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Show LEHI FREE PRESS. LEHI, UTAH o o o o o o o o o o CaDmannneiraDir JJnnnn tun o Coprrlfbt ty EBy IPeSeir SB. o o o o o o o o o o l&yiie o Peter 8. CHAPTER VIII 10 Mr. William B. Uithain sudled fatuously and rubbed his old luiuils together In pleased anticipation, as he noticed the telegram beside his plate so why liot go to Texas with me? Shave your bickers and dress like a rancher and play the part of the sheep buyer?" . It's a "I!y golly, rn do it, good idea. When can you start?" "In one week." "Tine. Meanwhile I'll keep you ad vised If anything new turns up Hey, don't hang up yet: Harms has just handed me another telegram it may be from Hobby. . . . No, it's from Hignenes. ih, Lord, oh. Ird, oh. Lord! ;ienn. will you listen to this?" And he read over the telephone : "When yuu s ward again I should be a proud man to bear you address, her as Mrs. Hitruenes or lliggins whichever suits you best stop To that end I request your permission to pay my court stop I know the going will be hard hut I have never been accustomed to getting anywhere without a battle so I will take a chalice stop You know my people so I do not have to furnish social refer ences stop Can furnish financial ere dentlals to please any save most ex acting." "lie's a direct actlonlst," fJletin Hackett growled, "lie's his father's son. Just Im agine the nice courtesy that induced him to seek the permission of Hobby's responsible relative before commencing work." "What are you going to say in re(Ji.-iin- t breakfast. He read: "The man who first called you Crooked 15111 knew his onions stop I have jour Teias record Mop You permitted me to walk Into a situation that is perfectly and monstrously and I am horribly eniburrassi'd ttop Jim's father shot you In the foot with a forty five caliber revolver and the Impulse to be careless with deadly weapons atill runs in the family only the present representative use a bow and arrow and tdiootg for the heart stop. N'or is the Con noma ra half blood bred out of the tribe stop Believe it or not he has erected a headstone over I'nelc Tom stop It is an angel weeping and on the base of the monument he has worked in a f of a shepherd and a sheep presumably the one that was lost stop Spanish art and Irish deviltry stop When I compare htm with filenn I am torn between a desire to weep and to laugh stop Glenn Is so respectable so proper so mindful of all the things we have been raised to admire and respect while this fellow stops at nothing and consults only his own desires top My plan is to secure the court's permission to get rid of the sheep promptly and return to Ilillcrest so I ean bite you on the ear. ply, Mr. "HOP.RY." "I'm going to encourage tlie boy, of Harms, the butler. In the act of course." dropping the customary two lumps of "Why do that?" ugar into Crooked Hill's coffee cup, "To make him work. Remember, froze in the act and regarded his masfilenn, there Is one thing Roberta will ter with amazement and concern. It never forgive, and that's had taste. You can't kill n girl's uncle and then appeared to Harms that the old gentleman was about to hnve some sort of expect to rissh tier off her feet, even Seizure, for he had closed his eyes, though you killed In self defense and thrown back hU, head, opened his In so doing performed n public service. I tell you this man mouth and gasped. Higuenes doesn't know any better than to walk into "Anything wrong, sir?" Harms demanded. straight lefts and rights." "Hurl" yelled Crooked Rill. "liar!" Crooked Rill bun? up and ImmediTwo bursts of nmnlHc laughter! ately dispatched the following tele"Good news, sir?" Harms suggested gram to Don Jaime Miguel Higuenes: politely. "You have the nerve of a "Harms," said Crooked Rill, "did stop Thanks for the compliment Imyon ever hear of I'nndora?" plied in your telegram but I hive "Oh, yes, sir! You are referring to nothing to say about It stop Howev the lady of mythology who unlocked you have my best wishes and I wih the box of troubles?" even give you some good advice stop "Exactly. Well, Miss Roberta has I'lle on the high romance and sound ... bas-relie- - lion-tame- r i ei . t the old castillan note your good old knew so well stop If there is anything in Mendel's law you should be dark haired and dark-eyelike Mike and with these assets a fair singing voice and a guitar some moonlight and a pachydermous hide I should say that you stand slightly more chance than a celluloid dog chasing an asbestos cat through the Infernal regions. father "LATHAM" "And now," he murmured, "having done my full Christian duty by all concerned, I think I should return to my breakfast." Well had he been nicknamed Crooked Hill! Migtion awakened Roberta at seven o'clock next morning. "It's Sunday." she reminded her discreetly. "What will you wear, miss?" Roberta had given considerable thought to that very subject the night previous. "That sports suit just before leaving New I bought she York," answered promptly. Rreukfast was ready on the gallery when Roberta came out looking for her host. The table was set for two and ron Jaime was waiting for her. His lazy dark eyes swept her In one glance from her white kid pumps to her Titian head. "You are as beautiful as an armv with banners. Miss Antrim," he announced in the matter-of-fac- t tone In which one proclaims that two and two make four or that a straight line-- Is the shortest distance between two points. Not so much a compliment or the natural desire of a man to flatter a woman, as a definite statement of fact. Roberta Hushed and hated herself for It, because It was not her habit to exhibit such apparent pleasure at compliments from men. Had the words come from any other man she would have had a careless retori ; In all probability she would have told another man that he wasn't looking so verv beautiful himself. Rut again that strange sense of bafflement, of stupidity, almost, held her spoet bless. "I suppose he'll ask me if I slept well," she decided. "The usual hannl query." He did not He tucked her Into her seat, sat down opposite, looked at I isoto1 f"v r b Jlk " - xV E Mil A me to come home." "Not that, Jimmy. Think of me the arrival of there awaiting standing one of your men with the Information that the rest of the boys will be here with the body directly." "Have another egg and some more bacon," Hon Jaime urged hospitably. "We're talking too much and there 1 - Swine Into this csniDaim nv yourself, your shsr of thU De I Money. PATRONIZE HOME IVDlm863 itte'' goes the first bell for mass." in the cupola of Don adobe ciiurcti was can- to the faithful summons last Its ing when Roberta and her host left the house on foot. Don Jaime led her down the main aisle of the small church and crossed with her over to the organ which stood against the wall. The choir sat on benches in the rear of the organ and an upholstered chair stood beside the organ seat. "For company," Don Jaime murmured, and indicated that Roberta should occupy It. The padre, in his vestments, entered from the sacristy, and as he advanced to the altar Don Jaime's little organ crashed into a sonorous prelude; then his brown choir, taking the cue from a vigorous nod of the master's raven The bell lairnts little 5 Job." "uf course, it's very unethical ft' to like me," he admitted demurely. "Ret. us say It is unusual and let it go at. that." Mis eyes devoured her. "Roberta, you're mighty sweet. think, If I may, I'll call you Rohhy." "My friends all do, Shamus. Tire away, old timer." She saw him swallow something and It was not food. The fire died out of his eyes, and the sudden, wist look faded and was re ful, little-boplaced by gravity, sternness, mascu Unity. "He's nice." the girl thought "He wouldn't take advantage of the fact that I'm his guest to appear to rush me." Oh yes. Roberta knew men. Shi could read their faces and, converse For had not Don ly, their minds. Jaime Miguel Higuenes just assured her she was as beautiful as an army with banners! "You're a very happy man, aren't you, Jimmy It seems to me that with you, life must be one glad sweet song." "Oh, It Is," he assured her. "The singing started last night.". Again his eyes burned into hers for a split sec ond. ami again she felt her face flush ing hotly. To cover her confusion she said inanely: "I do wish you knew 1 - light mother-naked- . I gave it to him small doses, so he wouldn't sunburn. Now he's tanned. One arm and one leg are affected but not very hadly. With Increased general health he will gain strength and the desire to be more active. Nobody ever ex ercise.i ".uiiii: energy, ami those who have no energy to waste do not care to exercise." "He adores you, Jimmv." "Well. If children and dogs do not like a man that's a sign he had better to begin take stock of himself like Robbie. like all children, even terrible children. rrn godfather to one hundred and elghty-seveand after mass this morning I'll f;ii;,, n the one hundred and "Why are you so popular. "For two reasons. If r, Jimmy?'' god rather to the child of one of n,y people then eighty-eighth- The girl watched Don Jaime, who knew not one note from another but who played amazingly well by ear because Cod had created him a troubadour. His dark face was alight with the delight he gleaned from his simple task; for all his huge body, there was in his attitude and In the luster of his eyes something that proclaimed to her again the odd, little-boquality in him. touching her as she had never been touched before. "Strange, strange man," the girl reflected. "There he sits with a look of exaltation on his face, and yet I know he prides himself on being too stern and original a thinker to he an orthodox churchman, to accept the Scriptures as literal, to have even the most remote interest in the ultimate disposal of his immortal soul. He killed my Fnele Tom and is too honest to think of pretending to me that he regrets it. He's a strange mixture, yet there is nothing complex about him. He thinks straight', talks straight, and acts straight. II-- couldn't dissemble if he wanted to. Oh, dear, I'm afraid I wish I had never met him. He's one of those terrihi? men one must take seriously." The service proceeded. Roberta dreamed on. . . . Don Jaime's low voice reached her. "Now, then, Rob-bdo your stuff." She sang as she had never sung before. "See their eyes," Don Jaime whispered as she sat down. "The poor "Why, Jimm,:" "I thought for a while I'd surely have to go to Hillcrest, Dobhs Ferry, Westchester county. New York, and point out to you the error of your way, but thanks to your L'ncle Tom I was spared that expensive journev Then, too, I probably wouldn't have showed to such good advantage in your country, because of the competl tion. I loathe competition. It makes me just a little bit jealous." For the life of her Roberta couldn't She had a habit of help laughing. laughing at men when they were pro posing to her or on the brink of it. She was nt ease now, no longer In hibited by some quality In this man which she had never met In any other If he was in love with her she had him foul wherefore she laughed. To her chagrin he laughed with her, and instantly a horrible suspicion crossed her mind. Was this Texas longhorn merely indulging in a mild flirtation with her? A hot rage swelled in Roberta's heart and her laughter ceased abruptly. "This Is very sudden. Jimmy." Her voice was cool. "That habit of being sudden is a trait that runs in tjie Higuenes blood. My father was a very sudden man. When he made up his mind to marrv my mother, he appeared at her father's house and said to the old man: 'I've come to marry your daughter. What have you got to say about it? Why. nothing at all: Here's the license and the priest's outside. Where's the bride?' " "Well, if I had been the bride votir respectable parent would have re ceived the jolt of his career." Fiddlesticks:" Hon Jaime retorted sharply. "A woman worth bavin? is it woman worth stealing. Mv father always declared women seldom know what they want. They think they want a lot of romance, when what they re looking for is a husband who'll organize the show and run It with a nrm hand. 'What do you know about women?" Something less than nothing lim know a heap about men! I'd most certainly be the head of my house." So would I :" "Not in my house. I'.obby." "Is this argument in the nature of a left handed proposal?" ( ertuinly not. The time isn't rim, for that, nor do I know that It wit! ever be ripe. I'm merely a relative proposition - a sort arguing of hypo thetical question. I!y the wnv i Photograph you alter we return from church, and may I have a print? JM one. p ease. Then v "") uestrov the plate if you will?" "I never give my photograph to gen 'men on such short nequantunce " 1 "That Isn't answering No." my question" "Then I' have to get nl,,r, ' . ""II mi vp. j( isn't so goo,) but it will do." V here did you possess oursclf of my I O. mi- - eiii- - i photograph?" "It's a rotogravure and I g"t It on; of a magazine." "I'll give yott tl.e phmognjoh Jim ' I . mv I,.,, I . '''f and I'll send f,,r one." i ; : K you ,Mt "1 i'ou just as devils. loved They if TTomini'a Where'er You Walk' isn't sung in our church, hut who here knows the dif ference, and who cares? An encore Robbv." She sang it. told that the first ween- ing willow tree In this country was Julmrurtl, of Virginia Kevolutmnnry J pe BlClf ne t f Cash Pnzes for Utah Prizes For Groups " 1st $200F 2nd I50.fi 3rd 100. Prizes For Individuals C 1st 7th $100.00 75.00 2nd 8th f 3rd 65.00 9th ...55.00 50.00 45.00 6th 10th 11th 12th 13th 10.0 RULES OF CONTES Prizes will be awarded h accumulation of the largest e ment of labels, brands, marks, wrappers, cartons, baa other containers or other idei m.u markers of ARTICLES! DUCED, manufacture;! PACKED by the industaj Utah. 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KALE AH PRODUCTSiw i UTAH OIL REFININCMn plainly printed (TO CE CONTINUED.) anted j did! ?eir' HEWLETT'S acrntrd Then she sat through a to-g- " ) laK, ? sermon in Spanish, at the conclusion of which the padre, addressing Don Jaime, begged him to rnnvo. thanks and that of his pobreci'tos to the American senorila. Don Jaime translated his message, and a few min utes later she saw him stooning over the lap of a girl and lifting therefrom in intant. She watched him holding the stolid infant while the sacrament of baptism was administered; she marked the pride and pleasure in the iouiig mothers face nt this sinni honor conferred upon her and hers wnen. tne ceremony over, Don Jaime kissed the infant and handed the mother the customary largess. To the godmother, too, he made a gift of money then, with a paternal pat on the ders of all concerned, Including the padre, he rejoined Roberta and her they walked hack through the pueblo to the hacienda. P m Their P.SSl!jl?- tO Win We pHZe ITlOney. I Come. Holy Ghost, Creator blest, And in our hearts take up thy rest. bishop of this diocese doesn't knowhe exists, so the old boy's as free as air. I'm strong for freedom myself.' "Is that why you have never mar ried? Or have you?" 'I haven't. When an Higuenes marries it takes. And I haven't mar ried because you've been such a long time showing up at my ranch." in the old repro although if he should take a notion to show up at Valle Verde I wouldn't sick the dogs on him. Ilavt some bacon and eggs. I cured that bacon myself and am personally acquainted with the hens that laid the eggs." Had he noticed her confusion, and was this gay, frivolous banter merelv his kind way of helping her cover It? Roberta had an idea It was. His two setters slouched apologetically to the table and he appeared to forget Roberta, to become absorbed in the dogs, feeding them strips of bacon and little pieces of bread steeped in bacon grease, talking affectionately to them the while as If they were human. Roberta reminded herself that Don Jaime was the first young man who had ever neglected her to curry favor with a pair of F.nglish setters, anil was Interested to discover that she did not resent his action. "What are you going to do about Robbie?" she inquired presently. "Oh, Robbie. Nothing very much I wrong with him. suspected the fix he was In and, in order to verify my suspicions, I had Mrs. Canny bring him here, lie's been kept in the house because his mother, despite the fact that she Is a trained nurse, mother like considered him too delicate to be allowed out very much. She had to make a living for the two of them. so necessarily she has been forced to neglect the boy. "lie requires sunlight and lots of it. Every day he lios out in the sun head, sang: She Marked the Pride and Pleasure in the Young Mother's Face. my I nele Rill. ' "Not interested dn The following firms have i ed many times in this colus" s are helnirtortn rmtothlc n.J cm CHAPTER IX whiz-hang- Kate, In i 1 BEGINNING THE STORY, FOR NEW READERS An,rlm beautiful Eastern society Rlrl, who lives with her uncle. William R. Latham, known as "Crookert Kill because of his amusing: slyness, receives a telegram from Jaime MIeuel Hieuenes, owner of the Hancho Valle hpr her Uncle Tom Antrim has died a violent death. At the advice of Glenn Harkett, who .".I' ,1nformin i" in is with her, ItoberU plans to go to Texas to protect her interests, since she is her uncle's sole heir to thousands of sheep which Antrim had Rrnieci on land controlled by Don Jaime. Don unmarried, half Spanish and halt Irish. Is attracted to Roberta's picture In a maRazine. Antrim Is warned to Jaime, take his sheep off Don Jaime'.-ranc- h at once. Antrim ambushes Hon Jaime. The youns ranch owner Is wounded and Tom Antrim killed. On his body are found Instructions to notify Miss Roberta Antrim In the event of his death. Another HiKiienes1 tells Roberta her uncle was killed by Jim HlRKlns (Don Jaime's anglicized name). Latham tells her his fortunetelegram is fn dancer and she decides to Ko to Texas to Ket Antrim's estate, to save It. "Crooked Bill" concocts a scheme he hopes will forward Hackett g courtship. Don Jaime, actuated chiefly his romantic Interest In the pictured Roberta allows the Antrim sheep to continue to graze on his ranch. At the by station of Valle Verde Roberta meets Pinsle, Tom Antrim's foreman, who points out Don Jaime as her uncle's then flees. Roberta, watching "Jim Jlipcins," sees him shoot she thinks, at Dingle. She berates him soundly, and slayer, to tell Don Jaime of her arrival. Jlmmv hurries off Then the Birl finds lUKRlns and HiRuenes to be one and the same. At ostensibly Pon Jaime's Invitation she stays at his ranch. unlocked a similar bos. Harms, pet Mr. Hackett on the telephone." He read Hackett Roberta's message and waited for a hearty laugh. It did not come. "Hog your cats, Glenn," he protested, "whore's your sense of humor?" "I see no humor In the situation, Mr. Latham. I can only sympathize with Itoberta. There she Is, the guest of the man who killed her uncle, and who has hail the hardihood to make a Jest at the expense of his victim. Not satisfied with that exhibition of bad taste he has, apparently, commenced to pay his court to Itoberta Immediately, which Is most embarrassing and distressing to her. She will be forced to leave his house, of course, and decline to permit him to continue to serve her In the matter of conserving those damnable sheep." "You tarnation monkey, you. Isn't that exactly what I planned should happen? Roberta practically admits lt already. She's anxious to clean up on those sheep and return and when she does, boy, you'll certainly look good to her." "I wish I could be as confident as you. Mr. Latham. Roberta has one weakness, and that is her sense of humor. Like yours. It's a bit diabolical. I wish I had never Joined In this conspiracy with you." "Faint heart never won fair lady. My boy, don't you realize you have a chance to be a hero?" "I do not." "You're singularly dull. My stock Is still climbing and yon need more money to protect me. So you've decided that those sheep should be sold to get ready cash. Consequently you've had two Important cases continued, which will enable you to go to Texas and arrange the sale of the Sheep." "Who will 1 sell them to?" "To me, foot, to me. I'll give you more money for them than anybody else, and the more money you realize on them the stronger you'll be with Itoberta! Also, you'll arrive on the Job In time to put n crimp In the sentimental aspirations of Ion Jaime Miguel Higuenes. You'd better Jump to Texas muy pronto." "Well, In order to make good on your deceit you've rented Hlllcrest, vs. I want you you are this morning. standing in that doorway. Then, after you go away. I can look at it and think how fine it would have been if you had stayed there in your own doorway looking out at me. Perhaps I may he able to fool myself into fancying you standing there watching for lives at Valle while an Higuenes Verde, that child will always dwell under the mantle of the Higuenes philanthropy. He can't be fired off the ranch. If he's a male, and he'll get something in the way of a hope chest if he's a female." "You strange man! Of course as a godfather you have to promise that if the parents neglect to give their child a religious upbringing you will attend to the matter." built a little church and 'Haven't haven't I a padre on my payroll? Imported him from Mexico. The arch- her casually and fcaid : "1 see you had a gomj night's rest in the gigantic You appear bed of u:y atieestnrs. much refre.-!iand I am very glad of It. And you arrhe for breakfast promptly at eight. Punctuality is a in paramount virtue, particularly women, so just for that you win a rose." Arid he leaned back and plucked one from the vine that clam around a pillar of the gallery "You're Urn red for red roses," he rambled on. handing it to her. "so this lovely mauve rose is just the right shade." "I'm not red. I'm auburn. Thanks for the rose, however. It's lovely." ''Well, whatever It is, it suits me ou ami tine. are goit.g to be the best of friends, Roberta." "Well, I like them fast on their feet and you're a Jimmy. I've been trying very hard to dislike yott tuit I must conlide it's, an up hill Sally Sez awarded rcjifte Decern! cr 20:h or w j H't t' fr, HENAGSTS "'7 rrZ" th.s !'"'Sl' tiil',,r where U; hn,uSht S"I , urtis of Virginia." tQ B'JS'IIESS no! 0:,'y giifji yci i tkrcatf I as t';w yea in good puiftatt. H:f roll z nt) (jo. Kit is a cerJ It pys to set t;e WrI't lot tft'n tS t. !rn 'mi :. CCU,- s'.:'JIK ZT' country 'r,i!,,n!W"V'ns.ncw in the Pn l'.i!.!e--- !he replug wil-- - lijOpted 1 Thot Jren t i ' that ln,tProminence In " willows of Babylon." ' fit - Nur.sor.vn.cn claim that this tree is1 f id's I.sk Citr. tUah |