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Show ,yaAtA.'Nl .-m i-Anthony Trent. thirty (r "PIT One. known as I'.?, erlmnui becauee be was I-u,W.t5 Trent ha now turned lf arid i going etralght J,t!. . vlut from ih PU'. 'L Trent of Jumping over. Poiu.nl. at Liverpool. M ...h. Trant ahowa ST H lrni hi. Mend. fictd ef - .... .. a. Kt.t fork Trani ffi uollnd aomebody occupying &WTh. atranf.r I. Sutton wji iha brother of nia oaai ib Amtr adjutant, who la sarv. S wri to Prwon- Tr.nt. who Grant to. wrm .Inl. haling L cwttto Sutton's poaseealons and raid Ma wife. Trent after jliilUtloa.coniienta. liWEB 111 Trent at.rt. on a Qn te accompllah tba downfall m Orast Hr learaa f rom a Hal Clarke, that Captain Button Cm from Sing 8lng and also latkiit Captain 8utton had no Coming home one evening ktMlBf to expoaa Campbell Button. M lata to hia great eurprtee, that M it the escaped Captain Sot- l..rO IV Trmt kcanlnff hi. (IM to aid hla former adjutant, t kit place In aoclety and la a tit -.Parson Grant', houae party, in a is great fear of bodily barm ti bind of the man be betrayed, I'- V . , i . tUm fnnn.f Mrs III WUfi ,U1IL"' - IH ton no ecru idea. . CHAPTER V Continued. liGrauTtook up the dainty teje V. tontninipnf uhlcli mnrchari the )lr furniture. "Thorpe," she ifed, when a voice answered "lend Mr. Yeatman to me it i turned to the unhappy inolstlle DuDiu. "Yoq have seen forldj tell aie what you think of the moment the "Countess" i M be sure that Mrs. Grant iat prepared the visit of the de- f u a irau. n uuu Deen orougni x easily, so naturally, that she RBpiaon was Justifiable. To It evade the man would be. Wreotlr, an evidence of fear. mm a knock at the door and au who was known as Air. leat- I altered, It was through the mlr-tfot mlr-tfot Mademoiselle Dupln first saw m tad turned her back on him t ClUtlon bom of ninnv harms. Iittnlewa. For on frnptlnn nf a m ibe caught 'This black eyes ner mirrored reflection. It ttofljb for ber to feel a pang of for the moment aha nnM nnt p-w how or where she had met . out the was certain that the L And tha .11.1 ... tLi-t. i , V ,7 uul ue was f m of the law. Sj the listened for hla iaI "Poke it deepened the !n Of DrevloilH lrnniBlAtTA e - ' vt w brought Identification no ir keeping an eye on hlmr wun queried. h rarely out of my sight ma- Instruction for maV f'Bort , than i have already Wr, D0,J rber beal he fjou think of hlmr- Mrs. DOt a fMVl.rnhlo I- i im .... -"u.w uj naiuu, w satisflea that he Is gennlner ' tOO NVw Vk jJJ office, a stenographer, and l.9tJy 1 went In to see Win the wor . f la . - - luio iuui oue too cartful." blew h,., . HHtfaM " 8118 W0Uld 1)6 wen hssi.,. T many incident. AntatA th, the police oraconfeder-Mltm oraconfeder-Mltm ,he wfked. t remain " ,nuia look KC TT,lliu, and new W,'ow" meeting an agent P U'Stn'Tf iL'U 111111 11 1U,Ck I.. .."'t U 111 irrn- n j . il" "te iiiiiu . wuuiu reveal Jrea ,rl"' 'io had rnnswl no w,re8sln the Itlvlera." CHAPTER yi u - neauifi tl Ala ii r01" Mudl, . ,Pr of devils." 1 L 1 4o't aw 1 10 bounce C "' ron for sup- I iJ, 5.tnrtlcular hou-e! T 1 JialfiiwaiawWiaijtal TmateTy a detective now. TwJnalU you must not "do. One Is no, ,0 seen with me. and anotlier ls (Jt j run the risk of meeting him 'n -M. people with their jewels won't b, h,.re more than a week, and then 1 .., pose, he will go." ' V "I don't know." she mtid douhtfut-Jy. douhtfut-Jy. "Mrs. Grant has a succession of these house -parties plp'nnod. when do you leave?" "I don't want to go until T ojiw you're safe,". he answered. "And that means I shall stay until Yeatamn gets out The trouble Is that we can't yet tell certainly which side he Is on now. I'm not one to be able to cast stones, lie, too. may Imv Fin,i h -"o, nol" she cried." "One hn t catch but a glimpse ofhis face to know he is evil, it was something of violence that I half remember about him." . . "Taka what precautions you can," h reminded her as she rose to go to her lesson, "and remember you can communicate with me through the butler. After all, If It comes to the worst, I don't suppose two more resourceful re-sourceful people than you and I are to be found. I'm not going to see you frightened or hurt by anyone. He-member He-member that I am fighting for you, and Jny position here Is a strongly entrenched en-trenched one. If anything goes badly, end for me, give me a lead, and I swear IU get you out of this houee with all the honors of war, even if I have to mobilize the Welds and Bent-leJVto Bent-leJVto do If "I do not think ! have ever had a friend like you." Fhe siiTd fclmply. "In other days, when I seemed to hnve money and position. It whs different, but now. win ii I inn nothing at all your guoiiiies-s brings tears to my eyes." She went hurriedly fiom tiu room. Always whoi'sii.' h;ul been talking to Anthony Tivt'it she was tilled with Cournpe nml hope. Mademoiselle Inij.ln knew that while .Mrs. (Jrnnt needed her for instruction in-struction in I'ieiKli she chiefly was anxious to learn the etiquette of these old French families which do not welcome wel-come foreigners in their midst. In the long talks Natica Giant discussed her ambitions freely. She felt she could speak freely, . as her teacher had none with whom to gossip. One of her chief grievances against Captain Cap-tain Sutton was 'that he had not let her know of his enormous wealth until un-til he was about to leave for France. "And because I did not know," she wailed, "I lived In the wrong places, knew the wrong sort of people and did the wrong sort of things. I could tare been received In Newport If hi had encouraged me. It would havi leen easy when I first married. V Now It Will Ccit Enormoutly." 'it will cost enon.iously, and I shall 'need all my cleverness and scheming." ' JJatlca Grant tired her out. Even the housekeeper noticed it at the meal they took together. n "She', a hard woman to work for. Mia. rtroweh remarked. "I don't won der Mr. Grant drlifks, although that ; .. llua nfrnid C'BKtain i ISU i llio mo'u. ..vm Frank may come back and kill him, a he swore he'd do at the trial." . . When Mademoiselle: Httpln. went to her room, stealthily, fearing, to encounter en-counter Yeatman, she was In possession posses-sion of many useful facts which plnml NatlcaGrunn5 a less favorablo light Now that she was alone she tried to read, so -that the hours before sleeping might pas- qtilfMy. . ltie printed pages were not able to hold her. attention. She was vaguely unf-easy. unf-easy. Anthony Trent had told her no would helpLMt je.waj djnvnstalrs, AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN ..1,Tt:. . , - i ;lU'ng co"r'"-' returned when out 1 -.I ma" KUo Passed ly the name Meatman stood there, she clung to ; f that he might havo com? S ; , , r u fcw i'"'stions which, as a i srs m,Kht cnti - i ."Ym ve something to ak me?" i mSa'd' wj,h self posse.- I "Not -M)t fcO loud" fei i 1 t ' reputSlSJ' haVft Without , ,'., . " -npiK at unce of Ill-will he .. ui-niii ne Pushed .past Her, cloM-d the door and then crossed to a chair by the win-d'W. win-d'W. lie lifted a Maryland clca- , 'it' and ' turned to Mademoiselle ; uupln. "You' do not recognize me?" he de--manded, in French, lie was smiling. Ihe changed Intonation and the al-! al-! tered face brought back hls name In a flush. - ." "1'ierre Itedlk-h V she cried. Vivid- ly she called him to mind now. Ier- iihps sue nad seen him no more than twice, but they had talked much of him, the men with whom she had long ago been associated. . ThI th I I'teiTe Itedlich who had been a sort oi ouisiae man ror them, it was his work to warn of the approach of the police. It had been Redlich's misfortune misfor-tune to engage in combat a gendarm. with a singularly thin skull It was cracked like an egg, and Redlich wa. sent to work for life on a breakwater. "You do not remember me as I re member you," said Pierre Redlich, breaking the silence. "What was I to you then? Nothing at all. Some-thing Some-thing not to be considered. If mademoiselle made-moiselle remembers, she was Madam, la Trlncesse Sonloffsky that season." "Did you come her to look for me 1 There was that perfect command ef herself in the moment of danger for which she had been famous. No longer long-er was there fear or hesitation. "I did not "know even that you were here. No. That was the luck which fools call coincidence. We are going to exchange conlldences, you and I, pd, m 4b.aU b,car why U I am here speaking English perfectly whd was condemned to life imprisonment knowing only French and my native Flemish." lie took the orange package of Maryland cigarettes and placed it on the white- wicker table by the win dow. Then he removed his coat, "It Is good to be where there is no part to play," he commented. "Here, with a friend, I can be myself." "Why should you call me friend?" "I ought to have said rival." "Even that would not be true." "You may lie, but It does not deceive de-ceive me. Why should you be In a house like this if not to rob?" "I am here earning my living honestly. hon-estly. Are you not here for that purpose?" pur-pose?" 1'ierre Redtich laughed as he tossed 1 a cigarette-cua irom' me wiuuon. "What a woman!" he said admiring-ly. admiring-ly. "I am, Indeed, an honest business man and can show you testimonials. But I have waited two years for a chance like this. It has been weary work. And then, when it comes, I find I have a rival. Now, mademoiselle, mademoi-selle, If you were a man I should have killed you. I am at a stage where I will have no other person come between me and what I want But you are a woman and a beautiful one." He looked at her with burning burn-ing eyes. She looked at him with a calmness and lack of interest that she knew must surprise him. He was the kind to frighten women with physical violence, vio-lence, and bad bee a used to inspiring fear. If you. need money, I have none. If you need help, I shall not give it." "You aristocrats have spirit," he admitted. "Listen. 1 am of les ouvriers. I wus a Msherumn at HeyM before I followed a woman to Drux-elles Drux-elles and strangled her because the laughed at me. You would not think to -iook tit me I am so strong. Well. Mademoiselle I'ttpln, 1 am not going to strangle you yet." Another scarlet-tipped cigarette was tossed from the window. There was no evidence of hale about him. He 'showed -that he could afford to take his time. "You say '"you-will not help me. Very good. I do not need your help. I have already arranged everything. You have no money? What do I care? I am -a man who likes the aristocrats." aristo-crats." , ' "Pierre Redlich," she suld slowly, you are talking folly. You, have no hold over me tit all. I shall not help you and I shall not hinder you so Icing as you remain a detective. " vou steal; you place me in peril, and 1 dare not risk that. Let us call it a truce. You have no power over me. Make no mistake about that" it., r, eked U Hie uruuso j...- 'Here are twenty cigarettes left' 1 L;t iiere mid smoke them, When ""' " " - . , I ..III! I have finished, you wm wuwu " me." co.. ,11,1 not um iderstund what he u - I -tlh meant But "as W "" X certainty that he would . not threaten Idly. -Are you. then, so anxious to go back to France ami finish your term? Vuui pumper prisoners there as thev ,io ui'iV.'' ' . 11 1 1 "J retorted, "1 hn UM im ,,, lloUl. -0f uluJlim J Ula "t ntuous to go hack. - And 1 Shall n"t- 1 used to wouder why others weeded always arid l was so poor 0'iJ oh.-uire." Kedilch touched his lorelu-ad. "It Is here that success is jnmiufactiired. KdueaUon,-. madam. .wu;d. .We Fleuuinds learn lan-Kutiges lan-Kutiges ea-dly. I have studied. I l'enkf,ve as well as you do. I'ar-tk-ulaiiy vU. jo 1 speak Spanish. It Is to a laud where they speak Spanish We are going." "WvV" she queried. "Fierre Ked-h. Ked-h. yo'i have become Insane." "-', titadiim. I um neither Insane Dor inihrtiu d with drink. What t say, I "itMii. l have had you In my heart since 1 lir-i saw you. I recognized J'""' here before you saw. me la Mrs. J "' wimiijj tTr ' ' ua s rouln ,ll!lt y I'flde was fatllied, I saw that you had forgot- V'l.llllS room. Ion worn wlttln,. hi ten me.. That pleased me. I saw yo were frightened, and that pleased me even more." .. She Llanced at the alarm clock. It Was midnight. "I am tired," she said. "If you do not go I shall summon help. On one side the housekeeper sleeps, and on the other the butler. I have only to shout loudly and they' will come." Again there was that baffling, confident confi-dent smile. "Madam does not believe rae when I say I have gained much wisdom since hist I saw her. I will prove it Miss Brewen is not there. When she went to her room tonight she found a rat there. It terrified her, and she sleeps lu another part of the house. How do I know? Because I killed it for her. I also placed it In her room. As for the butler, he knows now that I am here as a detective. I have commanded com-manded him to sleep near his footmen so that he may observe their movements. move-ments. I have told him I suspect them." She was convluced that he was speaking the truth. "This leaves none but you and me on this corridor. The quarters of the servants cannot be entered from It You did not observe In your terror, that I locked the door as I passed in. There Is the open window, madam. jump If you will- The marble terrace twenty meters below will make a tender ten-der deathbed. "' """"" "";; '., ... She believed Implicitly that she wal tJaCPt wnj of the sort who have brought the ferrorlilng of women wom-en to a fine point He rose and urged her to the window. She could barely see a white light waving gently at what she supposed was the bottom of the garden. "It Is the masthead light of my vesse.1" he said. "She Is called La Belle Alliance, and I have wondered why she had that name. Now I know, madam. You and I shall be 'la belle alliance.' On board are a half-dozen men who do as 1 command. Presently Pres-ently I shall take you to them and say: 'Here Is the woman I love.' Tomorrow To-morrow I will come back for the Jewels Jew-els they pay me to guard." "Do you suppose you can carry me there and not be seen?" "I know It Did I not tell you I had grown careful. You knew me In the old days, madam, when I was no better than a savage. Then, I should hate beaten yon senseless and carried yon off. Now, I shall not hurt you." Be moved forward, twisted her arms behind her and pressed over her mouth and nose a chloroform-saturated towel She fought for a long time, but the buzzing In her ears grew loud-,er, loud-,er, and presently ter muscles relaxed land consciousness left her. . "Anthony Trent had been glad to get to his room early. By eleven aUof the guests had retired. Always a lover of the sea, Trent pulled the wicker chaise longue to the window and lighted a cigar.- He bad turned out the lights the better to enjoy the night the stars and the flickering lights of passing vessels. Suddenly there floated onto the balcony bal-cony the glowing end of a cigarette thrown from some other open window such as this. Five minutes later another an-other fluttered by to the terrace below. be-low. After similar intervals the stub on the balcony was Joined by another. By twelve o'clock Trent had counted a dozen descend; somewhere nboTe him a man was smoking cigarettes at the steady rate of twelve an hour. . . . 'With the last crimson end, came a sudden gust of wind and blew It Into the room clear over Trent's head. lie rose from his seat to extinguish it ere a hole was liiirned in the carpet car-pet It was the end of a brand of cigarette used almost solely by the French. One day he had smelled the undisguisabte odor and found old Glm-bert Glm-bert puffing at one; Glmbcrt said Mr. Yeatman had offered It It was unlikely un-likely that anyone else would have such a supply or consume them so resolutely. Yeatman occupied a small room at the head of the first flight of steps leading from tho main hail. Under no conceivable circumstance could a cigarette thrown from the small window win-dow of this room drift down to Trent's balcony. Gravity forbade for one thing. , Three people used the rooms of the floor above that on which Trent's suite was situated. He knew that Immediately Im-mediately above him was the room of -Mademoiselle Dupln. It was conceivable conceiv-able that she jm ked. But these coarse cigarettes fn such unbelievable quantity were, he felt certain, con-stinted con-stinted by some one else. Circumstances Circum-stances pointed t" Yentmnn. And what could Yeatnwtr be doing there? t 1 THESE WAI4T APS FOR SALE "God Seed Potatoes, Irish Cobblers. Inquire J. L. Vance, Alpine. 4-21-tl Estimates Free On your Plaster ing, Lathing and Stuccoing. Arnold G. Henrlcksen," Phone 4SAV2, Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove.. - 8-3 M-28p FOR SAJ.E Choice seed oats and barley. Also good team $150.00 In- . r .- T - -" - Fork. , . 3-24-tf ,j , : f)RSBRVlCB-.Fto.: youn Belgian FOR SERVICE Fine young Belgian Stallion, from registered stock. $6.00. Also Rueset potatoes 50c per bushel. Inquire S. IX Chipman, American Fork. 6-12- FRUIT PICKERS WANTED 35 berry pickers for strawberrys, rasp berries and other fruits during en tire season. Tel 42-W. B. II. Wright, American Fork. 514-3p Accredited Baby Chicks None better layers na matter what price you pay. -1-14- R. L. ASH BY. Sheep MenJJotice I have Baled Hay, Groceries, Fresh Eggs and Butter at " Trimgls Service Station - Charleston, Utah C. D. Thacker, Prop. Plumbing That Pleasss PHONE No. 6 Pleasant Grore Plumbing - Co. A. LEE ROMERO CHRISTEIISEN, WATKINS & DUHFORD LAWYERS Practice in all courts. 32 West Center 8treet Prevo, Utah - Very quietly, Trent crept to ffie Tittle Tit-tle balcony and listened Intently. He could barely hear some one talking rapidly In French. It was not the beautiful French of Madame de Beau-lieu. Beau-lieu. The si leaker was fluent enough, but lacked that delicate rhythm of the language as spoken bj educated woman. When Trent had first examined hla suite he had noticed that at this south eastern corner of the building a steel rod, a third of an Inch In thickness, part of a device for protection from light nlng, ran down to the earth. This rod of steel passed the edge of his balcony some two feet distant On Its way to the cornice above, It passed Mademoiselle Mademoi-selle bupin's window at an equal distance. dis-tance. A man with a clear bea3 and a sense of balance might make an ascent as-cent or descent without much danger. Straining his ears, Trent was sure he heard, later, the higher-pitched voice of the woman for whose safety he was exercised. It was when It was raised In undisguised fear that he acted. J0.Iniblngback..JntobIi. room, he drew on a pair of heavy gloves. Then be started the ascent of the rod. It was not easy to draw nil face level with the window ledge. Fortunately he kept .himself in perfect per-fect physical condition. As he pulled himself breast high to the sill the sweet and cloying odor of chloroform met him. . - , Mademoiselle Dupln was lying on the floor unconscious. Over her, Yeatman Yeat-man was stooping, tying . her, hand and foot with ropes adjusted with the sailor's dexterity. There wag evidence evi-dence of a struggle. Chairs was overturned over-turned and a vase of cut flowers wa. broken. The horrified sight kept Trent immobile im-mobile for the moment While he .watchedv Yeatman picked up the unconscious un-conscious girl, opened the door and 8 witched, o ft UieJ I g h ts. (To b continued) Large tt Lock Gate. The largest lock gates In the world are sold to be those constructed for the entrance to 'a new dock at Liver pool, England. A single leaf of the gates weigh W tons. o. ' " '' " Nuggtt of Wisdom , Bight actions for the future are the best xplanatlons or apologies for wrong ones In the past; the best evidence evi-dence of regret for them that we can offer, or the world receive. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1928 7r h .nnrw In LOST Team of homes, one, a sorrel horse with silver , mane and tall, bald face, weight 1600;" the other, a bay mare with black mane and tall, star lu forehead and stripe down rump. Both had halterg on. Return to Victor W. Ntcholes, American Ameri-can Fork, Tel. 168-J. Reward. 5-5-2t . - . .i I 1 '.. : ,b Used Cars AU Guaranteed For 30 Days and Sold On Easy Terms. 1925 DODGE SCREEN TRUCK A good car and a good buy. 1925 CHEVROLET COUPE Very good condition. Five tires. 1927 CHEVROLET. COACH Fully equipped-with -bumper, motor meter, trunk in rear and 5 new tires. 1929 CHEVROLET COACH ' Looka and runs like a new car. Five tires. 1925 E88EX COACH . 5 New Tires New Paint Completely Overhauled. 1924 FOR6 COUPE T Good Tires" and" "New Paint A good ear to own. 1926 CHEVROLET TON TRUCK Closed Cab, Five 80x5 Tires. Completely Overhauled. 1925 FORD ROADSTER TRUCK 8teel body. Good condition. Ten Other Tracks and Touring, to ' choos. from. Martin Nielsen Auto Co. American Fork ASSESSMENT NOTICE Pacific Gold' Mining and Milling Company, Principal Place of Business American Fork, Utah. Notice la hereby given thai a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Pacific Gold Mining and Milling Company,; held on I the 2Lst day of -April, 1928, 'an assessment (No. 69) of one cent per share was levied on the outstanding capital stock of the corporation payable immediately "to' the secretary at his office at American Ameri-can Fork, Utah. Any stock upon which this assessment assess-ment may remain unpaid on Tuesday, May 22, 1928, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auo tlon, and unless payment is made before be-fore will be sold fm Tuesday, June 12, 1928, at 2:00 o'clock p. m., to pay the delinquent " asseeemenL together with the cost of a4vertTslng and expense ex-pense of sale. ( J. B.XPARKER, Secretary. First Publication April 28, 1928. Last Publication May 19, 1928; NOTICE TO CREDITORS t Estate of Clarence Burgess, deceased: Creditor, will present claim. wlUt vouchers to the undersigned at R. F. D. No. 1, American Fork, Utah, on or before the 18th day of June, A. D. 1928. Dated at Provo, Utah, "April 11, 1928. , JESSIE R. BURGESS, Administratrix of the Estate of Clarence Burgess, Deceased. BOOTH ft BROCKBANK, Attorneys for Administratrix. First PublIcationApril 14, 1928. Last Publication May 12, 1928. DELINQUENT NOTICE WHIRLWIND CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY. Principal place of business, American Fork, Utah. NOTICE -There are delinquent up. on the following described stock, on account of assessment No. 17 levied on the 28th day of March, 1928, the several - amount - set opposite the names of the respective shareholders sharehold-ers as follows: Cert. No. Name '" No. Shares Am't A. B. Adams 29 5,102 $25.51 Robert E. Lee 61 1237 6.19 Laverl Adamson 1219 1,700 8.50 Robert E. Lee 1225 1,000 5.00 C. L. Whitney ....1235 10,000 50.00 Leo Kelly ..1282 1,000 5.00 Leo Kelly 1283 1,000. 5.00 Annie P. Mower...:....1287 -6,000 ' 30.00 Leo Kelly 1311 1.000 " 5.00 A. F. Galsford, Jr 1324 2.500 12.50 C."T. Jones . ....1325 2,500 12.50 And in accordance with law, and an order of the board of directors made on the 28th day of March, 1928, so many shares of each parcel of such stock as may be necessary willbeeold at . te""offlce of the secretary on. Tuesday, Tues-day, the 22nd day of (May, 1928, at the hour of 2:00 o'clock p. m. to pay the delinquent assessment thereon, together to-gether with the cost of advertising and expenses of gale. J. B. PARKER, Secretary, American Fork, Utah. First Publication May 5, JJ?28.- - i ' - |