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CHAPTER IL THE WILD GEESE ARE CALLING. Sometimes it sounded like the bark- ing of dogs rushing down a trail and closing on their quarry; and egein there was 3 shower of calle Hit Bo other sound on earth; single voices came dropp wonderfully of distance. So t geese came out of darkness, toward the earth, and were lost again in the northern night. Joan closed her book. Over her shoulder had slipped a heavy braid of dark, metal-gold hair; she put it back with an involuntary gesture, and rais- ed her face, but all she saw were the hewn beams which supported the up- per floor of the ranch house. If she heard the rustling of the newspaper which Buck Daniels Jower- ed to look at her, she paid no attention to him, not even when he sat up and watched her with a frown of alarm. For she laid aside her book and went to the window. By pressing close to the pane she could look past the re- flection of the room and the high light which the lamp threw in the glass; she could look past this to the shadow of the desert--and she saw, like ghosts, the shining of the stars. She went outside to the night. The stars which ehe had seen from the window were bright and cold, and still | | the honking of the wild in dropped in hurried choruses or ely single yotes. The calling died off toward the north, end she waited through a silence as if for an answer from the earth to those voices from the sky. The back door of the house closed, the screen jingling softly, "Joan!" called Buck Daniels She could not answer at once. It wae as though a hand were drawing her back. "Joan!" he called again; and this! time the sharp note of alarm made | her turn quickly. "Yes, dad," she answered. He came half running toward her. He caught her by the arm. "Why did't you answer up when 1 called?" he DD panting. "Come back into the house. Come back out of this darkness--this--" She went back obediently beside him, but his hand did not loose her arm even while he was opening and |" closing the door. He-did not even free her when they were back in the kitchen-living room of the house. "Why didn't you answer when I called you the first time?" he asked again. "Why did you stop? What were you thinking about? Why did you go outside, Joan?" She looked 'upon him with a frank wonder, Time and many sorrows had wo seamed and weathérbeaten his face that every strong emotion looked like anger; but although his brows beetled and his eyes glared and his lips com- the knew that it was fear which had touched him. Fear of what? She had no time to ask or to an- swer, for he went on again: "You go back to your book: You telling | go right back and sit down there!" He actually led her to the chair. 6 dipping iow, honey," he said, when she seated with the book in her lap, ain't you comfortable here? Is the light where you want it?" She smiled up to him and saw him turn away to his own place. Then he spoke again. "Joan--" She turned toward him and smiled. "Joan, you ain't happy?" Heé was deeply moved by something, for she could see that he had locked his hands together as if to keep the fingers from showing any unsteadi- ness, ; "Why do you say that?" she asked. "Why do you say I'm not happy?" "I'm asking questions, Joan--I ain't stating facts. But tell me true. What you got on your mind, honey?" "Nothing." He pointed at her a forefinger like the pointing of a gun. "] seen you sitting over your book for fifteen minutes and never turning | He came, half running, toward her, a page. Does that mean that you min't got nothing on your mind, Joan?" "I was just thinking," she said, "of nothing." A flush of anger rose to his cheeks. "What made you get up and leave the room a while back?' he eross- examined her: "It was a little warm in here," said "Joan, it was so plumb chilly that you dered if it wouldn't be a good idea to start a fire a while 'back, and you put on a coat Instead." It was an attack so direct that she changed color a little. "As a matter of fact, I've forgotten why I wanted to leave the room. There was no reason." Buck Danlels sighed. "Have you started in to cover up things from me, Joan? I suppose such things have got to come to every man." , She was instantly driven to retreat. "I mever go where other girls go," she sai', "You mean to dances and such like?" "Yes. "Wait till you've growed up, Joan." "I'm dad." eighteen, He blinked. "What's eighteen? No- thing but a baby!" She said nothing but looked him quietly in the face. "It's what your mother wanted, Joan She wanted you to live quiet till you were growed up. : "But when will that i be?" "Maybe when you're twenty." "Four years ago you said it would " [be when I was eighteen." Instead of answering, he changed the subject. "When you went outside what w you Hetening to?" "The wild geese," she answered. . his face. Then he peered at her again, anxiously, eagerly. "Pictures of happiness? What sort of pictures, Joan?" "Why--just what every one thinks about--of mountains, and the big trees, and the wind everywhere, and noises coming down it of all sorts of hunting creatures and creatures that are being hunted--"' "You think of all that?" "Of course--and a thousand things more. Sometimes, when I listen, I feel as though I were trying to re- member something that I'd known be- fore. I don't know just what it is-- but I begin to ache with longing, dad. My whole heart begins to ache, you know, to get north and find the place--" "What place?" "I don't exactly know. But if I found it I'd recognize it. A place 'where one would be wonderfully happy. That would be the end of the journey, until--" "Until-what?" "But in the fall when they fly south--" He had dropped his face upon his hand, but she was eso deep in her thoughts that she did not see. "But in the fall when the days be- gin to grow shorter and the wild geese fly south, of course, they're pointing to much different things. One can't help thinking of warm winds, and great blue bayous, and reeds as high as one's head around the shores, and flowers even in winted." "Joan, what put this into your head?" "Why, dad! You're as pale as a ghost! Are you sick?" "No, no!" "Is there anything so very wrong in what I've said?" "No--but--" He paused again, struggling with his explanation. "I once knew a man who found all those things in his head when the wild geese flew over." "Oh," cried Joan, "téll me about him!" But he drew himself back from her and exclaimed sharply: "Never! Never ask me about him!" asked Joan. "He was my dearest friend." And to the utter wonder of Joan, she saw that tears were in the eyes of Buck Daniels. It was the more mysterious because, so far as she knew, he had no friends. And if he insisted that she lead the life of a hermit on the ranch, seeing no young company, meeting no one indeed, old or young, he led the same life himself, driving to town only for supplies and coming hastily home again. She had thought of him as a recluse always. Indeed, how he could have met and managed to win the love of her mother she could never imagine. "But surely," said Joan, you can tell me about him?" "you?" eried Buck Daniels, starting from his chair beside her. "Not for the whole world. And--it's time for you to turn in, Joan. It's your bed time. Run along." (To be continued.) ---------- Votes for Flappers London News and Westminster Gezette (Lib.): We could wish that they were being given something a little more valuable than a chance in the periodical gamble which we call an election, But even as things are, they will do on worse twith it than have men. They may, we hope and believe, do better. Given the vote, they may insist that it shall have value, and in this way adult suffrage may. ceae to be a sham aud become a reality. sl Guy--"You misidge me, dearie. Lying is not'one of my failings." All certainly isn't. your pronounced successes." titel msi Keep Minard's Liniment handy. "Oh, he was an 'enemy of'yours?"' i It's one of 7 eating scarcely a morsel more than he does any ordinary night, and just M. Cedard, the famous who for one night was allowed to ex- ercise his genius regardless of cost. Prince Dislikes Long Dinners The Prince of Wales got through it as his father did, by making a pre- tence of eating and enjoying small portions of the dishes, but perhaps even a greater trial to him was sitting through the elaborate banquet for two hours. At public dinners attended by the Prince in London and elsewhere it 1s nowadays understood by those enter- taining 'the Prince that His Royal Highness does not wish a dinner to last more han an hour at the longest. House the Prince's dinner, dines by himself, generally bio fruit tart, an fice, and a > Then a pipe, And with intimate friends the dinner théy give him is much the same, But the Prince Ig too well schooled in the art of looking cheerfu] in elr- cumstances that are disagreeable to him not to have been able to get smil- ingly through a lengthy banquet. Duke Leans to Ceremony The Duke of Xork more than ahy of his brothers has a liking for cere mony, and in that respect resembles King Edward more than the Prince of Wales and his two younger broth- | ers. But the Duke of York lives as' plainly as his eldest brother, and the meals at 145 Piccadilly are simpler than in many well-off establishments. A four course dinner served at 7.46 p.m. is the custom at 145, but it is a movable feast. Duty or pleasure may L detain the Duke and Duchess long after their regular dinner hour. g And if thelr dinner Is hopelessly 'spoiled they will SheerruliF gine oft an omelet, sausages, or anythihg else ight that can be quickly prepare faille| Tradition and custom come! King e or, George to retain the servites of a chet e rigs | whose salary is eighteen hundred a front, plain back and? waistline. Crepe weight kasha; trasting fabric or color, or cut from| cooks could easily do all the ordin- the bias of fabric. Size 16 years, 36,| ary daily cooking required by King 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust. Size George and Queen Mary, but to get 36 requires 3% yards 86-inch, or 2% |rid of the 'services of the chef and yards bd-inch material, and % yard his'assistants would be a measufe of 80-inch contrasting. 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Nefther 0 the heart of humanity, Senator for material advantage nor for politi-, Dandurand declared. = The misunder- cal reasons can. we go on reducing standings that still exist--even among freight Fates while expecting at the the larger 'powers--cannot but post: same time that our great arnsports- POne and compromise the outlawry, tion systems can continue to give us [of wars. be that efficiency of service which fs so|, "It 18 the great nations," he sald, vita] in a far-flung country lke Can that are faced with this duty, particu- ada. larly in America, as well as in Bur- ope and Asia. I recognize that the problem which besets us is mainly European, but it is also a world prob- pans lem. I come from the North Ameri. isms," writes can continent, Canada has the honor of a colored of representing and to a certain ex- deceased tent speaking for North America at interned.' | Geneva. There, as well as elsewhere, "She ain't goin' to he intern?s," was we feel that safety can only come the answer, "de family done deWglded | through good understanding among to have her incriminated." L | the greater powers, I know that it is ek on, pn pom to reach agreements, I : elleve that if the great nations, like 5 > a ura ile Lit hs United States, Giont Britain 2d ; (Others, conscious of their responsibill- = thing ON cheuded to mg © ties, realizing they must blaze the Dy clos we ete U-{ way, determine to maintain peace and lS Minard's Liniment for cuts and brulses a spirit of good will they can sue ceed." Canada refused tc become a signa- tory of Locarno, and likewise will in- dorse no "multilateral notee" negoti- rated by a untries, according to Senator Dan- sputes, which the boundary les was de- sd>advantag- ad Bargains." is always better ar," declared Sen- nd he indicated he Ta spoke, since Canada e with bad bargains. pska arbitration case bundland negotiation she has lost tefritory equaling in area al- most half of Europe. © "Canada is even willing to accept the compulsory jurisdiction of the Permanent Court of The Hague in disputes of legal character, and sub- ject to certain reservations," he sald, "and she has no objection to a study of the League Covenant with the ob- 'How Should By [A aMmOLlS Auth and to be completed so as to provide for the peaceful adjustments of disputes of non-legal character." BR Champs Elysees Yields Baby specialists agree nowadays, ject in view of enabling its provisfons - that during the first ix months, babies must have three ounces of fluld per pound of body weight daily. An eight pound baby, for instance, needs twen- ty-four ounces of fluid. Later on the rule is two ounces of fluld per pound of body weight. The amount of fluld absorbed by a breast fed baby Is best determined by weighing im before and after feeding for the whole day; and it is easily calculated for the bot- tle fed one. Then make-up any de- ficiency with water, Giving baby sufficlent water often relieves his feverish, crying, upset and restless spells. If it doesn't, give him a few drops of Fletcher's Castoria, i For these and other {lis of babies and { children such as colic, cholera, diarrhea, gas on stomach and bowels, constipation, sour stomach, loss of; sleep, underweight, ete., leading physi- clans say there's nothing so effective. It 'is purely vegetable--the recipe is thirty vears of ever Increasing y It tes baby's bowels, makes | sleep and eat right, em get full nourishment ml h go he increases in weight as hi With each. package you get, (food worth its weight 1 ust a word of caution. Look nature of Chas. H. Fletcher le package so. Be hey nt sul uine. The forty cent bot pirtyfive doses. To Demands of Business Paris--The resident population of the inner districts of Paris is decreas- ing. Business is gradually encroaching upon residential avenues and forcing their inhabitants to move out futo the faubourge and the suburbs. ; The Champs Elysees, once the mest avenue in the world, has become a business street. It is now the Auto- mobile Row of Paris, Most of the bufldings that do not provide show rooms for motor cars have become hotels, restaurants, cafes and pleas ure or shopping palaces catering to people with plump ocketbooks. - on the wrapper--and millions of 'shops mothers have depended on it in over Similarly the ground: floors of al- most every aaartment house along the y once a good flat, now shelter } perfume ive | ing constricted narters. -- A tramp asked the lady of the house for a drink, and she brought him a glass of water. water--pure, cold, delicious eater" {she sald, beaming on the | "What? You refuse it!" Have th, ! L866; I've got | water st one floor of every build: for offices or. com- merce mfst be set aside for living "Hero 1s a glass of There was something in Sige 3 Br iiieh lifted him from 'his ny He "across. the room, : Prince of Walea Also Pre a gone to find his| . oy Plain Meals At All pipe, and came back frowning and] Fy - 'YI : dling with it. : A Xp all ¥ -- Times : Kl 1, a wha ye om vo FET LM | me perme amp of ne inside of you?" y - org" | | meals at Buckingham Palace is due Behind that quiet voice she. could F partly to the necessity for economy feel the fear working. What that fear \ .§ | but perhaps more to King George's sould be eof ais besomd hr guessing. Theos .0 oF digestion, of which he has become ex- ae jn. eoncert Japa "Of course, re are nothing. of WR Rh a ar + = . rng er 'point the But they're like milestones along a| f 15% ing pie a hay p hous & : ll i road; they point out a: way, you 'Tt cleanses the mouth a : FH know." sstingogivts a clean taste ws : bE Bh, © : h ped present ve on ths, TA ay evhat-s viv mn Nub x week breath, 5 at leBe® se tours be- || Batt arbitraiion are the NT hon that when I Heer hens siding. oo retiring for the nl i Rogers t the ion ational peace, and ha n pr i y Here is a sample of an ordinary Years of 5s Practical substitutes for force Sving in A id lo ot ho Shy on ' P, dinner menu at the palace: Perf ¥ : tween nail of adjusting differences 4 "Well?" he murmured, as she © Oysters ® e i nd : tor Dan. Jeo ts or cat mt interview here. ot ne ie s 1 : WO, a prefers conciliation, "I don't know Lew it is, but pietures Grilled Sole Ten CR 0.00 but she realizes conciliation alone can simply tumble into my mind. > Chicken Sutieis n efit by sis salt el be suceessful only between nations far » 0f what, dear? EVERY ce Pudding ed ng tha AG {advanced politically. of sii > Mio sad Through the great Afghan banquet ends the Rado || Calls War "Barbarian Fatallsm." happiness "a wonderful, 'mel, tre : with its twenty-four coupes King | with three Ve years! of perform: || "War never achioved any final set- Fr passed a hand hurriedly i George sat laughing and talking but '| when you own » Butteryless | tloment," sald M. Dandurand, "and