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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER. HYRUM, UTAH teous and thoughtful, Tha ystery of Hartley House By CLIFFORD S. RAYMOND Illustrated by Irwin Myers Copyright by Georg H. Doran Co. ENGAGEDl Dr. John Mlchelson, Synopsis. Just beginning his career, becomes resident physician and companion of Homer Sidney at Hartley house. Mr. Sidney is an American, a old and rich and very desirous to live. Mrs. Sidney is a Spanish woman, dignified and reti. cent. Jed, the butler, acts like a privileged member of the family Hartley house Is a fine old Isolated country place, wllh a murder story, a "haunted pool, and many watchdogs, and an atmosphere of mystery, The "haunted pool is where Richard Dobson, son of a former owner of Hartley house, had killed his brother, Arthur Dobson. Jed semi-Invali- begins operations by locking d, tho doctor in his room the very first night. Doctor John fixes his door so he cant be locked In. He meets Isobel. daughtor of the house and falls In love at first sight. In the night he finds the butler drunk and holding Mrs. Sidney by the wrlsi He interferes. Mrs. Sidney explains. John buys a revolver. Q CHAPTER 1 1 Continued. 3 at other times disrespectful or even brutal. Sometimes he seemed to frighten himself. When I saw that he wns again beginning to show disrespect for her, I was for putting an end to it. Mrs. Sidney was horrified when I said that Jed could be brought to terms. She held up her hands. No, no, she said. Not in any event! Never, please, speak to Mr. Sidney. Please never think of it. Jed Is Invaluable to Mr. Sidney. He Is not so discourteous to me as you might think. He Is gruff, and drinking does not mnke him better, but It is Mr. Sidneys whim that he should drink. It would be unjust dont you see It would be unjust? to make a point against him of behavior that Mr. Sidney causes. Please never mention It. She was very much in earnest and was not satisfied until she had my promise that I never would speak to Mr. Sidney of Jed until I had her consent. She then showed relief, and I felt more distressed. Jed had some hold on this resolute lady that I should have liked to break. Jeds attitude toward me was a thing to drive distracted a person who cared what it wns. 1 did not He could be Interesting, and then I was Interested in him. lie could be stupid, and I avoided him. He could be surly, and I ignored him. He could be quarrelsome, and I fought him back. It seldom was a matter of sobriety or Insobriety with him. He wns best naturcd to me at times when he was most Intoxicated. He was surliest at times when he was perfectly sober. At other times he quite reversed this. One never knew from his physical condition what his disposition might be ut the time. He served at dinner when Mrs. Sidney, Isobel and I, more ceremoniously than we cared to, dined. Certain domestic ceremonies pleased Sir. Sidney and he liked to know that In some respects the baronial character of his place was being maintained as he would have maintained it if he had been active. When Jed was In good nature, he frequently sought me out for talks, and when he was in good nature, I en- - The gardeners name was Williamson. He had been on the place almost from the time of Mr. Sidneys purchase of It. He was attached to It, proud of his work and fond of It and Its results, lie had a neat little cottage beyond the gardens. His wfe was very pleasant and thought too much of my services. Williamson himself was a flne man, and I am Interested In gardening. Consequently, having to visit the family every day or every other day, I formed a habit of talking with him. . When, by chance, I spoke of the ghost story to Williamson, with no more purpose than I ever had had in these Inquiries, I noticed that he was a bit embarrassed. I take no stock In the stories about ,5the pool, he said. Id Just as lief at it midnight as midday al-- ; 'pass most. Be honest, Williamson, I suggested laughingly. But I Almost, I said, he replied. did see something at the pool. He was a straightforward, unimaginative sort of man. I was sure he was not about to Indulge in romance. I know something of these stories," I have not gossiped mine he said. About I was coming from town late after midnight It was the second year of our being here. ' It was In the fall or late summer I do not remember. As I came along the road by the pool, I saw the figure of a man stand Ing by the edge of the river. It was light enough for me to see that the figure was leaning on a stick or cane. I stopped and was going to call out, but for some reason I dont know just why I didnt. The figure did not move. I " began to feel creepy and went on as gently as I could. Fifty feet farther, I heard a rustling la the brush and I thought I saw a fuce. I couldnt be sure, but I thought I did. I know I heard a rustling. When I got out In the open. I ran the rest of the way home on the turf." There was nothing very alarming about that," I suggested. My romance You saw a needed more substance. man nod beard a noise." There was nolhng in seeing a man and hearing a noise, said Williamson. It was the effect." That was due to the hour and the place. No. Im not superstitious. I wns not thinking of the place. The man on the bank was different from a man. 1 could not see why. I didnt think he wns a man. It was not because I was scared at first. I became scared as I looked at him. He did not move. He did not seem to be alive. When I felt shivers starting up and down my back. I knew I wns scared. Then when I heard the rustling, I went home as quickly and quietly as I could. - CHAPTER III. Jed certainly was the most significant disagreeable fact In the house, and his Influence the most significant malignancy. He had been sobered by the discovery of his attack upon Mrs. Kidney, but as he began to recover from his discomfiture, aud ns the sense of caution began to lessen, he again asserted, or suggested, control, particularly when he wns drunk. lie never allowed Mr. Sidney to know this. In their strange association at Horntlan wine feasts, Jed was tactful, respectful, considerate and Jovial. To Mrs. Sidney ho was at time cour He has been gallant, amorous, sug gestlve, tender, soulful, aggressive, di: plendlng. threatening, subservient nml I think that Is all but only in niiin nor." The "I dont understand It," I said helpon a lessly. dlsftble And Neither do I," she said. jreatifl know just enough to know that I shall Health not understand It. I do not like to find ed thr a Romeo among the servants, but I Board have learned te accept some strange in conditions here among them you." bospiU Dont disturb yourself about me, I their JEWELERS said. the e BOYD PARK BLDG 160 A good deal of my hurt pride must main enter 5, have found expression In that remark. are dl I know "I am unjust. she said. charg that you are doing what my mother frlenc wants done and that you are not conServl Tlv sidering yourself. I shall be reasonable. I want to make my mothers life jtaw nta c.8?r writ"."- MoP TM cent as pleasant as It can be made. I canvvher iculty. after I felt as if I were In a spiritual fog. not understand everything that she and Is that the only way I can help you needs of me, but I know that you have MANY FORMS OF EARLY FUgs do In tl for could done that you everything out? I asked. occa I have her. I do not want to seem InconsidTho only one," she said. Various Types Were Used Before cen M erate." thought of everything. Present Form of Old Glory G Id like to protect yon and your I Has It to do with Jed again? was Adopted. the I said. mother, asked. tify We are Indebted, said Isobel, with With things I cannot possibly exAccording to the Smithsonian sta a unkind chill and Then she restraint.. be one would who Is there any plain. tutlon there were many forms of earltl ing smiled and said: distressed by such an announcement? flags, especially colonial types, usedl the InconGood am I doctor. If Miss night, Not a soul," I said, except the Individual colonies militijl by and to a at siderate any" time, put It down Sidney. regiments, before the flag of the tri I would not cause pain, said Mrs. naturally bad temper." States was established by the coIni Is no sure there Are you Sidney. ntinental congress June 14, 1777, ,1 mi ' a had taken small Jed and shotgun one? ro anniversary of which date Is now was said he that after rabbits, going Mrs. Sidney, I said, you are the ebrated as cc This flag act day. required were which unusually numerous and that the only lady who ever has given me a B flag of the United States be be to to the threatened damaging thought since I knew my mother. I 13 horizontal stripes, alternate red s of am merely wondering what Miss Sid- young brush about the place. It was and white, and that the union be tl an warm October a afternoon with ney' will think of me In such a role. sun. An hour or two a on white a blue stars field, represent, after Jed had Will she understand why I .take it? I li a new constellation. ing m walk, going am not hesitating. I hope I do not gone, I went out for One of the first occasions for pub. down by the pool. seem to be, but I know I suspect lie display of the Stars and Stripes Is In minwas I brash fifteen the for. that your decision Is sudden. said to have been August 6, 1777, Isobels affection for us Is greater utes, and it happened that while I was when the new flag was hoisted over saw a from I there littl) prominence the than her demand for Independence," at Fort Schuyler, Rome, N, troops on his of Jed with the ahead figure said Mrs. Sidney. If she knows that Y. John Paul Jones Is said to have I asked you to consent to this an- shotgun. He was some distance away, been the first to fly the S(rs and nouncement, she will think of you as but I could see that he was going over the high seas on the stealthily from tree to tree In an odd Stripes in a proved friend. November, 1777. Ranger one fashion rabbits. It for for hunting I had suggested all the precautions From time of the Revolution the the was were he as if something stalking that were reasonable. You certainly and Stripes In the flag have vStars to kick rather than rabbits up trying want of me use may make any you aried. There were 13 stars during the to," I said. She thanked me and said out of the brush. on toward the pool. Once Revolution, 15 In the war of 1812, 29 went I good night. ' again I saw Jed ahead of me. I came in the Mexican war, 33 to 35 In the Civil war, 45 In the Spanish war and Isobels view of our engagement was out on the path and went on to the 48 today. The stripes were changed I sat down. where river bank, purely comic. She may have had a 13 15 and then back to first from Whenever I saw a piece of drift In second of spiritual revolt, but comedy 13. to Our national flag it again and watched the Its movements, pool and consideration for her mother asof the natlong, the oldest serted themselves. Mrs. Sidney, when I thought of the body of the slain among older than flags British the present being she told Isobel of the engagement, had brother. It had been whirled out Into jack, the French tricolor and the flag down and had been current the carried me present. The mother was really of Spain. embarrassed, almost flustered, but she stream. On the bank had been found of sleeve clothing the was determined. Isobel was greatly a few torn bits of a coat, a collar spotted with blood, GLORIOUS IMAGE OF BUDDHA amused. that I was not a necktie and a piece pf a white shirt It may heroic. I might better have been a There also had been found a heavy Idol In the Lama City Is Worshiped by Devotees With Almost wax figure taken from a display win- walking stick, bloodied and with hair Insane Devotion. dow. I felt like one, a thing with a In the blood. I haa not been sitting on the bank wax smile and no animation. An wooden Image of Buddha It is merely precautionary, said five minutes when I was startled by & Mrs. Sidney uneasily. It Is quite itn shot from the nearby thickets, and a standing on a golden lotus flower withpossible to explain. You will have to bullet hit within two feet of where I in a sacred temple In The Lama accept my judgment, Isobel. Dr. John" was sitting, knocking off the bark of City, reserved for residences of Mo-all an odd halfway house toward inti- a tree. The report was not that of a ngolian priests, is worshiped with small shotgun such as Jed had car- the Insane devotion possible by the macy she reached and stopped at "Dr. John has been kind enough to ried. It was the report of a rifle or Mongolians. The great figure is heavdo as I asked him. I need and want pistol. ily gilded, Incrusted with precious The chipped bark showed that a but stones, and draped with silken cloths. the support of my children In what I am doing. let, not shot, had hit the tree, and I When the temple Is opened to the was of conscious what a of emotion at that. I felt touch faithful of the city of Urga a priest unpleasantly had Jed had at shot me, main at the entrance gives each person a Intent her happened. upon Unconsciously, a with firecaliber me revolver. few drops of holy water from a filthy at the probably large point, she had included side aud had spoken of her "children. He could not have had a rifle, unless Jug, and the people, silent with awe, bathe their faces with the fluid and Anything you do or have done Is he had one hidden In the brush, seen as recovhad not he what said carried, all right, mother, Isobel, only prostrate themselves before the statue, I ne left the house but as he was dodgMight Better Have Been a Wax Fig- ering from her sense of humor. Dr. whose head Is lost In the shadows of ure Taken From a Display Window. am the sure thickets. the temple roof. They kiss Its sllkea John will not be unhappy I ing through And I mother doctor? was a will a It or you, revolver, draperies, soiled by the lips of thoulikely pistol couraged him. I did not want to open of you In this an was me. sands, and each one gathers a handand missed he had that Ill advantage why get up any secrets the house might have, I see I If dont. was stupefied for an Instant, and I ful of sacred dirt from the temple merely to learn what they were, but I said mustnt to, did You not jump or start. I was motion- floor. Isobel, try knew Mrs. Sidney needed help, and I "I am Mrs. not even looking around, but I anxiously. Sidney doing less, From niches in the wall hundreds thought I might give It if I knew how. I can.. A was best the subconscious of tiny Buddhas gaze Impassively on thinking rapidly, I also thought that Jed some evening in the evening I saw Isobel, protective idea formed almost instant Later the worshiping Mongols. The scene of when pleasantly and good naturedly In alone the ber where library, ly and when the next moment another worship Is described by Roy Chapman drunk and garrulous might say more finding one I In to get a shot came from behind me, I fell for- Andrews In went was she reading. Harpers Magazine as than he intended. There were many to bed. before was She book going ward on my face, rolled a couple of Intoxicating in its barbaric splendor. opportunities, but he never did. by a lamp near the fireplace, and she feet to a bush, turned my face In the The chorus of prayers which rise and One night this was In September looked very beautiful. direction from which the shot came, fall In a meaningless half wild chant I was walking about the place with the I want to talk to you, she said got out my pistol and lay still. are broken by the clash of cymbals mastiffs at my side. I stood a while at when she saw me. Do you know the and the boom of snakeskin drums, and seemec a After or two minute which the edge of the woods looking at the of this? a very long time, Jeds face came In one Is fully able to understand the house. In its shadowy bulk It seemed explanation when No, I said. view in the brash. He looked malevoreligious fanaticism of the East fit container of mystery. Only a few You are not quite honest" she said. lent but seemed undetermined and the people are seen at prayer la on9 windows were illuminated. It was the "A man engaged to a girl he never cautious. I think he was uncertain of these temples. river side of the house that was bright asked to marry him might suspect that whether to leave my body where It lay at night. The Painter's Dog. something was out of the ordinary. and have it discovered, or throw It Into I walked slowly across the lawn ' Of course, something Is extraordi- the river and have the daughter of WilMrs. Ritchie, my disappearance toward the side where Mrs. Sidneys nary, I said. EngDo you know what unexplained. His decision was given liam Makepeace Thackeray, the she rooms were. A small balcony opened it is? when visits of writes lish novelist, him by the noise of a farm wagon ap' off her sitting room. I could hear her No, I dont," she said. "Why dont was a child to Sir Edwin Landseer, the on the road, and he disapproachlng on one this some to balcony. you sit down? talking animal painter. She says Sir Edwin ,1 was ready to shoot him If The person she was talking to, ns I With a soft witchery of femininity peared. was delightful company and that he me. came near heard In another moment, was Jed. I she pervaded and glorified the room, he antold the children many stories of I was young and had youths confiwas then almost under the balcony. hut she was peremptory. I was not ha at stood as he painting dence, but nevertheless this event imals I am a resolute man, Jed was say- sullen, but I felt defiant. she remember," "I canvases. would Hartsent me have from huge away of Ill have my own way. Ill have Because 1 dont want to sit down, ing. ley if It had not been for Isobel and says, his telling us an anecdote what I want. Ill make you glad to I said. hah In the was He his Mrs. one of even dogs. my Sidney. They needed come to terms. Im a reasonable man, h a Isobel smiled Indulgently at me. small help and I had to remain. I had 'of taking him out every day whenwa too. Now,' admit that Ive been conOh, sit down,' Dr. John, she said, to remain, but I had also to protect work was over. The dog used toEdw n siderate. I want to talk to you. We are enmyself. Another time Jed might not patiently all day long while Sir I started to get out of hearing as gaged, you know, and an engaged people miss. On the way back to the house was painting, but he used to come I quietly and rapidly ns could, but I ought to have a talk after the event, I In thought out awplan which I believed lie down at his feet and look upon on heard Mrs. Sidney, her voice vibrant If not before." would work. I inquired for Jed and face toward five oclock, and with Indignation, say: wa You understand how this hap- was told that he was with Mr. Sidney. occasion finding that no notice tne I ought to have you whipped. Into pened, I suggested. I found him there drinking, and my taken of his hints he trotted That is silly, unreasonable passion, I do, she said. My mother Is entrance gave him a shock which he hall and came back with the painter said Jed. Jed has been trying to frightened. His fright made hat, which he laid at his feet" Indicated. I shall not hesitate to kill you, plainly marry me." him so ugly that he was comic. said Mrs. Sidney. What can give him the privilege of Law. Then I went out of earshot. The such insolence 1" I exclaimed. railways state the In Bavaria, fact that Jed could threaten Mrs. Sidwhew I Imagine he is enamored, she said bid kissing either on stations, ney in this fashion was Inexplicable. serenely. uni are It may seem impossible to families and frends, relatives It could not be explained by his serv- you. ed, or on trains, while France iceability to Mr. Sidney, great as that Has this man approached you dl-an order two years ago forbidding was. J walked about for a while, dls- - j rectly?" I asked. BN (XU CONTINUED.) tressed and depressed; then I patted the heads of the mastiffs, went ludoors and to my room. An hour later I opened my door In response to a light rap. Mrs. Sidney was there. May I come In a moment?" she asked. Thank you. I have a request to make which you cannot help but think is extraordinary preposterous." I placed n chair for her. She thanked me but remained standing. I thought she must be In an agony of mind, but she smiled. I hope It Is to ask me to take Jed In hand." I said. "No; It is to ask you to permit me to announce the engagement of my daughter Isobel to you. Dont be alarmed. It shall not make any difference In your life. It Is a desperate expedient I am using out of a diff- red 1 BOYD PAM " ' - . I 13 80-fo- , ! -- . Anti-Kissin- g -- se t |