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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD gE2r f By GCTAVUS HOY COHEW XIII Continued Andy and Ernie Watts had moved closer to one another. Ernies friends a score of them-hsince the doors of the ad in through the wide-opePool Room had swung surged Ton " Ernie Watts had door. Barney and Jim Owenby stood aDd Mr. smoke-lade- n I atmos silent and tense; eyes and lips grim. the j into Waiting. ;g gig first question was It was Andy who dominated in and house the general, the at lr scene. He moved closer to Mr He hush. ,jce(J g solemn asked, Watts. He said. Was it 'n0 tore down that pitcher I past- you who that picture on the window? put this afternoon? window the t on Yes, it was. An what are you lanky young gentleman, clad In to do about it? goin and shirt flannel decrepit e If you walk outside with me, Ill users, answered eagerly. show you. tore down. it Forrest .jtndy Ernie Watts was a good tactician how come? Without warning he leaped forward on window the it an He seen and struck. The blow He ripped it right off. An caught Andy e in. high up on the forehead and spun Said things." n be him around. And Ernie came in beWhat kind of things? hind it. His second punch landed ceased. Cues were squarely on Andys jaw . . . and ked and Mr. Watts found himself went down. The Andy center of an avid group. He was dazed. For to since just an Inhe him, jation appealed stant he sprawled, then clambered sidered himself a rather tough to hands and knees shaking his son. He hooked thumbs through head. He staggered to his feet . . . his and worded question straps What sort of things did but before Ernie could attack again, ;in. something happened. jy Forrest say? Barney and Jim Owenby leaped Ernie, declared the tall one sad-h- e said turrible things. He forward. The former pinioned Ernie Watts arms; the latter grabbed led you out of yo name. Andy. Andy said, Im all right. Me? Let me go. Well, he didnt say You ezackly, Ernie Watts struggled with BarI account of we didnt admit you I e it . . . but he said the feller ney. Sensing an easy victory, he fought to free himself from Barneys was a cb did it was a cbAPTEK t it. 13 S:, led r A n di-;,r- ej 0 t i rich ty. t amazingly efficient grip. He yelled to his friends, Make him leave goi can Well, guess you Theyre ganging me! at he said. He was mighty het Leave Somebody took the cue. him go! Praie tried to look grim. What But Barney did not leave him go. e did he say? He clung tighter. And Jim Owenby He said some to was he goin day i out who put that pitcher on a what? I reckon Was il t(, an then he was goin to window, that feller up. Oh! he said that, did he? He sho did, Ernie. Honest it Of didnt tell him it was we se not? Why didnt aim to git you no trouble. We didnt know was j scared of him or not. Ir. Watts rose to the crisis. He sunced in a large and booming ce that he wasnt skeered of no-an least of all Andy Forrest, You better had be. xebody said, iy said he was going to mop up we b you. himself a brave considerable fight-H- e realized that he was on his reputation for courage i!d stand or fall on the manner hich he handled this situation, inquired, loudly, Wheres Andy Me fancied tri-th- at now? to Warners garage. Im goin down there an if hes so tough, Hes down Well, tlout dawg-gon- e ts what Im goin to do. 'ey applauded him. They filled him that he was some man. 'J expressed apprehension for y. Oh! he said that, did he? They said theyd go along watch the combat. Aint goin eno fight, sneered Ernie Watts. did not relax his grasp of Andy until s the crowd moved forward. t Andy Forrest dont know Someone struck Barney. Hard. In fightin. "bey milled around the c&rner of the face. Barney released Ernie ument Square and moved en Watts and swung . . . There were sse down Palmetto Avenue. War-- s snouts and oaths and the grunts of Sudden Service Garage was men fighting. he corner of that main The noise sifted through to the thorough-and Atlantic Street It was a street. It came to the ears of an at, cavernous place, with gas- elderly man: a tall, quiet old man who had driven his ramshackle car ps in front "dy and Kay and Jim and Marup to one of the s' and Doc Morrison got out of his car Barney were in the little at the rear when the and looked inside. He saw a crowd at entrance filled with young of men, punching, kicking, cursing. it Barney said lightly, Custom-And- He recognized Barney Hamilton and of the Business is picking up. Jim Owenby and a tody glimpsed the crowd and disreputable gang that made the sed its hostility. His lips set Bon Ton Pool Room its headquar-Jy and his eyes narrowed. A ters. More important, he saw two dignity sat upon him and he girls at the far end of the garage, e You-al- l quietly. stay right crouching against the wall, hands e." pressed against white lips, eyes wide and staring. Something wrong? Yeh. But I can handle it. Doc Morrison said, Hey! Quit it! y put her hand on his arm. No one heard. Or, if they did e felt suddenly ill knowing the they paid no heed. Barney and Jim swer to the question she was and Andy were struggling valiantly, aut to ask. with fine but futile, effect. They Something about me, Andy? fought silently. Grimly. They wastMaybe. But you-al- l aint got any-a- ed no breath in words. Barney to do with it. There was a lump was bleeding. Jad in overalls and a light flannel under Jim Owenbys left eye. He h, Andy moved down the middle swung at the man who had inflicted the old warehouse, toward the that lump: mashing his lips. The o who were crowding through man howled with pam and insensate door. Andy said, What do you fury. He backed away and picked nt? up a tire tool from the floor. Kay Ernie Watts stepped forward, streamed. Look out! as the man m kind of cravin to have a little with the crushed lips threw the noth-abou- c tome-sho- p half-doze- n g pool-roo- handkerchief. The Sheriff looked down at the figure of Doc Morrison. He asked, Who done this? There was no answer. Sheriff Griffin glared at the others. I know evy last one of you. And somebodys goin to pay for this. He bent over Doc Morrison. He placed the gun beside him on the concrete floor. Hes bad hurt, announced the Sheriff in a solemn voice. "Im holding all of you. An if he dies The hoodlums had lost their belEven these young men ligerence. had known and loved Doc Morrison. They were from households in which the venerable Doc had done his greatest charity. Somebody said, in a hushed voice, God! I wouldnt have hurt Doc for nothin I The Sheriff said, This town has stood for a lot. But this is somethin it wont stand for. ... In the days which followed, the citizens of Beverly did not gossip. They talked. Talked soberly and sanely. Murder and violence and drinking and gambling had not done this, but a serious injury to Doc Morrison was more than enough. Even the young men who had comprised the mob, the Bon Ton hangers-on- , were awed by the enormity of what they had done. Awed and frightened. The pool-rooitself was suddenly deserted as though because the raid upon Andy Forrest had started from there a sigma had been put upon it. The young men who chronically infested the place lost their boisterousness. They declared to one another that they was sho sorry; that there wan't no one of them that would of hurt Doc Morrison fo nothin. And they meant it. Contributing causes were forgotten in the actuality of Docs injury. For the first time in a month Kay Forrest was not the chief subject of conversation. They talked about Doc and of the fight in which he had been injured. The night of the third day the citizens held a There was little oratory. Men of substance spoke gravely, quietly and seriously. The spirit of the town had changed. This impending tragedy stripped the town of civic pretense and made it acutely aware of certain internal problems. On the morning of the fourth day the physician in charge announced publicly that Doc Morrison had regained consciousness and would recover. That morning the sun shone. That morning citizens of Beverly smiled again, and today they dared talk of what they would have done had Doc died. They had been afraid to speak of that before, lest as some of them expressed it lest they put bad mouth on him. A new wave of protest and indignation swept the more distant sections of Beauregard County, penetrating deep into Big and Little Mocbut casin Swamps. definitely illiterate preachers once again impressed upon their tiny congregations that this was the work of the Devil; that the injury to Doc had been the final warning of a Providence roused to wrath. They yelled hellfire and damnation. And in Beverly itself, the same sentiments were expressed, though in different and perhaps less violent language. Resolutions were passed. Petitions were circulated. A special meeting of the Town Council was called, after which Mayor Alec Roberts held a long and earnest discussion with Solicitor Gabe Dixon and Sheriff Floyd Griffin. The Sheriff found himself fighting for right and justice: first, because that promised the greatest number of votes in the primary; and, secondly, because he, too, had been deeply fond g of Doc Morrison. Sheriff Griffin thereupon visited Robbie Morse, owner and operator of the White Star Hotel He said, I aint happy to tell you, Robbie but things has got to be diffent fum now on." Diffent how? No mo licker to be sold heah or drunk, either, fo that matter. Mr. Morse shook his round head Jim Owenby ducked. The steel sadly. I seen that cornin the minair. implement flew through the ute them crazy young bucks hurt There was the sickening sound of its Doc Morrison. He tried to find There in the situation. But impact upon human flesh. solace some a was a brief groan and the thud of tourists aint concerned about this collapsing body. There was blood, thing, are they, Floyd? of trickling sluggishly from the face I reckon not Yo business should v an old man. on bein purty good. go meA voice was raised above the Sheriff lumbered upstairs to The Good God, oclee. The voice said, the corner suite which had been Fellers you've kilt Doc Morrison! Kirk Reynolds: the suit in by cupied There was a momentary cessation the living-rooof which Dan Cree-do- n . Then, before it could of fighting. still opera'ed the of be resumed, the sturdy figure in window, the in Dan was seated by Sheriff Floyd Griffin came He was a tall, said his through ihe door. Margaret individual with sad. steady something to him and he whipped stony and a manner. laconic eyes out a gun. Sheriff." and Uowdye. of said, one He Git back! Evy damned Crce Floyd Griffin said. Uowdye. occuyou!" he saw the other Then don. The Sheriff's eyes were blazing vivid brunette knew pant of the room: the He meant business, and they ho stood near the window looking wall. the ii They backed against Square The stood in down upon Monument Miss lion Barney and Jtm and Andy Mawmn, said, Sheriff battered nod the renter of the floor, of the kei. bruised and bleeding. One tire-too- l. i h with you, Andy. Go ahead, You was in the Bon Ton this wasnt you? aft-ao- Yes." You tore a pitcher off the didnt you? win-- : Yes." n You yT11 said you was gonna whip Ula Put 11 there, didn't "mebody, said Andy, "seems tellin you the truth." Hamilton had been J;chng the scene with quiet, ob- ,lant eyes She leaned close to J and Do you know whispered, e He been orgaret Sheriff?" "Yes Why? TcltThone him. Quick. 8 to be trouble. , Theres "nlhed into the machine-shothe handle of the wall ne' She got the residence of , Whirled i, 5 4ttr flYd Criffln and spoke tJien, Compelled by a fusel ccturned to the big ron. if "k 'Ar nr EDeisl Cooper Plays Soldier Joan Fontaine Has IT ay Try Musical Picture dice-game- shirt-sleeve- V AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA A 36 requires 4s yards of material. Two yards of trimming. No 1827 is designed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. Size 14 rematequires 4 a yards of rial with short sleeves; 3 yards with long sleeves; yard for contrasting collar and cuffs; 2 yards of braid. 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Kay ran forward and dropped to her knees beside the bleeding form of the adjoining room. old man dabbing at the ugly Thats through. wound with a pitifully inadequate ? The mass-meetin- Jig man and a rest Her voice was flat and tired. She said, Good morning." Floyd Griffin returned his attention to Dan Creedon. Doc Morrison is purty popular henhabouts. Thats all I been hearing for three days. Theres been meetins an things. The whole town is sad. Yeah? So what? The Sheriff gestured toward the dice-game- 35-in- ch 4-- Uh-hu- 39-in- sizes. Save money and know the keen satisfaction of personally-planne- d, garments by Universal, don. When they say to git out why by making your own frocks with I reckon you got sense enough to scenes that were deleted when the these smart, carefully cut designs. picture was made in 1937 because do it. 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He'll begin work shortly in Black- No. 1822, cleverly Oh! thee fo days. So long as out Over which deals the waistline. Its really pretty Europe, folks know youre really fixin to go, with air raids in the enough to make up in street mapresent war. terials as well as in household why I can keep em satisfied." cottons like gingham, calico and A faint smile flickered across Andrea Leeds has announced her percale. Deep armholes and beltCreedon's thin lips. He said, Four engagement, and not to an actor. less waistline make it supremely days then, and Ill scram. Anything Its to be hoped that marriage wont comfortable to work in. As you else? mean her giving up her career; she see from the diagram, its so easy As IPs Always Been Yeh . . . The Sheriff looked has come so fast in so short a time. to make that you can finish it in They say our educational methmore uncomfortable. He said, Its a day. ods are faulty. Any boy or girl about you, Miss Henkel with brains can go ahead after So Feminine and Charming. Big black eyes flashed up to his. The lithe figure stiffened. She asked, Heres a grand double value, in learning how to read. The good dont all die young. No. 1827, that gives you a dress, What about me? with two-wa- y You got to git out, too. neckline, in the se- Some of them live long enough to ductive new silhouette, and, be- become the first husbands of Why? d d women. pettisides, a flaring, Because evybody says you got A d Charm is that indefinite attraccoat! The dress, S to. Now I aint aimin to make you y I with broad shoulders and a waist- tiveness which is not necessarily feel bad. Miss Henkel but folks has line slimmed in by side sash belts, beauty. kind of stood all theyre willin to : can be made either with the youth- Dullest Act Is stand. Longest ful collar and cuffs, or with a It is a universal fact that the love neckline. Youll plain round cheaper the work, the more of it CHAPTER XIV it both ways. For this, choose is exacted. taffeta, wool crepe, flat crepe or A man is not a good rememberfaille. For perhaps five minutes after the er. lie seldom remembers anyThe Patterns. departure of Sheriff Griffin, Babe thing so thoroughly as people lie Henkel said nothing more. Dan No. 1822 is designed for sizes doesnt like. ANDREA LEEDS Creedon watched her sympathetiAll ceremonies are, in them34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 43. cally. Eventually he spoke, and his Rising to fame with a scream in selves, very silly things, yet a voice was kindly. He said, Snap man of the world should know shes gone right Stage Door, out of it. Babe. them. along; in The Real Glory she A Question Only Smith She turned smouldering eyes upon gives an excellent performance. Not From a Dream Has the Right to Ash The louse! she snapped. him. Those who awake to find themThe March of Time is stepping Griffin? Youre crazy. He cant selves usually have done Jones was strolling down the a lot offamous feature field with work hard beforehand. protect us any more because they Into the The Ramparts We Watch, based street when he saw ahead of him wont let him. doesn't go Hope any great diswas familiar what the he thought I ain't thinking about that, Dan. on the book by Major George Fieldtance unless behind it and get you He quickened figure of a friend. Im talking about running us out of ing Eliot. According to the an- his hard. push him and, up, steps, catching to screen nouncement, it brings the town. Little money supplies needs; on the Well . . . He shrugged. Theres a new production idea in feature hit him a hearty thump much money creates many back. that a with realistic to do plot but scram. pictures nothing The other turned round, and, to She came closer and leaned over carries a terrific impact in view of Work Jones horror, presented the face the table, her eyes boring into his. the events in Europe today. I beg of a complete stranger. She said, Thats what you think." started about the middle of SeptemI ber in New London, Conn., and the your pardon! he exclaimed. "Sure I do. picture will have no connection with thought you were a friend of mine, Well, youre wrong. Amazing Smith by name. the regular March of Time issues. Now listen. Babe Conditions Duo to Sluggith Bowels 'i The stranger recovered his You listen to me. This town ain't W you think all laxattat YLtfitl?' f (Oflltlr ti act alike, Just try tma Many a girl would like to know breath, and answered with congone suddenly moral Things dont M7i Yf all v8tabla laxatlva. . for formula Fontaines Joan And getting siderable heat: suppose I bo ii.n l, UuiouHt refreshing, happen that way. Its a cover-upinvigorating. le what she wants. She does it every was Smith, do you have to hit me prndahle relief fiorn nick headaches, bilious stwHa, For what? tired feeling when associated with constipation, Brian married She time. so Ahearne, For Barney Hamilton. hard? They gpt a 2c bo of N R from ymir Dtrlr KiSSl druggist. Wake the test then dont want to do anything to him, causing several young actresses In But Jones was ready for this. IfWUllOUl Utt box to us. VYo Will not return delighted, to west New York and points gnaw so they're getting rid Of us. And what business of yours is refund the purchase That's fair. Dan said, Maybe. And what can the woodwork In rage. Now shes it, he cried, how hard I hit price. Tt NR 1 nNe-- tod slated for the lead In Rebecca, we do about it? Smith? n nn tests were made for which many Plenty. and many wires were pulled. Olivia What, for instance? de llaviiands younger sister seems Babe was tense. She said, Dan to be doing all right for herself, you ain't gonna take this sitting Olivia goes right along, lookwhile You are to ain't willing down, you? ing perfectly beautiful In costume blow without anybody even having pictures and confining romance to been punished for killing Kirk? his head. I shook He dont like the screen. to, if thats what you mean. But Maybe those spectacular musical listen, Babe me and you, we cant will return to the screen, pictures town. whole a buck On She said, Barney Hamilton killed if you show that you like them. your toes, with Zorina, will act as Kirk. if audience approvIMPORTANT Medical Tests Reveal WHY Famous Lydia L Pinktiam'S Vegetabli ComI suppose he did. But everybody a thermometer; al shows that the temperature li pound Has Been Helping Weak, Rundown, Nervous Women For Over Hall A Centuryl In town thinks he had good cause. be more like it. Well, I dont You see, I wasnt right, therell If you feel tired out, limp, listlew, some food which your body uses Grace Moore may do one called with Kirk. I was pretty if your nerve directly for energy to help build moody, depressed With Music, It incorporating Say are constantly on edge and you're up more physical resistance and thus crazy about him. a atown more life and her from to Incidents friends help calm jittery nerves, lessen felosing your boy Sure you were . . . women SNAP OUT male functional distress and give yon Incipeppy music. of tractive, lot Berlins Irving been Kirk I off. had If bumped OK IT I No man likes a dull, tired, joyful bubbling energy that is reflected thruout your whole being. wouldnt have checked out without dentally, Miss Moore once again cranky woman. of the the herself Over 1,000,000 women have rereliable a need is darling All good proved may you about would it, something doing retome. If so try famous Lydia E. ported marvelous benefits from when news she reporters, ship he? Kesults Pinkhami Vegetable Compound. Finkham's Compound. turned from Europe recently; she "That's different. Let it stimulate gastric juices to help should delight you I T elephone your statement a that makes for a now bottle. always druggist nght How? digest and assumlate more whole makes the headlines, whether she's You're a dame. She placed her hands palms down sailing away or sailing home. This The long, slender time she was going to rush back to on the table-top- . crimson with their nails were France and join an ambulance corps fingers after she finished engagements to trembling. In SALT LAKE CITY Before I leave this burg," she sing in concert and opera, etc. the guy that killed Kirk announced, Johnny Green, who used to wave is gonna get his. Dont the baton for Columbia pictures, Dan Creedon was worried. does now for the Johnny Prego getting yourself all worked up. and sents programs on the air, has stacked are cards The against you. proved that he is a serious comBabe. poser. He has finished, a concerto, Going yellow on me? Music for Elizabeth, which Jose Answer that for yourself. Iturbl (that veteran of the Bing CrosYoure fixing to run out. I know when Im beat. by hour) will introduce at Carnegie Elizabeth hapHer voice was Hall this season. Well, I don't! Choice of (heDiscriminatingTrarelcr .1 hard. "You can blow whenever you pens to be Mrs. Johnny Green as i JlH,i of films. Furness as the well Betty get good and ready. Me Im gonna do something." RW:i.i j 400 ROOMS 400 BATHS ODDS AD EYD.S Any If thats the Knyser Creedon shrugged. r-lrefused recently to piny Oier There" : lo. way you feci about it, cut me in. : all marches and military Suddenly her eyes were filled with feel thnt in this barred be should and Our country refurnishing program has $200,000.00 remodeling tears. Gee, Dan! That's swell. But mioic . . . Raymond Iaiee it cob accommodation in th hotel nt finest mad tha available present no in to Jam. want I dont get you i nice recordings of dinnitanel lecting SAME AT PRICES. 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