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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN naar - Gratton was L Kip her down. me. Gloria - ftfD ber into the c" t flntton would not uftwere join- a"-ytt a"-ytt (bit tbelr destlna-'ni destlna-'ni m tb 1nal ,nr' A fla evaded laogh-fcied: laogh-fcied: "Maybe we'U I folnt alwayi and i Wrf with her. She i Bier that Jest there j lOti; when Ms eyes jfUfirdhershe tried avenge. But the filled, Wed them with n toughing. 1 ft look like tomor- L -k full Hu v 1 Me a fun i . w. j W thla you in evening if Hid Gratton. Then dti ker. "It's the lam ttt up-country when k Gloria waa asleep and I inke when the car toly. They were In the if i little town; It must breakfast In the little Want It was Gratton 1 4 tot talking. Gloria bal that she was down-I down-I tkit the had come, liter," ihe said as they I staring his head off at Ding to remedy that mat in; tb stores are open." t cent with me " bt jour banker," he said ettd. But very briefly. . even this going at 4 tn the morning Into a on with a man and on tmi from the man, was Kt to put the gay note iff back Into the affair. ktr purchases in flf- la ud the change from In into id olive outing Ww fjfteea When they m strangely silent. dock they were thread- poof Sacramento. At a tataey were in Auburn. narrow, red-dirt road, to the gorge, across the fc up and op the steep, nfe They came to the ridlt; raced through m Lotus Piped Gloria. "You a Coloma !" tld lightly. Coloma that you have Pt tntj week r "Hid a second time. p-roo, too" F t the road, cut down more, and looked thoughtful eyes. W nther that it wr 11 who succeeded ?" f eJeariy perplexed. 'a la Dana's ngrim ' ope one iin. t k w Partner !" ft Be did not ,,r0 P h lalrl IS tt Picturesque old 7, of Coloma ? of the wilderness. ?d tired .,. , TWto , lirni IV "10" where ... m . '"u " ne P"": then we'll Mart HI'S the Utile "ho- 7 since she fi :,D"out- fca, "u arrnmrpd ifi? ,h' stored for filliBH t as ""own down nerroom. Here nth.".,'hon cam. . J1! mnD 3( Aiim , .""n ln the k I. ' '"elr v'"ceS low. Thfy went '"VPr,',, "nd dert and." wer She nl Over. aid It "1 can't rwiWM7iiv ah "V I fcaai i hi She iprang op and left the room, going In feveriah haste back to the front part of the building. She waa groping blindly In a mental fog ; she waa tired, rery tired. And uncertain. uncer-tain. Suddenly ahe felt utterly alone, hopelessly, helplessly alone. She wanted her mother, and with the Impulse wheeled back toward the clerk. "1 want to use the long-distance telephone," ahe said. "Where la ltr "Thla way, miss," aald the man, eager to be of service. Then, with a bashful grin, he amended: "I beg pardon. Mrs. Gratton, I mean I" Gloria stared at him. Her mouth waa open to correct him; ahe saw bow naturally bla mistake was made. But before she could speak a wild flutter In her heart stopped the worda; ahe went swiftly to the register. In Gratton's own hand, set opposite the clerk's number seven Indicating her room, were the words: "Gratton k Wife, 8. F." She turned crimson and white. Til telephone later," she said faintly, and went again to the door and thla time out Into the autumn SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS la tk. Calif oral. Urr. Marii Kk,,. proctot-, mm And, Park., kUUd by Swaa BredU, Parkar mitUw companion, both known to Kln. who Im oa kl wf to tkt koa of u old biosd. Boa Caynor. Tkoir frioodahip atrainod by Caynor'a arrtat. Kin kaa sot not Mr. Caraor nor Gloria. Caynor'a oi(btoro-roar-U onucatar. KJnt aad Caraor abaro with Brodi. and bia crowd kaowledf of a vmrt ator of fold bidden in tbo alarm. A proapoctor. "Loony" Honoycutt. hi takmn la know tho Udin piaco. Kinf bmoU Mra. Caynor and ia tmpraaaad T Claria'a yaathful boaury. Amoo Caynor'a (uaata la Gratton, San Franclaca canitaliat, appanatry a favorod auitor for Gloria', band. Witb Gloria. Kinf ridea to Calona, InUnding to "aound" Honoycutt. Ha finda Brodia witb tha eld proapoctor, and animoaity flam, Brodia tbraatenuuj Kinf. Their rid. to Coloma and than- companlonahlp for a day, draw Kinf closer to Gloria. Gloria and bar motW rotura to San Franclaca. In a spirit of adventurs ths fir I accompaniaa Gratton aa a "buatnosa" trip. sunshine. All of the high adventure! was dead ashes; the "lark" was lost in a sinister enterprise. Gratton's wife Mrs. Gratton He bad done that I She walked on blindly; tears gathered, tears of mortification, of biasing anger. But they did not fall; she dabbed viciously vi-ciously at her eyes. Why bad be done thatt Why? "Howdy, miss?" a voice was saying. say-ing. It brought her back to earth from a region of swirling vapors, back to today and Coloma. She stopped and looked at the man, startled. He was a stranger, yet dimly familiar. "I wanted to ask," be said solicitously, solici-tously, "how your father was this morning." "My father?" she repeated dully. "Oh, he'a quite well, thank you." Plainly her worda puzzled him. Tou'ra the young lady that stopped In my store one day last spring with Mark King? June It was, wasn't ltr "Yea," ahe admitted. She would never have remembered him. But he, who had not teen others like her, remembered. "Then you're Ben Gaynor's girl? And you say he's well?" "Quite well, I believe," she said coolly. "But wasn't he bad hurt last night r "Papa hurt? How hurt?" she cried sharply. "When? Where? Tell me; why dont you tell me?" He looked at her In wonder. "All I know is Just what I heard. I heard ha got hurt at old Loony Honeycutt's last night Right bad hurt, they aald. But I was Just ask ing you" . "Where la he?" she cut In excitedly. excit-edly. "Now?" "Didn't you Just come out of the hotel?" He looked more puzzled than ever. "Wasn't he there?" "How do I know? Was he taken there?" He nodded. "Leastwise I heard he was. Last night" Gloria turned and ran back to the building ahe bad quitted only a moment ago, bursting Into the front room, demanding earnestly and in words that came with a rush : "la my father here? Is he hurt?" "Your father? Hurt Say, you ain't Ben Gaynor's daughter, are you?" "Yes, yes. Take me to pnpa. Quick I" said Gloria Imperiously. "You should have told me the minute min-ute I came." "But I didn't know" "Quick I" repeated Gloria. He showed her to the room, only three doors beyond her own. lie moved to open the door, but Gloria's hand was first to the knob; she opened and went in, closing the door softly. She made out a man's form on the bed; there was a white bandage ban-dage about his head. He stirred and half turned over. "Papal" cried Gloria, her voice catching. He looked at her In wonderment ; Gloria misread the look In his eyes and for a terrible moment thought that he was dying. "Gloria I" he said !n amaxement 'Here 1 "Oh, papa I" To Ben Gaynor this unannounced coming of his daughter partook of the nature of on apparition and of a miracle. But the hands gripping his were flesh and-blood hands. "By the Lord, well nail their hides on our barn door yet 1" were his first words of greeting. "What In the world happened?" Gloria asked after a sigh of relief. "How you happened to be here gets me." said Gaynor. "Ifi like magic. You didn't hear down In San Francisco that I was hurt, did you?" "No. I I Just happened to be here. You see, papa" "That'll come later," he broke In. "You're here; that's all that counts. You're going to do something for me." "Anything," thought Gloria. And she was glad that he did not seek Just now the explanation of her presence here; of course she would tell him everything later. But she was still confused "Mrs. Gratton" I Did she, down In the deptha of her frivolous girl-heart, want to be that? "You papa?" are not dangerously hurt. "Bless you, no I Not now, that you're here. Don't you worry about me. I'll be on my feet In a week. Now, listen: I've got to talk fast before somebody comes In. You know the trail through the mountains moun-tains to our place; you rode It twice with King." "Yes." "I want you to ride It again today. to-day. You can get a horse at the stable. Don't let anyone know where you are going. 1 want you to take a message to King. And It's got to get to him and Into nobody'a hands but his. Understand that, Gloria?" Gloria saw a terrible earnestness In her father's eyes. She squeezed his hands and replied : "Of course, papa. I'll do whatever you want" "God bless you for that," he muttered. mut-tered. "This Is sober, serious business, busi-ness, Gloria; you are the only one here I could trust King will be at the house; at least I hope he will. And, Gloria, I want you to promise, by all that's good and holy, that you won't let a word or sign or a hint slip to anybody else. Not a soul on earth. Will you, Gloria?" "Yes." She had never known her father to be so tensely In earnest "Then," he said, "go turn the key In the lock. And hurry. Before anyone comes." She locked the door and returned to him. "Feel under my pillow. Got ltr She found a small parcel and drew It out It was a flattlsh affair and rectangular, the size and shape of an octavo volume a flat box, If not a book. It was draped in a bit of soiled cloth. "Quick," he commanded nervously. nervous-ly. "Out of sight with It. Stick It into your blouse. If you can." Catching something of his suppressed sup-pressed excitement she obeyed. "I managed a little note to Mark." be said when she had buttoned the loose shirt again and he sunk back, white and exhausted, among his pillows. pil-lows. "I stuck It Inside the cloth. Lord, If I was only on my feetl Bnt you'll do It for me, my girl? With never a hint to anyone?" "I promise, papa," she said as-auringly. as-auringly. "Unlock the door again, then. There's somebody coming. Sit down I over there, across toe room. nu leave as soon as yo can." Gloria sat In her thalr across the room, looking Innocintiy the part of a daughter In a sick room, when the door opened and the Placervllle doctor doc-tor came in. A moment later she slipped out. Down the road she saw Grutton. He came quickly to meet her. She ssw that he was eyeing her keenly, and her thought was that he was wondering If by chance she had seen the hotel register. "I don't know Just what to do." said Gratton. "My business Is going to hold me here longer than I hnd thought. I I promised to go back witb you this afternoon. Would It be all right If I got a man to drive you back? I am terribly sorry. Gloria, but" "Business Is bURlncss !" She laughed n trifle nervously. Then her Inspiration: "I know I I can go to our mountain home; I'll phone mamma, and she will come up. We'll spend a few days, and-'' For an Instant his eyes fairly blazed; they were bright with trl unipli. "Just the thing I I'll g' for the horses. I'll ride over with you ami get right bn-fc here." "Hut" But nlrendy. excusing himself hurriedly. Gratton 'IT for the It was mid afternoon when Gloria and dratton came te the log nonM in the woods. Jim Spalding, coining to take their horaea away to the stable, was plainly curious. "We rode on ahead, Jim." jt()rla told him. and Jim detected n)l r.l)(iw note In her gaiety. "Mamma 1. coming." Spalding gave tbem a key anj they went to the house, it U8 ;i(). rla who unlocked the door; (irntton, hit white face looking more than ever bloodless, saw her hand tremble. trem-ble. She hurried In, excused herself, her-self, and ran upstairs. She knew that the time bad come lu n she would have to listen to v. hat Gratton Grat-ton was going to aay; the knew what the burden of bis plea would be she knew everything .he thought wildly, except what her answer an-swer would be. On this floor was an exteimlon telephone, installed for the convenience conven-ience of Gloria and her mother. Gloria Glo-ria went tiptoeing to It rather than go down where Gratton a. she rang the necessary bell for the operator op-erator in Truckee and put n her long-distance call Then the Rat with the Instrument in her hand, waiting. 8he wondered when Murk King would cornel Thla afternoon tonight to-night tomorrow? Spalding had said nothing; she had not mentioned King to Spalding, einee she had not mentioned him to Gratton during the long ride Her telephone bell rang. "Gloria I Gloria I Is that you?" Her mother's voice Bounded strange In Gloria's ears shaken with emotion. emo-tion. "What haa happened, child? Tell me, quick! I am nearly dfad with worry. Are you all right?" "Of course, mamma. I" "But where are you? Where were you all night? Are you sure everything every-thing la all right?" "I have told you I am all right. I am up tn the mountains, at our log house. Didn't Mr. Grnttnn tell yon" "Mr. Grattonr Mr Gnynor was mystified. "He has told me nothing; I haven't seen blm. I tried to phone him oh, I have phoned everybody we know! and he Is out of town, and" But Gloria, panic stricken by something ber mother had said, cried : "You have phoned everybody 1 Oh, mammal What what do you mean?" "When you didn't come In last night I have been crazy with worry wor-ry I I thought you might be spending spend-ing the night with one of your friends. I rang up Georgia Stark and Mildred Carter and the Karrllees and even the emergency hospitals. I thought" The rest was only a meaningless buzzing In Gloria's ears; ahe sat bereft be-reft of all reason for a dull mo ment then harboring quick, clear thoughts, as swift aa vivid as lightning, and in the end as blinding blind-ing by their very quality of blazing light The newspapers I Still, dominated subconsciously by the thought which had brought ber to the telephone, Gloria managed before the connection was broken to beg her mm her to come immediately immediate-ly to ber at the log house; to tell every one that Gloria was with her father. Her mother promised; began be-gan asking questions, and Gloria said a bleak "good by" and hung up. The newspapers. Gloria, her face whiter and whiter, looked Into emptiness emp-tiness and saw headlines that towered tow-ered as hlj.'h as Immense black cliffs. Her mother had telephoned Mildred Carter; had confessed tbat Gloria hnd gone out with Mr. Grat- "Gratton Turned and Wife, 8. F." She Crimson, Went White. ton ; was gone all night no one knew where; Mildred Carter who was as good as married to Bob Dwlght of the Chronicle I And the emergency hospital Gloria with never a tear coming In her hour of greatest distress dis-tress sat rocking back and forth on her chair, crying: "Oh, I wish I were dead !" As one hears nuii inrougn dream, long powerless to connect con-nect them logically with familiar happenings, go now did Gloria absently ab-sently hearken t Gratton calling from the foot of the Stairs. She Jumped up only when she heflrd him utart to mount them. Then, galvanized, galvan-ized, she sprung to her feet, cried to him, "I'll (l"wn ln JU8t a 8ec' olid " and run to her room. ,TO UK CONTINUED.) Pc rsrce Lots of people have good but they full because they Ideas, won't American Magazine. i "I'ih eft fdsEq f,ylblbI, Turn in your worn tires at prices bring again! All makes or kinds of HERE is one of the most amazing amaz-ing safety offers ever made to motorists. 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