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Show 1TURDAY, TrmVAlLY 0 I -THE-STORY. CHAPTER I With her baby stater. aUenee, Lydla tilirai frtftn plar to a nnttar bom of er tmpovananta ather. Ane Dudley, at Lak CHv. Har atbar's frtand, and bar ewa devotad '-dmlrar, Jobs Levta, after dlacuaalas ffalre with Dvdlav. MkM a bit Hind a to lato politic. " " CHAPTER It Lydla, Patianc aad wmpanlon, Kant Uoultoa, plarlns br ha lak, ar acooaud by aa old m aw rom tba naarby reservation. Lydla rlv bar food. Mars ary, satall dauaa-ar dauaa-ar of Da Marshall, tba Uwa'a aakar, Jolne - tkam. - la tbalr iay iarsary (alia Into tk wmtar. - Bb la ullad out, unhurt but frlahlaoad, aed kan homa br Lydla and Keat. Har ather calls - on Am to aaaUln. laming Lydla, t or tba astshasv . I CHAPTER : lit Lydla atptatM tba qtdaat and aaaarts that baoaaaa Mar-wry Mar-wry la eoneldared "ataak ap" ah la ot a popular playmate, ataraaall ar-anfaa ar-anfaa for Lydla to taaeh Marraiy to wtm and otharwlaa baeots a of tba rowt" Larla tall Aroa hi plaa 9 taka tlmbar from tba Ia41aa raaar-ation raaar-ation and ultimately bava It fwaad or aetuement. from aa oiaar noy. oUlly Norton, Lydla fata a pair ( wild mass, ana aDit tnair a' udlaya have a Chriatmaa fa CHAPTER VT Patlano aoeuint x an attack of dlphtaarta. leaving ydla feeling that har treat an Ood la oat and har assail world aaa eollaoatd. jha flnda comfort la th levtaf klad- of John Levlne. Lydla learn that I nota of Amoa', backed by Lavta aad keld by MarahalX a du aad cannot b t. Th child plaada with Uaraball, nd for bar aak ba ayraaa to rnw b not. CHAPTER IV Continued. Tip, "Here, nTwrltett Sows; And tall him that Tm sot doing It for him or ; for that aknnk of a Levtne, but Tm doing It for yon, Bare,' HI write that .down, too." ', "" 1 He folded the bit ef paper and pot a in an envelope. "Come here," be 'amid. Be pinned the note Into the pocket 0 -hot blonae. !5Jndaratand. I Lydla," he aald hi low voice, tilting tilt-ing her head up a that h looked down into her eyes, Tm baying yoar friendship with this. Ton so on living liv-ing with your father and taking care of him, but Fm baying yoar friendship for me and Uartery for good and all." He looked out of the window with a carious air of abstraction. Then, "Button yoar coat and run along." "I haven't thanked you," exclaimed Lydla. "I can't thank you. Oh. but thank yon, Mr. Marshall I 1 " she began to tremble violently. - "Stop r roared llarahall. "And yon tell your father to look oat for your nerves. Now aklp." ZAniZLydla'i trembling stopped and she skipped. She did not taU LUxle of her errand er-rand and that faithful soul was too glad to aee her eat her dinner to think, to aak her why she had akatod so long. She laid an envelope at her. father'e plata and when" he' sat down, sUeat and abstracted, without heeding heed-ing the flab, ahe ahook her head at Lizzie who was aboat to protest "Where'd this come fromf he asked,.absentmlnde41y opening the envelope. en-velope. Then, "For God's sake I Lydla Ly-dla where? how?" "It was Uke this," said Lydla. And she gave a full history of her morning's morn-ing's visit, to (wr jwi speechless Us-teners. Us-teners. - - - Amos looked from Lydla to Lizzie, from Lizzie to Lydla. "Lydla my Uttle daughter " "he .ialtexed. "I won't -forget It, Lydla. In spite - of ' little Patience's going, you've taken ten years off . me ysi night. WhaPdo sqrx suppose John Levlne will Say T . "Hell say." replied LydU, " If "you were ten. years older,-Lydla, and I were ten years younger,' and 111 say-then say-then we'd travel.' " CHAPTER V --- Adam Ji..-.. The days slipped by. as days will, even though they are grief laden. Blowiy and Inarticulately for the moat part. Lydla struggled to adjust her self to ber new loss. She. went back to school, after the quarantine was Ufted and the familiar routine there helped her. She waa a -good student and was doing well in the v eighth grade. Florenos Dombey was a great com fort to the child. She slept st night with her black head beside Lydis's yellow one. - "Sometimes she' slipped Into the middle of the bed and fat Lizzie rolled on her and. woke with a groan. Lydla never entered the locked bedroom bed-room off the kitchen. Amos, self-absorbed - and overworked, asked no questions, but one night la April, John Levlae saw Lydla at work oa a night areas for Florence Dombey. "Where does the young lad aletpr ae asked. AX 1D27 fiHONORE -WILLSIE corrm&HT r frcdimck a. stokes co. Lydla explained and Lizzie ottered m!ldf4alnt, adding t - Xydla faght to be getting back to her own bed, bow; warm weather will be coming Lydla eatight her lower Up In her teeth but aald nothing. Levlne acru-tlnlzed acru-tlnlzed the mrly head bent over the ewlng, then went on with hla coe Teraatioh with Arooa. He waa work-Ing work-Ing qnletly 00 bta campaign, a jtu bence, for the office of aherlff. ' ... Juat before. leaving. Joho ked fop. a drink of water and Amoa vent to the pomp to bring In a fresh pallr He etopped while there to fnas over a barrel bar-rel Id which be had an old hen setting set-ting on, aoice egga be had. got from lira. Norton. Lizzie bad gone to bed early. 1 ' Tonng Lydla." aald John, aa soon aa they were alone, "come- here." -When ahe waa perched In her old place on hla knee. Ton dont Uka to "But Whatr - Levlne's Volos Waa - - Gentle. :.; sleep In that stuffy bedroom with Lizzie, Liz-zie, do yon, dearf "No," replied the child. "She's fat and snores and won't have the window win-dow open but" "But whatr Levlne's voice wsa gentle. ' "Fm afraid to aleep alone." "Afraid T Lydla not of any memory mem-ory of dear Uttle Patience I" "No I Not but I have nightmares nearly every night she ehe's choking chok-ing and I I can't help her. Then I wake up and catch hold of Lizzie. Oh. dont make jne sleep alone I" . "Why, my dear Uttle girl- John caught the child's thin handa In a firm, warm grip. She wo trembling violently vio-lently and her fingers twitched. "This wont dot That's whst keeps the dark rings round your eyes, la ltT Of coarse you shan't sleep alone I Here cornea yonr father,. It's bedtime iant It? Good night, my dear." Lydla picked up Florence Dombey and went slowly off to bed as her father fa-ther came la with a glass of water. . "That fool ben Isn't fully convinced ahe wants a family," he said. The bedroom door closed after Lydla. Ly-dla. " " "Amos." said John, "tha.t,chlld'S nerves are all shot to plecea." He related...Iiliconver8ation with Xydla.: "What can I dot' asked Amos, with a worried air. "Seems to mo she's just got to wear It out," Levlne granted and put on his bat "I . wish she was my dausbter." he said. "It youll ask Brown to come around to the Elks, dub tomorrow. Ill talk to him." On the Friday afternoon follow! when Lydla got home from schooLshe found the bouse apparently deserted. Bat there Issued from the neighborhood neighbor-hood of the kitchen a ylpptng and kl-yl-lng that would have moved a heart of atone, Lydla ran-Into the kitchen. The puppy' wails came from behind the door of the old bedroom, "Who's In there r ahe called. ' The ylpplng changed to deep barks ef Joy. Lydla tried the door. It opened easily and a great, blundering puppy hurled himself at her. Lydla was a dog lover. . -"Tou love I . Ton lamb I", she cried. She Squatted oa the floor and the pup crowded his great hoik into bar lap, Ucklng her face aad wagging his whole body. ' . There was a note tied to his collar. col-lar. Lydla untied It: "Dearest Tonng Lydla; Here is a friend who wants to share yoar bedroom with yog Too must bring hjm up to. be a ili (I AMITJOAH ftoO'te.'obedlint dogTaniTe credlT to your other friend. Joha Levlne." - "Ohl" squealed Lydla, "Oh I but why did they tie you in here!" She looked about Jhe room. The old bed bad been moved oat and the dining-room dining-room couch moved In. The bursas had been shifted to another corner. There was nothing to be seen ef sQ Uttle Patience's belongings. It did not look Uke the same 'room. , ' . , ' As she clung to he squirming puppy pup-py and stared. Lizzie came la. Alnt it nicer she asked, "Mr. Levlne came out with the dog this afternoon aft-ernoon and suggested the change. H helped me. See the old quilt la the corner? That's for the dog to sleep on. . Ain't he. as big as an elephantl Tm afraid he'U eat as much ss a n... -..it' maa." - "He can have half of my food," cried Lydla. . "Oh, Lizzie. Isn't ha beautiful r " "Well, no," replied Lizzie, truthfully. truthful-ly. "He looks to me as If some one had stepped on his face. You'd better bet-ter take him but for a ran." Jela LeTlne-neverdld a wlseree a kmder thing thaa to give the brlndla English bulldog to Lydla. He waa a puppy -of nine months, Weil bred and strong. Lydla took him into ber empty emp-ty UtUe . heart wUU a . completeness that belongs to the natural dog lover and that waa enhanced by ber bereavement. be-reavement. She. and Kent cast about some time before' deciding on a name. At first : they thought aerlously of naming him fohn, after the donor, but . decided -. that thla mlghLIead to confusion. Then they discovered that tHV'ttIdrnhWwIi"Aaimrafi1' Adam the brindle ball became, forthwith. forth-with. ; -:-- - Lydla made no objection to returning return-ing to the old room. U had lost lta familiar outlines. In May the garden was planted and la June, Lydla" graduated from th eighth grade, and the long summer vacation had began. After the episode of the -note. Lydla made a eonsclen tlous effort to. Dlsy with Margery at recess, and when vacation began ahe called for the banker's daughter regu larly every week to go swimming. , Outwardly thla aummer was much like the previous one, except -ihat there was a quiet contentment about Amos In spite of his real mourning for his baby daughter, that had been foreign tc bta for years.- It was the garden that did this. Not only It a wonderful garden to look on and to eat from, but with It Amos paid for milk and batter from the Nortons and for a part of his groceries. This made possible ihe year's Interest and pay ment on the note. , ' Lydla sewed for Florence Dombey, climbed trees, swam and played in- rates with Kent But as amatter of fact, the old childish seat for these things hsd gone. For Lydla's real childhood had left her that December night she had spent under the far "corner "cor-ner of her father's bed, She had not prayed since then. Her young faith In the kindness snd sweetness of Ufa, bsdly shaken by her mother's death. had been utterly destroyed when lit tie Patience, had-heen. taken from her. Lydla was very nervous sbout her first day at high school. Kent wss entering at the same time and she would have liked to have asked to go with him but she knew he would resent re-sent violently being associated with a girl on so Important aa occasion. 80 It waa that one of the teachers observed a chUd la a faded but clean galatea saUor suit, with curly blond hair barely long enough to tie at her neck, standing In one of the lower bans after the mob of seven or eight hundred boys and girls bad been suc cessfully herded Into the great aaseta bly room. "What Is your name, my dearF -asked' tba -teachers .' Lydla silently presented her promo tion card. The teacher nodded. "Come along. Miss Dudley, or youH miss the principal's speech." She seated Lydla near her In the aseembly room, then looked hep over curiously. The child's face waa. re markably Intelligent,, a high-bred lit tie face under a finely domed head. The back of her ears and the back of htr Bee were "aMrty,-" and "fieOhln hands were rough as If with house work. The galatea sailor suit was cheap and coarse. A sick mother or no mother," was the teacher "mental- tone. ' "I must Inquire about her." Miss -Towne had the reputation of an unfeeling disciplinarian among the pupils, but Lydla did not know this; She only knew, that by some miracle of kindness she came to-onderstand the classroom system of recitations, that she was Introduced to different teachers, that she learned how to de cipher the hours of her recitations from the complicated chart on the as sembly room blackboard, and that at nooq ahe started for home with a list of textbooks to be purchased, and a perfectly-elea-lda - ef what -to d when ahe returned on the morrow. " Lydla walked along slowly, thinking deeply. She knew that her list of books came to something over five dollars. She knew that this sum of money would floor her father' and ahe knew that ahe would rather beg on the streets' than start Amos on one of Ms tirades P. hjs poverty. ""' When she" turned Into the' dlrt road, Billy Norton overtook her. He was wearing a very high stsrehed collar and a new suit of clothes. Billy was s senior and felt his Buperiorityt ... Nevertheless, Nev-ertheless, he wanted to tell hla troubles trou-bles even to a first-year jmpjl -. "Oee, dont I have the luck T he groaned. "I could get oa' the school football team. I know' It. If I, didn't have to come home right after school to deliver milk. Hang ItP Lydla looked at him quickly. "How muck Ilk do yog haveto dejlvexr. TOUK CITIZEN A Good Vega Separator For Sale o. u. vnipmaa. j-io. FOR SALE CHEAP Bahv Hcr, Inquire Phone J7W. American Fork. ... : 2-19-2t W1U huy poultry or farm products. Wfll Strong 59J5 American Fork. : 1I U to 3-15 Shetland Pony For Sal Inquire PettBervice. l-12-2t SHEEPMEN: Hat your "sheen w" TthJayKfla XivestocrCoT, Provo, rhono m& - . For Sale 2 months old registered Jersey bull call R. O. Weeks, Pleas ant Grove. - - Mtlt RUO W BA VINO -Reasonable prices. Enquire Mrs. AUce D. . Hutchings. Phone 107-W. Leht 2-19-lp Baby Bed and M stress For Sale Cheap. - Also small heaterr Mrs. Wm. Thtmstoh.'Telbhe 163-J, 2-l-lt Sheppard's Anconas and S. C. White Leghorns. Prise winner. Hatchlna egga $100 per hundred. Settings reasonable. rea-sonable. James Spencer, Sr.. Ameri can Fork. Utah. 2-l-3n Leave orders at Walt's Place for Plumbing-Repairs and the "One Minute Washer." 2-114t Quality Chislts CC the Haaaoav and Tancred strains mated to eockrela from trapnested high record' bans of the Dry den Woodbiidge and ThomweU stocks. Yoar choice of stock if deadred. 1r1oes March. 10c; April 10c. See V FRANK G. SHELLEY Phone 77-J1 American Fork To the Honorable Mayor and City Oomicfl of Pleamt Grove, Utah: The following is the Financial Report of Pleasant Grove CttyUtah, for the year ending December 31, 1926. CAPITAL ASSETS City Hall and Grounda-f- Library, Lot and Fixtures.-..,. ... City Park Unsold Portion of City Cemetery. .....$ ... ..... City Gravel Pit. Water Works System.,..- City's Equity in ard Surfaced Roads -..:......- Office Furniture and Fixtures Department Equipment ... Improvement Weirs Headgates Irrigaton cy.B.RENT.AaseTa..';-- Cash Account CtMxA:::.::.. 12(638.95 Accounts Receivable Control 4,332.98 Inventories - City's Equity In Tax Sales 1,907.88 City's Equiyr In Special Improvement Tax Sales ... ... 139.23 Expense Account Cotrol..... ...14,017.06 CAPITAL LIABILITIES Bonded Indebtedness ... - DepredaWonJteflerve on WasUng Assets ..wniiiwaiaiivix Capital Surplus CURRENT' LIABILITIES Warrants Payable Control.. - street Paving District No. 1 Bonds - "Payable ' Accrued Items of Expense : Tar. Revenue Aocount................... ... Miscellaneous Revenue Accounts..., Current Surplus v-:--' -: - ;-:v '"::: :v:. - r " " - - $164,051.81 $154,051.81. DETAIL OF CONTROL ACCOUNTS "- Tain f TTiiiinmnt Control... . .- "f 2,961.89 1. VA V war- Marshal's Department. - Irrigation Deparfcnent Streets Department - Water Works Department.- Fire Department - landed . Indebtedness Control.. Special Water Works 6.. ..... .. $20,000.00 Detail of Cash Account Control General Fund Library Fund Water Works Fund 1-- Street Paving. District JSola-.."- .Streeta .Fuhd.r.vv'.rr.'-.-rrrrri'r ' "'Irrijrktton' Fund ... BUte fioad. Fund Bond Interest Fund...... : - ftpeelal Water Works Sinking ' - Fund .-- DetaO of Account RecelvaWft.Control Water Rates '-. 1 Irrigation Taxes Special Improvement No. 1 Special Improvement Deferred.. For Sale Good 1200 lb. work horse. TeL 9T.W1. American Fork. U2.a Order 7ou,r Sol-Hot Brooder now. Bigger and better than ever. Harry Jerllng, Agent, Tel. UJR-l, American Fork. . -s-t Can furnish a steady supply I buttermilk for chickens to a rew more customers. wcaa. wu"p Phone 180-W. 2-&-U TO R SAlJ-'A- 'roommodera brick home, Inquire J5 wett. pean,4 th Bast, 1 2nd -Nor thrA.niferican Fork, Phone 184-J1. FELLOW POULTRTMEN Ar you awake? Why spend 130.00 per thou sand extra for inferior chicks? 1 havs used them all and know Ohlen's can't be beat regardless of price. . R. L. Ashby.- 1-15-U ' HIGH GRADE CHICKS from setect-ed setect-ed stock at reasonable, prices. Wbits, Buff Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, Anconas, Black Mln-orcas. Mln-orcas. '. ' . ' - -T- UNION DISTRICT HATCHERY Los Gatos, Calif oraia - 1-1-t GoGd Used-Cars Be-ooDditioned and Guaranteed - 1920 Ford Roadster Truck. 1925 Ford Roadster Truck. ; 1920 Dodge Sedan. 1926 Ford Tudor Sedan. 1924 Chevrolet Touring. And other at prices that will : anrprise yon. Tenna. . zxabtut lrcnflzn ATJTOQOr .. Fbont 83 -.-. American Tork; Utah FINANCIALREPORT ' Detail of Expense Account Control 5,000.00 2.022.T5 8,53fi.86 945.00 100.00 822U3 General Fund .Officers'. Salaries Officers Marshal City Lights Interest on Justice' Department 21,000.00 637.85 3,961.89 Cemetery Legal Expense Printing Fire Department 859.25 Miscellaneous Expense Industrial Insurance Election Expense Water Works Fund - Labor I .Superintendent's Salary Materials and Supplies'. Miscellaneous Expense. Industrial Insurance . Printing and Publishing.. Irrigation Fund " '" " 7. " ' "' ' Office rs' Salaries $20,000.00 966.65 "85,045.05" Officers' Watermasters Salaries Materials labor -..J..,-.-.... v Legal Expense; Miecellaneous Expense Industrial Insurance . Printing and Publishing. . interest on Overdraft-, 24.95 2i607.84 200.00 13,268.87 8,357.50 15.290.95 Library Fund - Librarian's - 'Books and -Lights "and Miscellaneous Expense j Street Fund 93.00 63.10 332.50 283.21 3,200.08 ... Labor Materials Miscellaneous Expense Industrial Insurance ' Street Paving $3,961.89 $3,961.89 Interest on Bonds Interest $20,000.00 Interest on $20,000.00 $20,000.00 $12,638.96 Warrants Payable Control..., General Fund 150.04 892.90 4,874.98 Street Fund Water -Works Fund- 1,060.26 Irrigation 1,781.54 i.826if" -1400,4- 4,741.09 $15,480.76 $15,480.76 $4,232.98 110.12 828.06 826.65 1.568.16 IL332.98 14,332.98 SATURDAY,' FEBUtTABY 19, ; 1927 Fine regfrtered Ouernsey Bull for sale. Inquire Henry Devey, Alpine, Vth.i-t- 't I', -r V . ' ' MMp ' ...j---flapper Handicapped Two dnppers were discussing the men they had met. ."Do you know Tlimtma Aldrlch?" nsked one. "No.? if pi led iheVrher, "every; time I've met him hi wife has been with htm." LEGAL AOVERT1IINQ - ASSESSMENT NOTICE ... Pacific Gold Mining and Milling Company, Principal Place of Business American Fork, Utah. ' - r Notice is hereby given- that at - a meeting of the Board ot Dlreators of the Paclflo Gold Mining and . Milling Company, . held on thej 12th. day of February, 1927, an assessment No. 65) " of one cent per share was levied on -the outstanding capital Mock of the corporation payable Immediately to ' the- socretary-at. his office .at, Ameri: can Fork, Utah. ' Any stock upon which this assess ment may remain unpaid on Tuesday, March 15,. 1927, will Jbe delinquent and adverUsed'for sal aipubUo auction, auc-tion, and unless payment Is made be fore twill be. sold on Tuesday, April B, 1.927. at 2:00 o'clock p. in, to pay the dellnquent-assessmeht.7t0gether.whh ; the cost of advertising and expense dfsaler -rT""- J. B. PARKER. Secretary. - American Fork, Utah, First Publication February i, 1927. Last Publication March 12, 192T. PROBATE AND 0UARDIANSHIP - v. NOTICE : ... ,;. ..; Consult County Clerk for Further In ' formation or theUndsa'aned. NOTICE TOXREDITORI In the Fourth Dlstrtot Court ot the SUte t of Utah, in and. ; for Utah County, Probate Dlvlaloa.' , , . - -: In -the -Matter tof . the-' &tate of Washburn Chlpman, Deceased. --1 Notice To Creditors. - -Creditors wlH hreaant claim wttli " Touchers to the andarsigoad at her residence, American Fork, Utah, on or before the 16th dar Of AprO, 1227. 1 SADIE) CHIPMAN, Admlatstratrtz. Daniel Harrington and Chaa. O. t. Hlxxina, Attorneye for Estate. 411 Judge BaUding. ' Salt Lake Otty, Utah.- First Publkatloa February 12, 1927. Last PutUcatlon March I, 1927. $14,017.04 4 T82.B0 22.70 1,946.05 1,001.07 92.02 75.00 290.48 40.35 112.69 298.17 I4IJ12 Expense and Police.- Notes Payable.- Department and Publishing-.. 48.97 -22.40 129.90 L080.00, 123.76 35.64 19.76 ' 11.25 587X0 -2.00 Expense .1,325-00 : and Supplies.. - -64.5 764.31 v" 126.40 " "TT 29.04 . . ' 26.58 123.75 132.73 ' ' 1 Salary Supplies . 468.00 - 84J0 . 26.13 66.50 1,282.92 404.70 26.00 14.33 195.59 FueP.. and Supplies.- District No. 1 Fund Bonds Fund Bonds : 1,204.00 $14,017.06 $14,017.06 ,.l 24.95 $ T.50 ' 40 .' .2X0 . 10.75 Fund' 124.95 $24.95 I hereby certify that the above and foregoing statement state-ment Is a true and correct financial report of Pleasant Grove City, Utah, for the year ending December 81, ' ..; Reapectfully submitted. (Seal) B. A. KIRK. City Recorder. .Zi : (Ta 1 1 |