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Show 1 I r I j I I THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM, UTAH Difficulties With Laws "Men easily make new laws," said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "but find the same old difficulties in compelling obedience." Weight of Train Differs Sia train weighs more going from Ti;c:;jo to New York than when go-iJi- "ih other way, because of the f iion of the earth's rotation. UNDER PRESSURE! ssrsr By George Agnew Chamberlain WNUServc- - puzzle it but for what it was a look of eternal farewell she compro-mised by touching cheeks In the Latin manner, one cheek and then the other. That done she hurried down two flights of stairs to the street and within five minutes was being driven at vertiginous speed along the Paseo de la Reforms, through the umbrageous Bosque de Chapultepec, around Dolores ceme-tery and Into a blind lane. There, blotted out against a clump of bushes, stood a dilapidated touring car with its tattered curtains in place. Sergeant Pancho Buenaven-tura, in uniform, stepped out to help with the luggage and motioned to her to get Into the tonneau, but she knew better. Resigning that space to her bags she climbed into the front seat beside him. A mo-ment later they were off and pres-ently swung left Into the Toluca road. SYNOPSIS Joyce Sewell, on the evt of her twenti-eth birthday, rebels at her lot. dependent on her detested stepmother, Irma, and lull of tragic memories of her mother's murder twelve years before and her father's death six months ago. Irma calls in Helm Blackadder, an admirer, to help her persuade Joyce to marry rich, young Michael Kirkpatrick. Mike, sent up to Joyce by Irma and Black-adde-demands a showdown on his pro-posal and is rejected. Reading her fa-ther's papers. Joyce realizes that La Barranca, a Mexican hacienda which her father had owned, legally belongs to her. Later, she receives a letter enclosing a warrant on the United States Treasury for $10,000 compensation for her moth-er's murder at La Barranca. She con-fers with Mr. Bradley, a banker and only remaining friend of her father's. She confides that she wants to make a secret Journey to Mexico. Bradley arranges all details for her. She departs by plane undetected. Dirk Van Suttart. second secretary of the American embassy In Mexico City, gives Joyce a chilly re-ception and she loses her temper. She finds a Mexican woman lawyer, Marga-rid- a Fonseca. who takes her to General Onelia, right-han- d man to the Mexican minister of war. Margarlda reminds Onelia that the usurper of La Barranca Is his dangerous enemy. General Dora-do. The two make plans to send Joyce with a few picked men under Pancho Benaventura to drive Dorado out. Adan Arnaldo, a young man who runs El Tenebroso, a night club, knows Dorado's present whereabouts, so they take Joyce there that night, where she notices Dirk. General Dorado arrives. the address to the driver. The car slowed, swung around the next cir-cle and started back In the opposite direction. "All right I'll believe you. Since you say you're what I thought you were I'll take you straight to your hotel On one condition." "What is it?' "That you never come Into my place again." "Don't worryl" said Joyce fer-vently. "I wouldn't anyway. I've never been so frightened before, and it wasn't the row that did it." "No?" said Arnaldo curiously. "If that rumpus didn't scare you, what did?" "A face. It was horrible. I'll never forget it." "What face.?" "That man in uniform the one who started the trouble." "Dorado," said Arnaldo slowly, "Pepe Dorado. So that's it What do you want to know about Dora-do?" "Only only that I'll never see him again." "You won't; nobody will for a long while," said Arnaldo grimly. "Why?" asked Joyce quickly. "Did something happen to him?" "Not yet but I promise you it's going to. I give him until daylight. I won't see him out of town in per-son but I have a couple of part-ners nobody knows about who will. When they tell him to beat it he'll go and stay gone." As the car drew up In the light from the hotel entrance she laid her hand on his arm and looked straight into his eyes. "Why have you been so good to me? Why?" He shrugged his shoulders. "A lot of us Mexicans play at hating ward Irma. "So there's a reward now, is there? How much?" "Five thousand dollars." "Holy pickerel! " Blackadder started pacing the floor. Suddenly he halted. His brow cleared as if by magic and he made a leap for the telephone. "Airport!" he shouted. "Get me the airportl" A moment later he was talking again. "Airport? I don't know you and you don't know me, but this is Helm Blackadder. Get it? Helm Blackadder. Have you reported to the police what day, what hour and where you took your last woman passenger?" "No. Why should we?" "You know why. You see the pa-pers, don't you?" "Sure, we read 'em-- me and the pilot both and that's why." "I see," said Blackadder softly. "Now listen, you. I'm Miss Joyce Sewell's guardian. Quit worrying about that reward, if it's ever paid to anybody, which it won't be, I'll guarantee you'll get your share. You and your buddy don't want to be put behind bars for compounding a felony, do you?" "Aw, say now. Mister, we ain't done nothing." "You're right you haven't and you'll find there are cases where you can get in as bad for doing nothing as for pulling the trigger. They call it abetting, meaning to incite, to encourage." "What do you want to know?" "When did she leave?" "A week ago today at four o'clock." "Where to?" "We carried her to Newark." "How much did she pay for her ticket?" "How do I know? She didn't buy no tickets from us." "Who did?" "Nobody. She had her tickets with her." "Did anybody meet her at New-ark?" "No." "Have you any Idea where she went from there?" "Sure. She was a through pas-senger and would just have time to catch the plane south." CHAPTER IV Continued Arnaldo's strong hands darted out to seize the barrel of the gun and hold it pointed upward. The last of the lights were extinguished and with darkness came uproar. Five shots rang out in a steady spurt, tables were overturned, dishes crashed, women screamed, men groaned and grunted. Joyce sat quite still, pressing back as if to push herself through the wall. Soon she reached out her right hand tentatively; General Onelia was gone. She pushed her left along the seat It was empty Margarida was gone. At that instant a fumbling hand found her shoulder, shot down along her arm and seized her wrist. She felt herself being hauled along the wall by someone who seemed sure of his way. Who was it and why? Was it Onelia, Van Suttart or or Dorado? What did it matter if only she could get out? Something struck her in the face, enveloping her head. For a moment she thought she would suffocate, then realized it had been merely a plunge through heavy curtains. The next thing she knew she was dragging the sharp sweet air of the night into her lungs as her escort half lifted, half hurled her into the tonneau of a waiting car. The chauffeur started so suddenly her head was thrown against the back of the seat. Then the cold cut into her; she shivered from head to toe and her teeth began to chat-ter with a steady rattle. Promptly the man took her in his arms, snatched the rug from its bracket and drew it over them both. She WW f wail CHAPTER V Back in Elsinboro Mrs. Sewell was pacing distractedly up and down her living room awaiting the arrival of Helm Blackadder. Why had he shouted at her over the telephone? Why had he said such things? It was she who had grounds for anger, she who had a right to feel hurt. Was it her fault he had been away gone to New York with-out saying a word? Her soft brown eyes watered and then blazed. she had done had been right; she had sacrificed herself to the limit, but she had done what was right. Abruptly Blackadder ap-peared before her, not having both-ered to ring or knock. She hurled herself into his arms. . "Helm! Oh, Helm!" she sobbed. It was one of the cleverest moves of her entire career. Perforce he held her, patting her back, and the harder she clung to him the less could he find it in his heart to pour out the scathing words which a mo-ment ago had been trembling on the tip of his tongue. "Irma, how on earth could you stir up such a mess for yourself? Why didn't you find out where I was and call me up? Why couldn't you wait till I came back?" She threw herself Into a chair and covered her eyes. "Please don't. Helm. Please listen to me first That child that poor child! When she didn't come back after the week-en- d I telephoned Frances Holder and found she hadn't been there at all! Then I tried to tele-phone you; I did, Helm. I notified the police; then I thought of the radio." "I'll say you did!" groaned Black-adde- r. "Hasn't it occurred to you Joyce isn't lost at all? That nobody kidnaped her? That nothing has happened to her except what she intended to have happen?" "No, it hasn't. Do you remember what she said to us? Do you? Well, I do; the words are burned into my brain. This is what she said: 'You want to be rid of me both of you. All right. I promise. If it isn't that way it will be another.' " "Bunk," said Blackadder. "That girl? Never. How much money do you think she had?" "Hardly any." Blackadder frowned. He went to the telephone and called up the sta-tion master. "Jim, this is Helm Blackadder. Did Joyce Sewell leave Elsinboro on a train?" Promptly came the answer: "No, Helm, she didn't. Naturally as soon as I seen about the reward I wasn't satisfied with only checking up around here. I telephoned every crew from Buf-falo to New York. You can take it from me she didn't get away on no train." "Thanks, Jim," said Blackadder. He hung up and faced around to-- "Through? Through to wherer Miami?" "No. Balbuena." "Where's that?" "It's the airport for Mexico City, Mister, and much good may it do you to know it." Blackadder turned to Irma. "Did you get it? Joyce is In Mexico City. She's been there for about four days." "Mexico City!" gasped Irma. "Why, how can she be? You can't travel to Mexico City on five dol-lars. I know because " "That's what's got me stumped," interrupted Blackadder. He proceeded to call up the heads of the three banks In town, leaving Mr. Bradley, known to have been Cutler Sewell's good friend, to the last. The first two made no bones about answering since their infor-mation happened to be negative; they had paid out no money as a loan or otherwise to Joyce Sewell. But when it came to the president of the City National, the reply was decidedly evasive. "Let me get this straight, Helm," said Mr. Bradley's aggravatingly calm voice. "Have you taken out papers as Miss Joyce Sewell's guardian?" "No," said Blackadder, control-ling his temper with difficulty, "but her stepmother is sitting here be-side me. Do you want me to put her on the phone have her tell you you can say it to me and say it all?" "No; I'll take your word for it. Now just what is it you want to know, Helm?" (TO BE CONTINUED) tried to calm herself she must calm herself or she couldn't think. What did he intend? Where was he taking her? Then he did something which steadied her nerves at once; he tried to light a cigarette without disturbing her. At the flash of the match she looked up into Adan Ar-naldo's pensive face. A great many thoughts struck Joyce all at once, making her dizzy. She had escaped the scene of pan-demonium to fall into what? "If you'll put me in a taxi," she said, drawing away from him, "I'll be all right. Then you can go back." "To help the scrubwomen?" asked Arnaldo. "There wasn't any-thing unusual about our closing to-night. I've seen eight people shot and killed In the last two years." "Oh!" gasped Joyce. "That's why I was wondering," he stated. "About what?" she asked. "You a girl like you! I don't get it yet Coming into a dump like that between two buzzards. What did they want?" She decided at once to put Ar-naldo oft and in the same flash won-dered if she dared try to draw him. "How should I know?" she re-plied, almost without a pause. "I never saw either of them before to-day." "You're not lying?" "I came to Mexico only yester-day," said Joyce. "It's the truth. I wanted to see what was going on so I got Margarida Fonseca to take me." "How did you come to go to her? Has she had herself listed as a guide?" "No," said Joyce. "She's my law-yer." "You've got me guessing," he de-clared. 'When I saw you with those two zopilotes I had a feeling you'd need help pretty soon and need it bad, but you don't seem to think so and I'm beginning to change my mind. Every man living has to be fooled by a woman ever so often and perhaps this is my night. Per-haps I'm a bonehead, blind in both eyes, and you're a bad egg." "I'm not," said Joyce simply; "I'm exactly what you thought. Please take me home." "Where?" She told him. He hesi-ate- d for a moment, then called out Pancho Buenaventura, in Uni-form, Stepped Out to Help With the Luggage. the United States, but not me. They were good to me up there, a lot better than I've been to you. We're different. It's like two worlds. There's one way to live in your country and another to live in mine, but let me give you a tip. It takes a strong head to stand mixed drinks. I have a strong head." "So have I," said Joyce. He studied her thoughtfully. "Ei-ther you're right about your head or you're a fooL" "Why?" "Think it out for yourself. You don't know danger when you see it. You start out with the boner of coming to Mexico. You tie in with a couple of gringo-hator- s who wouldn't leave a lamb his bleat. You butt into El Tenebroso and when you're out riding with a buzz-sa-you think you're playing with a paper l. To top the list you decide to mix it with what with whom? Pepe Dorado! No; there's only one way to make every-thing fit you're a fool and I'm an-other." "Perhaps I am," said Joyce so-berly, "but I hope not." She pushed down the rug, stepped to the curb and gave him her hand. "I'll never forget you or what you've done; please don't forget me." "I won't!" he assured her. "Get along in before you freeze." At ten o'clock at night of the third day Joyce and her baggage were transferred by taxi to the rail-way station and then as a further precaution by another hired con-veyance to Margarida's apartment. Onelia was there. He glanced at his watch and spoke in a tender voice which seemed to drip with regret at parting. "It is time, my child. 1 shall stay here. Go down by yourself and slip into my car. The chauf-feur already has your bags and I've given him the necessary In-structions. Don't worry if he drives fast; it's only to make sure nobody can follow." Joyce hesitated whether to kiss Margarida, chilled by the p2culiar look in her eyes. Tno impatient to Lndon Tops In River Forts London ranks as first of the world's river ports. 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Doan't Pillt. They have had mors than forty years of public approval. Ara endorsed the country over. Insist on Doan't. Sold at all d.ug stores. le-- ih Babbits Are Productive oteTX sfl6le Pair ' raDDits will ln-- . 1al"jaset one hundred-fol- between -- iiing Sand autumn. ta T.- - 3 Red Fox Plentiful The most abundant species of fox is the red fox, found over most of Canada and the United States. L. o. s , Could Not Use Platinum platinum could not be used in jcient times because of its high "TTtltini point Highest, Lowest Points Connected A highway connects Mount Whit-ney, highest point In the United States, and Death valley, the lowest. tuul Mt. i River Port Mile Inland "" 8Affi"hit Yangtze river port, was PTfTilginally built a mile inland for tecUon against pirates. Believed Precious Stones Alive Precious stones were believed by the ancients to be alive and pos-sessors of souls. r 1 1 URS- -tt This) Rolls Water. Backward a rnin the Amazon river, the tide rolls Sail water backward for 500 miles. Hi Ho Saying "One of lofty mind," said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "may fall into error by assuming that his ideas. are shared by those who have not even tried to understand them." J Rooster That Crows Loudest BidMud Tunkins says the rooster that stood off and watched the fight RS fthe one who butts m on the vic iy and crows the loudest. ataA 4. i leraittfestern Reserve Purchase Price '" yh original purchase price of mild comprising the Western Re-- fve amounted to 40 cents per rmhiii pre. I Salmon in Fresh Water Not all salmon spend their lives alternately in fresh and salt water. In Maine, Canada and Norway are landlocked salmon that spend their 'VUiiiTO entire lives in fresh water. '" 8" Tie One That Escaped TS Ihe T"rks nave a proverb which ys: "Every fish that escapes ap-- AGEars larger than it is." Fishermen rttJrj't theiame the world over. 1 I.nk.lfc I Long Wait for Explosion Report An explosion on the sun, loud enough to reach the earth, would not be heard by us until about 15 years afterward. r- j taposed Homes for Cabinet Men of five homes for cabinet on Washington's Lafay-- n Ewt park was proposed in congress 1845. i . Purifying Sugar Cane Juice After the sweet juice is extracted from sugar cane it is mixed with whitewash to remove the impuri-ties. ' Old Adage Debunked : guar, The old saying, "A pint's a pound, world around," is often untrue - icause some liquids are heavier 1 ATEian otners- - Large Mahogany Trees in Spain The Spaniards record having cut mahogany trees in Jamaica at the end of the Sixteenth century that were 36 feet in girth. First Wine to White House ,ViJ,'Jefferson brought the first wine to fLAE White House, $10,000 worth in ght years. Rosetta Stone Aid to Science The Rosetta stone, discovered in Egypt in 1799, gave a key which resulted in the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphics. JR '! n ck- - Pronouncing Deschutes ?nd "Deschutes, the river in Oregon --it flows into the Columbia is pro- - ppyunced. Day-shoo- t, accent on shoot Poems Resurrected A collection of Rosetti's poems, after being buried with his wife, was disinterred and published in 1870, 12 years before his death. United States :tn ciil n 1610 the total white population so..he territory which since has e United States was 210. Common Sense Always Needed One can never have enough of that most uncommon of all senses common sense. "APtii '"kiln Drying of Wood s.. SAfiln drying of wood takes from y weeks to a month, while air LJIPii.!irsg takes two years or more. Most Intelligent Animals Play The most intelligent animals play when young. 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The most modern farm laboratory in the world has been opened by the Department of Agriculture in Wash-ington in an effort to raise the standards of American farm prod-ucts, writes a Washington United Press correspondent in the New York Herald Tribune. In the new standardization build-ing are located the bureaus direct-ing regulatory and marketing agencies dealing with the principal farm products. Technological and economic research scientists also are housed in the air-cool- struc-ture. It also houses a modern hayloft a combination standardization re-search laboratory and warehouse with glass north front and scientific devices for analyzing quality and factors in hay. Cotton experts prepare standards for use in domestic and foreign trade. The appeal board of review examiners, the final authority in the interpretation of standards, has its classing rooms in the building. Along with cotton standardization' and classical work, the physical and chemical properties of cotton Early Niagara Tails VisiUr Father Hennepin, the missionary explorer, visited Niagara Falls in 1678, and sketched them and after-ward published a description of them. He has long been credited with having been the first European to see them, and it is not unlikeb that he was, althougi LaSalle visit ed the region of the falls in 1669 and Champlain was also in that pari of the country before Hennepin, |