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TOR 8ALE Poultry Ranch pf near ly two acres, within ons block of tabernacle: good, coops for 800 bens. A little of all kinds of trait, a nice modern home with heat Price $4,500, Terms. -. Martin . Nielsen, Phone 141-W, . . tO-tf. PIANO BARGAIN "We hare In the vicinity of Ameri can c u,.riH-tuo-T m-r: r layer Piano slightly nsed but ; guaranteed jto be In good condition. Wo will sell jthete Instruments locally to respon-'ilhle respon-'ilhle parties at a great seringa tn We rather than ship them back, .Terms can be arranged.? This la a Vara opportunity for planolets homes. For particulars write today to Sales-Wnager Sales-Wnager LYRIC MUSIC COMPANY, 1O0DEN, UTAH. . 10-1-t .HURRY IF LONELY; for results try I Be: beit and most suocessful "Homo .Maker"; hundreds rich wish marriage (Moa; strictly 'confidential; most rouble; ro-uble; years experience; descriptions jttH. The Successful Club"', Mrs. .Nub, Box 661, Oakland, CallL, 10-ltp , liming Land To Rent ' Inquire .an. Henry Miller. American Fork. IT Acres land for Rent or Lease, from as to three years. Good. farming inaa. See Jane C. Robinson, or phone ASSESSMENT NOTICB XO. II heme old -hdn and Ella CtWav, principal pines of baslneil Mrncas Fork. Utah. - v ? KoUce Is hereby siren, that at a i - . Meting of the Directors of the above UmedlcomDanr. held on tha iBth I fey of January 1923, assessment No. lPltal Itock-Of tha cAinorattmt nav. I ... . - . ' r" nwnedUtely to H; C. Jobnaon, irrr7, l bta office, American uu' Any stock on which w atMimi i ... ! inuuui uupviu, uu I, m, win be delinquent and tor sale tt public auction mt . . n WBrtV March it, ofTvT. oc,oc t tho offlos i to n Amncan rora, i - Docrariw . . . ZT?r -e.amont.to. Ui of sdrortlalnf I "la. : - -v..;. lbi.e?Crt,','hon men, ars r.JacU tB all bowel- M.aa ... which ."rlH br!nf, OQt MI.L vnns 'TUr rsggut' (adr) uwrnm. ' Y c I ..iJU.il CosVw IfZX h YNOPtlS , . CHATra t-ah Butler. aUi ett. SlkS1 5r7rorfc 4ttrt"a: Ue war. Is "'.Brt'f. Peculiar ctrcum. ecaaM. tfea w toureat wtU,, al Arriat it-wim hi trtaa4 rwt. Bartlav to CtrcU Lake, lta im.1t jcmin U wiMata ( Boa Currta. a frtn,- Tfia tbr Tlalt lb Uyke aomja, cijrka apparoUy rMnta BarUare f. Pruoa for th atumpue rabbwy "tf- .Bartlajr Bi Nut mral m Sljrk b found diud la bad, asDaraat. 'CHAPTKR m.-Miaa ratur, the a4 snaa'a aiatar-te.law, tha viilas aoltee chif. Roche, ana the family phyatclaa. Doctor King, all acra Blyka kllUa him-ealf. him-ealf. but Bartlar taaiata ha waa murdaraS. InveaUsatlng, Bartlay ftn4a avldaaea that Slyka, afur a ears party ha haS alraa, waa ahot aa tha towar of the beuaa, an-Sraaaaa. an-Sraaaaa. and placed la had. Durlns his abaonca from tha room eomeone rauavaa tha ravolvar from Sly be' a hand. - . CHATTER IVA hay warklas : rarmsa aaaarU be baard a ahot durlaf the aisht. apparanUy "la tha air," el eeurae taaily aa tba towar, ..'. CHAPTER rj-Pn atarta Vat ta mtar-rtaw mtar-rtaw tha mcmbara of tha card party. He flnda to hla aurprlaa that 8lyka, apparaaU 1 waalthy broker, had offered to sell hla frlende whisky, Ha Onds avldsnca that tha maa la tell for attempted robbery el elyke ware 1,fraroad. , .jr Bartley accepted his statement with a ahrug ; of : disappointment "and turned bis sttentlon to tho bntler. ' Ho was a man of about flfty-flro, tan, with a rather thin face of tho unemotional un-emotional kind commok to button; Though he refused to meet Bartley eyes, he did not seem to bo In tho least nerToua... What bad taken place thai night bo evidently accepted as soe thing bo could not help and need not worry oTtr.:.,i:U-, . Bartley asked htm' first about tho men that were at tho card party. To my surprise thoutlcr aaid bo was unable to giro tho aamoa of an tho men. though he knew most of them. Bartley took down tn a Uttlo red notebook the names of such men as he oould remembers Then he asked .suddenly, "And what waa thenamo of , tho man that stayed ' after , tho others Jeftn :;w-pi;-,.,--:r; Tho question seemed to surprise the butler, but he antwered,' "Mr. Lsw renco, sir, the lawyer from Saratoga. Mr. Slyks asked him , himself to remain re-main after the others had gooa. He went with hla up to Mr. Slyko'i room and stayed there a few moments. mo-ments. I myself waited hero In a chair to let him out and lock op. -1 did not hare to wait long; not mora than ten minutes or so." , : - Bartley glanced at tho stairs. -Did Air. Slyke corns down with Mr. Law rencor he asked.' , i -:.'rSo, sir. . I nerer saw Mr. Blyko again.1' He' paused, then added alow ly. -That Ja! sure." , "And yov did not hear the rerolTor shot tho one the boy heardf -No, sir. I did not".. . : "... I felt thst he wss carefully choosing choos-ing his words and wss not firing any mors Information than he had to, "I -wondered -what It was -that he was holding back. Bartleys - next question ques-tion and the answer that tt brought prored that 1 was right -Did you see or hear anything last night out of the way r - Tho butler was so long In answering; that tho question had to be asked a second lime. .:.:." 'V-A" Wo were getting impatient before ho aaid, i heard nothing aoapldoua, but I saw--"; "i " u :' ' Ho paused, and Bartley urged, "leu saw whatr . - . f ( Tho butler glanced from Bartley to the woman In the chair. Miss Potter was looking at him with a curious expression ex-pression on her face, one not of fear but of wonder, as If aba wore curious to know what his statement meant .; After glancing at her, ho turned to Bartley and said apologetically. "Why, sir, I don't know If whst I uw was anything out of tho way., I would not hare thought of It a rain If Mr. Slyks had' not been found dead. When I got to bed.. I began to wonder if I bad locked tho windows. ; Wq were rather fussy about them since tho robbery. Tho mors I thought of tt the leu sure I was; so I got up and was leaning to go down Into tho Urlng room when I saw ' Atlas Buth. dressed In a long coat, going Into her room.", Atlas Potter gssped and asked tho butler In great sstonlshment, "But Robert, bow can you say thatt You know Miss Ruth was not at boos last evening. She spent tho night at Saratoga. Sara-toga. She has not returned yet" , ... For second no ono spoke. i BarJ' ley's eyes went from tho butler to tho woman and back again. Wd all wondered won-dered whut his next question would be, bat we never found .out . Suddenly, Sud-denly, from above us, a girlish roles called. "Who Is talking about mer Astonished, we all turned and looked In the direction from which r It wlU pay rot wcU to read tha ads Chcr!3"JDattea" MtlaodOAda In ; the' rotee had come. On the ton of the stalrwsy a youof gtrt of nineteen years stood looking down at ns. , ' , ; For sereral seconds Ulas Potter seemed unable to believe ber ayes, then she half ganped. "Why. Roth' , The girt, surprised st tho effect her simple question bad made, clutched her blue silk dressing gown: closer about her and started down the stairs. It wss plain that she bed Just gotten out of bed snd bsd not yet hsd time to dress. Her eyes went, from one person to another questlonlngly. Who were we, snd whst were wo doing heref ... As she came slowly down tho steps ws wstched her In silence. She was She Was a Handaemo flirt, With ; Beautiful Red Hair and tho Creamy . White Skin That Goes With tt a handsome girl with beautiful rod hair and tha creamy white skin that s;oes with. It. When , she reached her aunt's side, Ulss Potter wss still too astonished to speak and tho girl gave Roche an appealing look., , She was beginning to realise that something waa wrong., , .; .-Hare - - the - burglars boon - hero sgalnr she asked. , Not trusting herself to speak, Miss Potter shook her head. The girl knew nothing of tho tragedy that had taken place, evidently, . or .v she , would not hare .been so carefree. She waited, and as her aunt did not seem able to tell her what had happened aha turned again to Roche. 'After swallowing bard, for, a moment or two the chief stammered out "Why, Mies Ruth, you see, we that to well. Mr. Slyke has been killed." W?.;.,';.-: The laughing look In her1 eyes faded and one of surprise, blended with horror, took Its place. , For a second, sec-ond, thst to me seemed an hour, ehe waited, steadying herself by her hand on the table. .Then she asked slowly, almost spelling out each word. "De-ad 4ead why howf " Again a silence. No one wanted to toll ber what bad taken place. Her eyes sought, each one of us In turn 'and then rested on Bartley, as If aha recognised that he was In charge. A glance passed between the two, then bo told her what we had found. Though the girl had been startled, I noticed that she waa not overwhelmed over-whelmed with grief. Neither had the older woman been. In fact we had yet to hear any word of regret that ; Slyke was dead. That the girl's as- tonlshment' at Bartley's story hsd been genuine there wss no doubt ; Still the butler's sssertlon thst he had seen her go Into her room when she was supposed to hsre.been sway from the bouse hsd to be explained. Her unexpected un-expected presence here this morning seemed to add color to hla statement A glance at her dressing gown with ber nightdress peeping beneath It 1 showed that she hsd just come from her bed. . Yet her aunfs aurprlaa' at her appearance had also seemed genn-Ine. genn-Ine. ;:-''.vl: J "lour sunt told as," Bartley said to her, -that you were away, spending the night with a friend; but the butler but-ler say i he uw you esriy'tbia morning morn-ing going Into your own room." The girl flushed, as If she realised the gravity of her position, snd sank Into a chair before shs answered, "I did Intend to spend the night with a friend in Saratoga. On our way borne from a dance at the' lake our machine lost tire and It took so long to replace re-place It that as we were near the house I decided to come Jomer N wishing to go through the woods alone st thst hour, I got Uncle Rich-srd Rich-srd to come with me." L : Seeing that we were pawled by the mention of her uncle, she explained thst' he wss really a cousin of her stepfather' whom stie culled uncle. He was s retired clergyman who. during the summer, lived on the estate in s Ml WA little cottage . facing the mala road near tho entrance to the driveway to the house. When naked If bar uncle had come Into the house with ber ehe replied that he had not that he bad only welted long enough for her to unlock the front door. She herself bad gone directly to ber own room, passing pass-ing the door of her atepfsther's room, which had been closed. She had seen no one and heard nothing. She had slept until our Yokes had awakened her. . !:;' " :.. V ' ? Her story, of course, would bare to be chocked up. but her actions were frank and hr manner, seemed truthful. truth-ful. She could evidently throw no tight on our problem. She waited quietly . for Bartley's next question, which, when tt came, was a surprise even to me. " ,-,: , , , : , , ' : ' -Did you see the dog wbm e eaahrlnt" ..- v; v.,:,? "Oh, yes l He came to the door and walked to the foot of the stairs with : , "- :.;-":;'.;T'"."': ' 1 Bartley . turned : to the butler - and asked, "Waa the dog., ta this room when you came down this morning T" ."Yes. suvt Ho always sleeps bore. There wu a long silence after this, broken at last by the. flrl asking If she might return to ber room. Bart ley smiled and assented. I could see that be was not satisfied at tho way things bsd gone. His lips were shut tight and his eyes wsndsred restlessly restless-ly . around ths : room. . Hs 1 glanced moodily down at the Woman tn the chair, who had recovered ber composure com-posure to some extent and was now watching with keen eyes everything that waa going on. ; After a while, Bartley turned to the butler, "Did you see anyone near the door of Mr. Rlyke's room. while we were In therer.:---:T -f-----T-'-..,;, "Why, I dont know, air. ." t did see tho chauffeur coming down the stairs. But I don't know If be hsd been up td the room." .. ; v; '-i , - -. . "If you can find him. send him to me at once," Bartley commanded. .-- The butler took this order as a dismissal dis-missal and left tue room. ' Bartley turned to Miss Potter and asked her If she had returned to Slyke's room after she left ns there. She shook her head. ; There was . again a long silence,. si-lence,. At length Bartley broke It by telling ber that ehe need not remain any longer. She rose to her feet and started toward the stalrwsy. ' Half way across tho floor she paused, and said In s voice that hesitated more than once, "You asked me, Mr. Bartley, Bart-ley, if, when I found Mr. Slyke waa dead, I touched the bedclothes." . - Bartley turned quickly. The tone of bis voice as he answered her question ques-tion showed that be knew something Important wss coming. "Yes, I did." : With her hands plsylng neusly with a fold of ber dross and her eyes on the floor, the continued slowly, "I dm 'not touch the bedclothes, bat I I - . . "Yea," encouraged Bartley. "Ton did whatr She seemed o find It difficult to , inswerL"WheD-rI went in that room and. found him dead" her voice wss very low he looked I mean, his eyes so frightened me that I" she paused sgnln "I closed them." .' - For a while we looked at her, too surprised to speak. Bartley's brows , knit and a curious look came Into his face.:'i ;.; ;-: -a " .All at once 1 ' realised the full meaning of her words. If she bad closed Slyke's eyes, then It would be hard for Bartley to prove that he had been' murdered. He had claimed that If Slyke had. committed suicide, . bis - ares would have boon open. He bad gone wren ftZther and said It waa ths atwderer who bad dosed bis eyes, thinking thst wss tho wsy they should look in death. But now Miss Potter had told us thst It wss she who had closed them. Blyko might after all, hsve killed, himself 1 Would Bartley till be able to prove that be bad been murdered! : - ' Once more Mias Potter lapsed Into her old sullen mood, and refused to sdd anything further, Bartley pUed her with questions, but In the end she hsd added nothing to ber. first statement state-ment that Slyke's staring eyes, had frightened her and she had closed them. She lnslntel, however,' that ahe had not touched the bedclothes, that they bad been close around hla neck and up over his chin when she found him. : When we were alone, Roche turned to Bartley and said. "There goes your theory of murder, You cant prove now that be did not kill himself." : : Bartley listened to Roche with -the sir of a man whose thoughts were for swsy. When he paused, he did not reply at once. " ' ' t ' "Roche,", be said at length, "I am sure It was murder, uottuldde. Ifs one; of the most mysterious crimes I hsve ever heard of. We are up tn the air. We know of no reason either for Slyke's having been murdered or for Ms baring killed himself. There is a great deal yet to do. You had better get a couple of your men up here aa quickly as possible and search the house." . ' " . . ; ',- ' Roche went out to telephone for hla men and Bartley walked orer to the window. I followed him and we stood looking out at the View." IU placed his hscd on my shoulder. "Pelt you have a good deal of work to do today, I want you to find out all you can about the men who were at the poker fame. Then you must t ee that matt' Lawtence . snd get his Htory. Find out why no srayea oe-hlnd oe-hlnd the others.. If you have any time left, you bad better look up In the files of tho local newspapers the burirlary of lant year." , "Yoii don't tlilnk that had anything 0 " Easy Keep the home clean all days sprinef and fall It is easy to have rngs from dust and dirt when 1PEEMIE1R Electrio Vacuum Cleaner 5, Come in and let us show you in an actual demonstra 1 tlon just how the Premier takes "out every particle $ of dust and embedded dirt ' - ' . " 0 0 M 0 .'QetaPrernierinyowhoTaeITO7 , , and enjoy the pleasure of having a- ' . clean home without hard work! - Utah Power ' ' Efacient Public Beryice" 2 3-a F.T7T!RVTTTTKfl T!Y.T!f!TPTflAT. VAT) TTTP TTrt'eva a.V w sOBOaSCXOSSXiKOSOS4 to do with the murder, do you J t asked In wonder. . He gave me one of those smiles of his thatt tell nothing, and drawled out "I am not uylng, but yon know wo came up here on a burglary case, not a murder mystery." . He did not give .me time to won der what his reply . meant but continued, con-tinued, "Better go to Cornel and get ths car. Here are the names of the men you are to see." .- V : ' As I was leaving tho room ho wared his hsnd snd called after me with a smile, "Good luck I See yon tonight" . Ceitthwod Isxt Week - X0TICI OF ASSZSSSXXT Ths fort Bitch Irrlgattoa Cenv paay, a eerporatlsn, Principal place of lailaesa, Amerkan Fork, fTtek, Notice Is hereby given that at s meeting of the board of directors of The Fort Ditch Irrigation' Company, a corporation, held on the 7th day of December, ItSS, an - aaaeeament (No. 1) of two dollars ($1.00) per shar waa lerled ' on an outstanding capital stock and all steel; of the company which hu been subscribed and not Issued, payable Immediately to Jarrta Aydelotte at the Bank of American Fork, American Fork, TJtah. Any stock upon which this assessment assess-ment may remain unpaid on Monday February 11th, 1SH,: will no "deUn-quent "deUn-quent snd adrertlsed for ealo. and unless payment la made -before will be. sold at 10 o'clock a. m.' on Wed-nesdsy Wed-nesdsy March 14th. MM,, to pay ths delinquent assessmsnt together with the cost of advertising and expense of ealo. . '7Z':: ":;': J)'. 7'- V.W. J. Chadwlcki President - .;.B. 8- Kershaw, Secretary. . First publication Jan. 11, IvH. Last publication Fob. 10, lilt. . V0TIC1 TO CR1BIT0BS ta The Fourth ladlelal District Cent of Utah, Utah Ceinty, , In the matter of the estate of Martha McTague, deceased. Creditors will present claims with.rouchera to the undersigned, at his residence In American Fork, Utah County, TJtah, on or before the 18th day of March, 1021. . .-'r-. : JAMES CHIPMAN, JR., executor of the estate of Martha McTague, deceased, . Clawson Ellsmoro, Attorneys for Administrator, First Publication January 17, 1921. 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