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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX KAYSVILLE, UTAH end, bo I dont often look bo far ahead. Just now my eyes are fixed right here, on this soil of Africa, because from her overflowing breast Ive drawn my stake of a million. Thats a bit mixed, but Its dear, Isnt It?" cloudless night, btjJRant under y full moon, when a eoum! came to disturb tbelr purposeful silence. Trevor straightened In his chair and leaned forward, bis whole body tense In the effort of listening. It came again, a ghost of a sound that assumed substance and gradually rhythmic form until after five long minutes It was recognizable as the cadenced rumble of an African river be knew he bad turned toward bis room. far-awa- . "Enforced, I 1 WHEN A can assure you." re- Been strapped od plied MacCloster. the wagon by lack of the necee " The sound of his voice was cut short by the closing of Trevors door. Andrea opened her own. Just a crack, and looked out In the very center of the circular court squatted In s. a ring a dozen Their torsos were still glistening In the moonlight from the sweat of their labor. They all seemed dull of face but mighty of muscle. None, not one, of Trevors people was In sight a very surprising fact for the African loves a gossip with the stranger within his walls. There was quite a long silence ; then came the muffled tones of the phonograph, rising bell-lik- e through the night In a, climbing aria from Faust. Suddenly the sound wavered, swerved i and fell to a wrangling of frightened j notes as though some one had swept the Instrument from Its balance. A second later there was the thud of a heavy boot on wood, Trevors door flew open and the still walling phonograph was hurled as from a catapult fifteen feet through the air. It fell to fn. ,1ft- - l the dev u said Andrea. "Go on." to u ni:b-"Another thing that Is written In the book of great truths, which, by the way. Is the primer of the citizens of the world, continued Trevor, is the axiom that success begins at the point chantey. where a man stops asking for favors Instantly Trevor was on his feet, He and starts giving them. Youll get the Issued orders to Bathtub, who Immeconnection when I remind you that diately began to clear the table and the possessor of a million of anything eliminate every item of furniture that can always give favors. would Indicate a dua occupancy of the A whole cotillion, agreed Andrea, trouble. white portion of the camp. They bad Having a million, I shall have no dressed that night for dinner, not as a &nd difficulty In building a railroad across celebration or any bef that ?edicine can recommend it special event but Afrlcu with other peoples money, and because I have raised a larce f nto. they were both bored with having built one,. I shall build another too much time on their hands. Trevor grrat grandmother amd and then another. To put It In a nut- now excused himself to Andrea and wsted on my daughters-m-i- ft Bierces Favorite shell, I might say that from now on withdrew to bis room. In a few min expectam all Mas. will be In my prayers CHAPTER IX. Continued. terms stated F isJkEl,I fcUl of liber Is an expression of the Indiutes he reappeared garbed in his 64th St., North. of of miles roadbed what 10 you English roughest khaki shirt and trousers. His vidual. And I you, breathed M's un go, lie "Now youre trying to pull down the call permanent way. Other and greater face was grave as he advanced on Pacific-Coa- st slipped to his knees, took both her star to which I've bitched my personal men have built empires; I should like Andrea with a nod toward her hut. fct to knit them together." hands in his and looked Intfr-heeyes wagon, said Msungo with his slow MacCloster will be here in half an When are you going to start? ss though he could never take his fill smile. "Well, he continued, take It, iour, he stated. I ask yon to go to ef the sanity that had come back to handle It, but let it go again when asked Andrea. close and bar both doors he RrracnpSfia your Ive started already," answered and room,there them. you're through with It, because I need until call I yon. stay owe Ive got my stake and a Without Andrea Pellor," he went on, before it high up and far ahead. When I real- Trevor. n of the patio waiting for her comment, the ground steamer besides; thats pure velvet he turned and left her. She sat on, with a terrific you have time to think about It I want ized that that M. O. wasnt a liar, after splintering crash, rolled to tell you that you and I can never all with narrowed eyes, until she had fin- over on one side and was still. An' Ill tell you when you really ished her feel shame again. I want you to know "White Man ! broke In Andrea and cigarette, and then, with a dreas eyes had been watching It, fasthat no man, however mean or tar- leaned forward. She stared at him stnrted," said Andrea. The moment glance around hemorrhage .u, to see if Trevor were cinated; now they swerved and stopnished by life, could do the Intimate wide-eyennd flushed of cheek. Are yon connected your Inner flame with watching, she arose and walked slowly ped almost with a click of the sudden-- y the star of Transport. pain and had to. things that I have done for you and you Trevor? across the open court of the craal. In arrested muscles. rible "Youre said on, coming will still have to do, without feeling Trevor, nodded. lie I suffered ler breast was a great rebellion at Between her and the door of Trepleased at her remembering. the pangs of a love that Is rooted out Robert Oddman Trevor? manner In which he had made vors. hut stood the towering figure of the curt "And why, said Andrea, have you side the limits of passion." Robert Trevor," he confirmed and his request, but she had to admit to man to quarter profile. She could never once played the phonograph? the Tavorite lie dropped his eyes as though be- simplified. herself that no other form of address, h I Eh exclaimed Trevor, his mind fore a confessional. Oh, White Man I" she cried aguln, Until I saw you could have Impressed the W. ped headaches, Look somersault here, he er so ha quite helpless, until I saw you pass to dropping her hands Into her lap and turning hemorrhages. I never Win deeply, moved her so quickly. the other side of pain, I didnt know gazing at him with an Intensity that protested, nre you trying to bowl me She went to her room, closed the wUb,e citZea,ly rE that I had a heart I had a strange slowly drove the blood from her fnce. Terllurmm at. front door, but did not bar It, chose a , conception of love as a thing that you She was Bitting In her hummock-chaibook and sat down to make a pretense give generously to dogs, Bpsringly to propped against all the pillows the Phew! The 80Und of the chantey men and never to women except as a camp could produce. She took a long flames? The d One cold, windy thing Isnt min-enear and then wavered afar after 1 breath and then she spoke agnln. last surrender to the unknown. sudden change in tin- 11,,.Tinoint-tcaccording to the bends of the river, but ' nmn in the 3oo b!,.k rf; 1;.M lie paused; Andrea smiled faintly. Will you do something for me a little In spite of this variation the sum of And now? she prompted. thing?" street, came rushing dmvnst;l!rs in ,u Its volume swelled steadily In an "Why ask? said Trevor. Now, he answered. Now I morning in .his ntohu.ln to ominous approach until It died quite know that a man must travel far be"Well, its like this, said Andrea. the drafts on his tiinian- II" ltCiiJ,1 at the boot landing suddenly to put the thermometer ntiNjii,, t0 yond the limits of every-da- y emotions "I want to kiss you." She turned her There was a distant rattle of a to come up with love itself. lie may eyes from his face and continued raphow cold It was. T dozen puntlng-pole- s " hal Mew tin? dropped across It neednt mean anything, of find content and drowsy happiness In idly. door shut. lie stood net in the the thwarts, a spoken word or two some woman possessed of all the quail course. Nothing binding, you know, with only hi night nppa'ol nn for 5 that carried marvelously across the ties that command affection, but love on either party. Only, you, see, anyminutes before he could a,taken ant still night, and then a long silence sud- members of the thing might happen to me at any moitsclf.dwella,farbeyondatihecros-- ment From that (lay Andrea's health be-; rmlghtTa1T1irag8!ir and Just roads of weakness and strength. And News. P so your helplessness, carried to that pop off. So If you dont mind Id gan to mend with tremendous rapidity. f you. How Trevor never tired- of watching her; last degree, has wound itself around like to do it now, please." k 111 make the chan Catarrh Cannot Be Cured yU Trevors face presented a puzzle never ceused to wonder at a recovery my heart with a grip that wj'l never by LOCAL, APPLICATIONS. tbey so cannot reach the seat of the dim that nobody saw, for Andreas eyes rapid that Its dnlly transitions were loosen," Catarrh la a loeu! disease ffreatlv li Siwere anywhere but upon it. He arose visible. It reminded him of one of the "Poor White Man P said Andrea. lenced by constitutional conditions. HALL'J marvels came of his and CATARRH MEDICINE will cure eaurt An to man old kneel beside boyhood. hesitatingly "Whether you want me, he conIt Is taken Internally and acts thromrt had said to him one he Hear said dawn, the and she "Well," tinued gravely, or mock me, whether the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces ef the corn growing, sonny?" and he laughed. System. HALLS CATARRH MEDICIX1 you nre true or untrue, pure or Impure almost laughed at the weird quaver In Is composed of some of the best tonics whereupou the granddad had taken all those things no longer matter, his voice, "here I am. G go to It known, combined with some of the best' him one She ear arms her and by marched him to blood around put neck his purifiers. The perfect comblnanoi . lor Jove Is on Integral possession. You of the ingredients In HALLS CATAESH the and came nearest Ana out furrow, him. toward stalk blindly pick may leave me, put the width of the MEDICINE Is what produces such I DUl derful results in catarrhal condition world between us, and the breath of drea," he protested, arent you going and watch It, you little Ukft drPS f to look lu my eyes? he commanded. Druggists 75c. Testimonial free. See It grow, If you ToUen your body will still be the breath of F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, OUt metai- She hear cant shook her head. whis' she "No, mine, the surge of your blood will be Andre, Ilk. ,hnti ,h. wn, nn- ?!jr' r"" the surge of mine; your sins will be pered, "It Isnt that kind of a kiss." And She Didnt Know. 10 ner ns soft In moist on his mouth furling the morning of a though lips my sins, because your helpless solf, Girl (looking over newspapff Little from here r.way I can offer tonight? light as a flower that sways new youth. Never had her eyes been stripped of all the clogs of flesh, has wereas a case of Bols and all the kaflir you advertisement) Mamma, why do d twined Itself for always with the fibers to its mate In the cool breath of the brighter, never her cheeks so quick dof?s , n the craal to see these boarding houses object to chyou off. morning, salutes gently and recedes, to play with fire. Incidentally, she was of my heart" ildren ? The words and astheir manner fearful of bruising. full of a devil of mischievous remin" So you would Fond Mother Im sure I dont k&nr. tounded Andrea; for a moment it give three pounds for There H iscent Innuendo. she on hack cried, sinking It me," murmured Andrea. Was Go the From seemed Aria to Faust. and see what the baby is how ling her thut these two men Now! go on about the her pillows. Its all a great Joke now, young He let go her hands and rose quickly and tell Johnny to stop about, star thing." lady, Trevor would defend himself, J! ofMrteVcnrront8 UT ,m' 8ee hIs great shock of bushy red ha,r. to his feet. You are stronger than nt people In the street, things levolence a bit of his shaggy beard, his enormous-nlclou- s Trevor, a dazed look In his eyes, but If youd seen what I have of per- - Zch ? I thought he said. No, Ill never give as she and Kate stop fightii make George lra Ur Ills !lfe brow, returned to his chair 7 broad shoulders and the white gleam malaria, youd keep grave for IltrlnPf! , a cent for you. Ill wait till youre mopped Dick tell be doesnt stop barif and a year. Ive seen three Swahilis that and ot h,s two hand at his ging that drum so hard Ill take It away well and then PU take you In free ized obediently repeated, "When I real' that that M. O. wasnt a liar after had nourished mosquitoes from their Trevor absototelitL? W! knets He was hatless and dressed from him. fight and lu my own way." K oves at ;n up, fall like dogs, one after an- faded blue dungarees many sizes youth ' But Andrea did not hear him ; she too small for his bulk. within a mile and a half of nn SeVe,T Wrd a lntentlonay other, had sunk back lax Into her pillows. Important to Mother! Infected camp and the best of them As Wfltched him he raised his Two tears crept from under her closed Examine carefully every bottle mh MacCloster in an oily arnis tnshea wlde went stone blind for a month." pesture and b Q CASTOBIA, that famous old remh eyelids and down her hollow cheekB. nnt! to 8in&- - At Did you nurse them, White Man ? iniLcrtbab the first un- - for infants and children, and see data note, quite Im so weak, she whispered, so 1 llke yuDhJ you see themjhrough? conscious of ectlon, she let the door Bears the I cant hein weak I cant cry." These were the questions that drove 8winf PeQ and stepped out on the off The white man cursed himself aloud. unbiblical ot Signature a whisn a veranda. It was the him nearest to desperation, but the aria from Faust No one knew better than he that It f In Use Over 30 Years. for Rht the same ar,a but oh I how different gleam in the eyes above the demure to J ,JJrt u,.thdD L .g !1 fc not won when the tide of battle case Children for Fletchers Castoru Cry ac' gln mouth from which they Issued Inva-The voice of this man was like a huge cent . t turns, and that he who sleeps on the rlubly warned him of the trap In time. " sidd Trei-nHerman Knew. ru verge of victory awakes to defeat. lie was on his guard; he knew that street. und, '1 t smuoimy into the air He settled down to the long vigilance ,nv 1. four, was In the Herman, age there were things between him and vou leu?inR the Oome of boaven Itself. wtt mother 'dontU his A that knew b k that was his price of peace. The day if you neighbor Amln-M an'i tl.nl would torn If .e,cl, Imn them one wn, think that An, and a night came and went before he expecting a guest. ghastly skeletons walking by' day and could draw the long, quivering breath There Herman, has your company come, you go, said MacCloster, which only consistent silence could of relief that marked the passing of she Inquired. always cheerful, warm entomb. Itut so deep had grown his pleasantly, welcome on your tongue. No, not yet," was the reply. Ts danger. Theu. with sympathies that even in this he under a still dirty. change that was like a thunder-cla: During the stage of convalescence he stood her. It was not that she was Send It up, you dunghill bantam! rend and talked to her by the hour, perverse, but that her pride demanded When Love Was Blind. but the time rame when she would havent you sent my u constant test of his loyalty to her Why the h . . music Sheila If I had known what box? have no more of the printed page. He other self that internal self that had as a matter rthday' of matrimonial you were I never should have mam Andrea pressed her hands, her face had spoken a pnssnge here and there lain bared, revealed and helpless in and her whole body against the door. from the hook of his own life and now . you. his arms. ,hs. i'he knew instantly that this extra- .She was trembling Dick You might haw guessed she demanded the volume from cover London he5 intemLnce ordinary aPParItion In the wilderness when I proposed to you 'vas not frightened; to cover. He told her of his boyhood ,m?e!l a legitimate curiosity, VVIls nthlnR less than the elution of swers. wus too busy lt ba(, , to a New England country town, of eaped to R world Without a word myatery 1Ie could be whai scrapes lu school and of the disaster part in Lu-tSa - deSpBt?h In college that had turned him from! whose. tremen! Entirely Separate. M -c t innTT i r on .on,,- mysterious mS You have no'bnMrf ever the narrow road of specialization in the as h0rt Millie: t0 a lt , mere battle live thought ston whose intricacies Rnd him with fame but without a kiss me." Billie:. I , ,mi.10rtanCt 0f tongues. Jilseases...nilhe J).osefliidcartiihiitL She t came. She was hearing lUonBureJ broad highway which la trod Tightly hnlnia and aimlessly by stray dogs and citistar that AsmIUSI h.d WHICH iiTCT obonA watched hts detailed preparations of vor R single zens of the world. was deliberately opposing all the resounded nlght! a safari. were Tents moral weight of the old fightin slo- - U.L,?DCe tthrongh Yon would have made a great phyScala, set as Miserable? brushed and set to air; cots and matas !t had risen and a bully !" gan, Bully sician," said Andrea, almost regretdisappeared tresses put out for a ; proviDoe the least exertion tu More than that ; she could now feel fore,ver ,eavlng behind no trace fully. sions of all sorts packed In blue and woiTied sad Feel 80 sbart that it had the suppressed hatred she had memo';y But I "Perhaps." he replied. lameness, headache, cases; water boiled, filtered and hung backache, b OCtion alniost unbeller at guessed their words wouldnt have saved myself. I would had boidcome irregularities, th' and kidney canvas in coolers. Only a few days few that had heard lt. blame for to ly into the open and that lt was in a often are never have found myself. I would v before, Just such signs as these had sense eR atate. You must act qmcsrr Are You Trevor?" laliored and forced only because Weri 611,1,1 wBh Us have been one of those unconscious made her heart heavy with unanswer- Its more serious vent t0 the eic,usio of thought or Intensity was beyond actual ex-mortals who spend their lives In a able Pills, the remedy use but her and Illness questionings, that u were had or consciousness of self. She aL, my flying days really These presslon. men were group picture. I would never have over, by grateful ed everywhere all stripped that. The successive mo- to almost I had to look around for now changed n,ore than a sentient found out that there is something unbelievable nakedness neighbor! your n,hing r'a'n, of ments the present. each rapier and broadsword, The easy power of the Voice within nie that utterly rebels agninst steeringIn lights. There are Just three In its turn filledthrobbing An Idaho Cas lapping, thirst- - lifted it her whole horizon. world the the things today; winning beyond the common Ing all those Isms which aim at the colTa3rl . blood and for mightily hearts standards JT3 'n. She knew Instinctively that he had war Is number one. and after that less. In comparison with her of vocal classification and gave it the lective classification of animal man come nothing Blackfjwt, j. somethin education and transport. gTtlg up his sleeve, and that own little allure and the terror of the sapethu-maand whose goal Is the herd Instead of struggle with Trevor, the ennodded to himself as if in con- he would shake It out 'on the slightest lie Its tenuity seemed a counter assumed the proportions of a the Individual. firmation. thig in. I pteked Transport for provocation. She also had a long mem-oy- , corporated an of apart, elements. meeting But Isnt that old stuff?" asked my star. actual substance w and had no difficulty In recalling My mission Is to ships and th JeckoninK anus and ri;? I didnt send It said Trevor . .. could hands. , the first time In g; It Andrcaryawning hi exact tobelieve boast as what he would brail reference j '' because' I lyr didnt" want Into Vw'kw,y imt many days. over the toVemlndll, , that together with education they can do when she was well. He was going bending rng n,oon,iFht. held her, lifted myself you were still uuburied. Be-- I , No, It Isnt," ed the white man be welded Into the second V, tKntfelfie Pi 'll com'ag of to take her In free fight. She was well sides. It looks so Uor ace with lt toward the M.J1 r j dred r clean thoughtfully, "and Til tell yqu "wny. our Lordr bearing peace and not a now, Fhwreflrctecf; she had never felt ! I70 BE CONTINUED.)sky. I know, interrupted MacCloster. ' '' Never for centuries has Intrinsic life sword. If you can was M to better see her star If life, and only my there was one Once more his been so close as If Is todayTo its true high flexible e . , enough amr far enough -- away. thing she hungered could than an- voiw changed Its-astonishingly level of proportionate valuation. What tone ne-t- tf nrd, to II know that It shines oa a world other, it was the promised combat N.JIV 8ea:islanBcot-coursI was worth living for yesterday. Isnt a y"ull calm. can "I feigned act at ah right understand of ton is 'vond blasphemy.' There Is no telling how long Anln the state, of o and was soon up he remarked conve Justification today. Food, raiment and He looked at her anxiously, as drea's innate stubbornness wouUHTaVe the rins from free entirely ( aT r dIaa ly. you dislike the idea of craion to 1 the measurelessTr;tta-- mfttrgfrrieTrtmThc finest comtot kidney trouble. -L sncrnTm ettfrirwtthth'(TTrgTn 'poTI-thoughts of true men than do truth, the shallows while he was trying to lK Get Dew- androff would cxasjH'ratlon have driven him. arollna coast- a honor and the final quality of mercy." show her hla Is well med depths. She nwlded. for their wordless contest was Inter- hmkrtahogany box. Well, lets have He sat for long to an absorbed silence. Go on. cotton, as when at the thing." piffTALO- - 'Le-rupted by an event which he had both away from the coast the fiber "Tell me said Andrea, how the I dont remember hating seen "Beginnings," he continued, always foreseen and feared. They were you degenerates into uand cot-sitting production of a million dollars worth look small measured sober before." said Trevor, to the against ambitions at a table after dinner oa a same Seed prown ln elands la easy tone, and from Its sound d for planting succvuoive Yes, . r half-nake- d a boat-boy- Wpi 7 Testify PctlHcfe hard-beate- s. now-a-day- js'S'is d . I ? r, I mm-niii:- : - r - s- -e family.-hi.iiona- poiti ? S ft. -- IJ l l - T . her-chai- r. egg-suek- er , I L 5'r I1" I I throe-lu- g hnTv T haSg lost rvor" - 5 " I 1 r t-- i m a : p 1 I ff hT JuUn. a!;.ew olkT "i A mls-Tsheba- d win La? ad m ar nexeidtoted--FeUmlmvry-i)nif- o-it-t, I tt. L? d' Weak and sun-bat- h v be-th- at one-loa- d Lr?6.00 trouble-Eidne- n. fr !raadsr -- -- mJ-"A- 1 ii I I -- 5 nm4--JcttCn- n?' -- a - relght-starurwi- f for-mo- re - baby-gran- - 2 T or . - 2 Bea-,sln- - e. ft6 t d crcps- DOAN'S ' |