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Show r- rr-1- , . " - - "" V - i The Rich County News Published Weekly. , - RANDOLPH . UTAH Fine winter weather, but a little too much of It , Several other things besides college football need reforming .Lake Michigan resists all tempt tions to become a skating rink. There. Is a prospect that the earth will step on the tall of the comet Another Feet are growing larger reason for the increased cost of liv-lng- Golf balls are going up In price and there threatens to be much privation on the links In addition to life ers should carry a skates belts lake steam complement of Oleomargarine is In wrong when It Is artistically colored and boxed up and shipped as cheese. Uncle Sams battleships are displaying too great a fondness for the mud banks of the Delaware. Like all great fairs the Berlin exposition of 1911 Is prepar lng to ask for a postponement Now a French warship has gone on the rocks. Some of the navies of the world do not seriously miss war. Pigs are suggested as pets for children. They are particularly charming in the form of breakfast bacon. Prof. Lowell has not told us whetb er Halleys comet was looking pleasant when he took its picture the other day. If the monorail car is to be a com merclal success it should hurry to the s task before the airship the pre-empt- field. From a rough description of Its operations, we conclude that the gyroscope train is 6afe from spreading of the rails She Had Watched the House from the Window of a room in the Boarding-HousOpposite. Top-Floo- r Hall Bed- e Wall street reports a brisk demand for money , Sometimes Wall street news has a wonderfully human and universal note; New York wants to make Fifth av enue the greatest highway in the world. Broadway, it Is plalmed, is the greatest buyway. You can hardly blame the man who turned to the sporting page expecting to find there the news of the British political campaign. Very likely the St. Louis judge who wept when he sent two embezzling bank clerks to prison did not have any money in that bank. "Vor the leading nations of the world to go bankrupt on Dreadnoughts is a costly way of providing themselves wl.h a world's peace court A cargo of silk valued at $1,000,000 was recently shipped from Japan to this country. The cost of living is likely to go on Increasing. Emperor William would like to atop the people from deserting the farms. He might establish some rural moving-picturshows. g e a Missouri professor claims that Shakespeare used slang. But he never interpolated a song in any of hla productions Then, again. If $20,000,000 was sent down Into Central America to secure peace, think of the fighting there would be for each man to get his share of It! St Louis man Is seeking a divorce because his wife has not spoken to him for five years Wait Perhaps be has reason to believe she intends to break her long silence. A Scranton, Pa., wants special mention because of a hen that lays eggs worth $100 a dozen Out west they merely give such news a line In the miscellaneous market reports Holland is a little hamlet In Virginia which does not amount to much in itself But It Is a Fort of storehouse and shipping point for the crop of peanuts which is one or the principal sources of wealth in that locality So when fire destroyed most of the town and $10,000 worth of peanuts went up in smoke. It was a calamity of considerable And proportions. doubtless the attendants at the circus and the habitues of the "peanut gallery will have cause to mourn. esthetic couple in New York are trouble because they Insist on dressing themselves and their young son !n ancient Greek costume and so going abroad in modern American winter weather. This shows what difficulties attend the attempt at practical study of the classics and classic costumes in these days of what the ancient Greeks themselves would likely call. foolish fashions. An in Once again some western doctor arises to say that the use of apples as a d!et will eliminate the desire for liquor and tobacco. But think of the awful apple habit that would be created in place of the others! A Peoria Judge has decided that a man has a right to punish his wife If she refuses to have his breakfast ready for him at four a. m. Fortunately. the rest of the world does not follow the Peoria example in the matter ol wives, husbands, breakfast urs or judges. PICTURES COYK IOHT l0T TMt &O0Mk'eARfLl. CO. 8YNOPSIS. concealed by brushing his hair in a new way. Mad Dan Maitland, on reaching hlg I think I shall do, concluded Maitfew York bachelor club, met an at tracland; theres nothing to excite partictive young woman at the door. Janitor O'Hagan assured him no one had been ular comment The bulj: of the sorewithin that day. Dan discovered a woman's finger prints in dust on his desk,. ness is inside. 'tlong with a letter from his attorney. Maitland dined with Bannerman, Ills Seven p. m. Dan set out for Greenfields, to ret his family Jewels. During his walk Time, said the short and thick-se- t to the country seat, he met the young man casually, addressing no one in woman In gray, whom he had seen leaving his bachelors club. Her auto had particular. broken down. He fixed It. By a ruse she He Bhut the lid of his watch with a lost him. Maitland, on reaching home, turprised lady In gray, cracking the safe snap and returned the timepiece to She, apparently, his waistcoat ontaining his gems. pocket. Simultaneously n took him for a crook, Danlei Maitland opened he surveyed both sides of the short nisty. his sate, took therefrom the Jewels, and block between Seventh and St. Nichrave them to her, first forming a partnership in crime. The real Dan Anisty, olas avenues with one comprehensive mught by police of the world, appeared glance. m the same mission Maitland overcame him. He met the girl outside the bouse Presumably he saw nothing of interand they sped on to New York In her auto him. It was not a particularly est to. He had the Jewels and she promised n meet him that day. Maitland received block, for that matter, interesting 'Mr. Snaith," introducing himself as a though somewhat typical of the neighthe To shield Vtootlve. girl in gray, borhood. The north side was lined Maitland, about to show him the Jew-1supposedly lost, was felled by a blow with flat buildings, their rom Snaith's cane. The latter proved brick facades regularly o be Amstv himself and he secured the dingy-regems. Anisty, wlto was Maitlands doubroken by equally dingy brownstone as the latter. The ble, masqueraded rimlnal kept Maitland's engagement with stoops, as to the ground floor, by open he girl in gray. He gave her the gems, windows as to those above. The south after falling in love at first sight. They side was were to meet and divide the loot. Maitmostly taken up by a towland revived and regretted missing his ering white apartment hotel with an engagement. ostentatious entrance; against one of whose polished stone pillars the short CHAPTER VIII. Continued.. thick-se- t man was lounging. and Very good, sor. The janitor-vale- t The sidewalks, north and south, had previous experiences with Maitlands generosity in grateful memory; swarmed with children of assorted and shut his lips tightly In promise ages, playing with the ferocious energy characteristic of the young of of virtuous reticence. cries and Yon wont regret It. Now tell me Harlem; their 'Fourth-of-Julfireworks what you mean by saying that you saw premature created an appalling din, to which, me go out at one this afternoon? hewever, the more mature denizens Again the flood gates were lifted; had apparently become callous, through from the deluge of explanations and long endurance. protestations MV'.land extracted the Beyond the lights of a general drift of narrative. And in the drug store window on Seventh avenue, end held np his hand for silence. the electric arcs were casting a sickly I think I understand, now. You say radiance upon the du3ty leaves of the tree-lineho had changed to my gray suit? drive. The avenue itself O'Hagan darted into the bedroom, was crowded with motor cars and whence he emerged with confirmation horse-drawpleasure vehicles, mostly bound uptown, their occupants seeking of his statement. the cooler airs and wider spaces to be 'Tis gone, sor, an' All right. But, with a rueful smile, found beyond the Ilailem river and Ill take the liberty of countermand- along the Speedway. A few blocks to ing Mr. Snaith's order. If he should the west Cathedral heights bulked like call again, OHagan, I very much want a great wall, wrapped iu purple shad ows, its jagged contour stark against to see him. an evening sky of suive old rose. Faith, and 'tis mesilf will have a The short and thick-se- t body, howworrud or two to whisper in' the ear ever, seemed to have no particular apiv him, sor," announced OHagan, preciation of the bea Lies of nature as grimly. exhibited by West One Hundred and I'm afraid the opportunity will be Eighteenth street on a summers evenlacking. You may fix me a hot bath ing. If any hing, he could apparently now, 0'IIagan, and put out my have desired a cooling breeze; for, todine at the club Ill after a moment's doubtful consideranight and may not be back. tion, he unbuttoned hi3 waistcoat and And. rising, Maiiland approached a heaved a sigh of relief. mirror; before which he lingered for Then, carefully shifting the butt of leveral minutes, cataloguing his a dead cigar from one corner of fc's Taken they mouth to the other, where it was al altogether, mounted to little. The swelling of most hidden by the juaing t Fateh of his wrists and ankles was subsiding his black mustache, and drawing down gradually; there was a slight redness over h.is eyes the brim of a rusty p us Islble In the corners of his mouth, hat, he thrust fat hands into the pock ihd a shadow of discoloration on his ets of his shabby trousers and lounge ng Ight be that could against the polished pillar even more y. well-know- s. five-stor- y d blood-curdlin- g y party-colore- d n eren-clothe- tempie-somethl- energetically than before. If that were possible. An unrom&ntic, apathetic figure, fitting so naturally Into his surroundings os to demand no second look even from the most observant;- - yet one seeming to possess a magnetic attraction for the eyes of the hallboy of the apartment hotel (who, acquainted by sight and hearsay with the stout gentlemans Identity and calling, bent Upon him a steadfast and adoring regard), as well as for the policeman who lorded it on the St. Nicholas avenue corner, In front of the real estate office, and who from time to time shifted ,bis contemplation from the infinite spaces of the heavens, the better to exchange a furtive nod with the idler in the hotel doorway. Presently at no great lapse of time man had lifter the short and thick-se- t stowed away his "watch out of the thronged sidewalks of Seventh avenue man appeared, walking west on the j ,iorth side of the street and reviewing carelessly the numbers on the illuminated fanlights; a tall man, dressed all In gray, and swinging a thin walking stick. The short, thick-se- t person assumed a mien of more intense abstraction wthan ever. The tall man in gray paused indefinitely before the brownstone stoop of the house numbered 205, then swung up the steps and Into the vestibule. Here he halted, bending over to scrutinize the names on the letter boxes. man reluctantly The short, thick-se- t detached himself from his polished pllar and waddled ungracefully across the street. The policeman on the corner seemed suddenly interested in Seventh avenue, and walked In that direction. The gray man, having vainly all the names on one side of the vestibule, straightened up and turned his attention to the opposite wall, either unconscious of or indifferent to the shuffle of feet on the stoop behind him. man removed The short, thick-se- t one hand from a pocket and tapped the gray man gently on the shoulder. Lookin for McCabe, Anisty? he inquired, genially.. The gray man turned slowly, exhibiting a countenance blank with astonishment. Beg pardon? he drawled; and then, with a dawning gleam of recognition in his eyes; Why, good evening, Hickey! What brings you up this way? The short, thick-se- t man permitted his jaw to droop and his eyes to prohe trude for some seconds. Oh, said in a tone of great disgust, hell! He pulled himself together with an effort. Excuse me, Mr. Maitland, he stammered, I wasnt lookin for yeh. To the contrary, I gather from your gieetlng you were expecting our And the gray friend, Mr. Anisty? man smiled. Hickey smiled in sympathy, hut with less evident relish of the situations humor. Thats right, he admitted. Got a tip from the cmissners office this evening that Anisty would be here at seven oclock lookin for a party named McCabe. I guess Its a bum tip, all right; but of course I got to look into it. The gray man Most assuredly. bent and inspected the names again. I am hunting up an old friend, be a man named explained, carelessly; Simmons knew him in college down on his luck wrote me yesterday. There he is: Fourth floor, east. Ill see you when I come down, I hope, Mr. Hickey. The automatic lock clicked and the door swung open; .the gray man passing through and up the stairs. Hickey, ostentatiously ignoring the existence of the policeman, returned to bis post of observation. At eight oclock he was still there, looking bored. At 8:30 be was still there, wearing a puzzled expression. At nine he called the adoring hall-boygave him a .quarter with minute instructions, and saw him disappear into the hallway of No. 205. Three minutes later the boy was back, breai liless but enthusiastic. Missis Simmons, he explained between gasps, says she aint never heard of nobody named Maitland. Somebody rang her bell a while ago an apologized for disturbin her said he1 wanted the folks on the top floorr I guess yer man went acrost the roots them houses Is all connected, and yuh cn walk clear from the corner here tuh half-waup tuh Nineteenth street, on Sain Nicholas avenoo. , laconically returned the Thanks. detective. And turning on his heel, walked westward. The policeman crossed the street to detain him for a moments chat. I guess Its all off, Jim, Hickey Some one must ve tipped told .him. that crook off. Anyway, I aint goin to wait no longer. I wouldnt neither," agreed the uniformed member. Say, whos yer friend yeh was talkin while tuh, ago? Oh, a frien of mine. Yeh didnt have no call to git excited then, Jim. tocsin, first striking with terror, then urging fTfttKAPKOf-- ' flutterlngg. But these, as the inures drew on, marked only by ult methodic hs of ono cont day to ing of the clock and at Elght-tsnttlma In your pockat tha right carry she rnuste. move length courage to la about what It That all tlma? tha from the door, a; which she had flattened herself,! one hand clutching eoata to carry a $75.00 watch, the the kndb, ready td pull It open and fly kind wo aall. All prices, all gradaa. upon the first ag&essive sound. In the Interval Tier eyes had become accustomed the darkness.-T- he 170 study door sboMl a pale oblong on .....11 her right; SALT LAKB CITX UTAH. her left, and a little toward the riir of the flat, the door of Maitland's Bed chamber stood ajar. To this she tiptoed, standing upon the threshold and listening with every fiber of her being. No sounds "as of the regular respiration of a sleeper Are continually being warning her, she at length peered stealthily within; simultaneously she charged on all food pressed the button of an electric hand-lamIts circumscribed blaze wavered Tea has price of over pillows and counterpane spotless up, gone yet and undisturbed. same high using Then for the first time she breathed of and Tea, quality she convinced had been that freely, are the Tea prices right In surmising that Maitland would not return that night. always . Sinceearly evening she had watched r the house from the window of a hall bedroom In the boarding house opposite. Shortly before seven she had seen Maitland, stiff and in rigorous evenuncompromising HEADACHE TADLETS ing dress, leave in a cab. Since then only once had a light appeared In his rooms; at about half after nine the FOR ALL KINDS OF f janitor, had appeared in the study, HEADACHE turning up the gas and going to the BY "MAIL 25 CENTS telephone. , Whatever the nature of the communication received, the girl SCHRAMM JOHNSON, DRUGS had taken it to Indicate that Maitland had decided to spend the night elseTHE where; for the study light had SALT LAKE CITY burned for some ten minutes, during which the janitor could occasionally be seen moving mysteriously about; and something later, bearing a suitcase, CRAGER WIRE & IRON WORKS he had left the house and shuffled 31 STATE STREET, SALT LAKE CITY rapidly eastward to Madison avenue. So she felt convinced that she had all the small hours before her, secure from Interruption. And this time, she told herself, she purposed making assurance doubly sure. But first to guard against discovery from the street. 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Address Tuition, tion only a grand tour of the flat; MOHLER BARBER COLLEGE Salt Lake City, Utah which she made expeditiously, passing IS Commercial Street swiftly and noiselessly (one contemThe Worst is Yet to Come. plating midnight raids does not attire I want a box of ciFair Shopper one's self in silks and starched things) from room to room, all comfortably gars for a fair, slim gentleman, empty. Satisfied at last, she found please. Punch. herself again in the study, and now COLONIST RATES. boldly, mind at rest, lighted the brass student lamp with the green shade, From Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, which she discovered on the desk. Omaha, Kansas City and other EastStanding, hands resting lightly on ern points to Acoma, Nevada, and hips, breath coming quickly, cheeks Utah stations on the Salt Lake Route, flushed and eyes alight with some in- on sale dally March 1 to April 15, 1910, timate and inscrutable emotion, she inclusive. Send us the names of your surveyed the room. Out of the dusk friends in the East who are interestthat lay beyond the plash of illumina- ed. For further information see any tion beneath the lamp, the furniture Salt Lake Route agent or address began to take on familiar shapes; the J. H. MANDERFIELD, A. G. P. A., divans, the heavy Salt Lake Route, Salt Lake, Utah. easy chairs, the tall clock with its pallid staring face, the small tables and Long Run. fabourettes, handily disposed for the And how long a run did he make reception of books and mag yr ines and for the touchdown? pipes and glasses, the towering,, He ran clear over into the second 'mahogany hook case, the column on the next page. It was only useless, ornamental, beautiful Chip- magazine football, you know." Clevependale escritoire, In one corner; all land Plain Dealer. somberly shadowed and all combining to diffuse an impression of quiet, easyCOlONIST RATES. going comfort. Send me the names of your friends Just such a study as he would naturor others in the East 'who are interally have. She nodded silent approbation of it as a whole. And, nodding, ested in Utah, and we will mall them sat down at the desk, planting elbows copy of our Hints to Husbandmen," ve em information regard-finger- s on its polished surface, interlacing her an one wa-- r Colonists rates to and cradling her chin 'upon ' their backs, turned suddenly pensive. Utah from Chicago, Omaha, and other The mood held her but briefly. She Eastern points, which are on sale had no time to waste, and much to daily March 1st to April 15th, 1910, . . . accomplish. Sitting back, Inclusive. See agents Salt Lake Route for further information, or address her fingers and .jght pressed the J. H. MANDERFIELD, A. G. P. A., and jjrpduced clasptf her hand-baSalt Lake Route, Salt Lake, Utah. two articles a golden cigarette case and a slightly roiled canvas' bag. The Aa Father Saw It Maitland jewels were returning by a Pa, why did Ajax defy the light-Alng- ? devious way, to the their owner. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Gnight. I suppose it was because he had And Hickey proceeded westward, a never had a chance to see what would lisless and preoccupied man by the f Immense Electric Machine. vacant eye of him. But when he fThe largest static electric machine happen when one monkeys with a live ?er built Is owned by a New York wire. emerged into the glare of Eighth avenue his face was unusually red. Which lan, and is six feet high over all, Tales Out of School. feet long and four feet wide, may have been due to the heat. AnFx-jus- t ne doesnt believe in wearing I before boarding a downtown str-''- ', ;ig 650 pounds, it has 40 glass face car. Oh, he enunciated with gus tch 40 Inches In diameter, of things for show. Thats the reason he made Dolly a Christmas present of a 0 revolve, while the others to, hell! It is driven by an .pair of garters. ' Umph! He doesnt know Dolly. One a. m. ic motor of horse New York Times. the rich and mellow chime Net until being first excited by a smaJ had mcrgeii into the stillness did the and at full Lry hand machine, It Passed All Right. Intruder dare ag-l- u draw breath. Com-nmay' yield a spark 30 inches three-fourths Hubby "What is this list, my as it had tha very moment that an inch in d the door had closed noiselessly behind To fully excite -- the hug" dear? Wife The Christmas budget, and Vr. tl e dmthl- - stroke had sounded tn s from five to ten tn!"-;e- . dont try any of the house rof lords er like a ktell; or, perhaps more like however, b" business on it, either. Boston the mvliide to the wild alarum of ich as 12 to 13 tick-feted- ; HIGHER PRICES products. While the Japan Hewletts are the the like reliable. top-floo- sciiRAr.ir.rs . TESTED SEEDS N ,. leather-cushione- d y Th-huh- ' WOULD YOU PAY g one-fourt- h g -- |