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Show r 'I ., THEJORDANJOURNAL,MIDVALE,UTAH he Go to Help m South American Boy Scout Drive ACK By CYRIL McNEIU: · sAp CHAPTER VII-Continued -11- "And he-poor devil, wns quite an In his way. One of the three Mr. Atkinson-or what's left of Ginger Martin-an old friend of p E R Copyriqhl bv GEORGE It DORtlN CO V. N. U. Servtce ~;!nee. I wunt to see the Reverend Theodosius Longmoor, Peter." a moment 1\lr. Atkinson's heart A ball of wool rolled to his feet, and still. One of the three men! Hugh stooped to pick it up. The 011 nIlea ven 's name, were er was n girl sitting close by, busily engaged in lmitting some obscure gar"One of the three, insvector," he ment, und Hugh handed her the wool nt length, steadyin~ his vol!'e. with a bow. what bavvenecl to tl1e other::;?" "Thank you so m11 ch !" she said, "That Is the atnazing- thing, sir," an- with a pleasant smile. "I'm afraid cwered the Inspector. ''I t•un !Jut think I'm a! ways dropping my wool all over that though three men entet·eil the of· the place." flee downstairs, only :\!arlin can have "Don't mention It," remarked Hugh tleen in here at the time of the explf)- politely. "Deuced agile little thingHe pulled hack the lJiouct- a ball of "'ool. Spend my life picking 81on." rug, anrl with n shudder ~Ir. up my wife's. Everyhody seems to he Atkin>on conter.1pluted what was un- knitting these jumper effects now." derneath. The man!(led remnants had "Oh, this Isn't a jumper," answered tormed one man nnd one man only. the girl a little sadly. "I've no time Then what, he rellected again-what for Huch frivolities as that. You see, had become of the other two? I've Just come back from the famine They hnd been in there-the lead- stricken parts of A uRtri a-an<l not er of the Blaek Gang und one of hls only are the poor things hungry, but pals. There was no traee of them they ean 't get propt~r elothes. l'lo ju:<t Wherefore, ~omehow, hy 80me a few of us arc !mitting thin~s for miraculous means they mu~t hnve es- them-stock sizes. you know-big, caped, und the soul of Count Zadowa merlium, and ;;mall." erew sick within him. "IIow fearfully jolly of you!" snl!l Suddenly he became aware that the IInt!;h admiringly. •·n:nolre<l !<porting Inspector was nskin.:; him a qurJStinn. thing to do. I must tPli Ul\' wife ahout ft. l'lle's eonli'lg here to lunch, and elf him "Why, ) es." he said, pullingtogeth!'r, "that IR so. I was ll'avin~ she ought to tum 'em out !Ike h.ullets tbls office here, and had rl'mm·ert al- from a IIIO!'hine gun-what?" The girl smll tl .fn!ntly a" she ro. e. ' ' ""''" e\ Prythlng of nllue. Only some "It would he very goorl of her· If ~he diamonds were left, inspect•Jr-antl they were in that de k. I have ~ome woulrl ll!'lp," s!w rPmat·ked get.tl~, anti whut extensin' dealings in prPC'iou~ then. with a [ 1i ·ht how, :-:he 11 ulked stones. \\'as there uny trace of them away in the dil'ertion of the llfL "You know, old ~on," rem.1rltNl found1" ns he watrher! ller cli.<appearin", ITng-h, The ln~pector langh!'d g-rimly. "You s~e Ow room for yourself, ~ir. "it's an amnzing affnlr wlwn you realBut that perhaps s tppliP. u with the ly come to thin!\ of it. There's that motive for the crime. I am afraid girl with n f:tce far suw•rior to a your diamonc!s are either blown to rmtched hoot and po~lti\·ely oozing- \'II' pieces, or In the hands of the other tuf~ from evet·.v pore. And ~·et, \\OUld two men, whom I haYe every hnpe of you ll'a ve your happy home for her? laying my hands on shortly. There :s Look at hl'r skirt~ -fi1·e incite,; too long; yet shP'd makp a man an exno trnce of them here." In the hands of the other two men! re!lent wife. .\ heart of g-old prohnhly. The lrlea was a new one. whkh had hidden henPnth innumerable strata of not yet come into his ealculations. so multi-colot'Hl wools." C'ompletely exh:1usted he drained his convinced had he been that all three aud lPrtned baek in his ehair, cocktail, men were dead. And ntddenly he fe!t di~ested the pr·ofound utPeter while a sort of blinrling- certninty that the lnspector-thou.ch In l!!norance of the .real fa<·ts of the case--was ri!-':ht m Ibis surmise. Diurnontl>~ are r;nt hlo)vll to p!eees by an explosion; sr~tttere<l might he-disinte.!!ruted, no. lle he must get away to consill!'r this illew dereloprnpnt. He rrossed over to the jagged hole In the wt~ll ami looked out. "'l'hls has rather ups t me, ln;;pec"The tor," he saicl, after a whlle. South Rnrrt>y horPI in Bloomsbury 111'111 nil. ays find nw." "'ltlghl; sir!" The ln~pector mad!' a 'DOte, and then leaned out through tile <;bole with a frown. "Get out of tills, .you there! Go on. or 1'11 ha1·e you llocke4 up as a mgrnut !" "'rl Tile. orl rite: Cnn't a hlol;e •ave a bit o' fun when 'e ain't dolll" lllo 'arrn ?" .The lonfl'r, who had hN'n ignomlniOill<ly rnon•d on from the front rlnor, scrambled <lnwu from the lenn t•1 roof behind, and sloueherl awnr, ptntter'ng darldy. And he wns . till muttet·ing to himself a!'l lw f)pNH'fl the door of a taxi a few minute~ later, into ,,·hich Mr. Atkinson hurriedly steppe<!. l•'or n moment or two l:e stoorl on the pavement until It hnd rli~nppcar·ert from view: then hi,; prowling prorwnsities "Thank You So Much!" She Said, t!eemed to disappear Is if by lll!tgic. With a Pleasant Smile. Still with the same shambling ~ait, hut terance in silence. A sli:;ltt feeling of ~pparently now 1ril h some cleflnitt> object In his minci. he di~nppenre!l down lassitude was beginning to 1\'l•igll on a side strN•t, finally coming to a halt him owing to the atrocions hour at He which he had been compelled to rise. before a puhllc tell'phone-hox. gave one rapid look round, then he and he felt quite unable to contribute nny suitable addition to the colll er~a· stepped inside. "Mnyfalr 12:l4." Tie "·n.ited beatin~; lion. :-lot that it was requireJ: th~ a tattoo with hls pennies on the box. feroelous frown on Drummond's fa<"e ".l'h!ngs hnd gone well tlJP.t mornin;J- indicate(] that he was In the thrm's of thought uud might lJe expected to ghe very well. "l" e~. ton!,'1le In the near future. "Hello, !!'l that you, Ilu~h? "I ought to have a bit of paper to Peter t;peaking-. The mnn Atkln.,on is it all down on, Peter," he rewrite the hunchhr,el;. ~topping ~outh Surat lt-ngtlt. "\\'here are we, markPd rey hotel, Bloomsbury. He's just got tnto a taxi and gone off to the ltitz. I'eter1 That is the question. Point lie seemed peeved, to me. . . . Yes. one: we have the diamonds-more by be Inquired io,·in~ly ahout the whnt- luck thnn good management. Point flots . . . . What's that? You'll tod- two: the hunehback gentleman who dle round to the Ritz yourself. Right has a sufficiently strong constitution l10! I'll come, too. Corl;tall time. to live nt the South Surrey hotel in Bloomsbury has not got the diamotHls. Olve you full details then." three: he, nt the present moment !'oint The loafer stepped out of the box and shut the door. Then, still sncl;ing is closeted with the lteverend Theodo· a ftlthy clay pipe, he sllflmhled ofT In sius Longmoor upstairs. Point four: we the direction of the nearest Tube ::-ta- are about to consume another cocktail fton. A slight change or attire before downstairs. Well-bearing that little lining up at the Ritz seemed lndlcn.tecl. lot in mind, what huppens when we all And It would, Indeed, have been a meet?" A slight snore was his only answer, shrewd observer wl•• would have !den· Hugh continued to ponder on the and tiffed the ltumaculately clressrd ,young gentleman who strolled Into the JUt?. obscurity ot the situation in silenee. shortly before twelve o'clock with the That several rays of light might have dissolute-lnol;ing ohjPrt who had so heen thrmm on it by a conversation aroused the wrath of the police a few then pro<:C'!'dlng upstairs Wllti of no ttonrs vrevlously In Hoxton. The first help to him; nor coulu he ha\·e heen person he mw :<prawling contentNlly expeete<l to know that the fog of war in an easy chair wa,; Hugh I>rnm- was abont to lift in a most unpiea:mnt·mond. who \\!l,·ed his stick In greeting. ly dmstic manner. "~oin<'ldence? Bosh!" the girl with Peter Darrell tool; the next rhair, 8nd his eyes glaneed quickly round the heart of gold wns remnrkin~ nt that very moment. "It's a certainty. the lounge. "lla\·e you sel'n him, Hugh?" he \\'hPther he's got the diamolllh or not ·said, lowering his voice. "I don't see l can't say, but your big friend of last ..anything answering to the bird grow- night, Za'tlowa, is sitting downstairs now drinl.lng a coel;tall in tl1e loun~:e." ing about the piltce herf>." "Amazing though it Is, it rertainly "No," answered Hugh. "nut from as if you wNe right, my dellr," lool;s discreet Inquiries made from old pimply-face yonder I find that he ar- nnl!wen~d her father thoughtfully. "Of course I'm right !" crierl the girl. rived here about ten o'clock. He was at once shown up to the rooms of a "Why, the darned thing Is sticking gent calling hl.m~lt the Heven;nd out and barking at you. A !Jig man, 'Theodoaius LoD.JlRC'Or, where, as far as Christian name Hugh, was In Zadowa'8 ( eaJl make out. lie hu remained ever office last ni~ht. Hu~h Drummond Is Trapper Made Sudden Change in Fight VieUI • downstairs at the moment, having aetually traeke!l Zadowa here. Of eourse, they're the same; an Infant in u rms could see it. His wife is coming here to lunch. You remember herthat silly little fool Phyllis Benton? And they live in Brook street. It lf by any mi ght be worth trying. ehanee he has got the diamonds-well, And if he she'll be very useful. hasn't site shrugged her shoulders, "we can easily return her if we don't want her." 'l'he Reverend Theodoslus smiled. Longwinded explltllatlons between the two of them were sttldoru necessary. 'fhen he looked at his watch. "Short notice," he remarked; "but we'll try. :-io harm done if we fall." He stepped over to the telephone, and put through a call. And having gi\·en two or three curt orders he came .slowly back into the room. "Chanees of success very small, I'm nfrnid; but as you say, my dear, worth tQ'ing. And now I think I'll renew my acquaintance with Drummond." \\'itlt a short chuckle he left the room, nnd a minute or twf) later a hPnevolent clergyman, reading the Churl'lt 'l'i:nes, was :::itting In the lounge ju>t oppositl' IJugh and Peter. Through half-l'lose1l eyes Hugh took ~tot·k of him, wondPring casually If this was the HevererHl 'l'lteorlosius Longmoor. And when a fi'W minutes later thp <"ler~ymnn took a cigarette out of Ids cnSl'. and then cot,lmeuced to fumole in his pockets for matches whi(•h he had el·idPntly forgotten, Hugh rose alHI oft'('red him one. "Allow me, sir," he murmured, holdill!! it out. "I th:mk yon, str," said the clergyman, with a channing ~~nile. "I'm so tPrrilJiy forgetful over matches. As a matter of fa<'t I don't generally smoke llerore lunch, but I've had ;;uch a flistrc~~ing morning that I felt I must haYe a ci~arette j(lSt to soothe lilY ucrvf's." "Ily Jo1·e! that's bad," remarked ''Bath watl'I' cold, and all !lugil. that?" ":-Jothing so trivial, I fear," 8aid the mnn who has been oth<'r. "1'0; n with me since ten has just suffered the nwst terrible hlow. I could hurdly hn ,-e helieved it JlO~ ·iiJie here in London, hut the whole of his business premi,..es were IHI'cl;ed by a bomb la::;t 1 I Tradition has 1t that most of the early trappers operating through the Rocky mountains were serious characters. Such Ia far trow the case, though. Many of them took great pride In exaggerating acc:ounts of what they had encountered on their trips. A few even had n slant on life that would muke a ~lark Twain envious, says a contributor to the !<'rontier. Jo~eph L. l\Icek was one of the best known of tht>se frontier humorists. , One of his experiences w!llch Is gen~rally credited concerns an attack 1 made on his party by a band of hostile Indians. While stopping for a test the Indians were :sighted as they were in the act of charging the trappers. The redskins were but a few hundred yards away and mounted. The whitf'S lost no time in mounting their animals and beating a hasty retreat. Meek, however, encountered some trouble with bis mule which refused to budge. "Boys, stand your ground, boys I" be screamed. "Stand your ground I We can whip 'em. Stand your ground!" But the trappers fulled to heed · Meek and put all the territory possible between them~elves and the onAbout that time rushing Indians. !\leek's mule, seeming to rea'!ze Ita own danger, set Its pedal extremities In motion. Within a short time Meek, astride the mule, had caught up with the rest of the party. Another minute he passed thl'm. Then he turned In his sadJie and shouted hack over h!~< ~houlder, "Come on, hoy!!! We can't fight 'em. Come on, boys I Come on!" I 'j ''"'ll' 1 1 I , I •n. Makgill aud A. D ..1 amison of Detroit, :'11ich., will shortly go to 8out!1 Amerka on a drive for the Increase of the number of bor scouts on that continent. In the gronp, left to right, are: Frank Presbury, member of the executive committee of the International nureau of London; J. D. Makgill, special scout commissioner; Daniel Carter near·d, national s<'Oilt commissioner; A. D. Jamison, scout executive, and James E. \Vest, ch!e! scout e.xecutive. R!\y Scouts of .\merlca. .l. Big Group of Chinese Students for U. S. Colleges Many Put in Work on Bamboo Carving When you gaze upon a beautiful piece of ba mhoo curving, which Is to be s ~ en generally in the Oriental sections of the museums, you are IJeltolding the work not of one man but of Each workman bas his speI many. cialty and when he does his share of work he passes t11e piece o'er to anotiter, who does that purt which he Is Pspeclally trained for. The man who does the Chinese characters does nothing else. Another does mountain scenery and If there are any animals !ntrotluced Into the lnndscape they are 'I'his picture, made at Seattle, 8hows a group of l;iO Chine.·e students about to start East tl> lJe scattered among cut by another, while portraits are the many '"olleg-es and universities they are to attend. Most of them alreacly have studied at the University of 'l'sing- , taken care of by a workman who does no other kind of work. Before the bau, whirh ls maintain!'<! hy Roxer Indemnity money turned back to China for educational purposes. work Is laid out, the surface or t11e bamboo is treated hy a rubbing process TODAY'S "AGAMEDE"? which proceeds with the aid of 11 brkk of fine clay und the op ration 1 Iukes place under water. After It is caret ul!y dried It is turned over to the artist who marks out the de>:!gn from one workman to another us indicated above. Army Flyers Have New Unifonns. ni;ht." "You don't say so," murmured Ilu;;h. sinking into a ehair, and at t4e table oppo:site Peter Darrell opened one eye. "All his paper~-eYerything-~one. .\nd It bas hit me, too. Quite a respectable little surn of money-over a imndred pounds, gathered together for the restor¥ tion of the old oak chancel in ruy chureh-blown to pieCPS by this unknown miscreant. It's hard, sir, It's hard. But this poor fellow's loss Is greater than mine, so I mu~:~t not complain." The clergyman took orr h!s speclades and wipEd them, and Drummond stole a lightning glance at Darrell. The fuint~,;t llhrug oj his shoulders indic:He!l thnt the T'tlter had heard, and was ati muC"h in the dark as Hugh. That this wus the Heven•nd Theodosius Lon:!moor was now obvious, but what a cltarming, courteous oh.l gentleman! Lt ;;eemed impos~ihle to a:-soci:lte guilt .with such a delightful per ·on, and. it 1 so, they had made a bad mistake. It t was not the hunehback who had thrown the bomb; they were up an• other blind allt•y." For a while Hugh chatted with h!m about the outrage, then he glanced at his watch. ", 'parly time for lunch, I think," said the clergyman. "Perhaps you woulU gi\·e u lonely old man Ute pleasure of ~·our company.'' "Very nice of yon, hut I'm €'.."\:pectin;.: my wife," said I! ugh, "She said she'd be here at one, nnd now it's a quarter Perhaps you'll lunch with us?" pn~t. "Charrned," £aid the clergyr~an, taking a note which a page boy W'I.S han:lillg' to him on a tray. "Charmed." lie glm\ced th1·ough the note, and placed it in his !lOCket. "The Indies, bless them! ~o often keep us waiting." "I'll just go and ring up," said DrumHrl~. Gen .•Tames E. Fcchet, assistant chiPf of the army air service (left), mond. " he may have changed her ond <'npt. Jrn C. Eaker of the air service, photographed at the War departmind." nwnt !lress<'d In the new distinctive air service uniforms. General I•'echet is in Hugh returned looking worried. dress uniform and Captain Eaker is dressed for flying duty. "Can't make it out, Peter," he said anxiously. "Ju~t got through to Denny, and Phyllis left half au hour ago to come here.'' "Probably doing a bit of eo;:>p!ng, old man," answered Peter reassuringly. "I say, Hugh, we're blO<>~£ed over this show." Hugh glanced across at the table where the clergyman was sitting, and suddenly Peter round his arm gripped with a force that made him cry out. He glanced at Hugh, and that worthy was :sturing at the clergyman with a Iook of speech less amazement on his face. Then he swung around, and his l'ye;; were blazing. "Peter!" he said tensely. "Look at him. The enP trick that gives him away every time! Dloomered, have i we? Great lwavens aboYe, man, it's Carl Peterson!'' A little daz€'llly Darrell glanced at the elergyman. He w:t,s still rcadiu;; the Church Tln:es. How Paint Pre1ervea Most p€ ople paint their homes tor the ~ake of good looks. nut houses should primarily be painted for the sake of preserving the wood. whlrh !"' \\'hen the ~ood wns n•ry porous. still In the tl'f'e state the pores Wl•re I ftlled with sap, and when cut the sap f died out, leaving the pore~ open. I! I thP wood sboultl be left In the unpro1 terterl state, m inus Its m:1rk, fungi anti moisture soon would hegm to ro• and destroy it. Ro when (}aintf'd, the paint penetrntes the pores and form , when dry. a tough, ela. tic roat!n·•, which Is "anchored" to the !<Urfa!'e by countless little "hooks" that extend into pores of the wood. and this· coating or til•H preserves tile wood lly protecting It from those things whlt'h otherwise would <JU!ckly and surely de::lllss ;)Iartha \'an Rensselaer, bead stroy it. of the department of home economics How to Replant Vinea in Cornell university, !t is rumored will be the modern "Agamede." A naThe Devartnll'nt of Agriculture says tion-wide movement is under way by that gmpevines which nre ten years the Women's Founrlation for Health old may he replantPrl the same way of l'<ew Ynrk to llnd a present-day that a vine 11 ~·ea r old (·nn be replnntconnterpart of that Grecian woman ed. Dig out three our four of the who, ·!,000 years ago, ns mentioned In larger stem'> with quite a bit of soli adHomer's "Iliad," brought health and hering. Cut b '<'k to the main stem, happlne~ to hurr.nn 'beings, The pres- practi<'ally leavin" only a few huds on ent-day "Agamede" will get the ~:rold the can to dr velop nPw growth. Do Agamede uredal from tl1e foundation. not allow the vin" to produrP fruit until It !s thorougHly I'Stablished, ! HE SUED A MARCHESA Where Cyclone Struck an Iowa Town I (TO tlE CONTINUED.) Hard Luck She-Thesp !lowers don't seem to have any odor. He--. ·o, the florist ~old me I !'Oilldn't get a sm!'ll for less thaii $10. lost in spe .. ulatinn Is dropped !Jy men whc> ure teyi.c;; to okk it uu ~Ioney Harold J. Brennan, a Chicago grot Pry clerk, has begun suit for $1,000,co for slander against the ::llarchesa .\clelu!de de Jannllll, and also hu. wuru out n warrant for her arrest •or attempted extortion. The mar1 dJesa, who is said to be the widow of a ftlrmer Italian minister to Japan, was formerly Adelaide Rees daughter ot • St-PllP nr>ar l'<>t·sin, loY. II, where imndreds were made homeless and property an American army officer. The suit dau1a~l' of thousands of dollars was done by a cyclone. Members of the American and warrant are the aftermath of a Lt•g!ou of Council Bluffs were first to aid the stricken residents of the district we~k-end party when the marchesa t.y IH'ovlding supplies and In rebnilding operations. said her jewels were taken. How Camphor Ia Made As a perfume. camphor has hrl'n valued hy the Chinese for centuries. Originally obtained !rom gum depo{ Its It Is now extrarted from the woorl Itself, \\ hlch, after he!ng sawed through, is rerluced to chips and b.eated in a still. Cloud'• Silver Lining Get Into the habit of looking tor the silver lining of the cloud, and, when you have found lt. continue to look at It, rnther than at the leaden gray ID the middle. It will helv you over many bard places.-Willltts. Fairly Met "Better look out for we," warned the fair flirt. "You know I am a gra~!l w!dow." "Oh, that's all right," replied the soph!Rticaterl male. 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