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Show iturday, January 12, 1924 AMERICAN FOfcK CITIZEN SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1924 : : a SYNOPSIS fROlOQlTE. Ktnnttk OwywnHwct in years old In the spring ( 1111 ks bis father ran iwagr from Kn-kick Kn-kick with Rachel Carter, a widow. for took with them Minds Carter. IL-hel'e baby dauchur. la the fall EMBeth'e mother died of a broken art HI sjrmndparsnts brought him IP to hate the name of Rachel Carter, ta eU woman." " CHAPTER I. Kenneth, bow a young few?', aeeka lodging. for the night at Ike farm of Phtneaa Striker,- near Gfayette. Ind. It appears that Ken'i (ither baa recently died and that be ta m his war to- taks - possession of -Lailvs lands he has Inherited. The Strikers bought their farm of Ken's lather and a mortgage rune to his fa-tier's fa-tier's widow the Rachel Carter. A (rtutiful nineteen-year-old girl, who ti hs knew his father well and rinses to give her name, is visiting ike Strikers. Ken is much interested P her. tHAPTER 1 (Continued) !twnn' coram," b shouted above (be howling wind. 1 guess you'd better bet-ter dry yourself In the kitchen. Hear tr whlzzln' through the trees! Gosh all hemlock I She's gotn' to be a snorter, stranger, tlnrry Insider They bolted for the door and dashed toto the, kitchen just as the delnge came. Phineas Striker, leaning his weight against the door, closed It and Cropped the bolt '"' "" The sitting-room door opened sud- The Other Guest of the House Gilded lata flu Kitrhon denly and the other guest of the bouse glided Into the kitchen. . . Kenneth Gwynne bowed very low to the newcomer. The dim candle light afforded him a most unsatisfactory unsatisfac-tory glimpse of her features. He took ta at a glance her tan, trim figure, the burnished crown of hair, and the surprisingly sur-prisingly modish frock she wore. t He had seen no other like it since leaving the older, more advanced towns, along the Ohio. He was startled. In all his journeying through the land he had seen no one arrayed like this. It was with difficulty that he overcame s quite natural impulse to stare at her s if she were some fantastic curiosity. curi-osity. The contrast between tlfls surprising surpris-ing creature and the gingham aproned Eliza was unbelievable. There whs but one explanation: She was the mistress of the house; Eliza the serv-nt. serv-nt. "Now'g your chance to get at the lookln'-glnss, Mr. Gwynne," said 8trlker. "Right there In the slttln" room. Go ahead; I'll manage this." Seated In a big wooden rocker before be-fore the fireplace, Gwynne stretched out his long legs one after the other ; Zacbnrlah tagged nt the heavy, mud-cskeT mud-cskeT riding-boots. "Here won't never be any mo'nln'." gulped the unhappy Znrharinh. bend tag lower to his task, which now hnd to do with the boot-straps nt the bottoms bot-toms of Ms master's trouser leg. Then e pulled the trouser-legs down over the boots, obscuring their upper glory,; after which he smoothed out the Tinkles and fastened the Instep trap. Whereupon. Kenneth arose, stamped severely on the hearth several sev-eral time to settle his feet In the ug-ntting boots, and turned "To F t .. "ib with extreme care and precision i "ben bis host turned from the window win-dow and approached. "!!lnrs Jo mo the worst Is over. t you reckon so?" said "neT Kenneth, having adjusted his stock "' wnite roll-over collar to sun ins nost exacting eye, slipped his arms toto the xoat Zachnrloh was holding ot Mm, settled the shoulders with I ahrug or two and pull at the flaring tell. smoothed his yellow brocaded "aisteoat carefully, and then, epread-5fhlsJongvshapel epread-5fhlsJongvshapel tesnd at Jbe !nll . Il-JsX Warn GEORGE BARR. McCUTCHEON MSrT s AM bS cmvurr-n KiTue time trie rims or-fils coavtoot corrrmandlng position with his back to the blazing logs. "Are yon referring to my toilet, Mr. 8tr1kr he Inquired amiably. "I was talkln' about the storm," explained ex-plained Phineas hastily. "Are yon plannln' to work the farm yourself, Mr. O wynne, or are yougoln'..lo sell er rent on shares?" Gwynne looked at him In surprise. "Yon appear to know whoI am, after all, Mr. Striker." -Striker grinned. - "I guess everybody In this neck o the woods has heerd about you; a lot of the folks. up ta town have-. been lookln down the Crawfordsvllle road fer you ever since your father died last August" "I see," said the other reflectively. "Were you acquainted with my father, Mr, Strikerr "Much so as anybody could be. He wasn't much of a hand fer makln' friends. I was jest wonderln' whether yon wss planntn' to live on the farm er np In town." . ."Well, yon see, I am lawyer by profession. I know little, or .nothing about farming. My plans are not actually ac-tually made, however. A great deal depends on how I find tilings. Ton know the farm, Mr. Strikerr Yes. It's not far from hereWrflve or six mile, I'd say, to the north an' east . Takes In some of the finest land on the Wea plain mostly clear, some Sri timber, plenty of water, an' about the best stocked farm anywheres around. Your father was one of the first to edge np this way ten er twelve year ago, an' he got the pick o' the new 1and. I bought this sixty-acre piece often him two year ago. 'Course, there's a small mortgage on the place, but I cn take keer of that I reckon." "Ahem! The mortgage, I fancy, Is held by er the other heirs to his property." "You're right His wldder holds It but she ain't the kind to press me." "Come, to supper," called out Mrs. Striker from the doorway. "Just a moment. If you please," said the young man, laying bis hand onthe settler's arm.- "Ton win do me a great favor If you refrain from discussing these matters in the presence of your other guest tonight My father, as you doubtless know, meant very little In my life., I prefer not to discuss him In the presence of strangers especially especial-ly curious-minded young women." Phineas looked at him narrowly for an Instant a queer expression lurking In bis eyes. " Jet as you say, Mr. Gwynne. JJot word In front of strangers." ' "Bring In them two candlesticks, Phln," ordered Mrs. Striker. "We got to be able to see what each other looks Uke, an' goodness knowg we caln't with this taller dip I got out here to cook by. Taln't often we have people right out o' the fashion-plates to sup per, so let's have all the light we kin." Kenneth's fellow-guest was standing near the stove, her back toward htm, as he entered the kitchen. The table was set for four, In the middle of the little kitchen ; rude handmade hand-made stools, without - backs, . were in place. A figured red doth covered the board, Its fringe of green hanging down over the edges. . The plates, saucers and coffee cups were thick snd clumsy. There were black-handled case-knives, huge four-tlned forks and pewter spoons. "Come In and set down, Mr. Gwynne," said Mrs. Striker, pointing to a stool. "I can't help thanking my lucky stars, Mrs. Striker, that I got here abend of the storm,' said he, moving over to his appointed place, where he remained standing. "We were Just In time,' too. Ten minutes later, and we would have been In the thick of It I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your kindness." "Ob, It's It's nothing," snld she, diffidently. dif-fidently. "Set down, everybody." The young lady sat opposite Gwynne. She lowered her head Immediately as I'lilneas began to offer up his established estab-lished form of grace. The two colonial candlesticks stood In the center of the table, a foot or two apart. When Gwynne lifted his bead after "jn-ace," he looked (Hrectly between be-tween IIipiii at his vis-a-vis. For a few seconds he stared ns If spellbound. Never had he looked upon a fare so beautiful, never had he seen any one so lovely ns this strange young woman who shared with him the hospitality of the hmiible hoard. He" had gazed for 1 mnmsnt full Into her deep, violet in wfelch.4hre.wasnOJmIIefc Vt"!?"? but rather a cool Intentnes not far re- sided. -moved from unfriendliness and In "I have lived In this neighborhood that moment he forgot himself, his , since I was eight yearsold," she said. n end his romnosure. The soft llfht fell upon warm, smooth cheeks; a broad, white brow; a ..noitlve Una and s perfect moutn t round nrm cmn; rm.-aw nd the faint shadows of ImperUhable dimples that even her unsmiling expression ex-pression failed to-disturb. . L I . t II u , A Not even In his dreams naa am run- Injcd up a face so bewllderintfy bean- tlful. ' ' . j Who, was she? What was she doing here In the humble cot of the Strikers? Certainly she was out of plsce here. That she was person of consequence, to whom the Strikers paid a rude sort of deference, softened bJUhe familiarity familiar-ity of long association but In no way snggestlve of relationship, be wss In no manner of doubt, He was not slow to remark their fsllure to present hlra to her. The omission may have been due to Ignorance Igno-rance or uncertainty on their part, but that was not the construction he put upon It. It was deliberate. His slight feeling of embarrassment and perh.tps annoyance, evidently was not shared by the young lady; so far as she was concerned the situation was by no means "strained. She was as calm and serene snd Impervious as a princess royal He was subtly sware of the lively but cnrefulljr guarded Interest she was taking in htm. He felt rather than knew that she was studying hlra closely, close-ly, If furtively, when his face was turned toward the talkative host. J Twice he caught her In the act of i averting her gaze when he suddenly glanced In her direction, and once he surprised her In a very Intense scrutiny scru-tiny which, he was gratified to observe, ob-serve, gave way to a swift (lush of confusion and the haaty lowering of her eyes. He noticed her hands. They were long and slim and, while browned by exposure to wind and sun, bore no evl-dence evl-dence of the grinding toll to which the women and girls of the frontier were subjected. And they were strong, competent nands, at that The food was coarse, substantial plentiful. Solid food for sturdy people. peo-ple. There were potatoes tried In grease, wide strips of side meat apple butter, corn cakes piping hot, boiled turnips coffee and dried apple pie. Striker ate largely with his knife, and smacked his lips resoundingly; swigged coffee from his saucer through an overlapping mustache and after wards hlssingly strained the aforesaid obstruction with bis nether lips ; talked and laughed with, his mouth full but all with such magnificent test that his guests overlooked the shocking exhibition. ex-hibition. Indeed, the girl seemed quite accustomed to Mr. Striker's tsble habits, hab-its, a circumstance which created In Kenneth's questing mind the conviction convic-tion that she wss not new to these parts, despite the garments and airs .q the fastidious East. They were vastly interested In the account of his Journey through the wilderness, which the young man described vividly. For a time Kenneth had been watching the face of the girl opposite. 8he waa looking down at her plate. He observed a little frown on her brow. When she raised her eyes to meet his, he saw that they were sullen, almost unpleasantly so. She did not turn sway Instantly, but continued con-tinued to regard him with rather disconcerting intensity. " Suddenly she smiled. The cloud vanished from her brow, her eyes sparkled. He was bewildered. be-wildered. There was no mistaking the unfriendliness that had lurked In her eyes the instant before. But In heaven's heav-en's name, what reason had she for disliking blmT As he turned to Striker, he caught that worthy gating at blm with a fixed, Inquisitive stare. He began to feel annoyed and uncomfortable. It was not the first time he had 'sum prised a similar scrutiny on the part of one or the other of the Strikers. The young man decided It was time to speak. "By the way you all look at me, Mr. Striker, I am led to suspect that yon do not believe I am all I represent rep-resent myself to be. If yon have any doubts, pray do not hesitate to express ex-press them." Striker waa boisterously .reassuring. "I don't doubt you fer a second, Mr. Gwynne. As I said before, the whole county has been ex pectin' you to turn up. We heerd a few days back that you was In Crawfordsvllle. If me an' Eliza seem to act queer It'a because we knowed your father an' an', well, I can't help notlcin' bow much .you took like htm. We don't mean no disrespect dis-respect an' I hope you'll overlook our nateral curiosity." Kenneth was relieved. The furtive looks were explained. "I am glad to hear that yon do not look upon me as an outlaw or" "Lord bless you," cried Striker, "there ain't nobody as would take you fer an outlaw. You ain't cut out fer a renegade. We know 'em the minute we lay eyes on 'em. If you turn out to be a scalawag, I'll never trust my eyes ng'ln." The young man laughed. "In any ense, you are very Kd to have taken me in for the night, and .1 shall not foruct your trust or your hospitality." He tinned abruptly to the girl. "Did you know my father, too?" She started violently and for. the I moment was speechless, a curious ex pression In her eyes. "Yes," she said, at last, looking straight at blm: "Yes, I knew your father very well." "Then, you must have lived In these parts longer than I have suspected," said he. "I should have said you were a newcomer." Mrs. Striker made a .great, clatter of pans and skillets at the stove. The i .KlrJ waited until Jhls kindly, noise sub- i quietly. stnxer ncsrareo-iw -erair- thin' like ten or Meven years-leven. I reciton, am i i "Eleven years," she replied. Gwynne wss secretly astonished snd rather skeptical. He would have tak-etugath tak-etugath that she was twenty-two-op- three years old, ana not piocieen ss comoutsilfln madfi her. s , "ShelhTtllveTI here all the time," volunteered Ellta, somewhat defens-Itely. defens-Itely. "She wss to school In St Louis fer two, or three years an" The young lady Interrupted the speaker coldly, "please, Ellin T Ellta. looking considerably crestfallen, crest-fallen, accepted the rebuke meekly. 1 Jest thoncht he'd be Interested," she murmured. "She came- up the Wabash when she was nothln' but a striplln'," began be-gan Str'ker, not profiting by his wife's experience, lie might have gone on at considerable length If he had not met the ( reproving, violet eye. He changed the subject hastily. "Well, I guess we're about aa full as It's safe to be, so now's your chance, Zuch-arlah." Zuch-arlah." He pushed back his stool noisily and arose. Taking up the two candle-sticks, candle-sticks, he led the way to the sitting room, stopping at the door for a Word of Instruction :to the negro. "You e'n put your blankets down here on the kitchen floor when you're ready to go to bed." , "Zacharlah will wash the dishes and " began Kenneth, addressing Mrs. Striker, who was already preparing to cleanse and dry her pots and pans. She Interrupted him. "He won't do nothln' of the kind. I don't let nobody wash my dishes but myself. Set down here, Zacharlah. Zach-arlah. an' help yourself. When you're done, you c'n go out an' carry me In a couple of buckets o' water from the wejl an; that's all yon can do." "I guess I'll go out an' take a look around the barn aa' pens," said Phineas, Phin-eas, depositing the candles on the mantelpiece. He took up the lantern and lighted the tallow wick from one of the can-, dies. Then be fished a corncob pipe from bis coattsll pocket and stuffed It full of tobacco from a small buckskin buck-skin bag hanging at the end of the mantel. "He'p yourself to tobaceer If yen keer to smoke. There's a couple. 0' fresh pipes up there Jest made 'en yesterday an' It ain't agtnst the law to smoke In the bouse on rainy nights. Manx's the. tlnt. tye, sot on the doorstep door-step here enjoyln' e smoke with the rain comln' down so bard It'd wash the tobaceer right out 0' the pipe, an' twice er maybe It was three times It blled over an' What's that you say?" "I did not say anything, Phineas," said the girl, shaking her bead moum- -I Am Wondering, Though, Where You Will fie When Yen Die." fully. ". am wondering, though, where you will go when you die." ' "Where I c'n smoke 'thout ruanln' the risk 0' takln' cold, more'n likely," replied Phineas, winking at the young man. Then, he . went out Into the windy night closing the door behind him. - - 7 (To be continued) ASSESSMENT NOTICE tlheita Mining Company, Principal Place ef Business, American fork, ftah. Notice is hereby given that at meeting of the hoard ol directors ot he Alberta Mining Company, held n the Jrd day of November, 192S. ar, assessment (No 2Y of $3.00 per houssnd upon half of the outstand ng capital stock of the corporation after half of the outstanding stock Has been turned back Into the treasury, treas-ury, eg agreed by stockholders.) pay-ble pay-ble 4mmedlately to Thomas M. Holt Kretary. Salt Lake City, Utah. Any stock on which this sssess ment may remain unpaid on Janu. ary 15th 1924,-will be delinquent and idvertlsed for sale at public auction; snd unless payment Is made befort will be sold at City Hall at American Fork, Utah, at 2 p. m.. Monday Feb ruary 11 thr 1824, to pay .the delnquent I assessment together with cost of ad vrrtl4ng and expense t ale, . Thomas M. Holt, Secretary American Fork, Utah. First publication December 22, 191 Lest -nb4eaUonJajiuaxjLj9kJ924;w All There. -"How many varieties of Insects do I you suppose there are la the worldf "Come out In the garden, and 111 taw yeo."-IJ ' '; '' J11 NoticeOfSale For Special Taxes Notice la hereby given that special taxes lor paving, grading, and other xpenses In connection with, sidewalk side-walk paving in Districts No. 3, 4, 1 and I. are due and unpaid In amounts and upon the lands set forth and described de-scribed In the delinquent lists hereto attached and unless, said taxes to gother with the coat ot publication are paid, on or before the 4th .day of February, the property upon which said taxes are a Loa. will on said day, be sold for said taxes, cost 01 advertising and exponas of sale, at the front 'door of the Cttr Hall in American Fork City, Utah, boslnu'.ug at the hour ot twelve, o clock noon ot said day, and continuing until all of said property shall have been sold. DISTRICT NO. 3 -Nora Croiupton. -Lot t. Block 1, FrontaKe 253.4 foet, Plat A. American Fork City Survey. Amount due $23.97 Joseph S. Durrant, 1-ot 8, Block 2, Frontage, 122.1 feet, Pl.it A. Ann rb an Fork City Survey. Amount due $12.85 J DISTRICT NO. i Niela Chrlstenaon, Wock 6. Front age Z86.S feet, I'lat , A. American Fork City Survey. Amount d.ie....$:t0.21 Leland Walker, Black - 6, Frontago liS2.6 feet. Plat A. .American Fork City 8urvey. Amount die JlS.Cli lluth Crystal, Block 7. Frontage 2445 feet, Plat A, American Fork City Survey. ' Amount duo. $25.54 DISTRICT NO. C Alice Campbell, Blo.k 36. Frontage 198.2- foet Plat A, American Fork City Survey. Amount due N. M. Ambrose, Lot 4, hlocK MS, Frontage 329.5 feu. ,V..i A, American Ameri-can Fork City Survey Amount dua -. .( $315.15 Thalia L. Oougb. Block 47," Frontage Front-age 165 feet. Plat A, American Fork City Survoy. Amount duit $17.90 Hilda C. Peterson. Black 4S, Frontage Front-age 158.2 foet, Plat A, American "'YOUR liven kidneys, tion and body poisons. these poisons "back 7 -"Srv 1 Keep ijour system nit f iMiitvg trim- blood. Headaches', backaches, constipation, , dizziness, biliousness, foul breath, and coated tongue are the danger signs. Don't neglect them. Drive out the poisons, jr jw V Help the fighting organs- JtlC IaTHCUS thekidneys,liver, bowels and JLJrwn rs?vr? pores of the skin. Keep them fH!LJ$n healthy and active with DnMOIiSE'S IROailHLLS FAVORED FOft FIFTY w r jMi - 1 rL-rL-i---- r fj Insist on getting W : fiOSi,.mmi., Fork City Survey. Amount duol 1M1 Ernest M. , Parker, Block 3, Front- 1 age 142.4 feet. Plat A, American Fork City Survey. Amount, due $1.8I DISTRICT NO, 6 Ernest Paxman, Block 15. Frontage 53.9 feet, Plat A, American Fork City Survey, Amount due.... .j..$5.71 - E. R, Ktrkman. Block 15, Frontage 332:4 feet, . Plat A, American Fork ' City Survey. Amount due 134.41 William II. Steele, Block IS, Frontage Front-age SSO feet, Plat A, American Fork City Survey. Amount due . SU8.84 Aiii.) j Wagstaff. Block 27, Frontage 166.Q foot, Plat A, American Fork City Survey. Amount due $14.22 Lorenzo II. Anderson, Block 28. Frontage 244.5 feet. Plat A, American Fork City Survey. Amount due.r..$25.6 Henry M; Steele All of Lot S and South i ot Lot 4. Frontage 327.6 feat -Plat A, American Fork City Survey. Amount dua ...$31.89 , Jef.or on Kasiniond, Block 39. Frontage 201.5 feot. Plat A. American Fork CU- Survoy. Amount due....$21.47 Andrew Tboini.ao'n, Block 43, Front-are Front-are 105 te9t, Plat A, American Fork City S'irvcy. Amount due ..$14.0 o:iibo;is &-K.eed All of Lot 3, Block 42. FrmtnK'j Id foet. Plat A, Ameri-ccn Ameri-ccn Fork City Survey, - Amount dun ,,:.,.....,....$16.06 (leoiTO E. ItMuHon, Soctlon 13,' Frontage 176 foot, Plat A, American Foik City Survey. Amount dua $17X9 MARY E. ABEL, CUy Treasurer, American Fork Flrt Publication. January 51924l.... GOITRE Is a Disease hkh Impairs the health and retards re-tards mental development Nothing we know of has helped as many suffejrora than Dr. liaysaen's U-i;t;h U-i;t;h t.OliRE TREATMENTS. It has been in us since 18S8. Sufficient Suffi-cient mcdlcut.on for one month coats but $5.00 for both Internal al ixternul treatment Sold by W in. 'I horulou and lledqulst Drag and drutpfsts everywhere, EJ and other organs rt When they are slngxish up" and collect in the OU FILL YEARS TP p er - -a. y - |
