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Show Ia t1w ~lie eould aotblllN _.,. fBUH end bill r:etrtJat. ......... be thQII&; '"If J ..,. to ca-. IMlelr Qd It• .,. m a.ed 1DJ baadl t. b..-11 thMUIII lato tbe eue apia. IS'it to • • ru bave to do lt." Thltt laelr of coddencle bt bla aebeiDe was ID dlreet oontradietloa to hla former roncluafon, but .JJia mllld was eo harrowed br fear and uneertahstJ that he was budlf' respoDIJible C... Ida I ROADS URG£0 AI NIED FO' f[L DEVELO~ MJNT 0 .. fNDUST"-Y 1ft SOUTH tlaou~hta. CHAPTER IX .-.._ ·~;iji~~:c CODtbt..ecl ~ tiW ~ ~rmilll ~ tbf i'ldlculou antics; but It atuck, be not than Blau that &Be ,I..O't IIIUJ' miDut.eiMilcl make DO rigid mo.t It tartbet. Be waq't ~ tltat He as almMt 'tJI the point ~ deWOUld be llad Of Ida dr.POea~'- apaiJ' WileD the boX l~deDIJ allppecl out aDtl fell ltahtll to tile. Boor. Wltb u exd•P'atiOD qt, dellcbt. Dicit di'DPJed bla lap, del bepn •gerlt aearebln~ f<tr tbe box wltti bltl mouth, Be p1ekecl- It up lnaJly, and tried to 01*1 It Wltb bla and teeth. but thla wu a feat beyond blm. Half lil _,.r at hill failure, be eranched the wOodeD bOX wttb h1ll teeth and spWed 'C u.,. t.la\t matchell out. Wlfla aaother rrant ot aatlshctlon he ft8bed around Oil the floor untll be bad a matcb Jo his II~ Holding It Alrmly wltb bla te«h, he tried to scratch It aplnat the chemlcaliJ treated atrfp. But here apia be met fo'l8!1~ slqwlt, .antl palnful&f to with lt was tlte same 'tb.,dlftlcult:r. Ugbt bOll: constantly eluded break In lt. him. It woUld not remaftl stationary •· flil'tliiat eorner of lo~ 'enough for blm to scratch tbe ne_.10e Ida agonlzlna wQ. head of the match against lt. Again tbe eave met and agaiD he essayed to light one. lii'Mofu.d.:1 J,pward andDripping with cold per!illllratlon and desperate at hla failure, be tried eTery trfck be could tbln,k of, and' oafJ gave It up when exhausted With a groan )Je dropped down. Now what all hls aklU had faDed In accomplfsblng accident performed tor blln. In dropping his body back, be landed plump on the bOll: and completell crushed In the aides that h1a teeth bad started. Dtek never knew how It oceurred ; but one match In the heap must have .....,.,.. .eo placed that his body forced head against the rough surface of the box. There was a da1.1h and glare, and whole pile of matches was lgnltThe box Itself took fire, forming a COOd-aiZl!d blaze. Startled at first, Dick stared at the fire, and then realltlng that ,bla opportunity was quickly ~Ina be thrust bla two banda over the flame antll the rope becan IIDlOkln~ It was a frfptful or<hl, for the ltamea made no exception to his wr'18ta, burning them as well as the rope. He had to grit bls teeth to hold back .. CfJ of palo, but With aU the stoicism be could commQnd he waited altehtiJ and patiently unw box and matches were consumed By that time the rope Will burning. H,$ waited as long as be could, watch....hi 01• •, ooe of tbe sea Ing the flames eat their way through strand after strand Then wltb a .,,,• . Ulldel' Dl• dl~" bet IJIUttered.. an aperture the hie of a ma•'s mighty effort he jerked his hands Uttle cooaolatloa. B.e apart. t!h.wl tbroup lt. But Qle Tbe rope parted near the middle, It was tbere, a narrow freeing him so he could tackle the rest Liliiimlille:e to oae fll the see. eaves, of bla bonds with both bands. Estlngulsblng the fire, be began feverish· uo~illa~ ''I ...,.t ·ptp. lt." he added, after ly to unfa'lten the rope that still held "'1=~~!::2:~{ lODC ~·: J had the use of blalep. ..., mr~ One., tree an~ on hla feet, be began It ~ ri6na laope, but D&ck exerelslng his Umba to restore the cirrealized Qat h1a position wu deaper- culation. Then be fluq himself down near the small aperture In the wall, atfl. and - llt4 to take adYantag, aU' McGee, wAWlblg ollt· and bepn tearlnc at the rocks. 'lilile, D0t ~ h1JD O~D. SeAt llrat he made no pereeptlble cure In the thought that his prleener prorreaa. but a piece of rock the size could net eeeape except tbroap fibe of bla let flnaiiJ rtelaed to bla rorts. main eotraaee. bla vf£11anee woatd A Htt1e e.qmluatfon showed bl that naturally relu:. the ftll was C!r8elted aud bro en In Dlelr bail to fre&. hlanda to make many places, ad that by taking adthe experJJ.pent of enla~Ciq Ule hole! vantage 9f th• he eould make better Unforttmately McGee's training had progress. taught him to tie a knot that was oot Hall an hour ot lard worlf ma~ blm . . _ IOCIIIened A aaUor'a knot Is Jqbllant. Tbe- a)iertilre waa big enoup about the moat dfftlcuJt to unfasten, to admit a man's tlllgh. Renewln& bla Q4 the harder Dlcli: strained the efforts he enlarged It a UttJe lftore. tllbter tbe rope seemed to draw. Thrusting a band Into the hole, be '1: can't do It that way,.. he mut- found that beyond Ute mouth It was a long futile struggle. deeper and wWer. ~·C!G41e"l a ...mao, bd I know sallIt was nearly an hoar later before .~ota•" He 1117 back and breathed be had the hole large encntcb to admit It&t Ilia mind was working ac- bla .boclf. Be erawled throllgb eagerly Ufilllj~ It hfl was to free himself it and tr~bUngly. The sea air reaebed tlarou(h some trick. Be his nostrils now with a strong alty ~?]t.;u~ea"ai!l!l\:io4 tor a sharp rock which flavor. ,...,,.,., to saw the rope In half, Dick was sure that the ether end opened Into a sea cove. Tile thought ·~~~! seemed to have their .., smooth and round of concealing his methoo or eseape t'ame to him. So tar as possible be tbeand paiDdropped of hla had to cover up his trail. .of bla box of Returning to the eave be gathered taeJIOIIIld tat at them be up the other ends of the rope and tbTust them into the opening. Then crawling In teet first, be gathered the loose rocks up and walled up the openIng as deftly as posalble. Be shuddered a little when tlHI last of Ugbt was excluded Be felt llke a man walled up In a living tomb. there was no way of ult at tbe mltlbf'J.."'*Io..,. end, and If McGt>e should dleeo•er his method of escape and aeal mto * l" ~~~!=i~[SE Wrlftllq bllfkw«nl through the Darrow bole hat man;r diMdvantages, as weU aa 4U.e.ra It was like feelIng one' wa:r through the dark with the fee4 bllndl)' stumbling along at the ))rlllk of a preqptce, It wat an e:veD cbanee !bat ~tie bod.J would be carried .o er It before iQind .eenaed tlie Ianger. NeYerttieles~~o Dl~ !Sl&de slow but sure pfl)gress, ldcfdng bla beela upw rd and Slde~ar• to feel bill way, 8'04 wileD he flnallt c:ame to a broader p ~ be made tbe attempt to turn ai1Nnd 1110 he could C!1'8Wl bead Bnt. It wae a narrow 1queeze, 11Dd for a tiJDe It waa doubtful lt ba eoeld do lt. Like a squirrel curlln~o up to sleep, he doubled hla bodJ antll his: bead was between hla ueea. and then lllowly aqulrmed tnd twisted antll his poaltlop .,.. ~eraed. After that the plq was eaaler. Be could feel bla wq with hla banda and eould use bla eyes to some extent. It was as black as midnight In tbe bole, but bla eyes, grown accustomed to It, aee~ed to penetrate the gloom. 'l'lae salt alr that drifted through the passageway urged him onward. It was JlOWing stronger every moment, and t'>tck's spirits rose accordingly. The salt air could not get Into the passageway unless there was some opening on the sea side. ll'lfteen minutes later when be eaugbt a faint glimmer of tight ahead, he knew that the worst of his troubles were over. Where there was light there was freedom. Be crawled more rapidly after that, keeping hla eyes focused on the ""adually Increasing speck of daYlli:h t. When be finally reached the end, be feund himself on u ledge of rocks some twenty feet above the beach. The fissure In the cliff through which he had crawled bad been formed ages ago l:iy a eonvulsion of nature. After tbe mighty upheaval, the rocks bad settled down llke a maBB of crystals, le:nlng spaces, narrow and wfda, with here and there a natural cave fonuatlon between them. Crawllng to the face of the ledge, Dick breathed d~ply of the salt-laden air, and watched the frothy spume risIng from the beach below. Considerably uhaustecl bJ hlf labors, be sprawled out In the sun to rest and regain bla strength. The beach was below, and the 'op of the cUff fifty feet over his bead. There were twenty feet of sheer perpendicular cliff to descend, bat after his former troubles climbing down .the face of a straight wall did not alarm bim. Be would accomplish It In some way wheD be was rested Lying there In tbe sun, with his eyes balf closed, be was unconscious of the presence of others untll a footfall on the rock;s below startled him. He sat upright, ever)' faculty aTert, sensing a new dan~er. Seizing a ragged piece of rock In his band he waited for this new enemy to show himself. There was a posstbUlty that McGee bad miSlJed bhn, and knowing of this pasaaae,waJ to the sea had hurried around to the cliff to Intercept him . Or perhaps be would be attacked In front and back. Be kept a wary eye on the bole behiDd blm, and cautiously craned bls bead over the le~e to took below. (TO Bll OONTINUIID.) Mater ol the Rolla Once Not Empty Title it~ the days befOre prllltlllg, the old records were alwaJS written In a form which made them llteral)Z a roll, aays tbe Dearborn lDdependent. One aheet ot pal'(!ltment used and t)le next one was sewed to ita botto~ e4ge, and the proeeu repeated anW a document might eoDBIIIt of a hundred or more sheets, or skiDS, as they were then called, all sewed tocetber ~ o~e ldng strip, A ple<:e of wood was then taattened to either end in the mat~ner of a modern map and the strip rolled up from the bottom Into a creat roll or bundle. Tlte reader began at the top, slowlJ unrolling one end aa. one rolled up the other end on another stick. From this form rolla came to stand for manuscriptS, particularly official manuscripts or court records. The keeper or master of the rolls was then the b1gb oftlcer W'lnv kept the recorda ef the English courts of justice. Today the presldellt of the chancery dlYlaloD ot the high court ot justice In England, ranking next to the lord chief Justice of England, Ia called the master of the rolla. OrlglnaliJ the muster of the rollA! had the custodJ of the recOI'd., but In the course of time this ebarp became merely nomiD&L w•• Increasing Tlte A~lbll~ Of tht New 011 Fields Of Eastern Utllh Th~qh The Construction Of New RCHtda Salt Lake Clty.-Increaslng \he ac· aeealblllty of the new on llelds l>f eastern Utah through ne llll.medfat. eonatructton ol folll' new roads, eng ed the at\eDtton of the board of coY· ernora of the cham'ber of eommerce at Ita weekly meetm., when that body eonalder'ed mapa and propoaals prepared for It by Perry A. Clark of Salt Lake, prestdent of the Monumental on coJililany. The new roads called for In the plaDs submitted by Mr. Clark would penetrate the on section lJin~ between Moab and the .Arizona line from four different directions. The mapa aubmlttetl to tile governInc board of the chamber by the head ot the Monumental OU company were prepared at the request of the board, aecordlng to Mr. Clark. It was the latter's Intention to meet with the Conner, but other business prevented so that the data be had comptled was presented by the Beeretary of the Unless you see the "Bayer Czoss" on tablets, you are.not iettmr the genuine Bay~r Aspirin proved safe by mn.. lfons and prescribed by physicians over 25 years for Golds Pain Headache Neuralgia Neuritis Toothache Lumbago Rheumatism ~hamber. The plana under consideration caU for new highways to Moab, from Thompsons on tbe Denver ol: Rio Qrande Western railroad; and from Dolores, Colorado; GaiJap, New Max· leo, and Flagstaff, Arizona. "The aecompanytag mapa," Mr. Clark said In a communication to the board of governors, "have been Pnilpared to show the posslbuttles or these proposed roads, and In compHlng them we have endeavored to take full advantage of the road Improvements contemplated by the Babbit Brothers stores, a chain of wblcb Ia operated In aorthern Arizona, as well as the road improvements and the brld3e which is to be built at once by Coconlo and Navajo counties at Lee's Ferry. "Our present problem Is to get the people and the state road commission of Utah Interested," Mr. Clark contin· continues, "to the extent at least of maintaining these highways in good condition. and of constructing a bridge across the San Juan river In eouthern Utah. The building of permanent highways and the spanning of streams In southeastern Utah requires substantial conltrucUon because of the torrential rains wblch visit that section. Unless maintenance funds can be prov ided, it will be impossible to keep the arteries of travel In good shape. Fifty on riga will be operating between Moab and the Arizona line in a short time, according to Mr. Clark, and the need for the immediate con· struction of roads In the area Ia press· ing. The proposed highway from Gallup would pass over the Navajo Indian reservation, while that from Flagstaff would run close to the south side of the Grand canyon. U. s. Refuses Uintah Landa Salt Lake Clty.-Notice that the proposed relinquishment of state claims to more than 56,000 acres of oll shale lands In the Ulntah basin would not be accepted by the United States land office was received at the state land otftce from Commissioner wn. llam Spry. The state's claim to acbool land grants in that district were eontested by the federal governmeat on the ground that the Janda were known to b~ of mineral character. Tbls cuntest threatened the state's titles to much ot the land at a bearing be(ore Registrar Leon P. Christensen In Vernal the state land board offered to releaee Ita elalm on those aectl&ns. The matter was taken under a4nse-. meat. The state took the attltud<l at that time that the land was not worth the expense of. defending UUe to It, that It had no known mineral value and was practically worthless otberwlee. Fat Hogs Exempted From Regulation Salt Lake Clty.-Fat bogs exhibited at the Salt Lake and Ogden livestock shows which are bUled for Immediate slaughter following the exblbttlon need not comply with the regulation adopted by the board of agriculture recently requirfnB all bogs offered for exhibition purposes at state, county and district fairs or expositions to hJne an ofticlal health certltlcate. Utah Railway To Take Coal Line Waahington.-Tbe lntereatate commerce commlaalon authorized the Utah ~ailway company to acquire control of the National Coal Railway company by purchase of Its capital stock ap.d by lease. Strictly Neutral Two Disasters In A Few Hours Norfolk, Va.-Two near disasters ':::J~:1=~=~=~:H.t:bDtn~IDild ~~ the entrance, be would lildeed be 81 In a living tomb without occurred within a few hours here ~~Qjt~Jol~!~ . ot escape. when the army dirigible T-A-5 fell tJ.Aat:,~Pil!li> illtUl,kl;r llori'Qr of such a finish sickened 200 teet Into Hampton Roads and the ....... · . :ana i'or a moment be hesitated. United States shipping board liner " ' .lt-*:84 to • r down the wall be America was swept by fire. The three f th 1• J~=i~,:=::~ bat lila panic luted e dlrigib e s crew, res1 members o cued by a rum ehaslng launch, were aot Injured. Il'anure of engines alld _,aca})I.Dg gas caused the fall. The America, tiecl up for repairs Ia N" l4bi't,clor ltiJl praetlean1 an•· IG'\ Newa, 1t1UI damued couldenbi:J' ~ b1 ~ Nld e~ UM tiN neeptq an c!ecb. A Junior football match was In progress and great excitement was aroused. One of the backs tackled the oppoelnl center forward, and after much wild kicking both feU. "Foul,'" aald the referee, blowlnc bla whistle. • "Who torr al!lkett tbe home captain. "Ua," came the reply from the high· IJ esclted o8lclaL-Vaacounr Prowlace. SAY "BAYER ASPIRIN"- cj~ I I Everybody wants an Intimate friend, Glass that W<IJ''t break recalls daat but as one gets older he grows too they have already ht¥ented a k:tDc1 of particular. butter that won't melt. ------ Let Tanlac restore your health It your body is all fagged-out and run down, If you are losing we 1gb t steadily, lack appetite, have no strength or energy-why not let Tanlao help you back to -.lth and strengthT So many millions have been ben· dted by the Tanlac treatment, so many thousands have written to testify to that etreet that It's sheer lolly not to make the test. 'l'anlao. you know, Is a great natural tonic and bullder, a compound, after the famous Tanlaa formula, of roots, barks and berb!r. It purges the blood stream, revitalizes the digestive organa and enables the sickly body to rega!D Its vanished weight. You don't need to walt long to cet results. Tanlac goes right to the seat of trouble. In a day or eo you note a vast dUference in your condition. You have more appetite, sleep better at night and the color begins to creep back Into your washed-out cheeks. Don't put orr taking Tanlao another precious day. Step Into the nearest drug store and get a bottle ot thla world-famed tonic. That's the lrst Important atep back to health and vigor. EVery day's delay means unnecessary au1ferlng, for Tantac starts to clean out and &one up the system right awa,. An4 Saves Job and Health "Por a year I felt 10 plaved out I could hardly otand up. l was ne"" ouo1 !lluv, bad no appetite and COuJ4 not dlaeot my food. I had ~ In mil.v back and just had to Clna myoe around. '"But TanlaA>tun>.ed the trick In my favor. Now I am In asaood baoltb ueverln my life; I eat ravenowly. Haven't had an ache or pain In moatha and montha.. Feel nne all abe time." Rav Roi!aenoa~k l29S Thom•• Place Dubuque, Iowa by acting promptly you will avo d further loss of energy and weight due to yout present run down condltlon. -rake Tanlac Vegeta.ble Pilla for conattpatiou. --~--~--·~------------------------------------------~~---·- "I'll tell you why thej wouldn't insure you."You allowed consti\'ation to become chronic- until finally • it resulted in orgamc disease. "People don't realize how insidious constipati6n is. Its first effects are hardly more thart annor.ances-headaches, loss of appetite, sleeplessness and the hke. But in time, a$ the body ts subjected .o continued intestinal poisoning, it may lead to high blood pressure, rheumatism, diabetes or even Bright's disease. "Stop constipation if you wish to li-ve long. Take a little Nujol every day-that will keep you regular." Najol relie'J'es constipation in Nature,s wa1 Constipation ia dangero1D for snybody. Nujol ia ufe for everybody. ~t does not aft"ect the stomach ~d IS not ~~bed by the !>OOY. Med!~ authonttesapproveNuJoJ~ause.. tls aafe, acnde and natural In 1 ts act:IGb. Nujol mAkes up for a deficiencytemporar~ or chronic:-in the supPly of "'tura.lub.-icantin the inteattnes. ltaoftelll the waste matter and thus permits thorough and regular elimiution withwc o•crtuiua the in- ' mUicles. teatind Nujol can be taken for any length of time without ill effects. To insure internal cleanlillep, it ...abould .J,e taken nkularly in accoroance w'Hh the di~ectiona on each bot de. Unlike laxatives, it. does .not form a h.abit and can be d11conttnued at any tune. Alit your druQiat for Nujol todq and bqin toeDJOY the ~feet health that ia poeaible Only whea climiDation ia normal anclripW. ftl• twi-M. LU-.uw ____ ..___ _.._...._, ____ Por C:.•••il"'"" ~--------~-·- --. ------·- |