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Show THE SPANISH FORK ppggSPANTSH "I hope It la to aak ma to take Jed In hand, I auld. m "No; It la to ask you to permit to announce the engagement of nijr Don't be daughter Inohel to you. alarmed. It shall not tnako any dlf' In your life. It la a desperate ferem-expedient I am using out of a dlffl eulty. I felt aa If I wera In a spiritual DS"la that th only way I can help you out? I asked. I The only one. she said. thought of everything." "Has It to do with Jed again?" asked. s With things I rannot possibly explain, I there any on who would be distressed hy such an announcement?" "Not a soul," I auld, "except Mis Sidney." I would nt enns pain," said Mr. Sidney. "Are jou sure there I no one? "M". Sidney," I said, "you are the only lady who ever has given tue it thought sine I knew ray mother. I am merely wondering what Miss Sidney will think of me In such a role. Will she understand why I take It? I am not hesltutlng. I hope I do not seem to he, hut I know I suspect that your decision la sudden." "Isabel's affection for us Is greater thnn her demand for Independence, said Mrs. Sidney. "If she knows that I asked you to consent to this announcement, she will think of you a a proved friend." I had suggested all the precaution that were reasonable. "You certainly tuny make any use of me yon want to, I said. She thanked me and said good night. - -- i,) mcoKi IUwIratctl ty Irwmiyffrto "ENCAGED!" fcynoim. lr, Just hKiinliiK hi realdant ihyilclnn John MlrheUon, banian urr, nd rntnpHnlon t llurilcy limoni. Kldnoy unnl-InvaliMr. HiUnry I n Ariirrlcitn, old and rli h and very dr-Iro- u lo live. Mr Kidney I a of lloiurr Apanlidi woman, dlKiiitb-- and ml. cent, Jed, tha bulhT, act Ilka a prlvIli-K'member of tha fnmily. llarllojr house la a llna old lnlt-country place, wllli a murder atory, a "haunted pool. and ninny watch-do- , and an atmoMphera of mya-tcrThe "haunted pool I where Itlchard Dobson, aon of a former owner of Hartley liouee, bad killed hi brother, Arthur Dobeon. Jed bettlua operation by locking the doctor In hla room tha very firat night. Doctor John Rxe h.a door 0 he can't be luckeJ In. lie meet Irobcl, daughter of the liouee and fall In love at flrat eight. In tha night ha flnda tha butler drunk and holding Mr, hlilney by tha wrlat. Ha tiilerlere. Mr, Kidney exJohn buy a revolver. plain d CHAPTER II Continued. Tit gardener's mimt wus William-aon- . Hn final been rut tha place almost from th time of Mr. Sidney' purchase of It. lie wus utliiclicd fit It, firoud of hla work and fond of It nnd It result. He Imd a neat little cottage beyond the garden. Illawfe wns very. plena-an- t and theughl too much of my service. WIIIIuiukoii himself wit a flue man, and I am Interested In gardening, Gonscqucntly, having to visit the fam- ily evety day or every other tiny, I formed a habit of talking with him. When, by rlmnce, 1 spoke of the ghost story to Williamson, with no more purpose than I ever had had In these Impilrlcs. I noticed that It was a hit embarrassed. "I take no stock In the stories about the pool," lie suld. Id Just as lief pns It at midnight as midday almost." T.e honest, Wllllumson," I suggested laughingly. Almost, I said," he replied, "Hut I did see something at the pool." lie wits a straightforward, unimaginative sort of man. 1 was sure he was not about to Indulge In romance. "1 know something of these stories," be said. "1 have not gossiped mine about I was coming from town late after midnight It was the second year of our being here. It was In the fall or bite summer I do not remember. As I came along the by, the pool, I saw the figure of a man standing by the edge of the river. It was light enough for tne to see that the figure was leaning on a stick or cane, I stopped and was going to cull out but for some reason I don't know just why I didn't The figure did not move. I begun to feel creepy and went on as gently as I could. Fifty feet farther, I heard a rustling In the brush and 1 thought I saw a face. I couldn't he sure, but I thought I (lid. I know I henrd a rustling. When I got out In the open, I ran the rest of the way home on the turf." "There was nothing very alarming about that " I suggested. My romance Deeded more substance, "You saw a man and heard a noise. "There was nothng In seeing a man and henring a noise," said Williamson. "It was the effect. "That was due to the hour and the place." "No. Tin not superstitious. I was not thinking of the plnce. The man on the bunk was different from a man. 1 could not see why. I didnt think he was a umn. It wus not heeuuse I was scared at first. I became scared as I looked at him. lie did not move. He did not seem to be alive. When I felt shivers starting up and down my back. I knew I was seared. Then when I heard the rustling, I went home as quickly and quietly us I could. rd i Copyright tyCeorg HCorcmto be unjust don't you see It be unjust 7 to make a point against him of- behavior that Mr. Mhl uey muses. House never mention It." She was very much In earnest and was not sutlslled until she Imd my promise that I never would speak to Mr. Kidney of Jed until I had her consent. She then showed relief, und I felt more distressed. Jed had some hold on this resolute lady that 1 should hsve liked to break. Jed's attitude toward me was a thing to drive distracted a person who enred what It wm 1 did not. He could be Interesting, and then I was Interested In him. He could he stupid, nnd I avoided him. He eould lie surly, and I Ignored him. He could be quarrelsome, and I fought him back. It seldom wn a mutter of sobriety or l.iHohrlety with him. He wus best Matured to me lit times when he was most Intoxicated. He wns surliest at times when he wns perfectly sober. At other times lie quite reversed till. One never knew from his physical condition what his disposition iiilglU be at the time. He served at dinner when Mrs. Sidney, Isoliel und I, more ceremoniously than we cared to, dined. Certain domestic ceremonies pleased Mr. Sidney und he liked to know that In some the tmronlul character of his place was being maintained as he would hnve maintained it if lie hud been active. When Jed wns In good nature, he frequently sought me out for talks, and when he was In good nature, I encouraged hint. I did not want to open up any secrets the house might hnve, merely to leurn what they were, but I knew Mrs. Sidney needed help, and I thought I might give It If I knew how. I also thought that Jed some evening when plcnsuntly and good nnturedly drunk and garrulous might any more than he Intended. There were ninny opportunities, but he never did. One night this was In September I was walking about the place with the mastiffs at my side. I stood a while at the edge of the woods looking at the house. In Its shadowy bulk It aeetned fit container of mystery. Only a few windows were Illuminated. It was the river side of the house that was bright at night. I walked slowly across the lawn toward the side where Mrs. Sidneys rooms were. A small balcony opened off her sitting room. I could hear her talking to some one on this balcony. The person she was talking to, as I henrd In another moment, was Jed. I was then almost under the balcony. "I am a resolute man, Jed was saying. "I'll buve my own way. I'll have what I want. I'll make you glad to eotne to terms. Im a reasonable man, too. Now, admit that Ive been considerate. I started to get out of hearing as quietly and rupUlly as I could, hut I henrd Mrs. Sidney, her voice vibrant with Indignation, say: I ought to have you whipped. That Is silly, unreasonable passion, said Jed. I shall not hesitate to kill you", said Mrs. Sidney. Then I went out of earshot. The fact that Jed could threaten Mrs. Sidney In this fashion was Inexplicable. It could not be explained by his serviceability to Mr. Sidney, great as that would would - Nobel's view of our engagement whs purely comic. She may have had a second of spiritual revolt, but comedy and consideration for her mother asserted themselves. Mrs. Sidney, when she told Isohel of the engagement, had me present. The mother waa really emharrassed, almost flustered, but she was determined. Isobel was greatly amused. It may he Imagined that I was not heroic. I might better have been a wax figure taken from a display window. I felt like one, a thing with a wax smile and no animation. "It Is merely precautionary, said Mrs. Sidney uneasily. It Is quite ImYou to will hnve to explain. possible accept my Judgment, Isobel. Dr. John --an old halfway house toward intimacy she reached und stopped at Dr. John has been kind enough to do as 1 asked him. I need and want th support of my children In whnt I nnt doing." I felt a touch of emotion at that. Unconsciously, Intent upon her main point, she had Included me at the fireside and hnd spoken of her children." Anything you do or have done Is all right, mother, said Isohel, recovering from her sense of humor. Dr. John will not he unhappy I am sure will you, doctor? And I mother Ill get an advantage of you la title see If I dont." You mustnt try to, Isohel," said I am doing Mrs. Kidney anxiously. the best I can." Later In the evening I saw Nobl, finding her alone in the library, where she wus reading. I went In to get a book before going to bed. She wa by a lamp near the fireplace, and she looked very beautiful. I want to talk to you." she suld Do you know the when she saw me. explanation of this? No, I said. "You are not quite honest," she said. A inun engaged to a girl he never asked to marry him might suspect thut something wns out of the ordinary. "Of course, something Is extraordiDo you know what nary." I said. It Is?" No, I dont." she said. Why don't you sit down? With a soft witchery of femininity she pervaded and glorified the room, but she wus peremptory. I wus not Ktillen, hut I felt defiant. 'Because I don't want to sit down," I said. Nobel smiled Indulgently at me. "Oh. sit down, Ir. John, she said, I want to talk to you. We are engaged, yon know, and engaged people ought to hnve a talk after the event, If not before." You understand how this happened," I suggested. "I do." she said. "My mother Is fifghtened. Jed has been trying to tmirr.v me." What can give him the privilege of such Insolence!" I exclaimed. I Imagine he Is enamored. she said serenely. "It may seem impossible to you." "Has this nmn approached you directly?" I naked. He has been gallant, nmoroua, suggestive. tender, soulful, aggressive, pleading, threatening, subservient and I think that Is all hut only in CHAPTER III. Jed certainly was the most significant disagreeable fnct In the house, and his Influence the most significant mnllgnnney. He had been sobered by the dlseovery of his attack upon Mrs. Kidney, but as he began to recover from his dlscomflture, and as the sense of caution begun to lessen, he again asserted, or suggested, control, particularly when he wus drunk. He never allowed Mr. Sidney to know this. In their strange association at lloratlan wine feasts, Jed was tactful, reswct-fil- l, considerate nnd jovial. To Mrs. Sidney he wn at time courteous and thoughtful, at other times disrespectful or even brutal. Sometimes he seemed to frighten himself. When I saw that he wus again beginning to show disrespect for her, I was for putting an end to It. Mrs. Sidney was horrified when I said that Jed nild be brought to terms. She held up her hands. Not in nay "No. no, she suld evC.it ! Never pi on sc. speak to Mr. Sidney. I'lci'se newr think of It. Jed Is invaluable to Mr. Kidney, lie Is not so tlisroitrl.nns to me as you might third;. I ! gruff, and drinking does ti.it make Mm bettor hut It Is Mr. Sld-- i n:.i 'nit he should drink. It 1 don't understand it. I said "Nell her do I," she said. And I know Just enough to know that I shall not understand It. I do mu t a Itonieo among the son I ..ms, have loomed to accept s,)lm. 'str.,llS(, cond'tion heroataong im you. Don't distiu yourself hUI I sehl. A dettl of niy hurt prut mst have found expression in that remark. I ant unjust." she said. I know tlmt you are doing what my mother wants done and that you t.0. sidcrlng yourself. I shall he reason-- I want to mnlift m.r mortar's life as pleasant ns It can he made not understand ewmlimn that slie i,t I Might Better Have t Been a Wax Fig- ure Taken From a Display Window. was. I walked about for a while, nnd depressed; then I putted the heads of the mastiffs, wvnt indoors und to my room. A:t hour later I opened my door In response to a light rap. Mrs. Sidney wns there. May I come In a moment? site asked. 'Thank you. I have a request to make which you cannot help but think Is extraordinary preposterous. 1 placed n chair for her. Site thanked me but remain. standing. 1 thought she tmi't he In an agouy of mind, but she smiled. d ..f j k done everything that ;u her. I do not warn to see,,, crate. I'd like to protect yyu mother" I sin f()r ,(.111,s(j. Wi(j "We are Indebted, wM a chill end unkind restraint. imfltH end midi I Good night, doctor. If It time. at any sldcrat naturally hud temper. lUea eb l'0D' Iit D , m Congressman From Fleet District Will Opposo Reed Smoot fop Unitod Stateo Senator; Welling Keynote Addreaa. KELP De-live- re own tor men The Democrats of at their slate convention on Au- chose ThonuiH N. Taylor, of Irovo, us their candidate for governor - Milton II. Welling, congressman from the First district, was chosen t the partya lead the state ticket candidate for United States senator ifter scenes seldom witnessed In a political convention. Mr, Welllnga keynote address stampeded the conven tlon and when the nominations were opened the presentation of h!s name by W. R. Wallace sent the convention Into an uproar. James II. Moyle, whom many mem bers of the party had expected to draft to run against Scnutor Reed Smoot, as he (lid six years ago, was placed In nomination by. Mr. Welling after his owi name hud been presented, nut Mr. Moyle, expressing Ills grnt '.tude, declined to run. State Senator Oulbert L. Olson was Mr. Sellings only regularly nominated opponent and the result of the vote for Welling, 00 for Olson nnd 31 fur Moyle expressed the desire of the convention. Thomas N. Taylor of Irovo, considered before the convention the leading candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, was awarded the place only after the convention had gone through another series of thrills, Mr. Moyle, having als been nominated, Mr. Tay lor being selecled by a comfortable .".0, -- o for-war- d flat-foote- d d o "'"'rats tis Robber Suspects Arretted, f'ouuell Bluffs, h,.-Lpolice rested four men, three of whom Worsd Highest Village. ecu Identified The little village of Kar.ok In Knh-tni- r as the trio that held and robbed nineteen Is said l.y n writer In IAtronotnto m of meml.t, t naid to he the highest In the grading gang near Logan la., world Its altitude Is 1l.lt 111 reel. The rv,i.!dm lilriy miles norlhwest of here. consist of a few i,.,,;.', Martial Law Declared In anl a si.riM r. i V't st,l(. China. cm kin.- - Martial I. Kashmir is the law has been de- -' . m ,n riin"m In a move India and tic '' lo 0 of the , mountain'-- Not military govrnmont for "" bonier i Mi r "f ,l" ,,,,n g"vem-- , t'ao! IK I'ox I N r i'. ocal nr-ha- w n. . 1, non tgeto'y. t " 10 Als,'l!!,' NVw W P " nilti'erl kM 5 ov- nt Coll.g.:i8,wt, many forms cf yr r nr Emm Vriou. Type. W.r,UJi Preent Form 0i " rfwen Adopui Soil better According to the SmltNj tution there were many (,ir.: flags, especially colon!, by the Individual col,, OKU eikt u i ,nd j U hi regiment, before ft,! ted State wa extabu. tlnental emigres jun Tln :iM anniversary of which dit, ebratel as flag duy. TlmJ irt k that the flHg of the CmWa jmo of 13 horizontal stripe dt and white, and that tie ,te n, white stars on bliua She lug a new constellation. i, u!' 0n of I' first orcuta,i M U He display of the Star, 'hn ,m uld to have been Aiijji im when the new flag ft tO the troops at Fort Schnjle, J W Y. John I'aul Jons, t, been the first to fly the Stripes over the high :oid F $ Ranger In November, 137. In the Mexican war, ec toil Hit IrtJii Ut a; 33 I IK From the time of th, Brn Stars and Stripes In fladq rled. There were 13 stir, a Revolution, 15 In th w,r itin Civil war. 45 In the SpacitS 48 today. The strip wtn first from 13 to 15 tad fc Our natluui again to 12. among the oldest flag, of ti being older than the prer Jack, the French tricolor of Spuln. Kill d GLORIOUS IMAGE Idol in the "Lama by Devotees Inun OF E. City With see I Aim at Devotion c? An SO foot wooden Image r standing on a guidon lotus Ik In a sacred temple In T. City, reserved for reuldcoce gollan priests, is worshiped the Insane devotion posiblt Mongolians. The great flgur lly gilded, Incrusted with stones, and draped with silc When the temple I 0ti faithful of the city of Crpt at the entrance give tad ? few drops of holy water fra , and the people, silent i bathe their faces with tin t prostrate themselves before ib Jug, whose head Is lost In the tb tlve temple roof. They list Is draperies, soiled by the Up sands, and each one ftthem ful of sacred dirt from Ik floor. From niches in th, wall fc of tiny Buddhas gar, Impas' the worshiping Mongol Tk worship is described by BojC Andrews In Harper Matuw intoxicating In Its barbsrkgf The chorus of prayers thick fall In a nteunlngles half ' are broken by the clash tl c toand the boom of snakpskla on Is fully able to undwft th s religious fanaticism of at seen pW are the people of these temples. The Fainter' Dog Mrs. Ritchie, the daughter Ham Makepeace Thackeray llah novelist, writes of was a child to Sir Edwin animal painter. She was delightful company r told the children many Imals a he stood pahtthl I rWD huge canvases. ua an telling "his says, one of his 'log. He of taking him out every W, d work was over. The l"i8 all day patiently was painting, hut he ! He down nt hi feet face toward five ('oc'in n occasion finding ,,Klt token of his hints he with hall nnd came hack laid he hut, which t hut tto krlgt drugg ie"fo w7 wren ft! ( r aft, wt. J 1 LawAntl-Kiasln- Set but the '"nt In Bavaria, on bid kissing either an relative." frends, ed. or on trains. "'J'1 an order two year kissing on trains. but tW u T J I , U Vanishing Nowhere In America f ,nd such a diversity J ,,ri4 as in California. b are now rapidly eral of them are W or six nn.l oilier or thirty living ( ftp wllhoiit yeBr passes even language. n'"sln, VM.:" p the death of the speak It. Efforts record all these langits' of the light they thro' uelHc hi, lory of the l , , Nr ui the . Dirt 1 I o 1 WANTEdTTj Bcvl o1 Knit Lake (!lty. V -1 B0Ta .,nroA'S? 1 Utah gust Idlin'1 buyinQ th PARTY CHOSEN PROVO AT STATE STANDARD-BEARECONVENTION. MAN M. Stephens, of Salt Lake, was chosen as the parlys candidate for Justice f the supreme court; El bert I). Thomas, Salt I tike, for secretary of state; Stuart I. Dobbs, Ogden, attorney general ; George M. Whitmore, Nephl, state treasurer; Daniel O. Lar son, Meronl, state auditor; J. L. Muir, I Do Not Like to Find a Romeo Among Bountiful, superintendent of public in the Servant. stnictlon. electors chosen are: The of a coat, a collar spotted with blood, Mrs. presidential Mrs. MarAllen, Garfield; Daisy a necktie and a piece of a white shirt tha E. Barnes, Kaysvllle; E. E., HoffThere also had been found a heavy man, Richfield ; William Edwards, walking stick, bloodied and with hair Cache county. In the blood. James N. Funk of Richmond, won 1 had not been sitting on the hank five minutes when I was startled by fi the nomination for congressman from shot from the nearby thickets, and a the First district. Mathonlhah Thombullet hit within two feet of where I as of Knit Lake, will N the Demowas sitting, knocking off the hark of cratic candidate for congress from the a tree. The report was not that of a Second district. small shotgun such ns Jed hud carried. It was the report of a rifle or At the opening of the convention. State Chairman II. I Mulliner read pistol. The chipped bark showed that a bul- his address of welcome. In which he let, not shot, had hit the tree, nnd I cave expression to Issues of the camwas unpleasantly conscious of what paign, naming among these the sugar had happened. Jed hnd shot at nte, question, giving responsibility for the probably with a large caliber revolver. alleged profiteering to members of the IN could not hnve had a rifle, unless apposition and ascribing to them he hnd one hidden In the brush. I the defenseparty of the situation which rehad seen whut he carried, not only ns sulted In the Indictments of officials ne left the house hut as he was dodgof the Utah-IdahSugar company and ing through the thickets. others. n It likely wns pistol or a revolver, Strongly upholding the league of nannd that was why he had missed me. tions idea as promoted by James M. I was stupefied for an Instant, nnd I did not jump or start. I was motion- fax, the Democratic candidate for Mr. Mulliner said that the less, not even looking around, hut I president, voters of Utah will support that wus thinking rapidly. A subconscious formed Idea almost instantprotective ly. and when the next moment another Congressman Welling, ns temporary shot came from behind me, I fell on iny fare, rolled a couple of chairman, then delivered the convenfeet to a hush, turned my face In the tion keynote address, to which most of direction from which the shot came, those at the convention ascribed the landslide which gave Mr. Welling the got out my pistol and lay still. After a minute or two which seemed nomination for United States senator. Mr. Welling likewise took a very long time, Jed's face came In up the view in the brush. He looked nialevo-len- t cudgels for the league of nations, athut seemed undetermined nnd tacked the Republican senate for I think he was uncertain cautious. the covenant ami pence treaty, whether to leave my body where It lay and made the assertion that the people und have It discovered, or throw It Into of the state, as manifested a ago, year the river nnd have my disappearance 30 per cent of them, favor the leugue Ills decision was given with such reservations ns will not nulunexplained. him by the noise of a farm wagon ap- lify it. proaching on the road, and he disapAs did Mr. Mulliner, Hip keynoter peared. I was ready to shoot him If went Into the sughe cante near tue. ar question, referring to Senntor r wns young urd had youth's confiSmoot as a defender of the trust nnd dence, but nevertheless this event its actions, referring to (!. W. Nlltley would hnve sent me away from Hartof the Utah-Idahcompany ns ley. If It had not been for Isohel and malinger a bulwark of the Republican Mrs. Sidney. They needed even party, my and promising In the campaign to take small help nnd I had to remain. I hail lie issue directly to the voters throimn-au- t to remain, hut I had also to protect the state. myself. Another time Jed might not Speaking of the records of the miss. On the way hack to the house and state administrations of the I thought out a plan which I believed would work. I Inquired for Jed nnd .wty, Mr. Welling called intention to lie progressive was told thut he was with Mr. legislation passed by Kidney. lie Democrats in I found him there Washington Und the drinking, ami my entrance gave hint a shock which he In Utah. He called the plainly Indicated. the party of reaction and His fright made hint so ugly that he was comic. Uiirren (i. Harding the tool of the rend binaries. Senator Smoot, he suld, i id served well 2 or !1 per cent of the H.pulatlon. but had dm,,, nothing for After all, we are engaged," die great majority. I V tiinrplcce. encourag aiajorlty. Ilorald (TO him right, with th 'iflht can or SwijgaPm,,!: (l and Jed hud taken a small shotgun rabbits, after wus he going id na that and which were unusually numerous the threatened to be dunaglng to wa It the about place. voting brush a warm an October afternoon with Jed hud ufter two or sun. An hour a walk, going for 1 out went gone, down by the pool. min-uti'I was In the brush for fifteen was I while that imd It happened little a promlnenca from I saw there hll the figure of Jed on ahead with away, distance some was He shotgun. but "i could see that he was going In an odd stealthily from tree to tree It rabbits. for one hunting fashion for was ns If he were stalking something tlmu trying to kick rabbits up ratlo-- r out of the brush. Once I vvent on toward the pool. cante again I saw Jed ahead of me. I out on the path nnd went on to the river hunk, where I sat down. Whenever I saw a piece of drift In the pool and watched its mcaeinentH, I thought of the hotly of the slain brother. It had been whirled out Into the current and hud been curried down stream. On the bank had been found a few torn bits of clothing the sleeve hr. Start ,0 el 5 xV'- & k. |