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"Not intending to keep it?" Cap tain Stocking removed his spectacles angrily. "What kind of monkey shine was that? You think this lighthouse business is a game?" Don‘t like him?" the keeper de manded. "What of it? Guess he don‘t like you. What of that? The lakes is full‘ of don‘t likes." He turned on Norman. "What was his meaning whout you and your paw*" "Nothing much." Norman wet his lips. It was difficult to explain. How eould he make this old sailer underâ€" stand any more than he had his father? They all thought alike, talâ€" ked incessantly of schooners out of Sydney, wrecks off Newfoundland, hardwood, softwood, this storm and that. Again, desperately, he wet his lips. "I wasn‘t aiming to be a fisherâ€" man," he said. "My father is stubâ€" born sometimes. He wanted me to fish along with him." Norman shook his head gloomily. "Not exactly. I got it. But I wasn‘t intending to keep it." "No, sir, I was going to send it back regular. I still wanted to join up with lights. 1 wanted to come here. Only I saw I ought to fish. I was all fixed in my mind to go partners. Toâ€"day he put me out. There wasn‘t any mistaking what he meant." The clock ticked twice. "I don‘t like fishing >. . ." he paused lamely. â€" "And you got an appointment here instead ?" Captain Stocking had taken off his blue uniform coat and stood in his shirtâ€"sleeves, his lips pursed out like a fat public inquisitor. His col lar hung away from his broad throat showing a brown skin and a quick play of muscles. His eyebrows archâ€" ed up giving him an owlish inquiring expression. Steve Sutton interrupted. "It don‘t matter what you lay a stock in," the keeper answered. "I got more to say to Erickson. I want to know what else Baker was aiming at. Have you got the name of coward down at Madrid? If so, it‘s best you quit this service afore you start. I don‘t see"â€"he scratched his headâ€"" you look as if you had the makings of a good man in you. Best go to sea for"I" speel if you have. You‘re how old .. .twentyâ€"one? My lor‘ . . .pardon the expression . . . I‘d been to sea four years when L was twentyâ€"one. "Don‘t like fishing? Why not? Why wasn‘t you for goin‘ partners? Why your paw put you out?" "I never did lay stock in that Baâ€" 19 ‘The cool, comforting flavor of WRIGLEY‘S Spearmint is a lasting pleasure. â€" It cleanses the mouth after catingâ€"gives a clean taste and sweet breath. It is refreshing and _ _ THE MARKED MAN A Romance of the Great Lakes ‘BY KARL W. DETZER Well, well, well . . . twentyâ€"one years old! You ain‘t very young but you got time still There‘s old hookes left, out o‘ north peninsula and Sup erior ports. You best sail, underâ€" stand? Then if you got the stuff in you, come back to this service. It‘s honorable service, BErickson. No place for fear. We‘re old seamen in it mostly, skippers and mates of the sailings days. Good men!" _ "I‘m not afraid! I‘m not here to be preached at! I‘m not here to have you or Baker or anybody else yelling down my throat! I‘ll thrash Baker this time! I‘ll . .. ." "I‘m not afraid!" "Tut, tut! It don‘t do any good to show temper. Sue‘s maw learn me that. . . . ‘Anchor down that tongue,‘ she tells me." "Can‘t a man work at what he pleases? Can‘t he drive a delivery wagon if he wants to? Or farm if he‘s a mind to farm? Does every man in the world have to go to sea? You went because you liked it, didn‘t you? Well, I don‘t like it I"l like this. I‘ve always wanted«to work on the lights . . . on this light! I didn‘t desert my father, 1 was aiming to stay with him . . ." he paused for breath. "It‘s Baker," Sutton put in. "He‘s . always makin‘ trouble always holler-l in‘ at somebody. Calledâ€"me a beachâ€"| comber the other day!" He jerked‘ his slicker down from its peg in the corridor. "I can‘t come up here no , more ‘thout seein‘ him. As long as he hangs around these moorin‘s, they‘s plenty o‘ other places for me Good night, Captain Sam‘l. Good night, Erickson." | He stamped down the steps and across the sand. Captain Stocking turned distractedly to Norman. Norman shook his head firmly. Captain Stocking was shaking Bs also as he went to the door. He opened it for his daughter and Baker. "You‘ve never gailedâ€" anywhere he asked. ‘"Was that the brave bay running?" Baker asked. "No? Still here? Must have been nice Mr. Sutton leaving us then. What you sweating about, Norman? I don‘t mind seeing you sweat!" Sue Stocking took off her scarf, with her shoulders severely straight, and hung it deliberately in a coat closet. Her cheeks were flushed, either from the wind or some hasty emotion. At least the wind had blown awry her hair. â€" "Ed‘s set me right about this Erickson," she told her father bluntâ€" ly. She paid no attention to Norman. From her detached manner he might not have been in the room. "He‘s got the name of an unspeakable coward up at Madrit Bay." | Coward? Come, come, Susan!" _ The girl went on heatedly. "The !uuperlntendent down at Milwaukee didn‘t know it. He‘d not have ap lpointed him. 4 _ _Baker was smiling, a grim, selfâ€" satisfied smile. He unfastened the strap of his sou‘wester from a button on his slicker where it had hung. _ "I‘d best be going," he decided, "it‘s gotting late." He turned familiâ€" ‘.rly to Susan. "I‘ll run down next ‘Thursday evenin‘ if the weather‘s decent. We can take a bit of ride !ont Battle Ax way . . . what you think?" & ‘Captain Stocking nodded abstract edly. Norman‘s face was hard. He felt a boiling rage in his throat. ‘"Yes," Sue answered, "that would be all right." She held out her hand. "I‘ll tell the boys you‘re safe," ; M mt Baker taunted and opened the door. Break colds with Minard‘s Liniment. "Steadâ€"dâ€"dy!" 9n . _ "You‘re not aiming to hinder my going?" Baker asked. He waited {carelessley at the foot of the step. [ The hallway was dark, Out upon |mig, *Jerome Dietrich, Manetts Wagâ€" ‘the sandy waste that ran down to|ner, Corniel Stoesor, Linus Straus, the rocks of Blind Man‘s Teeth, the | Jerome Meirowski, Rita Rilert, Marâ€" lighthouse cast a warm illumination. | guerite Nowak. a The tips of the few cedar trees on| Part MH.â€"Alex. Straus, John Wagâ€" the landward side stood in the direct |ner, Wilfred Dietrich, Rita Districh, ray of the light, a brilliant poisonous | Erma Everett. ~* green. Moths battered out their unâ€"| Firstâ€"Matilda Straus, Catharine thinking heads against the plates|Steffier, Loreito Rumig. of glass in the lantern. Thé light|â€" Sr. Primorâ€"Anna Wagner, Stanley hummed a contented monotone. Nowak, want‘a word with. you." & Wagneor. x‘ !!gnhnuutuuu-* @r. IIH. â€"~ Prigcilia Roth, Loretto tive cars. How his throat burt! What |Kionappel, Laura Wagler, *Marie a castâ€"iron image this girl lobked! | Kllert and *Loretto Dictrich (equal), How astonished the captain, lHike a| Jr. IH.â€"Loretta Qesch, Anna Die fdzety old woman! So he wanted|trich, Gordon Dietrich, Harold Dis "Rid of him?" Samuel Stocking took off his glasses as if by so doing he could see her better. He had lived a hearty life with hearty men afloat and ashore. He had heard cowards applauded for their fearlessness, had heard fearless men called cowards. "Oh no," he argued, "nobody‘s settin‘ out to got rid of him . . . that ain‘t Christian. Give the lad a chance, Sue. 1 ain‘t holdin‘ up for him, underâ€" stand. No, I like my men pulled out ilhe lake and salted down. They last better that way. But get both ends of this case.â€" I‘ve heard sea lawyers imake scoundreds out‘n good lade afore now. . . ." fRdgety old woman! So he wanted |trich, only good men in the lighthouse serâ€" | trich, vioe? as" + Sec "Make it fast if you are! I‘ve got better things to do than to wait &round for you. If you‘ve something to say, say it walking. . . ." * and propped them back on his rasp berry nose. Sue relaxed. "A coward, dad. I guess that fixed him. And I thought I liked him." Captain walked the floor. "Looks bad," he agreed. "But mayâ€" be he ain‘t really scared. Maybe he can‘t help it if he is Once you get scared of water, you always carry it, like a black cat on the shoulders. Funny about young men not choosin‘ to sail these days. Ed. Baker was a little choppy, don‘t you think?" His daugther patted his shoulder. "For a very flattering reason," she said. "Who do you think he‘s trying to impress around here, Skipper? You? Of course he was choppy. All men are except you. There‘s Steve. A fair fellow, Steve. Now it will be the two of them against Erickson until they get rid of him." In‘ the parlor of the lighthouse Captain Stocking took off his specâ€" tacles wiped them vigorously upon a piece of chamois that he wore fastened through a suspender button, "I‘ll drown you deeper‘n a lost anâ€" chor, Ed Baker, if there‘s any more!" Their voices flared up a second time and then died away completly. Father and daughter waited nervousâ€" ly. The new assistant was breathing hard when he reentered the room. Perspiration flattened the hair to his long, blond head. His blue eyes flashed with a chill animosity. He ignored Sue. He stopped and they both listened. Voices were arguing on the beach. The wind blew their words toward the house. "What did you ever do?" Baker cried once. Then Norman Erickson‘s voice, on a fire with anger: "I‘m to call you at midnight, sir he asked Captain Stocking. "Yes . .. no . . . wait & minute, Erickson. Things is upset toâ€"night. It‘s after ten now. We better make just two even watches of it toâ€"night. Turn me out at three bells . . half past one. I‘ll take till morning. I don‘t need much sleep." Sue wound the clock. Captin Stockâ€" ing pursed his lips reflectively. He chose to ignore the scene just over. ‘"No old man needs much sleep," he repeated loquaciosly. "In my young days, my wicked days, I needâ€" ed sleep I tell you. Up carousin‘ around all night, sleep all day. Sue‘s maw set me right. She cleaned out my mouth. Always.hangin‘ a kedge anchor on my coat tail, she was. Wouldn‘t let Capt‘n Sam‘l Stocking say his say till he‘d thought it over. She saved me. ‘Course, I forgets myâ€" solf sometimes . . . . you‘ll hear me .. and let some hot words clutter my tongue. But not often, ch, Sue? ‘Not often!" G (To be continued) qo Jr. Primerâ€"Claire Dietrich, Helen Dietrich, Roséetta Meirowski, Kenâ€" neth Herner, Clara Steffier, Dorothy Kienappel. Celebrate 8&th Birthday n Members of the family and close friends of Henry Bauer visited him at his home, it being the occasgion of 88th birthday. After coming from Germany he conducted a meat marâ€" ket and it is interesting to note that Jacob Hespeler after whom the town of Hespeler is named, was one of Mr. Bauver‘s first customers. Personals In the county school fair compeâ€" tition held at Livingston farm, near Baden, on Saturday last, the team from the Maple Grove school was successful in winning the silver cup. The team comprised George Markle, Wilfred Groh, and Harold Thorman. Wilfred Groh was the second highâ€" est in the county and won a pureâ€" Miss Margaret Glick has gone to Detroit where she will reside in fuâ€" fure. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Yates lu.ve‘o turned from their honeymoon trip. Maple Grove School Wins Silver Cup Secondâ€"Clayton Oesch, Marie Ruâ€" IV.â€"Therese Kittel *Jerome Helen Flannery, teacher. 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