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Show I 1 n 4 mt kWn I mm h. ei tciifttuly kui, (ucm at lU. Minuet Gomes. If - centerwasabout hide-oef that est tht this killed hiss with the knife. had been a fair fight, man te nan. fb. Ajfr BttertBc rMchlng and one of them bad te die. Ht ears. could breathe tetter now, and ha bis"Where the Is the fellow sat . up, trembling ;rfuK Meager exclaimed angrily. "I told Ji? yon I called him from up shove. body. Ht could not sea It., bnt ha and go nt answer. Jfow, by 0 d! knew It was there. Then the doubt, tbt fear, the trt lt fr. Itandall ' fliniiat darkness lie ccirvly T f 1 " nngm encounter an stretched body on the floor. He had cone a foot, two feet, three: then, suddenly his foot dislodged a peume, wuitu iiimrpij i me lntense stillness. Instantly the tun nel flamed again ; ha felt a sting In his shoulder, the Impact driving him ut he flat against the side wall saw his man, and was ready. Firing once he leaped forward, grappling for the dim shadow as the darkness closed them in again. oui-- , tr Kel-he- c.. .- It lutjrM be", dlin as Cfurnsemark bad been, hurriedly as he had 11 red, the chance shot might nave toli. leaving the fellow dead n the rock floor. He had heard no sound, no rroan. no muffled full, yet m sometimes died silently. In- stantly there was a hope, a possl-- ) billty. He advanced an inch at a tlm. feeling forward with groping foot. Will obsessed by the Idea that re-- where lie was, yet, w lien be to it. experienced m dirti.-uij,anie to re'giiiiing the mound on which te nud LMMrah Imd taken break-- ; Vast together. He climbed the slop- fig title cautious! on hands and nees, his revolver drawn and leached In nerveless fingers. The lan was cool now, ami ready, ad-Lancing steadily through the maze t rocks strewing the surface, un-he felt out the light evidences of 4 trail. Hia vestm m nr I uKi ru h 8 mat have retreat, as attempted i surtea tne race of the cliff which ulged out above him. Tlie front 'as draped with clinging vines, 'hile below he found a tangle of tushes, almost lmpe'ietrable. crept along vainly seek- lg some opening, and, finally, In lespalr, pressed them aside, crawl- ito the dark covert, noiselessly Jig I Mb-l.1... .I... nn..l.,- - 1U U1V rut pvftiu mm u'ciuug hlch must be nldrien somewhere uyond. Its discovery eluded him, 3d It was not until he ventured to and erect, feellnt above the lower iirrier ct rock, thttt hC really con- need himself of Its existence. He ood hesitatingly, his heart thump-from excitement. There was no und of movement within only rofound silence, and Impenetrable Yet surely this could be p storage house, no mere recep-- i cle for stolen goods as he prevl-- j ;Jisly had imagined. There was no , 'iaten trail leading to It ; no dead, i' Kimpled vines, no pathway open-- ! 'Jg through the shrubs. The secret A the place remained hidden, Its ;'Kjileld undisturbed. Whoever came N,ifre must have weaved their way ;h carefully as he had, concealing evidence of passage, leaving no ail behinU ; 'In spite of the shrinking of his :'''Sh, Kelleen. began to advance, "I'lellng with his feet, and keeping ' i le band against the rough side j all. It was a tunnel beyond all leading at first straight Into ' h cliff, the sides chipped and leaving to the touch of his ':jigers the ridge marks of a pick. hn had toiled here.iiot Future, nnd id plainly left their handiwork. VhenT How long ago? What had i dUed n Kelleen'a Clutching fingers got grasp on aa arm which tor Itself free. The butt of a rifle, wielded savagely, crunched Into his chest, but the fellow stumbled as he (truck litf bjow, nd Kelleen'a hand found grip once more in a mass of long hair. From then on It was a wild, blind struggle, silent, merciless, brutal, In which neither man gave, nor asked, quarter, Instinctively realizing it was to the death. They closed desperately with bare hands, unable to break away, fingers clinched In the long beard, the other driving his flst , Kel-leen- 's Jt :;.rfr5 questioning horror passed away. He laughed at himself for having been so unnerved. Ht had seen dead men before, and this had beea a fair fight. His groping hand touched his own revolver, and ht thrust It hack Wito tht sheath at his waist mechanically, yet with a sudden sense; of relief. Surely there were no others In the place; would the have heard firing, they the sound of struggle. He was safe enough then for the present: but be must make sure, lie hesitated for some time, bis nerves shattered and failing to respond to his will. The silence and darkness made It hard to get a grip on himself he had a sense of being buried alive there with a corpse; of being himself half paralysed. Yet finally tht brain forced the trembling band Into action. He must see the fact of the man he had fought and gain one glimpse, at least, of his sur- bt, . tnel" The words seemed to burn 'femselves on his mind, nnd before ,hn arose a vision of the old Snnn- d working there alone in the long ars ago. Could it be possible! j..ter all this time had he' actually ?! discovered 'hiit ancient " store- use of fabulous wealth, that g i northerr treasury of which-Hlf,,xlco had drentneil? And what of Tjivara? disappear 'd, men jj.d; died In the heart of the des:'i : went forth never to return ;K 'ld-Ii- He-hn- - j ! fe struck a match which gave forth at first a dim, spectral light between his trembling fingers, then glowed Into a sudden flame. He thrust it forward over the body of the dead man, and stared down at the upturned fact. For a moment not a muscle relaxed, his form that of a statue, as his eyes searched those ghastly features. Where had be teen tht man before ? That hairy face? Thoat long; misshapen arms? Dead! Of course ht was dead but who was he? Somewhere In his memory, dim, indistinct, clung a recollection which would not become wholly clear. Then tht vision came, bis lips uttering a startled exclamation: "By 0 dl I know now; It's n !" Manuel Gomes I its the Manuel Gomez tlie murderer, tht outlaw, the dread scourge of northern Mexico, that blood hirst y wretch, whose crimes had made him an object of detestation on both sides of (lie line for years. Manuel Gomez, the killer of women and children, the destroyer of towns, raider, thief, bandit and lnsurrecto ! n the Kelleen had never seen him before, but he knew; there could be no other like that, and every story he previously had heard of the fellow came trooping back to his mind in vivid memory-cr- uel, remorseless, without mercy, hunted like a wild beast, yet ever escaping the toils; he had left a trail of blood over all that land. Well, he was dead now! Yet how came he to be there? Was this ids hiding place? Or was the mau there for some new crime? If so what? And Bob Meager? Ju.au Sanchez? Were they also sharers in his villainy? Could they be members of this fiend's gang? WTns it from here he led his hellhounds over the desert and plain? The recurrence of these names instantly brought back to Kelleen a realization of his own peril. Gomez was dead, killed by his hand. unknowingly, there In the dark, in desperate combat, he had avenged a hundred murders by the thrust of a knife. But these others they were still, alive; they would surely .come. There could be no "doubt of that. All that had told flashed aeros? his mind her encounter with this same Mexican ruliian why, she had even descr.bed the fellow's long, apelike arms, but he new once had 'thought 'of Gomez of her creeping on aid along the tunnel : the sudden change in its direction.-anlier stuniliiiiig over a dead body in the dark. He recalled the tor.v of her escape, creeping 'up that narrow passage, through. which. she could barely squeeze her slender body; the firing after her from, below, and her aimless shot sent in return; then the desperate 'straggle' which elided on the desert .above.-AnWhat then? Meager," Bob Meager, going straight to that same the Waited in an Agony ef Suspense, set him. Tou two been together before, so sure I took It he was In on this trick. Then the fellow rode Into me the next morning" "And threw sand In your eyes." "He sure told me one d n straight story. He seemed to know about all was going on. I'd heard a lot about him, knew he was a friend of yours and suppose I him all ape-twi- right." And spilled all jou knew d n a Mex, anyhow." "Well, ain't he?" "Ain't he what? He ain't nothing Just now. I did Pin with hlui a bit, of course, down be'ow the line. But he wasn't Invited Into this game, and his being with Gar-rltwas Just an accident. At least I took it that way at first. Now I sorter reckon it maybe was all a put-uJob. I ain't exactly made up my mind what the guy was up tor-jsuspected something was going on, and decided to butt in, I reckon. But, after he got out here snooping around, there wasn't anything, to da but put him out o' the way specially after he stole my . horse." w "I ain't so sure he stole the horse." "What do you men?" "Just what I told you before. You're so nobody can tell you nothing. 1 never did think that fellow you shot was alone. He was talking to somebody when we crept up I heard him." "Talking to himself; you never saw nobody but him." "No, I didn't ; he was up on that rock against the sky, but there might have been somebody else out o' sight on the ground. You was In such a d n hurry to get to Casebeer, you wouldn't do anything else." "Course, I knew the 'Kid' was alone, and after that tumble be took wouldn't bother no more. We had to get Caseheers gang out of here before tlayiight." "1 don't know why. You haven't told me much. Why didn't you let the outfit go oh ?.y What did you want to. unload the luiiles here for? and then send them back?" "I didn't get any chance to tell It was after you left last you; night that I got the dope. That's why I had to ride out here myself, by G d, on my wedding night." He laughed out loud. "Say, San- clit.7 tiifiro'fi .aonie real frtrl let mA tell you. Thinks she's knocked me out: PPed JPS with a gun when I was drunk, and got away. D d If she didn't, the little vixen. I've got to go back and show her what kind n I am when I'm sober, of a "She got mad at you?' "Rather that. I though she was " son son, out sne s a wiiucai, Got me the first swipe, but she'll never find me so dead easy the next time. I'll teach her who's boss when I get this Job out of the way. What was it you asked?" "Why you stopped Casebeer?" "That's what Garrlty came to tell me. He d got on to something. We There's a leak somewhere. y p ust , " d ias ! . '''.. , 111 he-ma- ! - al-s- , . ' 1 it ..... ..... j 1 V. j , ' . ; . BUY TOR CASH 1 1 f. V 1 1M ' mi I Phone 440. 450 West Center. 100-I- b. sack Beet Sujjr $10.45 10 lbs. Beet Sugar .....,....S1.10 sack Patent Flour 48-I- b. Lowest Prices. $1.45 2 pkw. lS-o-z. Seeded or Seedless Raisins.... T n IV T 2 lbs. Black Fitrs 1 Peanuts lbs. lbs. Salted Peanuts S 8 lbs. 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There's the' lantern, Juan, In that niche, see? Here, turn up the In this black hole, surrounded t his golden treasure? Iid he lie tere In loneliness through the long irs since? And was he there still ( guard over. his treasure? Selieen stopped, holding his Firing. Once He Leaped forward, ath. conscious of the nersnlrntlnn U the place again and again into his face in adiiijf his .race'. ureedf Did Tbgath "lurk there. mag effort to make him" release the .rliTnffiv. enppr for nnntTier vc. grip. .7-:- " o They swayed back and forth, 3 Hfr ens? "aside Uijffiougljt i n "gesture of bitter scorn. All tripping over a pile of debris, against the wall, exerting ! Of tlie S"jernatural left im, crashing ..ounce of strength, breathing i in Its place canie "nieri. What every s Menger, and his outfit, doing in gasps, but speechless. Kelleen his bead, thrusting it under t"e? That was what he. must lowered hole and calling down for Manuel uplifted chin, and re and learn not how Alvnra his opponent's using his verv nanie.' hand one With all free with struck He went on, cautiously, d. Well, there was no Manuel now (J ne ne me as power .riitr tiie possesseu. .rimoti Mncinir ha. on guard there, but he could not him su iron such crushed Rrms d. God! how still It was! Was face these other two alone, and n! ne hatl "ever fe,t. llke Ulll"s t t a stealthy movement off there', ofrmssteel and the lunging body of thev would surelv be there bv dawn the left? .Thef man wheeled He least. his arose to at still feet, mm man lrreseemed to iorce ut, revolver swung up, and tne dazed and confused, hardlv nhle to od and breathless, sistibly backward. Inch by Inch he tell directions, but driven by a wild poised to give, fighting desperately, ' had a his into eyes aight leaped to retain his feet ; then impulse to escape, to get safely out j hopelessly, tiding burst of flame. over Into the of that silent blackness that grave, crashed suddenly staggered backward, yet full upon in which he felt smothered and imthe other darkness, falling t "fired at the black, tlnctlvely one now hand prisoned. His groping fingers diswith him, gripping an shapeless shadow, revealed covered a crevice in the stone, as his other the at throat, exposed flame. In The speeding tant the the solid rock had been renj though at nis snue; ine waist, a him had missed hv hair's ramming let asunder, a deep, irregular gash 11 must 06 ,he kmf Tlie knife! adth, vet in the second of fellow sought. What came next yawning the length of his arm. He couldn't , rtled surprise he retained power get the stuff through to never knew. He fought in even advanced a step. Into the Kelleen action. He h"d seen the man exnight a bunch of cavalry are up at Its fissure, strange wondering in the unconsciousness, delirium, 'uehed against the farther In Box canyon." ' istence, tempted to explore its seun-- I , taere black "H 1 What brought 'em there?' blot, almost unrecog- - very breath crushed out of him, heard He when came! cret, they break to ole or that strangle hold, ible. Then that awful darkness "The Judge didn't know. He got and the them aside vines, pressing from hls He Dpdv underneath. 'i In, and silence. With his first twlst it from somebody at the post. The of rock the to the top ne clambering knew touched the knife handle; am of strength he stepped swift-outfit started south, but that's which helped to coaceal the en: to one side, stooping low. and that ne rescued it first, struggling trance. where they were bound. this did apparently They "You don't suppose they know?" enlng for the slightest move- - to retain his grasp beneath the without fear, with no Impending it. His heart almost ceased to fierce pressure of the other's grip- sense of "Sure not only suspect that stuff then and dropped danger, ping fingers. In some way he must is being run through again along tunnel. There floor of the to the Somewhere within that lmpene-- i have turned par'ly. squirming on were two of this trail. All we got to do Is lie them; he could tell low side, so as to Jam the fellow's awhile. )lt curtain the fellow waited, one I enlng eagerly, probably uncertain hand between his hip and the hard that by the sound Meager and "No one has seen Gomez?" then was where But Sanchez. e In floor. stoi he had that instant of his shot fl as to the effect "He hasn't put his head out of Deborah Meredith? leen was not sure of his posl- - Jerked the blade free, and slashed this hole. You haven t seen him " at above the bulk viciously huge almost within 4, yet somewhere, yourself, Juan. Come on, he must CHAPTER XV 'ii's length, murderous and deter--. him. Again nnd again he drove in ! be back In there asleep somewhere not he the where steel, knowing now likely. Keep one hand on the j(ed, a ready weapon in his Goss Out Tht Light a but exultawild feeling i da, the man was endeavoring to struck, In an agony of wall." ELLEEN waited T rehim the f.ite him, with a desire to kill. It tion Jas- J limbsi gripping . "Shall I strike a match, senorr . 1 I suspense, his thought with the to ne a duet to tne.aeatn in tne '"cu. Buu tuoii nioou yuneu un ma on own his than "No, not here; wait till we turn rather out-nmissing girl, Sik. Both would never leave that hand. There was no moan, no or the nearness of those men the bend ; then it will not show out- alive; there was no way of cry, but at last the man rolled over peril, groping blindly toward him in the side. Can't be long now till day r ing out, no opportunity for sldewlse, and lay still, light comes." left With all the Instant would strength f ipe. fsTTt only Any attempt en"lion Tiere. Kelleen, I sal the pressing Into tbt from The Kelleen: a knife and Invite dropped position There rift of the silently "Oh, he's here all rock, the dead man at ft shot. But waa the man j his fingers, and he rested motion was no chance for his right away his feet, could mark the passage of . ,'e? What other antagonists less, scarcely breathing, his eyes without our knowing getting It We had the two clearly by the scraping of 'led In the blackness? staring up Into the dark. He had our men about here all the time." feet as groped their way I a waited a minute, two mln-;- t won ; he was not seriously hurt, yet "Your men 1" Meager laughed along the they stone floor. Following the It seemed an age leaning for the moment could not even "Those greasers; they opposite wall they would miss any Yet gradually scornfully. every nerve tense, his realize his victory. ::'vard, would be playthings for Man- contact with Gomez' body, and i' breath suspended, nervous he knew ; the knife, be bad wielded uel. Honly1, man! You and your there was nothing he could do but : er on the trigger. G d ! the the knife he had killed the maa gang couldn't even keep your eyes stand, and let them pass. could not long remain mo- - Whoever he was be had killed him ; on 'Frisco.'" i pw From the few words overheard less where be was : he would he lay there now beside him in the "I supposed yon tent him," re- he had arrived at one conclusion dare. Unless that chance dark dead. The very horror pf It torted Sanchez, with a Spanish the running of munitions into Mex TCkOHnn r.wi ! atnsi that AaaA mon lvlnt thAra oath. "J thought be was In with lco was a mere subterfuge, a aide laantrtcr Intn ua. Why shouldn't I? He blew no great Importance comjfht to thft hflBlsi man a flash i motionless, becoming cold. with Into the ranch along, with the Issue of it with some other scheme they pared Judge, an' you teemed d d glad to ; had in Tiew. Kelleen could only j l TT Tolce: ape-ma- i law, tht tunnel naust contain treasure, tht spoils of numerous robberies. Tht fellow waa leader of a gang which had sacked cities, devastated churches, held citizens for ransom, terrorized whole provinces ; there was no limit tt tht wealth ht hidden away. If Meanight htvt were members of ger and San-be- s his gang, or if tbey had discovered this secret by accident tbey might te playing now for big stakes. And GarrUy ! Surely Canity would have a band In any deviltry which might be conceived. He was in position to warn them of any danger, to de cide the proper moment in which to act Dangerous as his position ran Kelleen with these msoicions surging through his mind, could not resist the Impulse to linger a few moments longer. The two men had turned tht sharp corner, the slight sound of their movements ceasing to reach his ears. Then the faint glow of a match reflected along the rock wall, the silence broken by Meager'i r bt After 25 Yenrs ut tone. "Something Is wrong here. By G dl Suppost ht has . akjpped ont 7" "How could bet We watched aV ways. He trusted .you, tenor" "H It Of course notr "You know where the stuff Is? Et never went away without that" "Surt not, Juan; but I don't know. The old devil was too smart to let that secret out That was our job now to make him tell. The Judge says it's here, a h 1 of a lot of it, but nobody knows where. Once I get hands on him, he'll tell, or he'll die by inches whut's that out yonder V Tney moved forward with the light and Kelleen, all fear swiftly lost in bis intense interest, crept on to the curve in the tunnel, from which point he could see their dim shadows. Behind him, but unnoticed, daylight began to be visible through the mantel of vines conThe dark cealing the entrance. figure on the floor assumed vague outline. The two men in the lantern glow came to a halt,' thrusting the light forward, peering at the object which had attracted them. The Mexican Identified it first in a sudden cry. "It's a body, a dead man," he exclaimed. "He has been killed HHHSJ 1 Your Photograph The old clock in Independence Hall Tower. Philadelphia, hat stopped for the first tune since 1S98 and these men art trying to tlx It. while throngs tt astonished' Philadelphlans look on. will be your represen- tative. UTAH POULTRY PRODUCERS, INC Phone Roy Make it be worthy of you Have it made at ill Peters, 862, Provo, Utah. Our quotations to dealers for the week of July 16 to Larsen Studio July 23: Strictly Fresh Standards, . . $6.00 per case ........ Phone 384 Fresh Selects, Strictly $72Q: jper case Ask your grocer for association graded eggs. Manuel !" .; Meager held back", the coward gripping him, but Sanchez bore the lantern forward, desperate to learn the truth. His startled voice came down the passage, " 'Tin not Gomez," he cried, "and no face I ever saw before. Perhaps you know the man?" Me iger Joined him, glancing uneasily about, and then staring down into the dead face. He seemed to have lost control of himself, and his . mwf MOBILE, VICO, HAVOLINE OILS CONOCO SUPERIOR lips refused utterance. "Tou know him, senorr" Sanchez asked Impatiently. "No ; but there has been a fight, or a murder see, he has been shot ; and In the back, by G d Gomez must have done this Job. But what has become of the old devil) And who was this kid? What was he doing here? See if there is anything in his pockets, Juan. Give me the lantern." He held it up, as the Mexican dropped to his knees, and began to rummage through the dead man's clothes. The increasing daylight of the desert found entrance far above, and stole down the narrow passage In a faint, ghastly glimmer, which only added to the ghastllness of the scene. The strain was too much for Meager's nerves, and he swore gruffly. "What the h 1 makes you so slow? Anything there?" GASOLINE a X3W 1 M4 We move Furniture, Haul Freight, Transfer Trunks. LONG DISTANCE TRIPS SER VICE Work Guaranteed Prices Most Reasonable. Phone 665 Well What Is It? Why! It's the Extra atten tion you get without Extra Provo Transfer & Taxi knife; no gun, It's gone; no papers, only this scrap; see In bis fingers, Just like someone had torn the rest away two, three words, that all; they mean nothing so." He straightened up slowly; then swiftly bent over, Jerking the lantern from out Meager's hand and n holding it close above the charge ITS FREE HERE Co. sand-strew- floor. A "Saparista! look at that I" excitedly. "Look, senor 1" "What Is it?" NIGHT AND DAY "Caramba! You don't see? the SERVICE. footstep; the woman's shoe I How came it there? And here another; she went up the passage." Careful, Courteous, Experi"She, you say?" "Sure It was she ; this man leave enced Workmen. no such print; see, such a small shoe; It was a girl, a woman, and mark, she crept up there. Madre de Dlos! I bet she stole your horse ; I bet she crept out there and waited till you came. But what the h 1 did she do down here, senor?" Meager stood as though dazed,-unablto collect his thoughts, staring first at those telltale footprints in the sand dust, and then about into the gloom of the tunnel. It was all mystery, only to be solved Gasoline 25c SUPERIOR MOTOR CO. Fifth West and Center. Phone 74. e by the discovery of Manuel Gomez. "Come on," he said fiercely"; "bring the light Well search every inch of this d d hole." Kelleen turned, his first Impulse being to escape, to rush toward that dim glimmer of light now plainly marking the cave entrance. Yet the futility of such an effort came to him instantly. There was a better way than that, and ht whirled back te face them, as the two came cautiously forward, the glow of the lantern glimmering like a red star. The hand with the weapon In It fell to a level, and be fired, the glass flickering Into a thousand pieces, the light Instantly extinguished. (TO BE CONTINUED.) It will cost Iowa $48,915 to tag motor vehicles of the state next jyear. 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