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Show . je . tv PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH h 2 CLOTH FREE L-- DUST V made of especially woven fabrio "CrepeHe" for only 10 vent nod -- Cant say. STORY FROM THE START I.ydia, with her baby sister, Patience, returns from an afternoon of play to their untidy home, the impoverished household of her father, Amos lud-ley- , in Lake City. Her fathers friend and her own devoted admirer, John Levine, think It time the Indians who occupy a reservation twenty miles away, the white moving in order that land. John men might have this Levine, after talking things over, announces his intention of going into politics. The next day, and companion. Lydia, Patience are Kent Moulton, playing by the lake, with Margery, small of lave Marshall, the daughter town's banker. Margery falls into the water. Pulled out unhurt but frighti ned, she is taken home by Lydia and Kent. Her father blames Lydia and Kent for the mishap, until Lydia exLev me tells Amos Ills plains. plan to take timber from the Indian reservation and ultimately have it opened for settlement. Patience succumbs to diptheri.i, leaving Lydia feeling tluit her trust in tidd is lost. Pile finds comfort in the loving kuujness of John Levine. A note of Amos', backed by Levine, and held by Marshall, is due and cannot be met. At Lydia's appeal Marshall agrees to renew it. Lydia- enters high school. At her first the other girls ridicule her party homemade costume. A fullblood Indian boy. Charlie Jackson, makes vague accusations against Levine, and attacks him. CHAPTER VII The Republican Candidate Amos and Kent caught Charlie by either arm as his hands clutched for I.evlnes throat. Marshall did not stir out of his chair. 1 Hiring the remit i ruler of the episode his face wore a complacent expressh that, though Lydia did not consciously observe it at the time, returned to her in after years with peculiar significance. Here! Here! Tills wont do. my young Indian ! cried Amos. Let me pet at him!" panted Charlie. Lydia run over to the Indian. Charlie, she pleaded, tonkins! up into his face, you mustn't hurt Mr. Levine. lies my best friend. And it is not polite to come to call at my house and make n row, this way. "Thats right, commented Marshall. Ho your fiulitlnsr outdoors." John had not stirred from Ills chair. He looked up at t lie Indian and said Get out of slowly and insolently, here! You know wlmt I can lo to you. dont you? Well, get out before I do It ! Charlie returned John's look of contempt with one of concentrated ha tred. Then lie turned to Kent. Come on, Kent, he growled anil followed by his friend, lie marched out of the' kitchen door. said Amos, talk about Whew! civilizing Indians! was Lydia trembling violently. What made him act so Did you hurt his sister. Mr. Levine?" 'Didnt even know lie had n sister. returned John, coolly relighting his cigar. Marhlutll rose and stretched ills fat Well, you serve up too much body. xcitement for me, Amos. Ill be getting along. Come Margery. " "Wait and well all liave some said Lizzie. "Land, Im all shook up." Kent Pshaw twan't anything. should lutve had more sense than to Ixing him in here, said Levine. Why, lie's usually perfectly lovely, protested Lydia. "(Joes to parties with the girls' and everything." "First boy. white or Indian, that i nines to call on you before you're eighteen, Ill turn the hose on," suit! Dave, winking at the men. Amos and John laughed and Dave made his exit in high pood humor. When tiie door had dosed Amos said : Any real trouble with the hoy. cof-b'O.- ! John? I Levine. returned no!" Shucks, Forget it!" And forget It they did while the November dusk drew to a close and the red eyes of the stove blinked a warmer and w, firmer glow.. About eight oclock, after a light supper,' Levine started back for town. He had not been gone five minutes when a shot cracked through the brent bless night Hir. Amos started for the door but I.lz-r.lYou stay right grasped his arm. here. Amos, and take care of the house. "What 1o you spose it was?" whispered L.v ftii. 1 Wish Mr. Levine was tiere. He's sheriff. "That's what Im afraid of that somethings happened to him between bis being sheriff and ids other interest, Ill get m.v fanteri,!. Wait! Ill have to fill it for you." said Lydia. So It was that while 'Amos fumed and Lydia sought vainly for a new wick, footsteps sounded on the porch, the door opened ami Billy Norton and Ids father supported John Levine into Levines overcoat tlie living-room- . showed a patch of red on the right e breast. "For Cods sake! Here, put him on the couch," gasped Amos. "Billy, take Levine's bicycle aim get tlie doctor here," said Pa Norton. Hot water and clean cloth, Lydia." said Amos. Lets get his clothes off. Norton. violently could Lydia trembling scarcely carry the crushed ice from Lizzie to her father. No one spoke nniil he gentle oozing of the Idood yie'ded to We freezing process. Then Amos said in a low voice to Pa Norton : 'What happened?" e Riliy and I were coming home from town when we heard the shot ahead cl ax It took us a minute or two to come up tf Levine. He was standing dazed like, said the shot had come front the lake shore way and thats all he knew about it." The beat of horses hoofs on the frozen ground broke the silence that followed. In a moment Doctor Fulton ran into the room. Lydia seized Florence Dotnhey and hurried to the kitchen, nor did stie leave her station In tlie. furthqst corner until the door dosed softly after tlie doctor. Amos came out Into tlie kitchen and got a drink at tlie water pail. Hoc got the bullet," said Amos. "Crazed the top of the lungs and catne to the surface near the hackhone. Lord, that was a narrow escape!" ' Who did .it, daddy? Amos shook his-- head. It might have been Charlie Jackson or it might have been a dozen others. A sheriff's liahFe to have plenty of enemies. Billy started u hunch hunting. Lydia shivered. "Doc got the bullet, said Arnos. Were going to be busy in tills house for a while." I want to see him first, please,, daddy." Just a peek then, dont make a noise. had a sick Already the living-rooroom aspect. The tight wns lowered and the table was littered with bandages and bottles. Lydia crept up to the couch and slood looking down at the gaunt, quiet figure. John opened his eyes and smiled faintly. "Making you lots of trouble, young I.ydla. Oh, no!" exclaimed Lydia. "Just get well, we don't mind the trouble. I've got to get well, sos you and I can travel," whistered Levine. "Good night, dear." Good Lydia swallowed a eb. night." she said. The shooting was a seven days' wonder, but no clue was found as to the identity of the would-bassassin. Charlie Jackson lmd spent the evening with Kent. As the monotony of Levines convalescence came on, gossip and conjecture lost Interest in him. John himSelf would not speak of the shooting. It was after Christmas before I.ydia. coming home from school with Adam, who nlwuys went to meet her, would find John, pale and weak hut fully dressed, watching for her from his r by the window. The two had many long talks, In tlie early winter dusk before Lydia started her preparations for supper. One of these particularly, the child never forgot. Everybody acted queer about Charlie Jaekson. at first," said Lydia, hut now youre getting well, fheyre all just as crazy about hint as ever." liell kill some one in a football scrimmage yet, was Joints comment. No, the boys say he never loses his temper. The rest of them do. I 1 wish girls played football. bet Id jnake a good quarterback." John laughed weakly hut delightYou must weigh fully a hunedly. dred pounds I Why, honey, theyd trample a hundred pounds to death! "They would not Lydias voice was indignant. And Just feel my muscles. 1 get em from swimming." John ran his hand over,the proffered shoulders and arm. My goodness, ' lie said In astonishment. Those muscles are like tln.v steel springs. Well, what else would you like to be besides quarterback, Lydia?" Lydia hitched her chair closer to Levine and glanced toward the kitchen qhere Lizzie was knitting mid warming her feet in the oven. Td like to own an orphan asylum. And I'd get the money to run it with from a gold mine. I would find a mine In New Mexico. I know I could If I could just get out there. "But what are you really going to do with yourself, I.ydia. pipe dreams aside?" , Well, first I'm going to get an education. dear up through the univerGet an education If you have sity, to scrub the street to do it. was what You can he a mother always said. lady and be pbor, she said, but you cant be a lady and use tutor EngAnd then I'm going to la as lish. good a housekeeper as Mrs. Marshall ami I'm going to dress as well, as Olga Reinhardt, and have as pretty hands us Miss Town. And I'm never going to move out of the home I make. Maybe I'll get married. I suppose Ill have to cause I want at least six children, and sonte'one's got to support them. And I'll want to travel a good ileal. Travel lakes money," John reminded her. By Ihe middle of January. Levine was sufficiently recovered to leave. The Saturday before he left occurred another conversation between him and Lydia that cemented still further the quaint friendship of the two. IJz.ie was taking a long nap. The dear old soul had been exhausted hv the nursing. Levine lay on the couch and finally asked Lydia to read aloud She was deep in "The Old to hint. Furiosity Shop" and was glad to share it with her friend. Suddenly Le;ine was astonished to hear Lydia's voice tremble. She was reading of little Nells last sickness. "She was dead. Dear, patient, noble Nell wns oead. No sleep so' beautiful and calm. She seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God. Not one who had lived and suffered death. Lydia suddenly broke off, bowed her yellow head on the hook and broke sobs that were into deep, more like a woman's than a child's. John rose as quickly as lie could. e arm-chai- ! . . long-draw- n B- y- Honor e Willsie 1 - by Frederick A. Stoke WNU Servlc Co.) Friends, In this city of white men Is want and suffering for the necessaries of life. Twenty miles to the north lies plenty for every needy inhabitant of the town, a hit of loam and heaven kissing (dues for each and all. ' But, you say, they belong to the Indians! Friends, they belong to a filthy, degenerate, lazy race of savages, who refuse to till the fields or cut the pines, who spend on whisky the money allowed them hy a benevolent government and Ihe, for the rest, like beasts of the field "Why, I ask you, should Indians lie pampered and protected, while whites live only In tlu hitter air of compe- Mr. Levine and I walked deal round the lake, eighteen miles. I dont see how your father can let that Mr. Levine come to your house!" exclaimed Margery with sudden enerMy father says hes H dangerous gy. man. lies a crook I" said Charlie stolidly and finally. Lydia stamped her foot. "Hes not, and hes my friend!" she cried. "Levine's a crook I" repeated Chnr- lle, slowly. "If what hes trying to de goes through, my tribe'll be wanderers on tlie face of the earth. If I thought It would do any good. Id kill him. But some other brute of a white would take Ids place. It's hopeless." The three young whites looked at the Indian wonderingly. Their little spalling was as nothing, they realized to the mature and tragic Id tt ernes that Charlie expressed, A vague sense of a catastrophe, epic In character that the Indian evidently saw clearly hut was beyond their comprehension silenced them. The awkward pausi was broken hy the school hell. Lydia had plenty to think of on hot long walk home. Charlies voice and words haunted her. What did It all mean? Why was he so resentful and so hopeless? She made np her mind that when she had the opportunity to ask him, she would. The opportunity came about simply enough. At recess one day a week or so later he naked her If she wns going to tlie first senior hop" of the year. Lydia gave him a clear look. Why do you ask me that? Just to embarrass me?" she said. Lord Charlie looked startled. knows 1 didn't mean anything," he exclaimed. "Whatre you so touchy about?" I.ydhi's cheeks burned rqdder than usual. "I went to a party at Miss Townes when I was a freshman and promised myself Id never go to another." "Why not?" Charlie's astonishment was genii' ne. Clothes," replied Lydia, briefly. , Tin Indian boy leaned against n desk and looked Lydia over through Youre an awful eyes. pretty girl, I.ydia. Honest you are, and youve got more brain In a min ute than any other girl In sehoolll have all her life. Then blushed Lydia furiously. moved hy Charlie's simplicity and sincere liking, she cairn closer to him and said, Then, Charlie, why hasn't any hoy ever asked me to a parly? is it Just clothes?" "Lydia, Ill take you to a party a i week, if you'll go! lie cried. I couldnt go," she pro "No No! Answer my question -- Is it tested. dot Ins?'' , "No, only half dot lies," answered Charlie, meeting her honestly. "THf other half Is you know too much. Yiqv know, the fellows like a girl Unit giggles a lot and don't know ns muck as lie does and that's n peachy daticci and tlia Ill let him hold her hand and kiss her. And that's thu honest to God Irutli, I.ydia. Dll," sl'P said. Oli" Then "Well, I could giggle, all right. I cant dance very well because Ive Just picked up lilt steps from watching the girls teach each other in tlie cloakroom. I've Oil, well, I dont care! got Adam and I've got Mr. Levine. Why do you hate him so, Charlie?" "Lots of reasons. And I'll hate him more if lie gets his Dill through congress." dad. there tition? 1 I am not mincing words tonight. do not talk of taking tin lands from on the Indians by crooked methods. till know tlie law. An Indian may not sell the lands allotted to him. I want you to send me to congress to change that law. I want the Indian to he able to soil his acreage." Iande-inoniutLevine stopped and bowed broke loose in the square, Flapping, hisses, cheers and catcalls, Lydia clung to tier fathers arm while he began to struggle through the crowd. Well," tie said, as they reached the outer edge of the square and headed for the trolley, "the battle Is on." T'flV was the beginning of I. din's To her reading of the newspapers. fathers secret amusement, she found the main details of Levine's Imt He as Lydia, Coming Home From School interesting ns a novel. Every evening With Adam. when he got home to supper he found Whats her poring over the two local papers My dearest ! he exclaimed. the matter?" He pulled her from the and primed with questions for him. arm clmir, seated himself, then drew I'p to tills moment she had lived In a quiet world hounded by her school, the her to his knees. "I cant bear It!" sobbed Lydia. "I home, the hit of lake shore and wood cant. Seems sometimes if I couldn't with which she wns Intimate, and have little Patience again Id die! peopled hy her father and her few That's the way she looked In her coffin, friends. With John Levine's speech, her horiyon- remember? from the hand of God not one who lived zon suddenly expanded. O my little, and death.' n John gathered Lydia In his arms and hushed her against his heart. Sweetheart! Sweetheart! Why, I didnt realize you still felt so! Think how happy Patience must he up there with God and her mother! You wouldn't wisli her hack ! "If I believed that I could stand it hut there isn't any God!" Levine gasped. I.ydia! Hush now! Stop crying and lei! me about it." Ills sallow face was set with pain. Why, cliilih. this Isnt right. Youre too young iVr such- - thoughts! ' Lydia, do you read tlie Bible?" I ve tried She nodded. that, too but Jesus might have believed everything He said was true, yet there mightn'f have- been a word of truth Do in it. you believe In God?" Johns held on the thin hands tightened. lie stared long alid thoughtfully at the snowllakes sifting endlessly past the window. Lydia," he said, at last, "Ill admit that my faith in the hereafter and in an Gol has been consider grown older. But ably shaken as Ill admit, too, that I'e refused to give the matter much thought. I tell you wlmt Ill do. Let's you and I start on our first travel trip, right now! Lets start looking for God. together. He's there all right, my child. But yon and I dont seeiy to he able to use the ordinary tallis to get to 111m. So we'll hack out our own trail, eh? And you'll tell me' what your progress Is and where you get. lost--- ' and I'll tell you. It may take us years, but well get there, hy Heck ! Eh, young Lydia?" Lydia looked into the deep black eyes long and earnestly. And as s!u looked there stole into her heart a sense of companionship, of prolection, of complete understanding, that spread like a warm glow over her tense nerves. It was a sense that every child should grow up with, yet that Lydia had not known since her mot tier's death. oh!" she cried. "I feel hafipier already. Of course we'll find Him. Ill begin my hunt tomorrow. le ' was keenly interested in LeHe took Lydia one September evening just before school opened to hear John make a speech in t lip square. I.ydia tip to this time hud given little heed to the campaign, bat she was delighted with the unwonted adventure of being away from hone in the evening. ' tin the wooden platform extended from the granite steps of the capiiol a hand dispensed dance music and patriotic airs, breakmg into America'' ns Levine made his way to the from of tiie platform. Lydia stared up at him. She was filled with pride at the thought of how close and dear lie was to her. that the folk about her real ized that she and her shabby father were intimate with the hero of tin , evening. The first part of the address io'er estetl I.ydia ery little. 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ROOF ASPHALT (TO UK CONTINl'KO.) snare. J MANUFACTURED BY The workings of practical have puzzled older politics heads than Lydia's, and she naturally finds them hard to understand. Willi this phrase two famous mimes are closely connected, those of I lie Irish "Liberator," Daniel O'Con nell, and Lord Chief Justice Denman Most people know that O'Connell spirted the agitation which ended in tlie deliidle establishment of Hie Irish Free Stale. O'Connell had been I lie chief .agent in stirring up tlie Irish people to demand the repeal of tlie union. For this he was brought to trial hj Sir Hubert Feel's government, and a Jury found him guilty. The case was eventually carried to l lie house of lonis, and It was at this June; lire that tbe paths of these two great men crossed. I Huiiritui was a little younger limit OConnell and was at that time tlie greatest lawyer in the land. He was a fine orator, and eventually became lord chief Justice Lord Denman presided over tlie house of lords tribunal In the F.iiiiouh and . Look Uki 7iU . Saw Evils Attendant on Unfair Jury Trial "A mockery KS ThiJsbhali Shinfks that I I 11 Buiiiloi N. Y. half-dose- Margery Marshall lmd entered high school this fall. Slie was growing tall, and her beauty already was remarkable. Her little head carried Its groat black braid proudly. The pallor of her skin was perfectly healthy and even the senior lads vviye seen to observe her with interest and appreciation. Till1 results of Lydias summer dressmaking had not been bad. She find niadl9 herself several credit able shirtwaists and a neat little blue serge skirt. She came buck to school with zeal and less than her usual sense of slmbbinoss. It was a day toward the firsi of October at tlie noon, hour that Lydia met Kent and Charlie Jackson. Hows everything?" Hello. Lyd asked Kent "I havent seen you to talk to since last spring." Did you have a fine summer? said I.ydia. Aw. only part of it. Dad made me work till I lie middle of August, then Charlie and camped up oil tlie reservation." There comes Margery, said Lydia. She hardly speaks to me now. shes been to New York." She is a peach," exclaimed Charlie, eyeing Margery in her natty blue sOit appraisingly. "How de do, Kent I" Margery approached languidly, including Lydia ami Charlie in her noil. "I hope you all had a pleasant summer Mother and I were in New York. Kent, Lydia and Charlie exchanged glances. I had a pretty good summer," said "1 sewed and cooked and Lydia. scrubbed and swam, and once Adam. oppor- tunity. 1 CHAPTER VIII . little sDter!" two weeks dotting supply of Llqnid Veneer. Nothing like it for duhting. A few drops on Tour cloth removes ALL dust, dirt and bletu-U- l IN 31' AN ELY, and loaves your piano, furniture, woodwork a pottos sly clean and beauttfulir poll shod. 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