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ARAUGIHA " "BEGIN HERE TODAY inding the lifeless bodies of his two. partners at theif gold-mining camp, Harry Gloster flees southward, | knowing that he will be accused of the crime. On the way Gloster saves the! life of a stranger, Lee Haines, from the murderous hands of a scoundrel by the name of Joe Macarthur. Gloster is jailed after getting into a figt with several men over a girl. | Lee Haines and Joan Barry, dau, ter of a famous rider of the old plains, | assist Gloster to escape. Haines is shot down. Joan, several nights later, disappears on the back of the "Cap- tain," Haines huge stallion. Gloster | retraces his steps 4o Joan's cabin and | is confronted by Buck Daniels, Joan's | foardians they finally call a truce, wever. Now Joe Macarthur comes to the mountain camp of a bandit gang with a scheme to rob the Wick- son Bank. "Fatty," the lookout, is escorting Macarthur to the gang head- quarters, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY The gorge narrowed as they went, but now opened into a strange hollow chopped out of the head of the moun-' tain, What Macarthur saw last in the hollow was a cabin among the trees, built at random of squared logs and unsquared, of piled rocks and rocks laid in courses. It was a mysterious, hodgepodge such as might have been thrown together by a madman with a giant's strength. ! The interior was as strange as the exterior. There was no chimney ex- cept an irregular hole which had been broken through the roof. There was no stove, no oven, Instead, a circle of fire-blackened stones. of many sizes surrounded the smoking coals. : As to furniture, there was little in the house save the saddles and bridles which hung from pegs along the wall or had been thrown aside carelessly in the corner. ! Around a table, on other stones, sat four solemn men. Their faces and characters were so unusual that one might have skimmed all the villainy in the wild west without finding a more dangerous quartet, and justice should be done to each in turn. Foremost in avoirdupois was Babe Cooney, a swarthy skinned man so smoothly shaven, always, that in some lights his face seemed to have the texture and lustre of youth. He was not more than thirty, perhaps, at the most, but the double battering of years and a hard life had reduced him. The lines around his mouth and eyes would have done credit to his elder by twenty years. And there was a cyni- cal lifelessness in his eyes such as usually does not come until later middle age, at the earliest--not a scorn of the world and the people he found in it, so much as profound weariness with: what he had met. Such was Babe Cooney. If he had been carved in two, each half would have been as large as his left-hand neighbor at the table. This was 'Sliver' Martin. The Sliver was so named because the word was most appropriate, All of his body was | shrunken skin and bone. There was | pple of cold under his cheek bones. is eyelids were puffy and red, and all the flesh around his mouth was sunken, : To the left of Sliver appeared Lew | Cambridge. Lew made a strange ap- pearance with an abnormally small head and a large body. The face had one large feature, which was the enormous nose, overshadowing all | else, the childish mouth, the dwarfed and slanted forehead. In the expanse | of those wide shoulders the head seemed like that of an infant. | The fourth and last member of the group way quite different from the! i con, | TE g other three. He was such a man, in appearance, as one finds about a uni- versity, seated in study rooms, delv- ing into post graduate courses, heap- ing up degrees for no other purpose and constantly gathering materials for constantly unwritten books. He had a towering and nobly form- ed forehead, beneath which his "blood- shot eyes blinked behind strong glasses. His cheeks were thin and pale to match the deep furrows of* thought that creased his forehead. The weight of his head was poorly supported by a scrawny ncek and a hollow chest. When he spoke his voice was low and monotonous and his diction pure. This was the group which had gathered about the table. They were playing poker. And ragged as were their clothes and poor as was tha room in which they sat, their stakes consisted of stacks of gold pieces, fives and ten and broad faced twerties. The ante was five dollars. The bets on the s1aullest hands were apt to run into a few hundreds. Moreover, they one and all handled the yellow coin as if it were so much dirt. They were betting now before the draw, Lew Cambridge forcing up the draw on the strength of three jacks, and Babe Cooney, still more confident because of a straight, and when the stack of gold in the centre of the table had-grown-high;-and-when the other I | I 7 He offered his hand to Macarthur. two hail been forced out of the hand, Cooney suddenly stood up, agape, and pointed through the door, The beauti- ful straight fluttered from his hard and strewed the floor. The others crowded about him. "It's Joe Macarthur coms back to us--now hell will be popping again!" cried Dud Rainey. CHAPTER XXIV. THE DOVE IN THE HAWK'S EYE What the black, sharp feyes of Mac- arthur say first, as he passed through the door of the cabin, was the yellow gleam of the gold which was scattered upon the table. But he did not give it a second glance. "Hes come up with a 'plant' on the Wickson Bank!" Fatty called out cheerfully, entering behind Mac- arthur. "I guess were glad to see him, boys?" "The Wickson Bank!" shouted Lew. Cambridge, and smote Cooney heav- ily upon the shoulder. But the other three showed ng en- usiasm, "Its all worked out," said Mac- arthur. "I got an inside man on the job. He's chedp and safe. And that's what we want. All I need is some men that can be depended on. And I figured it was worth while to give you all a split to show that my heart was in the right place." The gloom of three of the men had spread to the other two. Fatty and Lew were waiting to see in what di- rection the wind would blow It was Dud Rainey who spoke, first arrang- ing his blasses so that he could fix his mild eyes more directly upon Mac- arthur, "Joe," he said, "the upshot of this th Lis that you want to be back with us?" "Of course. What threw me out before was that I had trouble with Haines. Him and me never did get You know that. He always hated me. Hated me from the first minute he laid eyes on me." h 'He had reasons," answered Rainey. Big Macarthur flushed. "Reasons?" he echoed gloomily. "What did he say when he told you that you had fo leave?" ~ "Are you going to remember that against me, Dud?" "Haines was a square man," said "He had a heart as big as a _handy mountain. 1 remember what he said packs pe in front of all of us. He said that you'd made trouble from the first day you came in with us. He said you 'were a killer, Macarthur. And he named the men you'd killed. I agreed and ney. "What's plain to me," said Sliver Martin, "is that there's a difference here. Some of the boys want Joe back. Bome don't. We'll throw a coin to de- cide. Is that square?" They agreed that it was eminently just. And Sliver, producing a broad silver dollar from his pocket, spun it in the air as high as the roof. There it hung an instant at the top of its rise, a glittering point of light, then swooped. It did not strike the floor at once, however, With the oily ease of long practice, Macarthur slipped his weapon from its holster and fired. The dollar disappeared, clanged against the farther wall, and dropped heavily. One side of it was torn away. There was a general uproar, not of anger, but of admiration. "By gad, Joe!" cried Fatty Guiness, "you have been practicing!" "Boys," said Macarthur, keeping back a smile of pride with an effort, "this here thing means too much to me. I cant leave it to chance. I ask you again: will you take me in?" Perhaps Dud had been swept off his feet, like the others, by this timely exhibition of skill, or perhaps he had noted the change in the faces of his friends. At any rate, he now stepped to Macarthur and offered his hand. It was accepted at once, "Joe," said Rainey, "you know that I always say what I think. I said it in the first place. I suppose the rest of the boys will think that if you come back into the gang I'd better get out if I care to keep a whole skin. But they're wrong. I've taken the privi- lege of changing my mind. * We need men with an eye and a hand as fast as yours. Besides, you learned when Haines was with us, poor devil, that you couldn't bully the "gang, and 1] don't think that you'll ever try it again. I'm with you, for one!" After that, there was not a dissent- ient voice, and when the clamor ended, Rainey spoke again. (To be continued.) reine MUST BE THE ANSWER "Why do they call bootleg whiskey 'Moonshine' ?" "It's the way they test it. After drinking some if you can still see the moen shine, it's good; if you can't see it, it's bad." ----. Most any golfer, poor or rich, Would never count the cost Could he but buy a golf ball which Would bark when it was lost. --Answers, I had one such, but 'twas a frost; Like an ungrateful hound The ball that barks when it is lost Will bite when it is found. --Cleveland Plain Dealer. a RE NR Minard's Liniment for Every Pain. Aeimtmmilamneate Popular Calf Bag Favored Calf is having a pronounced vogue as a medium for the hand bag. Pear- ly calf, having a fine pebbly surface, 1s 'made up into both envelope and pouch types. Two tones of color are often combined, the main part of the bag of beige calf with brown for trimming, or a combination of dark and lighter blue. Patou's soft collapsible envelope re- sembling a messenger's portfolio, is made of very fine calf, and Vionnet makes an envelope of calf with a tortoise shell buckle. body of men, but their work is vital to the trade and prosperity of the country. he 3 More ships enter and leave the ports Our sea pilots are a little-known Larbors and river mouth of G Britain than of any other co the worlds and 'a greater Vv I merchandise of all kinds a7 land leaves our shores thamaf Many cf our harbor entrances i a of the Thames, the greafest port the world, is extremely difficult to navigate, Pilots are picked seamen who make a life study of local conditions at each | port, and who take complete charge of any ship entering or leaving, great or small, British or foreign. KEY MEN OF THE COAST When the present Prime Minister was President of the Board of Trade in the Coalition Government, an M.P. took a deputation of pilots to see him and discuss with him, in his position as the Minister primarily responsible, certain difficulties they were exper- iencing. Mr. Baldwin was walkiLg up and down the Terrace of the House of Commons. The pilots, from half-a- dozen different ports, were ready wait- ing when the M.P. approached the future Prime Minister and said, "I have a number of pilots to whom I would like you to give an interview." "What?" said Mr. Baldwin. "Pi- rates? I didn't know any existed." "No," said the M.P., "Pilots. Men who pilot ships in and out of our har- bors." "Oh," said Mr. Baldwin, "pilots. Of course I will see them immedi- ately." These men are in key positions. Ships become larger and faster, but the tides, the ocean currents, the shoals; the rocks, the fogs; the mists, the storms, and the darkness remain. If the pilots were to go on strike, the whole commerce of the country would be held up. But that they have never done, and never will do. Their position is so important that it is specially regulated by Act of Parliament. Their remuneration is fixed by local Boards, composed of ship owners, pilots themselves, and the harbor authorities; and in the London district by Trinity House. If they are dissatisfied they can appeal, in the last resort, to the Board of Trade. Ships, British o i proaching our shores w, rarely know the port a will unload. This de markets and other co they often havo to i sta coast to be told where they are NEVER OFF DUTY. The captain may be sent to a 7 to which he has never been before for which he may not even hay charts. But as he approa ing the special pilot fl; The pilot cutter lowers a rowing manned by two or three appre; as the ship draws near, and | boat is an oilskin-clad fi climbs up the lowered seg T. He is the pilot; and once he has stepped on deck he is in complete charge of the ship, and absolutely re- sponsible for her movements and safety. ¢ SCHOONER TO BATTLESHIP * | "foreign-going" ship, that is, on@Ira! Poceurs in his particular pilotage seus tricate and complicated; thar ® ry| 3 TORE, {fever great. These men earn "up to] , £2,000 a year. bi] The earnings of the pilots of British ports vary greatly. At Liverpool, the second port of Great Britain and one of the greatest shipping centres in the world, there are 135 pilots and thirty- five apprentices. The first class pil- ots, who navigate the largest ships, earn, on an average, £800 a year, the second class £600 a year, and the third class £650 a year. At Bristol the thirty-one pilots average about £600 a year each; eighty-six pilots at Car- diff about £300. The Manchester pil- ots, who take ships all the way up the canal to Cottonopolis, make about £700 a year. In the Humber, where navigation the pilots only average about £360 a year each, i The pilots in the cutters work in rotation while waiting for ships. They cannot refuse to pilot a vessel and take all in turn. There may come along a foreign fishing trawler for which the fee earned is only £3, or she may be a 20,000-ton steamer, the biggest to enter the Humber, for which the fee for taking her some twenty-seven miles up the river and berthing in the docks is £23. A ship in baifestg although the most difficult to navigatgespays only half-fees. A 600-ton coglister fully loaded pays only £3 10s " 1 pilot never off duty. If a licensed pilot walking along the street and the captain of a wants to go to sea and has forgot to engage 4 pilot he can stop hi the street and the pilot. is bound take the vessel out. There are two methods of entry inte} the Pilot Service. The pilot must pre- pare himself for service at a particu- lar port or locality, as it is a life study to qualify himself and obtain the nec- essary local knowledge. He must be a British subject by birth. He enters as an apprentice at the age of 15, after a medical and educational ex- amination, and serves for six years, each year having to pass an examina- tion in seamanship and pilotage. During the last two years he takes lessons in navigation. At the age of 21 he must go to sea in a sailing ship as .B. before the mast a year. Owing to the comparat small o| number of sailing ships in © lay , | this usually means service in a coas erve for si ast in A ake er. Then he musts months as A.B. before the ing abroad. After that he can (lan officer's certificate and must go ¥8 gea as a junior officer until a vacancy vice. This may mean a wait of four or five years more. On a vacancy occurring, he has to 'Pass a stiff medical and local examina- tion and then, perhaps at the age of 7 or 30, he becomes a third-class pilot qualiled to take charge of the snialler ships, After two years he beco a Sometimes the sea is too rough for the small rowing boat to come along- side. Then a rope is thrown; thé pile makes it fast round his waist, jumps overboard, and is hauled up the side of | the steamer, dripping wet, on to the| deck. Shaking the water from himx like a big dog, he will go on the bridgd] at once and navigate the ship into dock; for time is money and there must be no delay. Ships leaving for sea have to be piloted' out just the same; rnd some- times the weather is so bad that the pilot cannot be transferred to the cut- ter, or the cutter may even be driven into shelter. Then the pilot must wait until the ship touches the first port, where he is put ashore and takes his chance of a passage home, : On the bridge the pilot gives orders to the helmsman, regulates the speed of the ship, and takes her right up to the docks and inside, to her berth. The worst task a pilot can have is to take over a big steamer in ballast; which means that she is light, and in a strong wind is blown about like a bladder on the water. If the pilot makes a mistakes, is in- volved in a collision or, through an error of judgment, touches a hidden rock, he may have his certificate taken from the foregoing that the pilots must be men of particular attain- ments, great skill, a knowing every inch "of their ities, the tides and i oasts. country port. The Channel a special section of the are the highest paid of Their earnings go up t Ti as high as £1,000 to £1,300 r, but this is two years, all tected." rite plo | ser if approved by the Pilotage Committee, a first class pilot, qualified to ate any ship afloat--steam, shail, or Bick iven ftom a sailing : to a battleship. hor method is that of direct! entry as the master of a ship who has | traded regularly to the particular port) i for four years, and then after passing the necessary examination. : All pilots are medically examined every twelve months and their licenses, renewed or refused. a . i Hungary to Give Civilians 'Gas Masks for War Use Budapest.-- Hungary's entire civil- | ian population is to be provided with | gas masks. Former Premier Stephen! Friedrich, who addressed Parliament on the dangers threatening Hungary | as a marching ground for foreign armies, asked the war appropriations committee to set aside $1,000,000 in the War Office estimates for the pur- . chase of these defensive shields. i Stressing the decisive part which | gas and chemicals will play in future wars, former Premier Friedrich, who is now a member of Parliament, said: it. For devastated by wats, and the count; destiny places it among the war, nations of Europe Sooner oF x we shall be dragged into a war, and we must not leave our people unpro- ef rt Cranberries are ripe! Sure sign falls near. ~~ 7 : is particularly difficult, |' isfy the most exacti crushed belt gives ie Featherwig! faint red vestee, coll; wearable a 885. satin, wool jers and plain cre printed velve "yteresti : ly; giving number- and side patterns as you want. Enclothe stamps or coin (coin preferse it carefully) for each nun address your order to Wilson In Service, 78 West Adelaide St., Torontos| Patterns sent by return mail. "a d-class pilot; and after a rther|" "1 believe in war, because mankind | away and be ruined. It is obvious pag no which can i 2 onto, Ont.--The cry for British is being heard in the do- are, however, many of three and. four 'are willing to admit that. {here 'People from other places th ish Isles who would make Settlers in "Canada. Some f them have drawn attention to » prepondefance. of names not of glo-Saxon origin in the lost of en- trants for the big Wrigley marathon [BWim when Ethel Hertle. of New qITepio pia ed off their $10,000 and es, respectively. The Am can swimmers were greatly admired in Cdnada for their charm and good looks, in addition to their stamina, and one enthusiastic writer 'declared I the leaders came from stock that could not be improved upon. Bishop Becomes Militant : 'The Right Rov. G. Extoa Lloyd, 1 Bishop of Saskatchewar. who has 'I been one o fthe most energetic advo- cates ¢f Brifish settlers for western '. {Capada, ig being Church trial for the heated way in which he has attacked alleged dis- | crimination in favor of Continental settlers as against Britons. To these threats the militant Bis- hop, who has spent forty-three years "| on Canada's prairies, is quoted as re- plying: "1 have friced the rifles of rebels on these prairies and endured every con- civable hardship imposed by climatic extremes to help keep this country 'British, and I'm not going to be de- "I'terred at this late date by mere words or. any other consideration from doing my duty as I see it." of op is the subject of scath- Lf ng editorial comment in foreign language publications devoted to the interests .of the new settlers from 'Europe. /4 pe its European Settlers ive years I have been he force at my phish settler is sants of pontinue nes, re- Bishop: J, TRIM AND Sigg, Trim and slender style Box-plNt at fron Lave D-operat- qeretary fairs and Government's Board, who fs west working on a land scheme, embracing liberal or Britons. alg, as outlined by rnment would co- ailding>ef cottages for 'from the British Isles. ; 4 Reivale, S17, the cost would be p- | Fifty Per tho. Imperial government | er cent. each by the domin- & and provincial governments. The fe0Mages would be constructed in rura] agricultural districts and rented 'to immigrants at rentals sufficient to cover the jcost of insurance and depre- | elation. Young married couples would be given preference. 1 Many Favor Peasants _ As against those who believe in this plan there {8 a growing sentiment in Canada that believes peasant stock is the most desirable from which to draw new settleds. They feel that it is uselesg to draw from the big in- dustrial centres of the British Isles 'when farmers from other lands are tobe had. Sons and daughters of ploneer stock also feel that it should not be ry to offer specia] in- ducements to get people to come to k Canada; that with the opening up of -, {the west, the hardships are in no way :| comparible with those the pioneers had to endure. They feel that Britons : a 3 2 who are determined to make good wili 2 i ) 'Come any way and that those who gi wi "come expecting help will continue to [expt help. on i ans meres Camels Replace Railways ... As Result of China War PeRjng--Camels have come into their &wn again this summes 'as «freight cMgayans. When the J Two : bio ot Und Lord Lovyt = 8 "operate A €rn priy in (coin: Wrap Qarefully, . #47 £3 OW TO YRDER pA' Write your namie and aqgfye _~ --ee RS . BRR Minart's' Liniment. cleanses' cuts. ete. ------ ed { "Owing to influenzw, the unveiling of the . . . memorial has been. post. poned."--Local . paper... ;If {s- fot, thought that the memorial. has. got the complaint very badly, -& 0 thdrew took with them and passenger" [Eee of locomotives. dealerg have been 'camel orders which unable to supply. Eta Bayer on if at Soile grin withou re always ¢ Tr he threatened with a h extraction. a