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Show 1 - P llnutd JltUs cme to I t'clock on No il chatting wltn m teJllsg about of the old tink- Ittle lay down I ni went op9talra rot me a bite to Itmp an' lay down j some atory pa- a telephone. So J woke up and m out of the shop ght I didn't know told him then look out for the done up. I was ; day that Cyrus id The old man :lous." d other witness 1t was proved 'o f the Judge. The ;he statements he night of the mur-i mur-i were put In evl-the evl-the sheriff testl-idlnj testl-idlnj of the car-(Tolver. car-(Tolver. The dla-Iseated dla-Iseated his theory. k The only dls-fartroom dls-fartroom were the Iliad. Old Bumpy 'or the grand Jury, Indicted hira for It degree. Imped out of court d his deputy. The tood receiving the of friends when ipproached. Colonel Jem. f i bad, but 1 don't said Shad, reasons?" fan enough," was Id reason that has feCaln killed Abel,- fed "1 don't com- joj'i heart is better ought to be. Come and spend the it 1 must get back fo and gee notes r fl with you." 4 to see them. He through ihe bars It hands cheerfully nt to do rn Jyon to know that said ft two friends,' Pd to have mnr. wuld shake a stick one hut von n- fss her dreadful." lalnt scared."-thl "Ma!" Humpy ex ho has shook as often aa I Lave 'srvoug.- rouKh the bars and to And the gUt, W-hy , "".it y0ll l n'ghtheend f lhtervi,w. itWM r'"7' Ithike went F 'he rullr,,H ... vj ntu- p to I' I r AshlU'ld. fnt restinif0. fy er " null fa day talking of si v r. , i i He nnt ""'t kind dl.ln't r ii... re niurh - ..nil ,i. or not," fool em jet That P' Uglit w"h Honv ? "'at liumi,. murder. " mil knowledge Mm, The House of ibii -Three Irving Bach el lei 1 PRECEDING EVENTS WW ikMi lIlltlM ! leuna k tke Tu" . i. cnta, wttfc letter to CthMl BUk. Tk. il an emulator ' fcr th. Wr. J! 73rJ hee el S"Hee lapoee fro. h , Tutor to the ew.t"Temio aback which Brm Z A, rtdarty m tk Tan hi weiijaen mm la tTLa tack te hie ewe nlut U, hot la ovwaeea ky Stofi KM fat. I ooucattaa. H rt TW n kick Omv W n HuU A n..i . 1 fck aire. "" inaiu rw .arteualy nwl Chaic tll ntlwt mw to -7.. k b art.. 5M to wwtori at kto Meatf, lXt - prm It Stateaaenta ky Cyme Dealittla aae hla rjZgmgbm Um cm agafaot rown. of th damnlog crldencc In spite of thai familiarity with every, detail de-tail of it, tbe boys stood firmly for their friend. Their voices were the only ones that had a word to say In favor of the suspected man. They were openly criticized for being be-ing the friends of a murderer. It was Hearing nine o'clock of a chilly November night The usual band of murder gosalpers bad left the store of Epbralm Smlthers. He and his young clerk were getting ready to close. Suddenly Bony Squares entered. He had been running run-ning and was breathing hard. Shad was in the front end of the store stacking some tools. Bony was excited. ex-cited. He whispered to hit young friend. "By Jeedlxt" he exclaimed, quoting quot-ing tbe favorite oath of old Bumpy Brown, "I've run a mile. Trald I'd be too late. I've learnt a lot o' things, an' I've got to have a talk with you. Ask ol' fur-face If you can come and stay all night with me." Always Bony had been wont to speak of the bearded Smlthers as "old fur-face." . Shad knew that the request was full of danger, but he feit that he must hear what Bony had to say, even If It Involved his dismissal. He asked for permission to spend tbe night with his friend. Mr. Smlthers turned upon him with a vexed look. He never got angry. "Do you want to lose your Job?" he queried, in a tender tone. "No, sir," Shad answered. "I am not so happy here as I was. But I I'd hate to lose the Job and your your friendship, sir. You and Mrs. Smlthers have been good to me." "I guess we'd better settle up tomorrow," to-morrow," said the man. "There's a lot of talk about you an' Bony, but I haven't anything against you. I wish yon well." Shad went with Bony to his tittle garret room. "I'm glad you've quit rasslln' with spittoons an' molasses Jugs and kerosene cans," said Bony. "I've got six dollars saved up. How much have you got?" "Twenty-two dollars," Shad answered an-swered proudly. "Well Just hang on to It an' make It go as fur as we cnn. We've got a Job to do for ol' Bumpy Brown. Some one la tryin' to saddle this murder on him, an' he ain't no more guilty than you an' I be not a bit I I've been down to Ashfleld an' I've got some news. First read that." He took from bis pocket a poster which be had torn from a telegraph pole In Ashfleld. It said; "REWARD I "I will pay $1,000 for the conviction convic-tion of the criminal who wounded my wife and killed her fntlier. "CYRUS DOOLITTLE." "Maybe we can make a lot o' money," Bony went on. "If we do, well ko mucks. I'll tell ye why It ain't Bumpy Brown. You rempin-ber rempin-ber that man you seen down the road that got over the fence an' went behind Doty's barn. That must 'a' been about five minutes after seven. You thought, but couldn't be sure, that he wore a broad brimmed hat. Forty minutes later Jack Labnrge met a man two miles down the road In the dark. He had a broad-brimmed hat on. He wos wslkln' like Sam Hill towards to-wards Ashfleld. lie limped like Itumpy Brown. It was so dark Jack couldn't see his face. Away down Just above the road that goes Into the village Henry Lock-wood Lock-wood comln' home In a hay wagon met a man wearln' a broad-brimmed bat. He was wnlkln' fast, ne had bis hat tilted sideways so Henry couldn't sea his face. The moon was out then. This man didn't limp. There's a funny thing about It. He didn't limp. Henry is sure o' that It was within half a mile of Ash field an' most two mile below Bumpy'a on the other side o' the river. Henry says it was a little after eight o'clock. "They aav that ho ... . BW passed the aun.e man almost In i ii i v",ttS 8 n'e later, nut I didn't have time to look her ' y see how It all Jlbea-tbe time an' the broad-brimmed broad-brimmed hat nr.' the fast walklu'? T 1,1,8 D,n with the broad-brimmed broad-brimmed hat who ,.ft ,.rc rt after thn mnpiiu. . . . ' uoiwd you lie- uua, you nnd a lantern an' went off the road? Why did he hide his head behind his hat brim when Henry Lotkwood pnssed him? I gy that was the murderer." Shad was thrilled by the news that Bony gave. In a moment they heard some one coming up the stairs. Then a rap at the door. I?on Doctor Gorse-a tall, thin, emooth-shaved, emooth-shaved, gray-haired, kindly man. ouwu Deiore mem. These two boys had Interested the doctor. BeoHiixo tho. a J "-MICU friendship and good counsel the uw-mr nan sougnt them out. He had been like a wise father to Shod He had told his friends that these boys had good stuff In them. He came now and put his hand on Shad's head and gave It a friendly friend-ly shake. "My young friend, I heard you were here," he said. "I came over to tell you not to worry. You'll come out all right." ne had called to see Mrs. Smlthers, Smlth-ers, HI with sick headache and had learned of 8hads dismissal. "We're going to see If we can get Bumpy Brown out of bis trouble," said Shad. "Some one Is trying to put this murder on him." Bony repeated to the doctor hi. suspicion of the man with the broad- Drtmmed hat and the circumstances on which It was founded. "I'm Inclined to think you are right," the doctor began. "It Is s curious cu-rious case. I think that the officials have been misled by strong probabilities. proba-bilities. I'll tell you what I would do. I would follow that broad brimmed brim-med hat down the road tomorrow "He Passed Them on the Opposite Side of the Road." morning. It It was worn by the criminal, he probably hid the colored col-ored handkerchief and perhaps the hat somewhere on or near the road. Look In every hole and under every culvert. Also examine the fence corners and the crevices In the stone walls. Go and find that hired girl at the Bensons'. What kind of a man was It who passed her In the road that night? Did he limp? How was he dressed? Did he wear a broad-brimmed broad-brimmed hat?" "Supposing we found the handkerchief?" hand-kerchief?" Shad asked. "Take It to the district attorne3 with all tlie-rnformntlon you have been aVie to gather. You know Colonel Col-onel Blake. I have heard that he hus the revolver and the bullets discharged In committing the crime. If this Is true, tell him that you would like to know whore the revolver re-volver came from. No doubt It came from some "tore In this part of the country. Who bouplit it and when?" The good man left them. In the morning the hoys set out on the familiar road to Ashfleld. They went behind Duty's burn an I back to the hlghwny. They searched the thickets and culverts along that thoroughfare. They came to a Stone wall on the east side of the highway. SlmH took one side of the wall nnd Bony the other. They looked Into every hole and crevice. They had surveyed a king stretch of wall "hen Bony on the side toward to-ward the fields shouted: "Here It Is!" He leaped over the wall with the colored handkerchief and a small, light-colored slouch hat In his hand. He held (hem up before him. There were the eye-holes In the handkerchief. handker-chief. There was a touch of nwe Ln the excitement of the two boys. Shad looked off at the river. "This don't do Bumpy any good." he remarked. "His place Is below here. He might have hid the hat nnd the hnndkerchlef nnd then cut across to the river and got Into his boat." , But he didn't. Ton forglt the man In the broad brimmed hat. Me was seen away below here. 1 kuu It ain't tbe best place fer these things to be hid. but we can't help that Facts Is fads. The murderer murder-er went on down the road. I tell ye." They passed the Benson mansions on their way Into town. They were Just outside the village of Ashfleld. You're better dressed than I be." said Bony. "Co up an' see .f you can find that hired girl Tell Sm you'r. a friend of ol' Bumpy I AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN KpAmi . . . i 1 ft ,1... . I u, in iiuner, u MMit too It . tryln' to help him. Ill bet thej know tbe ol' ujan an W blr-1." j Shad dreaded the task but did not hesitate. Such grandeur Ba loomed before him whan b neare, the lawns, be ha d never seen, siuj considered what he would say to those Krand people, Hf decided first to speuk of bis friends, E. ( Converse and Colonel Blake. ne went to the nearest , of the bl-houses bl-houses and rang the bell at Its front door. A servant opened It The boy asked for Mr. Benson. He ex-: plained that he wished to see him Ls a. 1 m-m I Hi-out isumpy iirown. tie was shown to the library, fhere sat one of tbe distinguished Benson brothers. broth-ers. Shad trembled wtb awe when the man arose and asked! "Boy, what can I do! Tor you?" The tone of the man's voice was reassuring. Shad hadj learned that a gentleman waa Welcome anywhere. any-where. "My name Is Shad klorryson." he said as he stood bending the visor of his can In hla nervons hand I am a friend of B. C. Converse, sir, and of Colonel Blake." i "Good I know them both. That establishe Shad was getting 'better control of his breath. He made a new start "I have been worklhg in the store up at Amity Dam. 1 know Bumpy Brown. He has bee arrested for the murder of Oscar; Perry. He Is not guilty, sir." ji "Good. I'd like to agree with you. Glve me your reasons Mr. Benson was now deeply In-1 terested. I met the guilty man tn the road that night Two men saw him. He wore a broad brimmed hat He was walking fast on the! road to Ashfleld. Ash-fleld. He hid this halt an' handkerchief handker-chief In the stone ws-U beside the road." !' - Mr. Benson spread? out the hand-1 kerchief and carefully examined it. J Shad was now at the point be sought I hear that your hired girl met the man down In the road beyond your gate. Mr. Benson smiled as be rang a ' bell on tbe table near him. The butler came His master spoke: "Tell the mali Celestia More, to come here." A cheery-faced young Irish woman wom-an came from the kitchen. She had been visiting down near tbe bridge In the edge of the village, the evening eve-ning of the murder. She started for home a little after eight. It was dark and she was timid Her friend came with her. They en tered the road beyond the turn that leads to the village. A man approached them In the darkness. He was walking fast. He passed them on the opposite side of the road. He was tall. He- wore a cap. She and her friend both agreed that he wore a cap. "A cap I" Shad exclaimed. "1 see. He was getting near the vitiate. He had the cap In his pocket. Dp the road within half a mile, we're going go-ing to find the broml br.mmed bat He hid It somewhere.' Mr. Benson laughed. "You're a good-hearted boy and rather level-headed. I wish you luck. I have not been able to believe be-lieve that the old tinker waa guilty." Shad rejoined Bony who Was waiting for him on the road. Within With-in an hour the boys had found the broad brimmed tint. It bad been crowded into a hollow stump beside the road and was covered with rotten rot-ten wood. Klated, thy hastened Into In-to the village. "We'll go over to Canton and see Colonel Blake." Shad proposed. They went to the Westminster hotel and learned that the next train going west l ft at six-forty. They decided to telephone and loarn If the colonel were at home. They learned that he had gone to Klhlare pond hunting. The pond was about five miles hark In the woods. "I'm hun-ry." s.-iid Shad. "Let's pet our suppers ami walk home and have a talk with the doctor." When they came out of the supper sup-per room a number of men sat around the fireplace. They were talking of the nmrder. nt Amity Dam. Among them wre Robert Hoy co, cilery Anderson, James Kviirts, a conimonlal traveler, the proprietor of the lintel and a stranger of about thirty, rather Bhabbllv dressed. The stranger had red hair, a freckled face and ab-normnllv ab-normnllv large ears Anderson had spoken of the excellent work of the dlt-trlct attorney In promptly solving solv-ing the problem. "The problem ain't solved yet," said Bonv. "I happen to know that ibev're barking m the rong tree." "Huh! You must he rather .mart boy." said the hotel matL With the rabness of yo;itn Bony ,,,, 0f tbe different Hnt In the , ....pre the man with the broad- . . . .. i ,n en In the 'rTr . toward Ashfleld. darkness es. aping , in mi iw.ioiv Am IV i 'inn uvj unit he A ndle ..i.t,in ilie colored hnndkerchlef whirl, had n"''1 M. . ..... i n none wall. Half a Rimini iiiM lie shoved the mile out 'f Ahtieki " . hat In the hollow of n P,lL.p of the village be hend. In tbi was wearlnc the cap. Tense with Inleresr. r.j vui wns leaning forward In his chair -.iTlnfr flt the n,,v ine lauaiora as first to apeu. s. -How tlo you know he hid tb. handkerchief and the (TO BE CONTlNl.BC. CSbcPdtfflO CttHMiM ami Urania un Why don't you try thlg amaring soap tee how its soda last till dlshea are sparkling clean how they float dirt out of clothe and hold it out ao clothe are cleaner and whiter without rubbing? Soften water Never balls up. . Procter & Gamble nnrio nn vv lr L. o KlUn 1 1 U SHARE IN INCOME . . D . jShU,d I?te Be Real F,ft Fifty Partners? Women's rights, it seems, was not settled when political equal suffrage was adopted. Equal rights for worn en is still the most Important ques- tlon In American home life today, ac- cording to a questionnaire conduct ed among 6,000 women by the edl torlal staff of the County Home, FTfty-one per cent of all the worn en who answered the questionnaire se lected this as the "gravest and most Important question" of a long series submitted for their selection. Most of them narrowed their Interest down to money matters the right of a wife as a partner to share fifty-fifty ln the family income. The arguments brought to bear on the subject were many and varied a Kansas answer carried the fol lowing Indorsement: "When I. was thirty I would have stuck up for the old Idea that a man Is tbe nat jural head of the family. But now, ,at sixty-two, I am convinced that an actnal partnership with the wife would be the salvation of many homes that otherwise will be wretch ed or wrecked. Experience has demonstrated dem-onstrated that, under our present system of equality In education and opportunity, woman is Lot only man's equal mentality but often his superior In business acumen : and she Is entitled to full participation In everything ev-erything pertaining to the welfare of the home." An Indiana woman wrote: "I have traveled the whole road. This very question almost broke my heart I let my husband get hold of all the money I got from my parents. He spent It all for his farm and his good. I have no modern conveniences, conveni-ences, with an electric line right In front of our farm home. I have no Refinement Janet came home from school full of praise for one of her little friends. "Mary Louise Is such a nice little girl," she said. "She doesn't wipe her pen on her stockings. stock-ings. She Just licks the Ink oft I" Teeth Index to Bra!a Dr. O. Elliot Smith, famous professor pro-fessor of anatomy at a British college, col-lege, expresses the belief that while brains grow, teeth rest and man pays with weak and crooked teeth for a better brain. Tribute to Humanity Nothing strikes those who have lived long In this world so much as the essential goodness and kindness kind-ness of human nature when you look for it. Sir Alfred Hopklnson. Education Educntlon Is presumed to equip tbe student so he can go out in the world and make more money than the educator who educated him. Richmond Register. Raiabowa at Night Rainbows are occasionally seen at night This results from the light of tbe moon shining on rain, but is feeble compared with the rainbow rain-bow seen ln the daytime. Felt Hat Materials Fine felt hats are made of the fur of rabbits and conies ; cheaper grades of felt contain considerable wool or cotton. Ivory Heada "Please tell me where the popu latlon of the world Is densest." asks a reader of London Tit Bits, and the edftor answers, "From the neck up." Early Illustration According to the theory of the . 11... . 1. .. great naiuruiisi t iiuj me muvr, we of painting was started by draw- ahndows. About OurieNes If we could see this tumbled and troubled world clearly and truly, then how It would sparkle with light All in Ike Viewpoint Ninety per cent of we people sre bigots calling other folks bigots. Atchison Globe. Prolific Plant A single ragweed plant may produce pro-duce more than 23,000 seeds. ham n to susns of iyqkt soaf water ln the bouse, 1 draw cistern water. I had aevea children for bin and had to raise chickens to clothe myself and the children. And what good was It all? There are no pockets ln a shroud." Just How Nw Yorker Happened to B "Let In" John Stewart Bryan, himself a Virginian, Vir-ginian, tells of a man from Charleston, Charles-ton, S. d, who returned home from a visit to New York, 8omebody asked him how he enjoyed himself and tbe colonel said: "Fuel We bad a great dinner at Pelmonlco's. Colonel Ravt-nell Ravt-nell was there; Major Elliott from Columbia was there; three of the Screvens came from Savannah, and there was General Breckenridg from Kentucky and Beverly Randolph from Virginia." "That made eight, with yonF "No, there were nine. Oh, yes; there was a fellow from New York there." "How did he get Inr "Oh," said the colonel, "he was giving giv-ing the dinner rBoston Globe. Names la Odd Seqveace A curious sequence of names Is puzzling University of Alabama professors. pro-fessors. In one freshman class John James and James John occupy seats near each other. Across the aisle are Jacob Jacobs and Roger Rogers, Three Bernard Cohens are signed vp for the same course also. That problem prob-lem was solved by placing the Cohens on different schedules. Big "I see ln Yap they use grindstones for currency." "Think I'll go there." "Whyr "That's the place to earn big money." After a man has laughed at your Joke over the telephone, he expects you to hang up. When n man speaks slightingly of himself, his qualities and abilities, don't forget he it generally expecting expect-ing you to put up an argument on the other side, or at least hoping hop-ing you will. Farm Journal. lateraatinf Forgeriea Harvard university has a collection collec-tion of the so-called Ireland forgeries, for-geries, papers and letters which William Henry Ireland wrote In the Eighteenth century and strove to have attributed to Shakespeare. Ska Has to Be Smart Jud Tunkins says one of the smartest financiers he knows is a woman who can manage a 2 bill so as to make It buy a dinner for the whole family. Washington Stst Fatijue Aatitoxia According to s German scientist, fatigue la caused by a poison, which he has Isolated and from which he hag prepared an antitoxin that seems to Increase energy. From the Latia The word "sesqulcentennlal" Is taken from the Latin, "SesquT means one and one-half. Centennial Is derived from "centum," meaning one hundred. la It Something New? Men are beginning to talk about the use of common sense as If it were new, something that has never been tried before. Toledo Blade. Reatona for Detoara Civilization la under construction, says an editorial. That perhaps, U why we have to detour around It so much. Arkansas Gazette. Dirty Work Don't let a patient listener fool you. He is getting yon ander obligation ob-ligation so he can tell about his troubles. San Francisco Chronicle. Moil Sincere Patriot It's always been our Impression that a man can be a patriot without bonstlng about It all the lime. Cincinnati Cin-cinnati Enquirer. Tke Peaaimlat Do you know what a pessimist is? A man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself and hates them for it Shaw. Sanctionee! by Ueagn The use of the word "pretty" in the sense of a comfortable degree Is sanctioned, as "pretty well," "pretty sure," . zirx (Ml.M HEAD thicken ooop fmii 111! '!tll'i m a rifle hla head. Little Dlf nearly The young bride was aske.. she thought of married life. -d Mr. "Oh, there's not much difference,' she replied. "I used to wait np hal the night for George to go, and not I wait np half the night for him I coma home." The Amarlcaa Laagnage Who's that big cheese eve there?" "Some big butter-end-egg taaa.V Washington Post A false rumor gains enrrenq quicker than the average man. NEWHOUSE HOTEL AU-Expeaae Bsrtng Rates When registering, register-ing, ask far ' All-Expense" Bate. Or write for reservations re-servations er farther de tails. PLAN A s ntsoNS DATB AND 1 NIGHT '6' 50 Boom. dtaMr, brttMaat. earaMtae thwtaf ttckt Mk. (Om4 wnfc mm air.) PLAN B IQ50 t nasoNS fJ S DATS AND 1 WIGHT BXhb, fmnc CaM. kvwkfwt lunehaotu I thaatar tiekto Mk. (Om4 ay ) ONI rCRSON. VJi ' nOTEL NEWHOU8E a) Late CMr. Otak W. a. Sanaa C W. Waal ft Tree Footscep Paper This la a British pope', end raeas- t urea 13tf by 17 Inches. It Is ae called because the watermark Is a' fool's cap and bells. The so-called American foolscap Is the same fixe 1 as "legal cap" 13 by 16 Inches. ) Danger la Uaelna Haate - . "Too much eagerness In getting always to tbe front," said HI Bo, the sage of Chinatown, "may leave a vain man dangerously unaware of what is going on behind his back." Washington Star. Tke Only Difference There Is this difference between great leaders and the average citizen: citi-zen: The average citizen . doesnt know how to save the country, either, but Tie doesn't know it Los Angeles Tiroes. Uacle Eben "A good-natured man," said Uncle Eben, "aln entitled to much credit If he's good-natured only Jes' because be-cause he kin take life easy an' not care what happens." Washington Star. Special Coinage Oregon Trail half dollars were coined ln 1923. They commemorated the heroism of the fathers and mothers moth-ers to traversed the Oregon trail to tbe Far West Tkat'e Way The reason a lot of women look old before their time Is because they persist In trying to look young after their time. London Tit-Bits. Thoaght la Eaaentiat Reading only furnishes the mind with the material of knowledge; it Is thinking that makes what we read ours. Exchange. New Alibi Needed Now One good thing abont tbe radio. No politician can claim the microphone micro-phone misquoted him. Florida Tlmee-Cnlon. Family Ufa All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family Is unhappy ln Its own way. Count Leo Tolstoy. Error Talkative Every absurdity has a champion to defend It; for Error Js always talking. Goldsmith. Fortaae'a Helping Hand Fortune truly helps those who are of good Judgment Euripides, ae, t WfojwuiM,. ei |