Show f 1 I c 7 o. o rj 7 i t W I 5 5 THE THE SALT SALT LAKE TELEGRAM SUNDAY MORNING MAY 13 1923 1923 R E E S SUR U R u R R RIE U- U F IE CT C T I 1 0 ON 0 N R R ROCK D 0 OCK 0 C K Ct J It Copyright By EDWIN by Little Brown rown BALMER Company f J t r Continued Continue d f from r om l last as t Wee week k That was a for Lucas who had bad acted upon the simple and effective formula that dead men inca tell ell no tales Galilee and a a. flamIng flam- flam ink Ing n g tor torch h LuC Lucas s winced an ant swung back to his window So o ot J JQ Q i dead had told tod How Ho could id Lucas shut UP UI a ghost tn n Idea half halt formed seized him t Sd and he stood stark It progressed in hIs mind and he laughed In a a. reI rea re- re I It revolted himself he lie discarded discarded discarded dis dis- a carded It it but it came back to him more convincingly more moro complete tand and it promised him triumph m Jt t was after 9 the next morning Before before Ethel awoke and then it was so delightful to lie He In bed over the hours of ot the r l I evening that she made no 10 stir sUr and andI Ht I was 10 when a a. maid knocked at ather her door She answered Joyously Someone for me mew 7 5 w Yes Miss 1 Carew Mr Lucas Cul- Cul Yes S' len n your our grandfather Q 0 tEthel Elhel hel hastened down and found her ner grandfather with his overcoat and holding his hat hatIn in tn his gloved hand on n standing in the center of ot the thep I p Drawing drawing room and gazing critically about You little litHe fool he accused her feel Cant you ehn even when your own flesh and blood tries ties to protect you From what grandfather Had it ever er occurred to you ou that itne the reason your father never came camet that he couldn't t amy my house was No so 0 Ethel said I Think over it a minute I 1 Why 0 Why wouldn't I have ha him there 1 lie He couldn't tell you I t I II thought Id I'd never have to but I youve you've uve forced me This fello fellow you ou c call ll Loutrelle 4 You believe that your your father father so father so so Bennets Bennet's been telling me got me got InQ in tn e touch with this fellow called Loui Lou- Lou Q tr lIe after atter your father died dl d That i Started your our interest in him i f Yes Why do you suppose your fathera rather father a d Why did he pick him Inan I nan mean Why why grandfather he ha was going to meet me Father knew that some way way way- t l Look here your 1 father was killed and after he was dead dad so so you think think think-he he tried to talk to ti this Loutrelle So lets let's just take your own information your fathers father's spirit the first thing after dead goes about looking forI for named Barney Loutrelle I Now spirits all spirits all Ive I've heard us of-us- of us usually T mily go first for those closest to toem toem em dont don't they Why usually grandfather Well Vell what makes you think this gI an exception LEthel shrank back comprehend comprehend- I less his words than the ugliness sd of f his inflection IL What do you mean she deed de- de ed toe Well who more natural for a father ather to seek than his son My father Ethel said Youre r Balking about my father he was your father 1 I new him He was about St. St Flor- Flor a little in the old days days- a little You may remember he r ld not have him marry my aughter So they ran off I knew i there was a girl girl- to go to Rock pEthel flung herself at with him him with er little fists tight she pummeled pirn un on the chest You you lie He you you Ie-you you lie My father You lie lie lie- you 00 lie lie lie- lieI caught her fists and held her I before him He saw that he I ad not an au ner u. u Ii had ad not expected to simply by this I statement of the false before corn corn- fining ining it with what was wae true He Ic Bras too old and shrewd in epe- epe 1 bun lence to fail to know how a truth very old may carry with It a lie i Vho F was his father then he help of his granddaughter halfred half her Do you know know- Then red ten me I dont don't know of course n not like maternity but butIS ils IS mother mother mother-Do Do you know who sheL she sho vas as Agnes here Suddenly he L dropped Ethel and gestured horg hor- hor g l with both hands Your father IM I'M nd your fathers father's friend Agnes friend Agnes sr Oh Oh God Ethel cried Her grandfather said not another In ord rd he stood for for- only a a. moment fore her then satis- satis looking at led he pulled on his hat and stalked othe door Bin th the whirl of her emotions she gi endeavoring to fasten thought Barney only as cousin Agnes Agnes' her will and re revolting re- re ion on but against oiling her thoughts of her father Le v tild Uld come in e I TOh Oh last night he had taken her as e. e hover Agnes Agnes' son and and- her ant her lathan lath lath- an I Ls s She was here In Agnes house might have been been been- to Agnes who night have been been been- corning coming and heard someone Marling up she saw cousin Agnes Agnes' housekeeper Mrs Wain usually so 80 of aim alm so so- completely in control herself advanced under a nervous tension which visibly shook her ner er i light body tier Her words confessed he had been listening f was he saying to you 01 of tirE Irs Oliver Cull Cullen en she sho Besought Ethels Ethel's ier hands trembling on 1 houlder What was he telling to J ou Oil Oh you must tell me he T aid Mrs Cullen Cullen- Ill about her now Ethel el vied J. J I mean ho was talk talking ng P her long ago But but TA she collapsed In the house house- ui away M CeDers CeDer's arras arms Im going I tl me to Wyoming Mrs Wain You must lust help me off And if Mr LouW LouI Lou Lou- W telephones I II r calls for me mc or 8 I I tra aP ai not to him I cant can't see Urn Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps-perhaps perhaps I can write Fj Fatt ai never meet him again XVI the t CHAPTER t Lucas Lucas' der de- de Early that afternoon t i that hee he r operative reported e O ad followed Allowed Ethel Carew to the 1110 nd J on station where she sho purchased and boarded a a train for tor AV d erld in Wyo She had been un tin th the tho i AI and plainly under see 1 ess ress of strong emotion What Ethel had told Barney was wan wasi i rief Iff and simple In Its Us final state state- tnt ent I par bear ear Barney Barne J I I have found that I must leave leavo get iet t once for my home Some time ter Lter er I shall know how to explain ater tb 1 hat hat must seem madness to you i t tile ebI v I can not bl Where yo you fare are and how you are an remain with ben Ind id what you are doing e the things in my IC most important jt all ifs fl let me mo know mOW jie be ii BO so y you must but out address address' will beit oe be but yourself My Jel Wyo ETHELH ETHEL it of H It wa was seve several al days daYI later that that rs S Vain Wain the housekeeper phoned r quest es for him for orm him to o call can I Wain I I Mrs DC speak peak to you ou sir nd M 1 breathlessly after she ahe had sunk to the seat upon my own re- re I d sir entirely So I must 4 Wu Yu before I say another I t to o give me your word as a gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man that you will wUl make no use of ot what I tell tell unless unless I alloW v you Barney felt his pulses pounding again What is it ho he io demanded You will ivill meet me sir sir when y youre you're ure sure youre you're not followed v Where At the corner the corner ot of Tenth and Wa- Wa bash Barney went Yent immediately down down- 3 if i at i Ethel hastened down and found her grandfather town He had to wait walt on the corner only a few minutes before Mrs Wain aln drove up in a taxi and invited him in St Lukes Luke's hospital she said to the driver and when the door was closed she vouchsafed to Barney Barne it had another operation was performed the day before yos yo's yes yes- She rallied at first but sank later Still the housekeeper gave no Intimation intimation in intimation In- In of who she was and Barney was aware that direct Inquiry inquiry in inquiry In- In would be vain I Barney did not know her when the nurse who wh had thad been beside the I bed moved away and Mrs Wain Vain held back and Barney advanced alone he ho was not conscious of ever having seen the woman who lay on her side her profile plain against the pillow Yet a fluttering of awe awe of of more mor than awe came awe came over oer him as he halted silently beside beside be beside be- be side the bed Her face as she lay turned toward him was beautiful though illness and intense suffering she had surely endured Her skin was clear and I lovely even in Its deathly pallor h her r hair hair black black and abundant had abundant had clung to its luster as had her dark brows and the sashes lashes which lay on her cheek Even now the Indomitable Indomitable indomitable able soul of her that her that essence of her spirit which persisted through consciousness consciousness con con- long was gone was gone was keeping up the fight Barney felt And he wanted her to win oh oh how he wanted her to win It seemed to him he had never wished so for another's life a and nd why Because for the f first 1st time he was beside someone who b be belonged longed to him b by blood Because she was his mother his mother My M mother Barneys Barney's lips formed to himself Mother lother Yet now he had to know be beyond ond speculation He saw that Mrs Vain was Just within the door s so he dropped back to her and turned to her in an appeal which she be could not refuse She Is my mother Your mother sir the housekeeper housekeeper housekeeper house house- keeper said If It she sha calls you in her hOr sleep sir sir sir-or or awake if it she says Dick she means you sir Dick you Dick you understand I 1 understand Barney whis whis- You mean she has been asking for me When she did not know It U. U she asked for you ou Dick my baby my ray boy Dick boy she said this morning That was why I brought you Barneys Barney's eyes dimmed How long has she been ill iii when the Since the Injury sir sh snip ship p was torpedoed ed What ship The ship that that- she was going back to France Franco on on sir last September September September Sep Sep- to find you The To find me Barney repeated dazedly Yes sir You see ee Mr Dick shed she'd Just got track of you at last All your our life for twenty three years shed she'd been searching for you and then then then-OJ Mrs Vain Wain st stopped d PR ua aate e in lone ine evening went to Scott street and presented himself himself him him- self at the house which was his mothers mother's and asked for Mrs Wain VaIn Nothing more has happened Mrs l Vain Wain Barne Barney said to her at once to to- quiet the alarm which his appearance at that hour bour had aroused She ho She ho hesitated arid and then did not name his mother but repeated she repeated she was gaining strength when I left Of course I understand understand understand under under- stand much more than I did this 1 morning but of course I want to know everything everythIng everythIng-everything everything you youcan youcan ou can tell me Its ls l's always been between her herand herand herand and him the housekeeper Iterated incoherently between lier her and him him- him Her and God and God Barney asked bewildered God the housekeeper repeated and laughed The devil on earth himself Mr Lucas Cullen Senior Dont Don't you see Ree She's fought him since she was a IL child a a. little girl oil aIr rind and ho he downed her he ha dis dis- dis I g graced c d her and and and-and and sl she sho lost y you Then rhen she came here and beat him beat him him beat beat him and his famIly family fam lam ily all of ot them sho beat them all But she couldn't find you and she couldn't couldn't- the housekeeper stopped Listen she sho appealed again steadying herself hersel She Sho found you last fall I told you ou then that happened I And they thought she was dead so she sho let them think she wn wee was dead to beat boat them them boat beat them so they could never down her again But he did It He Ho came canto hero the other day that day Ethel Elhel Carew left remember left remember said I I remember Barney Ho lie thinks hes he's safe now for hes he's beaten you both But nut hes he's not beaten heaten her He thinks he ho has for he Ito thinks think she is dead doad But she's and fight tight him going to g get t well an for you OU an and ana for tor her So o shell she'll send for you soon shell she'll tell you what she should she should tru trust t her and anci wait walt S SAt At half past seven on that same samo morn Lucas Lucas Cullen Senior was wasat jt ls eyes struck nt at t a an Item headed Open Draw Claims Another Victim It was under that open draw heading and the p paragraphs when carefully read related how a new coupe very recklessly driven had dashed up the approach of ot the Rush street bridge bridge and and the driver disregarding garding- garding the danger signals hurled his car through the barrier and Into the river The bodies were recovered ered and there followed very fair descriptions of Miss Platts Platt's hus bus band an and the girl who had been frequently fre fre- fre seen with KIncheloe CHAPTER The English medium Mrs Brand came to Chicago sitting In private private private vate homes of several of ot the most prominent people of ot the city and demonstrating evidences of communication to the full satisfaction of the Increasing groups of ot devotees and dally daily convincing the skeptical of the reality of her powers to reach the world beyond She Sho established th therefore most I ideal conditions for the trial of Lucas' Lucas plan to the sha 1 fart faCt i I of Agnes Cullens Cullen's presence presence i in the the realm of the dead Shortly after Lucas Cullen Senior had communicated to his family his decision to attend the sitting of Mrs Brand at Mrs Stanton FIeld Ings logs Barney received by special messenger one of those cards which admitted the holder to Mrs Stan- Stan ton ton-Fielding's drawing room between bei be- be tween and With the card came a. a a note enJoining enjoining enjoining en- en Joining him to be present early to occupy an Inconspicuous position and particularly to avoid recognition tion by the Cullens but to closely observe them These directions were not signed but Barney was sure that his mother moth moth- er had iad written them You shall hear all all ail all she had promised him when s she sie e last clasped him all in its proper time mySon my son If I told you now I would I spend too much too much too much of what Ive I've kept within me for twenty years And he understood that she did not mean solely her strength But It is almost time I Today Barney read in those lines of his mothers mother's handwriting that oc- oc currence at last favored her she had sufficient strength to play her part and the time time her her time and his his' and Lucas Cullen's Cullens had cullens had comeI come I x explain for benefit of those who otherwise may find confusion said Mrs Irs Brand Bran when the opened that when in the trance I appear to be generally subject to a 3 control control who styles himself Doctor Keppel personality employs my material body for expression Thereupon servants drew the window window win win- dow blinds and turned on the lights in the ceiling Some profound transformation Influenced influenced In Influenced In- In Mrs Brands Brand's posture and ander per her er manner of utterance rance and when her lips next moved ber ler speech Indicated indicated In Indicated In- In the control control of a robust abrupt and masculine seeming seeming seemIng seem seem- ing personality What a cloud of ot witnesses are present I So many come here here to meet you I T I would like to learn whether communication can be obtained said aid aId a smooth perfectly assured feminine voi e and Barney saw not by any motion of her own but by the attention of those seated about her that Mrs Lucas Cullen Jr was speaking from Mrs OlIver Oliver Oli OlI- ver Cullen Agnes Cullen who was lost last September on the Gallan Gallan- tic and |