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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL August 17, 1928 cret con<'ernlng ber presence lo the shop tlrat Mu11day, I h:td tnuud 1 ke,J in tire c<•' el ut 1 he taw book to which nui- twotloo ot 8 b'~t~kplute had been .rttaclietl -1hls aftPr wilnes~lng tiJUI llluud frce;iu;; eucouuter between Mr. Case nnrl the unl:nown stranger, late 111 uigl11 lu Danow·s: i\o11 Ilia! I hurl tl t.'h.ture to think "'"''"that \lt•w nt ~!r. l':t$<', I cuultl tbe stran!!~r. with thP utmo~t ~··11 «ollt't'i\ do so ,.,,ht>rPOII.Y ~Jr. 1•ase. pussesslou and willutLI o l""'~w.~rol the 1 hesleltlei<l of llullow~. pr~lug glun~e. wtil ked urountl ll r t 'use. ll·''' ruw auntlier f_iet·sorr's des!! J I harl <lis the front of lhe <lesk lo the duot tu~tli.l liearcl h.l!> t~ull c•p~n o clrawPr out Into lhe night ~lr ·c"'" tun•etl liH•re W1l8 nor uue thlug In tlmt tlesk TIME IS UP, BOY quietly nrouud, and fllsappeur• d 111t<• 11 .. 11 t•on!c1 pnss:~J) h.rl'e llll<:rested the muln aisle. .111yone, e~eeiJI Cltulliew's ":-lutes,'' He had lleen In lOll' 11 I< h herAs soon us J hear <1 lllu1 Slit'Hi;'r•g to .rud Ire Irati seemed w tuke little more hopeiPssly, he thougllt-fllf u Jon~ Mr J"lthclln I mut.le for ills ••'lr<e Jlian a ~oilt~ inr~>rest In IL And ret-time. 'flren, one ti.L)' as they wct·e "Excuse me tor lnft>J 1 up! I II~: I q~ It '"' nit! ~tory lo him \\"by sitting together, she lou!;etJ tenderl.l been loOklll!( Ul aJI,,. .\lJtll>ll ~ "urk olidn'l 11e sttt'ttk ro rlwt slr:m~"r, or at him, nod mnnaured: ant1 U ~ gt.·tlHig along t,l~t- · ~1\e nny alarm uhoul 111m/ Who was "Claude, didn't you tell me once yotr '"Guud! \\'e U ~(lot; he r llruugh llcJ 4.: tli.tl hP('uud 1111111~ \\"nut \\US t1e utter? woultl he 1\ iliin;; to do ans act ~f he too.'' a!r. ( 'trSe Spoke t'\:11 tl_v ;rs Usll:l] r>rHl rl•tl all tlro~e peeple-except l'eler, roi~m for m~ sake?" He looked r.ilhPt "liiJP, but wotlou~ ut <'«,ur·se---r:tw were pu1.smng thnt "Ye~. Cora, and I meant \\hat I Olel'!illlP plus giM•• fr·1•111 n ~'"''tl 1"">1' I<II»W aliout the kPy? An<! to said," he dedarctl. shndeo1 li.IIIIJ rloes Ot'l impt'ol't! the wh.tl 11 :rs it the key? "\\'ell, Claude, I wunt ~ou to do cnmplexli·n I t ould .rnsl\t 1 uollt• ot t11ese absorb S<lmething really het oic fwr me." ·~TII~JJ touwn uw mur·uit1g ought to rng qut>~tion~ !lui 1:1~ llllllletliate con "~p~ak, d:trling:, \·.hut is it?" be plenl,l ot lime lor 111e tu 'tlllll'h," 1 t·etn. nflcr all. """ Wltlr the pnrctical "A•k me to he .1 our wife. It's time Sliid "So <lo ,loll n.hHI if I get lhP a>jle< t of this di8<'nl Pr,l ='uppt"e llr you did. don't you think 1" ten tl1ltl,1 IHe IJ·uiu'r" • i '"'row should usk If tile hnoltpiHte "Go. h~ t:tll IIWans.' ugrt'ecJ t\lr Cas~ hall heen tenwved und then desir·e to DOING NOTHING :,io I filii on '"~ things ond went ,ee It unu the honlt agal11 llefore •hey He uri;,ht welt do so, he 11111 k to '"·' de'k aud closed It, ll'llh were sold tire ex<·epll»ll ut tIre IIIWI'!<I lefl-lurnrl tonk such 110 luter<.•sl in them both Suppose ~1r. Case should ask to see dt·a" er. wlnr·h I opened fo1 nne In st>Jnt II 11 was the st.1le to '9anr the hool;; "110 had 11101 e right to do to steal t 'lariht>w's "1'>otPs," oo1hofl~ .o than the !read of the slrotJ? Supcoulct u·utlrfully say I \\'RS nut of pose t a pta in Ashland should bo\\ I en thushrstlcnlly along willr some learned fu~hion 1\ itlt a u•nsumlng passion 1 Wllllfed ttl SI~I!J It obsenntlons about counterfeits which hnn hel'n omitted fJ'OJu Iii~ lecture and And fw t li~r111ure I did so. required illustrutlo•1. Suppose Nancy I cuugl11 tl1e It!::<~ easily, with sev er·ut seu11tol~ Jo spare, uud the stroke -hut I did not feel lmugiunllve. One thing wns cl~ur. I could not of ele1 eu tonnd me bolting the ('1110 o:at frout <!ut>t rJt our ltilzuhetlwn lll;ety long kPep this tllsroverJ to my 'ilia llu' ing DI'Xt re' iewerl the c<ill self. el'en lia•l I uny right to do so il•uts of the refrigerator and dedtletl So I rle!'ided to Impart my discovery ou a gluss of milk. >licrrl !'hkken 1111d to Mr. Hoherts. llal'log mude this dccislrm, I again a l'oil, 1 extln:.:uJsned the hall tigl1t, picked up the bool;plate, which now norl tiptnul UJI•Iair!- through the still ness. pun< turecl at I hi~ door ttnd tnnt lay twisted tlghtl.v Ill• iu n d<lmp roll b!•sl<le the hook, and ironed it out be h.v a g-entle s11n1 e. to my own room. She- What's your brother !liJlng I tuoJ, l'lurihew's "l'lotes on Medical tween two th·y bits nf blotting paper now? He was trying to get a go1·ern I guze<l at It Intently. A bright Idea Statutes In 111e l'hgiuia <'o<le" from went job a" hile ago. suddenly popped Into my mind, an my untlenu ro Lugl resol\·fng £0 dis He-He's doing nothing, be got lt. idea not to be carried out In the shop cover Its m.v~tt•rtous attrnctho It U1e As I lroJ,ed at the foreground of tile Jll'oress tonk all nl~ht. I first exam picture, I noticed the marvelous at· wra it metlrulnnsly page by page. Air Castles tention to details in the laboratory In Bulld1ng castles may not pn;r, F"' ttlliutel.v II 11 as a thin volume Foolish sport, I know. fhere "ns not a stain or a soil-m.trk terior. lf I could see somet hlog In 1 Now and then I finish a these details whicb would bn1·e to be Inside It Several ]Jages hnd ue1er Modest bunsalow. pointed out to other people, I could het'n urt A~i<le from ordinary weat nutural to a h'lltliug a century ·and write a blurb nbout th, tlne execution Most Familiar more ott! the oniJ d.rmages appeared ,,f the drawing. After dinner the well known songRcneath tl1e lamp on my desk I slid to be u small numltcr of faint parallel the bookplute under a magnifying lll'iter and his guest tuned I~ the scratches on tlle hnck, and a few gluss, and proceetlrd to study the wireless. rathe1 d!·Pp lillie gashes in the cunl A brand-new r.ong was played, an~ board ln:si.le the bal'k cover. These foreground eagerly. But soor. my ea· the guest liked it. Injuries wet·e negli;;ible; the book was gerness felt as chilled os the flngers "That's a good melody," be rein rem:u·kal1l~ got>d £·otrrlition. Fincilng that vainly ~crewetl the lens np and marked. uot hiug t hut could gi1 e a clew to thP down seeking to magnify the con"Good?" ~aid the plant pounder, "I teats of the table in the foregrocnd lnt!•rest it had held tor so many per should think It is. Why, e written sons. I tlerlclerl that the only thin~ into something that might be quaint It myself 12 different times!" or interesting or unique In the annals left to n" wns to o~e.v nry orders and of bookplates. ''Small Instruments of tn J;e of'! the hnolqtlute. I luitl o hoi wet blotter on th~ ocieut ific uppe:rrant·e·• were what had No Resemblan..,e appeared to me the fitst time I s.tw pl,rte, uud sat wuiting patiently sev She hull Just been introduced tu the plate; now th'"Y were enlarged entl minutes for the puste ro soften her pat·tner at a dance and was tulk tJut I snw uothing new about them But tlwu:;h I uppltetl an rnqulrin~: lng to him viYaciously. linger-uail ,P,er;tl limes to the etlge Some were long und narrow, some "Tell me," st~e said, "11 ho Is that of the dnt\1 in g. and r~newetl the tJiot · short nne! round; one was a rube with terribly homely man over t1lere?" tPr more tli:IIJ 111ce. the hool!plnte n pn tt ern of slots ncross one base Uer p:rrtner looked. ,Jur·k fu'i eXcl'pt ill oue lower coruer Their use or symholtsm was Greek to "That." he said ponderou~ly, "is w~ me still. whid1 h,lll ulwu)S b~en a hil loo~e brother." At last, though cuwpletely dls~usted Only Rfte1 " long time <lit! it e1en he "Oh I" gasp~d the woman In ltortl thut uli my elfort ~lrunhl be ahie to fled uma1.rment. "l'anlon me. Real !:111 to corufl U\\,IY trom the hn!nd. and l11er. 11 itli an unu~tl:ll slowness thai pt·oduce nothlug better thun "Quuiut ly, I hucln't noticed the resemblance." ant.! iutere~tiug luterlor showing sm:rll tr·lt d tn.l pr t iente. instruments of scientific appearance," l'tnall,l I 1e•oiletl Lo a'"ht the llnrd Too Slow I decided that tll,l! description was wot·ketl blotter; lind get tlng a pen "\\'hat's wonylng you now?" t;nrfe, op e ned the LluiJ~,t tJlatle >tud , tile heft I roul!l do on ~ll<'h ~hurt no"I want a <haperon for a slow tice. It was like Mr. llurrnw to 11rserteu il <:IUiiou~!.v u little <leqll'r pnt·t~~ ." dr:,uge his mind at the last instnnt. urHIPr tile edge of Ill!' hookplate tlrun "Sire'll be har·d to ~n1L" ruy fingt•r 1 till lt.Hl ~one I found that and he could Ju>t tal,e the conse· With more time, l could at lust l ! le ~ual,rlrg wu .... takiu~ el'fc(·(. quenc~s. DULL EVENING have found nut whnt the lnstrumrnts the pit-1111 e wus l»<1ser I tried the we1e, but not by thut duy corners rrr llll'll found that louse An<l then I realrzed that tiLe left loii'N ri..:l11 h.rutl t>UP now Jlelrll'tl lrund pocket ot rny s11 eater was oot IPlltJil) to the illude. gt,f II free Of tlll' en:pty. hly bund eucnunterltl some Co\t>l. und tlleu with Ill.} tinge!~ he~1n thmg crn!'kling, sa.Jteby I l'ery ft•nth, tt' rwel oil the b•Hikplnte pullctl it nut. ~!y l ell ow note . IJ hull lo he cnuxetl uow llll<l th••n. bnl little h.v IJttle 11 runre u11ay dl•an n,ncl P1·ofP~SU1 fla1 rltlgton's bcu,k-11sC m~l Ulltol 11 Tlwn, a~ I gul more ltoltl <:II it!Piltilwation of whtcb IJal,;y had !'Ortl1e ltlll'e' p.ut I JIUIH•<i lr mor·e e\!'111~ roh•llalt<tl ht>fnre ~Jr Alrny Ant! now perliu!J~ h~rau~e It hall a11<J rapid!~·. und Ill 1.1~1 ol1 it can1e IJeeu such an unel'entful e1ening, und with a Sllll!:le swift rnotlun And tih'll the momlng was still ynung-~tUr the si;:l1t hPftH·e n'e l'llllst•d me to drop <'loc-k lnJd just b11<11ned out half past 111e tmokJilate tn complete consternn two-It seemed to me 111111 t11ere \\as tit>n. un!l fnl'!(l'l all nhnul II. no lime lil;e the pre•eut lo took ti\Pr In tire cPnter o1 the spuce trow th.rt yellow note, as I tad planned to whlclr I lind Jn~t peel~ct it. sunk lnt" tlo wht<o I found It t wn thl) s before on "Last nh:lit I culled on the most the tl1 i<' k cui f>k ill <·over of the !>ill the floor In !he hist•·ry alcove HI Dar cot·rert !!11'1 l'1·e e1er met." law honk so that no lii111 of It pro row's As I glnnled ng:rln 111 the Jhre~ "I had a pretty dull el"enlng mytru<lt><l uho\'e the Slll'ful'e ol lhe hourd rows of 8lits in the p:tper. IVhlt·h l ael(." wa~-o k~1 l1atl .. asuall~ null1·etl 11 lJt>ll I ph k<'rl it It wus h'al'k, abi•Ut two lnehi'S In UIJ tlrsl, I rt~mernlwrPc:l IHt\ in,; t"C l PIJ t~ugtlr; the bh,lllk was lung und uar Quite the Reverse rhrt>e rt,W8 of slot~. 1·ery tin~ hut nr row, the hll elah<llarPI.Y fHshluned. the Although he makes a huslMnd s:;-ood rullgt'd In no lclentical pallern wrtll Nor \\ nnders e'en in thnught lwad u snlitl piet e of metal ubout hall that on I he yrll>>w ~lrp S<HIII'II h~rt' 1 he tte that btnds h1m to hi..,. wlfP .rn iuth II• ""s. I stared al it in ten I Is not the one ehe !Jought. el~e. tJutt very evening I, hut ri,IZl'dly , • · ~rw~lty, huwev~r, u \'Uig:ar truh CHAPTER VIII Orders Must Be Obeyed hlll oth~ll a lite·l.}l'e::,er\t:~r. taflle rup Sill all Town Cop-- You can't J;O Hlly to ~~~~ ai<l I stt.ttcheu up th~ Morning Watch t hl'!lu;:lr here with your rut-out open iJelllmrfe a~aru. un:l ,e,·y ,towi)' nnd • \\"Iilii ill the l'Oitl !;1:1) d.twn I Mottnbt-l:ut I ha1e no rut out oc cuulrouslj UJ leu out U1e key fr nm It~ ,uuse. fWUI my l'luJir, stilT \lith ta 1 Iris car. n:Silllg piaU:! 'IIJe UlldP.I !!iHJe Wit" • tlgue aJttH 111~ must exdti11g u1gllt tn ( 'op-TI.en get one put on nntl J;et;p i<leullutl \\llh lhe upper; u1 rrs tl11tk m.v exp~t'iPr1ee. 1 \\<tS tiugling to get ,, do~ed "'~t tJnint the ltitle tmplem!'UI was lt·~ to Da11 ow·s. I vhtlllled to gu dlfectly than 1111 elghll' ol an nreh lu <il.unete~ upst.rirs on ~lr. Huherts' l1~eb. wilh Note From the Border I e.xamhw<l lhP •h JHCRI-iltlll l!~ ftlP t,•u k t larlhew's "1\ules" untlet my arm, 10 l'our ist-1 suppn<e the peovle were cover wh!•retn tills s1ra11ge olrl tu~lr tell hlm a few ub8ellutluns I hn<J rJltile agitated when that gao;; of Ini()JJI'd oh]et·l ha<l h!'t•U I) iug Tltls dl' ma•le whir-h had ltHJeetl taken a <'cr· ternational 11tieves went through luire7 p1esslnlllllul "'ltlt'llli) lwen tllfuut iu tuln uruouut of lutelli~ence. Tile llonk Nat11·e- Yes; the !(OI'et·nment Cl'en the llrit·k huurd wt•.• t11e vt!Jy ~reatefit 1 11o11ld then 1eu1e wlth him so lltul cure No hlut of t•1~ ollerutlun t'<lltltl 11 it Wl!l'e U>l,etJ for or Hll,\ill•d~ lr!e1\ 1/1'1 lol'ks on the !'anal. he elth~r ~et'll or !til lu 1he hlndtng lt, sa·:rl II. It wou!u o~ unuvutlal1le I I €llillt'erl I he k!') Ill I he dejii"~'Sillll Why Not? :\~xt I would '~omplete tile rare ~ot•b aud run my nand unt•8S tile '""''le <'ulalugue 111lb Jlgllluuq~ spe~tl. uud Boul;er the Agent-1 tltn'l use your cover So •·urefully wn~ the ke~ flllerl Ur. narrov. 1\0Uid llltonll me Oler lhl H·ntriloquist aet at thnt prl\ale enter tliut e1·e11 with n1y hnre palm I could l lcphone I hat I had hi~ Pntlr·e coufi ::rinlllt'lll. It's for a deuf mute school hardly fPel ""~thin;( hut 11 pl •. ln sur Tile l'entrilt~qnist-Hut I wor·k the tlence. An<l nr•l least ugreeuiJie, I fuce d:;mmy R jaw HII the time. l.ea,-e em cotrl!l eXiJCel a pleasant el'<'nlllg In 1 left it In Its resung Plttce and town with early hedlllll~ lwurs ll'"P 1\:ltt·h it TJrpy'r·e ull lip r<>n<lero. .:aze1l 111 11 u lliiiiiiCill Was tile llouk plug tire bookplate. nnw ll.rt 1111<1 dr,1 t>laJe- tire fut t;Ptl IJnnkpilrtl.~ufter ull IWI\Ieell tire first tl·lge ul tile old lui\ Signs Point That Way nut tire ohjl'<'l ut the e~truurtl11ta1 y d 111 ok nrul tire co,·er strll llnll!iu~ tl•e ~'1111cl ~!.lnllll!l-00 \IIU think he'll torts pul forth lly 5o ruuny per8on< i key, I lmsteued to town to con.1 ••ut pr "!lii'P •oon. Doris? \\'as It the kry t1111ler tiLt ~nnl.plate? n·t plans. J"l:rn~:htPr- YPs, mamma; he s lleen This n~w t1rs•·o1 er ~ seemed tu eclipse The on!~ hlndr filll'e I" 111 ed to lie nrHl;Jpg so mnny complimentnr·y re the m~stt"ry ol the counterfeil p!'lnt. lhOI oone ''as 1111~ guotl I reu1 II~ 1 m.n·J.• ubout you. curlous as the Iutter still wus. A key [)at-row's at n quurter ot r.rne as usr.aJ pr e~uppo~erl that smnel hing vnluai.Jie und wilb Clat·llrew's "NoJ~s" tncon was hi(Jtlen utuler totl'; a hidden key splcuousl.l' reu<ly at han<l lltnong the Two Varietie• ll' e~UJ>posed some wlsb to keet~ !he other b1wks on m.v rle~k. I !\"'aited ~lr The Mau 1\'ith An Artbtic Soulhilliug pla<'e secret; the Wl<lesjJread Hnherts witlh conficlent·e. Were all the pt>ople you met thetc sear d1 for the old book which had a But, alns, to qunte the elega~t te artistic? key courealetl in II suggeslt•<l bllongl~ male In the poem widely uppro1ed 1•t Sweet Young Thing-~lost of them a <letPrmlnatlon on the part of the at tlwl<lglsts, who hao no nrore slm:>~e 11 erP, but some of them were t~ttit~; searchers to upen the hidmg place. than to "nit for "him" wheo he w:.s nice. My already oteti.JuniPne!l bosom had late to lll~ date. "He came not-no, he bel'ullle the retijJienr of a not her secret carne not." Nar,cy bre!•zed !>Sst, Ark Overcrowded After herulng Peter's tmgrt ad1 en Dal~y Abbott urrivw, Mr. Case, who, Elsie (lookmg up from her book)tures I!Ud Nanl'y's reurarkuhle escn I wns not disrtleast'tl to note, looke<l \\'hat are prel1lstorir animal.? pades unu Julia Gros1 enor's strange quite 11 urn out, asked If I w1re •It efl Wise \VIIIIe-Oh, those are all dead. story; aftPr seeing Julia's hluck satin I sHid. ":\ot so mudr ns I might be; I guess thPy were the ones that were bPdroom slippers ttnd le11ruing that I got that enr·ly trHirr" left on the dock when Noah sailed. Peter, too, knew some mysterious se (TO BE CON'flNUED.) Page Seven The· Colfax Bookplate By AGNES MILLER WNU Service g) b)" Tl10 Century Co. SYNOPSIS On a certain Monday morning Mlee Constance Fuller, seller of rare books at Darrow's Book· ebop, New York, notices that the llrst customer Is a dignified old gentleman, who saunters Into the alcove plncarded "~lecllcal Works." Peter Burton, one of the employees, amaze-s Constance by telling her he p lid $510 at auction for an oJd Ia w book con· talnlng a Colfax bool<plate Suddenly a girl's shriek of "Murder 1" rmgs out The elderly cus· tnmer Is on the fl~or uncon!:id011B, with his 118ht w rl"t slasl1ed Just before the ~hneklng girl falls 1n a f:tmt, she calls out to Peter: "Keep It! Keep It for me!.. Peters stster, Nancy, began thnt morning wo1 king at narrow's. "Janey t£llls C01 r • or her elopement with llranclon Tower, an elopement which \\'8~ cut Fhort when Tower atten,ptc d to make oiT with Nancy's suitcase Constanc-e exp1alns Darrow's card-Index system to CRp- taln Ashland, u nephew of Mr D3rrow's They examine the book Peter pald $510 rnr HT.U flnd the bool<plate to be a forgery Co:n·tance Is a«kPd to a~sb:t De· tective AJmy fn his inve~tu;ataon or the murder of the eJderly r n- tleman. The girl who tainted JuiJa Gros\enor, turne out to b~ his granddaughter. She can throw no light on the mystery Constance call• on Julia, who seems relieved when told ber cry. ·'Keep It for me!" was not unheedod. Darrow orders Constance to remove the bookplate from the book. Working late at night Constance Is startled by stealthy footsteps and dl~co~en 1\Ir Case, the •hop manager CHAPTER VII-Continued -11"1 really hnve the rPRIJnnsl~tllts of tile calulogue," I ohj~cl~tl, "nr Ill least, I took :llr Hnherts' reworks that wny, so I didn't want to lo~e 11ny time, Th~re's alwuys likely to be o hitch when you're In a burry, )Otl know.,. Mr. Case nssente!l, but without hi~ usual warmth. uutl went out. I re fleeted tltat Nant•y ami I bad scarcely spoken or used our typewriters during DUr last hulf·hour's wor·k, ''•hlcb bad been spent In revlston of COllY. and so Mr. Case might not ha ~e hen rd u~ especially as Ills door likely was shut 1 llnished my dinner, the stall' re turned and we all we11t promptly lnl< action on the catalogue. Tbe work was eqUitably dld<led, and Mr. Case, Daisy Ahhott, Emily Jumes and Mr. Dibdin bot·e otT their U>Sign ments to thrir <ll'•ks In the retlr. I remained at urine tu front. n hrilli.~nt spot In a sen of dall,ness Ji'm P while revision still oceupled me; theu I pulled ury t·hnir tnto posititm untler . the desk, all reudv to shatter the sl lence again "ith music from the uni versa! ke;~ boa rd. And as I d1tl so 1 beard tire time clock ring! For a uwrnent I fean•d some '''lstraiJ was depril iug us or one of t11e wo1 k ers at 7:20, to quote my w1·bt watd1, but nobody came out, and tJ.po I re membered that on the rare on asillll' when 0\1!1 time work wa8 1t•ne, tlw departmeut bend made a sp~ci:li re port for tire record sheet, in~te.1<i ot having the clock ruug ~J 111 em er. not a whisper came from the rear, wlrl re four people were >irttng nenr tire time clock; so I dedtlt•tl, wit Irout full con vlctlon, tbnt I DlliSI ha1·e beard some other noise. Tben I remembered a copy of a col lege edition of the Hubuiyat. Ther~ was a footnote In It I wauted to crth for the catalogue. Tbls college e11ition wns kPpt on a abelf up In the tight hand gullet y 1 walked up tbe b~kony steps, lnl< darkness that got lllarker anu hlacker each step above tl,,. level <lf the tl;.:hl ed desks below. l\''1en I reucJ,ed r he bead of the stalrca~e I turr1ed Oil n swinging light, und euuld th\!11 s .. e m.• way sufficiently well to the other eun 01 tbe gullery, wnere was the shell oo wblcb the bunk IJ my lrun'l be lunged. On I W<ilked In lire niru shudow,J stillness, ]JHSI the tops o1 the •lcoves, m.v feet mnklug no rwlse on the rork floorirrj( I sl r!'tt herJ Uf.i my hand to turn <m the tight in front of thiP forPmoRt SP<'Iion of sheil•eb and1 heard t11e time r·tock ring I This tliJie I fell badly star·lled nl orosi enuugl1 tr) cry out. I Dntl JU>I t<en~e ennu~:n 11<11 to turn on lire tight right ahuve my cwn head. Tl1ere mu>l be something the nmtter; 11 ttb surd thnl the clock siHoUid re;:bte1 at this time uf t1l!!ht, ., QIIHrter kHSt t;•o' Resolutely I whirled uruunrt to Jeul"e the hnkony nod h11 estl)!ate wttnt hurl happened. wlien lmmenlutel' ull 111~ fears vunl~hed. ilelow, Mr. l'us~ wnlkPd slowly out of the ~htt<luws o1 the centrltl Aisle 1111 toward my rlebk und hnlted an instant as If ln•tking for me. I was r~tther glad I t.;HI not screamed I wns just ab~tut to speak. telling blm where I wus, wben sometlung closed my parted !Ips He stooped down on the left·hRII.t ~<le of my rtesk and got Into the shutlow helrlnd 11 v.·here I conln not distlngulb11 nlm clt>nrly. I heard a ~ulnt stirling St>und and thenA strunget stood up hetween my own chnlr unn my desk I II was 11 1111111 , ~JI·csnmahly young froni Ius lr;:ur·e. ''"'"gtl I coultl not see his fa1-e, up ubtl\e him on 1he hn Icony as he had on a visored cap lie did Dot make a movem<>nt or sound Ills head wus hent ~'rom the shadows where I bud seen Mr. l'u>e stoop, I heard lhe ,-ery faiutest sort of fum bllng ooise; otherwise t hi! silence wus •uffocallug. Tlwn the stranger m01ed, noiselessly, slowly, but purpos!•fully he ste111Jed clear of the chair. a few Inches Ol"er to the left. Mr. Case sprang to his teet. Over the comer of lhe brlghll.~ lighted desk tbe two men gazed at each other with out a soun<l. 'fhey mny hove stood ttere muthmless for ten se('onds; It aeemed longer thao eternity. Flnal)J ""S rE~I:~KI~G Till I~I.I:S m~~O~I)I! GREATEST ..JlJLY 11'1.1 WILLYS•O"'ERIAND HISTORY The big forward march of Willys-Overland continues! Following the greatest six months in Willys-Overland'a 20-year history, with sales exceeding the entire 1927 output, came July with far more sales than any previous July. 100% more Whippet and Willys-Knight cars were purchased than during July last year. This success is not surprising. Whippet Fours and Sixes and the three great Willys-Knight Sixes offer a degree of comfgrt, performance, safety and economy ,never previously available at such extremely low prices. Orders now accepted for prompt delivery. ''"s Come in. Let us arrange for an early demonstration so that you may judge for yourself the per· formance ability of any of these modernly engineered cars. 'l'•urlnt SIJJ: RMdd" (Z:jau ) $485; RHdntr ( <etth rumblt uaJ) '$)21; Ctul• '/JS35t Ct~brloht CluJ• (wah "llttlll!f, tqJ) '$J9S,· C.ach $.5.Jf. AlllrrW /.t h. 'ftl«<t, 0Jdt1 IUid 1/trifir#tiUII sub,i~d If chtl11l#wlth~ttt Wllbs-OwrlanJ, !Jtc., Ttl#dt, OJ11f. -g. WILL YS-OVERLAND, Inc. TOLEDO, OHIO r, A mi~er is known by the mon!'y he You Tell 'Em George-It i<n't the amount of money that a fello11 ·~ father has that count~ here at college. «er,e-~o. it's the amouut of tire father'~ money the son Ira~. It ~-ou say "Xo" too often, pr ett~ soon you ha1e nobody to ~ay it lo. k!'ep~. ~---------------------- ~~' Business Training Pays year we placed more than 1000 in good positions. We can place you when competent. When will you be ready? B£hnke-Walker Bt~sir.ess Col!ege lith and Salmon Streets Portland, Oregon ---------;:ne--z---------3 ~ To Read Morels to Learn More All Books at Publisher's Prices MEDITERRANEAN ~J:::: Pipe -Valves - Fittings Clark's 25th crwse, 66 days, includ1ng Madeira. Canary Islands, Casablanca, Rabat. Capital o! Morocco. Spain, Algiers, Malta, Athens, Coo· atantinople,l6 day• Palestine and Egypt. I tab-. SALT LAKE PrPE CO. 475 \V. Sixth South St. Salt Lake C•ty, Utah s s"Transylvanla" sailing Jan. 30 Include~ hotels, guides. mctorB, etc. ftonrr-,. ..Medftarntnean Cruise, ~•29 r $600 up ter and suromcrwhcnlput on rubl"•rs or bcavlcr toot· V~IIJ--..wear-tbtn wbcn I remove my sbO<'s my feet cbill q<dckly ancl of1en my boee set:m \\etthrougL "lnetery comm.nmty tboueands now U"e Alltn'sfoot .. Ease in the foot-bathdnllyand tl en dust the feet and shokc Into the shoea tlua antrscpt!C~ healing powder. Fnil d1rec~tons on lJox. Trial Doll eent If. Y. ·~<'"m"'u!f!r says: "Coit•skneeswol• times normal aize. Broke weeks. Now almost BUN great.•• -SERVICE GARAGE -~---- ItAY L. P:RGK Ad:1otnln!t Ne wh ou se Hott:::l. Used Pipe, Fittings& Valves Newly threaded and coupled for all purpoacs. Monsey Iron and Metal Co. It Is a solvrd problem wh('n you decide on 700 So. 3r<l W"'t McCune School of Music and Art Facultv of Emment Teachers For Fall Planting-Write for FreeCataloar. shipping to the BROOIU,A,\N CRE4.MERY ( 0 .• 266 So. leo:t \Vest St, Salt Lake City. Wnte for Sh1ppiar Tap. Coasta•t ud CooseientiOilaSert"ict ~adlng Mw.;k .Mustc School In lntermounta1n Reslon Drf\mat1c Art Dancmg 200 North lllaln ~I. Suit Lake City, Utah. Bulbs, Seeds, Shrubs PORTER-W.o\LTON <'0"1'.~ Snlt I..nke ('itv. l tah. - --J. J. Coan Wrecldng Co. 3Zt West 8o, Temple St. ASSAYERS AND CHEMISTS OlficA an<l Lnboratm "/ 22tl-2:H S. West 'l'cmple St , ~nlt Lake City, Utah, P. 0. Rox 1666. Ma1l!ng en\ elopes and prlcee furnished on reqUC!:it, Utah Auto Farls·Co. Automobile Parts "We have It, Can gf:t it or It Can't Be Got.'' 'i r)' us Pl.one Was. 2287 and 2288. 4.21 So. Mnin St. Salt Lalr..e City, Utah. Ntw and mwd Building :Mater1als of all kinds. :Plumbing, Pipe, PaJnta anU Hardware. We Teach From Direct Sheet Music Correspondence course on HAWAIIAN STEEL GUITAR w.~ll be ghen in the future by the UTAH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC 615 Templeton Bldg. SALT LAKE CITY \Vrlt.C for in:forma.tion. Al~o local teaching. "&auty lmgn1la,~est- With tl:o~ 'Aiho '"'e it~· PICKLES SUPERFLUOUS HAIR (~ Qulci;IY and Forc\l•r ~~,.-vJ ~ULTIPLEmoELECTROtYSIS "'r{l m ont-·el'thth th{' mmnl time. Also Molt~. Wart!oJ and Qtber 8kln tlo!eels. IJ.CUL J.r\D Sl'A.I.P TUIATliEX'l'9 OO~bli.TlTIO~S 1BU. lqAllF.r, STEYE'<SOV,}~. D. Phone Was 7691. Snit Lake Citr, l:tab. Salt Lake City. utah. Phone Wasnteh 2!<15. Fully guar&.nteNlNot at all expensn•e on ankle, hock, throat is cleaned by Absorbine without up horse. No blister; no ; no hair gone. At druggists, or $2.50 postvaid. Describe your case for speCial instructions. Valua!Jie horse book 8-S free, Rowland Hall s;.L:if:~~;; High and grammar. Prepares tor all colleges Beautifully located at 206 First Ave., Salt Lake Cit)·. Catato:: upon rcquc$L noom $1 00 to $3 00. CRISUON & NICITOLS Is Foot Comfort FOR ANY PURPOSE Uto.h'• L&rges' f.it'OR.A.Gr. Garare Gene:r~l Gua,:e ~en •~• 4th ~o. and !\lain street-Salt Lake, CREAM WANTED Frequently you bear people soy, "hly teet perspi:e wm· EY:ES EXAJ!INED 0, W. BREWER Free Bu s l•'ourlh South and State Street l'\ m R('cd, MJ:"r. One Secret of Beauty t\f)> Dr. C. L. Evens, Optometrist Cross eyes sh a1ghtened. Glasses fitttl'tl. 11 E01l 2nd South, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH :Make this your home dealer~- Meet Your Old Friends at the Cullen -~ MOXUM HOTEL SALT LAKE CITY Money baek !or first bottle if DOt mltc:-d. AU Fre-J J. I,-eonnrdt '\fnnnger Paul Purdue. Ass't nigr. STORAGE AND SERVICE - Salt Lake City Directory HANFORD'S BALSAM OF MYRRH Cullen Hotel \\ ome-n-SC'IJ HO!'!t!tex, eapltal unnece~sary; we start }ou: new dlscoH·ry prevents run9 sllk hose \Vrltf! for a.mazmg o«H. Stag Products Co, 15 Park Row, Sultti 1229, N Y. luly 2, For Foot Rot in Sheep and Fouls in Hoofs of Cattle Scientific Eye Examinations 3H11 West ::nd So. FRANK. C:. CLARK, TI-B14C-,N.T. ot S•llerlleacld Eyes CULLEN GARAGE « East South Temple St. P. 0. Box 1793 • • • • Salt Lake City A:!pirln is the trade roark o! Bn.:ver Io.h.nuttt.eture of Monoacetleaetdeoter Artificial Cafe and Cafeteria DESERET BOOK COMPANY red: Lenses Duplicated 33 W. 2nd So, St. Salt Lake City, Utnh. We11 send them C.O.D. if you say so. an antidote for pain. Safe, or physiciar:s wouldn't use it, and endorse its use by others. Sure, or several million users would have turned to something else. But get real Bayer Aspirin (at any drugstore) with Bayer on the box, and the word senuine printed in Opposite Postoffice Send us your broken glass for repairs. Work returned same day. S.ru! for Suatn Cata[oe THERE is nothing that has ever taken the place of Bayer Aspirin as Columbian Optical Co. 337 So. Main, Salt Lake City Utah Last "''"n 1 ' ~03 Templeton Bld~r. 1Z So. Tempi& St., Salt Loke City, ARROW R'l \:\() For Uwse ,.,.ho t'.'ll nt tho best UTAH l'ICKU•; ('0., SALT J.A:,E CITY. ~IT.K IJO~E can be mrnded w1th the new Itch nit :\eetllt--lt rep aha runners in such a. way that th ey cm,not he. Uct('ct ccl. Sent post· IJB.!d for 7 5C, J.arlir•:i make big LlOfi€:'1- seJifng needl es and m ~ ndtn g ii1lk hose At h ome. Hoso repaired for &Sc and up lfoo;:e &l•Jmir Shop, M5 Tem]lleton DldJ;"., l:inlt J.nke Cltl. Little Hotel ~!~k~u!!~!u~~~~er~~w~ss~· Allk1:1d3 of•ltoot WOlk .H.e!H!..lrs,Coatlngs,New Rootl lUO~ Service-" uTJJ" llrand Root O.ment.. 167 Main Street SALT LAKE CITY Rooms, Single Without D,lth. ptrolay U Rooms, Double Wttbout Bath, perda..~, to fl 25 ti.W l:ooms, f:;u1g 1e With Bath, p•n day, it W to !2.00 Uottms, Doub,e Wllb B.uh, r.er lla..) ,l2 00 to f2.5 ') All Depot Street Cars Pass the Hotd DARNS BLDG. GARAGE Oppo<e L!ttl~ llot<l. Fllli!.PHOOF. Rt•r•resentntlu~ U".utted to sell na. tiona! nct\·(rtlSJ"11 n ert'handlse and ma.nu• f ac tureu· spcn ,\ lt iC,::!. Every arllclo • nea ces slty and molDY setter. Men, womeil and stud~">nt.s maicfng hlg money. Spare or whot• time. No <' npetttlon. W. E. STANTO~ 608 Templeton Bldg, Salt Lake City, Ut..tl, i\gtnfs, -==::J W. N. U., Salt Lake City, No. 33-192&. |