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I U mm wtmnon Um IM Mr lllikrf Soitad I. rf iNi Ihlml f up 1 1 I Hl4 IN ulj " iim.ltdiri In' it til I rente lur .I i H a f.lhird ,lnd Mil lliiii iu.il ir Mil ILJrhln. tn tins Mi . of watrr In H Ml.rti I idmnrd my rytw ;lu, .1 I tl.al I ws gray .ft In Mr. Itl.krr rta.m SI Ini ty it window 1111114 I wsirlirtl r men wry hrt for a full tidnnt aeled D and I cried out wilt Ihe fintn t.f Ii "in h h." she warned m. in a trhlmr "Voiill wuk Mtr'ha She I anterp tel oO Ihr coin h " Tl I felt in my h kei tall wl I went hsndkri. met m ailll I tier Into Hie hall hnilirtu.iu. wa.hed my far and han't, and drained Ihe lai ol lohnetti down with the wa I washed let out of Ihe waalitaiwl tlin a hnndkrn hl.-- f w..ured ihr fuovl n.l wen track fn Meg Kicker a rta.m l. As I ojretied ihr uiu.r. agnln Hi warned nn sgalnsl waking Martha Was thr shock too much tot herf 1 asked going ind tundlntt beside Mr Kicker so that wa might talk In it ri whiaa-- r "I didnt allow her to go opatulra 81. followed Iliad out of ihe boue him shooi himself, lie 1le.l and aa If vaa terrible arlthln ten minutes I had 'o hold her. while for Martha Sam gave her a narcotic No. no," I protested "What tot Chad) abut arc you say lug) What win It you said about Chad" "lie walked out and shot himself, through the head" I rushed out of the room, away 1 from het. (daggered dowo the atalra oto the kitchen. 8am, Hubert Hand and John Jumped np from their chutra and started toward me. John reached me first, and put an arm around me "Chad" I begun, but I couldn't get any further. Pour her "There, there, Mury. Some colfee. dad. Quick I Here, alt i. I... a. if u. aui-i- t.l1'1a IMS A that I. ff"Nl trul.f bo Hut I have had mmb trouble oa my I4 4ar U hi. me m fm haviirg kr4 the fear and ! 1r,-.ot ll.l thing. Whir) of fell rrf Nu I tiMoighl M My ,t.ln w.a gotng In hpft- - from you J.bh) You mu m living perwo. hut oo. elf) I oail'lMl l .u'e k 'til lle could have MUd me lb cm cum "KeiiN-Hdw- t kll ItrCi Mm harked lea part nlrley I v.a that la a, ate at than h had looked ten minute have ttnied 14, all lit dialer. fore ami may .HI. he muatirg pog. I have "It hr QucbliN," l a.ld to always, lo my own w.y, loved yet om "S ymtirMabo was poiiuty tud Hahy," Miwm frtw tU-- 14.1 II nttw. an was I ell. "I In "Bam yrwterd.y morning," afraid. yetefdy. th, why dldul him out Thai, I said. he toil ) tit Citilfwe yog OieO nuild "And." Iluiwri Hand mi!L lta k of u every mn-Jheir on the Plato, ta" llaMl to BtroOg for Sra "Well In.' he quirted, wilt h groan - J "Vo Hwe was aotne tmw of ua 4'r.inm Mr linker llnfa rt II.Mt Nm uni I t ing In It that . It W.a,M UMl. fit. miiom i,. iiiut A fr'l my yMl kla'W MUd CUn ..rk "II yi.Hi odi lt" It lMl II. a I Said rttftit all rl.-S.m wild 1ot H tl.at My dl.t.nr rt i II and that Ca Ikssch (IrtllM rrlrsa a d.t M I WO tf mrt him yr.trrd.- yar.y H ntt herw, KamT I "llr wd I qnrvtli'OW H't t fuit a psMmarr np frra Uait.tl, yrerday, Jr.i.n?" Hand Irl "111 ri tlMm CHAPTER VII "4r. J. 0 mni4 an hr Mhi "did you. hy any rrihi. aa a fnot to on of th etit. I'ft'ii he akuhk hers prater A Confeas?oa. hefr her ft. Hie rv,ritH-r- . the under Tl a taker, hrw44r tvjmrtrr and an other man Hist Its iunnrt had I 1 l.yr did" "I did i.M "Hr gtd hrtr then aa I've !! all 4l'4rg llorwtduitk arfiMia the dcarflj It O d Snd 4 muiderr.! llm girl hrll hsr ! It If I takes my II killed Iliad, ton. a much I'.llar If hril ih4 hint down W aren't oirriis'Lina a couple i mnoter n4 iat . Ih rrrt MHI N'4 right She went out to inert t.lm yea trrdsv t tell yon J.I. hoHight him into th honor, for wim purp.t; through th took way and up Into th her 1 Ml rt attic." 'Without airy lardy seeing or hearing thrnif lliilort Hand quctlonml mat hH.tiltig nor listening I rll ymy, h klllei! rcmernlmr her there on I hi stair, and he mad his get away 'If yn rhli.k that," I anld. "Why srenf yon oul hunting him?" II -- I!" S.nn et baled "Why alnl I oil' hunting lust nights light-nlngThe girl had been dud any way two or three hour more likely longer, when we found tier. He bad that head start on ua lie's gone He went straight across the deserts He'll need h I hent fot Sunday fiaol lie'll water, worse. I've telegraphed to every tewn within two hundred mile of here. They are I've phoned every ranch watching I've kept that phone hot for all solid hours I've got posse at every wafer holo " "listen Sunt." I said. "Unless after he murdered her, be walked downstairs, with none ot us seeing or hearing hint, and Into the living room or the kitchen, and put the key Cannczlano la not the In my guilty man." , The telephone hell rang. fund and John followed Hubert Sam into ihe living room. I stayed where I was I had t knee a min nte to think. The ashes on the hag? The key tn my poiket) Sum? If Sntn. I thought had found It necessary to murder Uahrielle Can nezlnno, he had probably done It to keep something worse from happen Shkeued at myself, for that Ing. thought. I found another way of thinking, not much better. It did seem to me, remembering the pipe ashes on top ot the bog, that Sam must have been there od the stairs at some time after she had been murdered and before I had He must. then, be keep found her Ing some secret concerning the tnur dor. It did look as If, considering N'olaaty as I m-e- pio-ke- t, t- l - M brought along ft Juryman, drove np to the rstuh al hv o'clock Hint ham and ihe ahrrlfT had morning Item friend fot ildrt) yea rw Same money had lut'd for the roronera huillcal education and Ihe They ot hero, were nilghiy sorry lo have 10 hother us at all. aud ihelr mde aim was 10 make wa ilrtle tronhle a (m oul Me They interviewed each one ot os alone, hut pleowintly and Informally In the dining Maim; emh one. that I hut henry the coroner, visiting her a a dm-tosaid it would never do 0 (osier her m the state aha was In and Martha who was still asleep, and whom they anld H wna no use tn wake They kept esili of os about ten iilnutes They brought In the verdhd of died by hi own hand, for Chad; and murdered py HTwon nr (rersons i.nknowo for Hairy They left on tiptoe, holding their bats lo Ihelr hands ch-n- r to the end of the drive way The sherlft Irft, I am all hut cor tain, with the strong conviction that I had committed the murder, and with the resolution that h would not do Sum an III turn hy depriving him of a good cook. The Coroner, and the others, except the reporter, were sure I think, that one of us wne guilty; but were thankful tr- gtrodnes that they had mu found out which one. The undertaker did ot leave with the others lie was preparing the bodies to take them tn Telkn; there to wait the Instructions that we could not give until after we hnd gotten In touch. If possible, with Chad's people, and hud erne to a decision about GuhyV hurh.i place. All the Nevada newsptirer accounts made much of the fact that the fiend who hnd enujpMttf Iks terrlhte nuir der on the Desert (Boon ranch, hnd made a complete escape, without leaving any clews of any sort No clews I !.nnds slice! The place woe positively cluttered with clews; and most of them nhonl ns useful. In the end, as clutter generally Is I asked Sam about the contents of Gaby's beuded bag. It Is all on the table In her room," be said, where I pur It for the coroners Jury You can go and see. It was tucked Hut. first, rend this Inside her dress. The undertaker found It and gave It to me. I dread giving It to Pnnny. He handed me a folded sheet of paper. I opened It. and rend: Pnnny dear: It you eier read Muck Lead Reclaimed It begins to appeal alu ost as If In. dustry can use Its lead and have It at the same time. Reclamation of waste lead tend, through the recovery ot ol pipe, battery plates, lead lining of acll vats and other such sources, has In creased year hy year, nntil during IHi:". according to bureau ol mines figures, the total weight of the reoov ered metal. Jvhlrh ran be reprocessed new. was 41 per cent ot and nsed tn of new metal for the the pro-rt- seems to he eliminating venguaoc. v rtwterv-- a ftigvwiioa le norm!. HtUllpg does away with a!) that D ogmeM and gas right after preveota the ftiatrcw ae apt ta occur tea hour after eating. Vbt plem ant preparatloa to takel And ko good It la for the system! Unlike a which ta hot homing do, of sod teri-otarrelif at Thllllpa Milk nf Marne! BeatralUca many times Its volume la add. Next time a hearty meat, or too Heh a diet has trout hi oa the least dim eomfort, try tria. lt PHUUPS Milk r.of Magnesia PILES IT! ufirer from ITotrodlnc, Weeding. Itching or Blind rile. now get relief front Tory treatment by using r - t- t - h H flog days Is the name given by the ancients to the hottest and most unwholesome part of the year, lasting from July 3 to August 11. The mime comes from the star Sirius, the great dog which follows the mighty hunter Orion through the heavens. The Greeks early noticed that at that season Sirius, whkh Is the bright est star in the heavens, rose Just he fore the sun. Consequently the star was held responsible for droughts and pl.igues which were most frequent dur The ing Its period of ear,y rising. tinmans named this period the Pies Canicula res, a flume which comes Roman down to us as the dog days writers tell of dogs sucrllhed to ap (tense the wrath of the Syrian star" who harks from afar, and with hl " sultry breath infects the sky Modern meteorology points out, how ever that poor Sirius Is a victim nl He has nothing at nil coincidence. The srlen to do with die weather. Sours Lot hf Nik ah think they hsvg "In di g"at Ion bavf only an dd eondl Uoa which could he corrected ta Bg or tea mluutca. Aft eft cU anti ct like I'hUllps Milk of Magnesia moa p d sot JhenF00d tr nl hr ta.4 rl yt of Han .Jrm,iln until yr rrlay rant(,g m coutdnl (amsll.ly h.i (.4 w.y np Imi that anm t t.t4 " Mint 144 ytm tlsl thousand "It'll , - I t- -i I Hot Weather and Star Sirius Unjustly Linked here. Turn on thut fan. Hand. Get some water Tell me Mrs Klckei No, no. It Isnt trm. It It cant he said true. Not our Chad Sum answered, gruffly, to keep the choke out ot his voice. It Is a d n The shame, Mury: but. It Is true boy shot hlmselt, not fifteen minutes after we found her. "Walt.- he went on quickly, before you think any thing I want to tell vou wlmf I have It Is God's truth told the others. That poot hoy Is as Innm-en- t of any connection with the murder ns I am " I moaned, are we going "What, to do? We are going to do a lot, Mary, We are going to keep Sara said. t'had s name clean. Sure." In answer to my protest, w all know tint, lust the same. Ta mighty thankful . o4. earth d-- - ..j. and Hubert Hand Were to Scout Around th Place on Ponies Id. ot,n) i ,rt mqftbit iql II I (,4 Ir.vr4 HI 'I. 'ii II. biir iardErryili'ia tr," gam him t.y, ft her" a.tllu Mctrty hl he dr.d (BurdwOMk V I me hurled fcee ta Ikli ttmtfw mm country Take me le Km li.miMVi end have mp body erw I iwt Umm I lute the mated I list sklent) flout .the 04 ded? No tUnhst Vw It Hot Meritcould ms hv Wfct'fwitfc l IsirMsf fnm Mi I Mll had tdh would he iMn4 tW brt.hl SaV'W I I llM Melding the talk, ta wut 1 hi murderer, with every uumv ltd tncfiutly. both id k"Narli til 1 1 oitii Atk bandy arhethei b flagged twenty B ptwHittr, or whether b U coin . to flag Twenty Hubert went straight lo lb trie phono. From bla ond ol lb rooter. Moo. w mutd 111 ibal Tmi bad Bol atop4 and lbl oo on oaa II looked trailing for Twenfy-onJnotlali. a bra hr tartid from lb phone, and a Id. Taka II all hark John. II; mistake." Sam looked, mighty er1nu "Well, b drawlrd, 1 don't know hut nbal aa good a plan an; wouln h f n all to go oul and bar a look a round for DhP f wnnjr aiclalmrd. sharply "Uriel 8am, jrou do ibluk Ibal ah baa met altb aotne mlabapr "I think." Bam wild. Ilml alt baa mel wltb another machine and ridden off lo It. Hut, heller ante Ilian aorry; then we'll be line and 01 for Ihe Ore Work. Eh. Martha?" Martha, who had been drowsy all during auper. wna ball asleep on the davenport, and did not answer. Sums Aral plun, aftei he and llu bert bad made a quick ride lo I be eubln and buck wltb no sight of Gaby was for Ihe two of ua to go dowo I be road lo the sedan. Fortunately. h decided al the last minute to have John come with ua lo drlva. Danny eauie along wltb John, i'bad and llu bert Hand were lo scout around Ihe place on their ponies. Urn Kicker taped at borne with klanha. We drove to the high wap before we turned around. We had come bark bout mile, when the wind cunte bowling up, blowing Ihe sand and dual In thlrk cloud. Jerking and snapping the sage and Ihe greusewood. chasing nd bouncing the tumbleweed hulls One of mp principles Is, that If pou made the ranch before the storm broke, and. Just as we reached the front porch, the ralu came pouring down as If all the skp were the not ale of a big faucet and someone had turned It on, full force. "This will bring her In," Sum said, we ran up the steps. "Shell be there, high and drp, when we gel la" She was not. Chad and Uuhert Hand bad come tn, and they acted a If. since we bad set out to get news of Gabp, It was a wonder we bad not done It Martha was sohhlng because she could not have the fireworks. Sum went and touched a mutch to the (Ire ready to he started In the fireplace. I ran upstairs and closed the bedroom windows I hud come downstairs, ready to take my rest, when I remembered ihe attic, with all Its windows wide open to the drenching rain. My corns had been hurting me all day; so, Chnd being Imndy. 1 asked him to go and close the attic, lie went np the stairs, and almost al once came back to the heao of them to call down that the attic door wn locked. John drove fust; but we bareiv ask a man to do anything about the house for you, you do It twice your Belt. 1 thought, again, how true that was, as I went on my aching feel up the stairs to prove to hitn that Hi. door was not locked, never had oeen locked, and, likely, never would be. It was locked Chad walked oft saying that be would see whether ome one downstairs had locked It and had the key or, If not. whethei be could find another key to fit It I stood there waiting I put my band In my pocket for my handker chief. There was a key. It fitted the lock. 1 opened the door. About half way up the steps, Gaby was lying In a huddle of pink wrap. 1 spoke to her. She did not answer. rao up the steps and put an arm round her, trying to lift her. Her bend rolled to one side. I saw her throat It was saffron color, with great blae Mark bruises at Its base 1 touched her swollen face. It was cold. for an Instaut. my only sensation w,i one of vloient nausea. 1 tried to a. r ri Mr throat had closed I junw it. mn aiiut mp apes, tor J r rrr hM Mlilif Mni4 In lift rlf It .- - I torn 4 p' .4 N nli) 114. Ini I M. 4 tl him NMet.irtls-- ll fruMb 'Mi In frl l.w ..haw Ji-k- o kwk It. I l u-t- ! II. dm 11 od rVS. rtmn II. k I MnwiM eii'i All Hi kMMkbll Jt-k- It ilr4 I Ml llii'.l l M..fcr4 .row tkfi m tNif W.g lying . Ik. rIH 4 M kl. kll. Ik Ik kkl VMM I ty Ml kill lk f by Kay Cleaver Strahan l4 lliokl't that. If I d'd ii o .M4 11 tu Up lata M04wliMm f title explanation Is that heat In a way follows the sun. just as the hottest part of the il.i.v is not high noon hut an hour 01 two later. In the same way the hottest pa rt of the sum nier Is not midsummer but slightly later than the solstice Avivtor Danger The evenness ol alt while flying varies with the temperature. If the air Is warm, or what Is called thin air. It is difficult to gain Hltitmle In cold or dense air it is easy to gain altitude The air over cities Is warm er than over the surrounding country It Is when a tlyet approaches warmer air that the plane has a tendency to lose altitude In some plnces a change from cold to warm air Is very abrupt That Is known as an air pocket, or humpy air. School-Purpos- e Land Continental The congress. In Its land ordinance of May, 1785, dedicated from the public lands which lay west of the Thirteen Colonies lot No Ifl of every township to the maintenance of public schools within ttie The policy of giving said township. public lands for education has been continued and lands and scrip have been granted to a total of 117.244.519 acres, an area nearly equivalent to that of the German republic. England Largt Forest The New 'orcst in England, with its OCHiirt acres. Is the largest ia that country. ca frt QlPilo Ointment Hurried to Hr aod Put My Arm Around Her. I a R. (Quick Relief) Tile Oint- ment Is a new remedy for the treatment of pile aufTcrcr no matter bow long afflicted, guaranteed to give natVfactory relief or money refunded. Before placing tula pile ointment on the market for sale, it n put to the ncl. tet In txitti mild and severe cases, never falling to jiroduco wonderful results. If you are troubled with pile, do not exierlment. Get Q. It. I'lle Ointment. If your druggist doi-- s not carry It In stock, 1)11 out the blank below and mall It to have saveo l.cr. Why did she go oat alone to meet that fleodf Sum's only answer vrns a slow i shaking ot Ids bowed head, and a . sigh. will you "M.iry," he aald, then, give thla note to hnuny, and explain j to her how It la?" llow wliul Is? j 1 mean Well, she can't leave ' the (Hoiert Moon, now, to tuke the Until we Hnd out body to 'Frisco. who murdered that girl, out a man j Jack of us Is going to leave this place, for any reason. Dunny may he I 0. R. OINTMENT MFC. CO. ns innocent s she seems to he. and j 373 South 5th East she may not. She, nor anyone else Salt Laks City, Utah cun leave this place until we have gotten to the very bottom ot this thing. That goes. This note. In Gaby's i Q. R. Co., Gentlemen : clears Pann; of the handwriting, Inclosed find fl.dO P. O. Money rime. If nil the other evidence didn't, Order for One tube of Q. It. Pile We know that she which It does. Ointment to be mailed prepaid to did nof kill her sister. But, of ell In In le this the (cople house, she Name the best' position to know who did du It Of IB she is Involved course, It P , 0, A dd rcss this she Is Involved Innocently, ft On conditions thut If I am not she put the key In your pocket, whit, satisfied with results obtained, I we were out In the car, she did h am to receive money back upon with no Idea of what she was doing. retailing tube to your laboraJust the same, I waul her right here tory. on the Desert Moou. for a while. Mary, you take the note to her, and Fraternal Lor explain. In your nice way" Tli give her the note, Sam." 1 Reporter There were eight marine But you'll have to do the ex- and a sailor killed. said. Old Salt The poor guy. IT! tell you why plaining yourself. It Isnt right for you to try to pro tect anyone, not even Martha, to the Sympathy Isn't worth much If It cant be converted Into some kind of extent of refusing to allow one sister to carry out the dying request of help. dr-o- p : ! another sister." Sam dropped his pipe. As I saw the tobacco and the ashes scatter, was more certain than ever that 1 I was acting as a decent woman should. The door opened, and Dunny came in She was so pale that her cheeks had sort of a greenish tinge to them Groat dark circles spread far down under her eyes that were red and swollen from crying. 1 hurried to her, and put my arms around her. Sam turned away, as If he could not bear to look at its. I took her Into the living room, and sat down In a big chair and hpld her in my lap. If only, she kept saying. "If only she could nave left ns in her beauty She was so beautiful, Mary. And now Remembering wlrat 1 had seen the night before, 1 knew that I must get her mind Into othpr channels If her reason was to be saved I thanked my stars, when I remembered the note. After she hnd read It, she cried harder than ever; but 1 knew that It was crying of a saner sort Will you go with me. Mary?" she questioned, when she had quieted To San Francisco?" some. Wel have to talk to Sam about 1 am afraid that, dear I said that Sam wants us all to stay here, for a while Sam thinks that the duty of each one of ns. right now. Is to stay here snd help to And the guilty person." Does Cncle 8am think we will Hnd him here? she questioned. There Isn t anywhere else to try Did yon know to find him," I said shout the key In my pocket T I knew st She nodded. she said. "What else did yo knI asked - I TO B C CONTINL B- - Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound puts new life into me and makes my work in the store and in the house easier. I took several bottles before my baby came and am always singing its praises to my friends. I recommend it for girls and women of all ages. It makes me feel like life is worth living, my nerves are better and I have gained pep and feel well and strong. Mrs. A R. Smith, 808 S. Lansivg Street, St Johns, Michigan. |