into her pail with a gourd. Near by the other two girls were nilik ing--enrh with her foreheai against the soft tlhnk of ai dun-colored cow whose hoofs w'ree( stained with thiel Juice of wilid st rawherries. Ilonor dipped lazily. When her hucket "as I It Another Arrow Hurtled Between the Boy's Upraised Arm and HIs Body and Stuck Quivering In One of its Upright Bars. full she fell a-drenmring, and when thle gir'ls were t hrough with thiiir t ask they turned to find her with deep, un seeIng eyes on tie dark wiludern'ess. "'loo !'' cr'iied Polly3, staitiling hier', andl then tensingly: "Are' you in love with D~ave, toio, Ilinorm?" Thei. girl red'lened. "No,"' she whipped out, "an' I ain't goin' to be."' And then shie redldened aigan ian grily as 1'ad ly's hearty3 Ia ugh l dhleir sha 1had1 given herselfI anay. As' lIhnor' turneri ab'ruptly for the foart. a shot. a'nme from thle woods followed by3 a war m-whoop'el thlit sitoplped the bloodl sihuidierig in t hir veis. "'Oha, my rlod !'" each erleda, and ent ahiinig at t heir wet sklts theiiy fled in terror t hrough the long grass. Th'ley heard the guick 'ommilotlon in the f'oi't, hiearid shairp comma nds, eries of warninig, frant i enlls for thema to huri'y. s~uat trained faces at thle gates. saw~ )a vi' bound t hrough a ndl rush towarda themi. Andl from thle forest there wvas nothIing hut its l(iece uniit il thiat '. wa i in broken'-thIiis t ime by3 a. loud laughi--thei laugh eof a whrite' man. Tihenr atl th led 'ge ofi the wvilIder. fodllowaed the other' twao whoie hadu gone out t hat morning, one withI at dier sw~uimg about his s'haoul'ers nd 1) ('old heaar the oaths of both1 a s thiey, curseed thle fool in fr'ofl wsa hai giveni shat anal wuar-whoope to frighten womieni anil make thiemi run. The sliekly' smile patssied front the face of the' fel. lowu, shatne took Its place, and .va' lie fronBeat the terrible eyesq ofci Jreromie Sanader's at thie gate, that face grew white with fear, "Thn r ain't an Jnjun In a hundred miles," he staimmiered, andl then hi' shrank doawnl 1s though hie were al-. miost; golig to his, knees, when sud denly' o)1( Jerome slipped his r'ifle from his shoulder and fired nnst the t. IONEER Copyvightec by Chades Sctibner's Sons low's beal With at shnultan3eous roar of Command: "(lit il--ever'hody-gIt in-quick !" Fromo at watch-towter, too, i r'ltle hadt crneked. A naked savage had bounded linto at spot of sunlight that quivered on the huffalo trail a hundred yards deep in the forest and lenped lithely aside int o the bushes-hot rifles had missed. Deeper from the woouis came 111wo war-whoops--real one's-anld in the silence that followed the gates were swiftly closed and barred, and a kee'1n-4ve(l rifleman was at every port hole In I the fort. From the tower old Jeromie saw reeds begin to shake in a enne-brake to the left of the spring. "1.ok thar!" lie called, and three rif'les, with his own, covered1 the spot. A stinull brown arma was thrust nhove the shaking rteeds, With the palm of the hand toward the fort-the peace sign of th( Indian-and a moment latter a naked boy sprang from the anne-brake and ran toward the block house, with a how and arrow in his left hanl andi his right stretched nholve his head, its pleading palm still outward. "Don't shoot !-don't nobody shoot " shouted the old man. No shot came from the fort, but from the woods aeme yells of rage, and as the boy streaked through tle learing an ar rowt' whistIed pmst his head. "Lot him1: in !" shoutedl Jerome, and as liv'e openeld the gales 1nother or roW hu1rt led bet w'el the b1oy's up raiseud arm and his body and stuck quivering in one of its upright hars. The hoy slid through 1nd st ood pant Ing, shrinkIi1g, wild-eyed. The arrow had graezdu his skin, and when Dave liftedl his ari and looked at the ooz ing drops of blood lie gave at startled oath, for he saiw n hash of white in dIer the loosened bieech-clout below. Thle hoy uinderstood. Quickly he iished the clout aside on his thigh 1hat all might see, nodded gravely, n111(1 prouiy tapped his bjreast. "Pnleface!" he half grunted, "white I311a1 !" The wilds were quiet. The hoy pointed to them and held up three lngers to indtieate that there were only three red mhen there, and shook iis head to Say there would he no a nek from them. Oh I.Terome studied 114, llie t ranger closely, wvon(ierlg what new trick those rel devils were tryiI1g now to play. Dave maude an31 inipullent gestlre for siwlene. "11h3t's your natue?" The hoy shook his heal( and looked t'agerly arndmi. . ''ln 'is-li''ren l ?'' he askel, 1and in Wi t3he4 h1g woo('sl3un shook: his head---noboely there spoke F~ren1ch. i lowetver, l)i ve knew a 111114' Slumwn.11('e, a good Ienl of the sign-a11guage, 111n(1 ite hoy3 seemed to ndI. nd.t a..u.... g..ood 111mny3 words ini E.nglish 50 s thalt the lig wood4sman43 pltil ouit his~ story withI conlsIdernlhle neu rney and3( turnedi t~ t'll it tol .TerIomei. 'i'he, Ilian s had t'rosse4'3 the )Mig rI vt'r, werePt as. 3manIy IIS the lea3ves, and1( mean31t to attne(k the wite's. For 1th4 fHrst. time) they hat3d aillowetd the hboy to go onl a warl l)ar3ty, Som 43n1 ha34'111( treted him( 111 Ihd-y--hei point~ed (OIt thet'bruises of cuiI'fs and( kicks on his body. Th'le Iniains (en1Ite( w'as wh11ite froml the4 gir-dle oft un3 t1inned skin und)Eer his blreechl-clout 13ind because theic Ind(ian3 boys taulnt ed him11. A'sked why lhe hnd3( (come to the fort, ie po4inltedI aga3in to his bruises, lput hhthi hands against his brecast, 3and( sItethd (1t'lIhem wid as1 fthIough he wiouh1l seek shelter in theO arms1 (of his owni race and take them to hi~s 'nlmie to his face thalt shlowed1 him 1)h inly 34s a curius pr'odu ct of h11s rneie an~d the sava'ige fores that for year Is11( 103 had1bee 3moulting hlimi. Thalt smiile could ha31ve nlever come to the fnece of1 anl Indlin. No Inidiani M:oubl eve~r hav'e so lost hiimlself in is own ('mlot ioni. No whitei man would '01t havn us-ed Ils destur les and1( thet symbols01 of n13ture3' to wleh htile apple td. On1ly anl Indian141 coul~l have sh05lown' such a ey'es when 1he 1(old of his wriongs, and wh'ien he saw~i tears in Lydlia's eyes, tile f rs't liirin Iig in hiis life enm311 to Is ()wn, 31nd( brush81ing neross5 tem w1ith1 fleree'( sham1 h10le turn'ied 1ndh(n 131Stole algalin and( stood( wIth his arms31 folded over hIs how~ 331nd arroI'ws aIt his b~reast, looking neithier to rIght nor left, as I hottghi het were wa'3itIing for Judrgmlent nt their hand1(s and14 erd little w~hat his tfatO mlight be. as perfect fr'om hlead to foot as a statue of the' ane1( ('nt lit te geod, whio, inl 1dm, 1had( for sa ken It' 4ouc(hes of love for thet tenits "I saw it," he said painfully. I "That's--that's my son!" Worth ThinkIng Over. Theli wor44ld will pny33 you only3 for the services you r'ender. If youlr service. are't miocitre you3 will receive only a mIocr(l0'e returnI'l. Th'le greater your' skill, the gr'eater will be your' reward What arue you dlolng to make yourself worthI more to your future employer7 --T'Cchange. 1.ots of highway robberies are pul)od Oftll under the gnlae at fiannotrinlg Persevering Prayer By REV. JOHN 0. PAGE Teaoher of Bible Doctrine, Moody Biblo Institute, Chloago. TEXT--Ask and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall o opened unto you.-Matt. 737. "Ask," "Seek," "Knock." With such words as these our Lord encourages us to pray and also illustrates the process of answer to prayer. t ">,You may writQ u letter to a friend '? asking for help; a reply is re ceived promising the necessary aid whene'ver y o u call for it, but it Is not yet in your i e t U a I posses sion. You con tinue the (guest by calling at the house of your friend, but even when you reach the door you do not possess the gift. Then you knock and are ad mitted and receive the reward of per severing prayer. You asked, sought. Knocked and obtained. In modern terms you "prayed through." This does not exclude ejaculatory prayer such as that of Nehemiah who, in an emergency, lifted his heart to God with earnest desire. The two go to gether as will be clearly seen by a 2ompairison of Nehemiah 1:5-11 with Nehemuiah 2:4. For faithful persevering prayer there is i personal and pressing need. A recent writer says: "There is an awakening in knowledge and general :nterest among the people but there is no correslponding awakening to God and His claims. The cry among the spiritual of sill lands is for rain. They recognize the drought. There nuay be :1 divergence of view its to the cause 'r causes, but there is agreement as to the fact of a great need. Many .'hurches are held together by custom :r respectability. Til stream of di vine life and joy is not coursing through our congregations." 'l I. need is not the stpireme incen tive to persevering prayer; there Is a stronger incentive than this, namely, that our Lord wiilts its to pray. This fact constitutes i cail to prayer. Con sider this until you feel its drawing pover. Jesus Christ, the Captain of itir salvation, looking over the field if battle, seeing the spiritual forces that oppose, and knowing, as He !ione can know, the value of inter cession, hhids us pray perseveringly. "Ask and ye shall receive, seek and "e shall find, knock and it shall be apenedi unto you." WVe nay not have !t vivid sense of the worl's need. We laity not know the philosophy of ,rayer or the process by whs itlh forces tire set in operation in answer to pirayer. hut. this iuch we my know anti h'lleve--lie wants us to praiy. Not ill i'e'.inig, o- mooIls, or disposi tions it list we find the i utilse to pray, but i the counsel and call of tlhe great (totuinch-sr who says: "Ask 'ind ye shall receive, seek and ye hall inad, knock i and it shail be Thiel cief indrani~ceto p5 lrayer- is -mhlief . (Of us, as of* Iraliel, it mai~y bie sid : "Th'iey coldi~ not (enter in be Pause55 of slistrusat."' The siiiiili(eity of raiyerP(' iinfoundisl ths worblily-wlse, !insi ats aniotheir has852 aidi: "iBecauise it aff'ers Or 5'ii i see ttfer ai wayi out of dii ficuilties wleh i ap ipea rs to) be5 too !asy, we' are apt tos dIscount its 90perallI ons aind to regard it a1 smalaly ~i theotial ipropstition51. Biut let the ikeptic sneer aind the worldly-wIse stofT and the~ doubitr d~ coublt r~ den the puuwer of iprayer, tihe cild of God1 mutst knuw onl thei auit hority of is Lsrd t hiat he is enliesd to a life of persevering prayer. Christ, wihio is the Wisdom (if Glod andi the P'ower of G0(d lhss saidti: "Ask sind ye shall r eive. seek and ye shsatl find, knock and It alli be0 opiened tunto you." The latle Dr-. Andrsewv Aurray once wrote thle fulliowing wvord1s concerning prasyer: "Thie ho(nor to wleh~i God :-alls 15 ats intercessors is simply in ronceeivalie. All lieaiven is waitIng fosr thlet prayers oif Ills (churchCl to bilg ;howni thle blessi ngs that tare stor'ed til there fsor us, and thia t Gods Is longIng to bes'toiw. If milnist ers atnd ChrIs tians 51 ouldth( bu1t he( boultghit to realize that Glod hiss actualliy masde the coin lag of ills kingdom andi~ the pouring dhown oif bliessing dhependlent onl our fatiishfulnss in iprafyer, t hey surely wouldt be'gin to feel thait pr'ayer' is, in very dleed, tile hIghest expressin of our allieghtne'e to God, and tie chlief powier Iha t we ennil exercise In brIng lag Chirist's salvation to men." lthere Is an eye that never sleeps Beneath the wing of night; There is nnt ear that never shuts, When sink the henma of lIght. There Is an arm that never tIres. Whieni human strength gIves way; rhe're Is a love that never fails, When easrthly loveai decay. Thait eye i fixed on ser'aph throngs; That ear i's iled with angels' sonigs; That arm upholds the world on hiigh That love is throned beyond the sky. Out there's a power which mncan1 wield ield When mortal nlid is vain. That eye. that arm, that love to reach, That listenIng ear to gain; That power is prayer, whieh Sonrs on And feces oni bl15iss hyond the sky. On theS Adorning of Women. Whsose Sadorning let Is not be that outward adorning of pl ttlng hasir, and nf weatring goild, or of 1uttinlg on ap. rutrel; bust let it be thle hiddenf man of the heart, in that which is not cor ruptIile', even the orr)amnit of a mecek and qsslet spirit, wtid-h is ini the sIght of God of great price...i Petr,3:. 4. I 1 Deliciou Hot-Day EST lunch is Little Sun-Ma glass of milk. Tastes good whei Nourishes yet ke Raisin's 75 per c< in practically predi, inishing 1560 caloric nutriment per p'oun Doesn't tax dige heat the blood, yet immediately. Big men eat little serve their thinking overeat and lag beh Get two packages Maids now. Little Su Between-Me 5c Every --in Little Re A Foghorn Conclusion. Mr". 1W.a0h (at hi, sensliore ..., -ze_) -- 1y dear, please' tell our h:-tt;.:.:r t". sing sei)nethin ;g less dole'niI. Air::. ;ech--'That's nlt Helen: that's Ihe t 'oghi 'rn.--Ih stn ' Tirans ript. Important to Mothers I Ixaniiie cariefully every hottle of CASTOlilA, that famous ol ri''eely gi for infants and children, and see that it "" Beat's the ..--- o Signature of In Use for Over t:3 Years. Children Cry for Flteher's Castoria ti Nothing Secret. wi The~' 'unt ist-Th'eur', ;uow!. NoE ene~g to Iin eath I nn ':ti eli IhatI Ithse Iar' atI- or fle il teeth. hlle I lutient--My detatrest t'hium enn n tell. Andi' sheu will.-.Jm!ge. Itl What Is It Worth tc On the road changing a tirt pleasant task. The dust or mud, the grease delay-all are things we like But the time to think abou - you buy the tire-not after1 For some tires blow out much: Outward appearance counts It is the material in the tire of it that determines its stre Goodyear recognizes these f Tires are made of long staplh Take the 30 x 334 Cross Rib ( trated, for example. It is made of Arizona cott average 134 inches long. Many 30 x 3%4 clincher tir staple cotton from 34 inch tc This means less strength a blow-outs-more tire trouble Yet this high grade guara costs only $10.95. You can buy some tires for evel with the fine materials and co Can you afford to take a cht tire troubles for the sake of t of cheaper tires? Saves Need B I Putnam Fadeless Dnw tad Your Iron Today? -4 S Lunch wo packages of d Raisins and a 1 you're hungry., ps you cool. nt fruit sugar is rested form, fur 's of energizing d. tion so doesn't nergizes almost lunches to con power. Don't ind the leaders. of Little Sun i- Maids al Raisins where d Packages Friendship. Isn't J t ty you bestt~ t frie~nd?", ('ertail y' \vhutt dl slie say tit titt ':" YOU CAN WALK IN COMFORT you Shake Into Your h.es some ALLENS (UT K"ASI"., the Ant! Y.ptic. Iiattng pow r for aoes that sich or fe'-t that ache. akes f the frict. frow the hoe antd cn4 roie to corns a . bunion, hot, tired, eat pig, swolenin ert. sLattes can wear sema one slize. salleir by shaking Alen's o1 Kane in e .ae 'hoe-AI' yni:s. reb t. Invention, an g"teriei Ii tita t th d ae te it tt tel itig i whenta~ for ite. an e a t r e is nt aln espdeal alndhrie therteilus m, the tires is whenc 1he bloc-os loccurs fa reaily dangoters of acteead lGoodyear r cotsthnhsunn lince nimre hreqilunt nhe itey lofwerpich esremae w of shor s-tde Godr Tie ..