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Show n 1 i ? THE HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 23, 1923. ijnjW Tii! Wvufr cli lie as mm mire Hiy up tu;s imiety aUcJT Coining Ilk 3 not !).:.. from out a multicolored sky.fjjed; Tt could be better adapted to the pur- a tad left tbe ranch ; be believed vh -- - 7v Motor vehicle f eea provide 75 j per Ettttn Mastft-Bothetbe left a brightening white light pose of these outlaws thaa the her stin there, bidden In hit step-- cent of the road funds in SAVE MONEY BUY FOB CASH Ticths Is the his room, helpless ebu&ett. This highest tn shot op la long streamers, touching course this desolate deaert with more gaudy tinges tbe edge stream, a mere thread extending proportion of aay stata la New Engof fleecy cloud, while In tbe other through leagues of sasd, lying sufland or in the group Including New direction a purple haze blended ficiently below the level to conceal iYory, Pennsylvania. New Jersey, with the deeper shadows along the their movements, and yet furnishOhio and Wisconsin. 450 West Center. Phont 440. "I Lowest Prices. horison. It was the coming of tbe ing water for their mock. Surely : sun, rising, majestically above the they must have left some trail be- KYI i llvtfsft IrVYiiwtAAB Instt tVinnitfirl far-of- f SP rim of the deaert. and he hind. WEEK ENDING JULY 28, 1923. was still :in automobile accidents in the Unit n'4' southward ; ' But If so no trace remained along moving C u 10Mb. Beet Sugar n incre&se of In 1922, through the long night hours she the western shore. Convinced of ed States .$10.45 BS t 10 lbs. Beet Sugar had kept the faith. , The this, Deborah, leading ber - horse, 1600 over the total for 1921. 81.10 Vet there was little of hope, of crossed the narrow stream, step48-l- b. sack Patent Flour 1923 death rate was 12.9 per thouS clamIn from rock tbe picture to rock, and ping encouragement. 15-o- z. with 2 Seeded as Seedless or sand compared pkgs. population, Raisins........ on before ber. Her view grad-- bering up the level plateau 2oc S the 115 for the preceding year. 2 lbs. Fancy Prunes ually spread out in wider and other aide. Even here little was 4 wider circle, but with no relief to risible, and she would have over2 lbs. Black Figs '.45 Its drear sameness, or monotony looked even these signs but for Old 1 Peanuts 3 lbs. o. 55 Evidence was Sand, leagues leagues of sand, Tom's training. 2 lbs. Peanuts ..-Salted stretched wherever ier wearied found the scattered, dead ashes of 3 lbs. Hard Shell Peanuts 5 eyes turned, leveled by the wind, .fire; the mark of a shod horse's or cast upward In rounded hillocks, hoof, an open sbeatb knife, the 3 cakes Runkle's Sweet Chocolate . v. PRODUCERS-INbut ever gray, depressing, a sea of blade not, yet rusted frr.ra exposure, 1 bttle Snider's Salad Dressing '.25c desolation, dead, unniovable, ex- and a emptied cartridge ! !lOc Bowl or Cream Pitcher Mustard Sugar Phone tending to the far circle of the shells. Later, up stream a few 862, Peters, Roy in at ittt tbuFtHe men had Ttieii, with fTTuet rips, tne Ffl overshadowing arch of sky. It rods, she found where 'a ibw.en 2 Large cans Deviled Meat m 15r 1 (iparted, a measure of went forward, plunging ber way was all lifeless, not even a sage-- . horses had been tied to a picket Utah. , Provo, 2 cans Vienna Style Sausage ;25 eturned as she moved her through the KHiid, instantly bush, or Spanish bayonet visible, rope, stamping their hoo's Into the the realities. IVb-u- lowel up in tbe black desert. Doubts assailed ber. Had she taken soft sod. But beyond this point the Our quotations to dealers B 2 cans Deviled Chili Meat jj faced She plunged on recklessly, des- tbe right course? F!d Kelleen im- soli ceased, and, whatever trail back upon tbe flat sur-size can Spinach m .1, for the week of July 16 to iS Gallon e rock, nd axed fright- - perately, hope dying within her as ply that Box canyon lay directly ' there was vanished on a surface of r i 1 Gallon can Pineapple : 1 8 JflT5c she advanced. Nothing could guide south, and had she been led astray. ' hard rock which left no trace. NevJuly 23: ' Tea Primrose or Alta 1her or save now, but and thus ertheless Into once God's wandered blindly out she mounted ber, i more, 2 S :j 10 lbs. Utah New Potatoes . Strictly Fresh Standards, 'mercy. The soundless void '.hrough the very heart of t lie desert? Could t and rode on, still with her course . ..V 2f& which she moved, the impenetrable she, could the horse live through to the south. Utah New Cabbage, lb. S .'. per case black curtain enveloping her alsuch a dav of torture as that ris- - j How terribly exhaund she was, We offer you Extra Special this week only, 3' small 9 most drove her mad. She could Ing sun promised? Helpless, hope- reeling In the saddle from faint-- ! Selects, Strictly . Fresh size cans Sliced Pineapple . . . flot fight tbe depression, or keep less, the girl drooped down wearily cess. She ached from head to" fjof, . . .39 g case per ...$7.20 in her liijnd clear. The saud shifted the saddbj, oiosing her eyes to,' and she felt strancely diizv. Twice under her fef and twice she fell tli desolation . Tbev nlodded on he dismounted to bathe iiSr '"C? !5 Ask your grocer for assoimttztxmmxxxzxxxxxxxsxzxxxxxu beavijy, tripped by Line protrtidjm: drearily, ftej mlnjj a cTujoSj haunted the running waj-- r. but had found ft ciation graded eggs. rock, upd left bryjvpd fln breath- by (vers niemory of horror arising so difficult to climb tip into tb? Sfd-dl- e less. Her advane was blind, mwf from those Jelleen BegaP Understand. again, she dare pot venture a fmi ftPfl Tier had whch to thin time Sh cpyjd only cling on his return. Otbeiwlse,"t5 this tragedv, Jed $ starceiy dared "P" fu'fn Tier face forwfrj for fear of forcible marriage to Seager. tight to The - pommel, with eyes bad losing the guidance of thai one the bitter hatred his touch had closed, and let the horse pick his no nothing against Kelleen, of him, except po sjar by which 6he endeavored to aroused, his drunken, lustful eyes, own way along the outlaw trail slblysuspicions a desire that be keep out of steer, she wag lost utterly, but for the blow she struck hira, with mur- Box canyon ! Could this be Box this affair. That surely 338 WEST CENTER that, aj)d, when, for a moment, iter der In her heart, the fleeing like a canyon? She opened her eyes to was particular PHONE 117. not sufficient to Justify an atlook up, the great cliffs towering eyes strayed, everything W me Siunted criminal, desperately a murder. No, tempt Then dlrec-Ji- l the of so above could sense CASH she of coming PRICES high scarcely confuiedj hexey'ry WE DELIVER muRi De tne gin. she tolled on. Kelleen into her - life, strangely, gain gllmnse of a ribbon of blue a b? her? Jneeomf gone. How iouS Whfil we-'-, . the mysteriously PRICES FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 21. Sky. Tt ttlsllkeTwingW where she: Kelleen bad no recollection cf 1 how fast her rate j jroeress. t?et tV 1' MclhstloB, even as they rode, the walls purplish blue, noth- second snot, so it was aimgemer he way wni girl never k'BeTv Plant your turnip seed 8x10 Wall Tent, 12-o- z. with unexpected depressions R?d together through the darknww. ing clearly visible a dozen yards probable she bad been spared, and here and there, and ridges of totk She had never entirely thrown that ahead. She shuddered at the dreary was again a prisoner In the hands now for fall use. I have . .$25.00 very heavy projecting through the Sand, ahd off, the odd spell of his presence, loneliness, the awful silence. If of her brutal husband. If so, no several kinds. Just re10x12 Wall Tent, 12-obe rendered could service occasionally hiounds she had to go his cool, confident words she felt this was Box canyon, then she had greater ceived a lot of new empty arouhd. bncfe she encountered a she never would. Even when she come too late there were no sol- the girl than an exposure of Bob very heavy . . . . . .$35.00 shallow ravine, stepping off Into It questioned him the most, she still diers there: Water Bags .......$1.25 10, island 5, kegs, Meager's rascality. With the fellow and then crawling secretly believed ; and now that he ' She closed her eyes again, strug- once safely In the hands of he law unconsciously, also a shipment of No. 0 Wash Tubs.... 70c balbfully up the opposite side, cut was actually dead, not so much as gling for control, for courage, she would obtain release, and the stoneware from 1 to 6 No, 1 Wash Tubs. . . , 80c to hold remained. at a doubt the flicker of the pommel before deof clutching by sharp splinters stone, opportunity of escape if she so She saw again that dead man In herself upright. Then the horse sired. No. 2 Wash Tubs attaining the level again. For the gallons. 90c And he felt no doubt as to moment she lost ber Btar, but finally the cave; experienced the grip of stopped as though gripped by a her desire. The man had taken her No. 3 Wash Tubs... $1.00 Sliced 35e lb. Ham, a said and voice once and more, those shortly. located It once more, and plunged savage arms, j hand, by force; her earlier dislike had Boiled Ham, sliced, lb 50c Loose Lard, 3 50c In heedless terror, fired down the "Gee! but It's a woman. Say, been changed into hatred and desperately on. us Boiled Ham, whole, lb 45c Fresh Eggs, dozen... 30c tell what and then struggled wake up. sister, Then she saw something Just black tunnel, and and since then another Impelling Breakfast Bacon, lb. .30c Oranges, dozen upward through that awful hole yer doln' here." ahead of her a dim, indefinable force might have come into her life. ,40c eater of She stared at him dumblv, a boy Kelleen smiled, sitting up in the shadow, which seemed to move. It into the light of day. Then all that Salt 20c lb. Bacon, .15e Bananas, was so hideous, so grotesque and followed, followed so swiftly, .was In khaki, his hand grasping her darkness, his mind dwelling over 7 lbs. 25c Lemons, juicy, dozen. 39c new, Potatoes, Gazed Frlghtaned Into each j bridle rein, a short rifle in the hola but of Jumble events, know should yet bread Rtill stood had her hours heart of those the very memory shapeless, they Below. Potatoes, old, lb. . . . .l-2- c with terror. The girl sank to her distinct, unforgettable, burned on low of his other arm, his face fea- passed together. He realized sud.10c Catsup, small 1 1. .1 .. Dizzy Depths not be turing astonishment. soul. could True! her It Flour no Excelsior is with for cared that Loose much he how knees, eyes . . U.15c already lb. Gallon trembling, i 'o those denly Cocoa, 55c Apples below. dizzy depths true! It must be delirium, a wild "Asleep, was yer"? H 1 of a for lferT'how deeply her womanliLoose Macaroni, lb... 10c Gallon Loganberries ; Ike a nightmare, the horrid anything except that mysterious fiction of romance raging In the ter It best sleep." ness had impressed him; what Misshapen, huge; place ,i which haunted her of Kel- - moving object. Loose Oats, lb. half-ma. .'.5c dreamer. Yet Pineapple . ,7.85c "Are you a soldier?" she asked, would mean If site should turn back looming oddly through the gloom, brnin of a ! desert desert the this the wast, ' Loose wa lb Gallon with her dizziness, "a to Bob Meager. toward 25c It Coffee, .75c advancing steadily struggling Catsup of red 're light. But b.v then She lifted her eyes to look, gazing a formless something which The very thought of such a posLoose Cocoanut, lb. . , . 40c Gallon Syrup cavalryman?" .75c t had faded, the distant Are her ex dull over out blind!. the gray man nor beast. "Sure U. S. You're Yank, too, sibility nerved him to action, to died down to red ash, and r neither resembled "what bothers bruises. He his had ain't That's of yer'? ;b were unable to penetrate CHAPTER XIII me; now If yer' was Mex, I'd know seen that in the depths of her-- eyes beneath. She stared Into he would' he would nevi-forgewhat to "do." i 1m seeing no movement, The Border Patrol. ".What?" live to read that message again. The awful si- '(, no sound. to ber "Hustle yer on to the Lieut; he The memory was inspiration, and rose jijind loneliness crushed her. DEBORAH heart timidly an the rest of 'em are back there." hope. But where could he turn? to beginning i:: j Where could h go? He was one beat once more, but not with fear. "Yes, yes, I know," she exclaimed j could she do? Where could "You are here to Intercept man pitted against twenty at least, And you cannot tell it V: Not to those men there in Forth from the darkness cnnie the excitedly. across the line. I his oniy advantage being Meager's MOBILE, low whlnney of a horse in sudden, CONOCO Mea-1 i:,ey surely; notto(Bob I have been bunting for you all belief that he was dead and safely VICO. , tekfng for mercy and re-- recognition, while as Instantly that must He remain out of the way. J He night. He lie is dead killed." was Impossible; her horrid shadow took both shape and SUPERIOR HAVOLINE until he It was a horse, saddled unseen, undiscovered, is best until you try it. "Dead! Who's dead?" of him more intense form. OILS learned.the truth. His mind grasped "Captain Kelleen." GASOLINE ?ver. To all the wrong' bridled, the reins trailing along tin; as In indussituation lie one two reeled the home of the annuals the everyPatronize She saddle, sand, planned swiftly, was added now piistJr.ln the ...I..I - .1 .1 shot which had killei thing Mack before her. The troop- his own course of action. There:uim iiiuim--i ui n I'lllllfl ivrl- - peded by the er sprang and caught her as she was no reason why Casebeer's outind sud'leiily, unexpectedly, Kelleen, He had sensed lier Ci'in try by asking your fit should remain in the valley ; fell. 'desert night, .and. "wjik ing In realized what this last flto her. She refused to ac- even then dumbly welcoming her. they had already unloaded, and j grocer to send CHAPTER XIV stored away out of sight whatever dge the truth, fought it back Tbe girl went forward slowly, 'of ngaiu startbey had to transport. Their whole alone in the darkness, yet doubtfully,.--fearfulinterest must be to get safely away Alvara's "Lost Mine." aid not he altogether ig- - tling the animal into flight, but lie lay breathless on his on the back trail before daylight. I'aniel Kelleen was dead remained quiet, snifling at her as KELLEEN she drew near, and she finally put Already the fire had died down into up uncompre-hendinglfrom out her life forever ere came into her heart a j hand on the dangling rein. It was through the tangled mere embers, and, he believed, a , the horse Kelleen had ridden,' and brunches of a tree. He was bruised part, at least, of the pack train had a mad Impulse for and .dazed, scarcely certain whether departed. After they all had gone ' punish 'the murderer. She Deborah hid her face In his mane, be was dead or alive, yet dimly only Meager, and big small party, to become-- the instrument ? and cried softly, wiiilu he turned aware of what had actually oc- woufdTbe left behind. How many e her loyalty to him by ao ; and rubbed his nozzle against her It curred. He" remembered the spit of there might be of these Kelleen Yet how? What was It pos- - j shoulder in silent greeting. seemed too good to be true; as tar her to flame out of the darkness, the re- had no means of knowing, yet It j !? many were port, the bullet striking him, and was scarcely probablewas stared helplessly, about Into though God had led her every step The sudden reaction going on the horror of that awful fall, as he In the secret of what nSe hhickness of the desert,. of the way. Meager himself. Sanchez, and one left ber weak as a child. grasped madly . at the air? And P at tire desert stars Yet she must go' on;' there was what then? Did he lose conscious- or two others perhaps; not enough mind obsessed with these ness? Did the shock numb 'his to prove particularly dangerous, If n ns. It was no longer her-- more cause now than ever before brain? He must have crashed they did not even suspect his being much as the aroused mem- - to go on more hope of success. alive. that Tomorrow, before surely, squad headlong through those tree limbs, hliu. She would carry on She made the effort twice liis progress stopped and diverted, of cavalrymen must appear from ork; she must at whatever she succeeded In dragging herself Box would scout up canyon; they Into the saddle; but the horse until, by some fate, his bruised and j But how? The cavalrymen up no attempt battered body had been flung here, this way if nothing occurred to de- jied at Box canyon ! They stood patiently, making were them. Those their orders, Once there the What Was It Over Yonder? like a bit of driftwood on the tain (waiting for the approach of to break aW'ay, and, If they, followed the trail, they beach. er's outfit, or else some word girl's strength came back, and with AH was still, panse. What was.it over yonder? He extended bis arms, and felt could scarcely, fall to reach this i.nmand from Kelleen. They j It, her determination. All he needed deathly still; not a breath of air A tree? A ridge of uplifted rock? about to be sure yes, be lay there hole inIn the desert. not he far away over there the meanwhile was to disNot much surely, and yet. everyon a shelf of earth, out of which to do he bad touched her cheek; the dense night and south, said, shut them In. Carefully she located thing in the midst of that solitude. that tree grew ; the gnarled trunk cover exactly what this gang was ! " ' The stars the only star she knew;, to her Her heart beat suddenly with hope. was within reach of his hand, and up to, and then wait. ,j;d In that direction. To his mind the key of the whole help her to keep the points mind it seemed utterly wrong In Its Perhaps that marked, the end ; per- another tree, a smaller one, was at I'npass until "daylight came, and position, yet she was faithful to It. haps that was where the trail ran the left. It was so dark there he mystery must He In that cave tun- the trail to Box canyon. If so, could see little, yet that fire was nel described by Deborah. If he j surely she could discern some- Half afraid, yet not daring to venGod was good ! (i else to steer her course by. ture otherwise, she drew the borse still below, and, if he should roll off, could once probe into its secret the The tired horse lifted his head, he would have another sheer drop, whole strange case would be solved. nust go on foot, straight out about, and rode south. he desert; there might not be The night seemed endless, the and whinnied, breaking Into a slow God knew how far. He dare make If any investigation was to be ; :hance in a hundred of her black desert eternal. There were trot, the sand crunching under his no effort to turn over. How badly made, it must be attempted now was he hurt? He dreaded to learn he would take the chance. :' right yet that one chance times when the girl lost conscious- hoofs. Deborah was wide awake To decide, with Kelleen, was to better than remaining there ; ness of everything except that shin- now, alert and ready. Yes it ac- the truth, yet forced himself par'ob Meager to find her. She ing North star ever at her back. tually was a tree and the tops of tially to sit up, arid examine. There act Tbe peril of the adventure L 'J rather die miserably in the It was her one guide and hope; 'others began to show beyond ; their was a hole In the coat, but none in scarcelj occurred to him; his life bad long before Inured him to dan--1 presence promised water, grass, the shirt beneath ; the flesh was j waste than feel that wretch through It she retained sanity and j! her again ; God, yes, the kiss faith. In that way lay Box canyon, but painful to the touch, and ger. All he sought was opportunlife; that horrid desert left behind. would be sweet, compared and those waiting troopers. She Yet It was a long, dreary ride of decidedly swollen; The bullet had ity. Slowly, cautiously, keeping ;th B touch of bis lips. She shud-j- l dare not ride fast, knowing not an hour before they reached there, struck him, but failed to penetrate; well back in the shadow, he lowFifth West and Center. Phone 74. his ered to shallow a at the thought. His wife! what pitfalls were ahead, the coming valley through had been deflected by something body down the face of the Irmere a of which trickled lubject of his foul caress; help-- j course Irregular, up and down. The" rill, bis watch! Surely; he carried It cliff, taking advantage every and almost as desolate as there in his upper coat pocket. His regularity, outcropping rocks giving to repel bis lust, his brutal borse picked his way Intelligently, She would make the the reins lying loose, except as she had been the desert Itself, but with fingers drew the wreck forth, and him foot and handhold, untU he fillty. This occasionally held him Inexorably to here and there a patch of grass visj, she would go south. tbe bullet dropped into his lap; he finally reached the firm turf below. d Sail that her mind grasped the southward. She swayed weariible, and a few scattered, picked it up caliber .44 with a As he glanced back over bis course, ' trees. It was a scene queer feeling of horror, and then marking tbe high outline of tbe ily the sokiiers were camped ly In the saddle, clinging to the "x canyon, and Box canyon was high pommel for support, unable to scarcely less dreary than tbe upper placed It in a pocket. Tbe ruins of crest against tbe lighter sky above, where out there to the south- see, yet aware that they crossed plain, yet to Deborah, and her the watch, smashed beyond repair, tbe memory of that awful plunge To reach them was her only shallow ravines, and found passage horse, was most welcome. ht flung away. For the moment he over the edge, left him for an InI" From the Spring canyon District, on Your Next Order. The latter came down the slantwas dazed, what It all meant re- stant sick and nerveless. Then he occasionally along ridges of outdrove the recollection from him bank gingerly and made for the mained vague and confused. e stood up and studied the ing cropping rock, and then advanced IT BURNS BETTER with a. bitter laugh. What odds! 1 She knew so little of those more i Tri iu miurrsuiua, huu, nciicvn vegan a. easily for long spaces over nearest water hole, the girt slipa He was 'he tiiej rngntened and con- - wide expanses of sand, noiselessly ping quickly from the saddle, and his mind to function. would the not He was alive; pay J her In their desert brilliancy, as a GIVES MORE HEAT He could not stand there like iH specter. It was bard to keep seeking to quench her thirst farther killed, not even seriously hurt. He1 debt. ;yet she remembered enough to l a child in tbe dark. He stream. The water, slightly had been almost miraculously frightened remeto op to concentrate, awake, her Immediate needs. The If your wife can't cook LASTS LONGER brackish, but still fairly clear and saved; but now be must serve him- moved on in tbe depth of the cliff mbershe had to to, reallz i dipper was easily found, and i this was not all struggle new life, the animal self. He harbored no doubt as to shadow with eyes searching the a pure, don't divorce her! dream. brought die North star. She must b? endless wandering about In bis fresh en- who bad shot him,' or why. The gloom, and ears listening for an Then, after seemingly ):, for Kelleen' had pointed over Exclusive Agents. . Keep her for a pet, and hours, the dawn came. Would she vironment, nibbling contentedly at very manner in which It had been sound. 53, and the direction he had des- aa out caaaxiiNoo of of concealment the while the the 1 scattered tufts of done, ox) old the ever eat at grass, Jted coincided exactly with what knew againfirstforget it? She hardly Deborah studied her surroundings night, revealed the method of Bob at what It was. Riding to officlaf figures given Lj8tars told. She could not go interest. Old 'Tom Meager;- - It was his fashion, his outAccording if she kept that North drearily with lowered head, she be- with awakened 'j5 wrong the Automobile asAmerican by In a who had the coward their rides of a Meager, came dimly aware of a change, way style; together, t at Jier back she would be go-- j sociation contest board, Jimmy fundasome met never of enemies her his face face. the to south. A moment she paused, lightening of the gloom about, a taught PHONE 17. '4, flifcttlng to take the plunge, a dull grayness tinging faintly tbe mentals of plalnscraft, how to ob- Yet why should the fellow have Murphy Is leading the field of race this thing, and that, when held him as an enemy? The only drivers for the 1923 championship er on ber lips. How lotoely, black wall of the surrounding night serve alone In snswer Now Kelleen wilds. could find to this with a total of 1,070 points. Milton tbe she ap:4ate, black the night was; the Almost as she wondered the daySTANDARD COAL CO. tr silence teenied to hem her In, light came, wan and spectral at plied these lessons eagerly, search- fnery was Deborah. There was no is second oin the standing with a other some evidence of that trail satMw Bob exrtlflnnfidn. for flrnt. on a ber ing vista widening L. 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