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Show THE LEIII SUN. LEW. UTAH lUVxn NATALIE Mc G RAT 1 1 4 . . Lt I K 3 HI W 1J W. lit m -m F7l I if an(9sotii6 by Margaret Turnbull Man Illustrations by Irwin Myers Copyright by Margaret TurnbulL W. N. V. Sarvic. r ji2EN bad behaved very "What Ho," bellowed Santa, "Do well until the first of Decern- you want to upset the sleigh again, ber Then all of a sudden you naughty deer?" he decided to go Into Santa's All over the world they went, not ,rvhnn. The first terrible skipping a place. Blitzen was very fiSiei thing ne am was w my v..-- ......... " 763 a doll's face. 1 better to do he snorted and fussed and Santa had put a great deal I counted stars. At last Just as Christ- 7 0f care Into making that aou mas morning aawnea tney iounu vueir i r she was to go to a little girl who way home. Mrs. Santa came running L ill in the hospital. , out to meet them, and to help Santa " Christmas eve came and all the rein- unharness the reindeer. ?Z.r were harnessed and waiting for "Blitzen cannot have anything to w eat and he must go right into the "Ve von all of your bags, dear?" barn," said Santa rather sadly. "And ked Mrl santa. r fear he cannot go with me next ..,r. crervrhlncr and are Christmas.' on our way to wish the world a very And now indeed was Blitzen a sad- uer huu a wiser reiuueei. Now, my dear children I know that you all love Blitzen. You must, for he Is a lovable old fellow. When you hear the deer on the roof Christmas eve it is always Blttzen's hoofs you hear, because he always stamps harder than is necessary. And whea you hear Merry Christmas," answered jolly old Eanta. - ' . " "Hump," said Blitzen to himself, "and hump again." The red paint had had a bad effect upon his disposition. . Off they sped uud up, up, up they sailed through i t?htoti was colne alone beau- tifullv'when he suddenly wondered the bells you can, always hear Blit- what vixen wouia uo u. ue, cuucu, .v -..v. , should bite his talL why. Just because he Is Blitzen, I ;"Not very hard," thought Elitzen to suppose,; and likes to give an extra ,',n- ins mnn&u tn , make him stanin and an extra shake whenever Jiim.-.i. ,uov - I ... , .. ,J POSSlDle. . tie Will D isauiy Uiioocw jamp." ' . "' And as they hurried along that win-tar's win-tar's night, Blitzen. reached out his fnnnv warm nose.and bit Vixen's tail hard. Vixen jumped, then he kicked Bonder, who In turn kicked the sleigh, upsetting it. Over it went and down it went, Santa, ' toys and all. Fortunately For-tunately they all landed In a soft snowbank. Santa picked his snowy self up, put the toys back in the sleigh and off they started once again. The first house they came to was a lovely old farm house. Santa and the reindeer made a beautiful landing on the roof., i "Now while I am gone see that you behave!" said Santa and down the chimney he went As soon as he was out of sight, Blitzen started trouble again. j "Dum-dum diddle-dum-dum 1 See what I can do!" be snorted, and he crossed his front legs, stamped his hind ones and sat down kerplunk on the roof. "Here, here," shouted Santa, as he came up the chimney. "What is the meaning of all this noise? It sounded like an earthquake. I thought every next Christmas eve unless I have it ! Let's all write a note to Santa and ask him to forgive pjwr mischievous Blitzen before next Christmas has a chance to come around. If all the chil dren In all the world should write I'm sure Santa would forgive him. , r . (. 1930. Western Newspaper Union.) rWG&iltmas HE package bearing a holiday holi-day label with the inscription inscrip-tion "Lois Smith, Argyle Ants" signed for and the expressman gone, Lois sat down on the floor to tear off the wrappings. Inside she found a store of gayly- wrapped packages. The first contained a knitted tie. "F'even's saket'V she said, and nnened the second one. It contained moment that the roof would cave in. home-maae canay. j-uai, "-6-. "Is more like It." 'in next puicc-i 8 Isii If you can't stand still on the tops of the houses I shall most certainly leave you on the ground." t Santa knew that this would be a dreadful punishment to them all as they were very proud of being able to stand on the tops of houses. The next house had a slanting roof with a peak at the top and when Santa had gone down the chimney that mischievous Blitzen promptly sat down again, kerplunk, snorting his favorite song, dum-dum-diddle-de-dum. The first thing he knew he had started to slide and he couldn't'get.up quickly enough to prevent sliding all the way to the ground. Over the roof he went, contained handkerchiefs with a neat "L. S." in the corner, only they were men's handkerchiefs. The other item, she could tell, was fruit cake and under un-der it she found what she was looking for a letter. "My Dear Son. Louis," it began. "F'even's sake,". said Lois,, "Of course! It's for Louis Smith." - Now if all Lois Smith and Louis Smith had had in common had been their surname and their choice of an apartment house, It would have been relatively simple for Lots to take the rwvr nnstairs and explain. r.nt ther had also shared &i iuu : . .. on dragging the sleich and his seven moons and 45 otner moons, some ov brothers with him. Out of the chlm- odd shows, and several bunaay aiiei ney came Santa and leaned over the noons in the park. They had shared peak of h,p mnf t ,.0n th secrets and tea in Lois' apartment; a I'm Just about tired of your non- promise, several Kisses, aim uuc - vol. So now tney were muiuauy mis erable, sharing a pride that forbade at: tempting reconciliation. Lois put the things back in me oox. jiggled the candy to hide that three sense tonight!" said he. "Now you will stay on the ground." ' ; And when in the country, they stopped at another farm house; that is "Sniff-sniff, sniff-sniff!" A spicy pieces were gone, and retied the tinsel smell reached the nose of Blitzen. I Inch by Inch he moved over to the window and stuck his head right in. He proceeded to devour everything in eight He ate so rapidly that the other deer conld only stare and wonder, won-der, pies, cakes, tarts, jelly and jam all went down with Hp-htninff sneed. ;WJien he had finished he licked Ms I hnvr9 Then she carried It upstairs "PS, turned around and pushed back j to Louis Smith's apartment knocked to the tlace Santa rind lpft them. I x fconv rivom nrhsrn Rh locked "When Santa came out, there they were j ter door nn(j flung 'herself across her iuiei as mice. hd to cry, i .ell, now, that's fine," called a knock at the door roused her. Santa In . i . I .... . . tiieery voice, "dee now i ct, nnenea It to a nanosome "iucn tetter things are when you be- J mOTL "Lola, darling!" he cried. f aow we an know that it isn't the imng in the world to run after have eaten a great many sweets. Bhtzen soon learned this and began f eelinz "Well?" . "It was so wonderful of you" "What was?" "Oh, don't pretend. I was just com ing In and saw you running uuwu. S very in indeed. But feeling J d 0f course, 1 found the candy in only made his disposition worse. la the distance h emA bp a dtv and above this city he saw a tall , teep.e. As thpr .steeple Blitzen mushed his brothers ;over so that when they passed they w'"re 60 close you could not have put th21 , Set the steeple and ; gh" BlItzen glanced at Vixen aw at his hair wag standing UP etraight. and the" "But didn't you find the letterr' "What letterr He stooped down. "Is this itr She nodded. "I must have dropped It "Oh," he said. "My mistake. Sorry." She watched him go anl then ran after him. "It Isn't your mistake, Louis. Tve made some candy, and I-knitted you a tie long ago." CO, 13. W eat era Newfpuwr Union.) CHAPTER IX Continued -18- "There should be another man posted here." There was. He looked and grinned and waved and followed as Ray bellowed bel-lowed out his instructions. But a motor boat has no tires. Ray was jiot anxious to begin a running battle. If he could get beyond the next landing land-ing place there might be hope that, seeing his reinforcements, their pursuers pur-suers would turn tall. Sir George looked behind him and whistled. The car they had seen had outdistanced their followers without offering battle and was tearing tear-ing toward them. By some chance there were no other cars on the road in sight. "It Is going to be a close squeeze." "Slump and keep your head down, Sandlson," ordered Ray, who somehow some-how could not bring himself to say "Sir George." "What's the matter with those men of ours? Why didn't they give the tires merry h 1?" "Down," shouted Sir George, and followed his "own advice. "What's that?" "That was one of our tires. Oh shades of William Penn, but we're In a tight place on this peaceful road." The machine wobbled and swayed. The other car crept up on them, but the men In it did not shoot again, evidently confident that they had them completely In their power. Ray was bumping along to the accompaniment ac-companiment of a sott of chant. "Keep your head down. If I can only make it to that corner. Oh ham and onions! How mad I will be if they stop us this side. What's that?" The oddest sound seemed to fill his ears. In a moment he realized what U was and then despite the gravity of -the situation, he laughed aloud. They had turned a corner and before them streamed what seemed a small army of cars, almost all of that cheap, but useful make which had made its producer both famous and rich. Each car held four men and every man except the driver was armed. "If vou can laugh now," exclaimed Ray. "you have your nerve with you! Look!" - - . Their pursuers had rounded the corner cor-ner confidently, counting on their superior car and speed. The motor boat was audible a little distance away, closely following. It dawned on Ray, who had been wondering why they bothered with a motor boat, that they had planned it as a way of escape. es-cape. If things got too hot and their tires shot up, they could escape in the boat to where a car was waiting further down the canal, ' But by the advent of Ray's guard the situation had utterly changed. The workmen's cars, as they came, had nnened out their formation and now formed a long alley, one on each side through which moved the disabled car In which Sir George and his companion com-panion sat. As their car wobbled slowly forward the other cars closed In behind it, three deep. Sir George and his companion went on tneir way through this line of cars towara me camp. As they did so their pursuers fired and the foremost worseia in-turned in-turned their fire. "Dash it," Sir George yelled to Ray, "I can't let the men take the risk!' He climbed out . of the car. Ray followed him. The enemy car turned and, to bir George's amazement, swerved towards . -onni without firing again. Ray l lit: i-ui"" called in two ; languages, Italian and s,ii.h. "Don't shoot r am the front to count the casualties. One th workers had been hit by a splinter , when his . windshield was shattered, but he was not dangerously TV UU"v-. J ft.. sin At least one of the enemy nuu hit and two of their ur mnnttirftd "They're done for," Ray shouted. called to the workmen nearest him, who had begun to edge toward the enemy. "We're only here to keep the money out of their clutches. rri, will do tne cnasing. ci. r.onrv rave a quick exclama tion. The motor boat had reached the the disabled car waited and at once the men In the car jumped out and ran toward the canal bank. One of them limped and another had a wounded hand. The Italian and negro workmen gave a roar of disgust and pleaded with r, t lot them eet at the boat Ray ' hntn.ntP. He pointed out the men on the boat armed and ready for trouble. . Sir George groaned aloud, and ran toward one of the wortmen s car,. "I can't let them get away, follow them." The first motor cycle policeman came flying down the road. Ray shouted and pointed at the motor boat. The motor boat was well on Its way as the policeman passed Sir George. - "The locks 1" The policeman called as he dashed past "Get word to the locks. They can't pass them." Ray and Fir George jumped Into one of the sutler cars and sped up to the works. Panting, Ray Aung himself on the .eieph'me and talked repidly. vt,n 1h looked ID his companion was divesting himself of the money belt. "Call tN;ni In." he suggested, "pay tham all now and tell them Mr. Mac- Beth will hear what they have done for him today. Oh, 1 say, Browne, if we'd only gone after them. What a day It would have been I" "I'm content to call It a day, as It Is," Ray told him. "We've got the money, haven't we?" He turned from the 'phone. "They left the boat before they got to tha locks, climbed Into a car that Is still dodging the police. I've told them to relay any message that comes through to MacBeth's Island. The new tires are on and I'm all set to go." - Sir George looked at him a little shyly. "1 say, Browne," he said, "would you mind not 6aying much about this affair to the women. Be deucedly awkward, you know, If my stepmother gets word there was any shooting." Ray burst out laughing. "Daredevil George!" he shouted, "who wanted to stage a running fight along the canal, afraid of bis stepmother!" "True as death I You don't" know Aggy Lady Sandlson well." They climbed into the car but Ray did not start It at once. He leaned back and surveyed his companion. "I noticed you are not crowing over the success of your plan," Ray told his companion. Sir George shook his head. "Cr-tainly "Cr-tainly not" Then he laughed. "My word, Browne, I never thought it would "Ba Deucedly Awkward, You Know, If My Stepmother Gets Word There Was Any Shooting." come off. 1 give you toy word I nevet expected to have so much fun. It was more like a wild American play than than life." "Life's crazier than any play," Ray tM him and looked at him again, a little wonderingly. "What a good scout old MacBeth Is and how much he trusts you. Why, ne gave me authority au-thority to do anything I liked to help you out, pay the men full time whether they worked or watcneu, ana au ou a rhance that it might be nothing but a 1oke after ail ! He wouldn't have the . A A II police on hand because ne tnougiu n mleht end in a false alarm ana mane us ridiculous. If he hadn't Deen so rautlous we'd have caught them here,' he added regretfully, "but then what certainty did he have that things would break this way?" "No certainty, but a conviction that if he didn't 'break' these men, as you say over here, they would 'break' mm sooner, or later. -He'll not be pleased at their getting away for" ne stoppea abruptly. . Ray turned. To bis surprise, air George, Instead of continuing, sua down in the seat ana gave an oaa little exclamation which, sounded like: That fool girl ! What's she doing on this road today?" Following his gaze, Ray saw me MacBeth car, with Roberta driving, coming toward them at high speed. CHAPTER X Roberta leaned out atid asked a question of the nearest foreman. He was an Italian and instantly burst out Into a stream of broken English, accompanied ac-companied by Illuminating pantomime. Sir George and Ray, from their vantage vant-age point near the shack, could get a vivid picture of the recent battle trom the gestures alone. This b!g Scotchman, Ray thought, did the trick and will get ail tne credit and Roberta's admiration. "Oh, d o the luck!" Ray snarled aloud, weary with the rapid changes of emotion this last hour had brought to him. "Snap out of It Bonnie Dun dee 1 Bonaventura has given you away to the girl. He's making a good speech, too. Sit up like a man and let Roberta pin your medals on." Sir George raised himself np, hut only to grasp Ray by the shoulder. "Give me the payroll receipts and this car and you can ride back with Miss MacBeth." "Good Lord! Walt a minute!" Ray protested as he fumbled for the re ceipts. "What 11 I tell lionertaT" "Tell her I've tone. That will sat isfy her. She Isn't In the least con cerned about me." Ray regarded him curiously, shaking his head. "What's the big laea, leav ing me to face the music and Roberta MacBeth alone?" "I wouldn't do It, old fellow, if I didn't know you liked hen" "Don't you?" Sir George's face changed In a curious way. "LiUe neri My aear fellow, she's the only thing I don't like In all America." "Why, I thought you were nuts ! about her. It's been even betting in the, office that that's why you came over." "What!" "To cop MacBeth's daughter and her pile." Rav saw what he naa aone men. Sir George'l face whitened so that Involuntarily Ray reached out a hand. ,Say . ; . . . TUs comoanion rauea to see m hand. "Did you think so, . too?" he hoarsely Rat hesitated. "Well, personally,. I didn't think you were after the money, "1 wouldn't ask Miss MacBeth to marry me If Sandisbrae were In ruins and 1 hadn't a penny to buy myself food." "That point being clear and understood," under-stood," said Roberta, who utnoticed had left her car with Bonaventura and walked up behind Ray, "you stay In that car and go home while Ray rides with me. Father s nearu irom New York. The New YorK car was held up on the Jersey meadows. There was a running fight One of the car crew was hurt un your way," with a surprisingly irienui j smile. - Sir George wished a thousand times .. ... i Ka aA hold on tne nae nume um u - his tongue. While It was just as wen thot the eirl knew bow be felt he would have preferred that it naa noi been expressed to her quite so crudely and she had taken it m a aeciaea.y sporting spirit Yet the fact re-n.oinori re-n.oinori that It was a relief to have It clearly understood between them that there was no thought of her or her fortune In his mind. Curiously enough, now that he had publicly relinquished her, Roberta's bright head seemed to gleam like lost gold, and he found himself wishing that' he were Ray, care free and fancy free and able to enjoy a ride in the soft dusk with a girl, whether she had millions or not. Only, he assured as-sured himself, that girl would never in his case be Roberta MacBeth. There were several things Roberta would have to explain before he had any confidence at all la ner. Thn nnvertv-strlcken heir a f 1 TWrTTs Mothers ... Watch Children's colds COMMON head colds often "settle" in throat and chest where they may become dangerous. Don't take a chance the first snilfle rub on Children's Musterole once every hour jot five hours. , , ... Children's Musterole is just good old Musterole, you have known so long, m ""ihis famous blend of oil of mustard, camphor, menthol and other ingredients brings relief naturally. Musterole gets action because it is ascientific"counrer-irritanf ascientific"counrer-irritanf not just a salvert penetrates pene-trates and stimulates blood circulation, helps to draw out infection and pain. Keep full strength Musterole on hand, for adults and the milder Children's Musterole for little tots. All druggists. CHILDREN'S MILD Crows Frightened From Field by Loud Speaker Electricity Is making Its way on the farm. The loud speaker of the radio Is replacing the scarecrow, It was a lonely farmer In Germany who first perceived Its value. The scarecrow in his field, however handsomely hand-somely hatted, had no terrors for the birds. They made friends with It and went on picking up grain. But when the fanner fixed a loud speaker underneath the senrecrow's tattered coat and turned it loose, the birds flew away In terror. Whether it was llerr Professor Teufelsdroohk delivering a discourse on the children's hour, or whether it was Fraulein Vogelgesnng s top-note, seemed to make no difference. The birds fled from either. that -a SlUggiSi Put yourself right with nature by chewing Feen-a.mint. Works mildly but effectively In small doses. Modern safe scientific. For the family. KEtJ fHI ORIGINAL Nfcft-Wl r feeiKMEiimiji u Tht Cluwittq Gum H R LAXATIVE E Ilk bio Task But the Mint hK ciivvlt Am FOR CQNSTIPATBQfJ of the Sandisbrae title and lands stretched himself behind the wneei ana yawneu. He was tired. After all. It had been a bit of a day. It was Jolly lucky for him that things naa turnea oui as they had.. .. A shout from a motor cycle made him bring his car to a sudden stop. 'Mr. MacBeth's secretary?" "Yes," Sir George, automatically reacting to the excitement of the day, put a hand on his pistol pocket, until he saw the man wore a policeman's uniform. - Tell Mr. MacBeth, will you, that the men in the motor launch left It halfway down the canal and got away In a fast car, but we're on their trail." "Thank you, officer. Hope they get the beggars." "Sure we'll get them.. It's only a question of time." (TO BE CONTINUED J Camellia Imported Flower Years ago camellias Halved In some of the old-time gardens of the South, and it is said that some of the first plants brought to America are still to be found near Charleston, S. C. The camellia plant Is somewhat closely related to the tea plant and Is said to have been named in honor of one Kamel or Kamellus, a monk. Altogether Bad Satan, as a muster, Is bad; bis work much worse; and his wages worst of all. Fuller. English Poet Laureates Long Lived but Prosy Let's Poet laureates of England have been a long-lived race. Doctor Bridges he was a physician, too was eighty-five eighty-five when he passed on. The ages of his three Immediate predecessors in the office Alfred Austin, Tennyson and Wordsworth averaged eighty. Among the Tlistlnguished laureates oi an earlier period. Ben Jonson lived to be sixty-three and Dryden to be sixty-nlae. sixty-nlae. But the record among laureates is held by the actor-manager Colley Cibber. who died In 1757 at the age of eighty-seven. As a poet Colley Cibber was terrible and King Edward had no great opinion opin-ion of the poetry of Alfred Austin, poet laureate at the time he ascended the throne. He was not alone in that opinion. , "I lwavs thought that Mr. Austins appointment was not a good one," he Provision for Shipwrecked On many barren Islands and coasts maritime nations establish and main tain Ktorea of provisions, clothing ana bedding, and fuel for the relief of shipwrecked sailor wrote to Lord Salisbury, then prime minister, "but as long as he gets no pay It would, 1 think, be best to re new the appointment m nis xavor. a few months later King Edward sent to SallSDUry some eirs mm pointedly called his attention to the "trash which the poet laureate writes" the letter Is quoted In Sir Sidney Lee's "Life of Edward." Pop Guided by Council The pope of Rome personally does not annul or dissolve a marriage. When there is petition for the annulment annul-ment of a marriage in the Roman Catholic church or In which a Roman Catholic Is Involved on the ground of fraud, want of age. want of consent or other valid reason, the matter Is considered by the Rota, a supreme council of ths Roman Catholic church, which declares Its findings and the pope makes a declaration in accordance accord-ance with such findings. Eagles often consttnet, of huge sticks and limbs, bomea which weigh nearly a ton- Just Reward The man who sows seeds of kindness kind-ness has a perpetual harvest Chicago Chi-cago News. Capt. Robert Dollar, San Francisco Fran-cisco shipping magnate, and Mrs. Dollar have made thirty-five trips to the Far East JOTTED After Taking Lydia E. Pink-ham's Pink-ham's Vegetable Compound TJckdale, Pa. "Before I Tr8..1? ried, my mother and sister ana i cua au on a 64 -acre farm for eleven years, I married a farmer and now in addi tion to my housework house-work and the care of my children I help him with the outside work on our farm. After I mv last child was - "born. 1 Degan to t--f.. as 'sl suffer as many women do. FmaUy our family doctor ..u tt i.rdia B.. Finkhams Vegpteble Compound. I did and nowl anfa new woman and I know that good health is better than nehes. Mrs. i |