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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1930. The MuHnu of the J Albatross by Wyndham Martyn COPTBIQHT IN THB V. . WNC Sarrlc "I eat too much and I drink too much and my arteries are made up calcium, they tell me. Like the "yt?st of them, you will preach temperance. You are not here for that. You are here to patch me up If the need occurs. "Patching won't help you much," Bettington remarked. "If you're not up to the Job, I'll tell Clements to ship some one who Is." Abruptly Radway turned on his heel. He did not In the least mind if he had left his physician angry. The anger of fools and a poor man was a fool, in his opinion had no weight The sea air was beginning to make him hungry. This would mean , a rich luncheon served as that artist, the fat chef, alone knew how. A feeling of pervaded him at the sight of the cocktails. He told Clements to pass one to the doctor. "We can't wait for the ladies," said Radway, and threw his drink down with a single movement "I wish I could sip like you," he said to Betting-ton- . "When I want a thing I want all Vf . well-bein- g . them to luncheon. Radway was genial He presented a tall and distinguished man to bis wife. "It seen is we shipped a doctor aboard. Here he is. lkctor Waite Mrs. Radway ami Mis Unwin." The Intltiuify, so ri:firced and Inevitable on a yacht, with which one must come to regard another after a time, presented problems to Mrs. She Radway not wholly pleasing. conceded that this stranger had a face which Inspired confidence In her, as much as that of the steward with hU perpetual 6inile created aversion, lid had a fine bead and keen but kindly eyes. And there was something reassuring in his splendid physical proportions. She thought he looked with especial kindliness at little Mary Cn win. As for Mary, she breathed a sigh of relief. Instinct told her here, at last was a man on hoard she could tnjrt. She had not confided In Mrs. Radway. her apprehension of most of the men she had seen. "I hope you will find very little professional work to do," Mrs. Radway said to Betttington. He was charmed by her low, yet distinct, voice. He had thought Lavery's portrait to be idealized until he met the original of It He had often, in other years, read of her. It seamed likely, when she was first married, that she would accomplish that almost Impossible ambition, a salon. She bad birth, money, wit and beauty. And with these advantages she had chosen Radway among the many who put their all at her feet He looked from her to the financier. What was It Bettington asked him, self, that bad made him. In her eyes, more attractive than any other man. Ambition probably, and the enthusiasm aroused by his big moment at the capital. He wondered how much she had repented of it There could be no doubt now as to her disillusions. He thought he could discover a trace of sadness In her lovely face; and, like La Giaconda, "her eyelids were a little weary." Whatever uncomfortable pauses In the conversation there were, due to Radway's Incessant grumbling at the food, the motion of the boat and his inability to enjoy flavors that once fascinated him, she filled in without seeming effort She had, no doubt, become adept at this, Bettington thought After lunch Radway went to his big stateroom at the extreme bow of the boat. "Got some work to do," he announced. "It will keep me busy till dinner." Mrs. Radway knew he was going to sleep. Then he would wake, feeling wretched. He would take a highball, two or three. Then he would dress for dinner and the real man would beShe was not sure tray himself. whether sh was sorry or glad that there was a new element Introduced by Doctor Waite. She knew her husband's imperious ways too well to suppose that anything but his own will could moderate his appetites. She watched him walking up and down the deck with the secretary who had so little to do. A man who would take such a position as this, with Its relatively small pay and Insecure prospects, must be a failure at his profession. And yet he did not look like a failure. Mary liked him, and admitted his charm, but to eighteen he was old. The captain's nephew, young Crosby Todd, who had shown her the mysteries of wireless, was more of her age. Bettington saw her eyes brighten as the lad came from the wireless room, and crossed the deck, a little diffidently, to her. He smiled at the young man. Bettington liked boys of this clean-cu- t sort; and he knew that there might come a day, not far off, when the boy would be called upon to prove his mettle. He was a little distressed that the boy showed antagonism and answered his questions as to his work with smileless face. Well, It was perhaps better so. A man was known by his companions and they Judged him to be one of Clements' . "Mary," Mr. Radway Said Suddenly, "It Was Very Selfish of Me to Have Brought You Here." of It Instantly. As the ladies don't eeem to be coming up, why let their cocktails go to waste?" In the library, which was also the music room, Mrs. Radway and Mary were sitting. jX "Mary," Mrs. Radway said "it was very selfish of me to have brought you here." "You needed me, and I'm glad I came," Mary returned. She had conceived one of those almost extravagant admirations for the beautiful woman. . Literally, at the eleventh hour, the maid who was to have come, declined the risk of ocean's wrath and deserted her mistress at the very dock. The gong sounded which summoned When You Think HARDWARE THINK WILSON "Everything to Build Anything" Phone 11. - BE KIND TO YOUR EYES Better let us examine our eyes NOW. sure they are right so you can enjoy reading these long winter evenings. "Be have the experience and the equipment to make your eyes better and your vision clearer. We Tremonton - Utah . adherents. He was not sure whether Mrs. Radway, for all her courtesy at luncheon, would expect him to get on the easy terms with her which he had established with Mary. She was, he reflected, one of the great hostesses and society beauties of the day. Perhaps she, too, shared the suspicions already formed of him by the captain, ne found himself elated a new emotion with him when she beckoned him to take a chair at her side. "I am glad you are a physician," she began, "one can talk so much " ; more freely to you." This hardly put him at ease. It was a bad beginning, be felt, this enforced deception, and yet he could not allow her to suppose he was not the ship's proper!y?qu!pped surgeon. "It Is about my husband," she continued. "He Is very 111. He hates ferociously. He thinks It hurts his enemies; sometimes he talks as though he believed In black magic. Of course, She It all reacts on him eventually. watched Mary and young Todd pace up and down the deck. "Probably about five years' difference In their age," she commented. "That's right; It's natural. I hope shell marry him. He Is a good honest boy." "You knew of him?" Bettington asked. He found himself concerned for Mary Unwin's future. "I have never even spoken to him," she answered, "but one sometimes has the gift of seeing people as they are. You are reliable. There are others here who are not . . . The man Clements with his eternal smile, which is never accentuated and never diminished. It's the smile of a mask. Who la be?" "I saw him for the first time on board," he returned. Tour husband must know." "He did Elgar a ood turn once, she said, "and when he offered this boat, all found except the captain, who Is our old skipper, Elgar took f.'ild he knew he would have to pay for the help Clements gave." So that was how It came- - about But Radway had not guessed the ex t I of the pay. Bettington sat talk-i- i a t Evelyn Radway until she called and said It was time to dress for dinner. Clements came into Bettlngton's siuieroom. A dinner coat and black trousers, newly pressed, were bung up. "They always dress for dinner," said the Boss. "You did well this afternoon. I could see she was . taken by you. When you meet Metzger tonight you will find him already furiously Jealous. I will not allow any quar-- . reling on board until the thing is achieved for which . I gathered you together." "You will not allow It?" Bettington repeated slowly. "You may not allow men like Sam and Metzger to do as they please, but I am a free agent my good man." Now he would see the smile fade. If the dreaded Boss lived up to his reputation some other expression must replace the grinning mask. Bettington heard a swift Intake of breath, but there was no other indication of anger. "You are a free agent as long as you do what I tell you. Tonight I shall Introduce you to the rest I do not wish the common good to be endangered by any foolish quarreling over women." The unwisdom of making an enemy of Clements and his gang of crooks made Bettington alter his truculent manner. He had yet to get to the bottom of the plot and gauge the e M.-ir- strength of its Instigators. "I'm not anxious to quarrel," he said more pleasantly, "but I'm of Just as independent a nature as you yourself. You'll pardon me now, but I have to dress for dinner." It amused him to think how startled course, Elgar was notoriously handsome then. You see, I took charge of my father's household when my mother died. I was only seventeen. Think what that meant to an ambition-craze- d girl. For me, America held only one city, and that was Washington, where the embassies and legaUons were." Then came several turns of the deck and no further confidences. "I very seldom talk of those ays, she said later. "I try to think of" them; but here, with nothing to do but watch Elgar. and know that this Is the end, I am full of my troubles." "What do you mean by the end?", he asked. The Implication that death might be what she meant, disturbed him. No matter how concerned he might be for the welfare of the two women, he was breaking the law by pretending to be a qualified physician. And to have to attend a dying man and see others hang on his verdicts and take comfort from his blundering Inadequate service was a chilling prospect "ne is slipping," she said, "slipping It Is the fate of these mentally. strong men who derive no strength but from themselves. He thinks a month's rest will put him in shape for the battle. You have seen his methods of training. He has burnt himself out." "By battle, you mean his fight with ' Gibbons?" "Elgar underrates Mr. Gibbons, whom I know slightly. He has not Elgar's supreme ability, but he can Itad-way'- s descend to meannesses which my husband never used. After all, Elgar has had his great moments." She sighed. "There was a time when even so keen a Judge of events as my father thought he would win the Presidential nomination. It was Just after the panic of 1907 when his name led atl the I should have been rest mistress of the White House before I was twenty. Naturally, I was PAGE SEVEN day forenoon, so that the attendants School could hear the opening session of the great Centennial Conference. The words and music were transmitted "very clearly and many were glad to have had the privilege of listening in. Mrs. Lafavpttft flrnipr has Wn ill during the past week but was suffic improvea so inai sunaay ner iency immediate family planned a day in the far hir nlnsniw Mr Mrs. Lafayette and . ..... . daughter - Grover, ww nazei, Mr. ana Mrs. WUdon Urover, and children and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grover and little daughter motored up at Sunday rs m Brigham canyon where they ate lunch and rested a few hours then continued by way of Sardine canyon, to Logan where thev Visited fnr cntn fimo ra. turning home in the early evening by way 01 retersDoro ana Jieaver Dam. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Laws and family of Malad, spent, Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs. James Miller and famliy. Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Sorensen are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby girl, the little lady having arrived but a day after than her cousin at the Henry Sorensen home. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wise and mother, Mrs. Minnie Hawkes, of were Friday guests at the Lafayette Grover home. Mrs, Hawkes is a sister of Mrs. Grover. Og-de- I (V , Pleasure sail-orme- It Pays, Too being Try .. O R skaggs! Utah Railway Company Highway here in Carbon County. VernalTwo isolated public land tracts of 40 acres each, near here, sold to Clifton W. McCoy and Milton Hacking. cW0 wm Sunday is for the gay no There's youngsters. fun like hunting in sequested nooks for those delectable colored and chocolate eggs bunnies. EASTER H. G. Scott Drug Go. Where Savings Are Greatest Phone 47 - Tremonton, Utah CLEARANCE SALE Many Arc Taking Advantage OF OUR ment Their Martin filed application with Utilities Commission for permission to substitute double track grade crossing over State Kiddles (To Be Continued) East Garland daughter Barbara, who had spent a week visiting with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Seager of Fielding visited with Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Grover, Sunday evening. Mrs. J. W. Larson and Edwin Isaacson entertained at a Sunday School Class Party at the home of Mrs. Larson, Monday evening, the guests being members of "The Book of Mormon Class", and other young people, numbering about thirty. A jolly good time was had. The games were well arranged, some being sugA dainty tray gestions of Easter. .'uneheon was served. J. M. iSorensen and members of the family motored to Logan, Friday afternoon. Please the ... Clements must be behind that smile of his, to listen to a declaration of independence from one over whom he 1 thought he held the threat of life . Imprisonment. Bettington knew that "Welcome A attended largely when the right moment came it would Home Party," for iSyivan Korth, was be easy to prove his Integrity. Until held in the Ward House Thursday evethen, he could play the part assigned ning. An interesting program was to him, with Just as good grace as given including remarks by the Clements the autocrat could act the missionary, after which time was steward, assume his livery and wait spent in social chat and dancing, Mr. Benton's orchestra furnished the upon an Impatient employer. Bettington never f ofgot that first music. Friends were present from dinner aboard the Albatross. Radway Garland, Fielding, Brigham and the looked straight ahead of him, heeding home town. Miss Ora Hansen,' only daughter of nothing. It was only when his plate and Mrs. E. S. Hansen, was Bishop was set before him, filled with the Lochefs rich delicacies, that he seemed married to Odell Julander in the 2nd. gan temple, Wednesday, April awake. He had been drinking steadily The bride is one of the most widely since luncheon and drink made him loved and respected of our young hungry. people. She has always worked and She served unselfishly for the betterment Mary Unwin was disgusted. had no fear of her employer. She had of her associates. She will be greatly never liked him ; now, for his behavior missed. Mr. Julander is a prominent to Mrs. Radway, she hated him. She student in forestry at the U. S. A. C, was glad when Bettington came In. Aside from pursing his studies, he She smiled at him. It seemed to her assists in teaching some classes and has a bright future. All join in wishthat he and young Crosby Todd were the newly-wed- s the success and the only men aboard whom one could ing happiness they so much deserve. They trust" Captain Hallett was gruff and will reside in Logan until Mr. Julansoured. The others watched her with der completes his school work. eyes aflame. And she, like the others, Among those who attended the Cen-teni- al turned her head from the ever smilConference in Salt Lake City were: Bishop and Mrs. L. M. Holman, ing, suave steward. There was little conversation at the Messrs. J. W. and Paul Larson, Sylvan wretched , meat As , Mrs. Radway Korth and Douglas Oyler. of Through the kind to stateroom her with Mary, passed Millan Peck and Owen Cheney a radio leaving her husband still at the table, was installed in the ward house Sun- she turned to Bettington. "On deck, later, I should like to speak to you." 1 He bowed in answer. The spoken word would have betrayed his gladness. ' He went out on deck to Patrons are conwait, with what patience he could summon, for stantly telling us how much they enMrs. Radway's coming. Mary was looking up at the wireless. The operjoy serving themator was receiving news of the day selves with the best for his bulletin. Clements had albrands of groceries lowed the machine to be repaired. and the best quality Bettington wa& glad to believe that of fruits and vegethis lad was clean and honest Tubby tables at our store. two defenseless children Unwin's Their enjoy ere need of all have that long, might, does not end when was clean and honest on the Atheir selections are lbatross. He had feared Mrs. Radway would completed. be saddened by the cheerless dinner. real pleasure comes He did not wa:.t to see her unhappy. when they are ser Now he was amazed to find her smilving the good qualing and vivacious. ity foods procured "Let us walk," she commanded. at our store. "Every voyage I take I mean to learn n which stars are which and how can stand by them. What's that bright thing up there?" From a cost stand"Venus," he said. "She Is the evening star this month. Most mariners point, it pays our steer by her too readily." customers to serve "And these mariners Clements has themselves at our gathered together what do you know 0. P. Skaggs Sysof them?" tem store. Both the "Very little," he said, "but I don't husband and wife like them." are vitally interest"Directly I came aboard I knew ed in the goodness something was wrong here," she said. and the cost of their "A sense of dissonance." She paused foods. The populara moment "Even more than that, but Perimpossible to put Into words. ity of our System is haps it was a certain sense of dread, the result of our ora feeling that Clements, in a past inganization carnation, was the spider who asked able to sell high the fly to step into his parlor." grade foods at "cut "Of course," she said, a moment rate" prices. about later, "I care nothing whatever serving yourself at the stars. To me they are Just decoour store once and in the rative, lovely lanterns hung heavens to make the nights beautiyou will become a . Worrying about my husful regular and happy band Is driving me to the deepest patron. misery. I used to be so proud of him. Perhaps I lacked the healthy Instinct which girls ought to have for companionship with boys of their own age. I rather despised young men. FOOD Their ambitions seemed so small, to contemptible beside those of the men . . . and of I saw in Washington n, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Northman , and children of Garland, spent Sunday with relatives here. Messrs. Floyd Adams and Leroy Atkinson motored to Provo, Saturday evening. They returned Sunday ac- - SPECIAL PRICES ON Implements ALL OF WHICH MUST BE SOLD New Idea Manure Spreader, the best spreaders ever built, at a price never before quoted. THEY MUST BE SOLD. Also J. I. 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