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Show I ain't coughing iiround th place. ever heard It lnytt'lf." So Thomas thinks that Uncle Hor-newas frightened to death, and Starr intimates that he was murdered, and till this was (seething In the minds of these people a year ago, without It reaching me ut all. There had been no inquest; simply, as I wall, Doctor flay ward notifying the coroner by telephone, and giving organic hea't e 1 (GUBIEAaT EE disease as the cause. was?, I admit, startled this morning as I turned back to the main house. Hut I knew the tendency of small Inbred communities to feed on themselves, for lack of outside nutriment, and by the time I had reached the terrace I was putting Starr's state SIEHDAKi 1 I a. have broimht that on. Fright, even, for tli" poor old chap was frightened he wrote that letter. Trembling That was like but,uneotnproinlslmj. win o hir.i. realize fully the unpleasantness are of my own situation; even, if you i.ui consistent. Its danger, I :ut what? Hut in spite of this probI threatened, have sh.HI do as ably. am profoundly moved tonight. We did not love one another, but lie was old and alone, and menaced by some Just what monstrous wickedness. Hint wickedness was no one can say. hut I fully believe tonight that he died of it. the desk I began to go through once more. All important papers had been taken away after the death, and riffthe drawers contained the usual an old keys, raff of such depositories, cient cliee'. books their stubs filled In Uncle Horace's neat hand. him Naturally, I was thinking of was concentrated on More or less, him, if this is any comfort to my 1 1 ... 1 He had, In very chair In was stricken, bis head baddesk. All this was in my mind, as I closed the Inst drawer ami surveyed the heap of rub hish oil tlie desk. I was subconelotisly re suppose; the construct in;; night of his death when he had penne.l that word "dan ger" which new lay. clearly outlined And that in rever e, on the blotter. when wand 'red Into the den. look lug for a place to store what i.eai the detritus piled up on the der-I was still thinking of it. Hut 1 can ' in. t feel 'hat my entrance into the rouni. or m.v Idly switching on the red lamp which stood there, had lhe li Jiicjt cutiiieeiiuti witli the message I seenicl at Unit moment to receive-"Takout tlie bottom drawer on th friends. spiritualistic fallen out of the which I sat when he and hud apparently cut ly on the corner of the ill? .Cs A 1 SV k. mm I MOULD'S LOWEST PRICED SEDANS IOU QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE 1 NOTAUl.E I definite ciiclohcil curs on the I liiU't N' Vi value there are ho market comparable to the Four and Whippet Six Sedans. dollur-for-doll- ur 'J Mi This is true not only becaimo these amart Sedans are the lowest priced la the world, hut because they repre. sent the most advanced ideas In automotive engineer Ing, ImiiIi mechanically and artistically. The perfected Whippet Four offers such desirable fea- t iircnaHfu.il d lubrication, silent timing chain, eitra leg room and iowerful brakes. The new crankwith Whippet Six, In addition, provides a Bearing Crankshaft shaft, invar-strpistons and other advantages. i.l $U5i Touring $IS5; K.n!tr RnaiUtmr (with runiW ml) fS2S; i'Atarh t.Ui; On, Such notable values are possible only because of the tSSSi CabrloUt Cau )n(i.i(,. tup) iVi. 5 Roadmltr 1645; Caup Touring skill and experience gained la the production f uxor t6V5t tMtrhSim$09S. All priwf. o. b. Tolmdo, Ohio, mnd than 2,000,000 motor cars. rw(l(ilaru ubo( (a chunf uiillutut notUm WlUrOrUuui, Jjm, ToUdo, Uitio. I Tour-eyUm- lr (?-;- June FRANK C. HOWE Murray, Utah iuu a pl .ii iimiiu ii':i;cd fifc.ii i auu :it lhe rnive, isiy uf and II. e taininc iliiluiry in uileil Stales, m ' cu i uivc: teen FORD OWNERS 1 I :t Shi' Get your Lights Checked l ut ferine ics aie Hlicnim II iral. am at id -- I i.-- liip- fur in r 1!2S i pi'iMii.-i- iiitid St.itcs I'.iiiia.i of Wasatch Motor Co. , Official Mead Light Testing Station - I t'niveriiy uf ;uii. i, At Murray, Ut. Mild I I tit iTi ii' iii.'.u in;, H. uneli !;, leiaiUll.'lil f CiintliieM. In. fitlluniiiu ; "Tlie h:ii its nritfili ,ii Hi, i :.i I I .I At its; letilli i. ul;i i lie !i hit i e uf '! let' !lic e- 'ai. Dry Cleaning Is Economical the I.hV Furtiishinj4S ami i Kc-c- Vmir thont tlu-ti-i Vfatitt-l'tc-- h i - u ami (lean, ' .r j i i. ,1 !!! Itife.m id uf v j ,i ie:, h J I . Cleaning & Dyeing Co. June 28. slept very little hist night, and tti's iiioiniiig made an escti.se to go up te town wiih the letter, I.nrkln hud te! cphoiied me that he hti.J an unpinon tlie house through Cameron, and this give i rn- - a pretext. I.arl.ln Is Impressed with the letter, hat (lues not necessarily see iis eoi in th ti with l"nc!e Horace's death "You haven't tin Idea who It's meant you say?" "Ni l the slightest. Ht hadn't ntij friemK Intimate, so far as I know The UvitiKMi.tiis, verj decent people with a bly place about six miles from him, his doctor, and myself-tha- t's about a lb" " Kiiormity of the bleu." he rem! ntalii. "of course that might be n new pubvn gas, or this thing the press I i 27. fr, N nliv.iy Marin; up, the death ril Smne fellow with a Ine lu hi bonnet have ! , after i!l I ul.!;i, ;u( H It), V"tl net 1" sure." The other explanation Is that I re uf Mil,,-- uf (he !,i l vt V j S "That woublii'i Imp'y dancer to blui echod a telt tiiithte messnue. i! came self." y l.ii v sii. li must eonie j J In ,1. i. !;.,! l:.! j, ; ... j .; as .Inly "Any fellow with a bee In bis bon I ft mis oaiside hut from within let net Is d nuvruus" be ;,ld and gave "! ii t ut. 'i.i i ii.i,, ;l m ) iji, . heard nuthtlii;; it Welled Up. above tin- ; me ba-'I lhe letter. Miicw (.j-(.f v i. I. tl it;, uhei'i til and Viiue Wiilideriin-i- . el, " )f course." he went nil "you've I I nhfl ity !!.. !.:. ,i li'::;.!;,:-- it.ir; a iv":nl tn.t in in u made a tree point about the siiihi u J " e.jui.n. f,.,- I,.,.,,".,! j elein eat ;it:d ihimije furm. "Take ii.il j lhe coiter. If It's blood, it's bardtv ' ' li. i' II. ill; J the hut:,, Ml dniWer on the rlKht." i :! ii", et ne cm up tifciun unit put n ui.'i ' I lUit It tlln! 1lH' i'.i'I.l.ii;' am to adept telepathy, I 4 j,.. where you fiiuud It. I'.ut I think am to heii. ve Unit I inn not alone in m inli ,. (; . f ,,.- -! j vmi II tliul the servant there, wlmi f mv l.i,...'. h d.e uf thm letter Vet con- j bet fin- - I.' ,.v ,., i,, name, picked II up In tu.f excite 9Mmi.sid-iithe t in ol jt, the awful pus iunl .jiT..iii,.. , f nieiit iimi ihrew It (I,,. dnittt-i: i ,.f si!:i;:y It h,.tiiiite., whn could tmv . However. II you like, I'll have ihni I ti'.i ,ir. h s'.ii, ut j ;i, ,,,, !' i.tii'VV ami tl t yet keep M;.in ti d and Kce what it Is," t ' 1 ' ' '" "Pi--;. !,;, 'I i , f? b. I ton..fr the corner, and left him ' '" ' Hu-.!,. vril, i.t, iht U c.-- buirtid the drawer'; It Into mi envelope putCtis carefully ' f ' "i;i ,.' , i i ; t. it tin te ev, ir.-- li Ml' r .'int.-con the cur lie meed n t:p prepared to go ' ' ' .. ( in r ii:iti uin t.i he h'uud. and tinnk " '.iieN V. t ! ,i i "Wi lli's ibis I bear rthuiit It jour keep !.. f. r t'i H f.'l :.' N, lien ii w.is p!:t,.d In .'.-,i dravvet Itii; off deltiuiin by driiwltia Suliio sun H he died. Annie Cochran him) ot h eul a'isile design nroutid ymir I he'li bavlua seen mi) Mil';' he nsk.-"You'd belter li t mi The doctor, perhaps"' p iper Jit'. Ul. ni on It; 1 tnrd a refuge How mm I'.iii vvoiil.) in. nut iiuve rrnd It firs! ? then It hud been crumpled Into a ball Whb-provri Hun r man may !mu' iind thrown Inty the drawer, and the me eiernai v;.'ti.. nfj.j be unheard MiiiM.jtieti! upenttii; uf ib,. ijniwrr hail rorevef. but If be bubble rtotiix-nsIn pushed it h.u k. out ui sight, tin much a wilderness trnol around th. In clear. world, Hut -- after be fell! We tune settled down Into our foil ,viij,pM -.- u ui la the prtvory of this tine here ery comronabiy. Our I egg. Journal may surely let my ItmiKlmi mid milk nre brought each nn.ndiu tlon wiiii.!. - suppose then, thni gome ' a buxotit farmer's it mil!! oil" other hand .!,'ked i;p Hi!.- pnper. g Maggie Mitrlseti, sturdy red liorant nf it. t entetifs, and In n bur Cheeked girl. rled Btlempt to put the room In or Wiih (he lawn cut and the hrtih dcr, tlurg Ii into th, drawer? Or t, bery trimmed, the place gr,wi in ward the wimo hnsket beside It. and crenslrdy lovely. At low Mo th. It fell short 5 SuppuH., , a w,,f( lh , bench I covered with n.lds Bt,d etob Some njher haitil. r.Kiln. turned out from the mysterious. Ufc (ho en the ihm red latei, In lh red and white Msrf-rhHn nr.!,!,,. CT le.( It to see the way to .'senjie nod d!lt,!egrn!ej Jelly flih fSe.j gun I must nut tet MUYROWRISRIMiMRr my nerves run nwat pick up lunula, hover over a tin with me. Murder t tm ugly w..r. topped rock, drop thnti onto Its mid after nil we hnv,. Havvi nr,f ..r face hral then wmip down tipun tin flirt of d I'll b l,ijr fiiiln.n broken klielL, wiih a warning try I. a luihcletit sh"ik or a blovf, to nilghi other , 1 1 A- -l larpe It. Sent ii,e I l!u ; I ? ;.!.. J i! I l'e , si have found t'ncle Horace's lettei. and in a manner so curious that there can he, it seems to me, but two in iciprctaiiuns of It. One Is that, some how, I hiue had oil along a nilK-i ions ktniuled'jH of jig presence tie Hut I hesitate v. hind the drawer, ncc.pt tliat. I am orderly by IiimIihI ainl when I went over the desk af:et Ids i!e;iih, the ineie.st indication uf a pnpei i inuhl behind tlie drawer would ii 1 i i lettei ot Mr. Horace I'or ,j pi Sullie one IlllklloWIl let' nihil am! dai.-the day of his death. June 'T ut the preceding year: "I am wiilin this In great distress ol mind, and in what I feel Is a right eons ai uer. Il Is Incredible to me that you cannot see the wickedness of Hie course you have proposed. "In ail earnestness I appeal to you to consider the enormity of the Idea Your failure to comprehend my own attitude to it, however, makes me be lieve that you may be tempted to go In that case i shall feel on with it. it m.v duty, not only to go to the po lhe hut to warn society In general. "I realize full tlie unpleasantness ot my uwn situation j even If you are cotisltctit, it- - danger. I!ut " The letter had not been ftnl.-he-d. rental.' June here.) I'nr.iii-liei- I liiielMty uf The the season, It tiatiilsoinely furnished house on hiij three niltes from Oukville. Ilenulifiil locution. Thirty-twncrcx, landsciiied Flower Kiel klteheu gardens. Low liih-l-i-il- , of y for ti r in i 4'nrn-I'l-'i- uf Tei ii!HMi.'; ef i;il,u, (Note: I mi'de no copy ot tlie lei the original Journal, so I ulve si Vet 1 dare say we shall do well eniiii;li. After nil, there conies a time when iiinhiiiun ceases to burn, or rn malice to stir, and the highest cry of the liinn.-ii- heart is for peace. Here. 1 feel, U peace. - Hie ri'oloi: i 1 II.- G8 ; 1 II.!-- 1 'c! !rl I'M:!!i "I'or rent in" :ir I'l'din.' to tlic 'vpai "! ( 'I'liuiii't, f. Tile in :s Uiii lie !e:nl i if t lie ''live, siiy ut' I t :i li III t 'i ,i iii wfii t in .ini at: ut' M iiii-- i ilu-vand in nft'erii, uf Al;it hi)'- - ;ue tlie I 'hi i ei i .Mini'--- Phone Murray J fi-- Iicini. :il ( !( ji ttUll the i s fidlnw-hip- Iflluw ! 26 la tin' l.i. .ui.. may ssiy as In i' in nniiiiie etit'ide iiiM'earaiice. within It is liatiUy hiileuus. it U nil a in' ta;e .shi.u'd nut he. Fru'il the ' l ;!i :n 'air.: tu ImN that pa.hir ( dip in tlie center ubove, It is utroeious Vet toniuht Jiine is a hiippj woniiin. ('mi It he that women require resi fn in 1'ieir pns.sesslotis, as fur instatu e I i! i fi. m my dinner clothes? That it Siiiv.s tli 'in the same sense of freedom to dun, . peaking figuratively, a purloi or an ni the cheapest Of other fur nisliiiiKs. us it does uie to put on my anelent ft liiii'J garnients? r.i i Jane simply relieved? 1 confess that tonight with Larkln's ndvertiseiiK'iit for the other house tie- fore me, I feel not only In the position of a man attempting to sell a gold lirlck, hut that I have a secret haulier- Ihk for the gold brick myself. set! I. We lire FOURS Phone Murray 3 have heard people who believe III sort of Hiinu emphasize the pe of the messages, ilinl elhiar thU was true in this case. I do not ivcnt! that there was any question In m.v mind, either, as to which bottom I Was to remove i; :iuci I'M lhe rk'ht Ami liilinl the drawer I found lhe I whatever . ri'it." Me inetit ttlMiut n lilmv In tlie sume rla.s vsilli the oi!h lieiii-i- l ut nilit. I lllllieil .'Hid went into the linixe Hi tinil lluil Annie 'ei!'nin hail tunni! the hlelier mill I hat the hist word nullum iilil buy had writ ten Mad heen "dimmer." J ut V "And Died There," He Reminded TOiiurs lowest pjua;i) six force-fee- a." f i tnes-iiie- ' iti j - , ; Phone We Call am! Deliver 31 J ". - i.e ,. j , (t. li-- Co. orrison-Merri- ll "THE LUMBERMEN" Call on Us for Complete Estimates 170 I .; i j J n;,i !) ! t - ' ! 's ti. ' ' . d'-n- The KING COAL" riinmr Murray r e S K. II. Wli 1 1 Wo,t IStlt Siitslli Stttrl Murray Cxtcniioa WIS. , LAMP Are You a Reader o( the Eagle tf mi ,' fulla ksep away. maintained that sho ho oeea The boathouse Is ready for youna rn,.!. ,, a in it gicui Hallhhn. Kdith has put . Her r I, rnno of . stntpinpnt my auuui na , chid of love and one or two low?: She had not mi ... most treasured personal possessions. uneasy on entering th k.. ""'J tny smok-la"That isn't by any chance ' though 1 had exneeted in-- . ... stand?" mils. Nor at the beginning oil'" smok to "Bui you aren't going Ir ill in Hui n.infn.. - fm. -- tllOQ" William, Father summer. much this i'""")- ine cold bad hail however, my Into she says, mid links a hand to ii : it "froze" her, She ,ayJ arm, "i heard you say so yourself." ' k fell rldd with it and bedroom It bus n si! Una room, . It1 euiil hti,,, Anil uuer sne kitchenette, but no bath. wr,l mo cIiisb tliu .i... . Hfl, "." "'"."en uoor. "lie can use the sea," says Edith, in Tills wind, she snvs no easily. "And take a cake of soap k...""1' sx cold that she called to with' him." 1 sug "And wash himself ashore," from somewhere near at hand gest. and am frowned down, probably she seemed to see the curtains bio too old for such ribaldry. , Jane Is very serene. Now and then out at the- window ti, ! lower sasi wus down, as she could tell us she sits on our small veranda with by th. her tapestry, I see her raise her eyes .(lection of tlie red lamp in it,.L blU 1 tllO .. to wont " ."w "".""it ui see li tjjg and glance toward the other house, j I do sash nor had per been mention not it, towered, but she does Willi to take the darkness outside, the I'.ut she absolutely refused the pictures of the house Larkin had hud become a sort of mirror and .? asked for. Not that she put It like Vald her own figure in It startled !' for a moment. She stood that. starint "I haven't had any luck with the it. when she realized that she camera lately," she said. "You take not alone In the room. Clearly 1 llected, behind and over her rii them, or let Edith do It." shoulder, was a face. The result of the collaboration It disappeared almost Immediate which followed eurly this afternoon Jane Intends to de and I have my own private donJ, Is still In doubt, aboift her recognition of It as Vl velop and print them this evening. Horace, which 1 believe is post fac, And so our life goes on. We retire generally slightly scented Hut I am obliged to admit that m early, , .. 11 w sumet lilm ok from the cold cream of Edith's good oi ..III, "u.siue Hie i'";i staff (low household and looking In, or the creation night kiss. Clara, our tier own exciteu rancy. too. goes up early, probably looking As soon as I could leave her 1 , under her bed before retiring Into It And Jane sils and sews while I make, outside, but 1 could find no one ttier and this morning I find that my nightly entry In this Journal; she nij 0r , I think, both Jealous and faintly footprints under the window have r II suspicious of uieiy omiieratea anything else li At ten o'clock or so we let Jock out. may have been tliere. Jane herself believes It was U and he looks toward fhe main house and then turns out the gates and Into Horace, but I cunnot find tlitu , received anything more than an the highroad, where for a half hour distinct impression of a face $. or so be chases rabbits and possibly he rather startled me this looks for a bear. At morning, t,,, ever, by asking me if seiaiches at the door, and we admit had f him and go up to bed. thought that Uncle Horace hud t Later: I have Just had a surprise died a natural death. amount lug to shock. Jane finds she "Why In the world should t,v f'ueb a thing?" has forgotten the black Japanned Inn I'.ut pressed for un cxplumitluti , which she uses tern with a red 5 In the mysterious rites of developing merely said she bad heard thai J pictures, and suggests that we go to -- plrlis of those who have died vfe ileaths are nmre likely to iimu'ian the, other house and use the red lamp ... e... ...i. T there. ui i.iueis Nun nave passed H'iiit! "Cut I can bring it here." that the desire to acquaint away; A "I am through being silly about the world with the circumstances o! M other house, William, she says wlib trau'edy Is overwhelming! M What seems much more llktlj tbnt she has caught from me, t li that queer gift of hers, game Int. M of my own anxiety. . . M report from the labora! M shows that the stain on the coroet the letter Is blood. One lives and only does the report stale On: Is blood, but that It Is human b: Moreover, that It is about a year o and that It la the imprint of 1 1 man finger, but Is too nadir bltrJ- for Identification, as It was made ft Hie blood was fresh. Fr; So does science come to the i!i Pu! the police today. Truly one Ibai learns. Dr. 4 g , Wlll& ' J 1 b-- 1 ten-thirt- y 1 : . . . - Jum X A. have been brought tody, for imt time, Into active conttct i Pol the feeling of the country J.c ngninsi my house, and esper. Drs ngulnst the red lamp. It Isur situation. ing S. : Thomas came to lhe dconrjj morning while I was at breukux lowed by Starr the constable, rat A. i nuhied somewhat tmeasiljt b Wli; him. It developed that half i i Dr. sheep In a meadow beyond B'ir 0. I point, were found the alglit Dr. "But I Can Bring It Hsrs." with their throats cut. Tint' an air of resolution. "Anyhow, the er who owned them heard theo about and ran out, and to pantry there Is tetter, and you can Ing he saw a dark figure fa elaret sit In the kitchen. Bring a book or inn lieid and run Into my f the snmetlilnff." head of Itobiuson'a point She huj, poor June, very much the the It npiK-arthat the farmer, r air of Helena Lear's kitten the day Is name abandoned tiF Nylle, Jock cornered It and It ciime out res us oon as be saw where (befs The and looked In him In the eye. nlukly Jill ti effect. June Is going out to meet her was headed, and went bad dead ahoen. They were txs ,1 .1. ! bugab(H) and slnre It down. out In a row, ra 1. -June 29. At what time waa all tli' h.ilv Jane Is In bed today, nnd 1 atu not asked. all I might be, although I tiiauaged "Eleven o'clock, or ihereitwU to get un Imlllfcrent print or two to irray "How about a dogr I l.nrkiti (Ids morning. kill don't they? Ca!e; sheep, it Is well enough for I! b. and nerveless Individuals to speak ol the Himut or aoiiielhlisgr W-1 ihcin don't stab "They fear us a survival of that lime when No! around here, am how." w' ; In our snvnee slate, we were surround of t The oslenslhle .........i.... ... . objinl im,i eoviiuen, oanters, nnd a thou ret , J, mnd portents In sklea we could not waa io oi-- If we bud bees pnsme Hmt for and night and to Insist comprehend, (hut when knowledge comes In at the door, feat other I did nol at once situation wiih Jaoe'a curioui niid superstition fly out of the window i'r.) it Is only In Ida head that man Is ence, "No," I anld. "Youll heroic; In the pit of his stomach he 'ine s la always a coward. tbnt N'ylle has an enemy 'Mr, Yet. stripped of Its trlmmlngi-t- he tome hand he bni dlMrM rir empty, echoing houe, t$ reputation IinpO 'tj uf and my own prlvtite thoitdita nb.nn JSiiirr took himself awnf rt "tl lit possible tragedy, the Incident I,,., nfler that but before bf muUi or its terror; la rnpnbl,.. Indeed chimced a glance wlilt He" I had n of a quite normal explatmiion. feeling that aoRH'h- -l That Is, (hut J(,,C (.jiir aw MlJm bind Ibis morning tWl 1 vow online me long before Thomai bmi pantry window, or wn inn victim or a subjective linage of hot It appenra (hat NH ran fff own producing ure io (be edge of lb , , After , io put the affair In consecutive Hiere atiwd besltatlnS. TW " In shape. the ahare gather, n,ri. At eleven o'clock I bnd moved lhe bou. And aa be um r.t !i:i red lamp from the ,!en In the othet tlmtigh everyone km l!t h V f bmiM! to (he pnntry end there eon empty, be dUUucHy m ! A', twfod It. Jnne smtied to im Ruing of (he red lamp tmv Ml ''?t,e. well very beyond (he pantry door, and t t!,H afKt a time 1 reused the '"""- etise of humor in hiM!l!.K with wM.h I rad been at couh! not reels! Iht hlf llrmlns my eotni.,cd e wit hi,, l.lllU Thnmn. Ill call, and gr, ahw.rbod In a tj.w,, ' t.tei, now I made a tacllral It nuii have be.n 11:15 ' ' 1. "M"' I aatci nlmn ite .) "Ileallyr cnlled toil In me sl.HrpIy to km, "M ,,f of wai lain thaU h re a cold wind was c In, fro,,, . I' "."aw It ai plain as I !,.( nnd itlt hough roo f,,t, t lm j 0 MrJ !r losed the klkhcn door. It mUh in a c..do ft mlnutea , 0f ,iln( "Itot I do Mieve jo 'I'iHl l.eM.l.um, tbnt ddet.ly henul h(i the red lampr kive a b.w P" T 1 onn, ami (hP nrit 1nfnnl 11 he aald. "Well r.mlhc ers.h of, finll8 psrt pr lhee about ktomn lM, When I Ledi opened (), (,or , lamp ain't healthy found her In a uUlu underneath thing and me any de,, the wludow. When the &tl revived, she falka l agreed I :: a ' cold-bloode- .... m' ' lll5 T rea-nuri- ttff pn-M-t- bf mi" (TO t t'liDllllHW" |