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Show r THE PAYSONIAN, PAYSON, UTAH UTAH BUDGET RANCH AT THE WOLVERINE T. The Salt Lake Oil Exchange and Board of Trade will be formally opened on or about April 1. Jedediah Woodard, charged with first degree murder for the killing of his own son, will be placed on trial at Salt Lake during the week. Four second hand dealers of Salt Lake were fined and paid $.'0 each upon pleas of guilty to charges of to the delinquency off minor boys, by purchasing stolen sacks from them. In a divorce suit filed last week, a Suit Lake woman avers that her has-ban- d has a habit of waking her In the middle of the night and requesting her to get ids razor so that he could commit suicide. Struck by an automobile as he stopped by the road to fix his motorcycle, Sam Pappas, 27 years of age, of Midvale, received injuries which resulted In death within an hour after the accident occured. Brigham City has undertaken an extensive campaign of street improvements this spring and taking advantage of the excellent spring weather and damp roads, and dragging all the A tale of the wild outdoor life of pioneer days that called forth all the courage and resourcefulness of men and women inured to danger and hardship By B. M. BOWER (Oopjnrffht, LlttU, Brown A Oo.) Chapter xv ii continued. Wan a drink, mumbled Ward, with a blanket over his mouth and a raveled thread tickling his nose so that he squirmed. Billy Louise went over and laid her fingers on his neck. . "I cant tell whether Its grease or perspiration," she said, laughing a little. What are you squinting up your nose fori Sure-J- y to goodness you dont mind that If you little, harmless raveling? wouldnt go on breathing, It wouldnt wriggle around so much!" Nevertheless, she plucked the tormenting thread and threw It on the floor. Gimme drink, Ward mumbled again. Theres more sage tea Waugh I suppose that means you arent crazy about sage tea! Well, I might give you a teenty-weent- y speck more of coffee. You cant have water yet, Youve youve got to you know. sweat like a nigger In a cotton patch first." Ward grunted something and afterwords signified that he would take the coffee and call It square. The next time she went near him he was wrinkling his lean nose because beads of perspiration were standing there and slipping occasionally down to his cheeks. Fine! Youre two niggers in a cotton patch now, she announced cheer-lnglAnd Mr. Hookin Cough will have to hunt another home, I reckon. You werent half as hoarse when you swore last time." It was physically impossible for Ward to blush, since he was already the color of a boiled beet; but he looked guilty when she uncovered the rest of his face and wiped off the ' I didnt think gathered moisture. voud hear, he grinned embarrassedly. I was listening for It, buckaroo. Id have been scared to pieces If you hadnt cussed a little. Id have thought 6ure you were going to die. A man, she added sententiously, always has a chance as long as hes able to swear. Its like a horse wiggling his ears. The comparison reminded her that she intended to shut Rattler in the hay corral ; sbet dried Wards .hands, off the hastily, pulled the wolf-skin- s bed, and commanded him to keep covered until she came back. She ran down bareheaded to the stable, saw Rattler industriously boring his nose Into the stack, and put up the gate. When she went Into the cabin again, Ward gave a start and opened his eyes like one who had been dozing. Billy He Louise smiled with gratification. was better. She knew he was better. She did not speak, but went over to the stove and pretended to be busy there, though she was careful to make no noise. When she turned finally and glanced toward the bed, Ward was asleep. Billy Louise took a deep breath, tiptoed over to the bench beside the table, sat down, and pillowed her head on her folded arms. She wanted to cry, and she needed to think, and she was deadly, deadly tired. or if you'd rather ride on, HI overtake you. Ill ride on, I think. Blue hates standing around, and hes a little warm, too. Youre awfully good. Mr. Seabeck " Oh, not at all!" Seabeck stubbed his toe on the stable doorslll in bis confusion at the praise. Ill be right along, soon as I can slip a saddle on. He disappeared, and Billy Louise turned and loped slowly down the lane. You must have some lightning method of saddling, Mr. Seabeck," she smiled over her shoulder at him when he came up. We learn to do things quick when weve handled cattle a few years, he admitted. He had a diffident manner 1 CHAPTER XVI. Hm-mm- CARSON was a phlegmatic man, but he swore an astonished oath when he saw Bi'ly Louise galloping along the lane that led nowhere except to the womanless abode of Samuel Seabeck. He walked very fast to the stable, which was the first logical stopping place, and so he met Billy Louise before she had time to dismount, even supposing she intend to do so. Is Mr. Seabeck at Hello, Floyd home? Sure. Get off, and 111 put up your horse. Were Just through eatin, but our grub carpenter will rustle something for yuh, all right. No, I cant stop this time. I'm not hungry, anyway. Just give a yell for Mr. Seabeck, will you? I want to see him a minute. Floyd eyed her uncertainly, decided that Billy Louise was not In the mood to yield to persuasion, and tactfully hurried off to find Seabeck without shouting for him lest he bring others also, who were evidently not wanted at all. He took it that Billy Louise felt some diffidence about visiting a strictly bachelor outfit, and he set himself to relieve her of any embarrassment. Presently Seabeck himself caine rambling cabin from the which was his home and strode down the path, buttoning his coat as he came. Floyds face showed for a minute in the dooiway before he effaced himself completely, and not another man was in sight anywhere. Billy Louise was grateful to circumstance; she had dreaded this visit, though not for the reason Floyd Carson believed. How de do, Miss MacDonald? Pretty nice day. but Im afraid its a ' weather breeder. The wind's trying to change, I notice. Yes, and so I mustn't stop. Could you ride part way home with me, Mr. henbeek? I want to talk with you And I cant stop a ubout something.minute. I must get home." Why, certainly, Ill go. If you'll wait just a minute while I saddle up FLOYD 1 dirt-roofe- - of which receiving compliments pleased Billy Louise and gave her confidence a needed brace. .Mr.eajjeck. Ive, always. leard that youre an awfully square man, she said. Daddy seemed to think that you could be depended on in any kind of a pinch. I hope Its true. Im banking a lot on your squareness today. Why, I dont know about my being any better than my neighbors, he said, with a twinkle of humor in his eyes, which were a bright, unvarying blue. But you can bank on my doing anything I can for you. Miss MacDonald. I think I could be even better than square to help a plucky little girl who I dont mean just the ordinary squareness, Billy Louise put in quiI mean bigness, too; a bigness etly. that will make a man be more than square; a bigness that will let him see all around a thing and Judge it from a bigger viewpoint than mere justice Hm-mIf you could trust me enough to Pin going to, Mr. Seabeck. Tm going to take It for granted youre bigger than your own squareness. And if youre not if youre Just a selfish, honest man, Ill weak, letter-perfect, feel like thrashing you. Without a doubt that was the Billy of her which spoke. Ill take the thrashing if you think I need it, he promised, looking at her with something more than admiration. What have you done, Miss MacDonald? If I can help you hide the body There! Billy Louise dared to wrinkie her nose at him and I dont I knew know which of her did it. youd play up like a good sport. But what if it isnt a body? What if what if you found some of your cattle with with a big D run over your brand? She had a perfectly white line around her mouth and nostrils then, but she faced hjm squarely. "Hm-mm- ! SeabecK gave her a quick, sidewise glance and pulled thoughtfully at the graying whispers that pointed his chin. I would have been glad to lend you money, or help you in any way. Yes, I know. Billy Louise snapped But what her reins impatiently. would you do about the cattle? What could I do? What would yon want me to do? I should do whatever vyouid help you. I would Would you be as ready to help somebody else? Somebody I thought a lot of? Seabeck evidently saw light. He cleared his throat and spat gravely into a bush. I see you dont trust me, after all," he said. I do. I've got to; I mean, Id have to whether I did or not. Its like this, Mr. Seabeck. It isnt the big D brand ; of course you knew it couldnt be. But it isnt yours, either. Some one was tempted and was weak. They're sorry now. They want to do the rigl t thing, and it rests with you whether they can do it. You can shut them up In jail if yon like: you have a perfect right to do it Some men weald do that and be able to sleep after It, I suppose. But I believe youre bigger than that. I believe youre big enough to see that if a person goes wrong and then sees the mistake and wants to pull back into the straight trail, a man even the one who has been wronged would be committing a moral crime to prevent it. To take a person who wants to make a fresh, honest start, and shut that person up amongst criminals and brand him as a criminal, seems to me a worse wrong than to steal a few head of cattle; dont you think so, Mr. Seabeck? What Mr. Seabeck thought did not immediately appear in speech. He was pulling a little harder at his whiskers and staring at the ears of his horse. That would depend on the person," Some men are born he said at last. criminals." Oh, we arent talking about that kind of a mnn. Surely to goodness you dont call Charlie Fox a born criminal, or Marthy Meilke?" Charlie l'oxi' Is that t IQ person you mean, who has been Yes, it is! And he is horribly sorry, and so Is Marthy, and they'll pay you for the cattle. And if you do anything mean about it, it will simply kill poor old Marthy. You couldnt send her to the pen, Mr. Seabeck. Think how shes worked there in the Cove; and Charlie has worked like a perfect slave; and he was trying to get a start so he could get married Hm-mRumors had reached Seabeck, thanks to Billy. Louises dropped lashes upon a certain occasion, which caused him to believe he saw further light. And if youre going to be horrid Will the lady he wants to marry give him another chance? Dont you think she ought to if him?" Billy Louise studied she the skyline upon the side farthest from Seabeck. You say he wants to pay for the cattle and Hell do anything he can to make amends, said Billy Louise, with conviction. Hell take his medicine and go to jail if you insist, 6he added sorIt will ruin his whole life, rowfully. of course, and break a couple of womens hearts, but Its a bad thing, a mighty bad thing, whenra'man trle to get ahead too fast Its a good thing when he learns the lesson without having to pay for it with his whole future, Billy Louise amended the statement. Seabeck smiled a little behind his fingers that kept tugging at his whiskers. Did Charlie Fox send Miss Po-- rtia". that pardons and condones a mans Murthyin nor no Sympathy. Well, old man. youre here to colleck, I spose. Im glad you came and told me Take whats in sight; taint none of It this, he said at last. Very glad, In- yourn, fars I know, but anything you deed, Miss MacDonald. Certain steps claim you kin have, fer all me. Ive have been taken lately to push this lived honest all my days an worked wipe out this rustling and general law- fer what I got. Ive harbored thieves lessness. and if you had not told me, In my old age and trusted them that I'm afraid the mills of Justice would want fit to be trusted. Ive alius paid have ground your friends. Of course my debts, Seabeck. Fm willin to pay the law would be merciful to Mrs. now fer bein a fool." Meilke. No Jury would send au old Charlie?" .Billy Louise woman like that By the way, that leaned and whispered the question. breed they have had working for I dno, and I dont care. Hes them he ia In on the deal, too, I take pulled out him an that breed. FU it have t pay yuh for seven growed Yes, of course. They had to have cattle I never seed till yistday, Seasomeone to help. Marthy cant do any beck. You can set yer own price on riding." em. I aint sure, but Fve got an idee "Hm-mstreets. do you know, Miss Mac- they was shot las night an dumped graded While riding a bicycle at Salt Lake, Donald, whether there was any inti- in the river. You cn set yer price. macy between your friVs and the Fve got rheumatiz so bad I couldnt J. Gross, aged 26, was attacked by a man we had for stock inspector, Mr. go n large dog and thrown to the pavement put a stop to nothin but Olney? Oh, Marthy I" Billy Louise was with such force that he suffered a I cant say as to that Billy Louwrenched shoulder and bruises of the shivering and crying now. Marthy ise, you see, did not know much about Dont be so so hard. It was all Cha- left shoulder and arm. details, but the little she did know rlie" Found guilty of having had intoximade her hedge. Yes, said Marthy harshly, "it was cating liquor in his establishment, C. Theres a queer story about Olney. all Charlie. He was a thief, an I was F. LaMar, manager of the Wilson grill You know he has left the country, sech a old fool I never at Salt Lake, has been sentenced to dont you? It seems he rode very hur- knowed what he was. I let him go riedly up to the depot at Wilmer to ahead, an I set in the house with a pay a fine of $150 and serve thirty days in the city jail. take the train. Just as he stepped on, white apurn tied on me an thought I a fellow who knew him by sight noAn auction sale of phonographic recwas havin an easy time. I set here ticed a piece of paper pinned on the ords of John McCormacks tabernacle 1 back of his coat He Jerked it loose. and let him rob my neighbors that which was held at the aint never harmed er cheated out of concert songs, It was a luncheon of the Rotary club very peculiar docu- a regular cent, and soons he thought he was ment for a man to be wearing on his last week netted $1147.50 for the Salt found look he to ole left out, Marthy back. Seabeck pulled at his whisNever so much as fed Lake county chapter of the Red Cross kers, but it was not pulling which after herself. . or done the milkin first! society. quirked the corners of his lips. The the hogs a shortLake with is Salt threatened Seabeck Youll git paid mnn said Olney seemed greatly upset Looky here, over something and had evidently for- back, an Ill take your Aggers fer what age of teachers, according to a report I owe, but if you git after Charlie. had from the office of the city supergotten the paper until he felt it being kill yuh. You let ira go. Im the intendent of schools. At the present Ill looked He loose. said Olney pulled time the prospect is that from 40 to 50 back then, and he was the color of a one he hurt most and I aint goln The train was pulling out. She laid her frowsy old head on her tea fliers will b needed to fill next The mnn took the paper over to a arms, like one who is utterly crushed years quota. Raloon and let several others read It. and dumb. The first dwelling built in Utah, an Oh, Murthyl" Billy Louise knelt object of widespread interest for many decided that it should They and threw her arms around Martny's be placed in the hands of the authoriyears In the Deseret museum at Salt ties. Have your friends ever shoulders. Lake, will be removed to the Temple mentioned the matter to you?" Marthys chin began to quiver. Her square, according to plans announced No, said Billy Louise, and her eyes lips sagged with the pull of her aching last week. The cabin was built n by were wide. heart. For the third time in her life Denel in 1847. We must discover, if we Billy Louise saw big, slow tears gather The food administration has no powcan, Miss MacDonald, whether they in Marthys hard blue eyes and slide are in any way implicated with this down the leathery seams in her cheeks. er to fix the price of canned tomatoes man Olney. I believe that this is at Billy Louise looked, found her vision and the circular recently Issued by the subpresent more important than the re- blurring with her owm tears, and administration in regard to bids on to and canned the mitted navy army cattle of mlM turned from the room. covery of any rn-Seabeck was gone somewhere on his tomatoes Is not to be construed as a' which they may have appropriated. Billy Louise looked at him for a min- horse. Billy Louise guessed shrewdly regulation of prices, it is announced. Fruit men are predicting a banner ute. Mr. Seabeck, you're awfully dear that he was down In the meadows, about this! she told him. I havent looking over the cattle and trying to year for Boxelder county during the estimate the extent of the thievery. coming fruit season. Everywhere conbeen as square as you ; and Ive been Listen here, Mr. Seabeck ! I dont love She put Blue in the stable and fed ditions point to big crops, and markets habit are practically assured owing to the Charlie Fox a bit. I love somebody him, with that else, and Im going to marry him. Hes of attending to the needs of ones fact that canneries everywhere are so square, I'd hate to have him think mount which becomes second nature to scheduled to operate at full capacity. She would not go on I even let you believe something that the range-breCity Manager Roskeliey recommendwasnt true. Its Marthy Im thinking ed to the mnyor and council of Brigof, Mr. Seabeck. I was afraid you ham City at a recent meeting that poll wouldnt let Charlie off Just for her tax be eliminated. There has always sake, but I thought maybe If you Just been a sentiment ngninst this tax in I do for wanted to it thought you that city, because it dees not produce mine, why, maybe with two women to enough revenue to much more than pay be sorry for, youd be kind of for collection. sins. 1 simple-minde- d m-- I pork-rin- mm-m- m-- Os-my- Hm-m- ! -- m al d. He doesrt know I had any intention of coming, Billy Louise assured him quickly and with perfect truth. Theyll both be awfully surprised which was also when they find it out when true and they see perfectly you ride up, they'll think youve got the sheriff at your back. I havent a doubt they There are a few points Fd like to clear up, if you can help me, SeaAll this rustling beck interrupted. that has been going on for the past year and a half: are Fox and the Meilke woman mixed up in that? I want, he said, to help the young man and her. But if they have been operating on a large scale. Im afraid I believe Charlie must have been influenced in some ways by bad ac- Billy Louise answered quaintances, more steadily than she felt. "But his rustling has been of a petty kind. I wont apologize for him, Mr. Seabeck. I think its perfectly awful, what he has done. But I think it would be more awful still not to give him a chance. The other rustling is some outside gang, Im sure. If Charlie was mixed up with them, its very slightly Just enough to damn him utterly if he were arrested and tried lie isnt a natural criminal. He's just weak. And hes learned his lesson. Its up to you, Mr. Seabeck. to say whether he shall have a chance to profit by the lesson. And theres poor old Marthy In it, too. She just worships Charlie and would do anything even steal for him. Seabeck meditated for a while, and Billy Louise watched him uneasily from the tail of her eye. To tell the plain truth, she was In a panic of fear at what she had done. Last night, when she lay curled up by the stove .under Ward's wolf-skicoat, this seemed the only possible way out : To tell Seabeck and trust to bis kindness and generosity to refrain from pushing the case. To have Charlie Fox give back what he had stolen or pay for it anything that would satisfy Seabecks sense of justice and She had let him start honestly. thought that 5eaeck would be merciful, if she told hrm in the right way; but now, when ste stole a glance at his bent, brooding face, she was frightened. He did not look tnerciful, but stern and angry. She remembered then that stealing cattle Is the one crime a cattleman finds it hard to forgive. Billy Louise might have spared herself some mental anguish if she could have known that Seabeck was brood-- , ing over the wonder of a Woman's love ' n Hm-mSeabeck sent her a keen, blue, twinkling glance that made Billy Louise turn hot all over with shame Hm-mand penitence. he said again if one can call that a saying and pulled at his graying whiskers. 1 Hm-mm- m 1 CHAPTER XVII. Marthy. LOUISE led the way down BILLY gorge, through the meadow, and along the orchard to the little gate. The Cove seemed empty and rather forlorn, with the wind creeping up the river and rattling the dry branches of the naked fruit trees. She stopped for a minute on the doorstep, hesitating before she opened the door. Behind her, Seabeck drew close as if he would shield her from something; perhaps he, too, felt the deadly quiet and emptiness of the place. Billy Louise opened the door and stepped into the kitchen. She stopped and stood still, so that her slim figure wouldave hidden the interior from the eyes of Seabeck had he not been so tall. As it was, she barred his way so that he must stand on the step outside. By the kitchen table, with her elbows on the soiled oilcloth, sat Marthy. Her uncombed hair hung in wisps about her head ; her hard old face was lined and gray, her hard eyes dull with brooding. Billy Louise, staring at her from the doorway, knew that Marthy had been sitting like that for ' a long, long time. She went over to her diffidently. Hesitatingly she laid her gauntleted hand on Marthys stooped shoulder. She did not say anything. Marthy did not move under her touch, except to turn her dull glance upon Seabeck, Cm in, she said stolidly. Whatd yuh come fer? Miss MacDonald will perhaps explain " She aint got nothin to explain," said hard old Marthy with grim finalIll do what explaining to be ity. done. Cm In. Dont stand there like a stump. And shut the door. Its cold as a barn here, anyway. Oh, Marthy! cried Billy Louise, with the sound of tears in her voice. "Dont oh Marthy me, said the harsh voice flatly. I dont want n By the Kitchen Table With Her bows on the Soiled Oilcloth El- Sat Marthy. to the Wolverine; that needed no decision; she accepted it at once as a fact Marthy needed her now more than anyone. More even than Ward, though Billy Louise hated to think of him there alone and practically helpless. But Marthy must have her tonight. Marthy was facing her bitterest sorrow since Minervey died, and Marthy was old. Ward, Billy Louise reminded herself sternly, was not old, and be was facing happiness so far as he or anyone knew. Siie wanted very much to be with Ward, but she could not delude her conscience Into believing bat he needed her mere than did Marthv. (TO BE CONTINUED ) Smallest Farms In the World. the islands of Re and Oleron, near La Rochelle, France, according to Popular Science Monthly, are found the smallest farms in the world. Some of them are only one or two square yards in area, yet these Jny domains are carefully planted with a variety of crops, even including tn yards. The soil is extremely fertile, lhe repeated subdivision of estates among heirs and the dense population of the islands explain the existence of thest Lilliputian properties. On j The executive committee of the Weber county Womens Council of Defense has completed arrangements for a Liberty loan campaign. The women of Ogden and Weber county are exerting every effort to aid ln conducting (lie most successful Liberty loan drive vet accomplished. The unfurling of the service flag at (lie University of Utah on March 19 v s observed by students, faculty members and friends. The flag contains but two stars, but the number "412 indicates the number of men from (he institution who are now known to be in service, Tbe contract between the state road commission and the Lincoln Highway Association has been signed. The contract covers the acceptance by the state road commission of $125,000 from the association for construction of the highway across the south end of the Great Salt Lake desert by way of Johnsons Bass. Utah's efforts for food production have again met with national recognition. In a bulletin just received from the council of national defense, Utah wns mentioned because in order to stimulate interest In food production a special train was sent throughout the state in 1017, reaching twenty-on- e towns and some sixty thousand people. Unity of operation of the restiieted delivery system is being rapidly per- feeted by tim office of the cominisslon-- J er of commercial economy for Utah. Five cities of the state have adopted the plan advanced by the government so far ns retail merchants are concerned; 'the cities being Salt Lake, Logan, Brigham City, Mount Pleasant and Ogden. Employees of the state public utilities commission will probably tie permitted to ue railroad passes while in pursuit of their duties In connection with railroads, although no official announcement to this effect lias been received from the dPsctor general. An urgent appeo has been sent out by Dr. W. D. Dnlrynipie of Ogden, state director of the Preparedness league of American Dentists, to the dentists of Utah, asking them to enroll for dental services, to be rendered free of charge to the men who ara grafted into the national army. |