The Syracuse Journal, Volume 3, Number 32, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 8 December 1910 — Page 3

(/I STOfIY cvj The Courage of Captain Plum By : f JAMES I OLIVER CURWOOD - J I—l (Copyright 1U& by Hobbs-Merrill Co.) 8 SYNOPSIS. Captain Nathaniel Plum of the sloop Typhoon, lands secretly on Beaver island, Lake Michigan, stronghold of ttie laormons. Obadiah Price, an eccentric old man and councilor of the Mormons, who has been spying ton him, suddenly confronts him and him he is expected. Plum Insists he has got the wrong man. Price ignores his protestations and bargains for the ammunition on board the sloop. He binds Nat by a solemn oath to deliver a package to Franklin Pierce, president of the United States. He agrees to show Plum the Mormon town, St. James. Plum sees the frightened face •of a young woman in! the darkness near Price’s cabin. She disappears, leaving an odor of lilacs. It develops thwt Plum s visit to Beaver island; is to demand settlement from the king, Strang, for the looting of his ship some time previously by men whom he suspected of being Mormons. Burke, his mate, has been left in charge of the sloop wtith orders to bombard St.'James if the qaptain does not return within a certain time. Price takes Nat secretlv in the darkness to the kings house, and through at window he sees Strang and his seven.wives, among whom !s the lady of the lilaj s. who Price says Is the seventh wife. Price’s actions lead Plum to believe that he is jealous of Strang. Plum “ills aft the king’s office. CHAPTER Illi—Continued, i. — ’ I Was there a tremble of fear in her voice? Even as he looked Nathaniel saw the flush deepen in her cheeks and her eyes light withnervous eagerness. I “I am sent by Obadiah Price,” he hazarded. A flash of relief shot into the woman’s face. > . “The king is at His office,” she repeated. “His office is near the temple.” Nathaniel retired with another bow. “By thunder, Stpapg, old boy, you’ve certainly-got an eye for beauty!” he laughed as he hurried through the •grove. “And Obadiah Price must be somebody, after all!” The Mormon temple was the largest ■Mdrdctlire in St. James, a huge square building of hewn logs, and Nathaniel did not need to make inquiry to find I it. On one side was. a two-story building with an outside stairway leading to the upper floor, and a painted sign | announced that on- this second floor i was situated the office of James Jesse Strang, priest, king and prophet of the I Mormons. It was still very early and the general merchandise store below was not open. Congratulating himself on this fact, add with the fingers of his right hand reaching instinctively for his pistol butt, Captain Plum mounted the stair. When half way;up he heard voices. As he reached the landing at the top He caught the quick swish of a skirt. Another step and he Was in the open j door. He was not soon enough to see the person liho had just disappeared through an opposite door, but he knew that it was a . woman. Directly ip front of him as ; if she had been expecting his arrival ; was a young girl, and no sooner had ! he put a foot over the threshold than I she hurried toward him, the most scute anxiety and fear written in her face. ..• ■ i I' “You are Captain) Plum?” she asked breathlessly. Nathaniel stopped in astonishment “Yes, I’m—” “Then you must hurry—hurry!” cried the girl excitedly. “You. have not a moment to lose! Go back to vour ship before it is too late! She says they will kill you—”• “Who says so?” thundered Captain Plum. He sprang to the girl’s side and caught her by the arm. “W'ho says that I will be killed? Tell me—who gave you this warning for me?" “I—l—tell you so!” stammered the young girl. “I —I—heard 1 the king—they will kill you—” Her lips trembled. Nathaniel saw that hei' eyes were already red from crying. “You will go?” she pleaded. Nathaniel had taken her hand and now he held it tightly in his own. His head was thrown back, his eyes were upon the door across the room. When he looked again into the girlish face there was flashing joyous defiance In his eyes, and in his voice there was confession of the truth that had suddenly come to overwhelm whatever law of self-preservation he might have held unto himself. “ “No, my dear, I am not going, back to my ship,” he spoke softly. “Not .unless she who is in that room comes ' out and blds me go herself!" CHAPTER IV. The Whipping. Scarce had the words fallen from his lips when there sounded a slow, heavy step on the stair outside. The young girl snatched her hand free and caught Nathaniel by the wrist “It Is the king!" she whispered excitedly. “It Is the king! Quick—you I

I still have time! You must go—you must co—” She strove to pull him across the room. ' “There —through that door!" she urged. The slowly ascending steps were half way up the stairs. Nathaniel hesitated. He knew that a moment before there had passed through that door one who carried with her the odor of lilac and his heart leaped to 1 its own conclusion who that person wks. He had heard the rustle of the girl’s skirt. He had seen the last | inch of the door close as Strang’s wife t pulled it after her. And now he was | implored to follow! He sprang for- ' ward as the heavy steps neared the ; I landing. His hand was upon the latch • i —when he paused. Then he turned ; 1 and bent his head close down to the | girl. “No, I won’t do it, my dear,” he I whispered. “Just now it might make trouble so He lifted his eyes and saw a man looking at him from the doorway. He | needed no further proof to assure him that this was Strang, the king of the ; Mormons, for the Beaver island prophet was painted well in that re-| gion which knew the grip and terror i of his power. He was a massive man, j with the slow slumbering strength of a beast. He was not much under j fifty; but his thick beard, reddish and crinkling, his shaggy hair, and the fullfed ruddiness of his face, with its foundation of heavy jaw, gave him a more youthful appearance. There was in his eyes, set deep and so light that they shone like pale blue glass, the ! staring assurance that is frequently born of power. In his hand he carried a huge metal-knobbed stick. In an instant Nathaniel had recovered himself. He advanced a step, bowing coolly. “I am Captain Plum, of the sloop Typhoon,” he said. “I called at your i home a short time ago and was diI rected to your office. As a stranger I on the island I did not know that you had an office or I would have comp here first" “Ah!” The king drew his right foot back half a pace and lA’.ved so low that i Nathaniel saw only the crown of his hat. When he raised his head the ; aggressive stare had gone out of his eyes and a welcoming smile lighted up his face as he advanced with extended handAAr “I am glad to see you, Captain Plum.” His voice was deep and rich, filled with that wonderful vibratory power which seemu to strike and attune the I (iJBr Owffifk ■ Wil “No, Captain Plum, I Was Not Aware of It.” hidden chords of one’s soul. The man’s appearance hadj not prepossessed Nathaniel, but at (the sound of his voice I he recognized that which had made j him the prophet of men. As the warm I hand of the king clasped his own I Captain Plum knew that he was in the i presence of a master of human destij nies, a man whose ponderous redvisaged body was sintply the crude instrument through which spoke the . marvelous spirit that had enslaved thousands to him, that had enthralled a state legislature and that had hypnotized a federal jury into giving him back his freedom when evidence smothered him in crime. He felt himself sinking in the presence of this man and struggled fiercely to regain himself. He withdrew his hand and straightened himself like a soldier. “I have come to you with a grievance, Mr. Strang," he began. “A grievance which I feel sure you will do your best to right. Perhaps you are aware that some little time ago—about two weeks back —your people boarded my 5 ship in force and robbed me of several thousand dollars’ worth of merchandise.” Strang had drawn a step back. “Aware of it!” he exclaimed in al voice that shook .the room. ‘ Aware of it!" The fed of his face turned purple and he clenched his free hand in sudden passion. “Aware of it!" He repeated the words, this time so gently that Nathaniel could scarcely henr them, and tapped his heavy stick upon the floor. “No, Captain Plum, I was not aware of it If I had been —” He shrugged his thick shoulders. The movement, and a sudden gleam of his teeth through his beard, wen- expressive enough for Nathaniel to understand. Then the king smiled. “Are you sure —are you quite sure, Captain Plum, that it was my people who attacked your ship? If so, of course you must have some proof?” “We were very near to Beaver island and many miles from the mainland,” said Nathaniel. “It could only have been your people.” “Ah!” I Strang led the way to a table at the

farther end of the room and motioned Nathaniel to a seat opposite him. “We are a much persecuted people. Captain Plum, very much persecuted indeed.” His wonderful voice trembled with a subdued pathos. “We have answered for many sins that have never been ours, Captain Plum, and among them are robbery, piracy and even murder. The people along the coasts are deadly to us 1 —who would be their friends; they commit crimes in our name and we do not retaliate. It was not my people I who waylaid your vessel. They were i fishermen, probably, who came from ) the Michigan shore and awaited their ! opportunity off Beaver island. But 1 j shall investigate this/ believe me, I I shall investigate this fully, Captain ; Plum!” Nathaniel felt something like a l great choking fist shcot up into his | throat. It was not a sensation of fear but of humiliation —the humiliation of I defeat, the knowledge of his own weakness in The hands of this man [ who had so quickly and so surely blocked his claim. His quick brain : saw the futility of argument. He ■ possessed no absolute proof and he i had thought that he needed none. ) Strang saw the flash of doubt in his I face, the hesitancy in his answer; he divined the working of the other’? i brain and in his soft voice, purring with friendship, he followed up his triumph. “I sympathize with you,” he spoke gently, “and my sympathy and word shall help you. We do not welcome strangers among us, for strangers have usually proved themselves our enemies and have done us wrong. But to you I give the freedom of our kingdom. Search where you will, at what hours you will, and when you have found a single proof that your stolen property is among my people —when you have seen a face that recognize as one of the robbers, re turn Ito me and I shall make restitu tion land punish the evil-doers.” So intensely he spoke, w filled with reason and truth were his words, that Nathaniel thrust out his hand in token of acceptance of the king’s terms. And as Strang gripped that hand Cap- | tain Plum saw the young girl’s face ; over the prophet’s shoulder —a face, ; whitle as death in its esrror, that told I him / all’ he had heard was a lie. “And when you have done with my people,” continued the king, “you will go among that other race, along the mainland, where men have thrown oft the restraints of society to give loose reign to lust and avarice; where the Indian is brutified that his wife may be intoxicated by compulsion and prostituted by violence before his eyes; where the forest cabins and the streets of towns are filled with halt breeds; where, there stalk wretches with withered and tearless eyes, who are in nowise troubled by recollection of robbery, rape and murder. And there you will find whom ycu are look Ing for!” Strang had risen to his feet. His eyes blazed with the fire of smothered hatred and passion and his great . voice rolled through his beard tremulous with excitement, but still deep i and rich, likq the booming of some melodious instrument. He flung aside hisihat as he paced back and forth; ■ his shaggy hair fell upon his shoulI derjs; huge veins stood out upon his forehead—and Nathaniel sat mute as I he watched this lion of a man whose ’ i great throat quivered with the power | that might have stirred a nation —that i might have made him president instead of king. He waited for the , thunder of that throat and his nerves keyed themselves to meet its bursting passion. But when Strang spoke again it was In a voice as soft and as gentle as a woman’s. “Those are the men who have vilified us, Captain Plum; who have covered us with crimes that we have never committed; who have driven our people into groups that they may be free from depredation; who watch like vultures to despoil our women; I wild wifeless men, Captain Plum, who have left families and character behind them and who have sought the wilderness to escape the penalties of law and order. It is they who would destroy us. Go among my own people first, Captain Plum, and find your lost property if you can; and if you can not discover it where in seven years not one child has been born out of wedlock, seek among the Lamanites—and my sheriffs shall follow where yoi place the crime!” He had stretched out his arms like one whose plea was of life and death; his face shone with earnestness; his low words throbbed as if his heart were borne upon them for the inspection of its truth and honor. He was Strang the tragedian, the orator, the conqueror of a legislature, a governor, a j dozen juries—and of human souls. And as he stood silent for a moment in this attitude Nathaniel rose to his feet, subservient, and believing as Others had believed in the fitness of this man. But as his eyes traveled a dozen paces beyond, he saw the young girl gesturing to him in that same terror, and holding up for him to see a slip of paiwr upon which she had written. And when she had caught his eyes she crumpled the paper into a shapeless ball and tossed it just over the landing to the ground below the stair. “I thank you for the privileges of the island which you have offered me,” said Nathaniel, putting on his hat, “and I shall certainly take advantage of your kindness for a few hours, as I want very much to witness one of your ceremonies which I understand is to take place today. Then, if I have discovered nothing, I shall return . to my ship.” (TO BE CONTINUED.) j

WOMAN’S WAYS.

Use the leftovers p TRIMMINGSAND DRIPPINGS MAKE DELICIOUS SOUPS. Stale Bread Should Be Saved and Crushed for Poultry Dressing and Other Purposes—Fish Marinade. A good housekeeper rarely buys lard. She saves the trimmings from all meats and- the drippings from roasts, except lamb and mutton, of which the fat is too strong for other use. The meat is boiled down for bouillon and the fat clarified, and both are put away for soups, gravies, frying, etc. In Germany and Franco the most delicious soups are made with these kitchen left-overs. All stale bread should be saved until it gets to the moldy point. Cut it in one-inch squares, put these in the oven and let them dry out and brown slightly. Then take the bread out, and when cold crush it with a rolling pin as finely as possible. Pass the crumbs, through a coarse sieve and keep them tied up in a muslin bag. Old flour or salt bags, carefully washed, are good for the purpose, but they must be kept in a very dry place. The bread is used for stuffing poultry, for patties, for breading chops, sprinkling stuffed vegetables, and so forth. It will keep indefinitely if away from all moisture. A box with growing herbs, placed at a sunny window in the kitchen, will supply the most delicious seasonings. Parsley, tarragon, chives, chervil and sorrel, all of which are needed some time or other by the good cook, can be grown in this way. Tarragon vinegar may be made from the fresh herb if it grows too abundantly to be used up. The green herb is put in a stone jar and bo'ling

VOILE AND SATIN GOWN. —B IS--Wo A charming costumeiof navy blue »aile is shown today. -The kimono bodice has a smart and uhusual trimming of navy blue satin riobon, a narrow band being used son bordering the sleeves. The square Irfclosure on the bodice is trimmed with riat-tail embroidery, in self tone—the sieves the same. ‘The skirt, which in itself is a modified “hobble,” has a long “apron” of the voile bordered by the and embroidered like bodice. \lt has a deep band of satin—matching the ribbon—on the bottom, above which is one row of the ribbon encircling the skirt and confining the gathered upper portion of voile.' s : A Transformed Bookcase. A large, black walnut bookcase, five and one-half feet high, which had been in the family for many years, was transformed 9 into an attractive and roomy china-closet. Six shelves were used for the space in the case, a narrow strip of wood nailed on each shelf, two inches fpom the back, for plates, etc., and sft-ew-hooks'for «.ups placed where they were desired. (The high doors of plain glass needed something, but the problem was solved by the use of very dark brown, narrow binding, used for passe-partout framing. This binding pasted on the outside of the glass, gave the appearance of leaded glass in diamondshaped panes. The effect waa surprising, and the china-closet has been greatly admired. To Waterproof Boots. Melt together two parts of beeswax with one part of mutton fat, and apply to the leather at night; the boots should then be wiped next morning with a flannel. When blacked the boots will not polish so Well at first, but after the blacking has been used several times they will polish brilliantly

vinegar poured on. In one week after making the vinegar is ready for use. Any fish left over from a meal may be served as a side dish or entree for another. A fish-marinade may be made in this way; it is a cold and piquant dish: Bone and skin the fish v cutting it in dice pieces. Put it into the dish in which it is io be served. Then sprinkle over salt, cayenne, a few thin slices of onion, one or two bay leaves, a little thyme, vinegar and olive oil. Finally, garnish the dish with slices of lemon. This is an excellent relish for a card sapper or Sunday night tea. BLACK TULLE WAIST. w w This model is of black tulle made ui over green silk. It is made with fine tucks and trimmed with black lac< and fancy embroidery with opalescent paillettes.

FITTING UP DINING ROOMS Artistic Effects May Be Acquired al Little Expense by Skillful Lighting and Wise Furnishing. The artistic dining room is one cJ the features of a pretty home, and it is quite easy for the housewife tc make the room the prettiest. To de so does not require the Expenditure o! a large amount of money, either. Its location should be chosen according to the facilities for lighting and foi its proximity to 'the kitchen. There should be several windows on twe sides if possible, or two large win dows on one side. To take away the dark look from f room with an easterly exposure has been the desire of many housekeepers especially where the room is a dining room. In cities many of these rooms require artificial lighting during the entirei day. But the effect of sunlight can be given in a degree by the prop er wall papers and furnishings. Warn yellow two-toned papers should be se lected for the walls, and a white ceil ing should finish off the room. The woodwork should be painted a verj light color, white being the best, anc cream-colored shades should be placet at the windows. If there are outei curtains they should be of a thin ma terial. Stencil work is often used for the walls in dining rooms, and give a verj good effect, especially when t-he wort is done in a two-thirds division of the wall, producing dado effects. The furnishing of a dining room is left very much to th| ideas of the housewife. Dark furniture at the present time has quite a hold, and is being much used. This furniture comes in the massive pieces and also in the small sizes, so that the housewife need have no trouble in making her selections. Large pieces should never be placed in a small dining room as they give the effect of crowding, and give the room the appearance of having no space. Where there is a large room the massive tables and chairs can be used to advantage, but in a small room small chairs and tables give the best results. The sideboard and china closet selections need not be of the same wood from which the tables and chairs are made, yet they should harmonize with the other pieces of furniture. Here again the dark wood is the most appropriate at the present time. Many of the new china closets have the circular doors and give plenty of space for the hanging of cups. Rounds tables give a much better effect in a small dining room than the square ones. Lemon YeHow In the Sunny Room. In a sunny room where the housemother wished yellow to predominate she defied the usual rules of decoration and chose the color. But she selected for the paper a fabric pattern in green and lemon yellow—not a gold yellow tint—and for the hangings she found a yellow silk which had unusual greenish shadows. The effect, far from being garish, is delightful even on a bright day. The lemon yellow does not make a desirable color for a sunless room. It is the wanner tone that is wanted there.

OUR MIGRANT BIRRS Emigrants,of the Air That Go on Annual Itineraries. Alaskan Hawk, Which Makes Prodi gious Journeys from Top to Bottom of the Hemisphere—The Mysterious Chimney Swift. Chicago.—No theory yet advanced ■ by ornithologists accounts for the mi- • gration of birds. Why does the Alas- i kan hawk quit his home in the Arctic regions and journey with such mighty toil 'through the torrid zone to react! the Antarctic ice fields, only to return in a little while over the same route to the starting point, spending his whole life in the repetition of these prodigious but apparently use- , less journeys back and forth from one ’ end of the earth to the other. We know more about the forces at play in the solar system than we know about the impulses of the migrant bird; we know more Halley’s comet than we know of the forces that impel the flight of the Alaskan hawk or the golden plover. The golden plover is one of the most remarkable travelers in the bird kingdom. The plover passes northward in May to Its breeding site around tne north pole. The eggs are laid on a cake of ice in June and six weeks later the old bird and the chicks start south. They loiter along slowly until they reach Labrador, where they make a stand for some weeks feasting on crow berries and becoming very fat. Suddenly all the plovers in Labrador rise as by signal and make for the sea. The route is now over the broad Atlantic 400 miles from land, southward to the Bermudas. over the Gulf, through Venezuela and Brazil, across the entire / The Alaskan Hawk. continent of South America to W 00 Patagonia. The journey completed the weary, emaciated travelers rest for two weeks Itefore starting upon the return trip. The long and terrific voyage over th'* sea is exhaustive to the last degree. But the plover Fives ten or even twenty years, moving perpetually, and in the course of a lifetime may travel 200,000 miles; a record which few species can eljual. Nature has made the bird the greatest travelers in the universe. The chimney swift, perhapr the most numerous of bird species and the most universally distributed over the earth, goes south from our latitude in September and for some weeks swifts »re plentiful over the Gulf states, where they congregate seemingly for some great purpose. They are seen there by the millions and millions. Suddenly they all disappear and no mortal man knows whither they go. The winter destination of the chimney swift has ever been one of the most ■oflyil The Chimney tiwltt perplexing puzzles of ornithology. Some of the old authorities surmised that these mysterious birds retreated into the soft mud at the bottom of ponds, lakes and streams. Later authorities say they disappear upward. The swift reappears as mysteriously as he disappears. Hawks and vultures collect in the upper air and when a large congregation has assembled they move off silently and majestically at a great al titude and we see them no more ut>< next spring, when they return one - time, without any parade of si icular performance. Many kinds >irds skulk and hide for days belt leaving for the south and then the leave at night

UNKIND JOLT‘FROM ADAM As if Eve Hadn’t Sorrow Enough, Her Partner Had to Add U, the Affliction. Adam had just received his notice of ejectment. He stared at it a long time In silence, while Eve crouched in a dusky corner, softly whimpered: Presently the father of mankind looked around. , As Eve caught his angry eye her whimper changed to a gulping sob. »vell,” he»sternly said, “you’ve cer- ' tainly put us in a fine with your silly curiosity! And yet when 1 J Refused to have anything to do with yotw apple scheme you called me a poor tool. Do you remember that I you called me a poor fool?" “Ye-es,” sobbed Eve. “Well, there's just one question I want to ask you?” said Adam. “What is it?” gasped the first mother. | “Who’s looney now?” he harshly I demanded. Then he turned away abruptly and started to pack up the family gourds and the tent poles.—Cleveland Plain i Dealer. Doctor# More Thorough. A physician at a dinner in Denves sneered at certain Biblical miracles. “Lazarus,” he said, “was raised from the dead —and yet 1 don’t see any dead folks being raised In our time.” “No,” said Rev. Herbert T. Tre» ham, the Biblical scholar, with a smile. “Modern medical science has progressed too far for that, eh?”-« Washington Star. BABY’S SCALP CRUSTED “Our little daughter, when three months old, began to break out on the head and we had the b£st doctors to treat her, but they did not do her any good. They said she had eczema. Her scalp was a solid scale all over. The burning and itching was so severe that she could not rest, day or night. We had about given up all hopes when we read of the Cuticura Remedies. We at once got a cake of Cuticura Soap, a box of Cuticura Ointment and one bottle of Cuticura Resolvent, and followed directions carefully. After the first -dose of the Cuticura Resolvent, we used the Cuticura Soap freely and applied the Cuticura Ointment. Then she began to improve rapidly and in two weeks the scale came off her head and new hair began to grow. In a very short time she was well. She is now sixteen years of age and a ploture of health. We used the Cuticura Remedies about five weeks, regularly, and then we could not tell she had been affected by the disease. We used no other treatment after we found out what the Cuticura Remedies would do for her. J. Fish and Ella M. Fish, ML Vernon, Ky.. Oct. TOUGH LUCK, INDEED, Nurse-*-Hivlns! The baby ewuL lowed a bottle of ink an’ not a bit of blotting paper in th* house! MEWSPAPERS TAKING IT UP Metropolitan Dallies Giving Advice How to Check Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble. This is a simple home recipe now being made known in all She larger jities through the newspapers. It la intended to check the many cases of Rheumatism and dread kidney trouble which have made so many cripples. Invalids and weaklings of some of our brightest and strongest people. I The druggists everywhere, even in the smallest communities, have been aotifled to supply themselves with the Ingredients, and the sufferer will have no trouble to obtain them. The preicription !s as follows: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce, and Compound Byrup of Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix by shaking well in a bottle. The dose is one teaspoonful after each meal and at bedtime. I Recent experiments In hospital cases prove this simple mixture effective in Rheumatism. Because of Its positive action upon the eliminative tissues of the kidneys, it compels these most vital organs to filter from the blood and system the waste impurities and uric acid which are the cause of rheumatism. It cleanses the kidneys, strengthens them and removes quickly such symptoms as backache, blood disorders, bladder weakness, frequent urination, painful scalding and discolored urine. It acts ■; as a gentle, thorough regulator to the entlfe kidney structure. Those who suffer and are accustomed to purchase a bottle of medicine should not let a little inconvenience interfere with making thin *p, or hare your druggist do it for you