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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS. JUNCTION, UTAH The Recluse of Fifth Avenue CHAPTER X Continued 20 -- Instantly he drove to a Western Union office and dispatched a cable i with answer prepaid, to the countess of Horsham, Horsham, England. Until the reply came he was hardly a successful or amiable guest. Lady Horsham," he read, has beard of Agatha Brown and .recommends Robin McKlmber to put the matter In the hands of the police." There remained that great French noblewoman, the duchess of something or another. His mother saw him peering uncertainly at a piece of paper. What's that look like to your he asked. He did not know French, and the name was indistinct Mrs. McKlmber read the language easily. He did not want to make a mistake. He determined to describe Agatha this time. Possibly she had adopted a nom de guerre. It means," said Mrs. McKlmber, .the duchess of Green Cheese." Couldnt there be such a person?. Robin, was flushing red with anger. Of course not Where are you going to In such a hurry?" He bad no tlnfe to answer. He wanted very much to see the vls- - count But here again he met disappointment Sneed informed him that he had gone and left no forwarding address for his mail. A friend at his club advised Robin to consult the new Almanach de Bruxelles, In whose pages the nobility of continental Europe is described. There was no mention of any Count or Viscount de Gull-lai- . Robin went back to Great Rock a disillusioned young man, filled with bitterness. There was no such thing In the world as honor or truth. Agatha was an adventuress, the fake viscount an accomplice. He wondered why there was not already a robbery of jewels. It must be because Mrs. Raxon had dismissed her before the day of the coup. His Inquiries about Miss Brown had frightened the viscount away. He was particularly anxious to meet the swindler. Mrs. McKlmber saw that her son was worried, but for the moment she was more disturbed at her husbands condition. He had aged for no reaeon that was comprehensible to his wife. He had spoken vaguely about giving up the senatorial race and living qmetly away from his business. Robin was to be given complete charge. McKlmber hinted that he might Indorse Raxon. Secretly she was not eorry to relinquish the Washington Idea. The prospect bad been less alluring to her than to him. Mrs. McKlmber was more liKerested In her home city than the nations capital, with Its Jealousies, Intrigues, tfUd con- stant entertaining. CHAPTER XI received the transcription Nita had made from her rough notes without showing the tremendous eagerness that possessed him. You have done splendidly, he said, and then hesitated a little. I am almost afraid to read It." You need not be, she said slowly. I think you will find that you have saved your home. Then It is complete success? he cried. There Is still more to be done, she said, but I think we have suc- She could not bear to talk needed. any more. In his library, Peter Milman read the document carefully. He saw exactly with what a deadly grip Paul But Peter Raxon held McKlmber. Milman was not yet in a position to turn this knowledge to account. So far, McKlmber was the sufferer in that, whereas only one man had known his secret, now It was shared by many. Milman thought of the thing Impartially as though he were an arbitrator and McKimbers case had come before him. On one side, McKlmber and Raxon. On the other, himself, Barnes, Bradney, and Malet. He persuaded himself that It was justice against Injustice, right against wrong. He had brooded too long over the prospect of losing his home to have any qualms left. He waited impatiently until the hour when he exThey pected Bradney and Barnes. could not leave Great Rock until past ten oclock, and It was almost midnight when he passed them Nitas re- Peter Milman By WYNDHAM MARTYN Copyright la tbs Dulled Btstes W M D Bur lee must do frequently, quite unaware that someone is ready to spring at him, tie him up and examine Its contents at leisure? "By Gad! Barnes said excitedly. It might work. Theres danger in It but Its an even chance It might succeed. I see the whole thing. I could be hiding where Nita was there's plenty of room and watch him. He wouldnt be carrying that gun of his, because he would probably have locked himself In and felt free from Intrusion. If you can make that end of the bookcase movable so that It can be opened without warning Raxon, I believe I can get him." ' At the prospect of action and danger, Neeland Barnes seemed another man. He had, Indeed, visualized the whole thing. What was the risk of a bullet compared with getting from Raxon what would bay him the ranch In California? "Give me two uninterrupted hours, Bradney asserted, and I can make n very workmanlike Job of It" Not a word before Nita," her father cautioned. She might want to come In on it, and theres just a chance it may turn out badly." How often does a financier open his safe?" Bradney asked. I can see Enry lying there, entombed, for periods of uncomfortable duration. 'Enry has forgotten ho will be helping me to attend to the Raxon guests. I shant be there, said Barnes. I shall dismiss myself tomorrow morning and then come back to my old room when It Is dark. Only Sneed and you ever come up our flight of stairs, so It will be safe." Barnes chuckled. Youll have to smuggle my meals up," Someone will come to take your place. "Sneed will attend to that. He'll . probably work you double tides. The three Malet had not come talked the thing over. If once the letters were In Milmans possession, he did not think It likely that Raxon would quarrel at the price enormous though It was that he would be called upon to pay. McKlmber would suffer, but they could not grieve about that. The main thing wds that Raxon would have to acknowledge he was beaten, and to maintain his hold on McKlmber he must pay out s million dollars. They told Nita of It when she came In. She did not venture to disagree. But her depression was noticeable. It was so unlike the cheerful and laughing girl. She gave as a reason a headache. But It was a heartache that troubled her. The father of Robin was to be disgraced. She and her volunteered activities were the direct cause. For a moment she thought of pleading with them to find some other way, but she refrained when she saw no other way was possible to make Raxon pay. She tried to harden herself against this weakness. Her father had been disgraced through Raxon. Malet and Bradney had been robbed of their opportunities and their careers clouded. Peter Milman had lost Ills fortune, and might lose his home If Raxon were not compelled to pay. She must be loyal to those with whom she had begun this adventure. But It was very hard. AH her world had been changed In that moment when she had seen Robin looking at her from the big car that had swerved so perilously. He would never see her again. To the day of his death he would believe she had played with him, used him for a summer flirtation and then forgotten him. I think It is more than headache," Ieter Milman observed when she had Was she unhapgone from the room. py at Great Rock? Unhappy? She had a good time for a month and came away with a hundred dollars more than she expected. If thats unhappiness, let me enjoy It." He turned again to Bradney, not realizing for an instant that he was the sort of usual father who rarely understands his daughter. When women said little and were difficult to comprehend, he set It down to headache. It was an easy solution. 'Enry gave notice next morning. He did not hesitate to suy that Mrs. Raxon did not understand domestic problems. He was lofty and not to learned In "The next thing to do Is to obtain We room some- knew they are In that where." of a mod"Theres a big ern type," Barnes said. And therefore absolutely immune I have from us," Bradney commented. an must be apthere that felt long prenticeship to this sort of enterprise. wall-saf- e Is practiced successfully g by almost all the yeggs who wander up and down our country. I know bow It Is done, but I couldnt do it myself." We dare not hire anyone to do It for us," Barnes said thoughtfully. "It seems to me we are up against It. If you havent enough to hold him up with already, I dont see what else Is to be done." Theres a way out," said Peter "and a simple one. 1 admit we cannot crack a safe. Why not permit Poul Raxon to open It for us? Tie wouldnt." Barnes cried; torture would not make him do that You ont understand, " said Peter 1 mean simply this. Why mildly. should not Raxon open the safe, a he Safe-blowin- Mll-mu- Howe Too Optimistic Over The first person Viscount William Howe, English general and com mander in chief of North America from 1775 to 1778. saw on American soil when his ships arrived off Brooklyn was Nancy (orteljuu. who hud climbed to the top of a high hill near the Narrows and waved her petticoat In greeting to the Incoming troops. The English troops considered the girls greeting a faorable omen, says Maude Stewart Welch in her book. Vrouw Knickerbocker. To Howe. eer attracted by a petticoat. It suggested pretty girls and the social life of the community. Howe, the general and soldier, felt it pres- - Nautical Mile Longer The nautical mile, or knot. is 800 reet longer than the statute mile points out au answered question In Liberty. The statute mile Is 5.280 feet and the nautical mile la 0.J8O leeL Girls Greeting aged good will and allies to further his cause. But It proved an omen lis credited during the years of fighting Welcome was not that followed. written on Breucklens (as the Dutch spelled the name of the then small town) doormat, even If one of Its daughters had enthusiastically suggested It. Sardonic Old Toof us "Toofus," asked his trader, "what about pageant? the post this proposed fri-.c- d, What about It. sarT It Is proposed to stage a batr'e. The Indians say they have permitted the whites to be victorious in many a former pageant. No they claim 11 Is their turn to be victorious. Both arn." sides are waxing Let em stage a outtle tbpn and see who nre victorious, suggested the Fort Mink phnosopner and guide Louisville Courier Jourual put a dainty blue and white china set in every Questions No. 21 When was Lincolns Gettysburg address delivered? 2 What Indian Invented an alphabet for his people and to what trib did he belong? 3 What Is psychology? 4 What horse won the historic Blue Grass stakes In 1926? 5 What American artist portrait of his mother was purchased by a foreign government? 6 Which la the largest lake in the Great basin? 7 What is the most famous book on fishing? 8 How leng la the giant python and on what does it feed? 9 What is the salary of the vice president of the United States? 10 How many Christians In North America? 11 Who wrote the song, Hall Columbia," and when was It first sung? 12 What President was born In New Hampshire? 13 Who was Pythagoras? 14 Who won the Indianapolis speedway classic in 1928? 15 Who was the great female star of the- - latter Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries, and what was her nationality and racial descent? 16 What city of the west coast Is (Uw first to break! So weve 1 r, Very quietly Barnes pushed open the oaken side of Ills prison. It made no he sound. Then, as noiselessly, emerged. His next move was to crawl to the shelter of the table. Here he felt safe. He could see that Raxon was still searching. Stealthily the nmn who had been Enry rose to his knees. Then he rose to his feet and came nearer, Inch by Inch, to the unconscious man. He covered the last few Intervening feet in a leap. Raxon's head, twisted sideways with the fearful and agonizing force of a blow on the jaw, caught sight of a face wholly unknown to him. .The disgnlse was He was palpnble, but sufficient thrown forward on the heavily padded lounge. It was while he was fighting for breath that his hands were tied behind him. Then a loop of rope was forced into his mouth and something pulled down over his head so that he Next he was could see nothing. and pushed floor to the dropped through a narrow door. After that he was not molested. But he could hear someone at the safe. Papers rustled, drawers were opened. Then the steel doors swung to. Later his locked door was opened and shut. After that for hours there was blackness and cramp, rage and despair. (TO BE CONTINUED.) iUiU daUCciJ) Answer amateur theatricals, had disguised his face. Bradney had employed his leisure by doing some surreptitious carpentering work In the tower room. Sneed had arranged to give Instant warning If Raxon re turned unexpectedly from the city But as a chauffeur had been told to meet the train arriving at half-pas- t six, there seemed no reason to few Interruption. The bookcase was six feet In height and contained five shelves. The lower, behind which Nita had hidden, was given up to volumes whose average The height was eighteen inches. shelves were very deep, made to accommodate books of more than aver age width, many of which were deeper than their height. They rested on a board seven inches above the floor. Eradney had ingeniously split this, so that while the books were not disturbed, the man hiding had an additional seven Inches of shelter. He had the craft of a cabinet-makeand the oiled and hidden hinges moved noiselessly. It was as dinner drew to a close that the disguised Barnes crawled feet first to his shelter. He had arranged things so that he could see the safe without moving. There wan nothing In his garments to catch on any projection. He found he could move his limbs without attracting any noise. He tried It when Bradney, directly the dinner was finished and his employer settled to a game of auction, hurried to the room. Bradney sat in Raxona chair and looked hard at the lower shelf, but could detect nothing unusual. It was not so difficult for Barnes te remain immobile and patient as for some. He had the hunters Instinct He was not the highly developed. man to forsake a pool if the fish did not Immediately rise to his fly. This was a game after his own heart He thought of poor Fleming Bradney, overtaxed owing to the defection of Enry, scurrying here and there with his grave face and rather grand manner, and smiled. At ten he was tired but sanguine. At midnight he began to suffer from the hardness of the floor. But the longer he waited, he told himself, the sooner would the quarry come Into view. It was nearly one when Paul Raxon entered. He took a seat at tha Center table and put on it some small change and bills. Bridge winnings, no doubt Then he lighted a cigar and went to the door leading to his bedroom, soon to reappear with a velvet smoking jacket It seemed to Barnes that he paced up and down before the bookcase for hours. Then suddenly he went to the 6afe, turned the well known combination swiftly and flung It open. He seemed to be searching feverishly for some one thing in Its deep recesses. s Whats the be persuaded. Not until too late did he perceive how much more financially beneficial It would have been to get himself dismissed with a months salary lu place of a longer notice. By nightfall he was back In his own room. He had purchased a dark sweater and black sneakers, and, by the use of those devices which he had port that envelope," Milman said. r the farthest north? 17 How did Robert Bums earn a living? 18 What Is Venus Flytrap and where does it thrive? 19 Who Is at present secretary ef agriculture' and from what state does he come? 20 When was the American Bible society organized? 1 Answers No. 20 It Includes all young animals that are bom 2 In the C. L. Dodgson. The Connecticut. 4 James MNeil Whistler. 5 Gertrude Ederle in 1926. 6 In 1770. In 1769. Prof. W. C. Roentgen. thousand dollar. 9 Seventy-fiv- e 10 No. Members of the church an The word cath Roman Catholics. olic means universal 8 11 , 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Molly Pitcher. Gen, Anthony Wayne. Gugllelmo Marconi. Walter Hagen. 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