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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD ;r l(mrt PP!VY I hastened back to my bedroom and dressed as fast as I could. Giu gerly feeling my wound, I remembered Helena's promise to send a horse for me to the mouth of the entrance drive. She had, of course, no Idea that Dewdrop had stabbed me so deep. Perhaps If I stood In my stirrups Before I left the chamber, I drew the bolts of the door. Then I took Sabre and made for the polished stair. Twenty minutes later I fought my way out of the bushes that were masking the tunnel's mouth. ta?f iky h i ! ft i 5?end fA $ wlth -- sttXS tj-- U COPYRIGHT BY MINTON, BAlCH.t CO. Service. Haste ,'Cobb on Something at least I was spared, for Goeffrey drove up to be lun five minutes before his time. he said. Well, Im damned, And where the deuce have you CHAPTER VIII Continued 10 have taught ,me like the This, bedroom, was panthink to rs much better eled, and there, sure enough, a key V accidents before they hap- . was declaring a cupboard sunk in after-'brood on them the wall. The moment I opened cam-old an it from I knew that some one beneath best kind of hospital this, was It knocking upon Its floor. is Permanently fgtheVe that I saw the bolts of a trap which 5 personally, Id rather be was sunk, in the floor of the cupJ tonight here than board six feet from the door. 1 on time for breakfast in In an instant I had It open, there r. rt world in the morning. was a curling staircase of polished I rrakes waste of a lot of oak and Helena, wrapped in a dressfvjman matenalIrvin S. ing gown, sitting on one of the stairs. Beside her was standing Sabre, fairly snuffing excitement be-- t for liver, ces Pellets are and ready to leap, for Pellet little One stomach. od Thank God, says Helena. cathartic. Adv, I e tlirce for a thought you must be asleep. And now take Sabre, my dear, and tell A Genuine Smile him to watch your door. And then , j you mean it. Otherwise come down. cere. It is more becoming. The watch was soon set, for Sabre was very wise, and thirty seconds later I entered my lady's room. She pointed to a table, standing close to the hearth, laid for one only, but bearing enough for three. Open the wine, my darling. Ill cut the chicken up. We mustnt eat much, I whisTHIS YOUR DOCTOR pered. If we do, theyll know Ive been here. Let them know, said Helena, What do I care? What quickly. K does it matter, John? What does anything matter now? I shook my head. This matters, Nell. Compared with this, the foresters cottage and all was a Sunday School show. Dont think Im prudish. Im not. Im only too glad of a good excuse to be here. You see, Im a man, and I love you from throat to A? foot. But no one must ever know It If we stood on the steps of a iH'm Before Giving Your scaffold, Id say the same. on Unknown I I saw her fingers tighten about Remedy stem of her glass. the dy any doctor you ask will 6 Don't gwe Youre right, she said. Im your child unknown h without asking yoyr doctor getting my values wrong. Never ' Nervations .to A WotiH(we h ML & to the widely used milk of mag-- f lie standard of the world is tied. For over half a century it feds comes remedy PHILLIPS for children, lectors have said f Magnesia." Safe quite like pis this in mind, it and say PIIIL--f MAGNESIA ILK OF been Give me your hands, Ill tell you later, said L and I said, your beautiful hands." She dropped put the note Into his hand. And her cigarette and gave me her other now come out of that car. I've got hand. And now your eyes." She to get back. Get back where? said Geoffrey. lifted her gaze to mine. I cant Ill tell you later," said I. You define the word love, but when you read that note." look troubled, well, it tears my My cousin stared. Then he drew heart Pharaoh's getting at you out the sheet of paper and read the through me we both know that It bore. When he had Well, I cant curse the day I met message done, he looked me full In the eye. you, but I wish to God that hed You shouldnt have opened It, got me at Annabel, Nell that day should yon? when Rush jogged his arm, and he It was my turn to stare. hit the mirror Instead." As a matter of fact, I didnt She Her arms were about my neck, sealed It before I came down in. Then she broke It open and read It and her breath on my lips. to me herself." no. Take it back. Dont say "No, Geoffrey fingered his chin. such terrible things. Oh, John, my Welt you can't go like tills, he precious, my darling." For a mo- said, I getting out of the car. ment she clung to me desperately. Then she snatched a note from her pocket and thrust It Into my hand. You say you love me. Then take this note to your cousin and save me from something that frightens me more than death. You can go by the footbridge and tunnel that key I gave to Florin was Valentines master key. But you must go before Its light. If youre seen coming back It wont matter because you'll be coming back." But, Nell, how can I? Im od parole, my darling. We've passed onr word. How could I help It? I was For more than a minute fainting. my head had been going round. And who have I passed It to? To a fiend a butcher, thats trying to smash my life. And how am I breaking my word? Listen. This notes to warn your cousin that Valentine must not return. We never told Barley to keep him, so when he comes to theyll naturally let him go." Its 'taking action,1 Nell. Yon swore you wouldnt do that. If you love me, youll do It, John. Call It breaking my word, If you please, and think the less of I me for It but do as I say, Pharaoh. I haven't mentioned haven't breathed a word of the plight were In. But If It comes out that I laid hands on my brother-w- ell, Ill just be ruined for life. Open the note and read It. Here give It to me. She seized and tore It open. Listen to this: ft "jy.Nowalsointabletform. J form you prefer. But see that get is labeled Genuine pu s- Milk of Magnesia. Keep Valentine with you. Use any violence you like. He must not return to the castle, and no one on earth must know that he Is with you. Dont fail me." - r TABLET FORM: i. mjlkcf limpet magnesia Sophistication mans burden is te really I tware Coughs jpn common colds H Hang On irI',11 atl0n nn you can Cieomulsion. b? owmg and i It trouWm -- i"aaS0tetoitak a chanco it LW,t0 thereat rctnedles havo your t0 Guarantee t rcind your & from Sa,nhed with thp & b rV fr bottle. Pulsion r2ht cow. (AdvJ I 'font bCrii in Uf UR fi TRAILS lIcr "ncrs ; f!' rst :uclS?n-tins lss, anJ O S m C3 S-o111',' Saw Her Finflera Tighten About the Stem of Her Glass. Sabre can cover your tracks. Ill leave a plate on the floor and theyll think I gave him a meal. Absurdly enough, this arrangement comforted me. The fragments of propriety that remained were scarcely worth taking up, all the same. So we broke our fast together and shared her glass. For five minutes we smoked In silence, regarding the leaping flames. I threw dovvu my cigarette and got to my feet. Interlude," I said quietly. And now. If you please, my darling, I want you to go to bed. Weve got a hard day coming and weve left Its no good a hard day behind. our talking tonight." She did not seem to hear me, but after a moment or two she rose to her feet. "John," she said, "do you love mind. But why write to Geoffrey, Nell? I could tell Barley to tell him, and No, no. You dont understand. It's too serious for that I dont think you know what I've done In abducting the Count You must into give this note to your cousin his hands. But, Nell, thats out of the question. Geoffrey wont be back till seven o'clock. "What does that matter, John? Were free till noon. She stuffed the sheet Into its envelope and Take thrust this again upon me. It and give and you, I pray It, bpg Into his hand. You talk of my reputation, in this affair far more than knew my name Is at stake. If they what Id done, my own servants would use me ns a leper; they all took the oath that I took, and Its Yor-Ic- k never been broken, John, since to do John It, had was built. I had ; but If anyyou know that I theres an end out, finds ever one of me" Pharaoh knows, my darling. What can he prove? Nothing. But If Valentine and he get together. I havent a chance. And would be on to Mona within Thn-rno- h the hour." "All right, I said, 111 take It But She Thank God, my darling." arms. "Now Into my herself threw me. Dont I do know that you love ask- think I dont know what I'm She brushed my cheek with her her head. Ask lips and threw back me after Ill give of like what you live or It with all my heart Well as yon say. But me? die together-j-ust I caught her hnnd and put It up were going to live I know It out of this to my lips. Were going to come be slalned, my You know that I love you," I pass But I mustn't want your wife to darling I dont said, "far more than life. a blemish that with "I wonder," she said. Thats ter- be stained off. come won't ribly easy to say." L II do matter? Cod help me," said Why, Nell, what's the I must wait for why p.nt I whispered. It I must stand and watch Slip shook her beautiful head. note I only while lie reads your Nothing's the matter. his promise me To bring wondered. . . . You see, I love you read It I In mill I know that he's else blindly. There's nothing moment s peace. Oh a know world. so much Reputation. Yorhk, my mv dear. De g Valentine compared with you words. And Hi g" theyre so ninny Idle Very 'well, my beauty. I naturally can't help womb ring nt ome. muji. w bet her you love me Geof-fr,,ywl.-y estern Ms;TContaio;ng IT? Sn. NJstraiis fronds fni; a-- ? mean Geoffrey, It of course; nine out of ten people But you must remember that I'm no ordinary fooL Besides, I trusted her bliudly trusted and loved her blindly. So you see It was awfully easy to have me on. I laughed again. Its rather like fooling a dog or a baby child. A dog, I think. Your dog. Youve decided to have him destrojed, so you take him for a walk and stop at the vet s. He doesn't know, lie doesnt care wiiere you go, so long as he can go with you lie with his god. lie loves you blindly, you see. He's not the faintest Idea that youre going to do him In. You can speak to the vet. In his presence I want this dog Youre perfectly safe. destroyed.1 He'll lick your hand while youre spenklng. If only youll give him the chance. . . . But If that dogs It when eyes were opened. you were gone and he was standing, waiting, with his eager nose to the threshold, straining his ears for some signal of your return If then by some magic that dog was made aware of the truth. . . ." Now, look here, old fellow," said Im not going to take Geoffrey, any sides till I know where I am. I want to hear your story from first to last Dont leave out any details. This shows bung full of details, and details count" I plucked at the grass. I dont know that I care to tell would. WHEN rain." To this day I do not know why I did not go out of my mind. They say that I fought like a madman, but that was because I was mad. Barley had to throw himself on me, to keep me down. And then at last I fainted. I do not think Barley knew It, for my senses bad hardly left me they returned ; but I think that discretion came with them, for then I saw that to struggle and fight was hopeless. And so, to feign resignation, I lay quite still where I was and shut my eyes. And that was my undoing, for after a moment or two I fell asleep. Though the ear fled on, I knew nothing, and I never knew when It I was lifted out, still stopped. sleeping, and though my bonds were loosened, I never stirred. And while I slept. Lady Helena Yorlck was playing her part. The song of a brook woke me, and I propped myself on an elbow to gather my wits. The next Instant I was afoot and was staring wildly about me. . , . The wooded peak of a mountain looked placidly back and a pride of beeches was smiling and a chaprocks was casting ter of Its stately shadow upon the most vivid of sward3. It was half past four. I had slept for more than nine hours. The dial of my watch grew misty. I felt the tears beginning to leave my eyes. One pf them fell upon the dial So I stood for a moment Then I flung myself down and burled my face In the grass. be-foi- e gray-gree- n Are Interested, and Never Blase HVTOUNG having-done-all-seen-- ... IX The Fragrant Valley I came to my senses, I lying on the floor of a car that was traveling fast My wrists and my ankles were bound and my mouth was gagged. Barley was seated above me watching my face. As I tried to sit up, he pushed m back on the pillows which made my bed. "Lie quiet a bit, sir, he said, and youll soon be as right as People of Outstanding Personality a people of today, mother writes, seem to regard it as a sign of immaturity or weakness to be thrilled with Their idea of soanything. phistication is to appear bored with everything, the attitude that finds it very difficult to be impressed with anything. It is most annoying to find that anything you can offer them for a good time seems to be inadequate, that the thrills of your own youth cannot be repeated for them. It seems to me they miss a great deal. I would point out to this mother, says a woman writer of international note, that naturally we cannot expect that the thrills of our youth will equally impress the So young people of this day. much that came to us gradually as colorful experiences are a part But of their daily background. there is something definitely true in what she says of a pose, of a deliberate care never to seem impressed, of a pretense at being bored. you. It may interest such young Take your time, said Geoffrey. people to know that that superBut we dont leave here till you sophisticate, G. K. Chesterton, do. said there are no bores, only I 'don't know that I want to people whe are bored. In other leave here." words there can be nothing interNo more do I," said Geoffrey. esting about a person who is It's a very attractive spot and bored Im glad of a change." That cakes us right down to a I lay back and stared at the sky. bedrock fact that can be observed I felt a curious detachment from if we will note people of outstand- all that ten hours ago had been my life. Looking back, I seemed to I said, believe me, I must get back. I'll get Into touch again as soon as ever I can, but however strange you find It I cant wait now. "Only one moment, said Geoffrey, taking my arm. Despite my protests he haled me be looking across some unbridgeup the steps and Into the Inn. able depth. In the hall I planted my feet. I think the truth Is that my InLook here, Geoffrey, I said. I dont want to have a row, but Ive terest In Helena Yorick had sudgot to get back to her without one denly died, and since that had filled Instants delay. I wouldnt have dreamed of coming, but she couldnt send a servant and well, there was no other way. Id have left the note with Barley, but she wouldnt have that Shes got to know that youve got It, and have promised to do as she says. Oh, well, here goes, said Geoffrey, and hit me under the jaw as hard as he could. CHAPTER The Bored Are Boring others, because through their interest in things and people about them they are constantly taking in. Their main charm is a certain alivencss, a vitality which has absolutely no relationship with being bored. Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. 35 IN UTAH AND A -- I Uncle Alillk SgxiA: A Man In IIOTEL EEU LOMOND Ogdens Finest . . One of Utahs Best 350 Rooms 350 Baths $2.00 to $4.00 r hrW 3 Trouble No matter how uncouth a man may be, if his character is firm and he faces trouble like a man, your heart warms to him. Innocence, like an icicle, once melted is gone forever. Give a newly met man a chance to show his good qualities before rejecting him as a friend. 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You cau there fore understand why this hotel 1st HIGHLY UrCOMMLMlKD You can also appreciate wbyi ltr9 a mark of distinction to stop at thia beautiful hostelry ERNEST C. ROSSITER, Afgr. iiiutr, supremely t which my abrupt disillusion had brought about Helena Yorlck had deceived me. Nell had looked Into my eyes and fooled me to the top of my bent The utterly Impossible had happened. The ideal I had carved out of marble had crumbled away. There was only one thing to be done the game must go on and from now I would play my own hand. I sat up and looked at my cou- sin. I suppose I may as well tell you," I said. I suppose so," said Geoffrey, yawning. "Mbere shall I start? From where I left you at just over a week ago. Vll-lac- full half hour went by before I had done. Ive got to digest this," he said. A I shant be long. While he strolled, I lay flat once more and stared at the sky, and though I would gladly have stopped them, my thoughts ramped back to said the antics which I had lately perCome, come, old fellow, you mustnt take It so formed. Geoffrey, Helena Yorlck had piped, and I 111." I made no answer. I dared not had danced. That was as much as It came to. But I had trusted the trust m.v voice. You'd have done the same," said piper, and the piper had played me John, I couldnt Ig- false. my cousin. My cousin was standing before nore such a hint." I sat up and dashed the tears me, regarding his watch. from my face. (TO BE CONTINUED) Hint? What hint? About Buncombe Geoffrey ralspd his eyebrows. In 1320 Felix Walker was the I don't know what she read But I don't think congressional representative of the yon," he said. North Carolina district which Inshe read you that As he spoke, he gave me a pa- cluded Buneombj county. During the close of a debate on the Misper Helena's note. souri Compromise, when the bouse Mr. Bohun: to take a vote on the queswanted Keep Jotin with you. Bee any Walker Insisted on making a violence you like. He must not re- tion, turn to the cimtle and no one on speech declaring he was bound to earlb must know that be le with make a speech for Buncombe, which you. Don t fail me. expected It. Hence the expression, Helena Yorlok. and Its abbreviation bunk came to mean any Insincere political talk quite said, right. No," i youre She didn't read that." I biugliel Intended for the gallery, or talk that la for effect and nut elmtre. You d hate seen through shortly. Ilon'S let caSsla unprepared! CHANGE TO QUAKER STATS WINTER OH In Winter, more than ever, your car nee Js the extra lubricating value that Quaker States exclusive refining process puts into fits oils and greases. Quaker State Od Refining Company, Oil Cry, Pennsylvania. Retail !rhe 35$ (kt quart. M l |