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Show T" s Z THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH 52e Mrs. Robert O. Reynolds plied. 1 hope, unknown to me, that Dan has already dispatched those letters. The arm of the law ia long, Cranston. Its easy to forget that fact up here. , It will reach you In the end." Cranston turned through the door, into the kitchen. He was gone a long time. Lennox heard Mm at work; the crinkle of paper and then a pouring sound around the walls. Then he heard the sharp crack of a match. An instant later the first wisp of smoke came curling, pungent with burning ' oil, , CHAPTER " Continued. I 1 3V LTTTL.E. &J3QWAS, He came stealing across the snow musher of the first degree. Very silently and swiftly he slipped off his snow shoes at the door. The door Itself was unlocked, just as he had supposed. In an Instant more he was tiptoeing, 'a dark, silent figure, through the corridors of the house. He held his rifle ready In his hands. He peered into Lennoxs bedroom first. The room- - was unoccupied. Then the floor of the corridor creaked beneath his step; and he knew nothing further was to be gained by waiting. If Lennox suspected his presence, he might be waiting with aimed rifle as he opened the door of the livV ing room. He gilded faster. He halted once more a moment at the living-roodoor to see if Lennox had been disturbed. He was lying still, however, so Uranston pushed through. Lennox glanced up from his magazine to find that unmistakable thing, the barrel of a rifle, pointed at his breast. Cranston was "one of those fare marksmen who shoot with both eyes open and that meant that- he to his last visual full the powers kept Instant before the hammer fell. I cant raise my arms, Lennox said simply. One of em wont work at all besides, against the doctors orders Cranston stole over toward him, looking closely for weapons. He pulled aside the woolen blanket that Lennox had drawn up over his body, and he pushed his hand into the cushions of the couch. A few deft pats, holding his rifle through the fork of hfs arm, .finger coiled into the trigger guard, assured him that Lenuox was not heeled at all. Then he laughed and went to work. I thought I told you once, Lennox began with perfect coldness, that the doors of my house were no longer ' I have actually gained twenty-fiv- e pounds and I, just think Tanlac is the grandest- medicine In the world, said - Mrs. Robert O. Reynolds 127 North Denver St, Kansas City, "Mo. 7--. For ten long years I suffered from a very bad form of rheumatism,' stomach and nervous troubles. My appetite was very poor. What little I did eat soured on my stomach and I suffered the most severe pain in my back, hips and shoulders. My rheu- matism was so bad that I could not raise my hands to comb my hair 'and my arms Suit me to iny finger tips. I became so weak and run down that i. iSS fiU my energy fthd fife had become almost a burggo. I tried many 7 things but Bothlng' helped mg, , had only taken my first bottle of TanTftc when I noticed my appetite was improving could sleep better at night. I have taken three bottles and the way it has helped me and built me up is really astonishing. I can eat anything and everything without the slightest disagreeable' aftereffects. I sleep Just fine at night and am In better health than I have been this for years." I am glad to girstatement, hoping that any who are suffering as I did may experience the same wonderful results, which I believe they will if they give Tanlac a fair trial. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists everywhere. Adv. ''1 anI More Disarmament. This would be a better world everybody would' take a five-yeiday from gossip." Chicago - News. it hol- ar Dally Where Wizardry Fails. Knlcker Is that seer any good? Bocker No, xshe could tell my fortune, but not my income tax. 6pen to you. You did say that," was Cranstons guttural reply. But you see Im here Just the same, dont you? --And What are you going to do about It? I probably felt that sooner or later you would come to steal just as you and your crowd stole the supplies from the forest station last whiter and that probably Influenced me to give the orders. I didn't want thieves around my house, and I dont want them now. I dont . want coyotes, EMILY either. And I dont want any such remarks out of you, either, 'Cranston answerer him. You lie still and shut up, and I suspect that sissy boarder of yours will come back, after hes through embracing-you- r daughter in BY VMNQ THE GENUINE the snow, and find you In one piece. Otherwise not If I were in one piece, Lennox 'anMm BtTBB DEATH to Watertmga, Ants, hat. and Mi c. These pests ora the greatest carriers of swered him very quietly, instead of disease aad BHJ8T BE KILLED. Thej destroj a bundle of broken bones that cant both food and COCKROACHES Steams' Bectric Paste property. WreeSons In 15 languages Is every box. Bearty for use two sues V6o and SUA. U, 8. Government buys It. finder the dark lashes. ; He went to room, searched' his "bureau drawer and all the . pockets of the clothes hanging in his closet - He up- Dans 8 a AJV2 -- set his trunk and pawed among old letters in the suitcase. Then, stealing like some creature of the wilderness, he came back to the living room. Lennox was not on the divan where he had left him. He lay Instead on the floor near the fireplace; and he met the passion-draw- n face with entire calmness.' His motives were perfectly plain. He had Just made a desperate effort to procure Dans rifle that hung on two sets of deer horns over the fireplace, and 'was entirely exhausted from it. He had succeeded In getting down from the couch, though wracked by agony, but had been unable to lift himself up in reach of the gun. Cranston read his intention in one glance. Lennox knew It, but he sim-pj- y didnt care. . He had passed the point where anything seemed to matter. Tell me where It is, Cranston ordered him. Again he pointed his rifle at Lennoxs wasted breast. My Tell you where what Is? Lennox replied, And I give you, one second less than that to go to h 11 ! Both of them breathed hard in the quiet room. Cranston was trembling now, shivering just a little in his arms and shoulders. Dont get me wrong, Lennox, he warned." And dont have any delusions In regard to me, either, Lennox replied. Ive stood worse pain from this accident than any man can give me while I yet live, no matter what he does. If you want to get on me asd hammer me In the approved Cranston way, I cant defend myself but you wont get a civil answer out of me. Im used to pain, and I can stand it. Im not used to fawalng tq a coyote like yoC, - and I cant stand it.But Cranston hardly heard. An Idea had flamed la his mind and cast a red glamor over all the scene about him. It was Instilling a poison in his nerves and a madness in ihis blood, and it was searing him, like fire, in his dark brain. Nothing seemed real. He suddenly bent forward, tense. Thats an right about you, he said. But youd be a little more polite if it was Snowbird and Dan that would have to pay. Perhaps the color laded slightly in Lennox's face; but bis voice did not change. TheyH see your footprints before they come In and be ready," Lennox replied evenly. They always come in by the back way. And even with a pistol, Snowbirds a match for you. Did you think that was what I meant? Cranston scorned. I know a way to destroy those letters, and Ill do it to the four, seconds that I said, unless you tell. I'm not even sure Im goin to give you a chance to tellnow ; its too good a scheme. There wont he any wltaqsses then to yell around in the oourts. What if I choose to set fire to this house? ' It wouldnt surprise me 'a great Lennox deal. Its your owe trade. shuddered once ob his place on the GiigaFQfttiQ To seal In the delicious Burley r tobacco flavor Its Toasted Keep Y our Skin-Por- 0 50c, Talma 25c. JACKS 128 KIAITCSOTII none for I bare a bargain yon, quick, W. L. DeCLOWS JACK EAJUC Cedar Baplda, Iowa PATENTS ' Watson .Coleman, Patent Lawyer, Washington. D. 0. Advise and bookfree. tales reasonable Elgbest referenoee. Bestserrlsse TOBACCO Chew and smoke. Natural leaf Ife per lb., postpaid. State which, chew or moke. RICHARD NEWMAN. McQuady, Ky. W. N. U.; Salt Lake City, No. Cant Raise My Arms," Lennox Said 8imp!y.f Active and Healthy With Cuticnra Soap bap 25c, OMmI 25 aad floor. I es 16-19-21. lift its arms, Fd get up off this couch, unarmed as I am, and stamp on yotfr ylng lips. But Cranston only laughed and tied Lennoxs feet with a cord from the window shade. . He went to work, very systematically. First he rifled Lennoxs desk in the living room. Then be looked on all the mantels and ransacked the cupboards and the drawers. He was taunting and calm at first But as the moments paused, his passion "grew upon him. He no longer smiled. The rodent features became Intent; the eyes narrowed to curious, bright slits Cranstons further preparations: the oil poured on the rugs and furnishings, the kindling placed at the base, of the curtains. Cranston was trained In this work. He was taking no chances on the fire being extinguished. And Lennox began to crawl toward the door. He managed to grasp the corner of the blanket on the divan as he went, and he dragged It behind him. Pain d wracked him, and smoke him. But he made It at last And by the time he had crawled one hundred feet over the snow crust the whole structure was in flames. The red tongues spoke with a roar. on his Cranston, the face, hurried to the outbuildings. He There he repeated the work. tn the hay in the touched a I wouldnt have to worry about those letters then, would I? They are somewhere in the house, and theyd be burned to ashes. Bat that isnt all that would be burned. You could maybe crawl out, but you couldnt carry the guns, and .you couldnt carry the pantry full of food. .Youre nearly eighty miles up here from the nearest occupied house, with two pair of snowshoe8 for the three of you and one dinky pistol. And you cant walk at all. It would be a glee pickle, wouldnt it? Wouldnt you have a fat chance of getting down to civilization?" - The voice no lohger held steady. It trembled with passion. This was no Idle threat The brain had already seized npon the scheme with every Intention of carrying it out.' The wilderness lay stark and bare, stripped of all delusion not only In the snow world outside but Inf the hearts of these twomen, Its sons. I havemly one hope, Lennox re Hard Work Hard? A had back makes a days work twice as hard. 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Dm wonder for s bod eon ' Doalora or bH, II tf Dr. C I Co., 207S MfcMgaa Avsinm, WOMEN OF. MIDDLE LIFE k Dangerous Period Through Wliicli Every Woman Most Pass Practical Suggestions Given by the Women Whose Letters Follow money? You know what I want and It isnt money. I mean those letters that Im Failing found on the ridge. through fooling, Lennox. Dan learned that long ago, and its time you teamed it now. Dan leaned It because he was sick. He isnt sick now. Dont presume too much on that." x Cranston laughed with harsh scorn. But that Isnt the question. I said Ive wasted all the time Im going to. You are an old man and helpless ; but Im not going to let that Btand in the way of getting what I came to get. Theyre hidden somewhere around this house. Ive watched, and hes had no chance to take them Into town. Ill giye you just five seconds to telP me where theyre .hidden. , 4 Ikies , You crawled from your couch to reach that gun, Cranston told him when he came in. Lets see you crawl out now. Lennoxs answer was a curse the last, dread outpouring of an unbroken will. He didnt look again at the glittering eyes. He scarcely watched v COPYPGXT. T92. O' through the corridor. ASPIRIN I want Afton, Tenn. other suffering women to know what Lydia E. Pink-haVegetable Compound has done for me. During the Change of Life I was in bed for eight months and had two good doctors treating me but they did me no good. A friend advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com pound, whichldid, and in a short time I felt better. I had all kinds of bad spells, but they all left me. Now when I feel weak and nervous I take the Vegetable Compound and it always does me good. I wish all women would toy it during the Change of Life for I know it , will do them good. If you think it will induce some one He Called Once to the Prone Body ot Lennox.- barn, and the wind flung the flame through It In an Instant. The sheds and other outbuildings were treated with 'oil. And seeing that his work was done, he called once to the prone body of Lennox on the snow and mushed away into the silences. Lennox's answer was not a curse this time. Rather it was a prayer, unuttered, and in his long years Lennox When he had not prayed often. prayed at all,, the words were burning fire. His prayer was that of Samson that for a moment his strength might come back to him. , CHAPTER II ' Two miles across tb ridges, Dan and Snowbird saw a faint mist blowing between the trees. They didnt recognize it- at first. It might be fine snow, blown by the wind, or even one of those mysterious fogs that sometimes sweep over the snow. But It looks like smoke, Snowbird said. xBut it couldnt be. The trees are too wet to bqrn. But then a sound that at first was just the faintest whisper, in which neither of them would let themselves believe, became distinct past all denying. It was that menacing crackle of a great fire, that In the whole world of sounds Is perhaps the most terrible. Its our house, Snowbird told Jiim. And father cant get out. She spoke very quietly. Perhips the most terrible truths of life are always spoken in that same quiet voice, tfhen both of them started across the s snow as fast as their unwieldy would permit. He can crawl a little," Dan called to her. Dont give up. Snowbird mine. I think hell be safe. They mounted to the top of the ridge; and the long sweep of the forest was revealed to them. The bouse was a singular tall pillar of flame, already glowing that dreadful red from which firemen, despairing, turn away. Then the girl seized his hands and dii need about him in a mad circle. Hes alive! she cried. You can see him just a dot on the snow. He crawled out to safety. She turned and sped at a breakneck pace down the ridge. Dan had to race to keep up with her. But It wasnt entirely wise to try to mush so fast A dead log lay beneath the snow with a broken limb stretched almost to It surface, and it caught her snowshoe. The wood cracked sharply, and she fell forward in the snow. But she wasnt hurt and the snowshoe itself, in spite of a small crack in the wood, was still serviceable. Haste makes waste," he told her Keep your feet on the ground, Snow bird; the house Is gone already and your father is safe. Remember what lies before us." - snow-shoe- (TO BE CONTINUED.) If truth Is stranger than fiction, it is because fact outran Imagination. to try the Vegetable Com- pound you may publish this letter -- Mrs. A. Keller, Afton, Tenn. Mrs. Mary Lister of Adrian Mich., adds, her testimony to the value of Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound : to carry women safely through the Change of Life. She says: It is with pleasure that I write to you thanking you for what youi wonderful medicine has done for me. I was passing through the Change of Life and had a displacement and weakness so that I could not stand on my feet and other annoying symptoms. A friend told me about Lydia E. 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