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Show -UINTAH BASIN RECORD © May Copyright by Harold CHAPTER VIII—Continued ' That four ‘The boy stood there and drew a hand that shook with was early afternoon. hours later before had cooled enough a break for the cross. . excitement His. job! On the across his lips. ground, after such a start, and to It but beginning! LaFane’s quiet recital of Drake’s achievement was in his mind, now, and he was humble before his past and the prospect of his future... and humble, as well, They had made their stand and had before the man who had name with such effect, used his _tongues found flame; hold in the wicked the confia- stood: had finally held, the red naturally undemonstrative and they stopped on the higher ground and looked self-conscious and foolish as others clustered around. Silently, one of them took and shook Jim’s hand and more would have done the same of sparks, and these, as Jim watched, were sowed into line of men menace was thwarted. The group of men’ who followed Young Jim across the creek were had doorway with Kate showing signs of. the physical she was under. : strain to he lay the boy not laughed them off. But McNally had something Say and said it grimly. “If it hadn’t been for. you,” behind the fire fighters in the bend. burst vigilant backfire slash between its point of origin and the line of backfire, swinging in a majestic terrible are. At the tip of its dangling funnel, it was a Grass still won, At a thousand points snags and stumps were burning, but the As he stood there, the whirlwind ‘eame, It swept across the unburned shower Young were declared, “six of us ’d ’ve fried to a hedged in by an orange barrier from crisp. You done it. Whoever you are, young man, you're all-there!” _ Steve, standing a little. distance, gration ‘the in front of them, rear. from him. against it as Tim halted; with a me, Tim, and tell grating and a tinkle the lock gave, depending on you, the door swung open and the brief * ease dropped from the shelf on as her agitation which it had been placed. — Tim attempted to/- “Here, you, Franz! What’re youat least partially a-doin’?” rtd from the fire. He talked of her er-. The words brought Franz to his rand, of the salvation for the job feet, an odd sound in his throat. that acquirement of the Laird’s timThey faced one another for an inber meant, te ie ee terval of strained silence, Franz -“Oh, the brief case!” she said. was trapped, caught red-handed. He “Where is it? Mae said he would accepted the situation resolutely. put it in the safe.” “You’d better clear out, Tim!” he ..“And we will, too, Katie!” . said, darkly, snatching up the brief’ Tim put the money away and case. “I’m on my way. Right now!” -went on talking, trying to keep her _ “You’re. a danged thief!” Tim interested in things of a more re- cried. ‘oe assuring. nature than the fire. “Shut up and get out!” Franz At noon .they were still in the snarled, walking toward him. So you must tell everything. I’m solr After a time, only increased, take her mind On the high land yonder a wearied _ encounter such a complication for a explosive close by. A half was tentacles moon of unburned that now He came and out swung into to once more those men the in an aware chopping right, shouting attempt to make of their danger. with her, limped “Who sharply olid flame as a vagrant blast of air gent the blazes crackling through in conscious you - eoiled as narrow the opening shirt and re- on his curled worst, and he held his lungs flat so _ he would not breathe the flame. The - skin bulged to blisters on his neck, _ the hair on one temple singed and he felt the fire licking at his legs as he summoned all his strength, _ _ and with one final effort ran. He was through, choking, weakened by the heat, but through. He was within the ring of fire, charging across the acres that would _ ing at any instant. The men were _ still in with the as were ground they retreat- _ ed, ready to come to a full stand at the creek, and it was not until-thig young stranger, blackened and blistered, burst upon the nearest trio who fought side by side that they _ turned haze to see that ing toward “Into “You’re One through other wall them man the of from the pond!” cut off. . . dropped flowing flame lick- *n a chip his shovel and clung made McNally finally heard him. _ turned, saw what was coming - ran. % to a He and _A narrow ribbon of water was just at their left. It was a slender the pond, lying in a swale. _ Along its edge flame spears danced but it offered a way through. They sank to their thighs in the mire, _ gained the deeper water of the pond _ and threw themselves down, only _ their heads above the surface, faces _ buried the and in the green banks which leatherleaf on which would not burn pocketed life-giving air. i a nobody off th’ old ever block,.I say!” who “Lordy, lookit her roll now!” the man moaned and Kate com- going fast? How does across necessary around. the end he saw a a window ‘Pll man clambering on the other! be: dusted!” he all up of the muttered, dropping the girl’s hand and rising. ‘How come that-a-way?” “What, Tim? What's happened ?”. it look, now?” en Kate rose, freshly alarmed at his The old fellow “described the ‘tones. smoke and country as best he could. “Just somebody at. th’ store, brought a chair for-her to sit Katie. Likely they’ll need some- scribed the way the smoke rolled higher and spread across the end of the lake. “Are -you telling me -way, upper nee % the truth, old heart thumping ‘Twenty-five thousand in dol- lars reposed in-the old cheese-box of a safe and-some man had just-en- Tim?’ she asked repeatedly and th man swore that he was. Lo “Oh, for eyes!” she cried. his alarm. tered the building with stealth. He tiptoed up the steps and poised, looking within at Franz, ‘kneeling before the safe. Franz had inserted, the point of a wrecking bar “If Td stayed in Chicago the bandage was to have been taken off tomorrow. The doctor insisted I must not take behind the inner door. He strained ae ea pe ee a Seas, SF _- OPENING CHAPTERS OF THE STORY Drake another chance, and the father, until his death, impresses on the boy, Steve, the debt they owe “Old Jim.” Twenty years later, Steve meets “Young Jim” Flynn, his benefactor’s son. Sent by Old Jim, incapacitated through an accident in which Kate, his daughter, is temporarily. blinded, to take charge of the company’s—the Polaris—woods operations, the youth is indulging in a drunken spree. Learning of Polaris’ dire straits, and hoping to do something for Old Jim, Steve hastens to the company’s headquarters. Worsting Franz, a plotter against the Flynn interests, in a fist fight, the Polaris crew assumes that Steve is Flynn’s son, and he “takes charge, as “Young Jim.” A photograph of Kate Flynn, which Steve finds, immensely increases his desire to aid Old Jim. He gains the warm friendship of LaFane, queer woods scout, Drake escapes a death trap set for him. Franz discovers Drake’s impersonation. Threatened with disclosure, Steve accuses Franz of setting the death trap, exhibiting evidence and the man dare not act. Steve sends LaFane to find Young Jim and sober him up. Steve wins land the Flynns need, and to a buy rival outwits his timber. company, him. Knowing Franz Franz, plans believing learning it, records and the the then friendship Scotsman of the to put Steve of MacDonald, owner of timber gives him an option for Polaris: option, Steve had Steve that and wanting out of drowned, alive. is the the way, but timber the secures. another Knowing for latter option Drake has wired Kate, he steals her reply and learns that $25,000 is to be forwarded and the time of its arrival, and plans to steal the money. Kate Flynn arrives at the camp. Her eyes are bandaged, and before Steve has to betray take Oa Sass himself charge Gu age of by heey speech the fire gee ken a forest fighters. Beate fire alarm LaFane is sounded. arrives with “No and ax ye don’t!” lunged again. after “No Drake Young hastens Jim, to. Tim him, screeched swinging When the sands of the centuries. have been dug away, it will be possible for women of today to learn how the glamorous queen looked, what beauty aids she used, and— most important ye don’t! Ye can’t Back into I'll split ye in two now! Slowly if ye try to git away, Rot : but surely Franz was from the patois of the pirates of the Spanish Main.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat, by cried And then Tim was looking down the muzzle of an automatic pistol. “Yah!” he jeered. “Ye can’t scare me with no pop gun! Ye or I'll chop yer hand—” drop that “Stay back!” Franz gasped, com‘ing up against the safe and’ then the automatic spat just once, orange flame darting from The ax-lost rection, its firm the barrel. swoop of di- It sagged and drooped and dropped, bouncing and sliding to the far side as Tim, with a low whimper, raised both hands as if they were great pierced breast. . “Shot mel” he ment. weights, gasped to in his amaze- “Dusted if... ye didn’t...” His knees gave. He went down Slowly, wilting rather than falling, slumping to one hip and then sprawled shuddering on the floor... . From the doorway of the little , cabin Kate Flynn had heard. She ; heard Tim shout; heard another | voice giving answer and the tones tion. She beaten er, as erashed groped path stirred her to ac-her as voices feet thudded, and smashed. way into the raised as high- the Her the ing. Her hands temples, fingers white gauze ax hands were extended before her and called out repeatedly to Tim. Then, nearing the store, heard Franz’s final warning Todd’s gallant defiance, Lastly, venomous spat of the pistol. With. that, she she and the girl ceased gropwhipped fastened of the to “in bandage her the and with a jerk she pulled it from her eyes. Sees : Sharp pains tore to the back of her head. She puckered her lids against the assault of light and wrinkled her face against the sudden torture. But she could see, and that was all that really mattered, _ (TO BE CONTINUZN. . all—what were charm was extremely Her potent. In winning King Solomon, she had to combat the allure of 761 wives and 800 concubines. be Dr. George S. Duncan, professor of Egyptology and Assyriology in the graduate school of American univerversity, believes that one of the chief feminine sources of interest in the queen’s buried city will be her jewels. “She was famous for her jewels,” said Doctor Duncan. “She took huge treasures of precious stones when she went to visit Solomon. But in spite | of all her own riches, when she saw him sitting in all his glory, she was almost shocked to death at his magnificence.” : Doctor Duncan does not accept without questioning the report of the finding of the lost capital of Sheba. “Only excavation. will reveal whether or not it is the legendary city of the queen,” he said. “And these excavations must produce inscriptions that will satisfy archeologists.” If the newly discovered city is the Sheban stronghold, excavation may reveal some of the queen’s beauty secrets, Doctor Duncan believes, and also provide more knowledge of her personality. a true report that I heard own land of thine acts and her the great queen, success it; and behold, the half was not told the are the only savages in the world so richly supplied. We might borrow a few and they’d never be missed. We thus appropriated “hooch” from the Alaska of “huskado,” effective The Bible Solomon ing states with him than sex out she plied questions, draw- and_ steering thoughts to that most all subjects—himself, provokes much a laugh. rived from the French, en- The Other terms that spring into being in the underworld in time get fairly into good society by succeeding gradations and there are now in good standing some regulated. A child is easily given the right dose. And mild liquid laxatives. do not irritate the kidneys. Doctors are generally. agreed that senna is a natural laxative. It does not drain the system like the cathar- | tics that leave you so thirsty. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is a liquid laxative which relies on senna for its laxative action. It gently helps the average person’s bowels back to. regularity. You can always get Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin at any drug store, ready for use. Member N. R. A. Free Smart Student—Do you charge for the water in the eoffee? 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The action can thus be be- as her Indians joyed using it; that is, using the word. Hooch is a phonetic joy. It has that wild and slightly vulgar sound that seems to fit a crude intoxicant. English-speaking peoples are quick to pick up words odd to the ears from their neighbors, giving them a twist that may make their utterance more or less comic. “Hoose- | gow,” made over from the Spanish into her personal- first : ~The public is fast returning to the use of liquid laxatives. People have -Jearned that the right dose of a properly prepared liquid laxative will A savage tribe in Tierra del Fuego bring a perfect movement without has a vocabulary of 30,000 words and any discomfort at the time, or after. ity, Doctor Duncan believes. This account shows that the queen among aor ee Idioms Used to Build | Up English Language The Biblical account of the queen’s visit to Solomon affords the best in- was are Back in Favor me; thy wisdom and prosperity exceedth the fame which I heard.” Small wonder then that the Bible reports that: “Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked.” consequence. Why Liquid Laxatives in mine thy wis- “Howbeit I believed not the words until I came, and mine eyes had seen charmer. She set a precedent for all gold-diggers by coming away from Solomon’s court laden with 6,000 wagons of jewels, perfumes, oils and myrrh. - Although Solomon wanted to make her his 762d wife, she was too much of a feminist to relinquish her own kingdom and turned down his proposal. Legend has it that after she returned home, she had a child by Solomon. According to Doctor Duncan, the present royal house of Abyssinia claims descent from the queen of Sheba’s son by Solomon, sight so far found as it is of no dom, of all ages have felt great concerning of Then It’s Reality Romance remains romance so long ‘Picked In From London’s Directory telephone directory are listed 40 Angels, 82 Darlings, 34| Dears, 1 Dearie, 17 Ducks, 1 Dear- love, joys, MEMBER N. R; As 26 6 Honeys, 56 Loveleys, Peaches, 837 Sweets, Cheers and Loves, 8 Love 8 Prettys, 12 7 Trueloves, 8 1 Fullilove. his engrossing of Nor was the queen of Sheba above using a little well-chosen flattery. Her expertness in that line is shown in the following passage from Scrip- ture: = “And she said to the king, it was be- ing cornered. The double bit sung in wide arcs as Tim advanced step . step. Franz’s face lost color. “Get out, old man!” he finally. “Get out or ...” of her secrets for fascinating men? the come it over me, Franz! that. corner, young man! of the exchange Stephen Drake, with his four-year-old son, is rescued from a blizzard by Jim Flynn, big timber operator, whom Drake has robbed. Flynn gives ; Women him through desert. cause the to send Women throughout the world are eagerly waiting for excavations in what is believed to be the capital of the queen of Sheba. French aerial explorers have reported that they have sighted the towers of the lost city on the edge of the- Arabian curiosity when chanced. to wander to the store. Through a window on the rear side menced to tremble, torn aS she was between conflicting, and dramatic, interests. SP Spee os it looked and “Looks better all th’ time, Katie,” he insisted. “I’d like to bet they stopped her at Otter creek, though how they’d do it in slash like that "nd on a day like this—” _ a He broke short as his gaze referred to as her brother. but who, she well knew, was not her brother. “Is and time, and dropping to his knees the safe. ... Tim Todd had been talking constantly to Kate for the last half hour. The girl‘clung tightly to his gnarled hand. had held her in his arms, who was old that -eounter He’s better of this: man — of |. | ‘before burned from that strange kiss, “But tell me,” she began; resolved to learn something halted “ing quickly “Yes, he’s done wonderfully well,” the girl murmured and. placed finger. tips against lips that still Jim croaked. - The pond!” Jim ran on to the next group, floundering and still trying to shout from his smoke-hoarsened throat. of that balked and neck the rear. - fled madly. The others _ their equipment as they S break for water. ; arm .. .” the girl said, as things lake the fight. They it, giving _ grudgingly, fighting look a lot worse, dremp’ could be done! halted, “Oh, 1 Can’t, Eh? Can’t Stop Ye, .Can’t 12 Well, We'll See ’Bout—” able man power of Good-Bye batto go through with it, now. You tled the flames he had set, ran Can't SIGD Wer te SL : across the sand toward the store. “Oh, I can’t, eh? . Can’t stop ye, The lowering sun was reflected Well, we'll see *bout—” dazzlingly from windows in the side can’t I? And quickly, stoutly, he swung his of the building. He approached one, put his face close and stared ax as though he were striking at a within. The place was empty and| tree, driving squarely for Franz’s shoulder. 3 Re he smiled. This was a safe way; to use the door would be at the risk. The other leaped backward: the of revealing himself-to Tim. Slow- bit buried itself deeply in the floor ly he shoved the window open, care- and as Tim wrenched it free Franz ful to make no sound, placed his leaped the counter and made for hands on the sill and vaulted with- the window through which he had’ in. A moment later he was pass- entered. So his “Tim, “About him? Shoo! How could I tell you anything about your brother? He’s turned things inside. out, here. I'll be’ dusted if he ain’t done man of resolution. “Put down that ax, you old fool! Pm caught, fair enough, and I’ve got the lake toward where all the avail- I reckon they’ll get her down Jim pacing, few strokes if to herself. “Tim, tell me,’— quickly. “Tell me about this... about Young Jim.” He their. wind. front of clutched the across the intervening water. . Then, very cautiously, looking about and with one long stare Don’t tightly. of across ‘in because she would not leave the thin’, I'll skip over.” ; He did not skip. He hobbled as backfire had doorway. He tried to quiet’ her when she became frantic as he defapidly as he could along the pathwas running, losing _ At three points the _erossed the road and _ rolling be rag- fingers then,if might “Yes, on the ability of his body and _ will to withstand the ordeal of fire. He had only a dozen steps to take before he would be through the for his and old side looking his he ~ gnarled younger by this show water Tim Todd’s shanty was hid‘den from him by the store building. Then he nodded sharply in decision and hastened through the brush to where a canoe and pack were ‘cached. He launched and took the She put out a hand, groping but, shoulders from the heat that beat upon him from either side. He could mot go into that; it was beyond human endurance. And yet as a fresh puff of wind struck him, he knew that he must. Human lives depend- ed in asked Todd, Katie. wall, The Tim it will be in the proper direction. Afternoon waned and once he cursed softly. He had gone further approached, Tim said but water toward the buildings. His brows were gathered and he waited as one will whose first objective is to be certain that when he moves ir Kate man first emerged from the timber on opposite stood in about two-three jerks, With Young Jim on th’ job I guess even fire’s goin’ to have a time of it, doin’ much damage.” view of the water. He found a place between two windrows of litter that ee ‘was not yet ablaze, He edged tothe he recollect—” too. He -. ward the does it look bad?” - “Well, Katie, it looks pretty bad; - 2eushed tears from his eyes and _ trove to locate the little pond, trying to determine whether, could he _ attract attention, those men would be able to gain that one sanctuary in what, within minutes, would be an inferno. But smoke obscured a oe a man had toward th you?” “Oh, Tim!” left, seek- mockery. as _ “It’s me. ing a way through, but before he reached the next opening that also _ closed. He coughed from smoke now, ard his eyes were tortured. The fire snapped and pluffed at him as if are at He stood there watching as long| sobs commenced to rack her body and then busied himself preparing a lunch. Sa While he puttered about his stove IX back store. | The gap in the line of fire for which he was headed closed to the grass. | : He raced back to the himself, the here! I’m responsible for what’s in here. Franz, you drop. that satchel !” ; He lurched inside and snatched up an ax which leaned against the ’nd eae protested I’m in charge her bandaged face toward the wall. left’ headquarters, Alone on the threshold of the store Kate Flynn had stood as the boats buzzed away, fingers working against her palms. : fu Old Tim. Todd, the only one left way: side. the confusion CHAPTER hidden into the creek, fighting his through the alders on the far headquarters: | VENING, now, but it had been fresh morning when Steve Drake _ by young growth, and threw himself - showing a while,” shanty continued to insist that she rest and saved lives. -From that moment on, those men of the Polaris crew were his to command. _ the slope, tripping once and falling, _ slashing his cheek on a sharp stub. ‘He was up, cursing as he wallowed pile of brush, at to my “Get out, be dusted! finally his way prevailed. Slowly he led her across to his one-room cabin, twenty rods from the store. She lay down on his bed and turned tween the two incidents was a dif- dred feet across, perhaps; it offered a haven of a sort.- He raced down in a deceptive evening come down She ference. He, Steve Drake, had ‘only whipped a rascal; this Young Jim; Jim made out a small pond, a hun2 first. the store, solicitously. respect, admiration, an admission of that superiority which makes men willing to follow anotlier. But be- sit slash the men yonder had for safety. All along the roadway before them fire was running; behind, that ragged semicircle of new flames was closing gaps to wall them in, At the center of this zone ° all the all material of “Better saw in the faces of the company the thing he had stirred himself on with WNU Service it off while I was away was the burn to let them make creek bank and es Secrets Results of Excavations in What Is Thought to Have Been Site of Capital of Sheba Eagerly — Awaited by Feminine World. By HAROLD TITUS. Titus Learn Queen’s Nature Has Qualified ) Butterfly as Chemist In a report to the Smithsonian institution Dr. Austin H. Clark marvels, and with reason, at the curious adaptability of the cabbage butterfly, a small chalky insect with white wings. In Burope the caterpillars feed on the leaves of cabbages and closely related plants. Why these? Because they contain food proper chemical composition of the for the young, and the young are bred from eggs laid on the leaves. About the middle of the last cen- tury the cabbage butterfly was brought to this country. It began to lay eggs not only on cabbage but also on the leaves of the garden nasturtium, which originally came from Central and South America. How did the butterfly know that the nasturtium is chemically of the right composition, although it is not even remotely related to the cabbage? The European ancestors of the cabbage butterfly knew nothing of the nasturtium for thousands of generations, As The wonder grows when Doctor} Clark points out uncanny powers in other insects. Two varieties of fritillaries live entirely on the hackberry tree. If they make a mistake When a Child Won't Study - “Kept after school!” And it isn’t: the child’s fault, or the teacher’s. His mother is to blame. How can a boy get his lessons when his senses are dulled day after day by dosing with sickening purgatives? When a child’s bowels are stagnant they need help, of course. But not some drastic drug toayPe perhaps weaken the stomach, Here’s a boy who gets good matks, has time and energy for play. He is never ill, hardly ever has so much as a cold. symptoms When he does show any of being sluggish, gives him a little California Syrup of Figs—and that is all. It’s a natural, fruity laxative that or form the laxative habit. 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