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Show THE RjrH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH. UTAH TO CONTROL WEATHER Scheme Has Been .he Dream of Many Scientists, but Nothing Practical Has Been Evolved. CHAPTER Nil By H. Continued. BEDFORD-JONE- S Copyright by Doubleday, Pate 19 A Co. Gramont frowned. What has that got to do with our present business?' Gramont was still pondering this diQuite a bit, I fancy." A thin suille lemma when Ben Chacherre arrived. "Mail-Wd 'curved the iips of Jachin Fell. Gramont heard the man's voice on is not guilty of the murdei but the stairs. Bens Impudence, perhaps you are." Liar!- - Gramont started from his added to his name and the Creole chair as those three words burned Into French upon his lips, had carried him blm. Liar I Why,' you know that 1 past the concierge, unannounced, alWent home though not without a continued ex; .Ah, wait ! Fell lifted his hand for change of repartee that served to give Smilpeaue. His voice was calm. Ansley Gramont warning of the visitor. and i Ut-saw you depart, certainly. ing grimly, Gramont drew a coin from tWe ha since learned that you did his pocket, and flipped it. The coin fell heads. He pocketed not reach home until some time after It again as Ben Chacherre knocked, no Tou have midnight. positively alibi, Gramont. Yon may allege, of and opened 'the door. Ah, Chacherre he exclaimed. course, that you were wandering the ! , h 1 streets As I was! cried Gramont, heatedly. Then prove it, my dear fellow; prove it if you can. Now, we shall keep Lucie out of all this. What regains? I know that you were the Midnight Masquer. My man, Ben can prove by another man who accompanied him that the Masquers loot was take from your car. A dictograph in the private office, yonder, has a record of the talk between us of the other morning, in which you made patent confeision to being the Masquer. "Once let me hand this array of evidence over to the district attorney, and you will most certainly stand trial. And, If you do stand trial, 1 'can promise you faithfully that you will meet conviction. I have friends, you see, and many of them a,re influential In such small matters." It was not a nice smile that curved the lips of Fell. Gramont choked back any response, holding himself to silence with a Ann will. He dared say nothing, lest he He saw that Fell eay too much. could Indeed make trouble for him and that he must strike his own blow at Fell without great delay. It was a battle, now; a fight to the end. Fell regarded Gramont cheerfully, seeming to take this crushed silence us evidence of his own triumph. he added, Further, your man Hammond is now in jail at Goumn, as you know, for the murder of the sherd iff. ' Now, my Influence is nrt to this city, Gramont; I may be able to clear Hammond of this charge if you decide to vote with me. I may keep whatT know about the Midnight Masquer from the press and from the district attorney if you de cide to vote with me. You comprehend? Gramont nodded. He saw now why Fell wanted to get something on Hammond. Fell had rightly reasoned would do more to save that Gramont ..Hammond- than to save himself. . You think I murdered Malllard, then?" he asked. "Gramont, I dont know what to think, and thats the honest truth! answered Fell, with a steady regard. But I am absolutely determined to iput this oil deal across, to make Lucie jLedanols at least Independent, If not (wealthy. I can do it, Ive made all my plans to do it, and I will , do it I Well hold another meeting day . after tomorrow Saturday morning. jFell rose. That will give me time to !conclude all arrangements. I trust, 'Mr. Gramont, that you will vote with me for the adjournment? Yes, said Gramont, dully. I will. and Jachin Fell "Thank You, bowed slightly, not without a trace of 'mockery in his air. , Cha-cherr- e, . con-fine- Come in. Ben swaggered Inside and closed the door. Brought a message for you, Mr. Gramont, he said, Jauntily, and extended a note. Gramont tore open the envelope and read a curt communication : " Kindly let me know your answer as soon as possible. By tomorrow evening at latest. It will be necessary to arrange affairs for Saturday. JACHIN FELL. To arrange affairs! Fell was taking for granted that Gramont would give an assent, under force of persuasion, to the scheme. He would probably have everything in readiness, and If assured by Friday night of Gramonts assent, would then pull bis strings and perhaps complete the whole deal before the following Monday. The meeting of the company had been adjourned to Saturday morning. Gramont thought a moment, then went to his buhl escritoire and opened it. Chacherre had already taken a seat. Gramont wrote: My Dear Mr. Fell: If you will arrange the company meeting for tomorrow evening, say nine oclock, at your office, I think that everything may then be arranged. As I may not see Miss Ledanols in the meantime, will you be kind enough to assure her presence at the meeting? He addressed an envelope to Fells office, and then stamped and pocketed it. Well. Chacherre, he said, rising and returning to the Creole, any fur- - ; i i CHAPTER XIII. The Coin Falls Heads. Gramont sat in his own room that afternoon, it seemed to him that he had been aWay from the city for weeks and months. Yet only a day had Intervened. He sat fingering the only piece of mail that had come to him a notice from the post of the 'American Legion which he had joined, to the effect that there would be a meeting that Thursday evening. Only Thursday ! - And tomorrow was Friday. If he was to effect anything against !tbe headquarters of. Fells gang he 'must act on the morrow or not at all. 'Gumberts was to be out there tomorrow. ' Gumberts would talk with the 'ratty little man of the projecting teeth and adenoids, would find Gramont bad imposed upon the fellow, and there would be upheavals. The gang iwould take to flight, certainly, or at 'least make certain that Gramonts mouth was shut. He sat fingering the postal from the jLegion, and turning over events in his imind. Against Fell he had no particular animosity. All that the little gray 'man had done had been done with the ' thought' of Lucie Ledanols aa a spur."If Im to strike a blow, Ill have to do jt tomorrow before noon to- morrow, also. Ill have .to leave here mighty early, and get there before Gumberts does. What was it Hammond said that day about him that nobody in the country had ever caught Memphis Izzy? I bet I could do it, land his- whole gang with him if I kneiuhqw. There's the rub! ..Fell wont hesitate a minute in having me arrested. And as he said, once he got me arrested, rd be gone. He must be able to exert a powerful Influence, , - 1 that man1 Should ne ' strike or not? If he .struck, he might expect the full weight of Jachin Fell's vengeance i unless hit blow would include Fell , among the victims. I As He Did So, Gramonts Fist Caught Him 8quarely on the Point of the Jaw. ; . , te H ! of four Thursdays, you fool! So you know about things, eh? My master will soon shut your mouth! So? queried Gramont, his brows lifted. You seem much In Mr. Fells confidence. Ben. But I think Ill leave you tied up a little while. Memphis Izzy Is going down to his summer cottage tomorrow, Isnt he? Ill be there but you wont. By the way, I think Id better look through your pockets. Ben Chacherre .writhed suddenly, hurling a storm of curses at Gramont. The latter, unheeding the contortions of his captive, searched the man thoroughly. Except for a roll oi money, the pockets gave up little of interest. The only paper Gramont secured was a fresh telegraph blank. He would have passed this unheeded had he not noted a snaky flitting of Chacherres eyes to It You apAh he said, pleasantly. pear to be interested in this, Ben. Pray, what is the secret? , Chacherre merely glared at him, and a sudden exclamation broke from him. He held the bit of yellow paper to the light at varying angles. Its the most natural thing In the for world. he said after a moment, a man to walk Into a telegraph office, write out a telegram, and then find that hes torn two blanks Instead of one from the pad on the desk. Eh? Ive done It, often and Ive always put the extra blank into my pocket, Ben, thinking It might come In handy; just as you did, eh? Now, lets see! You were excited when you wrote this, werent you? Youd just thought of something very important, and you took care of It hurriedly that made you jab down your pencil pretty hard. Whos Dick Hearne at Houma? An agent of the bang there? Chacherre merely glared, sullenly defiant. Word by word, Gramont made out the message: Burn bundle under rear seat my cor. Have done at once. looked up and smiled Gramont thinly. Your car? Why, you left It In the garage at Gumberts place, eh? That' little roadster of Fells, with the extra seat behind. If youd been just a little bit cooler yesterday, Ben, you would have made fewer mistakes. It never occurred to you that other people might have been there In the bushes when the sheriff was murdered, eh? Chacherre went livid. It was another mistake to throw away your knife after you killed him, You pursued Gramont, reflectively. should have held on to that knife, Ben. Theres no blood, remember, on Hammonds knife a hard thing for you and your friends to explain plausibly. Yet your knife is heavy with blood, which tests will show to be human blood. Also, the knife has your name on it; quite a handsome knife, too. On the whole, you must admit that you bungled the murder from start ther news from Houma? They havent found the real murderer yet? The other came to his feet with an exclamation of surprise. As he did so, Gramonts fist caught him squarely on the point of the jaw. Chacherre crumpled back across his chair, senseless for the moment. Im afraid to take any chances with you, my fine bird, said Gramont, Youre too rubbing his knuckles. clever by far, and too handy with your weapons. He obtained cloths, and firmly bound the ankles and wrists of Chacherre. Not content with this, he placed the man in the chair and tied him to it with merciless knots. As he was fin- ishing his task, Chacherre opened his eyes and gazed dazedly around. Awake at last, are you? said Gramont, genially. He got his pipe, filled and lighted it. The eyes of Chacherre were now fastened upon him venomously. r To bad for you, Chacherre, that the coin fell heads up! That spelled action. Are you crazy? muttered the other Gramont laughed, and in French. responded in the same tongue. ' It does look that way, doesnt It? Youre slippery,, but now youre caught. Chacherre must have realized that he stood in danger. He checked a curse, and regarded Gramont with a steady coolness. Be careful he said, his voice What do you mean by this? deadly. Gramont looked at him and puffed i his pipe. . The games up, Ben, he observed. I know all about the place down there about the cars, and about the lottery. Your gang has had a pleasant time, eh? But now you and the others are going to do a liftle work for the state on the road gangs. Bah I Ca va rive semaine quatte zheudis! spat Chacherre, contemptuThat will happen In the week ously. 1 finish Chacherre broke in with a frightful oath a frantically obscene storm of curses. So furious were his words that Gramont very efficiently gagged him with cloths, gagged him hard and fast. I think that Ill send another wire to Dick Hearne on this blank which you so thoughtfully provided. I'll order him, in your name, not to burn that bundle after all ; I fancy- it may prove of some value to me. And Til also tell your friend I suppose he has some familiar cognomen, such as Slippery Dick to meet Henry Gramont at Houma early In the morning. Id like to gather Dick in with the Ill mention that other gentlemen. you were kind enough to supply a few names and Incidents." At this last Ben Chacherre writhed anew, for it was a shrewd blow. He and his friends belonged to that class If of crook which never "peaches. by any mischance one of that class is jailed and convicted, he invariably takes his medicine silently,, knowing that the whole gang Is behind him, and that when he emerges from prison he will be sure to find money and friends and occupation awaiting him. To know that he would be placed, In the estimation of the gang, in the must same class with have bitten deeper into Ben Chacherre than any other meantime, was writing out the telegram to Dick Hearne. 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Rhehns cathedral, to send ica who used to cover himself all How was the political speaking last historic back to Rneims. over with gold dust at a religious fesmementos these nght, squire?" asked old Riley Kezzi-de- Thousands of members of the A. E. F. tival once a year. Now the name is was of Petunia. My rheumntiz j visited the cathedral and many car- - applied to any country where there hectoring me so that I didnt fed like ried away statuary and other ele- - is supposed to be an abundance of attending." fabric from the structure. valuable natural products. The Hon. Thomas Rott pleaded nients of were priceless to the Some these of with the voters for a return to the 1 Work Without Proper Aim. French. The reconstruction efforts Old Glorious of the Party, aim to principles I respect the man who knows discan tiiut all portions replace and replied Squire Ramshottom. be recovered. tinctly what he wishes. The greater He did, hey? That reminds me: if part of all the mischief in the world-arisehe is in town yet I am going around from the fact that men do not In Russia. and plead with him for the return of understand their own aims. million the sufficiently didnt you bring Why them ten dollars he borrowed from me undertaken to build a have as rubles They you promised? six years ago, when he started for the me that tower, and spend no more labor .on the The charged drayman convention." Kansas City Star. amount for hauling them. Louisville foundation than would be necesshry Courier-Journa- l. to build a hut. Goethe. Just Think of Itl If they had had gland treatments In The easiest way to be reconciled to Womans Organization Growing. Y Methuselah's time he might have been The Auxiliary of the American Leage is to observe a few young simpleliving yet Pittsburgh Gazette Times. tons trying to act smart. gion, said to be the fastest growing womans organization in America, has Modesty seldom resides in a breast (As a rule, a mans Insignificance is a membership of 140,000 in the 48 that Is not enriched with nobler vir- in exact proportion to the Importance states, Alaska, Hawaii, the Caqfll tues. of his telephone voice. zone, Cuba and Mexico. These women are divided Into 5,089 posts. No great success was ever won If the dinner Is a failure a woman can blame It on something the grocer without bounding vitality that comes Hope Against Hope. sent Therefore it is of faith, that it might from good health. be by grace ; which Is of the faith of The meek may inherit the earth, Abraham, who against hope believed Somebody Is always getting in the way of the man who is In pursuit of but that is the only way they will ever in hope, that he might become the father of many nations. Romans 4:16 happiness. get any of it. to 18. The pessimist sees an obstacle in In the long run the chief aim of huThe greatest miracle of love is the every opportunity; the optimist sees man laws is to protect the rights of an opportunity in every obstacle. the minority. cure of coquetry. WOMEN OF MIDDLE ABE ATrying Period Through Which Every Woman Must Pass Paris-Londo- n of-ibo- N six-vo- b N s stool-pigeon- s, American Legion. You dont belong to that organization by any chance? No, Im quite sure you dont Very few of your exclusive acquaintances do belong. Well, see you later! Work on those bonds all you like youre quite safe. Im curious to-swhat is in that bundle under the rear seat of your car; I have an idea that It may prove Interesting. Good afternoon Gramont closed the door, and left the house. Going downtown, he mailed the letter to Fell, confident that the latter would receive it on the following morning; but he did not telephone Fell, He preferred to leave the absence of Chacherre unexplained, rightly judging that Fell would not be particularly fanxious about the man. It was now Thursday evening. The meeting of the oil company would be held at nine on Friday eveniog. retween those two times Gramont figured Non many things happening. to satisfaction, comfort THE wayPostum, has become a ec ; 1 (TO BB CONTINUKEU and health world-wid- Postum eemes In two forms: Instant Poatum (in tins) prepared instantly In the cap by tbs addition of boiling water. 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