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Show ;'.'... ,' "' :, j 77 7;':' --77 7 '"'7,' V 17,'7V 77 ':::7!',-:'- 7' ' ' ' 7 THE PRESS-BULLETI- BINGHAM, UTAH. : " fpy& Shelferiivd A Now Romanco of "tho Storm Coutvtvtj I he girl In between John I'endleliaven and bis precious cousin, Reggie's mother, and then liege and me gets Tony's money, see?" Edith shivered. "I hear what yen say." she mut-tered, "and I 'spose I'll do It if you promise not to let that pup hurt Tony when lie gets her. . . . Best let's wail another year before talkin' marriage to her, though." "Nothin' doin'," rasped the man. "Tony's almost a woman, and she's eatin' her head off. After she's marr-ied-" ' "You two nien'll rag the kid to death or do something worse to her," grit-ted the woman. "Well, you won't! Ilather'n have that I'll ted her she ain't ours. I'll go right bold to Paul I'endleliaven and blurt him the truth. I'll do it today If you keep naggin' at me." Devon studied her face, his own dis-torted with rage. "You'll do no such a thing, mad woman," he returned, running his tongue over his dry, cracked lips. "If you g;t me In a temper you'd better look out. Reggie knows Tonnibel's got rich folks, but lie don't know who they are. You spill the beans, by G d, and the lake for yours." The woman's gaze sought the sheet of blue water. "She'll grow a beard a mile long be-fore I tell 'er," she said finally, bring-ing her eyes back to his face. ' "Tell 'er yourself, and see how you like it I" There was a ring of revolt in her tones that brought an expression of surprise to the man's face, leaving It angrily, frowningly red. But the sound of a girl's voice on the hill brought him suddenly to his feet. "There she is, by G d," he cried abruptly..- "Now if you want any more lovin's from me more'n that, If you want to stay where I live, you got to do my will." "Uriah, honey, darlin'," cried Edith, "don't say that. I've always stuck by you." "Then keep a stlckin'," growled De-von. "For God's sake, if the brat ain't looking at her mother. "Yap It out quick, sweet, and I'll jump to do it!" The woman began to cry softly. "Go on, Edie," said Uriah. "Why in h 1 are you blubberln' over a thing you can't help?" . "But I can help it," cried Edith. "And what's more I wll1. Run away, baby, and I'll have it out with your pop while you're gone."' ", ', Devon reached forwnrd and 'aid strong detaining hand on the girl's arm. "It's this," he got out between his teeth. "You got to get married. You been livin' on me long enough." The girl stared at him blankly. "Get married," she repeated dully. "Who'd marry a brat like me? I'm nothin' but a kid yet, and I'm goin' to stay right here with my mother. See? I don't have to do I, mummy darlin'?" "Ydir ma's word ain't law on this boat," answered Uriah In an ugly tone. "Mine is, though. Fire ahead, Edie, and tell the kid my will." Mrs. Devon coughed spasmodically and toyed with the fabric of her skirt. A slender brown 'hand went up and closed over her twitching fingers. "I wouldn't marry any of the mutts you know, daddy," the girl burst out !ii desperation. "So get that notion clean out of your indnd." Her face settled sullenly into little lines that pursed up the lovely young mouth, and Uriah Devon moved his feet nervously. Perhaps his' task wasn't going to be so easy after all. "Kid," be said huskily, "if you don't do what you're' told, I'll make you. You ain't too old to gad yet. And you'll be missln' one of the best llck-in'- s you ever got if you mind what I tell you." The girl eyed him curiously, making a sidewise gesture with her head. "Who's the duffer you've chose out for me?" she asked at length. "You might as well tell me." ' "My friend, Reggie," said Devon, bending over and staring at her. Tonnibel's mouth widened until two rows of teeth gleamed through the red of her Hps. She made a wry face. "Nothin' like that for me eh, Edie?" Edith Devon was coming to a resolu-tion that meant trouble for herself and for Tonnlbel. "I ain't fought It all out with your daddy, kid," she sniffled weakly. "You get to the cabin and mend them old clothes." Uriah Devon laid his pipe beside him and uttered an oath. "You'll stay right here, brat," he gritted, "and pay .heed to me." "Uriah," screamed the woman, "if you go on with this, I'll tell 'er all I know. I swear I will. Tony, honey, Tony, baby, I I uin't " With a roar the man sprang forward nnd In his effort to reach his wife knocked the girl flat on the deck. When Tonnlbel rolled over and sat up, her mother was stretched alon th boat rail, ' and Devon wal stanirttfg over her. She lay so dreadfully still and limp that the girl scrambled to her feet. It wasn't the snme Tony who hnd come fearfully to them but a short period before with the little pig in her arms; nor the same girl who had swung In the treetops making play fellows of the squirrels and answering the shrill calls of the forest birds. She seemed suddenly to have grown tuller, and as she flung herself on Devon, the very strength of her little body sent him sprawling against the side of the cabin. "Now you killed her, d n you," she screamed. "If you kick 'er I'll I'll " She dropped at the side of her mother, her threat broken In two by the awful pallor on the worn-nn- 's face. "Oh, God, mummy darlin', mummy darlin," she ended in a bit-ter cry. Growling In rage, Devon turned on her. "Mebhe I have killed 'er," said he. "If so, I'll make a good Job of It and finish you too." The girl rose before him. her eyes blazing Into his, her little fists clenched together. "Folks that murder other people. Pappy Devon," she shot back, "get strapped in a chair, nnd they get lightning run through 'em. Go oil and finish up! Go on and finish me! I'd rutber have you kill me than make me marry that old Reggie." As If his name had brought him out of the forest, Reginald Brown walked down the Hoghole path. "My baby, Carolina Pendle-have- n, aged aix months." (TO BIS CONTINUED.) "AFTER SHE'S MARRIED" Synopsis. Lonely and almost friendless, Tonnlbel Devon, living on a canal boat with a brutal fa- - ther and a worn-ou- t, discouraged mother, wanders Into a Salvation army hall at Ithaca. N. Y. There she meets a young Salvation army captain, Philip MacCauley. She Is almost afraid to enter, but Philip assures her everyone Is welcome and she hears from him, for the first time In her life, about God. She returns home and tells her mother about her visit. 1 CHAPTER II. j 2 ' The Master of the Dirty Mary. A week before this story opens, Uriah Devon had steamed the length of the lake, anchoring his boat as near Ithaca as he dared. Even to his wife, Edith, he had not confided why he had brought her to a town where yawning prison doors gaped for her every pass-ing hour. "I won't go, RIah," Mrs. Devon had cried when her husband had made the statement that he Intended to visit Ithaca. "You couldn't get me nenr that place with a rope around my neck." But the very fact that she now sat on a small bench against the boat rail, gazing moodily at the water, proved that Uriah Devon had contrived to . have his way. , Occasionally Mrs. Devon lifted her head to listen and turned her eyes to the west where a narrow path zig-zagged Its length 'up the hill to the boulevard. Into her tortured soul had come a belief since the night be-fore, that Tony's "GIoHest God," would send her man home. Suddenly the sound of heavy foot-steps In the forest path brought her pbnr ' ' around. At last he was com- - Ing, this man she loved, perhaps ' drunk, perhaps to beat her; but nev-ertheless he was coming, and that was all she cared about' Uriah Devon slowly walked up the gangplank In silence. "Where you been?" the woman forced herself to say. But instend of replying, he demanded : "Where's Tonnlbel?" "I dunno," wns the answer. "A mln-tit- e ago she was over there not ten of your legs' jumps from here. . . . Where you been all this week?" He'd been on a terrible spree, she decided. He looked as if he had been drunk for days. That he had some-thing unusual on his mind, she knew, and she knew, too, It was about Ton-nlbel, for hadn't he asked for the kid the moment he'd returned? "It's about time we was doing things, Ede," he said, turning grimly. "I've waited as long as I dared. Rege says 'Paul I'endleliaven hasn't an inch leeway before he's In his coffin.' " Mrs. Devon's face grew deathly pale. "What do you mean, honey?" she faltered. "We live like rats In a hole." took np the man, after a pause, "while if Tony was made to do her part, we'd be on easy street. That's what I mean. We've got to have money and lots of It. Reggie's willing to marry the kid If you mind your business afterward. His niarryln' her ain't sayin' he'll stick to her. But we got to- have boodle, and we can't get It only through her." "He shan't have, 'er," the woman 8ai(1, with hard tones anil flashing eyes. "I low many times 've I got to say It over to you? If that's the why you've come to Ithaca, you might as well turn the old scow north and go back again. He's a bum," she went on. "A dude and a fool and every-Ihin- i else that's bad. He's n thief,, too." .' Devon laughed. ' "So ami, Ede," said he. "So 're you' for that matter. If Reggie knew that Tony was Paul Pendlthnven's kid. we wouldn't get one d n cent of her money. He snitches from the Pendle-haven- s and his mother because be don't get cash enough other ways. A feller's got to have spendln' money." "Pretty small plckln's," snepred Edith Devon. "Stealin' from folks st In the grave ain't my style. Reg-ogle- 's some second-stor- y man, that young duffer is." ' "You sneaked Paul's kid," taunted Devon. "He wouldn't be almost In his grave now If you'd kept your hands ofTn Tony." The woman turned on him savagely, i paying no beed to his words. "Get yonr blasted Reggie to steal enough for us all from the Pendleba-vens,- " she snld. "God knows they've got it and to spare. It's belter'n hnndln' Tony over to 'lm. He lives at IVndlehaven's, don't he?" "He won't do it," cut In Devon. "Reggie ain't got the nerve to burn his fingers too deep. Paul Pendelhaven'd send him up for thnt, If he caught him. My plan Is to get Tony married to Rege, and before the lid's Screwed I down on Pendleha veil's face, fchove "Go On and Finish Me." lugged that pig clean up that pine tree '" Above them n giant pine tree lifted Its head far above its fellows. Among Its branches the man and woman could plainly see the upper half of a girl's figure settled in the crotch of an out-spreading limb, and clasped in two slender arms wns the small guinea pig. She bobbed her heud "gravely, held up the animal and shook it at them. Tony, herself, little knew why in times of strife she sought refuge among these forest giants nnd came always to happiness. They were ani-mated beings In her mean little world and because she had showered idola-trous love on them they, from their primeval grandeur, sent nn answering spark of life to her starved little soul. The sight of Tony further enraged Uriah. He waved her lu. "Now tell her outright, and get It over, Ede," he said, sitting down again. Reaching the canal boat, Tony stood looking at her parents. "Set down," growled Devon. Shifting the pig a little, she dropped down on the deck. She alwnys dread-ed these talks with her father and mother. It usually meant they must move on, or perhaps that a thrash-ing was coming her way. From under her long lashes she gllmpsed.first'Dfr von with his frowning brow, then at length let her gaze settle on the wom-an. "I s'pose I been doin' . something hellish," she ventured presently in a low tone. "Have I, Edie?" "Nope, not this time, Tony," thrust In Devon. "But We've got to tell you something. You're gettln' to be a wom-an, Tonnlbel, and you got to do some-thing for your mother nnd me." "I'm always wuntin' to do something nice for you, Edie, darling," she said, I (Brove's is the Genuine and Only. Laxative - Quinine tablets Tha first and original Cold and Grip tablet, the merit of which i is recognized by all civilized , nations. Be careful to avoid Imltetloos. Be sure its Bromo The genuine bean this signature 30c. t 'TTrr- PARKER'S "I. iil&a HAIR BALSAM gjig? BmoveDanlrufl-8"PiUalrFlllii- il 5T I RratoTM Color and --Si T iBMnty to Cny and Faded Hafa MfiS""lSI McandSLOeatDninttata. 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The program contained a sig-nificant reminder that France lias the force to impose execution of the un-dertakings signed by Germany and would be able to use It If necessary, ulthmigh, true to her republican tra-ditions she wishes to bring Germany to fulfill her obligations by pacific methods. The declaration of the government was read by Premier Brluml In the chamber and by Senator Murraud in the senate. It was heard with tense interest and was interrupted frequent-ly by general applause. Germany's prompt economic revival is foreseen and the declaration says "any Idea of opposing or obstructing It Is far from the thoughts of the gov-ernment." Says France Is Prepared. "But," it Is added, "prosperity of the aggressor with the ruin of the vic-torious people would be, according to the most elementary morality, a chal-lenge France cannot accept. We have the force, and would be able to use it if necessary, to Impose respect for all the undertakings signed, but republi-can France .is essentially pacific and It is in peuce she wants to bring Ger-many to execute the obligation she has signed." Referring. to the relations of France and the United States, M. Briand de--1 clares that the Imperishable bonds forged on the battlefields will "guar-antee our union in peace as in war." He adds: "We are sure our American friends will give us for. the reparation of the damages we sustained the same support that decided the victory In the great war in which we defended to-gether the cause of civilization." ; The Artful FabuliBt 7 "Do you expect people to believe all :, this tommyrot about dumb animals en- - , gaging In intelligent conversation?" "No," replied Aesop. "But you can't get people Interested When you offer to tell them simple facts. The only way to secure their sincere and undivided attention Is to make believe you are going to tell 'em a whopper.'' WDOLGROWERS ARE TACKLING PROBLEM DELEGATES AT NATIONAL CON-- . VENTION DISCUSS PLANS FOR YEAR'S WORK. Will Endeavor to Secure the Protection of a Tariff and Will Investigate Measures of Mar. keting and Manufacturing. Suit Lake City. At the 'opening session of the annual convention of the National Woolgrovvers' association, on January 17, It was made clear that the woolgrowers will push their efforts to secure the protection of a tariff; they will Investigate closely and adopt measures of marketing; they will avail themselves of the bene-fits to be derived from the licensed and bonded warehousing act. nnd they will wear clothes made from, "pure virgin wool grown In the Uulted States." ' President Frank J. Hagenbarth of the association sounded the keynote of the convention as one of business, one In which the sheepmen are to con-fer on their urgent economic problems and to take measures to deul with them. . Upward of fiOO sheepmen, and some women, too, came from all the western states and' many eastern points to at-tend the convention. And they, brought with them, If not' their fight-ing clothes, at least a fighting frame of mind; for there was no denying the feeling present among those about the convention hall that they are going to get out and take most active meas-ures for the preservation and better-,ine-of their industry. The report of the success which has attended the efforts of Montana growers to find a market for their product, through the manufacture of their virgin wool Into cloth for cloth-ing, into blankets and other commer-cial products, was welcomed with a roar of approval. . President Hagenbarth was greeted with prolonged applause when he char-acterized this work of the Montana men as paving the way "to what per-haps may lead to the greatest wool mill In the country, and serving at least notice to the middleman that the producers are awake to their methods." Governor Charles R. Mabey wel-comed the sheepmen on behalf of the state and was Introduced by President Hagenbarth as a one-tim- e sheepherder who knows the problems of the , , marketing,- - transporta-tion problems, a plea for postpone-ment of grazing fees, the relations be-tween sheepmen and the packers and the interests of Indian wool produc-ers provided the material which the National Woolgrowers' association covered III the second day. In the Interims between the formal convention sessions the display room of the Montana Woolgrowers' associ-ation, where there was being shown the samples of n American-madf- i ool cloths, was crowded with sheepmen and their friends anxious to buy themselves suits made of the virgin wool and to Inquire concerning the possibility of extending the move-ment to practically every wool-growin- g state In the union. Pledging their every effort to a pro-gra- m of progress, the National Wool-growe- rs closed their fifty-sixt- h annual convention on January 19, after adopt-ing their program set forth in a series of more than a score of resolutions touching the topics vital to the salva-tion of the industry. They likewise Frank J. Hugenbarth of Salt Lake for the eighth consecutive time to lead them In the consummation of their alms:. Enactment of the Fordney emer-gency tariff law, which is to be pre-sented to the United States senate, approval of the French-Cappe- r "Truth In the Fabrics Bill" and the definition of projects to assist In mar-keting and financing of the wool and meat products of the Industry are among the outstanding' features of the program for the coming year. BORAH PROPOSAL APPROVED. Senate Committee Makes Favorable Report on Disarmament Plan. I Washington A defjnitestep toward International disarmament was taken by- the senate foreign relations com-mittee Thursday In ordering a favor-able report on the resolution of Sen-ator Borah, Republican, Idaho, pro-posing negotiations between the Unit-ed States, Great Britain and Japan to reduce naval programs. s The c(nmittee approved the Borah resolution without a roll call after It had voted down, 8 to 8, an alternative resolution by Senator Walsh, Demo-crat, Montana, proposing American participation In discussions of the league of nations disarmament com-mission. All Democrats present supported the Walsh measure and all Republicans voted against It. She Was in Fragile Health. Rogers Her eyes were cast down, her face fell and she burst Into tears. Neruiand Poor little thing; no won- - der they said she was all broken up. ' ,, Just So. . "That rich florist has a barrel of money." J uYs; a regular flower barrel." ' ' ' HARDING GOES TO FLORIDA . President-Elec- t to Spend Six Weeks ' In Sunny Southland. Marlon, Ohio. President-elec- t War-ren G. Harding left Marlon at mid-Dig- ht January 20 for St Augustine, Fla., where he will spend a vacation of six weeks before returning here for one day on March 2. Harry M. Daugherty, Senator Har-ding's preconvention manager; George Christian, Jr., his secretary, with sev-er-stenographers and about fifteen newspaper correspondents, accom-panied the president-elect- . Mrs. Har-ding expects to Join Senator Harding In Florida In about two weeks. Wilson Defends Secretary Post. Washington. A defense of the policy of the department of labor In dealing with radical aliens and a com-plete indorsement of the work of As-sistant Secretary Louis F. Post in car-rying out that policy was made Thurs-day by Secretary Wilson In a state-ment replying to an attack on Post by the executive committee of the American Legion. Shipping Board Declared Loser. New 'York. Losses running Into millions of dollars would be shown by the shipping board in the operation of Its vessels if fixed charges Were taken Into account, Colonel E. H. Abadie In-formed the Walsh investigating com-mittee. He is a former general comp-troller of the shipping board. United States' Bad Lands. This is the translation of "Mauvaises Terre.V the term used by the French-Cunndla- n trappers to describe these regions of unconsolidated rocks that have been extensively eroded. Bad lands occur on arid plateaus formed by horizontal strata of loosely cemented sands and gravels. The best examples of such regions are found In the upper portion of the Missouri drainage basin, In the vicinity of the Black hills. Some-or-to be found also In Colorado, Ari-zona, New Mexico and Texas. Jury Selected In Peete Case. Los Angeles. A Jury was sworn, the first witness placed on the stand, und Mrs. Louise Peete sat In Judge Frank R. Willis' court apparently in-different yet Interested Thursday af-ternoon as the state started on the wearisome trial to convict her of the murder of Jacob Charles Denton, wealthy miner and desert wanderer, Aijine time in early June of last year. Would Ban Hip Pockets. Sacramento. A bill to prohibit the weurlng of trousers with hip pockets was Introduced Tuesday in the state senate by Senator Chamberlln. "This is a companion .bill to the Harris pro-hibition enforcement net," said Cham-berlln, who offered the measure us a Baptism In Cyprus. Joiie." A bnptism In Cyprus is a curious, ceremony. The Infant Is rubbed with oil by his godfather, blown upon In the face by the priest and waved In the air, then dipped several times In the font, and again anointed with oil on various parts of the body. Will Ask Tariff on Fish. Gloucester, Mass. Three delegates appointed by the fishery committee of this city departed Thursday for Wash-ington to urge before the house ways and means committee that a' tariff ba placed on all fish. Robbers Take Safe. St. Louis. Tlree robbers, shortly before diiybreak Monday, entered the RIalto theatre, a vaudeville house, in the center of the city, and escaped with a safe containing approximately $3500, the receipts of two days. To Their Discredit Those who are the most accom-plished do not always accomplish the most. Boston Transcript i '.' . French Socialists Slain. Paris. Three French Socialists who appeared before Murmansk and Var-do- e, Norway, recently while return-ing from Russia, were killed, It is stated by the foreign relntlons bureau of the Moscow Internationale. Naval Officer Murdered. . Washington. Lieutenant W. H. ' Lungdon, American naval officer shot and killed by a Japanese sentry at Vladivostok January 8, was the victim of nn unprovoked attack, dispatches to the state department announced. ' British shipyards are constructing j nearly fifteen times as much tonnage i today as they did a year ago. ' |