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Show - , v- - THE HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1923. ...... thai pefEapi this nmu bad; that whatever bis might be, be may her meant to be square with ber, and would yet protect her. Surely be never bad revealed ber presence to .these others ; perhsps that was why be bad not retimed with them, hoping she might see the strangers, and hide. Bis first words sent a thrill through her heart he was playing part for her protection. He reined in his mount sharply, glancing keenly about but with face expressionless aa his eyes toshes fenw Tcto wUarES nUILl plunge. This seemed the only hiding place available, and she crept through the thick fringe of brush tote the ahadow. The two hone-me-n came slowly, np the alight elope, cautiously, staring about them suspiciously, yet finding nothing at the summit but a bit of trampled grass to tell that the spot had been occupied prevlouslv. Deborah, secure In a cleft of the rock behind a five-foscreen of chaparral, crouched motionless, with ears strained to nVret Pe was unable ,0 f h cameTack again alone seeking her. MAN LEAPS TO DEATH. The girl drew back slowly, with eyes searching the open valley. Intent first of all on reaching the International New service. horse (rasing below. The only posPHILADELPHIA July-1- 4. A sible wsy was the one she had man to be Clarence Sweet 38, said rarai in cuniDing mere, along s a lumber dealer of Bluefield. W. ledge of stone close In against the roc wall. The whole face of the Va., leaped to death today from rltff was a mass of trailing vines. the fifth floor of a hotef here. dinging In some mysterious way to Imperceptible crevices In the completely veiling Its front far up aoove ner reach. Dehors h pressed these back to gain passage, and had ! ; Your Photograph rk, i will be your represen- Make it be tative. RHEUMATISM when 8he stopped, paralysed with n(1 t:: rear, . staring Into two terrifying ih- T lHlnuy a, iu recognix-- i e.ves. J HI She could not move a limb, i Cannot Exist In the Human uiimuiij . In. v. If Body sawnp- i or scream In that first Infant, of Yeu Will Us Trunk's . H Prescription mutter an you suppose has; horror. Then a hand reached iut become of them. Jose?" he asked It la Drepoataroua: In fi-- t It ( swept the concealing vines aside, Sham to auffar with Inflammatory, and her. gripped muscular,, aclatlo or any form of complalningly. "They were to have coavftiCMr ItlicuniaiUm. come yesterday, you tell us, and yel CHAPTER X .Ttaia prescription doea not rula they are not here." the stomach. It doea not the heart, tat all the meatdepreaa "But someone is, senor see, and good Within the Tunnel. wish while taking Truuk's you fed there has been camp made." break to BiflineTMUlh'oITT'n, TITHs struggled tlnmted. Dually, when ltts ua:ne DEBOay, rreatj ipuon. Cunlaiuaw uo mercury, That was the guard; the ranch oil emitting one startled aalic, luu just exacuy as t have perhaps had become sufficiently familiar, intergreen or brand but positively Is on overcomes of the yon-the but before pony somebodies for grazing fingers my present that be had escaped Into help, several cry kind of rheumatism any Mexico, or gout on 1 I took ner note on we as rode was viseime der; closed by. ber assailant notion Is that the discoverer What more earth. and then that he bad been seen wonder do you wantt where in h 1 the fellow throat. She was In the grasp of a There Is nothing Just aa good, and either Bob Meager, or on of the again In this neighborhood. Troops It to has is he of But to has exercise impossible gone? something naught giant, merciless in the disreputable gang ho has with him. were dispatched to run him down, better. The greatest get uric acid do with Casebeer's outfit. The his power, and felt herself dragged Bis, determination to get control of and word to that effect scattered known and also a superior of is and helplessly through the tangle "That was an empty, except for the lad liver medicine. the ranch at his father's death, the broadcast on both sides the line. gulch t We met below." It orTrunk's prescription sells for SI TS why I rode so hard and straight I vines into blackness beyond. fellows he has brought there from Tou see the I for only 15 00 at drug stores. purpose of It alir al"And what does be do in here, knew about you, didn't IT knew that, a she was man; across the line, end Canity's deep "To win the confidence, of the senor? who was It you call btmr "Si, senor; no doubt' though she had no glimpse of the Hedquist Drug Co., Two. Stores. Interest In the affair, nil combine to real gang?" Sahchet laughed mirthlessly. Kelleen swung one leg carelessly face, and made desperate effort at make me suspicious. Do you see! "Exactly; and it worked. The "Hiding out Jose; there is no over the pommel of his saddle, and release, given unusual strength by The ranch, and this hole, together, end is already in sight" reason to fear that guy. He's the deliberately rolled and lit a ciga- terror; but the grip on her throat make an ideal outfit for running "But who, then, are your Kid.'" rette. His face expressed no emo-tlo- tightened remorselessly, and ber either cattle or munitions across "Daniel Kelleen, Just as I told "The Trlsco Kldr Sure I hear uo particular interest yet Deh power of resistance waned, until the terser, and some of those fel- yon, a in the rd cavalry." of him. captain be held np the oruh wus certain the keen, search she suddenly lost consciousness lows over there have, been at that ""Ton yon volunteered for this Los ColosThey say ins eyes had swept swiftly over and. all sense of ber surroundings. stage." Job for years." service?" Sanches laughed. and up the steep from! Her body lay limp In the fellow's her "Then how do yon dare come "Tea; yon see it was impossible " Tla not all they say. He la the of the overtowerlng cliff. Ue sus arms, and, with a growl of satisfac here with met" for the department to use any off- devil's own, if half the tales be pected where she was hidden, and tion, he bore the motionless, seem"Because it alone promised securicer who had been stationed lately true a smooth-spoke- n wus endeavoring . to protect lift ingly lifeless body, bsck through boy enough, one we'll for this day. Tonight ity Such a one but not-- the sort to along this border. of. from discovery; but who wa he the deepening shadows, and cast sport could we not but travel jpake on, go might be Immediately recognised, Meager knows him sye!" and he really playing fair with? was he It down on the stone floor. The across the desert in daylight with- and the whole scheme ruined at his knee roughly at the trying to deceive both? or merely man stood above the huddled fig- out being seen." once. At the same time, whoever slapped "and that Is why nlavln? a desnerate eame In which I nre of tha sirl. hardlv defined. Inhappy on thought his were Her eyes fact waa chosen to play the character the lad is no doubt I have it a single slip would mean disaster? shapeless in the gloom, and laughed here, , quiringly. must have intimate knowledge of now; Bob could not come himself, was He bent down and touched ne outlaw or uuueai warn "You dislike Bob Meager very the border. I met the requirements Jose, so be sent this fellow. But Nothing In the situation, or in the silently. her, only to straighten up once much? Was that why yon were so roily, as I had served here ten why the h 1 didn't he tell me, I conversation thus far overneara, more, convinced she was not dead, . ' willing to help mer ago as a mere boy, and knew wonder?" gave her certainty. She dare not A rifle leaned against the .back "Not altogether; it may have had years the country fairly well So here I If your wife can't cook "Who tell you? the Kid?'" move, scarcely venture to breathe, wall, and he picked It up, tested Its 1 weight, I confess. Now, however, ' am, the 'Frisco Kid.' " "Either one of 'em ; I like to as She watched the three men mechanism, and moved silently forthat thought has gone entirely,'' don't divorce herl Deborah held out her hand im- know what I'm beln' stacked up -ward to the entrance, the weapon And Judge Garrttyr ex-1 pulsively. Casebeer i arm. on a Job like this. "When is this gang Keep her for a pet, and resting in the crook of his "He Is utterly despicable.' "Tm glad yon told me," she said against Kelleen his outfit but this leaves Questioned, the he lucky, pected?" trip Cautiously parted 1; seemed eat at the old Tet you very friendly in all frankness. would be a mighty rich haul if be i "Tonight, senor; It was to be and looked out, searching the full with him only last night. On excel Now should happen to fall down. earlier, but they not come. length of the deserted valley. Noth lent terms..' CHAPTER IX not until tonight; they never cross ing of consequence met his gaze, "Guns?" He smiled nnd booze for the desert by day." "Ammunition, for he rested back on a convenient Ton are quite a A New Viewpoint some combination that. It 4 "No, I reckon not; it would be boulder, and continued his vigil, as lflss Meredith. Sometimes, you CHE had been sleeping for nearly Villa; Is to go over the border tonight, too risky. Any trouble here lately?" motionless as the stone on which know, it becomes necessary to play two hours, with head supported and a nice wnd of money conies J "N'oti, non, senor ; not of late he sat. He must have remained in a part In life. What is the cause on a saddle, the steep wall of the back. That will be the iKid's' Job. troub'e. S ? It was ail fixed. The that position for an hour, occasionfor all this shrewd questioning?" on one side of her and the perhaps, if Meager doesn't show he feww hit .best to ally shaking his head, and mutter' ' "I hardly know myself, but It la canyon L. W. Prop. NANCE, Itself shut completely off by by dark ; we haven't any orders te- - sw. They come ye; Inst i ek hea ing Incoherently, to himself. Then, all so strange, and has happened so valley f a thick growth. had yond here." Deborah conit1. an' question, hut tiinn suddenly, and without warning, the am to I Just suddenly. beginning al A realized how tired she was, not know pothlng. fellow appeared to relax, his head "You think Senor Bob maybe ride away, an' think clearly. How did you hap CHIROPRACTIC and, in fact, rested there some time would send him to brine beck the troop cine, soldiers from the. fort, sinking forward on the arm resting pen to serve In the Thirty-thirin this nook Kelleen had found, mi;1; wim and has proved in thousands of cases, that in stay two. three day. above the gun muzzle, and he sank teaches money division they were all Illinois eyes up at staring with wide-ope- n with Case-bee- officer ; he drink with Holt; then Into a deep sleep. where the nerve is freed through spinal adjustment, "Sure; it's fifty-fifttroops?" It he all the strip of blue sky, her mind still iMick to NotmVs. and 'Frisco' is all right. He's they "So you even noticed that I was Deborah, spired slightly in the the mental impulse, the Life Principle in Man, will, rer active. The knowledge of who this csi li n ro aa tViax nifiLa Xei.ee? We know, Hrtacfc' 'corner ,,vhere she hud been T'vA ill- - right .sSi-transferred." man really was had brought her , week.' be store the body to health." And the tools used are the soon us back this not they and "From what command?" heard painfully slowly, thrown, n n naif cada ..at lfiAffnnt haI at for word we send Casebe?r," So weak human hands, trained and skilled through long pracnow an' but he never dotible"The regulars. opened her eyes. Her body, In his presence. So her crossed then, "Yes. I see; hut it i not w sure ened by struggle, seemed helplessly Ain't that him! "Was that not very unusual? Tou safety anybody. tice and guided by a sincere desire to serve and to heal. heavy eyes closed, and she slept. roundin' that bluff yonder? Sure after nil. l'erhaps they do come Inert, while at first her miud failed you were surely an enlisted have awakened must back." Something to function. No flash-- of memory It is rtdln' this way. I'm goln' to man?' the girl suddenly, 'for she sat bolt ask him The Mexican shook his head posirecurred to aid her. Full conscious"I did not soy so," he smiled straight when he gets with wide in , eyes open tively. ness came slowly, reawakening here." back, "and now that you drive me upright D. C, Ph. C. Chiropractor. have We we about her Tet know. nothing "No, senor, to a confession. T might as well fright. first to the bruised body, and the Deborah, frightened by what she We move Furniture, Haul or Kelleen Senor wrong, watch very strange. Meager always. cruel those lacerated throat so make a full breast of It. 1 was as by slightly had this heard, lifted herself narrow slick bird when hot drunk. You at hands. She could scarcely' swallow, Freight, Transfer Trunks. transferred to take command of a no disappeared, but beyond valley. of any kind was ap- to see better up the I ranch last night?" the change limbs move or without her, pain. 69 North University Avenue, Provo. company." parent The entireNscene was so "Certainly ; you saw me there. Then, her eyes accustoming themA captain?". Phones: LONG DISTANCE TRIPS Consultation and Office Hours: calm Deborah's that and peaceful Why?" to the selves the "Yes." , pervading gloom, Office, 858. 10 to 12 A. M. The first violent throbAnalysis senor. heart ceased its 8plnal not "You there alone, obto perceive girl began dimly "Why i" she drew In her breath Residence, 61. Free. 2:30 to 6:30 P. M. and she even smiled at her Work Guaranteed judge came also from Nogales. He jects about her, and thus grasp sharply, leaning forward with new bing, earlier fear, and arose expectantly brought, the word. Twas for that something of the situation. Little to her feet he came, not to marry Meager. by little the details came back Prices Most Reasonable. What had become of Kelleen? Tlfat all came later, by what you the clutch on her throat; the wild, call luck." Through the tree branches behind hopeless struggle, ending so quickwhich she had been concealed, "Where does this northern gang ly in darkness. She could scarcely Deborah searched the full length come from?" restrain a scream of tenor, yet the of the chasm within reach of her "Out of Cnlabasis, senor, by way very sense of her situation held her vision, but discovered no trace of of the river." silent, her whole body trembling his presence. It was not likely the "Then they will enter down be- violently. Where was she? Where man would be absent long. It must low, through the gorge. This is no had her assailant gone? Was the already be noon by the sun, and, place for us. Suppose they; were thing man r beast? The quesFrom the Spring Canyon District, on Your Next Order. somea. desire to do actuated by delayed last night, and took a tions were unanswerable ; she could clinsce to come on this morning by be assured of but one thing She thing, she finally began to arrange BURNS BETTER -I'rlnvllirhtt nnd wliv not? a meal for his return. She had TheVd was still alive. opened the bag of provisions, when be under rock coyer all , the hist GIVES MORE HEAT Slowly, silently the girl succeedsuddenly ner eyes caught sight or part of the way. it's beyond here ed 1n lifting herself partially from something moving far below, and to the that they'd have open desert LASTS LONGER off the hard rock on which she lay, to her right, objects at first. Jijtrcj ami ! Let s ride down tnerer crqgs. the rough outcroppings or the . ,r.nH.. using Jl i. t...i. to distinguish, and then quickly ' oauuie- "P. 1 wall as support to the effort Her discerned as two horsemen, emergExclusive Agents. In ing from tha rhp rorlr rlpff down below." 1 where she had decided the canyon Within five minutes the three were trotting soberly down the valprobably ran. They came, steadily on, growing more distinct each minof them glanced back, ley. NIGHT AND DAY ute, yet still too far way for recogand Deborah lifting lie'r head highnition. er and higher to peer after them PHONE 17. She crouched lower behind her SERVICE. through the brush screen, watched screen, and waited breathlessly. until they disappeared, entirely Two, what could that mean? It about the .sharp protuberance of STANDARD COAL CO. Careful, Courteous, Experiseemed highly improbable that rock, which marked 'the end of the a Kelleen could have encountered vista. Kelleen had done this, enced Workmen. friend in this spot a man In whom his conversation with tliew Salt Lake, Utah. he had faith who was returning men had been largely carried on for with him. If this was, as he so her benefit and. 'guidance.. Me knew evidently believed, a hidden lair of .where, she was; that she could outlaws, a rendezvous .for .'border overhear. Through tliest easily means be endeavored, to convey ti crime, it was hardly possible he BUTTER AND EGGS had met With any comrade here, if her' unsuspected, the complete situ WEDNESDAY MORNING IN OUR MEAT DEPARTMENT if he was really what he hnd r The Approaching Horseman Was atlon in which, he was involved 'Timpanogos. Butter, lb. . . ., .50c claimed to bp. The thought of that and then, this accomplished. .lie SPECIALS in Plain View. .50c BEEF I'.aiHjuet Butter, lb. 'Hut a had inveigled the two unsuspecting "If struck her like blow. Wasatch Butter, lb. .45c in was was he? was he? Her eyes strained The approaching horseman Mexicans away, thus' giving her op lb Ranch Butter, lb. .40c Pork Steak, 21c .... dismovement of those plain view. and. even at that I She Drew in Her Breath Round Steak, lb. , portunity to escape unseen. . . 25c Wilson's Nut Butter,. Sharply. to watch every lb Rendered-Lard....23c Home approaching horsemen. She could tance, the girl had no doubt as to , Deborah w as not yet wholly conSirloin Steak, lb. Nucoa Butter, lb. 30c Jagernoss. "Then surely you are perceive enough already to be cer'-- " his Identity. Her very heart seemed vinced of the man's innocence In j - -- ?5e .. .30c Kresh Eggs, dozen Shoulder Steak, what I have thought you to tain that Kelleen was not one uf to cease beating "as. she '"""knell." spite or ins evident intention oi jot 16c ' ' .sin Roasts, lb. . outlaw, a renegade? You the group ; they were both Mes- - anxiously watching his approach, shielding her from discovery, hU Hills Bros Blue Coffee, CHEESE not reallv thu the 'Frlsco leans, or at least so attired, and the horse loping steadily, the man Intimate association. with Bob Men . lb. Roast, Rump lbs-.....- ....... Kld?". their mounts bore Mexican, trapswaying gently to the movement of ger) the understanding between Rib Roast. lb. Prime Cream Chese. lb. . . ... . . . ...30c "Oil, yes. I am. At lAnnr T am nil li him and Sanchez, was seemingly pings. Little as the girl knew of the animal. Who, indeed, w as ....18c Loose Cocoa, 2 lbs Heel Boil, lb. Pie Trlsco Kid' there Chill and Cream Pimento, "Frisco once this realized Kelleen? Vfla in Im0vdp the frontier, she at this Daniel proof positive that he was an ! Rib Boil, lb. box Sodas. . . . . . . . ......25c Cheese, 2 for fie best of my knowledge, although, the danger of being discovered by Kid".? was he a real man In w hom portant link in this conspiracy. The .12c ... Suet, lb. rar i tall to line up with such men. she could trust and believe? In man was endeavoring to make her entirely ..70 . e Shank Boil, lb. ,2.35 .reputation so kindly given me PICKLES. think otherwise, but the doubt of Deborah was conscious of trem- whose honor she could confide? .15c Hamburger, lb. . i2.3 so ruffians crouched In nsco as in these rne mind. the him her what was she he in Or limb, iieyuoius. lingered every LUNCH bling THAT IU FOR is . . . . .35c an entlrelv monnfoctiiriiH Loose Sweets, lb. .1.35: behind the screen of leaves, confidently proclaimed an outlaw, night she had begun to trust, to Paracter. made for a nnicllral nnr. there, 2 for .. PORK .. an Loose .....5c . Sour, ...35c the reckless. of desnerado fellow's the . the a frontier, lb. only very believe; Instinctively grasping Baked Loaf, ose. Do ..5c Loose DHL 2 for you grasp the idea?" In her possession. Then escaped felon, hiding from Justice, ness and good humor had been at weapon .. lb. .........35c Ham, Oxford one shook her head, but her 45e Loose Ripe Olives, .24c vague she suddenly recognized one of the and even now engaged In the com-- . tractive ; her suspicion lb Roasts, ...25c Leg 24c Pressed Veal, lb... jer eyes belled the action. mlttal of crime? These fellows seemed to vanish In his presence, riders as Juan Sanchez. Her Bruised Limbs Ached.. . .. . lb. Loin Roasts, I iou bave a glimmer, nevertie-...35c that he was But now this doubt returned with 20c Ham Bologna, 2 lbs TEA AND COFFEE They had followed her then, and took It for granted Shoulder Roasts, lb. rSS. I'll emlnln Thio n bruised limbs ached, and her head 2 lbs, . . . . .........35c 21c now. There could present on the same criminal mis-- ; redoubled vigor, and, for the ber lb. were seeking Bologna. Shoulder Chops, border has hwn . hnthoi nt dellber-as with she throbbed ! ment, she actually feared him as 35o agony, 25c as themselves ; he had 35c Tree Tea, pkg. be no Dossible doubt as to Sanchez' 2 lbs. Loin Chops, lb. for-- years. It has baffled 20c and 40c .20c Weiners, How the fellow had ately left her, and rode away seek- - much as the man she had tried to changed her posture ever so slightmission. pkg. lb. Shilling's, 35c Side, Fresh . .. lb. Beef. Corned Etlawry officer assigned 25e 17c reached there so quickly, and why lng traces of Casebeer's gang In kill. More, perhaps, for Meager ly, yet the movement served to 60c Folger's, pkg. Snare Ribs. lb. Boiled Ham, lb. . . . We had no lnforma- - It oven had been suspected she had the valley seemingly there. was no was only a rough, passionate brute, clear her mind, and bring back a and 45c 18c ......25c pkg. lb Lipton's, Lard, cans ..........40c in Beef to work on; suspects were Roast 30c 15c this remote spot of refuge, escape from the one conclusion, while the very nature of Kelleen measure of courage. H'er thought Folger's Coffee, pkg. Loose Sausage, id. ... serous, but proof lacking. Final. sought Raspberries and Strawberries. Foleer's can ....45c, $1.10. $2.20 swept back to Kelleen, and the It was that he was part of the conspiracy. rendered him a far more dangerous were unsolved yet questions, 20c ro. ... hroU Link Sausage, van oi action was evolved, but memory of the man was no longer that searching par- He had lied to her, told her a fairy adversary. If he also was Inter-talShilling's, can ..45c, $1.10, $2.20 In WlTy It ont anooofnlltr o rtao. highly probable at her credulity, ested In her and the girl felt that wholly fear of his presence. .35c and $1.75 laughing had been dispatched In all dities Hills, pkg. . . mio with an established 'reputa- - rections, and the MJcan httl been while coldly going forward with his he was she was in greater danger spite of her doubts, her distrust VEAL $1.10. $2 20 can Hills, ......45c, S H Tu na1 man ma the recollection of their night's ride i now than on the ranch from which . . .;. .45c ; 1 lb. whom Fate had headed own plans. one Golden West. the mOSt eSSPTltlfll WJth . tnl. anUUA that way. Anyhow she could not " Deborah grasped all this almost ' 8he hau fled- Sne shrank from the together recurred now as almost a II IIH lUlO 45c, $1.30, $2.20 M. J. B. ..21c Chops, w tne Shoulder 11 lb,... remembrance; Criminal, CARRY haunted her, and pleasant 'Frisco Kid was care- - speculate as to how, or why. She Instantly, unable to nercelve any tn0uKht- - J?1 ..25c THE CASH AND Loin Chops, lb. would not ba driven away. Where outlaw, he might be, but he was HAMS AND BACON place somewhere ..24c noasiblUtv of escape from the net. lb. W pnt on the stage. Newspapers must find hiding Roasts, no no of the Leg brute, could do beast, she Jungle; could she What MARKET go? rocks. could the coast, and near the among the ..20c, ..".25c" Her limbs trembled, yet she Shoulder Roasts, Id... rather be had shown himself a Whole Hams, lb. Her eyes traced the rugged bluff only kneel there In silence, watch- to escape the man's return? Sui- man, .10c 464 West Center St. began to note his einloits! j ..:27c Veal Shanks, lb. even a gentleman. Yet what Bacon.. Half or Whole It as cidal, Impossible appeared, that A "Patches regarding him were sent hopelessly ; to attempt scaling ..10c Veal Stew, lb. .. him? ing the approach of the rider. she from could some means expect find of help must she leavfull Into view, wild, bo'rje tjirnied Into her hearj. rewards for his capture, dead would only bring her ing, that- - fntnt valley before he If, he was loyal, nnd worthy, how rrr ,posiea. II WHS 1B- - jeL ttejft was a frlose of tbh-could, he, be o auv aid? (TO BE CONTINUED.! itii ln ht,n- "Whose horse Is that?" he asked inquiring!?. Indicating the grating animal "I know senor ; lis Meager' brand." for myself, but it was not here when I came by. Was anyone besides you two sent In here on this business?" "No, seuor," there was a touch of deference in Sunches' voice most unusual, Deborah was quick to note and appreciate. "Only the two of us. Tet it nirght be, for we knew not even that you were to come also." . 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