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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD Then, attacking a huge birch stub like. I happen to be Dawn Mo 8 . ,P!Led 0,7 a Quantity of lomw Manus." he Ilghted frm Ben Elliott opened his mouth ns n,atch wrH in a tightly corked bottle If to speak. Then closed It as the quickly again burning stuff and made a foolUhly moveshed a comfortable helpless glow on the bovv- ment with one hand. He er he had built, he stared at knocked dead her and began to stammer. branches from a hemlock, fed them Why I . . . Why, you . . . Why, to the flame and then turned to a Able said . . ." He laughed outnearby dry top of a fallen maple, fit, then, as his misconception beknocking off substantial faggots. came clear. Oh, if I'd given It a die eyed the fire as he stood second thought Id have known! erect, drawing off his gloves and Able first told me about you as a spreading his big hands to the little girh It stuck In my head ; a little girl! But that was years ago, Strange, she said, that you of course. . . . Gee I . . . Why, then should be lost From the way you you're lost in your own back yard, make yourself comfortable in the you might say." woods. Id say youd been born In I was, she corrected. But a few timber.' minutes ago I heard some one sing From the way you know woodand Just now the cook called craft when you see It Id say its as out; the crew to supper." strange that you should be lost Then why diuut you" What I know of the woods was How different, this beginning, from Because I was rather curious to learned years ago. One gets rusty, the manner of address he had I ve discovered. Who are you and planned ! He felt called upon, now, what are you doing here? to explain his presence on her trail ner directness quite took his rather than to demand a reason for breath. I saw your trail, her being there. he began again, "and I thought . . . Well, my names Ben Elliott, If It seemed to me you might be a that means anything to you. And I was looking for somebody who has little lost no business to be here. Who are Aa a matter of fact, I am com you pletely turned around," 6he said. and what brings you Into this timIt was silly of me to come Into the ber?" He was bound, now, to break woods, especially on a day like this, without a aompass. But I did through her aloofness. and here I am! She was eyeing That," she replied, however, is him closely, now, as though search- largely my own affair. But, Mr. Eling for some special detail of face liott, If you should guess that I was or figure. simply trying to lose a certain unLost! He thought: a lost Diana! pleasant mood In the woods where I kept losing my bearings and I once was quite happy, you wouldnt had trouble getting oriented and am be far from right" She spoke Incisively and unhesigetting a little tired. It was so silly ! Downright stupid ! If you know this tatingly but It seemed to him that country you can set me right I behind this brusqueness was someshould be back In TIncup before thing quite different; something he could not quite fathom. He was long or theyll worry. about to remind her that she had . Ben wondered quickly and Irrelevantly, w ho They might be. Yes, he not yet revealed her Identity when could get her out In a half hour she went on: he could have her In his camp and Looking for some one who has send her on her way to town. . . , no business here, you said. Just The Pool Room's a Good Place for But In a half hour . . , And with who are they, what are You to Be, Llmpy." they do- her manner so clearly hostile for no lngr discover what sort of man Is standreason at all? . . . She Impressed As to the first. I cant tell you. ing between me and poverty," perhim as a young woman most de- For the second, their purpose probhaps Ironically, this. And, of course, sirable to know weU and also as ably would be to attempt to hold up I knew you werent lost. one whose confidence would be slow a timber operation In which Im Elliott flushed un that In acquiring. rather Interested not so far from I played at being lost myself so eh? he asked and laughed here. Lost, Id have a chance to talk to you. oddly. Matter of fact I came out Her eyes were on him with a Im glad I did . . . unless It has without a compass myself." That curious which might offended you. expression, was truth. He needed no compass possibly have been personal InterNo. Im . . . Im only ready to for a short swing such as he had est In, now." go made today; his sound woodsmans To hold yon up? How?" She adjusted the harness of her instinct would hold him safe. Are you from TIncup?" shoes dexterously and they set out Well, that complicates matters," I am." On the way to camp Ben tried to the girl said drily. Ive got to get You know people there? And talk to her further but her responses out of this timber and Im not good what seems to be the towns most were brief and noncommitaL Her for much more travel In this sort famous tradition? Interest appeared to be only poorly of going. I havent been on webs in I dont understand." aroused even on such a vital matseveral years and Ive gone further Isnt It that Nicholas Brandon ter as the operation of her own than I should have." finishes what he starts out to do? property, and so finally he gave up By George, thats too bad! he That whatever he says goes, come trying to make talk and broke trail said and hoped that none of his what may?" thinking that now the job would Ive heard that said. People like have an added zest, that a girl like men, who would be trekking into Dawn McManus was an even greatcamp by now, would shout or sing to talk." so their voices would break down Bight But Im managing an out- er incentive than the thought of a the Illusion of empty distances sur- fit thats encouraging rough going small child, alone, with her Umber rounding them which evidently pos- from some source. All sorts of at the mercy of hard schemers, and sessed the girl. Too bad! Its get- things are happening and Im trying depending on him to make safe her heritage. ting dark sure enough but it Isnt to head off certain of them." I see." very late. If you could sit down and get your second wind, now She looked away and puckered CHAPTER VI But what good will that do? If her delectable lips as though to we stay here until Its really dark whistle. Ben rubbed his chin again. new piston head for the there may be no getting out until She was not even Interested In THE arrived and Elliott was morning. All I have with me is a learning more about him, but where at the station when the train bearcake of chocolate and the prospect many young men would have been ing It pulled In. More, he was close of a hungry, cold night In the woods piqued at that he only laughed beside the express car when It haltwith you isnt alluring." softly. ed and carried the part himself into Whats he Joke? she asked, al- his waiting sleigh. Ben rubbed his chin. Im sorry. If the Impression I most defiantly. The veneer logs were ready to make Is as bad as I was just thinking that Its a come out to the siding. Standard I meant nothing personal. But I funny situation when a man gets cars had been set off at Hoot Owl dont know you. I dont fancy being Into a scrap and It looks so big to that day. Tomorrow, bright and earlost with anyone, let alone a stran- him that he thinks the whole darned ly, they would start loading and by country must be watching It and night his contract with Blackmore ger. He thought she almost smiled, as him; and then along comes a nice would be filled. He would receive If relenting a bit from her brusque-nes-girl who's been In a position to a large check, a substantial part of hear all about it and w ho isnt Inter It clear profit. In return. Look he said, pointing aloft to ested a dimes worth." nis men were growing restless She looked up at him slowly. where a break In the clouds near under the driving ; w hispers In camp "You mean that yon want to talk had It that the Job was broke bethe zenith let about the last of the about It? yond repair and he knew that to Perfectly natural that I should pass a pay day would send his crew Im In one w hale of a fight and haw scatteiing, a handicap which he lng the time of my life. It's the first could never overcome In time. But Job Ive found In a coons age that with the men held on the Job and was hard enough and complicated the mill ready to saw In another enough to be worth working over. week he would be ready to give the Thats what Ive heard about Hoot Owl a fresh start, a new hold on hope. you Oh, so you have Youve. After reaching camp he plunged heard about me?" Into his blankets for a nights rest. Of course, I live In TIncup. Few And about the time he burhave any secrets In a town of rowed Into the pillow Nicholas size. Brandon sat In his office talking to Ben chuckled again. a pale, slender young man whose Well, then. If youve heard that blue eyes smiled genially. Genialmuch about me and my Job, maybe In that but quality was a ly, yes, there isnt anything I could tell you flaw, one might have observed ou that would be Interesting." close scrutiny. Familiarity with Maybe not," she said with an Llmpy Holbrook might not breed air of dismissal. contempt, but surely, In an alert Ben watched her closely as she man, it would stir an awareness for slowly broke a twig to bits with her the need of caution soon or later. slim fingers. Don't start until All right. Deer used to yard In the swamp dark. And do Just as Ive told you; back of here," she said. When I dont forget to give yourself plenty was a little girl I used to come out of time. You can't travel fast I get you, Mr. Brandon." and try to make frlend3 with them. Have you . . . That is, has he Thats why I came out today , , . wondering If theyd started to yard ever seen you?" Good Afternoon," She Said He came Into the pool room and jet. to them yard." for him tobacco the other day, Brusquely. sold I too early Its but the snow may get deep AYe visited a minute. Yes, to Its going daj light through. day to bunch them. rrlendly?" clear. Well have stars directly. Let enough any The open smile I" he said and shrugged. Nothing but! Snow fire a and me build a little shelter In a hurry the deer had the cast of a leer as Holbrook deep It If gets a hcie. A few minutes rest will do all right and. mnjbe. Ill made reply. lot of good and with stars we can will jard The pool rooms a good place for licked and a little girl done out be get nnj where. world." the In has she all you to be, Llmpy. Great center for She hesitated, seeming to con- of You keep on news. Well All she has In the world? Mean Scenes and Persons in the Current News J1. A g 1 1 from "Yonder" - into the lumbering . " bringing along an 1. Stuart, ho had been Nicholas Ce;:h lineup te, leading citizen Irts presence, trying to town and Elliott. ' leave act knocks him down !b ,ed. but finds a friend The Judge tbie Armitage. lumber oo run the one Brandon H0ot Owl. that This een able to grab. I! t I ' be-n- ,n daughter partner, who has a murder charge McManus, uno Pi 3 ns old with his lr C02 )rnev 2ft head. Duval, to Ben worsts him throws him out g bully. lug Brandon beat up In a fist of camp. leaving a let-- f when liott, to be used Ll becomes too tough. Ben paij rtuart dies, this open the letter at Lf,ln? he can win the fight 1 'em t oue o out t j efforts. Fire breaks are frll when the flames that the ni : Ben discovers line. tf L by gets Iocs Continued V bins 8 !,PTER i used dinner on the fol-- j Elliott set out to 25 lor Ben till Df L story of a trappers lake, w hlch lay to Shard of Hoot OwL jntnailr ?ard at lano ta I a squaw going swimmingly on were yard non a bit ahead even of production for himself and If the eld reasonably good and nitrate these attempts to He was a 3 schedule pi k 3 The an offer of spot cash it that will provide amoney defi(it over But there Is offer. ne limit on the isdjl 5 with gasoline. started 1 it!eVi wt talts I np. he would turn the trick ,aged him for the present good six miles to Squaw fie did not follow the most a ns n. eta ! ;are4 8 lit the right and left Swung Jute. j then, smiling when he came Jtcnlarly fine piece of the Hoot Owl stuff letter every time he went tit Money standing on end Irian girl If he, Ben Elliott, k strong enough to outlast H' randon's ruthlessness and lie' He wondered about ft 'anus, know n and marked uughter of a murderer, k told himself, for a child ito under a cloud like that, k ed back after a fruitless a, and had not gone more llfay to camp when he In th; L fresh snow- short with a M Another prowler? The Mad slioitened his rnens-My- ? The tracks were f at old, he knew by the oly a upon Be stopped falling snow lay In ' t faster, breaking Into a the going was good. ' later he saw the moving e him. Ben saw him turn f Dg Pward, stare Into j akb blew from the north-- tsg to go with It Not ere ost s greenhorn floundering In panic sg meaningless circles, from as not " 1 'f ' b certain In dlrec- - a tightening Jn his chances were, encounter with one 's. the a Mho, most randon s certainly orders, sought hamstring him. A wpatlon ran his veins to , meet greater this prowler satisfaction, Ar!, c8 B,lU Duval been. j 7 on, moving faster down the as the thick-mad- e it Impossible for at any distance. 'acwrym 8toppeJ Eliott hesl Mrnok r'fhether he ha1 nR0t he wantpd 7 It c,1ttlng t5 L re- -u. I SllarP ravlne kt t0 ft and fj cJL".lth the nist trj;VhengPenr ,nafter. hlg k till le9Iooke(1 nt S,rnu11, t 81 rjK as I etnr t: sot it ,ie i aistocratic; hi Tas R,t rilther isll,n of extreme tar C'bSUuusly ? tthnoon 1,! nllore(1 Jumper LPrev,lons K'np(,J ,S - at Mm 1 than de- - s. 1 vv.'. . H J i : lOtTutfuftiw - tfcM t - , 1 a. E. Giegangack, new public printer. 2 Eighteen thousand homeless In southern floods. Guardsmen quell uprising In Louisiana against nuey longs policies. National 3 Lumberjacks Stage Their Own Tilt iygg k i$oiigiygM.w ;vi J HU " . Scene at the first annual blocking contest at Lincoln, Wash., with some of the Wests best lumberjack entered. These blocks are pine and marked with chalk like you would cut a pie and It takes real skill to lilt the line and strength to put the ax through the block with one blow. After the bloek Is cut It looks like a cut pie. Otto Johnson, second man on the right. Is the champion blocker, winning by two blows. NEW FOOTBALL COACH San Diego Prepares for Big Exposition flti ! if ' L hr J X '.I, MaJ. W. n. (Bill) Britton, who succeeds MaJ. It. It. N'eyland as football coach of the University of Tennessee. Key laud has been trans ferred to the Panama Canal Zone, being an army officer on active duty. Britton Is not new to the university, as he has been end coach for the past nine years. HITS LUMBER CODE 4kM Tr-A- f 4 A y A J ;lvh,sJf ft i r f f 7:J i 4 4 . it I 7 7 if 1. ff - t & - rfr'rn lLs 'aLJa-rr - San Diego, Cull f., prepares for California Pacific International exposition. With many buildings already prepared for exhibits, and other units rapidly taking form In the hands of thousands of w others, completion for Us opening on May 29 Is assured. Some 2) nations from all parts of the globe will take part and the Installation of hlg exhibits from nil parts of the United States will commence shortly. Photograph shows the Avenlda de Los Palacios. Scone from the Tower of the Silence of Man. Christens New U. S. Destroyer ... i far wf 4 wihum Tin-cup- 's teB'Sy right, I must admit the Inst "n stio did not half hour's going has been hard. Wi. hello! j .. Out came Ids holt ax, off went the I1,"1 no rcPen-H- i d lower limbs of young hemlocks. In ituq T ",e BUI s face less than It would take un ordinary "'r eyes. man to hp the branches he had a i1'.""1'1'' she 'ui Slid heiuh of trampled snow on a knoll . t..s'nr,)ly. coered with aromatic boughs and fi that la, 1 , ,, thick windbreak of them behind It All i 1 j it iLiJA 1 sider. f ,xW lng Just what?" "If you live In TIncup and know the town you must know about the Is the owner of this property. This Hoot Owl timber." nt the A queer smile tw ltchd lips. Sometimes I think I do; as often, . . really I wonder what shes like , girls ... reporting everything thats there. . . . Good night." sihl (TO BE CONTINUED ) Weather Charte 96 P. C. Correct weather U making fcduite harts that are 01 per cent acetir ite Conditions are roretold from 21 to 43 hours ahead , fa i'A'Jt 4 United States District Jud.e Alexander Akermnn of Tampa, Fla , In denying the government an In Junction to prevent Logan A George, local lumber dealer, from operating without observing the lumber code provisions, has rendered a decision that holds the wage and hour provisions of the NBA lumbir code unconstitutional. "M,- 7" - y f3V. LS t $ r P - 1 A 1 M 'M a r I 4i - - Astrologers Licensed Despite the fact that astrology has been rldb uled by Intelligent people and even banned by law In mnny countries for 4.SO0 years. It remains today the ino'--t elaborately organized of all superstitions, writes a Carley, Washington, D. C., In Colliers Weekly. In the United States, astrologers still are licensed lo forecast future event -- , ; 1 ' i f , i i' ti ii . '1 Mrs Edward C. Dale of Philadelphia acting as the official sponsor for the U. S. S. Dale, new destroyer addition to the navy, as the vessel was christened and lannelied nt the Brooklyn navy yard. With her Is . -- a, Ben Admiral Yates Stirling, Jr, |