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Show i THEPAYSON CHRON'Ii'LE. l'AYOX, UTAH EALED TRUNK HENRY KITCHELL the) heard a key driven Into Hie ,T, Right at band was a door, a l.ith ajur, opening Into what was probalil a closet. Martin, catching Rhoda up with one arm as if slicd been a pa. k age, fairly lifted her inside and abut the door after them. They heard the stair door open, they heard steps along Uie corridor. But, iusteud of going by, the door. steps paired W.N.U. CQ BOBBS-MERRIL- ,,,e little sheet Iron transformer such n m he was a stiiull with. The '"-t- rain run ent came Into one e..ri la u,)u,lt A pair it f. an it steel cable. wires went out the Una with the buzzer, ,,u ,iu rt through a tiole Well, he under-1,, me. he door was held by .a, i, .m il as they use for lours of apartment ,r. iltithl.v on Forsters l,llbt,.s a hntnii. blinded the buzzer and at the the filtcll. The ,1Im: time r e to get to the door sli'li'v."1!'1 ,r I, his finger off the hefore I or-- l r , , ,,i 1 i button. itfr.o.hd Martin a broad grin whs the thought of Forsters precious bring helmed hy the careless eleUr.eion v.ho had put the trails the Inched door instead former ont'-idof In. Ail Martin had to do was to scrape the insula' ion off the wires and dose the circuit and the door would tYh.it lERVICt Th was quicker titan he was and lie nxtf his rush with a blow on the Jaw that was like the kick of a mule. A crashing sound accompanied by a brilliant display of lights was the last thing Martin was conscious of for several minutes. The next thing was a stream of cold air and wetness and a pair of light hands exploring beneath his unbuttoned coat. He did not remember Rhodas trunk check and ticket, that Max Had said he meant to get, but all tlie same he tried to push the hands Even as he did so the fog away. lifted enough for him to realize that they were a girls hands and that they werent picking Ids pockets. The slinky voice that said, Its all right. Lie still," sounded like Rhodas Hed have first. He'd nearly forgotten that, and he turned at the narrowness cold for an Hut two minutes work of Ids escape. with Ids penknife sufficed to accomplish his purpose. As he twisted the two bare ends of the wire Into contact anhe heard a sharp click which nounced that the door was unlocked. He sprang down from the basket and opened the dour. I.uck was still with him. There was no one on the other side. The whole corridor was de- warning knock lie opened the door and stepped iimide. There was a good deal more light in here than In the corridor and he had to blink ids eyes into focus hefore he could see very well. It was a girl Max was talking to but she wasn't fihoda. She was facing him and before Max could turn she rapped out, filio are you? What are you doing here? Martin would never forget It was Claire Cleveland. He realized as she stared at him that she could have no idea who he as. Shed never even glanced at him before. All she could recognize him by was Ids voice. He didnt answer voice. ber question. tay right where said to Martin. Iiis vou are Max face was blotchy nU: f "Hre was a vicious neering look of nlt:iti. .n about it. oo. lninp emu,, to exactly the ! pl;7' r'p ' something for T he wheeled on Claire. ; ou can get out and you neednt wait ! You needn't come back, either I'm 'brough with you. Youd belt er go Tulotly. if my unde n- before you know The It' opening of the door seemed somehow to brin tl,T l" decision, bhe stood .till consul, .git, for a ment before o, e walked tno-ou- right bun know does about All "1 111 are too ninth of y first. Z think Fli Just ,l,,rp nnd see what he u. Vu,i SP0 stud , f0(, '"'""dig. "r,,('re Rbotunf-.- ttere!rP4r t0 P MISS It will save if Juu W"I take me l'11- I time and to lier." .d, Martin spoke la,e f"r tlPr'" Max an- but she's gone ."iS 're 'r o;n myself. Did you "hat I hnd for you? Tall sine to sometl,ing else. 'f the worst of It If " over what you and that 'er jeP , fr"m nie this after-trun- k utmn. . ' 'l!roa'I ticket and a i' o' e, Ul!ne across now I Quirk Hirtin d,,i folly ;n Mae w'i; t, Uhmij.g fiittj Max Dlpan, n realization of 'nto Max's pres-f'-- r e t and tlie rereipt ,'lil.,K "l'n his person. ''Understanding what , '" ' M I.T1 no la t,ls nnt,ig and m "mi' h on nny terms "ied to slip around to the door. But Ma All Right. ami Mr. K. K. Robm-o- n e.i honor hy thetr cousin, li. Eicilson. irv r. I K. PHONE were party given ' i. 171 For Butter Wrappers Ms. the closet u. t t til-P- V I jof r The next pi..; ent the.v heard tin click of a key. For nine reason this closet was supi-u-eto tie kept loc ked What sort of .' u was it? .Martin's right hand reaching Into the corner rested on a cane. That might come in handy, he thought, and he gripped it. The door swung open, letting in quite a lot of lie! t from the corridor, hut at tlie sann- Lime cutting off Ids view of everything but the Inner fmv of the door, lie heard a gasp from Rhoda and a growled Wlmt the devil!" in a mans voice. Conleys! There was a click of a switch and the closet light cat'"- on overhead. So this Is where youve got to, Is I had an Idea It? Conley said. you were still on tlie premises. Well, the old man will he gl.nl we havent lost you. Come out of there! At that Martin shifted his grip on the cane, noting as he did that Its rubber shod f trrule was heavily weighted, find kicked stmt tlie closet door with a slam. The unexpected and unaccountable sound of that Four slammed to behind him must have frozen Conley for an instant, for lie mil Rhoda presented, as Martin first saw them, the effect of a tableau vi.aiit, Rlioda backed flat against the wall only was it a wall or was that middle panel in tt a door? Conley gripping her hy one arm in the midst of his arrested attempt to haul her away. Tlie next instant he turned, saw Martin and Jumped for -- mu Lie Still." and the face he giddily saw bending over him looked like Rhodas. It couldnt be, could it? What would she he doing here? Where was this, anyhow? And why was his head drenched with water? It was Rlioda. She was getting clearer every minute. It really is you, isnt It? he said. She nodded and said, Dont talk. Lie still. As his vision cleared and things got less swimray he saw that shed been crying, and the shock of that discovery lifted the fog from his memory. This was the room where hed encountered Max Lewis. Whats he been doing to you?" he asked. Max? Nothing. lie didnt know ' I was here. He thought I'd gone, Just as he told you." But you must have been here to have heard him tell me so. "I was In that room In the dark. Claire was In here waiting for him, but she didnt see me when I came in. I heard all he and Claire said while they were quarreling. But they were both so angry, each with the other, that 1 could hardly tell what It was about. It struck him that he ought to know the framework of their quarrel; probably he would when he'd come to a little better. He asked, Why was he chasing you around the place If he thought youd gone? "He wasn't, Rhoda said. "I wasnt running away from him. Id had a long talk with Mr. Forster. I think I found out quite a lot from him, Martin. Then I talked with Max. All he wanted was to get rid of me, and he thought he had. And then I heard my uncle tulklng to Mr. Forster and I simply bolted In a panic. It was perfectly silly, but Im glad I did or I wouldnt have been here now." "What happened after Max knocked me out? He had already begun exploring his pockets. He took an envelope," she said. "Out of that pocket; the first one he felt in. I suppose It must have been the ticket and trunk check he said youd stolen from him. He didn't look inside. Just crammed It In his pocket nnd went out, as quickly as he could. "How long ago was that? I mean, how long was I out? She turned away from him as she answered, "I dont know. It seemed a long time to me. Was It something Important that he got away with? He told her how hed seen Max carrying off her trunk nnd the stratagem by which Babe had got the trunk check from him. "The thing for us to do, he decided. Is to get out of here and beat It to that baggage room. I know the way to the stairs. Thats how I got In." But almost ns he spoke there came the clatter of a metallic object falling downstairs. Somebody on the other side of that door bad Just had an unwith encounter Martin's foreseen waste-pape- r basket. Then, as they v stored with held breath. u- - :a!.y h i oi. a e BUILD . - . .!,, - he .n ,'M'ds, e .si !,a, will s T for Tomorrow t!., weeds, or.rd.s, ,n tra.di etc., iml vv'eie ,ua-- !i and i,i''ph'n- - have 1,(111 f ,l,e best nietllod- a! i.g Ui, m is :ne coi cleaning p of any nil hi ii vvlueh is found in 4 To assuie todays satisfaction and comfort, build for tomorrow. To build for tomorrow, use lumber, tbe lasting material. Complete specifications and cos', estimate for any building you may be planning will be gladly supplied. Just phone 127. We are here to serve you, carefully and well. not a J. hyhnuiation place. the egjs ;ue hat.hmg and leie ale unite a number of .small bug, n the vine-- , they can lie emit ruled '' he applha.lun of lmotille da-t- , w h eh cull-- 1 i, ot lilac!, l.tak In an! Hydrated lime. This is the host method ot control for the nymph-- , which i NYTHIN(! IN SERVICE EMiRVliliNC IN I.FMBEK tiown at the present time. 'VVVVY Codling Moth which Duri.ig the d.y L it ehma-irSCSIIgtCKXidS?EKEESi:XkEBI2XiiUMIEgEaiaHaiIaMHM n f aie hav ng this summer, it Si veiy haid to time the activ.ty f the codling moth. Tlu- hootch pots r; A C! which we have had out in different ilac-.in the ounty havent shown the xact peak hut the codling moth have seen flying aU the time. Due to this fact, each owner should watch nis own orchard and keep the apples MALLEABLE GAS, COAL or ELECTRIC RANGE well coveted with lead. Fat mei s Encampment IS WILL MATTER The 1th annual Farmeis Encampment at the Utah State Agricultural College at Logan wh ih is to he held Tuiy Id. 111. 17, and IS. Preparations Plan your range budget around a hundred dollars. aie being made to have an excellent This will buy a full enameled Coal, Gas, or Electric progiam and the subject which will he emphasized will he Farm and Home Monarch Range. The public is welcome Financing. A SMALL DEPOSIT DOWN and to attend and take advantage of this in and as much as this opportunity A YEAR TO PAY THE BALANCE is an inexpensive trip it is hoped that we will have a good n presentation of Utah County farm p. ople at the college this year. For further details call the County Agents office, Provo. hem- TN t i Chase Lumber & Coal Co. ha-'ee- - Martin, who had already shortened his grip on the cane, knowing that he wouldnt have room In ttiut closet for a full swing, met the rush with a back Its Iki'l .'i I'luvo last week for a him. nt serted. For a moment after he'd closed the door he stood still and listened. He heard a man's voice, momentarily raised in anger; not on old mans voice imd not Conley's voiee, yet again one that he somehow felt that he should remember. It guided him down the short transverse corridor and to the left down a tourer one until it brought him to a halt outside a door. At that point tlie words became distinguishable and the voice identified itself at the same time. hh to h with the three hundred dollars! Ail right, I took it. What are you going to do about it? The speaker was unmistakably Max Lewis, and it seemed equally beyond doubt to .Martin that the person he was speaking to wits Ithoda. With no tieiC'ge Bertelseli, who is vis-- i lore from t'alifornia. Mrs. J. . e be unloi hod. Walt a minute, though. to disconnect the huzer in COUNTY AGENTS DEPT. - V Sett V Mi- CHAPTER XII WEBSTER COPYRIGHT j hand stroke al the side of his assailants head. Thank, to the thick rubber cup with which tlie ferrule was shod tlie Impact was practically noiseless, hut the big detective wilted and went down under It like a stock yards steer under the maul. Rhoda and Martin gazed at each other aghast across him. Its all right, Martin said. Its I Just another knockout, I guess. must have caught him on the jaw, too. IIe11 start coming to in a ndnute uml then we can beat It out of here. When he opened tlie door, Ithoda said, he was coming straight toward me as If he knew Id be standing right here. But he didnt know, because he Jumped when he saw me. Martin. I cant stand it like this. Lets do some thing. Cant we open tlie door? He didnt answer Instantly, or move He was looking at the outlined pane In what appeared to he the wall he Stie swayed slightly nnd hind her. caught for support at the nearest of the clothes hooks; then uttered a cry of astonishment as she started to fall, not forward but hack. The thing she was leaning !. gainst w: s a door and It was swingin' open behind her. Martin sprung over Conley urn! caught her. Without a word tlie ivvo of them stood staring Into tlie strange little chamber which the opened door revealed, staring and drawing dee) breaths of an air that seemed, after the overwhelming stuffiness of the closet, fresh and cool. The place was oddly furnished, In a manner that suggested a stage set. black It comprised one chair In tlie misoak, leather-seatesion style, more or less, a small square oak stool that evidently sorvpd the occupant to put his feet on, an oak table with a telephone of tlie new . A cradle type on it, and an an arch which wasnt arch, proscenium but an oblong opening, didnt come clear to the floor of the stage. It stopped thirty Inches above it. and it wasnt an opening since it was tilled s. by an enormous sheet of date gla-Rhoda, to Martins consternation, stihl after shed stood staring at it him for a minute, I know wlmt this ts, and walked boldly up the three steps onto the stage beikouing 1dm Imperatively to come. old Tlie man she was gazing bird whom Martin Instantly recognized as the man hed hnd a glimpse of in the limousine that morning, was sitting sidewise to his desk in a high hacked, swivel chair, smokwas what probably an after dinner ing cigar and reading a document of some sort which he was holding in both hands. Isnt It great? Rhoda whispered. He cant see us no matter how hard he looks. solid-lookin- g 5 TO EQUIP YOUR KITCHEN WITH s MONARCH e A 2 OF 1 RATHER THAN FINANCE a A- - Mr. and Mr-- . 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