JrlE FUGITIVE
CUPlD
By JOHN
1, who is it?”
7‘0’
Non. in the house alone,
opened the door timidly an
‘nrh, nrd remiled to son the man
“ho was standing outside. Un-
Chavcn. haxgsrd. with bloodlhot
' 700, he lookcd terrible to her.
And she did not need his words to
now he was Dick Sitwou. the out-
w. caught through 3 donen coun-
, a, for whose apprehension her
hther. the sheriff. and her be-
bathed, Dan MoGudzeon, were even
now loading it poses into the hills.
, "You‘re not to shelter me. It's
my inst chance. They'll get mg,
they’re all around the town. I
broke through. “‘ili you'hide me?”
Pity for the man. a. victim like
hersalf, of fate. stirred in the girl.
_‘ "Comi- in,” she amid.
Sim hid him in the attic. behind
tho old partition. ”I'll bring you
Infill." 5h!) said.
The shed“ and Dan returned un-
‘ macessful that night, swearing and
lumina-
“\\‘r:'il get him." sold the sheriff.
'llu ain't far away."
“Rm-Kan eonzeone's hidin'
paid Dan.
"Nobody durst." [Lid Nun's rather.
'fIn'n‘ layin' up in the crick. At
1mm we'll start axon and scour the
nuntry.”
wncn nrr fathor was snoring Nan
”cpl upstnirs with a. loaf of bread
Imi some Milk. The man ate raven-
yusly.
“i heard what they were saying."
"'\ m are safe here." the girl
)rrn thcd.
Sl’tv mtchcd the ravenous way he
to, she pitied him. “Tell me you
dn't do anything like—like what
they said you did," she pleaded.
'It a‘. n t trust not a word of it. I
new: see the old women they said
I Mimi and robbed. Girl. I killed I
m 1r two years ago. There was a.
girl, I was to have married her. I
him."
came home, found he'd betrayed end -—
shimloncd her. I went after him
and shot him like the hound he was.
"ills father was '11 rich man. and
he Sworn he'd get me. They paid
thu girl to disappear. They chased
me two years through the moun-
tn.ns, Every crime that was done
thuy put on mc—snid Bill Deever
Hid it. Lut I nex er done nothin but
that. and I m glad of it.
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PALMER. E
“And no no I!” whispered th '5“
fiercely. “You did rightl".
“Wbst made you tske ms in 3‘10
asked. when he hand finished N!-
looking at her curiously.
. "Because I knew that they ”‘5
hounding you." answered the ..l-
"They'll hound everyone with 9
them the chance. lien are a :1:
of wolves}: ~ 1:,
"Nobody's houndin’ you?” «£-
“uuon. then Dan McGudg .—‘
1' m to marry him next month.
My tether is bartering m ‘_
it I were 9. piece of property,’
cancel the mortgage. It I reitu
marry him the home is lost."
“sho', that ain’t right," mu‘t
Deever. "Why you let him do it
"tht can I do? How can I 1:
it? I'm helpless here. his no
in the world but tether. I can‘t‘.‘
anything to earn my iiVing. exqr'
look after a. home. But don't wot:
yourself about are. I guess it if
be safe for you to love in half a
hour or so. What will you do?" 3
"Why I got two horses tied in G
jackpines up the crick. They havebi
found ’,em I guess. I'd gone awn;
to look out from a. hill. and they dc
me off. Reckon I'll find them theri
"And then?“ .
“Then l'l: git away. I can mail
the pass by mornin' and once on th
ranges why Bill Deeverll be for
gotten.‘
Sim sighed.
"But I'll always think
girl."
He saw the tears start in her eyes
and a sudden wild thought came 1
him.
"\Vhy shouldn' t you come along!
he asked. "No, listen. I guess 3'0'
and 1119's both up against it. Let';
laugh at 'em. Come along with mr
and we'll be married and settle down
‘Pl
of “it.
o
She hesitated.
Dun McGudsron. and her (other
She listened to his snores in th
room beneath. And suddenly til:
new life of promise seemed to shim
before her.
"0h, l'il come—1’11 come," she an
swerved.
And hand in hand they stole dowx
lthe stairs end into the starlight.
homesteadin’ in Oregon. There"
ion there. and we'll. start life {tell
at say, girl?"
She thought 0"
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1% East 41-! Street
New York, N.Y.
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O’CONNOR TAXI COMPANY
NOPAVALK'S OLDEST. LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPPED
CAB SERVICE
week. businmquteteddown. e con-
'ditiou more merited in wholesale in-
dust: y than in final distribution,
which was under the stimulus of
“sales" to clear out unsold’ socks
0f fii‘afimal Bonds says Bradsheet’s.
Lntil late in the week. the 13pm
“as general. however. that weather
conditions were, as throughout most
ot‘ the month. against best. results in
winter-.wear goods. Too muth rain
is noted as checking retail irude in
the southwest for several weeks
p: 't. Inventories and shutdowns
t'o repairs have made for qui et in
jabbing lines and industrias al-
thoulig there has been some buying
of cotton goods to dress up after
January 1 sales of dry-goods stores.
Automobile manufacturers have
bought some cotton goods. while
some heavy woolens have been
moved at concessions.
In his primary lines of industry
(hum are some interesting phases.
A renewal of pig iron buvm: is no-
ted at large centers. north. “ms! and
south. and in the steel trade the
incrozisvd quiet in operation has
born balanced by letter takir 12.5 of
ccriaiu lines of railroad Silppli-‘S and
of structural shapes. Firmuvszs in
pig iron and higher quotations for
scrap nrc noted. Yoancnrl esti-
matt-s of output point to cori‘nma-
tiOn of earlier estimates of new high
records being sct up in pig ircn and
iinplnlc production.
' Among the industries, the con-
linunncc of opr‘n wcutlwr lid-Z been
helpful to unfinished work in the
building irndcs, which remain un-
usually active in nortlwrn cities.
Much winicr building is hurried
conirnmlaicd, especially at New
York, where agreements on cages
have ln‘Ln reached involving 12.1.000
men. Many cities report the mating
up of new high records of consiruc—
tion, and with arniild rvtntc' . the
outlook favors a larger than normal
quantity of work offering in :m or-
dinarily closed season. A good deal
or unvhploymcnt is noted at a few
conicrs. notably Chicago. LO“. An-
gclcs. Birmingham and Tulsa. but
cmplm inf‘llt
bile trades.
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In an amide “International Trade
in “‘lwui Flour" appr‘aring in tho
J:lllil'li‘}' issue, of (‘r-mmrrrcn Munth-
ly, ll)" anirmul lirtnl: of Commvrcu
in NM" York siziyu the most phmmm-
cnul growth in ilmxr Pxpot‘ls Since
llm luv—war pt‘l‘iud occurrwd in
Ciinmln and adds:
"Sliit't‘ the outhrcnk of the war
Canada has born the second lnrpvst
“our 1 \uorim' in ill“ world. alilmugh
lwfnrc the war not sliixxmvnts of
flour i' am lllfll, country \vvrv willy
:ulmut vim-third :13 great KS P“
from flu. United Status. Canada 81
amazon.» .m‘s of extending when! pru- ;
33:: tit." have by no means born c):-
Inna-2h . g
"l! with Canadian flour thzit
‘.i“ l ‘wd Status mimics intx- «riot-'—
~.'t I m u litiun. ’l‘he \. ho 12a. :t‘mh
‘: n of ( ilnzulu, is gen; -x.mhi-
‘g. , fill? guil pnit of th urea
-- ‘n- 1. "ur plus: “hunt is gioun m the
? ill-lllrl Slates. (luilcls ar- simi—
Jil‘. If ‘-ut the sumo. although Cun-
.
'ulu hr‘m on the “hole :1 xmr'uwhnt,
Tint-gov lmul from whom. ii--ld m sea—
‘ilmunl. :umi flour mills in i‘xir two
lcnunir‘i-n {RCO Ill‘ili‘llflt llv ll?" sumo
‘prolila-nm of fi‘u-iizlil and transport
iiu th‘rt‘lnDlilg‘ export trzulo‘. "bus in
lulmost u-vcry country tlivr: is no-
iientlnl il‘not uclunl cmmwl‘.‘ on he-
ltwecn Canadian and Unite-i States
iiiour."
Amcrir-nn flour is shippml '3- prac—
tically v-u-ry part of tht- “w id says
éthc nun-1 which coniinuing lids:
l "T .e l'nitml Kingdom 11': . before
lthe war the lnrgcst Single « Vsiomcr,
and China. including Hang? nng, the
These posiliwis have
i next largest.
now been rcvvrscd. Dut‘im. (he war
the quantity of flour cxpm \d from
the Unitnd Slates incrcas~ 5. ”Most
lot this increase wont to :uropcun
Ecountrios “.llllt.‘ shipments to other
-parts of the “mid were « .rtailcd.
:. “The Netherlands. 11in nd and
lDomna‘i-k wore the next ingest Bu—
i'ropczm purchasers of Uni ~d-Stnlu
‘ilour priu‘ to the war. In 922 (“min
imuuy and Turkey ranked ahead m
llllgsc countries, but rotur‘ S for i"
‘months or 1923 indie to a falling «
in exports to both. art ~ulzu‘ly
Turkn-y. Exports to Grow 2 in l»
'n Um othnr hand. how incrnv:
.mtuhl over the corrcsp riding l-
of lil'JZ. indicating ti .t supp ;
now be reaching i is gencm
through Greece :.istead' o;
may
, 5:10!)
'l‘nrkvy.
“Since the close of tho war shipr.
including :
menisci“ flour to Chin:
and pos-
:vssions on its coast. but 3 increased
xtendily and in 1922 u re slightly
above the pro-war aver: :e. In the
first ten months of 1 23. 800,000
more barrels of flour it re shipped
honevcr.’ _
Flour «xports to Sou 1 America
3 in 1922 were a. third bL )w the pre—
war average.
Connne ' ‘ E
Predictions of c d busmeset
war in 1034, base ron ‘he country‘s
potential buying power 1nd the llUpt
that the UnUited Stalls will help
put Europe in a position to take our
Surplus commodities, “ere made by
‘\\;ilier \V’. Head, prekident of the
.merican ABnkers ”Sedation, and
Victor \V. Sincere, prisident o! the
National Department Stores, Inc.
\"frhe history or 1923 is encourag—
ing as a. precedent upon which the
business of the new Sear must bv
built." Mr. Head said. "In looking
forward to the new year the real
problem which impels caution in
of a normal foreign in
depends in a very consideraible
gree upon our ability to inaz‘ke
Ouii industrisl 3nd commercial stru!‘
ere at retail In the early part cf the
Detroit rcports a new high r0001 .l or 1
fill up in tho aulnmo-j
(2 whole of ;
making a forecast is the restoration ' .,
ket. “ ‘
“It: is altruism that our prosperity _.
£— ,
surplus products in foreign lands.
euthat hos!“
ncssr men hays learned out“! éss‘mi"
in 1920 to guard against large
stocks 0 goods. More treguent pur-
chases d a t‘apid stock mover
may e looked for during 1 24. so-
‘RASIA'mRs REPAIRED
ADILLAC AND JORDAN
SALES ASNDS SERVICE »
cordi to Mr. Sincere, who feels
that the fact at the coming presi-
dential election has been discount-
ed and that the government is em-
barking on a. sound trade relations
pr‘oglaln. \
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ST BROS. GARAGE
Telephone 1360
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As we enter 1924. neither a boom
nor a general depression is in eight,
states the current number of the
Guaranty Survey, published by the
Guaran‘y Trust company of New
1 ork. The outlook. according to the
Survey, is rather for the mainten-
ance of a. sound middle course for
business as a whole. but the vital
question which business now must
face is how far political influences
and activities may affect it during
the coming year. The apparently
grcming tendency to settle economic
problems by political action. to in—
ject the government into business
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fields and to— promote class interests
by organized political ctfort at the
r‘xpt‘llse of the general interest. at
present a. certain menace to hush
ncss progress which cannot be ig-
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“Important business problems are
boiore Congress for action," says the
Sunny. “and it these problems are
.handlcd from the viewpoint of po—
lilltfll. rather than business. con-
sidomtious. this may well affect
business prOSpcrity. In the impor-
tant iiclds of taxation and transpor-
AUTO SPRINGS,
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Emergency Service 5' Specialty
New Leaves for Any Spring
Far All Popfllar Makes of Cars
tation pailiculariy is this true. The
dmninance of political over econom~
ic considerations has greatly rc-
turded the recovery of Europe. and
nmy easily hamper the progrese of
the I nitcd States.
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