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Robert J.CSte*/’

IRWCi In VERS

(cp^rhl *r BArper^Pi

CHAPTER XlU^-ConUnuod.

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^ I'oj a ii Hcht." he mannited! ever really loved Irene, Hardy. Be- * .... i ■ « 4...< —on i mnu> if Vi tu lnvo<1 Ir.-no n w**!'W Kiru

., ‘.<»rr. 1»ut I S»t a Job on—an jj.oo. I Kiut iW It to..'

^ ^.r ..umti'. lot.lltoa.U4 coairbriiii- ilf'lol** words. “Tlien- Is '»M« MW." WW.

- wt.U Uf thl. beforv of II B. T«n “.«■

• fta’* !- •««* ^^T 1 -

imc w.s vil nt t<« a- inomeat.

n iAior ImK* ■RWdenly It

, !a« that Edith Dun cal. wa* Oar^tt-

ba'. n-'t quite the fine .eattires i ijrtajirhad a certain apruitt* P? - n^-ertaln «neHovrne<».‘t-t«i tdtfr-at of !i|> and eye; a certain

: ;niy 1 dlcacy—

-Klilfi." -« said, -you’re white. Why • .hat t ; con*eh a nan loves will i,ta. and the wotaaa "he only

x —•r-.ff tTner

-.fcr ahe i.-ted, and be oodW not srs ihi depths which her cry

-Ye*," He Anewered, ‘ I Have to Kill a Man." CIS T7wm t . . . "I fhonld cot have -'.-ted you. Dave," she said. *Tn>

wrry.-

Tfcey stood a moment, nelL^er rrlahlar to move away. “You saW you had 'jethlnj that mutt be done at once." .-he reminded Um at length. “Yea," he answered. “I have to kill * man. Then I'm going to join np sltli the army." Her hand* were araln upon him. But yon mustn't, Dave." she pleaded. "You can’t hfcht for your coentry-then. Yua will only Increase Its troubles In •her* troubled time*. Don’t think I’m i '-af.lna for him. Dave, bnt for you. fur th<* sake cf u»—for the sake of thjse—who care. lie took her bauds In his and raised 'hem to his shoulders and drew her f«'T do-e to hi*. Then, sneaking very -lowly, and with each word by Itself. ’ 1 1 1 • on really care?" he sr.id. -Oh. Dcve!" -Then come to my room and talk '’tu.-. Talk to me I Talk to me! f'-it • -JV *,he .alk to me! I moat talk She flowed him. In»'de the room he had himself under control again. He told her the atwryi all he knew. When ho had finished she arose «*n l alkcd to one of the window* and ">■<! looking with unseeing eyes upon -tr.-ei. For the second time In his life Dave Elden had laid hi* heart hire to her. and again after all thew - ir* he still talked a* friend-t« tf'end. That was it She was under ■ •IclUBlo*. Da\Vs eye* were a* hnd to her love as they trtd boon h»i uleht when he had fliwt raid her ' ,f Irene Hardy. And she could not h him. Most of all she could he* 'W; him now. ... She had waited »U these years, end still she must

*aiu

Ihive’s eye* were upon her fotm. '"houenad against the window. It oc'tirred to him that In form Edith was v. rv much like Irene. He recalled that in those dead pa«t days when they t-cd to ride together Edith had re-

minded him of Irena.

'Then she stood silent ao long he

'.•"•k- again.

’ Tm afraid I haven’t played * rrry heroic part," he said, somewhat di:;mefacedly. "I should have buried ’“•cm In my heart: burled It even

cause if you loved Irene a week ago

yon love her tonight"

•Edith." be said, “there is no way of explaining this. You can’t understand. I know you have given yourselt op tr a life of pen-ice. and 1 honor you very much, and all that, bnt there are some things you won t be able to understand. Y’ou can’t understand Jest how much I loved Irene. Have you never known of love being

turned to hate?"

V.'o. Other Impulse* may be. but not love. Love can no. more turn to hrtr than juallght can turn to darkness. Believe me. Dave. If you hate Irene now you never loved her. Listen: ’Love bvareth all tblnss. belleveth all thing*, hopeth all things, ea-

dumb all thing*’ r*

“Not all things. Edith; not all

things."

"It aays all things." Dave was silent for some time. ! When b» spoke actio she caught a different sound In his voice—a tone n* though bis soul In those few moments had gone through a lifetime o? expe-

rience.

"Edith," he said, “when yon repeat ed those words I knew you had --otinthing that I have not. I knew It. not I by words but by the way 'yon said •hem. You made me know that in your own life, If you loved, yon would be ready to endure all things. Tell me. Edith, how may this thing be

done?”

She trembled with - delight at the new tone in his voice, for she knew th«t for him life would never again be the empty, flippant, selfish, irresponsible thing which in the pa»t he

hod called life.

1 “In your case," she said, “the course | la MmpL-. It L Just a case of foga*ed tor a time Into .be street, while thoughts of bltternes* and revenge fought for domination cf hi* mind. “Edith." he said, at length,

must I—forgive?"

-I do not say you mtut." she answered. “I merely say If J-ou are whie

yon will. N’jthlng. it seems

o me. U so orach misunderstood a* forglvene**. The one who U forgiven may merelj escape punishment, but the one who '.•rglres experiences a positive spiritual expansion." _ , "I* that Christianity?” ne venture* "It la one side of Christianity. Th‘. other side Is sendee. If you sre willInc to forgive and ready to serve don’t think you need worry much over the detail* of your creed. Creed*, after alt are not expressed In words bnt in yr„‘“T. * man lives you know what he believes— always." . „ -snPl>o« I (.*vn-,h«tonr "Service. You are needed right now. Dave—forgive my frankness— vour country need* yon right now. Y ou must dismiss this grievance from your mind, nt least dismiss yoar resentment over It. and then place yourself at the disposal of your country. “Thai Is what I fc^d been thinking of.” he said. “Yt lea; ’bat port abon' serving my cotvtry although I don think my motive* were as high as you would make them. But the war can >

last. 1: l* unbelievable

Tm not ao aura." “he answered gravelv. “Of course I know nothing uTou. V;. ~u*ny. But I do know something about our own people. I krow b.»w rvlfish and Individualistic and sordid and mooey-arahbln* ^ been; how slothful and IhCWtaat and self-satinfled we have becD • “* ,a I fear It will take *• long war and sacrifice. and Yragedle* altogether beyond our present imaglaatlon o tnsk. ur unselDsh and publ.c-aplrlted and dean and genen a*. I am not v-or-rytng about the defeat of Oarman

if our ctvllto.rion '«

of German:

Germany hut bees use we love certain principles which Germany i* endeavoring to overthrow. The Impulse must be love, not hate.” She had turned and faced him while she Spoke, and he felt himself strangely carried away by the earnestness of her argument. What a wonderful omau she was! And a* he looked her b' ngnln thought of Irene, and suddenly he felt himself engulfed In great tendenc**, and he knew that

even yet—

What am I to do?" he said. “What am I to do?" In the darkness of her own shadow she set her teeth for that answer. It be the crowning ari ol s«?tfrenundatlon and It strained every fiber of her res..lotion. •You had better go overseas and enlist In England.” she told him calm' .. although her nail* were biting her palms. “You will get quicker sctlon that way. And when you come back you must see Irene, end you must learn from your own heart whether you really loved her or not. And If you find you did not. then—then you 111 be free to—to—to think of some

her woman.”

-I am afraid I shall never care to think of any other woman." he answered. “except you. But some way you’re different. 1 don’t think of you a woman, you know; not really. Id way. I can't explain It. Edith, but you’re something more — something

bettor than all ’hat.”

He had sprung to hi* feet. “Edith, . can never thank you enough for what you have said to me tonight. You have put some spirit back Into my body. I nm going to follow your advice. There's a train east in two hours and Tm going on It. Fortunately my property, or roost of It. has

dissolved the way It came."

She moved toward him with extended hand. “Goodby. Dave." she said. He held her hand fast In his. “Goodby. Edith. 1 «’! never forget—I can never repay—all you have ‘men. It may sound foolish to you after all 1 have said, but I sometimes wonder If—If I had art met Irene—If—" He paused and went hot with embarrns*-

MPORTANT result* been obtained In tlons of Insects affecting forest resources, accordln* to the annual report of the chief of the bureau of entomology. United States department of agriculture. The report say* of western field work: "An especial investigation of the lnnect damage to crude sproce products for airplane stock In the states of Washington and Oregon showed that the greater part If not all ol the damage eoulc be prevented by proper methods of logging BLd production, with little or no additional cost. “Exhaustive studies of Insect Investigation and control were continued In the Sequoia and Yosemlte national park*. Much new Information has been gained, and the method* of gathering and compiling field data have been

atandardfccd.

“A special study was compleled on the interrelation of forest fire* amt insoc.s ou un area of about 2.000 acres la southern Oregon. This area has been under observation since 1014. and the fire liad burned over about 800 acres In 1018. The record* *b r that previ-

ous to the fire, the Inserts had tilled j 89.000 beetle* 48.-,.000 board feet of timber. The fire Umber. Since It requires

killed 170.000 feet, and aubsequently

^cfcr7roarf7Xnr7>^27ei/KA£. thakt*

in ,h. MMri we ™. d'fc-’CC,;* *2

.000 board feet of] to the aftacks of the..bark beetle, too

.attires an average of ] uttarks of y>ls ln*ect aro Invariably about 10 beetle* to the square foo’ to • preceded by attacks on the follnge y

meat. What would she think of him? «i "T' ™than 1 “Experiments to lie*ermine me i.uir tne*e anavaj -''“T' • An hour ago he had been ready to tte burned area In rowed Sit! of yoar to cut and the method* of ham j tlnue for several. y_ean, se’'!"" kill or be killed lu grief over tl* fn*- b .urrornding dling mesqnlte for fuel, p'*'"*- etc., to directly responsible for (rated love, and already he was prnc- f , , (int avoid destruction by wood-boring In-iThey do. however. «“P •be tlcally making love to her. Had be or«M decreased It , h | MVtl nwir |j completed, and 0 f the tree* which, so t'.-nkeneil. brouKh- l.,r .a w toon tor thlr! to. towto .1 "1.^".- „ to. wulto to.t w rto u . b». lb i „.j prr. u. tor toto «1|» Wh»l . bWrtl.b, *..l “JV, 0 '"STto,; 'J- Sobitowt ran br pr.v™.«l bvltoll...- In ,1«- c.W. The loierp-B -rortf*. b.e. tomb." b. tolU. r> m L! ' -oulbr U.e lr~- 'n tto :„,e toll mi «ton.l to *a'l ""tobd tor Tublonnto he released her. “T am not quite my- : sttsckwl ,* the beetle* early winter and piling the wood In Mendwo* I*, now Ihrentened with dyself. ...II W you in very high ; contribute oan Increase *tbet**U** ^ ^ un , || |t „ slK , mBKblv dry. stnirtlon similar to that suffered hy resist aa one of God's good women. | £ „ r l^-.les, | l»an.age t.> posts <-nn be prevented by (he stands In the CathedraM. r«-k anl^ Goodby!" ' «d"xTrine Interest and cutting .h«n at any ! ^.am Uhe basin

CHAersR*xiv. — “ “ ™ ,b ’ OT “" "

When Irene Hardy prr.tued Davy troir the bouse the roar of bis motor* cat was already drowned In the hum of the city streets. Hatley, she ran the length of a full block: the.. realizing the futility of such a <hn.~“. returned with almost equal bas-.c to

her home.

"What Is the meaning Of this?" she demanded of Conward. “Why did ha threaten to shoot and why did he leave as he did? You know. Tell

me."

“I am sure I wish I could tell you," said Conward with all his accustomed suavity. In truth Conward. having romewhat re.-overed from his fright, was in rather good spirit.''. Tbingf 1 ad gone better than he had dor. d :o hoDO. Elt’en was eliminated, for he present, at any rate, and now was tho

time to win Irene.

hardly to be expected

"The mm,, careful slcdy ever tnede of the history of an <1 IdeOilc In'^’aof tree-killing beelle* was com-

ple.ed Btul n report ►

milted during

e shall win. ultimately.

j I* worse tha:.

e sbatl be defested , •‘ball deserve

nnd if our civllUation

that of GennSi'y ultimately—and

^■rtoMratoer thmb toat b.ltoer bf to, BU m.tt.i- *1U M toi"™‘ U ^, | ratoT tblnb that tin- <«1 «' »,»' too* to.l to,™ »™ "'“'E'*! ,b"„ bi.b ol.lllbbtlob *blcb ar. bbtt,. to"» : o„to. btid .i™™i. lb our “'■““tom

- —# which are better than their*, and tha- j rom you; perhaps most of alt f r,m, j,| 1( . mod elements will survive and, » >u. But-you can advise toe. Edi’b.! f< th „ hoMs of a new civilisation

1 "HI value whatever you sey." tetter than either “ j

■he trembled until she thought h*' bj{ t hst U so. ‘ Dave replu l. • *’ see her. and she feared to trust . bUl u hut the worirtng of ‘ vole*, but she coula delay a rep’J ..pie law which proposes to put all the loagi f. . ..| Wn ent* »f clvtUxatlon to the supreme l>»ve" Mte said at length, “why , n d re’aln only tho-e which are take Con ward's word In jusilfialile by that test, war “ a

'i-.,. tnvom iJr.—«bbl> bod. b,

afterthought. ’»hat ■pile of fOflWWM*^ ^

„. ... the starting h**

^«»K.b or.«««-.i, o-t* i ::: zjrznm 17.;,7.iio £ss. .>

During the season pf 1918 the west-

e the full fore* of the sun. turn- 1 era plae be#0e flfnl-i nmuntnln pine Ing them orcnalonaUx *o that the beetle killed aprpoxlmately COO.OOP vour.- stages of the borers will he kill-' feet of merchantable yellow-pine und ii! by the bear. ! sugar pine timber witblft the Marble "Studies of dr.umge to lead tele- j Fori, and Cactus Creek basin* In her phone .-able* In California by n wood-, quola national pork, according to recIMiring beetle have b-'en continued, and ords from l*t tree* marked and rtiidt)te re>.ulis ao far sh >w That the lieetle |(*1 by th»: United States bureau .of Is able to penetrate alloyed aubstnliccs ' catomnloty. A fond left over from the that nre consMeraWy harder than tend. , project In tlu Middle Fork of -the The problem 1* wtHI unsolved, and It Knwcah river (unit No. 10. which boo will he dllBrtdt to find a prartical been complelol) was eipeiMled In-UK moans of controlling till* pest. •Which treatment of this Infestation during pot hundred' of telephone* ’ the spring of 1918. but wn» Insufficient of commission by boring holes In j to cover the entire urea involved, the cables, through which the water' During tho fiscal ye»r•1919 the ote rendering the wire connection j ,,f entomology carrle*! on some until the place N found and I Work wlt'i Its dwn resources h* hrdei repaired." to prount the area treated In tfflS and A feature of the national p*rk« t* also to demonstrate and test c. new their magnificent forests. Tneve for- j metlusl of applying the percet.tnge of ere rdwavs'ln rinhger of Insect 'control. A tnelhod of destroying the lira- I foe*: rltonmt vigllame is the price of | br.m.14 of the western pine beetle w»t»»

w n^rtod of .-ears, rod It explain* (healthy forests. The work In general ■ ou’ resorting to the use of firv 1* being

She stood before him, flushed and , , . _ folvs , K „f yellow has hrrdly l.e.-n begun, it will hav

west ruction. These facts are especially and made «

siculllcint In connection with the ap- j I'ark adinlnlstratlon. , . nnriplication pf the percentage principle of In a park like Rocky Mom tqlp., 1 > c-mtrol. as by aiding the natural forces which has at present nn annual appro-. < ontlnued exp. rtpei t whch work a gn 11. st the ahuor.m.1 In- priatlon of hut M0.«J0ft-a sum Insuffl- leal suhMnnce. a .* !»«“•»*«>-“ crease aud epidemic shoe s the Iropnr- cl. nt even for its protection and i h"t haTe lance of prompt recognition and J mlnlMrotlon-lnscrt control U of j few of rte many Wri* prompt treatment of n threatened out- i course, practically neflc-ied. The pen- j hc-n tre,. • • * KTifto ... to, Ktob. a l.tiT |™u.l, T f. loss of Hr her which would occur before In Yosemlte n survey of the Yellow. I economical as simple nnd ln< ^ * msttwal' ootrol be^me operative. Sugar, and Jeffry pine areas of the I management In

. -Another special study was made of pa.k matle lust spring developed the , " d ^ jj} unfax .rahte

the number of all Mages of the west- fact that these "pecles were exrep. , «'.e bark and tn. 1 eru nine beetle In 330 square feet cf j tlonnlly fr- 1 " from bark beetle*, ngnmst «» ot.acK ,, lnfeste.1 bark sclc-icl from 07 tree-., which an live control campaign has i “t’or.tlnued studies of " which represented nn average tofesta-■ luu-n .«rrle«l for several years. The “lilt* nnt dsmaKe to the ^I .rk tlnn within nn a.x-a of approximately ' condition In th* lodgep<»l«- nr.-a* Is not t bulld.i.g* ha- led to the discovery Hmt 30 square miles, it was shown ihat so hopeful. In fact, it Is serious. 1-aigi < ne of the most destructive •peeiw there Is b large percentage of mortal areas of this Specie* have been cu- can not live If deprived of molMuro Ity between Hie young and matured tln-ly killed from the effect* of the In ground or foundat.oi. timbers, stag*-* In the developing broods, hut mountain pine beetle during recent j "The recent appearance of the an that normally nn average of about l.'O year*, the worst and most recent being ! cslltsi s-ventcen-year locust, or peribeetles to the square foot •• 'inrt de- the almost complete destruction of the ! odlcol cicada, ha* given an opjKirtuulty ▼•IoihsI to the adult ’eprobtuctive 1 orest. of the Tcnayn bmdi. ! for drte.lled study of certain point* stage which would be fitUXlO 1m Mies It Is of Interest to note that while and motion pictures have been made."

the year. In the Rogue river arc? about 48.000 acre* near Ashland, t the w estern pine beetle in 1914 caused the dentil of 340.000 Imanl feet "f pine timber: In Tftr.. 1.O1S.OO0 isiurd fret were killed: 1.383.000 fret in UHC. and Dfl.OOO lr. 1917. A count of the young nnd matured stages of the beetle* that

developed In an average foot of bnrk. _ and also .1 the number of exit holes I* a.de through which the beetles emerged to |'

attack other trees, showed that • wa* u notable decrease iti •u.nliers during"the development of the broods darii year in Hie Infested trees on .: rotml of the Increase of natural e emles and other dirturblng fnctoi

Till* helps explain why these beetle I rats

epidemics rise nnd fall within t

"You’re lying. Conward." she said do-

a

r as this?’

didn’t take C*nward’s word.] added. » why X didn’t kid hits «t once, j about asm’t hit word, it was the Insult j "We cut. But she tried to ‘•are him., cause threw h-ravlf upou me. She would , ’,.<oam let it fljyj 1:,®. That was what- | light’.

Is the It

. rellfped. whldi. It I- beMcved. will p basis fln.inclnlly make posWble the cotitliiuance of eon' i rogidur part of naflunal! trol work throughout the summer.

Itegardlng eastern work the agrlcuh ural depart went' says. In part“(’ontlnued expi-riroents with' chein-

"Yau'ra tying, Canward.”

liberntely. “First you bed to ’dm. and new you lie to me. There can Inno other explanation. Where Is that rant He sahl l would know what to

do with It."

"I have It," said Conward. parti' carried off his feet by her violence. -I will keep it until you are a Htl'c rooro- reasonable, sue perhip- a Utile more respectful.” (TO BE OONTINUBD.) It folk* were paid according to tbrir executive ability, a goor! cook would draw more salary than n caikga b- >- . fees -r.—Gatvesioo Nawa.

. - mr * w r si >y | before the other show* any signs of I faces with pice houghs to assure good How Do I OU W {UK. the well-known theory of s differor'-c fortune, while to keep Hie Irish bn by

I ln length between the right and left from harm a tell jf woman's hair Is leg. Ihe habit of stepping off moving placed about !:. nnd to achieve - sairaann ine i.-.iu.-b.. j ... .... train* and tramcani also bears hardly j ilsr object

individual It to wear out one or othci [ of hi* boot* more quickly than the I other. There are all sorts nf rrasons I for this." said the umna«er u wellknown London shop. "C*o.>» on the right foot, for Instance, rocs.n Ihat

the left foot.

the left boot l» gol ly worn. 1 have

know

id

Starting the Baby Right. ; “Od s'< Tlien arc various methods nt as- r.<w a siring foml luck to an Intant. in lairt,-* •ura! Rnglond. K it* right bund l« t! elr c >owml np for u short jicrliKl soon after In IceJ ■Irih it will sure'y become wealthy, it* apt

nlan inailiera He red ntlea of their «ff-

In Hclland garlic, salt, bread b are put In the .Tadle of the IvBl. while to protect tbrte he t.iutbers of Ware* put la dies a pair of tohgs or a knife.

! to

The i

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