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Show Brraliff HENRY KITCHELL WEBSTER & -. EALED TRUNK bu hf 'L ' J Vs - 3 , v, LH&T - I afiaid it didn't. w rtl I .. t i e " I - Irtir - 1 i , ' ' f a J. UII2 Phi t u u n h. , i r -- D , , jeri out u! on he) i 111 for jou. - m. i,n..nmhe it info! h .1 the n- - ' . - Hint ( t it n uht lthoda The fcipht ot , ,i.ol M u tin w as isnt) u n u no d in a talitoi nia , she is happy M, r u ad, , itssoi in a brnall .pi As-- n i nines tm tune li the Plow is her untie, her in w h bei 01m i Her father ill an opre wheie he is en-- v to hnap v 01 k mt stei inus 'lie learns st, ,piapliy l hen she t'H r ilus kuldt.nl, to give hi r a message She has in a tnmk his death, fear- ,, an i ifl-il hv her uncle ,1 im j ..... lu r ii tine to "White and btu iin'.i s a so- - opi.uihtr In the news'1 ,,, r lull Forbes is working sin is lump withU a f How wolker, who had been l.al,' ini-- - the be. cht betoie, tells at tbe riu If Hhoda's her In aked lur nal r m e w - n t 11, F.,i land. HI Next day Martin t'llti 111. He r with Khoda and ISabe his s been ,. lie girls apaitnunt has laid had lthoda Ink'll into ami il1'"'irtm has learned ait ,v is stoli n G. J of the 'll.. the mt si t mus is t'birlis J Foister, unand living at the de of Max Intis Wuriest.-- r li id The gill admits her id mil hut tells Martin name 1 i h T , , 11 - i . .1 11 1 little i mysterid l.r land asks AKhoda for bti -i t ml It didn't bother you (She wasn't! Her voice gate her attat oterv time. It was flat now will) ilisajiimi t meiit over the loss You of a w eajmn slic'd counted on.) wont nmc! t! n. if I call you Miss Well, I in I knew ur' that Mii'ailai. ! Not a hit ' M j best friends know il mime -- Only, it's mv why don't Site hoped her jou tall me Klanl.i? tome dnlnt mte tier away, too. The next nioim hi she had to manage to rail her loinjiamon Claire. 'I'm a working girl, myself, said Claire, nr I hate been until lately. Are ton a Meimgrapher? Thats what I was. 1 In re mat lie ways that look r, hut the long run they don't Wheii as now jou take me, I put was net tr out of a good job, and the last nun winked for gate me a tip on the slick market that I made enough out of so tint I don't hate o ttuih any nine ear, unless I like. He owed It to me, all right. I'd made him more than that. Id practically managed all his affairs for six years. It was east, though; didnt take near all mt time and I used to do outside work afternoons and sometimes evenings. That's how I happened to work for tour fall er. Oil, I see," Khoda agreed brightly. 1 remember how often lie used to go bark to wink ot eiiings. I always hated to I1.1t e lam do it." 111 ea-ie- 1 e, 4 011 p'uir kid! You must have been lonesome Rhodi felt her face burning as if It had been slapped. Tills womans profiss.cn of stmpathy was an Insult she muldnt stand. She looked down at her pi He and managed to swallow a few mnrse's of the food that was on It W hen she thought slip could command her toice she broached the ma.ii si.l tei t of their intertiew. 4ou ;s'm in jour letter about a I,r ''r ' htl goten him to keep for I it n't destrojed any of my is," Khoda told her a "hole trunkful of them 'ed it up just as it was. of paper was it? 11 ' despite her pretended reluctances, was per-fe' .i it ttuli her answer Illioda 11'trud hi'intly for a sentence or two and mere or less switched off her niihd t oM r tilings--, it was glaringly etc "in,. a, "i s and at'i in it e . si e was ly ing. 1 e : t or the story was that a Will, 1,1,1 'ad wronged tier year 8s'o "Ian ti,,, was a mere girl. puper was p seamed, a sort of f,v'."n tth(h The con- - had. "r" lam to gup her. Its somehow, value to w fr is ti it it showed her to have " u '!u innocent though if she , ad h", i, wronged n the usual way It to mp what good the ehl-thidocument would do her w.ta .slip s an'.ho.h th rx det.. - T reason for wanting her r so i,.spe,;iU,j aft(,r nl tll(K.e ypar5i as imi t,p least remarkable part of e r u ratu e. Slip was planning to le .itairod and slip had reason to be-fT enentj meant to try It hj telling the mag j ''M' lt lurRit if she had his ' n confront him with, he " 'it daie aav s pn-P"- P 1 r('f' - ' ' h.u e kii cdtt hoped J.r fiee something to your advantage by applying to so and so. That's good, if its Forster who put in the ad. Of course I dont know that its him. It hasn't got liis name on It; Just letters, like XYZ. That's enough In Itself to show that he isnt on the level. Didn't your father ever tell you about him? I don't suppose he would, though. Rhode shook tier head. It was under the fascination of terror that she asked, almost Involuntarily, the question, Wliat sort of trick was it that lie played on my father? "Why, its my personal opinion," said Claire, "though of course I dont know anything about it It happened long before your .father and I got acquainted but its my private opinion that Forxter was somehow or other at tiie bottom of the whole thing: your fathers trouble out In California, I mean." To Rhoda It was as If a burled tiling had reared its head after all these years and stared at her. Ever since tier father's death thered been an unai know ledged fear in the bottom of tier mind that tiiis would liappeu something like tiiis. It had taken Its first vague nightmare form when, as a child of fourteen, shed read in the paper about another trial under the Mann act. It had been a fear of finding something that would give form and body to tiiis nightmare that had kept her from going over t he papers in the old leather trunk t he day after her father died. One of the first nig iifAia llH Like a Symphony how. Isnt doing it," Claire went on, "hut it's exactly the kind of tiling lie would do. Hes old and hes got rheumatism so bad lie can't walk .May lie he without two canes, but I bet he still likes young girls as much as lie ever did. lie always has got them whenever lie could. Rhoda found herself getting frightened. The old man who had given her and Cabo a lift tills morning had two eiines with him In the car. There was some horrifying admixture of truth in the lies the woman was telling her. lie must know- about you, Claire went on smoothly, because lie was In business, in a way, with your father. I dont know very much about that except that he played your father about the dirtie-- t trick that a man could play on another man. I'or any tiling I know he may think your father left you something that he wants something among his papers hut I dont believe Its that. I think its because he knows youre young, and pretty, and have no ore to look after t you. Anyhow, when I saw he nd in the paper for Rhoda M Kurland, It came over me like second eight th at that must he Forster up to his old - tricks Bnin." Her lips Forster?" Rhoda nsknl felt stiff but she seemed able to talk Has lie hern advertising nil rigid. for me? What rt of advertisement? Oh, t he regular sort that's in the , tcy mg you 11 learn personal column--i looked aa If WZV . . . the best Gasoline is Blended containing the elements of the perfect fuel and deftly combine them until they blend in absolute harmony. Thais whv CONOCO contains: Natural Gasoline, for quuk starting . . . Straight-ruGasoline, for pourr and lung huh age . . Cracked Gasoline, for its qualities. No single type of gasoline can con-laall these qualities They are pres ent, though, in CONOCO Gasoline blended there into a symphonic, . . harmonious whole, with CONOCOS master refiners wielding the baton, lor, after all, its in knowing how. T luts why some musical directors, as primer knowledge to the conductor that each group of instruments in the ensemble brings a necessary influence into the dud blend of tone In the unaccompanied "oompah of the bass horns :! e oveilay of melody provided s by siojmg violins and mellow is lacking All must be blinded by the baton of the conductor according to the expert formula of the composer before the perfection of the svmphony is achieved. CONOCO long has realized that harmony u as necessary to gasoline as to inu.ic. So CONOCO gasol nc is tlenlrJ and balanced One type of gasoime is no more satisfactory than IS an orchestra of bass horns. So CON OCO refiners take tiie three types ITS sm-phrn- over-tdon- , ous Tlurr an intei 1 1, Will it take very long? Claire Keiore you can start looking asked. mean. Of course you can't for it, tell how long it will take you to find it." I'll go lthoda assured her. "No, al it as sdon as I get home this after noon." That certainly is mighty sweet of you." (T tire burst out, with a sudden It seems a suffusion of warmth. shame to make you so much trouble Ill tell you what we might do," she hot me go along with you addod. I could probably mid help you look. hud it quicker than you could because I know just what to look for. The attempted casunlness of the suggestion may hae been a little Whether for that reason or another there flushed into Kliodas memory, as clearly as if she were hearing It oer a radio, a question Martin had What does naked her that morning: siie want to do; go oer your father's papers and pick out what she likes?" It was a moment before she could trud tier oice to answer and even then It didn't sound quite right. she Oli, that wont be necessary, I'm sure I can find it If it's said. there. And it won't be any trouble at all." Claire glanced at her watch and Will you excuse me started a little. a moment, dearie? she said. "I told a friend of mine that I didnt know whether I had a date for lunch today or not. I didnt, of course, until I knew w hether you'd come. And I said Id cali them up before one oclock and let them know. Her departure worried Rhoda a little, principally because she had only two dollars with her. What If Claire laid fled and left her with that enormous luncli to pay for! Really Claire wasnt gone very long but her return when she came was such. arelief that for a moment Rhoda almost thought she liked her. Rut that state of feeling didnt last long. Claires manner hud changed a little and had become vaguely disquieting. She talked between and during mouthfuls all through the rest of the meal, about anything or nothing. It The nteai seemed interminable. dragged to an end at last. Cut when, deml-tn-.shaling set down her empty Rhoda moed back her chair a little as a prelim. nary to saying she must go, Claire suddenly found that she had something left to say. I said in my letter, - site began, "that If any stranger triod to communicate with you in any way, I hoped you wouldnt answer him until youd had this talk with me. You haven't hae you? No, I guess not," Rhoda told her, alert again and answering as casually I dont beiieie I know as she could. what you mean. What sort of communication?" Claire Y'ou havent seen it, then, said, with a sigli of relief, "or youd know. It was just a gues of mine and maybe Im all wrong. Tiiis dirty old goat that Ive been telling you about, the one that made me all my trouble Ive sort of got him on the This much of brain, I guess. . . what she was saying, Rhoda reflected, was probably true. The hatred in the woman's voice sounded genuine, any1 ihoui of Khoda from the luh I judKini? mi ed is ,1 ii e it-blie unreiut.es to id fouf the she It, tinii.hed. he learnt, n.i 11 ml whom he ln-- 1 rl - Us hnn he Ho over-- I i ll lute eeu I. w '" In ,11 hl h he w mu. n S nmni? Kin, (i i t .i i '1 I IK ,1,1 i ,uta can see how badly you must want said, when the story was I'll try my best to find It I dmo lniiPr pi.Mc , V It all, hut she was she wire SYNOPSIS CH H T lit THE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON. UTAH 1931 24, UKIL iftfm n wood-w.nd- anti-knni- k m . well as some refiners, achieve fame. Youll find this triple-tes- t gasoline wherever with tiie balanced-blen- d you sec the CONOCO Red Triangle. CONOCO the balanced One of the First Things She Had Done After Her Flight From the Hotel. h'bv-r- things she had done after tier flight from the hotel, up in the little hall bedroom of iier first boarding house, had been to seal that trunk with strips of gummed paper all around the lid. Her father's dying reference to his papers prevented her from destroying After the burglary she'd the tiling. looked at it to make sure it was undisturbed, but at that time, preoccupied by the loss of her three hundred dollars, she hadnt thought much about it. Fp to now, until she heard Claire Cleveland pronounce the word California, shed been able In her sensible moments to remind herself that all she'd ever seen in the trunk had been laboratory notes and diagrams, to argue that in all probability it contained nothing else, and to promise herself that some day she would open it up, go through It methodically, and make an end of her nightmare once and for all. Rut now the nightmare was true. Tliexe people certainly Claire, and probably Forster and his nephew had their connection with her father back In the days of the horror and for some unthinkable purpose of their own, wanted the thing dug up. She sat there frozen. It was seconds before she could even turn her eyes from the womans horrible face. You know about it, don't you?" You must know Claire was saying. something about It. Why, there wasn't hardly anything else in the papers at the time especially the San Francisco papers. You dont want to take thing like that too hard, dentie." At that Rhoda managed to drag her hypnotized eyes away and turn them on her empty coffee cup. Of course, to hear people talk dirty hvpocrites youd thirk a thing like that had never happened before. Its happening all the time, only they dont happen to get caught. You must that a good looking girl know your-e- lf could get any man if she wanted him; practically any man. They're funny that way most men are Rut your I think they put somefather thing over on him. Of course," she hastened to add, I wouldn't want to be hold to am thing I couldn't prove, and naturally I couldn't prove one sinwae gle thing about this. But if th ere a nigger in the woodpile, it was this man Forster And you can play that There's no rigtit across the hoard at him hack could get way that you that I can see, because it was all over and done with long ago Rut there! one tiling you can do, and that's lay off from h ni if he tries to come around." Rhoda heard her move her chair back a little and that broke the spell. Glam ing up she saw tiie woman faring thoughtfully at her watili. Will. I guess I've said my say, And I know you must she com luded. run to along I'm going be uniting to order a taxi. I can't take you anywhere in It, an 1?" She hndn t quite said her say though, for as she rose to leave the tnVo he added, You of w( nt frmt to look up that paper K dcunc: ou, vy mine, (To be Continued) -- blend gasoline ! 1 his Section Dedicated T o Scouts Genola Troop The Genola Troop of the Boy Scouts of America has had a pretty hard time getting organized and in a position to join in an active participation of Scouting. The troop, to date, has not been registered. The reason for this has been that no one has taken the leadership of the troop. A troop committee is being organized at the present time, and with Mr. Hartvigsen appointed as the new Scout Master, the boys are passing off their scout tests, and the troop is expected to be registered in the near future. Payaon Third Ward Well, well, here it is time for another article for the paper. My how the days roll around, it seems as thoYigh we just get one article off our hands, and thn it is time to write another one. As was saui before, we were plan- an over night hike up the can- yon, well those plans are fast mat- uing for that hike will take place today, Friday, April 24. We could tell you moie of the plans but that will make be'.ti rews for next week. you thin; o? ow that the scouts! I guess you are receiving swimming lessons at A r- rowhead Missitn, under the direction of Le Roy Passey. Well, about twen-- ! scouts from the third ward partici- pated last Monday night. We have a number of boys to re- ceive badges in a court of honor, but Girls dont miss seeing the Ideal Ixiver, Shermun Loveless. Hes a real matinee idol. Sowing the Wind, Tabernacle, April 29. it seems we cannot get a Sunday night an Easter basket .Each person workmeeting, so as to hold it as yet. Maybe ed for points and a prize was awarded we will soon, we hope so at least. to the winner. Refreshments were One of our plans has been upset; enjoyed at the close of the contest. We had no disappointment though. in .scouts five our tendeifoot only A baby boy was born on Wednestroop IaT week, hut now we have April 15 to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse day seven, so we eant push them into Farter. second class scouts as fast as we thought we could. Now for the ending for this tune. Why not have some news from each ward each week. Why not have some of the doings of the stake officers in the paper once in a while? We would be glad to hear something from the test of you once in a while. g Mr. and M's. Biant Jorgensen rived last week from Los Angeles and are v, siting heie with Mrs. Jorgensens parents, Mr. and Mrs. William, h. Wilson and with relatives in Salem, The numbers of the Third Ward lief Society enjoyed a delightfull sur- prise cocial Tuesday afternoon, Ap"il 14, to take the place of their regular .work day program, The interesting afl'a r wa arran-t- y god by the officers. A cleverly plan- ned contest duiing the afternoon was each of four groups required to make in the form of an Easter outing with Be-Do- nt Mr. and Mrs. Ammon Nebeker arrived Saturday from the Nebeker Ranch in Daggett County to visit for several days here with her Bon, Attorney lace Nebeker and other rel- atives. o RELIABLE DEALER wanted to handle Heberling Products in Utah County. Excellent opportunity for the right man. Earnings $60 weekly not 'unusual. Write fo.r free catologue. G. C. HEBERLING COMPANY Dept. 2355 Bloomington, 111. o UTAH INDUSTRIAL NEWS MOAB Moab Garage Co. granted permit to operate automobile passenger service between this city and Thompsons via Green River to Price. Four-foo- t EUREKA fissure containing vein matter and iron struck Bullion sideline near Big in Eueka Bullion property. Hill-Eure- Devil Canyon road MONTICELLO being improved. Meat Specials For Saturday, April 25 ... PORK ROASTS Cut from choice grain fed pork. (Shoulder or Rib) pound 15c i PORK SAUSAGE Pure Pork FRESH SIDE - PORK (Ideal for Breakfast) Sliced 2 pounds 25c 2 pounds 35c See Our Hand Bills For Friday and Saturday Grocery Specials F ONE OR OOD WE DELIVER TjTjIXQN Sanitary Market 10:30 A. M. -- No. 2 DEPENDABLE MEATS mmmr QUALITY GROCERIES 4:30 P. M. iAl |