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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SALINA UTAH TOC ie EEAl Mardi Gras Mystery Une Him By H. BEDFORD-JONE- S Coprrljht y BOUBLEDAY, PAGE AND COMPANY large sealed envelopes, which he pushed across the table. There's a rakeoff for week before Inst, he announced. Last week will be the big business, judgin from early reports. Chaeherre pocketed the envelopes, lighted a cigarette, and leaned forward. Say, Izzy! You got to send a new man down to the Bayou Lntouehe right away. Lafarge was there, you know; a nigger shot him yesterday. The nigger threatened to squeal unless he got his money hack Lafarge was a fool and didn't know how to handle him. The boss says to shoot a new man down there. Also, he says, you'd better watch out about spreadln the lottery Into Texas and Alabama, account of the government rules. The heavy features of Gumberts closed in a scowl. You tell your bos, he said, that when it comes to steerin clear of federal men, I dont want no Instructions from nobody ! We got every man In this state spotted. Every one that can be fixed Is fixed and that goes for the legislators qnd politicians clear up the line! Tell your boss to handle the local govment ns well as I handle other things, and lie'll do all that's necessary. What hed ought to attend to, for one thing, Is this here guy who calls himself the Midnight Masquer. Ive told him before that this guy was playing h I with my system ! This Masquer gets no protection, see? The quicker Fell goes after him the better for all concerned Chaeherre laughed, not without a swagger. We've attended to all that, Izzy weve dropped on him and settled A CARNIVAL JOKE" BYVOPSIS. During the height of the New Orleans carnival season Jachln Fell, wealthy though somewhat mysterious citizen, and Dr. Ansley, are discussing a series of robberies by an individual known as the Midnight Masquer, who. In- variably attired as an aviator, has long defied the police. Joseph Halliard, wealthy banker. Is giving a ball that night, at which the Masquer has threatened to appear and rob the guests. Fell and Ansley, on their way to the affair, meet a girl dreBsed as Columbine, seemingly known to Fell, but masked, who accompanies them to the ball. I.ucle Ledanols, recently the ward Of her uncle, Joseph Malllard, Is the Columbine. At the ball. Bob Malllard, son of the banker, again proposes to her and is refused. He offers to buy some of her properly. A Franciscan monk Interests her. He turns out to be Prince Gramont. In his library Joseph Malllard and a group of hlB friends are held up and robbed by the Midnight Masquer. Lucie Ledanols, the last of an old family, Is In straitened circumstances. Joseph Malllard's handling of her funds has been unfortunate. Fell Is an old friend of her parents and deeply Interested In the girl. Henry Gramont, really the Prince de Gramont, Is enamored of Lucie. Lucie talks with Fell about her affairs and the Masked Gramonts chauffeur, Masquer. Hammond, sergeant In the A. E. was the lives He him. with F., original Midnight Masquer, and Gramont had assumed the role. Where Hammond had been a robber for financial gain, Gramont. of course, is not. He arranges to return the loot to those whom he has robbed. Gramont and Hammond put the Jewels and money In Individual packages to he returned the next day. An explanation Is Inclosed In each. CHAPTER VI Continued. 9 Hammond stood staring after the swaggering figure; for once he was The jaunty words had speechless. sent terror thrilling Into him. He, started Impulsively to pursue that Impudent accoster then he cheeked himself. Had the man guessed someHad the man known something? Or had those words been only thing? a hit of meaningless Impertinence a chance shaft which had accidentally flown home? The last conjecture impressed itself on Hammond as being the truth, and his momentary fright died out. He concluded that the incident was not worth mentioning to Grainnnt, who surely had troubles enough of his own far-flun- g two-third- Weve Attended to All That, Izzy We've Dropped on Him and Settfed Him!" him! The guy was doin It for a carnival Joke, thats all. His loot Is all It goin hack to the owners today. There neednt worry you, anyhow! was nothin much to it jewelry that couldnt he disposed of, for the most part. We couldnt take chances on that sort o Junk. I should say not. Gumberts reYouve got garded him with a scowl. the stuff? The boss has. lamk here, Izzy, I want you to use a 111 tie influence with headquarters on this deal the boss doesnt want to show his hand there, and leaning forward, Ben Chaeherre spoke in a low tone. Then, Gumberts heard him out, chuckled, and nodded assent. At two that afternoon Henry Ora-mowas summoned to the telephone. He was greeted by a voice which he did not recognize, but which announced itself promptly. This is Mr. Gramont? Police headquarters speak in. You laid a charge this morning against a fellow named Chaeherre? Yes, answered Gramont. Must ha' been some mistake, then," We thought the came the response. prints fitted, hnt found later they didn't. We looked up the Chaeherre guy and found he was workln steady und strictly O. K. Whats more to the point, he proved up a dead sure alibi for the other night. Then theres Oh!" said Gramont. done? be to nothing Not yet. Were workln on it. and maybe we'll have some news later. Goodhy." Giamont hung up the receiver, a puzzled frown creasing his brow. But, after a minute, lie laughed softly a trace of anger in the laugh. I congratu"Ah 1" he murmured. berts. late you on your efficiency, Mr. Fell! There you are, he said. Amounts But now wait a little and well meet you want and all. The boss says to again. 1 think Im getting somewhere gimme receipt." at last, and I'll have a surprise for you Wouldnt trust you, eh? Jeered one of these dajs! Gumberts. Why wouldnt the boss come out of the tak-lnleave the m CHAPTER VII. hey? Wanted i keep separate accounts, In the Open. aid Chaeherre. In New Orleans the carnival season Gumberts nodded and produced two lg- - always opened by the bail oi he Cha-clierr- e. s, Revelers Is closed by 6oon after that of the Krewe of Comus on Mardl Gras night. Upon this evening of Fat Tuesday," Indeed, both Rex and Comui hold forth. Rex is the popular ball, the affair of the people, and is held in the From here, about midAthenaeum. the king and queen proceed to night, Comus ball. Comus Is an nsembly of such rigid exclusiveness that even the tickets to the gallery are considered soclaF prizes. The personae of the Krewe, on tills particular year, as In all previous ones, would remnln unknown ; there Is no unmasking at Comus. This Institution, a tremendous social power and potentially a financial power also, during decades of the citys life, is held absolutely above any taint of faEven the voritism or commercialism. families of those concerned might not always he certain whether their sons and brothers belonged to the Krewe of Comus.' Henry Gramont did not attend the ball of Proteus on Monday night Instead, he sat In his own room, while through the streets of the French , The Economy fBMfi&URJGn IPdlKRJUBlEU A Big and where oil was being found in some quantity. Early on Wednesday morning Gramont intended to set forth to his work. He had been engaged to make a report to Bob Malllard's company, and he would make It. Then he would resign his advisory job, and be free. A smile curled his lips as he thought of young Maillard and the company. The young gentleman will be sadly surprised to discover that Ive gotten out from under and that his respected father holds my stock ! he reflected. That was a good deal ; I lost a thousand to old Maillard In order to have the balance of thirty thousand A knock at his door interrupted the Graniont thread of his thought. opened, to find the concierge with a note which had been left at the door below by a masked Harlequin, who had then disappeared without awaiting any reply. Gramont recognized the writing on the envelope, and hastened to the note inside. Ills face changed, however, as astdl Lfosney Oova? 11133 When you bake with Calumet you know there will be no loss or failures, Thats why it is far less expensive than some other brands selling for less. BEST BY TEST quarter outside was raging the carnival at Its height. Before him were maps and reports upon the gas nud oil fields about Bayou Terrebonne fields where great domes of natural gas were already located and In use, 1 at this juncture. As for Ben Chaeherre, he sauntered from the alley, a careless whistle upon his lips. Once out of Hammond's sight, however, he quickened his pace. Turning Into a side street, he directed his step toward that part of the old quarter which. In the days before prohibition, had been given over to low cabarets and dives of various sorts. Coming to one of them, which appeared more dirty and desolate than the rest, Chaeherre opened a side door and vanished. He entered what had once been the Red Cat cnbaret. At a table In the half-d- r lkened main room sat two men. One of them, who was the proprietor. Jerked his chin In an Invitation to Join him. A man famous In the underworld circles, a man whose renown rested on curious feats and farts, this proprietor; few crooks In the country had not heard the name of Memphis Izzy Gumberts. He was a grizzled old bear now, but In times past he had been the head of a organization which, on each pay day, covered every rmy post in the country and diverted s Into Its own pockets about of Uncle Sams payroll a feat still related In criminal circles as the ne plus ultra of success. Those palmy days were gone, but Memphis Izzy, who had never been mugged In any gallery, sat In his deserted cabaret and still did not lack for power and Influence. The man at his side was apparently Dot anxious to linger, for lie rose and made liis farewells as Chaeherre approached. Ve have about eighteen cars left. he ukl to Gumberts. Charley the Hook can attend to them, and the place Is safe enough. Theyre up to you. Im drifting back to Chi." Drift along, and Gumberts nodded, a leer in Ills eyes. His face was filled with a keen broad, heavy-jowleand forceful craft. Its a cinch that nobody in this state Is goin' to Interfere with us. About them cars from Texas any news? Ive sent orders to bring em in next week. Gumberts nodded again, and the man departed. Into the chair which lie had vacated dropped Hen and took from his pocket the money he had obtained at the hank. He laid It on the table before Gum- Twelfth Night Christmas, and Dont be led Into talking Quantity Gcsft Calumet proved best by test-- in millions of Bake-Da- y contests. Largest selling brand in the world. Contains only such ingredients as have been approved by U. S. Pure Food Authorities. The Worlds Greatest Baking Powder YOU GAN Cuticura Soap The V el vet T ouch iorr. For the Skin D FOR jonr hair easily, quickly and safely by using Bair Color Re- - West Texas MiStary Acs color B.O.T.G. His Employment. AYliile there is no intention of poking at golf too much, some of the anecdotes along tliis line are too good to be lost. Take the case of the woman w ho had her young and observant son out for a walk. 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Heard In the girls room of Butler college, where powder and rouge Is applied : Jane, asked Mary, may I use your powder? I suppose, returned Jane, as she handed over her vanity case, but where's yours? 0! I wns with Jim Inst night and when he left he carried my key, my handkerchief and my powder away In Salt Lake City, No. 34-19- 22. Definitions. The Woinnn likes to pass Saturday the schooluiara. with afternoons Usually there are two or three occurrences In term time which have helped to form the silver lining of the weeks he read It: drab cloud. Please call promptly at eleven toDuring the spelling lesson the torch morrow morning. I wish to see you er had asked the children to form senupon a matter of business. tences containing the words that ocLUCIE LEDANOIS. curred In the lesson. Gramont gazed long at this note, his "Ivan, she asked a little son of Ills pocket, explained Mary between brows drawn down into a harsh line. Russia, can you give me a sentence dabs. It was not like Lucie In Its tone, out hesitation. the word plight?". with What does he do? and the chnnces Well, laughed Jane, its a wonsomehow; he sensed something amiss, Is Please responded Ivan, knew the that quesare the youngster der he didnt carry you away with with a smile pllte, something vaguely but mostly decidedthat denoted the pride the answer. knew the tioner Anyhow Is And the Jane rest of the Eleven tomorrow junk. ly out of tune. of work well done. Chicago Journal. " still unforgiven. Thats boy spoke right up; morning, eh? lie murmured. Plays golf. queer, too, for she's to be at the ProHis Waterloo. Reversed. teus hall tonight. Most girls would "Great guns of iron. Gap! astound-edl- y Missed Had adSomething. of the Eleanor Franklin Egan not be conducting business affairs at ejaculated an acquaintance. Your" We had been living in the suburbs visory committee for the disarmament eleven In the morning, after being up are mighty nigh tore ofifn you. clothes r five years, and had just moved conference Is noted as a brilliant It must be all niglit at Proteus! with a catamount? Been flghtln we had same house that iek to the talker no less than as a brilliant Besides, shes something Important. Gap Johnson of Nope! replied is who Our little in before. red girl, writer. not In a class with anyone else. Shes Been Ridge. whipping thunRumpus she was x years old, saying that Woinuns lot has changed," she der out of some of a rare girl; no nonsense In her full kids fer being my house. in this ns homed dinner said at a Washington party. of a deep, strong sense of things me. Kansas to Star. City sassy too he was, Her little brother said Yes, it lias changed greatly since I He forced himself from thoughts of were in heaven No, In 1904. Sister you East said, the Far went off to Lucie, forced himself from her perOne characteristic of a little town In Back In 1904 the Idea seemed to sonality, and returned to his reports that you have to hunt up a man to I dont I John was retorted, and was, lot if mans getting with an effort of concentration. prevail that mow the lawn. Chicago forgetting, while womans ' lot was unemher of seeing Jesus. When Gramont went to bed that lurnul. giving and forgiving. night it was with a startling and audaTodays radicals are tomorrow cious scheme well defined In his brain; mosshacks. much. do and little Promise Is Slow frequently unjust. justice whose first conception a scheme seemed ludicrous and Impossible, yet . which, on second consideration, appeared In a very different light. It deserved serious thought and Gramont had made his decision before he went to sleep. The following day was Tuesday Mardl Gras, Shrove Tuesday, the last day before Lent began, and the final culminating day of carnival. Henry Gramont. however, was destined to find little In its beginning of much personal pleasure. At eleven In the morning Hammond drove him to the Ledanols home, where Gramont was admitted by one of the colored servants and shown Into flip parlor. A moment later Lucie herself appeared. At first glance her d smiling greeting removed the apprehensions of Gramont. Almost Immediately afterward, however, he noted a perceptible change in her manner, as she led him toward the rear of the room, and gestured toward a mahogany tilt-to- p table which stood In a corner. I have Come over here, please. I I which show to 3th wish you. sol. ng She needed to say no more. Gramont, following her, found himself staring blankly down at the symbol of consternation which overwhelmed him. For upon that table lay ail those boxes which he himself had packed with the loot of the Midnight Masquet the identical boxes, apparently unopened. which had been stolen from Ills automobile by the supposed thief, half-sense- Chaeherre! Tell me, Henry Gramont, what mad impulse brought you to ad this?" (T ) Ukj CONTINUED.) Lets disarm the thermometer EATS and starches for the body are like fuel for the furnace. Why not adopt for breakfast or lunch, Grape-Nu-ts with cream or milk and a little fresh fruit and turn off the internal heat? Heres complete nourishment, with cool comfort. Grape-Nut- s contains all the nourishment of whole wheat flour and malted barley, including the vital mineral elements and bran roughage, and it is partially in the long baking process by which it is made. Theres a wonderful charm for the appetite in the crisp, sweet goodness of this ready-to-efood, and fitness and lightness afterward, which meet summers heat with a smile. pre-digest- at Your grocer will supply you with Grape Nuts! -- Theres a Reason for Grape-Nut- s Mad bv rostaa Ceres Co., Crash. Mich, |