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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD I've heard from ILIsl Print Shop Burned by Pontiac Prisoners I'll stop. her tone. Only you could Signor Who is ho? a graven image in like there Imstand was I I that tell you Didnt slaughter. us the midst of thls-t- his porting a forester to advise I've been what trees to take out? Hes a You see. Ive gone thrifty.hard winter the for he's like preparing him, grand guy. Youll no young, tender beets your tv pe but watch your by canning them when they to step, I saw you first, remember." on a long, up. I was carrying the jars She looked up between knock when a chaltray sweeping lashes with a gay to cover lenge. Then something happened. sent Cleopatra scurrying In case you cat. the her Cleopatras It wss as If she had caught with the result of a spirit rushing toward him, caught don't know collision. the into back it, and dragged it Stop and get your breath. Hysof her will. There was strong-roodon t a hint of breathlessness In her terics will get you if you of amused hint The out." watch voice. Gerard's voice set "Taking the broad view of the warning In throbbing. watch my I Prues pulses, should matter, why untram-mele- d They wont. I shant need your step? Have I a free and are prescription, thank you. Why soul, or havent I? wouldn t you here? It would be you, I was referring to your heart. My Gerard's voice was not quite steady. it? What did you come for?knock word ! I believe it was your "When Jim comes well take a look-seat your property. You ought that brought on the catastrophe. mess? something about It before Are you responsible for this room She indicated the smeared we begin to cut. with an accusing wave of her hand. "Is it wild? Im sorry. Cant I help clean "Yes. There are old lumber roads grown up now, but well have up? "You can not. Macky will be those I think the technical term we'll is, swamped out before we start; down In a few minutes, then a sizable stream used to be full do it together. Youd better go while the going is good. Why did of trout; and a log cabin." All mine? you come? I havent time to talk even lumber business in the morning. All yours." How soon will you begin to I'm a working girl. I wish you'd jut Emtfie Lorind and changed Armstron, Mussolini, :U V -- c . 9 v , r- s l fa-- - j. it to beauty, this way. Prudence Schuyler comes from New York to Prosperity Farm, In Maine, Inherited from her uncle, to make a new life for herself and her brother, David, whose health has been broken by tragedy. The second day on her farm Prue falls from the barn loft Into the arms of Rodney Gerard, rich young man, who Uvea at High Ledges. There Is at once a mutual attraction between the two, but Prudence decides to maintain a cool attitude toward him. She suspects men since her sisters husband ran away with her brothers wife. Len Calloway, a rival of Gerard, tries to buy the timber off Prues land, but she dislikes him and contracts with Rod to dispose of the trees. On the evening Prue Is expecting David from New York she is visited by Mrs. Walter Gerdaughard and her thirteen-year-ol- d ter, Jean. They are hateful, curious rankled. leave Prue and persons Continued Cerard caught her hand, the on a run. Out of Around the house. Is It far Ill tell "Dont stop for anything or you Action, girl, acmay lose them. tion! lie pullpd open the door of his roadster standing at the entrance to the brick walk, Hop In Were bound for High Ledges. The nurserymen are there with bulbs and plants for the Glen. They al ways tliln a lot of perennials no reason why you shouldnt have them. "Is that where "Where my mother and father are burled. You wont mind going, will you? It isnt In the least depressing. Mind! Of course not, Mrs. Si hns told me about It. She says It Is beautiful. "Mother planned It. I try to keep it as she loved to see It. They drove the rest of the way In silence. As they passed the vine covered Stone and oak house, Prudence gave a fleeting thought to Mrs. Walter Gerards reaction were she to see her on the place with her Punctilihutteifly" brother-in-law- . ously she had returned her first call within the time limit ordained by etiquette, and bad been overjoyed to be told that she waa not at home. Gerard stopped the roadster at the entrance to a dusky green trail, lie led the way ns It sloped gently down hill. At the top of three boulder steps he stopped, Look The frost hasnt touched 1 It yet. The sheer beauty of the garden below caught at Prues heart. Such a garden I Itegal lilies, crimson spotted whites; pink tinged lilies; mammoth zinnias In pastel Colorings; spikes of purple monkshood plumes of pale blue larkspur, a second blossoming; snowy drifts of gypsophila ; gladioli, pink, purple, mauve, white, amber, wine-res clumps of Chinese sprays of pale yellow snlplglosls tall dahlias, single, apricot colored Water rilled gently over a ledge to tinkle Into a pool, Rodney Gornrd parted the ferns and crimson gladioli which almost obscured a bronze tablet set In moss grown boulder. She read the d forget-me-not- fern-rlmme- d Inscription. Whispered: "Ilow lovely What profound si lence! It sinks Into ones soul. Can you Imagine the spirits of your fa ther and mother walking here, hand In hand, In the cool evening? The place almost restores ones belief In faithfulness and love and There Is faithfulness and love, True, lots of It. You only hear of the heartbreaks. You must believe 1 it, I" "Dont! Ilease! Dont spoil It Even the purple shadows cast by the moving clouds pass more softly here. How far does the forest stretch ? "On am on to the Canadian line, Weil go hack and I'll show you the direction In which The Hundreds lie. A few feet beyond the top of the steps he stopped. "Your land lies to the east about half a mile from here. t 4 0 v we-- 1 vi 6 s 4 M 4 si. , ' V' s i i 'v. (V V k . V wCV?X'W - V. tl e SYNOPSIS CHAPTER IV t ? i " I" fl t 1 hear voices. Coming The nurserymen. Im going before they disturb the peace and beauty of this place. But the plants? Dont you want to select them? Let the men save me anything they can spare. I shall love having She looked them from here. down into the hushed garden. I dont know how anyone could he false or wicked with this heavenly spot to come to, Rodney Gerard." He followed her along the trail, odorous of spruce and pine, dimly lit, throbby with unspoken thoughts. Prudence glanced at her wrist watch as she stepped into the shining black car. Almost noon. David would think her lost. Some time he must see that heavenly garden. She would never forget It. It would help when she was engulfed In a tide of bitterness to think of the shades of husband and wife who perhaps walked there, hand In hand, in the dusky twilight. The Idea, Miss Schuyler! Didnt they tell you that I was on the rear terrace, snipping oft a few dead blossoms from the boxes, when you stopped at the house? Mrs. Walter Gerard had appeared s soundlessly as a wraith beside the car. The woman knew perfectly well that she hadn't been at the house, It was her way of making her feel like a trespasser, Prudence concluded hotly.- - She assured politely: It was a disappointment not to find you.' Mother!" Jean dashed . "Mother Youre wanted on along the drive. the phone. Tortant." The Ideal I hope It Isnt a regret at the last moment, It might mean rearranging the luncheon tables." Without so much as a word to Prudence, Annie Gerard fluttered toward the house. Jean dropped to the bank and regarded the 'girl in the roadster with her puckish eyes. I dont believe youve set your cap for Uncle Rod, she observed Whats setting your Judicially. cap, anyway? Prudence shut her teeth hard to keep back a sharp answer. The child was merely repeating something she had overheard, something her mother had said probably, she wouldnt put It past her. Lucky she had said it, It would remind Prudence Schuyler of what constantly she was forgetting, that she was to treat Rodney Gerard With chill disdain. She said lightly: Speaking of caps, I love that floppy hat of yours, Joan." The child pulled off the frail pink straw and flung It to the grass. "The milliner who sold It to Moth er said It did a lot for me. She knew her sales talk all right. Whats the use having pretty things If you never see other girls? Just because were the Gerards of High Ledges, Mother wont let me have the village children come to play with me. Pd like to be with someone kind of young." Poor, lonely little souk Prues heart warmed to her. Could she help? Time she snapped out of and thought of someone beside David and herself. Rut Jean was so unattractive. All the more reason to help her. Come and piny with me sometimes, will you?" Prudence Invited as cordially as she could with the memory of the childs prying propensity pricking. "Im not very young, but theres heaps to do. Jane Mack will show you how to make cookies, and Ill teach you to use my tools some of them you can make a silver bracelet for your mother. Wouldn't you like that?" Jean's usually pale face was radi1 ant. "That goes over big with me She called to Gerard who charged Oh, Uncle Rod along the trail. Miss Prue has Invited me to come and play with her. May I go now?" Rodney put his arm about the Not this time thin shoulders. K. IC. I'll take you tomorrow. Be a good sport," he added, as the child' lips quivered. "You know jour mother wants you at her lrues eyes followed the narrow lug perspective of a trail, carpctec with velvet moss. It was bordere on each side by trees. Their breath was resinous, their green was al party. most black, their height Incalcul.Tomorrow, sure, Jean," Prudence able, their grandeur gave a sense of called, os the roadster started. tdi rnlly. "I was Jurt In time to stop the "Do I own trees like that? men from digging up plants,' 'Hundreds of thorn. Gerard remarked. "They'll truck lorn! of stuff over to your garden Must those magnificent thin, come down? tomorrow and sot It out; all you need do is to boss the job." Yes, fur the good of the forest I am told. Prudence suddenly rememberei' The mature trees are taking the plate of productive tim the refrigerating prmess to which die was committed. In r. Residi s, there are a (hnnsuml "Rut I can't let .von do so mm li for mo, tanks or nnne for jmi going Now waste, so long ns they si. ml. jonvo gone by ag'dn. Why Im shouldn't I send you i,q 0f worth "iTaetirality vs. Sentiment. less plants? lie! a pi actual peisoii when It come Dont be prewar. i cut? go- - As soon as plans ready so Hands In his coat pockets, Gerard strode to the door, turned at the threshold. Jim gets logging we may know what trees to take out. Will will Mrs. Walter Gerard stay until you get through? "She wont be asked to stay. As soon as I know when Jim is coming, I will tel) Annie that she and that Im Stop scowling. going. Hos- pitable, arent you? I came to ask if you would have time to make a silver collar for that kitten of Jean's shes so crazy about. A silver collar ! Id love It ! Ive Jean are free to return to the had an idea for one in my mind for bright lights." Prudence visualized Mrs. Walter months! Ill make time! Come on to the shop Ive turned Uncle AusGerard leaving her brother-in-laand Ill In the Maine wilds lumbering for a tins office into a workroom female neighbor in the early twen- - show you a sketch I made before I became a farmer. She had not realized how she loved and had missed her craft. Prudence told herself, as she led the way to a room which opened from the front hall. It won't take me a jiffy to find that sketch." She flung the assurance over her shoulder at Gerard. She pulled open one of the doors of A pile of papers the bookcase. showered to the floor. "Darn Wouldn't you know It V f when Im In a hurry!" Hold on! Ill get them! Gerard dropped to one knee beside her. "I don't wonder you cant find any. thing in that mess. "It is a sight. I tuck everything I dont know what to do with In there. Heres the sketch Now Ill find the stones. Gerard laid the papers he had collected on top of a pile while Prudence manipulated the knob of a small safe. He stood beside her as the heavy door swung open. "What are those white things? He Indicated the row of packets in one of the compartments. mfa 1 Hey! Whats Happened? "Stones. Some precious, some tics I As the roadster stopped be"That's a corking emerald." fore the red brick house, Prudence It is choice, its flawless. It was mused aloud: "Something tells me that your my grandmother's. Whats that stuff In the bottles sister-in-lawont go. looks like hunks of colored which Wont go! Of course shell go. What would keep her when I want glass? Enamels. Transparent and opaque, the house to myself? Trudenee made no answer. They are ground in a little water to salt-likconsistency in that morIn white a sleeveless tar, washed thoroughly before they Prudence, linen frock, stopped before the are applied to metal, and heated until they melt. When I want them to regard proudscoured I use them over ly the shining Jars of ruby beets especially Jewel-likarranged with the precision of an gold leaf. I can't enamel here, worse Infantry squad on a mammoth luck. Cant get enough heat. Have to use a bellows and a big blow white tray. "I cant wait to see you on the pipe." You sure know this Job, dont storeroom shelf, she said aloud Come on, Ill put you there. She you? What are you looking for in lifted the tray. Ooch, but you those papers? Am I one good little weigh a ton Here they are ! Here's the design as she started for the collar. See those medallons toward the cellar door. "A squirrel between the links? She looked up. storing nuts for the winter has Youre not listening. You're not nothing on looking." A thunderous knock resounded Im looking all right Never house. Prudence took realized before how much red there through the a quick, step forward. A fright Is In your hair. The sunlight brings ened cat reached the same spot In it out Its gorgeous, girl. one leap. The girl tripped, the "My hair! I thought you came tray tipped, the jars of beets struck here for a silver collar. the floor with a crash calculated to I did. make the pilot of the last word In I did. You love this work, bombing planes pale with envy. don't you? Your eyes are like stars." in flew all directions, Ruby liquid Of course I love It but I get it dripped from walls and celling It splashed the white frock; it tremendously thrilled over w hatever trickled in crimson rivulets down interests me. Youll wear yourself out." Prues cheeks; it did a modernistic to wear out than rust "Better on her shoes and design lavishly polka-dotteher bare arms. For out." "Meaning me, I suppose? an Instant she stood In dazed conIf the shoe fits, put It on. Do she as saw then her sternation, face reflected in a small mirror, you realize that you are wasting my precious time? I thought you were she laughed. "Oh, you demon can can." The about to give me an order. words choked into a spasm of She sank to a chair, mirth. Gerard laid his hand on the dropped her head to her arms flung sketch. "Dont put it away. I do out on the table, and tried to con- want the collar. You were explain trol the peuls of laughter which ing about the medallions between shook her. A hand caught her the links. Will they be silver? shoulder. "Yes. They are to be carved and Hey I Whats happened? Quit tooled with Micky Mouse episodes, like that I Youll go See these cats-eye- s laughing glow and smolgoofy in a minute. der? Ill set them In silver to alLips twitching, nostrils quiver- ternate with the medallions. This ing, eyes gleaming through tears, shaped piece of Korean ampear Prudence looked up at Rod ny ber which is supposed to contain Gerard. will hang from the buckle magic C canning trouble! She choked In front. Like the idea? on the words. "You're a fraud. You a.sk Hint Gerard administered nn authorlta-livns anxiously as If you didn't know shake. It was a knock-out- . Of course Stop laughing. Its painfully evi- like It," He. carefully lifted the pa dent that j on are toppling on the on whiGi lay the emerald and brink of hysterics. I know of onlv per some diamonds, "I like these, too, one sure remedy for that. I should of Grime Any your making this hale to do It hut I may fee) oldioil rln; up to order?'' to kiss yon." Did he want It to give to a g'll? Prudence was on hoi feet. Jim The thought through 1rue's naturally helpful, area t voo? ? on mind two as she hok Imr head. wouldnt dare She mot his eves m; e pine-tabl- e e honest-to-good-ne- e flu-li- ed (To (ontisumi) p li a M bi m In the course of which one of them wait, Convicts In Pontiac prison In Illinois started a bloody riot the to shop and it was destroyed. set fire print and a score shot by the guards. The prisoners Killers Set Free by Parole Boards Tulsa, Okla. When W. J. McNally, manager of a gas company at tollinsvilile, wras aroused by a burglar In his house, he hurled a light bulb on the floor. The explosion of the bulb resembled the crack of a pistol. The intruder did not wait to investigate but speeded on his way. 150,000. arrested again during the six months. Data from fingerprint charts sent Washington. Chances of being here by police throughout the counmurdered apparently are greater in try showed that 44,329 previously were seized on new Arkansas and Alabama cities and convicted least In Maine, Vermont, Rhode Is- charges. Of these 522 were persons who had been convicted of crimland, South Dakota and Nevada. Sixteen of these inal homicide. This was indicated by a compilawere charged with new murders. tion by the Justice department, division of investigation of crime, reFurthermore, It was shown that ports from 1,307 cities for the first 5,544 of the arrested persons had six months of the year. committed new offenses while out The report also showed that hun- on parole. In this group were 225 dreds of killers and other danger- who had been convicted of homious criminals are being turned cide, but never had finished their loose by parole boards and other present terms. , agencies. In a tabulation by states the highest rate - in the country for murder and the more serious types of manslaughter was recorded for the reporting Arkansas cities, with a rate of 17.G per 100,000 of population, . Alabama was second with 17.3. The department, however, pointed out that data for these states was based on reports from a comparatively few cities, and might not Thief Put to Flight by Exploding Light Bulb ' indicate general conditions. Had No Murders. During the six months, reporting cities In Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Nevada had no murders. New Hampshire, due to negligence, 1,380 rapes, 22,711 robberies, 9,001 cases of breaking and entering, 174,747 larcenies and 09,087 automobile thefts. In general the picture of crime conditions presented In these figures showed little change from recent years. Robberies aud automobile thefts showed material declines, but other offenses continue at a high rate. Old Offenders Cause Concern. Law enforcement officials were greatly concerned over data showing the number of persons who had Students Seek Famous Authors Lost Writings St. Louis. Research students at Washington university here are engaged In the unique task of reclaiming for literature the works of writer, who gained international fame nearly one hundred years ago, only to die In mysterious obscurity. He waa known as Charles Seals-fieldThe Great Unknown," but events toward the end of his life in 1804 tended to confirm that he actually was Carl Postl of Ioppitz, Moravia, from whence he fled a monastery as a boy. Through a grant from the Rockefeller foundation, a staff of four studeiffs under Dr. Otto Heller, dean of the graduate school, Is compiling as much of the works as possible In the hope of an 18 volume edition. A man widely traveled, SealsQeld tried through his writings to Interpret America to Europe, lie wrote English sentences idiomatically In German, a custom which lost him abroad. Shortly before his denth in 1SGI, SeaNlield destroyed the manuscript of his biography, and left an estate valued at .TG.ik'O to the family f Anton PoMl of Poppitz, Joseph tl Investigated and was so . Governors island. In the news recently because, of a survey which may result in It being made an airport and In the news several weeks ago because a lone bandit held up a sentry armed with a rifle and escaped with a military prisoner, ordinarily is, a peaceful and routine place. It is the headquarters of the Second army corps area and thus has a major general and his- staff along with a regiment of infantry and 150 or so military prisoners. Polo and golf are played there, despite the limited space, and the golf course is probably the only one In the country with government buildings as hazards. Day In and day out, there is little to break the regularity of garrison life. In the past It was different, however. During the Civil war there were as many as 1,500 Confederate prisoners quartered there. One made his escape by swimming to the Battery. Prisoners who escape nowadays usually do so by swimming the narrow Buttermilk channel to Brooklyn. I be cli m ba trs Ca to wo hid 1 saj thl , this ' r By L L. STEVENSC early In the last century, same time, Castle Clinton w.f of on the Battery. Castle W, f now a military prison anG vli n Clinton is the At Castle Williams the old that once were the harbor's j tion are still In their plirt' harbor protection now, how' V down at Sandy Hook. thin well-know- A While things are peaceful .,j Jay now, back in the old to jow1 was more excitement than t taking away a prisoner. tance, once Its garrison w1! in a hurry. The reason was g ships and 200 transports G ed by General Howe and bis' gn a the admiral, had come lnt(u result is recorded in history. bor In search of a rebel. The name was George Washing j cnii'P'11'51 During the first street begging conducted welfare department, b were arrested. Seven forty-si- received x ) pena as chronic offenders. F'1,r; the cent were started on linbilitntlon through welfare agencies. seems as great as u camiu-beginning of the - top cavoMlrei'! tells me she got Bus M iW, pa y0Q, , Annals of Governors Is elude this grim order Issued ; . when this country was "'FbG grips with England: y on Governors Island will Fort Jay Is the official title of the L grand parade for the Cor Island, which lies almost within the of the executii witnessing shadows of the skyscrapers of lower 5 by sentenced prisoner Manhattan. The old fort is still court-martiof the second AIw !ir there, the earthworks with retain- to be shot to death. . . tllf ing walls of stone, the moat, sallys by tlon party, preceded port and drawbridge, the beginning with the provost marshal h f of which dates back to the plans of will march In frto Ws a French engineer in 1795. Then head, the music play' fever. prisoner, there is a frowning tower of red Dead March." 8c sandstone known as Castle Williams Firs the name comes from Its builder, Attempts to have Col. Jonathan Williams of the engiturned Into an airj lsland neer corps which was erected been going on for years, tl' Guardla has expedited recently and the survey to BOOTLEGGERS FOE seems to be a beginning la island end. Governors ,f minutes from the Battery the from fifteen minutes , , district. Air mails n and depart from the port. fa-v- (lilt vlth hU own rovoniiiaiict to Hie ltrul vuitor that nit doubt of hi r. al Identity, as Carl was removed ha cu r. Lights of New York Connecticut and Massachusetts, Wisconsin reported a rate of less than one per 100,000. Data for Individual cities was presented only for those In excess of 100,000. In this class the highest murder rate was 15 per 100,000 in Chattanooga, Tenn. ; Jacksonville, Fla., had a rate of 10.8, and Memphis, Tenn, 10.3. For the entire group of 1,307 reporting cities, there were 1,810 murders during the six months giving the general rate of 3.2 per 100,000 of population. The same cities reported totals of 1,042 cases of ri Faris. French farmers a creasingly shaking the dust!, their feet and polishing their t in the city. The abandonment of the? cherished by its owners as mf else In the world, has be;' arouse grave concern In Frai-The value of land has sunt, since 1913, 30, 40 and 60 per i depending on whether It lj yard, forest or pasturage, prices are based on what cat? coaxed from the land In the of revenue. This Is so little farmers no longer buy much, commerce Is feeling the effect Unable to make a living, ( ers, called often the "backbd France, are abandoning the,, The rural population, which wt per cent of the whole 50 year Is now only 50 per cent of the population. Since 1913, 1,405,000 acres 4 been taken out of cultivation the last ten years, according t clal figures, 8,000 farms have abandoned and are now nob worked. Others are being' worked bjf eigners, mostly Italians. For tary reasons, apparently, ( have not been available since when foreigners were working 000 acres and were the owns been previously convicted and were Highest Murder Ratio in Arkansas, Says Report. French Leaving Their Farms for Life inCr A. J. Mellott of Kaunas City, Kan., Is heading the new drive who against the illicit liquor industry. nt Long BeaGi. But" 3" ting out on the fire nickel j (1 ushers were a bring , $5, puli sinaicn- r |