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Show rf BaagrtMifaMH8 .i, faafciwtowr,-- 4g rf'k r r ff-- jMI I tjt tf f f ii f I?-- 4 1, iif;,! j - f if, , THE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON, UTAH ., li'Rl v ertiscient iu t'a paper, that Ilhod would learn sonnahmg to her adv.in tage bj nppl.ving to him, might he true lie couldn't he dangerous not phvsj. cally dangerous If he couldnt even wall; without the aid of two canes And if lie was the man who had brought her and Babe down-towtins moining, as she didn't doubt he was. lie now knew where she worked if not i EVERYBODY Utah Ave. & Main Street, $250,000 Purchase "lien she lived; and this meant she couldn't avoid him unless she moved out of t he studio and got a new job If she was going to see him, what bet ter strategic opportunity could she have for the vhit than while Claire was there quarreling with him? ishe started across the lobby toward the desk to ask if Mr. C. J.' Forster lived there. Site needn't actually go up to Mr. Forsters apartment unless she wanted to An inquiry at tiie desk wouldn't commit her to anything. grew deeper the cage east ts l.N way and she hedut better have came i;, t t'ftore she W 0.18 of his watch and store to drug revest n Martins abstiarti-! The gu deeper. and !!!!2r TU1 b,m ticket? She flickered a wink at him. "Don't I gave It to you when you remember? yon checked niv trunk. Why, you've got it right in your hand lie opened his dull eyes wide, and 5 won-,har- - t0th,S;rSi Tent off 'to' tt'e Chine. telephone to if she hadn't been too exei'ed slicd have laughed outright at the mixture with the despair in them of a sudden unbelievable hope. lie gave her the envelope without a word, and she. without another glance at either of the pair, scurried like a rabbit into the crowd around the gate. Just before she got to the gafeman she slipped aside, and in another sec ond Martin was hugging her he f!osh, Ha be, youre a peach! said. But if they were to keep lthodus trunk from taking an unnecc'tary and trip to New perhaps embarrassing York there wasn't any time to waste Wait right here, lie on compliments. told her, when she bad given him Maxs ticket and the precious trunk check, and d. tried off to find the hag guge master. I want to get a trunk off the limit ed he panted out to that official at the end of a sprint. The young ladys changed her mind and isnt go CHAPTER VII the Plot Worked Out How redly rather thrill simple, but lD; one-aploy if had h M-- only at a few minutes past performance In the enncouise five that afternoon paid no roynb station, Union of the screen drama which ties to the stark times daily In was being exposed sir the little movie theater. the only that Martin had to commit that was no dav. Strictly speaking there audience, for Martin did not dare come and dose enough to hear the lines, Babe Jennings, who heard every thing, one of the Important was herself was The theft of that plot crime actors. I the undertaken had Babe part, enthusiathough at short not.ee. with that herself convinced she'd once sm, mad Martin had not gone suddenly and after she had got the main lines She of the scenario through her head. had dashed out to the studio in a taxi -- all expenses were guaranteed by Martin and, thanking goodness that Rhoda wasn't there to have his messages passed on to her, made a toilet as much like a million dollars as her street tilings ran to. Her major resplendencies were calculated for the evening, of course, but vea in her lesser glory she looked good to Max Lewis when he caught sight of her In the station good enough to be going to Hollywood. He told her that while he sentimentally prolonged their handshake. Her answer to this remark about Hollywood was that she was headed for a better place than that. She was starting off on the limited to tin big town. She burst into raj lures about her trip. What are you so looking concluded, closing Are you going to hate to lose me as nnu-as that? I'm not going to lose you at all, Max told her. Thats the Joke. Im going to New York on the limited, myself. What car are you in? Let's m your ticket. funny about? she in on her victim. Babe cheerfully gave credit to Mar was In place tin that this property Shed never have thought of the deShe opened her handbag one of those enrailway velopes that they enclose in. tickets It had some stuffing in it too. Rut it didn't require to be opened, for on e face of it was written In indeli-pc1tail herself. and got out Pennsylvania Limited- -8 Lower 10. She held it out for him to see without, however, letting g0 of it. Lets yours, she said excitedly. .80-- Car 408, Sim!lar hilhrfV enve,pe out of but P0('k,'t an4 t had no car wrltten on 't and h,S pu!,n tickets ,She ,aw that he haJ TW' U had? ?e?Ut for , trunk n queaiynfMaV w- tbe envelope. Sh cr!ed with a ,n the Can you W6're - T'00k10s beat it? tel1 tbe world you cant, he Proclaimed enthusiastically. Look e' what do you sav? Can , I J lower for tbe PHer In ! Motion your ? Ottt of thought ;tchlng her Pnid' sharP wife looking !nr here do But lle m ir! 'h,,t L" "Sa? Bab- - 'o,,kine nP wm. 'unh;(.?''P drain to the of an flor Pnbe e S,",'" Babe,, The vvoman t" ' e- hI a and stood ,',P othpr' , Iv?11 thought ;ciy I,,,,'," l.vud. 8 fer though. about at- crowd, her if rB yellow dn Ml' 'vent on to ddreg, Max ' ro,fi to doub,e , were 1 find l,pt 'hirt? Wen away with trtctln.it 8 Give nHU,e?rLt7nflrtenoUKh that trunk." yu there 8Tted fr)b ii trunk, T1 v?.111 V . ; i 111(1 kaj in tk 1 nn-- v f r. I couldn't . .nruSh of Max. stl8tnad- - nc g8tP. fr tv, if o went to there. "nt uek in, 'Tv T, - here- r tn K ' I Hint, in 11 , u b o you off toward k to him, wrman as f 6 tot ; Ha . to I'1 ' a rnv , , ing. In less than ten minutes the hat lid hove trunk with its gummed-dowin sight having a ride all by itself on a little electric platform truck. They wouldnt surrender it to Martin, though. It would have to be unlocked first and the contents identified. He was glad he hadn't told them it was his trunk. The young lady who had changed her mind had been a useful invention. Hed bring Rhoda round to get it tn the morning. He found Babe getting annoyed and under the impression that shed been unwarrantably abandoned, so to pacify her he borrowed five dollars of tier and took her into the station restau rant for food. His idea of the meal had been afternoon tea but it turned out n good deal more like a dinner. They had a telephone instrument brought to their table so that they could call up and tell Rhoda the good news, but it seemed she wasn't there to hear it. Its funny," Martin commented un Isnt she usually home by easily. this time? It's nfter six. You don't suppose anything's happened to tier do you? Oh, dont be an old hen! Babe ad What could have monished him. All the same lie happened to her? could see she was as uneasy as he was. They wasted no time about pay ing their bill and getting a taxi. The studio was dark when Babe un locked the door, and their calls evoked no response. "Something has happened to her, Martin said, with sober conviction. But the telephone rang just then and enabled Babe to soy as she darted across the room to answer it. Silly, there she Is now. Turn on the light will you? Its right by the door. Hello! he heard Babe saying as Is that he fumbled for the switch. Well, whats the matter you, Red? with your voice? I can't hear you Yes, Martins right here. Do you want to talk to him? Before he could take the receiver from Babes hand he heard her say Red, what Is it? What's the matter? Where are you, anyhow?" And by the time he had crowded into her place, the thread of communication had been broken. Number, please? the operator said when he rattled the hook. She couldn't tell where the call they had lost had come from. n c "'mnn stood !i,IP kAv2!A:" nd low, t xii?' it rne!'heref she ! almost CHAPTER VIII The Spider It had been the mere momentum of pursuit rather than any consciously adopted plan that had caused Rhoda to dismiss tier taxi and follow Claire Cleveland into tiie Worcester hotel She wasn't more than a minute or two behind her and what she expected. a far as she'd clearly expecied anything, had been to see Claire at the desk in quiring for Mr. Forster. Clnire was nowhere to h seen. Verj likely she hadn't had to ask at the desk but had ridden straight up in one of the elevators. Having lest contact with her quarry, Rhoda sat down in one of the massive armchairs In the lobby to think things out a little. What ground had she for assuming that Claire had come here to see For ster? Well, it was quite rcsonabe when you considered it. out of tie whole tisane of lies Clnire had told at lunch the one emergent f ini h ha been the gemui'eio'vq of her hatred of Forster and tier belief that lie hated her. He might he, Rhoda perieived ju-as unphaa'i! a per-is '.'re ha! painted him, nr he might he pcfeitlv benevoic. t, a pencil..! freed The ad t for-siii- m your SALE Continues Over 3000 purchasers of the we tell Big Bargains have offered at this Sale But, in tiie strangest way, it did. tie clei k didn't directly answer hei question, whether Mr C. J Forster lived there or not. lie asked for hei Remember, we not only purchased the stock on hand that this large wholesale house had, but we also purchased the contract for merchandise that they had ordered from large manufacturers. rJ i DEPT. STORE name instead. But tiie moment stie gave it (as Rhoda White) Ids manner became alert and deferential. Dh, jes, Miss White, lie said, and . nodded to a His manner so strangely suggested that Iu knew all about her and had been eagerly awaiting her arrival, both manifest impossibilities, that she felt like backing away and saying it was all a mistake. She was fuintlv amused and faintly frightened, but more than either she was curious to follow the adventure through and sei what happened. Tiie clerk had prob aitly mixed her up with some one else Anjhnvv, Mr. Forster must be a pretty important person in tiiis hotel to evoke a zeal like tiiat, even though it was mistaken. Tiie hell boy, on getting instructions, conducted her over to the elevators Right up, lie said to the elevator folhoy, all tiie way. The bell-bolowed her in and tiie car ran all tiie way to the twenty-fourtfloor, re gardless of signals. In tiie mixture of khodas emotions the element of fear gained a little at the e'pense of amusement. She began to feel that she'd started something she might not he able to stop. Tiie twenty-fourtfloor appeared to be tiie topna st. There were red Down lights only over all the elevator doors. It didnt appear to be a regular hotel floor either, at least not the whole of it, for the broad corridor was cut off by a transverse partition of oak and ground glass, as In went an office building. The bell-boover and pressed the bell button beside a solid door which had no legend nor numerals whatever upon its panel. There was no immediate response. Where are you taking me? Rhoda nc! ;d, trying to hide her nervousness. He seemed surprised at the quesMr. Forster doesnt come down tion. to much, he said. Hes got hell-hoy- These goods are arriving daily and are being distributed to our chain of stores and we are going to sell to the public regardless of cost. Dont wander around trying to dup- licate these values elsewhere. We have no time to write ads., so hurry and come in and secure your share of these bargains before it is too late. THE SALE OF SALES AND THE h TALK OF THE TOWN! EVERYBODYS h Dept. Store Mens $2 00 a 99c Pants $2.98 Blankets $L00 For Mens Rayon 15c Hose $1 25 Bed 69c Sheets $1.00 Ladies 49c Dresses $4.00 Work $1.89 Shoes Boys and 5c Mens Caps Boys Cord 99e Pants .. Girls One Strap $1,00 Slippers Ladies $5.00 Slippers $2.89 Just in $1.00 L. D. S. 49c Garments $1.98 Mens and Ladies 98c Dress Hats . . Electric Light Oc Globes Mens Dress Shirts Our famous MYSTERY BOX FREE with each purchase of $2.00 or more. 39c UTAH AVE and MAIN STREET y GOODS JUST RECEIVED Also PROVO UTAH 1L I Mrs. Madoline Swanner of Ogden j was here Friday and Saturday. She fo.-tj came graduation of her daught Cl, Miss Graycc Simons. Local Items I , he e Bv Mrs. A. R. Wilson Phone fi4 Wilson was in Salt Lake M.rs. I Razed Rihindson, American making arrangements to ent- Legion district committeewoman was Tuesday er summer school at the University in Ogden to attend a luncheon and of Utah. meeting given by auxiliary officers of Utah in honor of Mrs. R. L. Hoyle of Phoenix. Arizona, national president home McMullin returned Miss Ruby of the organization. Mrs Erlandson where Idaho from Roberts, Monday she has been teaching in the high recieved a citation for the Payson unit school during the past year. Since 'for membership. completing her school work she has taken an interesting trip over northMrs. Evelyn Douglass and Miss Eveern Idaho. lyn Tibvonf entertained at a bridal shower Thursday evening in honor of The local fire department responded Miss Chrystal Schaerrer, a popular to two night alarms last week and in young bride elect. The charming afeach instance the bliaze was exting- fair was given at the home of Mrs. Douglass and the entertaining rooms uished without loss. were beautifully decorated with the The first was at midnight Saturday seasons flowers. Luncheon was serwhen an overheated brooder stove star ved in the early evening at small ted a fire in a chicken coop belonging tables and cards provided the enterto Angus Willey. tainment. Many lovely gifts were Shortly after ten qjdock Sunday received. Present were( Miss Fay night a fire was discovered in the Schaerrer, Mrs. Ralph Kitchen and rear of Dones Market. Chemicals were Miss Kathryn Ixwis of Provo, Miss used ai d there was no loss. Clara Pace, Miss Ruth Ryan, Miss on House a Got Up Hes Regular Nelda SneKon, Miss Mildred Johnson, the Roof cf the Hotel. Acco... lanied by their Principle, Mrs. Blaine Hansen, Mrs. Gould Dixa regular house up on the roof of the John F Oleson and Mis. Oleson, the on, Mr;. .Sargent Barnett, Mrs Willis This little private elevator student n f the Nebo .Stake Seminary Field, Mrs. Edson Anderson, Mrs. hotel. takes you up to it. Itll lie down in a htdd their anri-aLudlow. Ms. Harold Okerman, outing last Saturday. minute. Tay-th- e They went to the Hot Pots near Heber, Mrs. Howard Wilson, Mrs. Heavens! Rhoda exclaimed. Does auto. and made bu; Jessie Mrs. Mis. McBeth, by lor, Ralph trip being he own the hotel? The day was spent with a picnic lunch, Wilson, Mrs. Dean Schaerrer, Mrs. said the hoy. And how! attractions ianchard Dixon, Miss Orahelle llu- The door opened upon u small pri bathing and enjoying the her and Miss Mildred Pace. vate elevator with a big man in It. He of the resort. was dressed not In Hie hotel livery hut In a blue serge suit with a double A dancing party was held last FriMrs. John F. Oleson spent several breasted coat. Rhoda stared. Where in days of last week visiting Salt Lake. day night at the home of Miss Alyce had she seen him before? the Del! boy said. Miss White, all right, miss, the man said, Its for shed involuntarily hacked invuv at Mr Former's ex the sight of him. peeting you. to now beginning Reluctantly, tremble a little, she stepped into tiie ax she elevator, denouncing to iier-d- f did so the Impulse to evl.iim that it There was all a mistake, and to run. wasn't anywhere to run to, for one it thing. But she might have trie. r d two secreineirhi she'd if anyhow onds sooner who (lie man in blue serge was. lie was the roan w lind come to their studio last night pretending tofor the new nty dlhe a name-take- r rectory. To be Continued Stan', v Al-do- l Vwkera in honor of a group of high school graduates. Dancing was the feature of the evening and refresh- ments were served. Present were: Phyllis Tanner, Edith Shuler. Althea Hill, Erma Hansen, Grace Adams, Alice Vickers, Grace Bills, Edith Faye Simmons, Marie Cloward, Spencer Mendenhall, Bill Mendenhall, Woodrow Ralph Carson, Weitzel, Ijawrcnce Iarsen, Howard Woodhouse, Dean Simmons, Max Wignall. Out of town guests were Lorimer Christensen and Pete Larsen of Spanish Fork. Son-ense- n, SPECIAL No. 2 Ells-waqt- h, Fairbanks. Mr. and Mrs Glen Simmons and children of Provo were the guests of Mr. and Mrs Stanley Wilson, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Shuler, Mr. and Mrs. George Gardner and Mrs. IIowr-ar- d Shuler motored to Price Sunday. I i Mr. Byron F. IloWells of Neplii was a business visitor in Payson on Tuesday. Mr. Ted Okelberry of Goshen spent a few hours in Payson Wednesday on business. 15c FRESH SIDE PORK, Pound IXON Sanitary Market DEPENDABLE MEATS fi Leona McClellan, and Mrs. Merrill Smith. The guest favor was won by Mrs. Wilson and the club prize was awarded to Miss Jennie j o A Miss Meat Specials For Saturday, May 23 UTAH INDUSTRIAL NEWS Utah will spend Salt Lake City this year, roads nearly $1,800,000 on W. J. to Parker, nicmbd' according of State Road Commission. More than ffdWKi tiout Manti taken from local hatchery and planted in East Canyon Cieek and Paradise Creek. A Mrs. Eugene Hillman entertained the members of the Tres Joli Bridge Club Tuesday night. Special guests were: Mrs. Ned Wightman, Mrs. Dean Wightman, Mrs. Stanley Wilson, Mrs. George Gardner, Mrs. J. II. Ix-o- j i WE DELIVER 10:30 A. M. 4:3o p. m. QUALITY GROCERIES I i |