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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1932 PAGE TWO Entered at the Postoffiee at Utah, aa Second Class "It was; but that proves nothing. It has only an ordinary lock which any body could pick with a bit of bent wire," "Sure. Cettlng Into a building any Is the easiest part of a bur j building glnr's Job." "You think the woman who made the footprint was the burglar, as well as the spy?" "As to that. It's all guesswork, of course," Markham asserted, "but one of my guesses Is that the woman whose footprint we are embalming wasn't the ppy. what ever else she may have been." "What makes you think that?" "The position of the print, for one thing. It was made by the left foot, and it Is parallel with the house wail and not at right nnsleg to It, as Ir would have been If the owner of the foot had been facing the window. Apart from this. It was made by a person walking not standing still ; or I'm guessing It was. It Is deeper af the heel than af the ball of the foot." "What have you been doing, Wally. reading Sherlock Holmes?" "Not quite that." Markham denied with a grin. "Just one of my little sideshows. Thnt footprint was made by somebody coming from the alley through the passage between this shack and the fence; walking, and not stopping under the window. Is there a gate In the alley fence?" "There is; yes." "Let's go and have a look at It." Together they went around to the alley gate. It was properly hooked. Still, as Markham pointed out, this meant nothing, since the hook could be reached from the outside for its replacement Upon opening the gate and stepping Into the alley they came upon more footprints, In which a man's were Interwoven with those of the Tre-Bxmt- Jamea Walton. Editor and Publisher Published at Tremonton, Utaii, on rhursday of each week. 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Vipsp rlflVH (if rack the BalH Eageteers and le is not inappropriate. BENJAMIN high-jacker- s, oOo IT AIN'T THE TARIFF, ITS ONLY THE DEPRESSION. 00 LAST here is almost a kind word AT for the Hawley-Smotariff. Speaking before the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, George G. Eder, formerly with the Latin American section of the Department of Commerce, said that our tariff act of 1930 was responsible for only 10 of the falling off in trade with South and Central America. The other 50 loss is due only to the well known depression, he said. This reminds us of Uncle Eben Jackson's remark when told that he had better not try to take his mule team over a certain Virginia red clay . 'It ain't de rain road in what bothuhs dese here mules," said Uncle Eben, "Its nuthing but be mud dy road." ot the.-rain- oOo ! PLYMOUTH ! By Mrs. Don R. Lamb :x: Miss Willet of Salt Lake City, formerly a teacher in our schools here, called on Mrs. Robert Nish Saturday as she was in route back to Salt Lake City, where she ha9 50 pupils under her instruction at the L. D. S. Hospital. Miss Willet spent the afternoon visiting the many friends she has here. Miss Evidine Smith and Mr. Ira Archibald were present at the celebration of the 24th, in Willard. Utah. Mr. Anis L. Udy and daughter, with Miss Mary Sstep, took a joy ride to Bancroft, Idaho, Tuesday of last week, where Mr. Udy's sons, Euyene and Oscar, are interested in a large tract of farming land which they Se-nat- h, have recently purchased and are getting ready for the fall planting. Dr. nad Mrs. Fredrick Lalch of Salt Lake City, were calling on old acquaintances here Friday, as they passed through town on their way home. Mr. Hyrum Welling of Salt Lake City, is visiting here with his mother, who is confined to her bed most of the time with a broken hip, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leon A. Rose. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Burnett of this place, were visiting in Malad City, Sunday of this week. Miss Venetta Burnett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David T. Burnett, who has been employed In Ogden for some time, is vsitdng here with her parents, during the week end. She expects to return back to the city in a lew days. edjments. We've been pretty chummy for a good many years, you and I, Owen, and it would be a pity If either of as wouldn't give the other a hand when the chance offered." Then, with a glance at his watch. "If it wasn't so late I'd stay a bit longer and rawhide you about another matter. But I guess the other matter will keep." "It Isn't late for me. What have I been doing that I ought not to have done?" "I was watching you tonight when I Betty Lawson was on the stage. guess you know good and well what I saw?" Landls flushed boyishly and looked down. Ton didn't see anything more than you have known for a good while." Markham laughed "Nothing more than all Carthage has known, for that matter. But, say, boy what do you think a girl Is made of? For a half- year and better you've burled yourself In this work shack of yours, and If you've thought anything at all about Betty, you've taken It out tn thinking. What social pleasure she's enjoyed she's had to forage for In other direc tions the amateur theatrical movements, for Instance. I've chased her about a little not nearly so much as I wanted to but you've simply Ignored her, Owen; you know you have." The laggard In love spoke up quickly. "You are uot saying It all, Wally not sneaking for yourself, 1 mean. But you don't need to. I've known ever since last year how It Is with you. You are In love with Betty yourself. That Is one reason why I've buried myself In my Job here to give you and her a chance to find out where you both stand. No, don't make any mistake; It Isn't any silly knightly chivalry on my part just common decency. If I should marry, Tni not even sure I could feed and clothe a wife. And when poverty comes in at the door-- " You needn't quota "Oh, shush t proverbs at me. Dont you suppose I know that I don't stand a Chinaman's chance with Betty? What I'm beefing about Is the way you scamp your There's another chances with her. Richmond In the field. Did you know thatr Landls' face fell. "No I You don't mean that, Wally ! "I do. Indeed ; this new fellow. Can-bwho Is cutting such a wide swath with his wonderful development scheme for Carthage. Going to make It another Chicago overnight and all that He Is rushing Betty to a finish, and she seems to like it." A gridironing t fine lines appeared between Landls' eyes. "I don't like Canby, Wally what little I've seen of him." "Just the same, he Is exactly the kind of brute to take a girl's fancy; dashing, that sort. Betty Is plenty sensible, but at the same time she Is human. There; I've said my say, and now I'll toddle along. What do yon do with this priceless casket of yours overnight take It to bed with you?" "Not quite that; I keep It here." Landls knelt before a small safe under the laboratory work bench, opened If, put the black box Inside and twirled the combination. "I see; safe bind, safe find," said Mnrkhnm, with a laugh for a weak pun. "Let me know when or If you want me to have a talk with dad about the financing. So long." y, good-lookin- the night when Betty Lawson, daughter of the physics professor at the college, starred In their Little Theater association's producSo much for tion. At a comparatively early hour the following morning, Wally Mark-hagetting out his roadster to drive to town for a box of congratulatory roses to be taken to the successful actress, was called to the telephone. A strained voice that he barely recognized as Landls' came to him over the wire. "Is that you, Wally? For heaven's sake, come around here to the house at quick as you can. My safe's been opened and the black box Is gone I" CHAPTER II ...WANT COLUMN.. A Blind Lead Landls was waiting at the driveway FOR SALE Tender black native cur- gate when Markham'i roadster came to stand, and his thin face seemed rents. Telephone 64.0-to have grown haggard overnight. Black currants. Call FOR SALE "It wasn't my Imagination, after all that feeling I told you about last Starlin Stanfill, night, the feeling that some one was FOR RENT Small house. Inquire spying upon me as I worked," he said. And as they entered the small buildDave Stander. ing, "This is Just as I found It a few CASH PAID For Dead and Useless minutes before I 'phoned you." Markham stooped to look Into the Cowa and horses. Reverse call tf41 safe, the door of which was standing Brigham 493J2 FOR SALE Good building lime open. was on the combination?" "It o 112.00 per ton. Sjigar be said, opened 18tfd Co., ,Garland. Utah 4. 14.1-6-- 5. tf. tf. Utah-Idah- pp. .60 To Your Town product aa O Miction it the AmetKma Lnde Ttaneis "Of course It had to be. The thief knew what was Inside and knew that he couldn't dynamite the safe without taking a long chance of destroying the thing he was after. I found It Just aa It stands now; the bolts shot, and the dial standing on the final figure of the combination." "Um ; that brings on mere talk, right at the beginning of tu :gs. Somebody know your combination?" The question seemed to plunge the Inventor Into a deep pit of embarrass- ment "I can't say positively, Wally. But but the one person who may know the combination Is as far above suspicion as the stars are above the earth." "Come clean," said Markham, with his grin. "If I'm going to help, I've got to know the Insides all of It, haven't I? Who Is this person good-nature- d who may know?" "I'll tell you, and you'll see that there's nothing to It that there can't ha One day, a few weeks ago, I brought Betty out here to show her an electrical toy I'd been tinkering on. I was keeping the thing In the safe, as I do anything that I don't want to leave lying around in sight, and when I began to spin the dial she knelt beside me, saying she'd always been curious to know how a combination lock on a safe worked." "And you showed her?" I explained how the "Of course. tumblers wore made and put together so that each time the dial stopped at the proper figure one of the tumblers would be left in the 'open' position." "Was that all you did?" "Not quite. To Illustrate what I unscrewed the back plate of meant the lock and called off the series of figures so she could spin the dial and see for herself how the mechanism worked. It was only a bit of byplay, as you might say. and there Isn't a shadow of doubt In my mind but that Betty forgot the figure before she was an hour older. But even If she didn't, she is out of the question ; site Isn't the one who opened this safe last night. You know thnt as well as I do." "Naturally," Markham agreed, rather too readily, adding, "As you say, Betty probably forgot the figures as fast as you called them off to her. So far as that goes, there Is now and then an expert who can open a simple lock like this by putting an ear against the door and listening for the sound of the tumblers as they come around Into place. The question Is. who did It In this particular Instance." "There Is one thing certain, Wally. Whoever opened the safe knew what was In It. I'm convinced of that. Which means that the thing I feared most has come to pass. The thief knows what the black box will do, and It will be used to swell the sum total of crime In this crime-riddeday !" Markham straightened up, nnd as he did so he found himself facing the window directly over the laboratory bench. "Pon't you shut that window wt night?" he asked. "It Is left shut all the time, excepting on hot days, and It Is always fastened at night, as you see It now." "Yes. I see the fastening; but look here" pointing "see this crack between the two sashes? That Is where your spy has been listening In. Suppose we go outside and see If he left a clew of any sort." The clew or a clew was there a deep footprint In the soft soil under the window. Most unmistakably It had been made by a woman's shoe. "I say, Owen, this thickens things lip a bit, doesn't It?" said Markham. "I saw a magnifying glass on your bench Just now; go get It. will you?" Landls was back In a few seconds with the glass, and Markham studied the footprint When he looked up It was to say, "You've got pretty nearly everything In this Junk shop ef yours, Owen ; does the list Include a handfud or so of plaster of pnrls?" "Why, yes; I use It sometimes for making small casting molds." "Right. Wet op a pound or so and bring It here." Landls obeyed, and when the plaster enme, Markham poured it Into the footprint and left It to set "So much for a small preliminary," he said, as he got npon his feet 'When that plaster sets, we'll have a cast of the lady's foot or shoe." "1 can't see what you hope to do with that plaster cast," Lahdis demurred, after they hnd returned to the "A woman's shoe any laboratory. shoe, for that matter would have thousands of duplicates." "The footprint Is a clew, a slender one, I'll admit, but still a clew. The plaster csr will preserve It, for what-eve- r It mey be worth which may be Just nothing at all. Let's dig out a few more details, If we can. Was the door locked when you come here this morning?" 1 n Tremonton Business Guide And Directory We urge our readers to read the advertisements in these umns as well as the larger display ads throughout the paper. 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TO BE CONTINUED 6 When You Think d Troubled as he was, Landls had to smile. "Of course," he said; "Just as easy as that ! There are only some twenty or twenty-fiv- e thousand people In Carthage, and only a due proportion of that number of women. Do we swear out search warrants and make every woman In town produce her shoes?" "Well," Markham returned "We shall see what we shall see. Meanwhile, we'll preserve this bit of circumstantial evidence" putting the plaster cast Into his pocket. "You haven't notified the police of your loss, have you?" "No; the only thing I've done was to call you up." "That's sensible: let It continue to be the only thing for the present If you should pull the police In, you'd have to tell them what was stolen ; describe the black box and give it a name. If you should do that, you'd be set down as a lunatic or a liar. The thing to do Is to sit tight In the boat and wait Something may turn up If we don't roil the water too hastily. Don't you agree wtth me?" "I guess so," said Landls, with the air of one who Is still finding it difficult to bring calm judgment to bear. "I'll do as you advise, but the waiting Is going to be desperately hard. You'll keep In touch, won't you?" "Surest thing you knowl" Markham returned heartily; and with that, he started his motor and drove away. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE LEADER You'll like them better FLOUR "PRIDE OF UTAH" "UTAH FAVORITE" All Poultry Mashes TREMONTON-GARLAN- D MILLING CO. I Farmers Housewives Laborers You can suply your every need at this store. Your Dollar Has Purchasing Power HERE! THE LEADER Farmers' Cash Union 4 m, V. Wr I LEA DUNN. Prop. womat, and the track of an automo houses In both street's have driveways from the front, both for their own autos and for coal deliveries and the like." "All right ; then we may venture another guess. Your thief or rather, thieves, for we know now there were at least two of them, a man and a woman came here In a car, got out, passed through the gate, and went through the passage on their way to the shop door. Any objections?" "None at ail, that I can see. But why were there two of them, Wally? Why would a crook double his risk by fetching a woman along?" "That Is the mystery, or at least one of them. Or, wait; maybe the woman went in alone. Let's see about i LEA'S SERVICE bile. "llow about these?" Markham asked. "Who uses the alley for a driveway?" "Nobody, that I know of. All the col- "Your Good Will Our Best Asset" Phone 35 Tremonton, Utah |