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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD The situation was perfect Jeff ROY COHEN fcNU SERVICE By OCTAVUS ROY 0CTAVUS Continued 'AFTER XIV l' -1- 4- straightened. She walked and came back. Her sthe room ,,ere pressed were tmy, verti-,rou', ine; there And in her forehead. the mere he spoke, as though jf words might clarify S theres just exactly one might help ,ten this town who m tense whisper: spoke in a I Butler! Who is tdon shook his head. angel: the one job at the Gardens and jot beat up by Barney Hamil-Ehe- r d since then hes been the county swearing he onna get revenge . . . saying ,e didnt intend to let any man at lanky swamp :st his loaf-oun- that sort of rough nay with s an awful long shot, com-- d Dan. ,g shot sure. But its the only This bird has lived c we got. here all his life, and he And whether or , the ropes. es sore enough to play ball still might give us an he d itials n, bu ork, r :us-- trar i and judicially. nodded tratic- work. Jeff Butler hates Hamilton. Hed mighty well get a good safe crack at gotta a y 0 It might aint you Babe said, goin strong? at do you mean, strong? s sounds like a killing youre COMSTJ You here alone, Mr. Butler? Jeff was neither Tefm nor hostile. He simply stood there, rocking slightly on the balls of his overlarge feet, This is very important, said Babe. I want to be sure nobody can overhear us. Jeff shrugged. There aint nobody heahabouts. d! Babe lowered her voice. She felt that she understood this man and knew how to handle him. But there was one thing that Babe Henkel did not know. One vitally important thing. Babe Henkel d not know that she was seeking help from the man who had killed Kirk Reynolds! ll highly developed, but this struck him as irresistibly funny. He was grateful to Babe and to this saturnine person, Creedon. They were furnishing the inspiration, the leadership . . . and would be the victims in case the county became suddenly righteous after the lynching. CHAPTER ... re-c- Its U Moc-Swam- d k 4 3 e ... ? ap-lh- e km f poke. Kirk Reytm'ds. w about awkwardly H0JP?. SEW Ruth Wyeth Spears SEEDS Crested Wheat SEED GX12155 Cleaned under Pure Seed Law of State of Washington. Several cai loads available. Write lot price CERTIFIED 221S Box SEED COMPANY Spokane Washington PHOTOGRAPHY ROLLS DEVELOPED auk enimvemenw, iirtntM, or unr chote of lb prim without 8 coin Koirms.V utk enlargenuMUh NORTHWEST PHOTO SERVICE Pars Dpt. K - North Dakota HOTELS God-feari- 1 I will- ing he was eager. Babe asked, Could we? Jeff nodded. Folks heahabouts is mighty het up about things, Miss. They say the Gardens was built by the Devil. Preachers been talkin bout how bad things are. An we never did crave to have no Dam-jank- s cornin down heah killin our own folks. Dan Creedon spoke. Lets talk turkey, Butler. Weve plenty of money, and were willing to spend it Well see that youre protected if anything should go wrong. Have you any friends who will help? I reckon so." Do you hate Barney Hamilton enough to go in on it? "I aint got no use for that feller, mister. Not no use at alL" Then, will you? Jeff pondered. He saw the future, if Barney were lynched. The public would know why . . . that he had been strung up because he had murdered Kirk Reynolds. And if anybody had to be punished for the lynching bee, it would be these two outlanders. Dan Creedon and Babe HenkeL Folks didnt like them nohow. Jeff said, I reckon It could be done, maam. Us folks heah in the We blieve in swamp is right an decency. We all the time say it would be an eye fo an eye . . . and the law aint aimin to take no eye fo somebody killin Kirk dragging Kirks body to the edge of the lagoon and sliding it into the black, shallow water. He knew he was taking a desperate chance, but that-- he figured-w- as better than being recognized en route to his home, and then of having Kirks body found. He escaped. He slithered away into the shadows of the night. He lurched back through the swamps to his home in Big Moccasip. And for hours he drank He was palsied with fear.steadily. And all the next day he drank until someone rode by his place and mentioned that Kirk Reynolds had been murand dered, Jeff had asked, Who done it? Dunno, said his informant, but Jeff dragged out three folks is sayin it was Barney Hamilchairs, and they seated them- ton or either Andy Forrest It sho' selves. Then Jeff asked, What you-al- l is one hell of a mess. cravin to see me about? Barney Hamilton! Andy Forrest! Babe hesitated, but only briefly. Jim Owenbyl For days Jeff had felt Its about Barney Hamilton. his courage returning. Obviously, Yesm." Jeff was noncommittal. he had not been seen on that fateful He killed Kirk Reynolds. he was not susJeff swallowed, so that his Ad- night; obviously, pected. Well and good. Leave 'em ams apple bobbed up and down think it was one of them damned alarmingly. His shrewd, weak eyes aristocracks . . . though there was narrowed and focused speculatively always the uncomfortable thought Reynolds. upon the orchidaceous woman oppo- that the Babe asked, Will you do it? site. But he betrayed no emotion. able to popular suspects might be Til try. prove their innocence in He merely said, You reckon? which event the search would turn When? Im sure of it. elsewhere. So long as no person Tomorrow night maybe. Jeff A warm glow suffused Jeff. He was convicted, Jeff knew he was in blinked. But you-aboth has got had been considerably perturbed to be there. since the night he had killed Kirk, danger. That was Jeff Butler. That was Ill be there, said Babe. and it was pleasing to hear someone the man to wnom Babe Henkel had Jeff was highly pleased. He who declare suspicion of anothers guilt. had murdered Kirk Reynolds was So Jeff merely said, He could of, about to avenge the death of the and waited. man he had killed by directing the Babe talked straight You hate lynching of an Innocent person. Mr. Barney Hamilton, dont you? Butlers sense of humor was not Yesm, I reckon I do. He beat you up, didnt he? of. arts Yesm. He never give me no what? Didnt Barney Hamil-1- 1 chance. Just hit me when I wasnt Kirk? jiow . . . but look! If we got lookin. 0 do! And youd like to see him get p with this, theyd fry us. And eve whats coming to him for killing Mr. can Butler do? get i I dont know. I aint Reynolds, wouldnt you? said, that are hell do anything. Maybe. But I sk, tt Then, said Babe, you can help this, Dan, hes our only hope, lispos if you will. in man the that only je county xach Butler produced a dirty sack Jeff Hamilton so. and Barney says anc of tobacco and a malodorous pipe. lets go see him. ch is not altogether probably wont work out, you With fingers that were it. T he tamped the tobacco into steady, y, h e I know. But we got to try the bowl and held a match to it asm, He was thinking as swiftly and scour as it was possible for him efficiently at are you going to suggest to r r. to think. He was wondering whether play ont know the answer to that they suspected the truth, whether eating to trick him ther. But after Ive talked to they had come out here fe. But few minutes She put ingo damaging admissions. mm was tense and eager. Her Babe aids on Creedons shoulder. l the eyes were wells of black fire. She I want you to do is this, Beat it downstairs and spoke the name of Barney Hamilton mosey leir How come i town. out Find where Jeff with venom. Jeff said, The; look me to up? you'all lives and how to ' acfc get there. Because we hate Barney Hamilrose, though with visible hey t ton and we figure you do, too. MayYou aint being very ely; be we can work together. Babe. (Tort. Jeff grunted and nodded. His face see. And m, bring Kirks car was impassive: stodgily inscrutable. hen you come. Ill be iifice ready. But he was pleased. turned in forty minutes. Got call of unpleasant recollece, he reported, and I think i Fragmentsto him: the spir fight with came tion find the place. Lets go. own his ignominHamilton, Barney drove east toward Big ious beating, the drunken stupor Their road wound from which he had roused himself e At best, it was swamp. the following day with head splitting and eventually they came to and pride irreparably injured. 1 and untouched section of He had turned back to his jug of reinforced with raw corn liquor and sought the soliiy: a road-beI trunks. They were jolted tude of Big Moccasin Swamp to reweed unmercifully on this flect upon the indignity which had ay road; their wheels skidded been put upon him. He had brooded deep sandy ruts. Dan Cree-v- e for hours, fanning himself into an his attention to the busi-- ! unreasoning anger against Barney driving, and Babe Henkel Hamilton. His meager brain be:k in her seat, staring into fogged by alcohol had concentrated iol shade under the pines, upon this single idea: that his honor ag . . . had been dragged through the muck. eerie, desolate country. The He convinced himself that Cathea weighed upon her, so that dral Gardens was a cesspool of Iniqvered. She said, God! How deuity, and that any man who doman beings live out here? a portion of it would be stroyed answer was apparently irrele-ThinAnd ing a fine community service. wed better call It so he had cut himself a lightwood knot and had lurched through the shook her head. No. Then, swamp that night with the idea of k comyou can find the place? burning the Hamilton home. Of hink so. They said this was mitting arson. Of Jeopardizing hu!y road. man life. Of exacting revenge for ! then they came to the cabin the beating he had so justifiably sufought. An old Negro, repairfered the previous day. s ancient harness of a bony Half stupefied with com liquor, with a bit of rope informed and finding therein a courage which that this was the residence of was not natural, keyed to high pitch Jeff Butler, sho null. They by the magnitude of the thing he d uncertainly at one another planned, Jeff Butler had skirted the y turned from the road and Gardens and approached the house ssed in second across the from the rear. He knew that the hit of land between cabin and of the family would be in the front cd. had house, that the Negro servants Butlers long figure appeared the Gardens were not then that left, e dog trot which bisected his open to tourists at night His weak gray eyes blinked Walking stealthily, carrying his s sunlight and he shaded them lightwood knot, making a stern efhony hand. When he squint-rfort to control jagged nerves, reflectwere mnumerable crows-of his entering upon the nobility the corners of his and and thoroughly terrified, eyes, hod his head at an angle as prise Butler had come closer and better to fucus upon his vis-y- Jeff And suddenly, j H.s high, nasal voice came closer to the house. collided with had he darkness, in the h the morning air. a man. UdH lookin' fo somebody? masInstinctively he struck at the answered. We want culine figure before him. There was Mr. Jeff Butler. impact of fist on flesh; thought it over for a moment the bruising who a snarl from the man then Then he said, a vicious and A snarl hit. goring. had been Butler." He threat. Jeff stumbled away. and out of the car knot and f lightwood his cahin. Jell watched dropped At the for his claspkmfe. tpnsbivcly, hia leathern face grabbed the long, keen thumb his of touch M,nhss. What he was think-'- j of blade sprang open. The figure he was toward him. thinking at all came man no1 tell. II is costume the other , I"1 ? informal menacing, seeking combat . . . over, ills and deadly, man who had struck first. this with sleeves cut off with knife. The le elbow. Jeff slashed with his They walked to a sound Scarcely heme. sank blade uui'dontr he dogtrot. Je'l still did lay the body until n'ne is This is And not ejun i he had killed Jeff Butler nalic that ' sardonically more than was The iiotmet t,r tripled -- ft gotta work. come for assistance. She was seeking to enlist the help of the murderer in an effort to avenge the murder. Babe was surprised and pleased with tne readiness of Jeff Butlers response. She had hardly anticipated so eager an alliance. She had sought Jeff because the lanky swamp angel was the only person in all Beauregard County whom she knew had reason to hate Barney And she did not know Hamilton. that Jeff was still thinking. He was thinking that if anything happened to Barney Hamilton, the public would be glad enough to consider the matter closed. If a suspect has been executed for murder, the populace does not interest itself in other suspects. It is willing enough to accept the fact of punishment as proof of guilt. And so Jeff remained willing though cautious. Babe caught Dan Creedons eye. The gambler nodded and Babe took the hint, pressing her advantage. She said. Theyll never do anykillthing to Barney Hamilton for will Mr. they? Reynolds, ing No maam. I reckon they wont. only us po folks that gits punished to things. Then he added hastily, Fo' things we never done. him. 1 1 know Barney killed know why Kirk went to the Gardens that night Mr. Dixon knows it, too, but he says that aint evidence. to arrest Theyre not even going me Ive told And theyve anybody. got to leave Beverly. How come, maam? Because I was a friend of Kirk Reynolds, thats why. Shuh! They never give nobody a square deal. Babes voice was hard but perYou hate Barney Hamilsuasive. ton, don't you? Yesm. I sho do. Well, so do I. And Im not going to get out of town without doing something about it. A man like him Yesm live. He ought to no right ain't got Its ... to be lynched . . Jeffs voice trailed off. Three pairs In recogniof eyes looked startled. a chance re tion of the fact that cue. Jeff mark had given them their He ought to be repeated, . . lynched said The idea penetrated. Babe someIf the law wont punish him she was sincere body might." And nvinred that about it. She was c Kirk. And Jeff killed had Barney now Butler was thinking clearly to n hung g't Was Barney Hanvlt su..t-a.there w mVn t nobody riev.r itme of com . for m re o Incut detain n by com f XV Jeff Butler devoted himself, with understandable enthusiasm, to the task of organizing a mob to avenge the murder which he himself had committed. Mr. Butler recognized the value of approach on ethical grounds . . . though he had never heard the word. He knew that for more than a month the swamp angels had been fanned into a fine frenzy of indignation against the sins which were supposedly attributable to Cathedral Gardens and the owners thereof. He knew that his contemporaries were always responsive to the idea of a moral crusade. Therefore starting with the reliable Clem Ross Mr. Butler spent the next morning and part of the afternoon visiting a meticulously selected list of friends. Men who had grievances against the constituted authorities. Men in whom class hatred was deeply rooted. He drove from cabin to cabin in a battered old the wheels of which tilted at crazy angles; and in the back of that wagon was a jug of raw corn whiskey. Mr. Butler was shrewd enough to understand that liberal draughts of the yellow fluid gave additional persuasiveness to his exhortations. The response was invariably satisfactory. Mr. Butler, in each case, approached the matter circuitously: taking great pains to keep himself reasonably sober, though not so sober as to find himself tongue tied. In certain cases he learned swiftly enough that he had erred in believing that these particular gentlemen would be responsive to the idea of a In other cases he found hanging-bee- . that violent oratory, accompanied by much more violent whiskey-arou- sed the virtues of his hearers to a point where they insisted upon taking drastic action. Mr. Butlers clinching arguments He were, in all cases, identical impressed upon his listener of the moment the fact that pulpits had been ringing with condemnation of recent iniquities, he stated that the persons who succeeded In stamping out these evils would have done a divine service; he planted the idea that it was safe legally and morally. He called upon Biblical precedent to prove that it was right to destroy evil and reminded his friends that Sodom and Gomorrah had been wiped out with considerable loss of life. If then however, indirectly the Bible approved such action, certainly the residents of Big Moccasin Swamp were entitled to conduct themselves in like manner. There is never too great difficulty in organizing a crusade, nor appreciable trouble in rousing men of limited intelligence to venture forth in an effort to Improve the moral tone of the world, particularly when there is no danger attendant upon the enterprise. Jeff Butler was shrewd enough to know how to approach his men, keen enough to understand how much to say and when to stop saying it . . . and so, by four oclock that afternoon they commenced to gather on the dogtrot of Jeff's house and where a meal of sausage cakes and gravy had been prepared by an ancient Negro woman The meal finished, pipes and chew mg li b.icco were produced, and a ru w live g lllon jud spi eared, tilled to the brim with false courage. farm-wago- n llarrjr Beckett, Mjtr.iarmerlj Mgr ..Ben Lomond ,Ogdc Gay aprons from unbleached muslin. Every one who has ever lived in the country knows the possibilities of unbleached muslin. The source of supply there is flour and food sacks but even purchased by the yard it is an inexpensive, sturdy material for aprons and many other things. If you have friends who share your enthusiasm for interesting aprons, plan and cut them in a group; then trimmings may be exchanged and every piece-bawill produce something. The diagram shown here gives you cutting dimensions for the skirt part of a plain little apron and shows how to shape the waistline. Belts for the bibless type are rather wide now two or two and a half inches finished. Ties wide and are generally as long as you like Now, do be daring when you come to pockets or adding a bib. Try an idea of your own. These gay unbleached muslin aprons are just suggestions to get you started. 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Why is an artesian well square miles, and San Marino, the next smallest state, is 38 square miles. 8 do the racing clothes including boots of a jockey weigh? 4. Which are the two smallest states in Europe? 5. A gnomon is a person of no importance, a dwarf, Scottish chieftain or a geometrical figure? 6. To what docs the song, Cornin Through the Rye refer? 7. The unit of current or flow of electricity is called an ampere, a volt or a watt? 8. Which is the correct idiomatic expression If worst comes to worst or if worse comes to 3. What 5. A geometrical figure. 6. A small river. 7. An ampere, named after The worlds 250,000,000 Moslems worst? tinuation of from bad to worse 9. What American city was first from observe Friday as their Sabbath worse to worst. " because, according to Mohammed, known as New Amsterdam? 9. New Yoik. 10. What kind of foundations are this was the day Adam was cre10. 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One day in particular she found cate that the number who no longer attend increases from 50 per troublesome, for she had to go cent at the age of forty to 75 per first to a funeral service and cent at sixty to 98 per cent at then to a garden party. She solved the dress problem by eighty. Although about nine thousand wearing smart but sober clothes members of Britains aristocracy and taking in a hat box a flowand sporting world are admitted ered hat which, during the service, to the Royal Enclosure at Ascot, she placed in the vestry. Her sense of quiet pleasure at England, at each meeting, thousands are excluded because they this successful solution of the are in bankruptcy, involved in a problem was somewhat marred, divorce, owe too much money however, when the coffin was to a bookmaker or have not been brought into church. For reposing in the center of the wreaths presented at a royal court. on the coffin was her flowered hat. slow-motio- n MORE PLEASURE PER Constant Rugs. 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