Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1927 — Page 7

ynderstandiiW Heart . By PETERS KVNE ■ I , a rfg -I suppose: MOD t 0 give up trying to make a. ■'7;; out of you. Uncle Charley. g 0 vou're hopeless-" I fear >o ul tootin'!” A spring "You? H.’ 1 ; deep 1» could lamb- !h!v have appeared as pleased i^S« w;,s v " c,e c ’hit moment- uke the hea ,i of Sonica Charged with, nioek f'tU, , , . He-he!” crackled •« eh mr S "Well. let’s *“* rude Chaney on acco unt o ( t 0 bU T n -mv'word’to sell your secme pa l ' s - 11 , - o t to keep it. tion. 1 11. twitched u a. a-livin’ up ' :: »%r< r .ri" sl flas " e , nnose -Yes. sell to them . (i, ‘ eP ' n rnrlP Charlev • 1 would be the ; <on in the world to humiliate,. la ' P V nr word is as sacred to me as , t X. but we must get that sale e' lfl sed" immediately, and the money ‘"-I’re'kon' that” fat four-flusher in j th „ sulf suit an’ woolly socks is goii ( hise a lot o' weight clmibin up to , Bogus to trade with you tor Honey ( V Monic e a h nodded and Uncle Charley’s ! shrill cachinn.tion sent the venture- ( some chipmunk scurrying to the topmost branches of the sugar-pine. He P ined to his feet and with an ama& , inE jv routhful spirit danced half a ] dozen steps of an old-time j’g- . 1 Time tide, and timber fires wait , f or no man. Monicy.” he announced. , -Reckon I won’t be able to close that 1, doll for a few days yet. on account of , that voting fellow Thurlow an’ me not being able to git down to the county- , spa r until the fire's out. The chief ranger’ll be callin’ every man for , twenty miles around to git out an j f stilt fire. Well, reckon there’s a firefisrhti left in your Uncle Charley yit. , Got ter report for dooty, Monicy. booty first at.’ pleasure afterward, as the feller says. When the fire’s out 11l come prancin’ up here with that . certified check an' indorse it over to , ye.” “11l do something very nice for yon , when you do. Uncle Charley. Do you know you need a new wardrobe?” “Hell! I ain’t gain’ courtin’ Monicy. Uninne take a squint at that fire | before I pull out for Dogwood Flats." He stepped to the tripod and swung the long tdesc >ps in a slow examinatiefl of the rmoMering >u : below them. When he looked*aT rile girl again his face was very grave. "By crickey, she’s some blaze, gal. If she crosses Tantrum Meadows off

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| there to the west an' climbs up this . ridge, she'll come a'whoopin* behind J that afternoon wind. Bogus was burned over once before—ln 1912 Old Levi Canby was the lookout then an' when we found him lie was furnisliin' -a barbecue for the varmints. I vum he was done to a turn.” He Studied the forest fire a minute long- ' er. “The day’s young," he decided. 1 “Reckon as how I’ll Unger around here for a while longer. Monicy, an’ see which way the cat hops." | "I wiph you wouldn’t.” the girl .pleaded. "If Bogus should be threat cned. 1 can manage to get down safely to Dogwood Flats. But you’re not so young as you used to be. Uncle f’hariey. The heat and smoke and the extra effort, if it. comes to a question of deserting the lookout, ” 1 Undo Charley gazed at her balefullv. "Monicy.” he demanded, "did | you hear what 1 did to Jasiper Moulton over to the election for school trustee at Dogwood last month?" Monica had to admit she was two 1 months behind on Dogwood gossip, so I’ncle Charley proceeded to enlighten her. "Jasper, he challenged my vote on account o’ me forget tin’to register in tima to make it legal. ‘Jasper.’ 1 Lavs.’that action o’ yourn is right on I neighborly.’ 'Mebbe so.” savs Jasper. I but v.hat're ye goin, to do about it?' 'l’m goin’ to make you hard to catch.' I says, an’ I sidle over toward him. Wirch if you can do that, I'ncle Cha; ley.’ says Jasper, 'l’ll withdraw my challenge an’ apologize’." . "Eu*; Jasper Moulton is a hardyman. not more than forty years old. Uncle Charley.” “Didn't help hint none.X I crawl that boy an’ wrastle him down an’ start to pummel hell outen him. an’ right away he gives up. an’ I vote. What’s more, I cast my vote ag’in bls candidate.” CHAPTER 24 Monica, jenowing Jasper Moulton to be an incurable wag, for bore comment on this Pyrrhic victory. If Uncle Chai ley wanted to be a hero, far be it. from her to tear the laurel wreath from his aged head. With a sigh, she submitted to his garrulous presence, and the day wore slowly on. Bogus was isolated from telephone communicaUon with ranger headquartes or, indeed, any of the outlying ranger stations, so they were without news of the battle which both knew was already being waged against 'he demon. Early in the afternoon the lire, topped the r'dge on th > north boundary of Tantrum, burned down to the meadow nnd gradually subsided into iittle patches of flame and much smoke. T) c right flank ot the fire, i.owivn, as Monica and Uncle Chai ley facet it, continued to creep up along the flank of Ti'itivm to the cast; when the meadows narrowed it would leap across and spread: 111 a long red line it would scour the ridge above Dogwood Flats until it reached the wide firebreak that men must even now be making under the direction of Tony Garland, across country where the timber was sparse, and the buckbrush and manzanita could readily be

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grubbed cut. Similarly, the left flank of the firn was working west aiong Tantrum Meadows. Its progress was necessarily slow in the valley, where the wlinds failed to fan it. If it burned out or was stopped by the fire fighters off in that dy-ectlon ajl would be well on Bogus, but. once It crossed the Valley at its narrowest point, ft would creep up the ridge that lamnded the meadows on the south. And when the wind struck It, Monica knew that no human power could prevent it from sweeping up and over Bogus. Tho lookout station, nestled in perhaps an acre of cleared land, and a few hundred yards below was Monica's pasture n patch of mountain meadow containing about ten acres. It. would he hot as an inferno in the center of that. field, but If one crouched under wet woolen blankets one might survive. Monica made careful estimate of the situation and laid her plans In the event of emergency. About three o’clock Uncle Charley turned anxious eyes upon her. "If I was you. Monicy, I’d be ready for the worst,” he advised. "Tain’t sensible to let everything go till the last minute. Suppose we take your personal effects down into the medder vender an’ pile ’em up. They won't make a big pile,” he added, "an’ if ve wet blankets an’ pile 'em over the furniture. like as not you’ll git to use 'em again." Monica considered Uncle Charley’s idvice so eminently sound that immediately she decided to act upon it. Together during the next two hours ’hey stripped the station, carrying ■verything down the path to the pasuro on the wheelbarrow which Monice used for transferring stove wood ’’rom the wood-pile to her kitchen. Uncle Charley labored manfully, ippearing to te.ke a devilish delight n the fratitic operation. When it was finished he went, off down the hog'sback to the west to investigate the fire, since it was not possible, because of the intervening timber, to observe its progress, although the fact that it had crossed Tantrum Meadows at its far western end and was burning irecely on the other side was all too apparent from the huge clouds of smoke that drifted down on Bogus from that, direction. In about half an hour Uncle Charley came panting back. “Hell's bells.’-’ he yelled, "we’re flanked! The fire's crossed over this southern ridge an' down into the canyon on the other side. It’s sweepin’ up on each side an’ in front. There's spruce in the canyon

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to the south an' dry brush along the tim to the north—an' it’s a tulle an a half down to Tantrum 4 itdow We can’t make It. The firoTt cut us off first. Damnation, 1 didn't laeger it ( was that close.” " - Monica’s face was pale ami troubled. She turned toward the east. “No use .lookin' thataway, Monicy. Bogus blocks the view." "I wonder if the fire has crossed the narrow eastern eml of Tantrum If it has, we’re cut off from Dogwood Flats, I'ncle Charley.” "Mebbe it has an'then ag'ln. meblrn it liain't, Monicy. Anyhow, I'd be I afraid to take a chan/e afoot. A felhfi'd faint with the heat half a mile from the fire an' then ” "Well stick it out here, Uncle Charley; It's safest.” "There ain't no use stickin' around here. Let's git down in the medder with the furniture, Monicy. Hollo, here’s a feller on a horse.” Up the trail from Tantrum Meadows a haggard, scorched, suffering man rode at a slow, weary walk on a. haggard, scorched, suffering horse. In the hollow of his left arm iie carried a dirty black bumlie. It. was Bob Mason on the sheriff's horse. While Monica ami Uncle Charley stared at him unbelievingly he pulled up in the yard, slid heavily from the jaded animal ami stood lean , ing against the sorry brute. He did not speak, for his tongue,' parched With heat and thirst, pro-j traded between his cracked, swollen lips. - As Monica started toward him ; he came to meet her, staggered in a

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half-circle and collapsed on his back. "Gums this pilgrim needs some water,” Uncle Charley chirped, in the inconseguenttal manner of one who predicts that tomorrow will be a fine day if it doesn tot:iin. He darted Into the bouse a-< reappeared with a bucket of water and a dipper. (TO liit COVI'IM ED) Copyright r.e.'t Piter ft. Kyne by arrangement witli Klug Feature* Syndicate, Inc . .Round and square dancing K. of (’. hall Friday. Class 8:15. I)ancinfl !>. 40(3 Before retiring Insure the comfort of smooth, attractive skin by applying Old Gibraltar Witch Hazel Jelly —a soothing, healing emollient enmpnsed of witch haze 1, glycerine and other healing and ant isrptic ingredienii. Readily absorbed by the skin, leaving the hands and face smooth and com sortable. ready for work or play a few moments after application. 4 Ideal for Home, Office or Traveling U#e For sale al your drug store KEEP Y< MJR SKIN O.K. WITH O.G.

Vincennes —Police Chief Thomas Martin would rather boa good butcher than u hangman. Invited to both a hug killing ami Hie 1 ot Jo “Puck" Smith at ShawWetowu, ill., he chose the former. nijpon This city may >oou abolish the oneway traffic rule around the eourtlnmse square. The State high* iv commission - has announced It will improve no new roads into the city until tho rule is abolished.

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