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Show Thursday, October 27, 1927 THE LEHI SUN, LEW, UTAH PAGE SEVEN STORY FROM THE START From th comfortable financial ltuatlon to which he had been born, Peter Mllman, la practically practical-ly reduced to penury through the misfortune of & friend unwisely trusted. Learning of Brewer's suicide, sui-cide, which means the destruction destruc-tion of his last hope, Mllman sends letters to Prof. Fleming Bradney, Floyd Malet and Nee-isnd Nee-isnd Barnes, men once of high position. In response, the three call on him at his home. Each relates the circumstances that wrecked thelr careers. Mllman convinces' them that their misfortunes mis-fortunes were all due to one man, Paul Raxon. Himself Impoverished Im-poverished through Razon's financial fi-nancial crookedness, Milman proposes an association of the four men an association outside the law which shall pull down Raxon and force him to disgorge his Ill-gotten financial gains. Rax-on's Rax-on's political ambition Is the national na-tional renatorahlp from his state. McKlmber Is the admitted party nominee, and must be eliminated. Returning to his humble abode, Neeland Barnes finds his daughter, daugh-ter, Anita, who had been living with relatives In England. CHAPTER VI Continued 10 "I'm afraid cozy little flats on Fifth avenue where you were born aren't exactly within my means. The view Is Just as pretty from Central Park west" He groaned to think they were just as difficult to attain. "Anything you like," she said happily. hap-pily. Peter Milman and his two guests had finished dinner and were in the large drawing room when Achille came in with the news that Neeland Barnes had returned with a lady ! Bradney looked at Malet and shook his head. It was In Bradney's mind that Barnes had spent his money on liquid refreshment and had so far forgotten for-gotten himself as to seek to introduce a lady friend to a bachelor establishment. establish-ment. He could see that Peter Mil-man Mil-man was much disturbed. A moment later Neeland Barnes was Introducing a very pretty, gracious gra-cious girl with charming speaking voice as Anita Barnes newly come from England. Peter Mi! man's annoyance an-noyance was banished momentarily as he thought of the ramifications of his family tree. The girl must be, remotely, re-motely, a distant cousin. He greeted her with distinguished courtesy and Introduced the other men to her. "Most extraordinary," Neeland Barnes began. "Entirely unlooked for. I feel as if I had come in for a fortune." He smiled at his daughter, "I have, and that's a fact She ha been living with her aunt In England." Eng-land." "Till I couldn't stand it any longer," Nita Informed them. Her father was greatly troubled Circumstances, as he would presently explain to Mr. Milman, had compelled him to bring his long-lost daughter hore. But what he had to say could cot be said In her presence. "I wonder," he said Ingenuously, "whether Mr. Malet would mind show ing you the Japanese garden. You'll be simply crazy over it, especially the "Stone of the Unfortunate Burglar.' Mr. Malet understands these things so much better than I do." He winked ponderously at the sculptor. He tried to convey the impression that he must speak privately with his host. "A Japanese garden?" she cried "How delightful. Please, Mr. Malet, show me its wonders." "Look here," said her father when she had gone. "I couldn't help this. They made things so hard for her that she ran away. She had an idea I was sick and in need of her. She actually earned her passage money. The first of my breed to earn money I She was waiting at Peekskill for me. LIppsky taw his chance and made the most of It I had to pay everything. You see me now penniless again. She thinks I ara staying here overnight and will take an apartment on Central park tomorrow." He looked appealing at the two men. "Could I help it? I had to bring iier here. She has nothing noth-ing left The Barnes breed of cattle's not economical. Here we are beggars, outcasts In our own city." "Neither beggars nor outcasts for three months at least " Feter Mil-man Mil-man said cheerfully. "Of course, your daughter must remain here. It will be pleasant to have someone young nd beautiful with ns" He lowered bis voice a little. "She must never fcuspect what brings us all here. It 'an be supposed that we are engaged to some promotion concerning oil." He put his hano on Barnes' shoulder witli friendly gesture. "I envy you. I am going to see that a room Is pre Pared for her." Barne Iw.Kea .t Bradney when thr-owor thr-owor wst closed. tMitsiae here." he said, "in the -orid wnich calls Itself society, ferer KIItBAo Hit the cam f being a RECLUSE f FIFTH IwYNDHAM C0PYK!5MT W.N.U. SERVICE UNITED STATES soured old grouch and a disgrace to his name. I ask you, as man to man, If you've ever run across anyone more considerate? My God, Bradney, if you anew the sort of life I've led since that trouble at Saratoga trying to keep my end up when my people had dropped me and my old pals cut ma dead, you'd understand just what this means. I'm going the limit for Peter Mllman. You've Just seen how he saved me from another humiliation. I sjiould have had to tell my girl her father was such an utter failure he couldn't even get her a room In a cheap hotel." "I know how you must feel," Brad ney commented. 'We've got to get the money out of Raxon," Barnes went on, "even If I'm the goat and end up In Sing Sing. Frankly, Bradney, I'm not much of au original thinker. I can carry out another man's conception absolutely and add a few improve ments of my own, but I look to people peo-ple like you and Malet to dope out the plans first" Bradney stirred a little uneasily. He saw that the man of action was looking to him for guidance. The more ardently Bradney desired to pull down Paul Raxon, the more difficult the task seemed. ThU move of the financier to Great Rock had nullified most of the laborious details garnered by Peter Milman concerning the vacated va-cated home in Short Hills. In New Jersey the domestic arrangements had been on a simple plan and the servants serv-ants few. In the Long Island mansion man-sion much greater style was kept up. There were extensive grounds and many outdoor servants. "I'm afraid you must not,) look for much help from me," Bradney said. "Milman has assured me absolutely that it Is to Raxon I owe my downfall. He has literally stolen my existence. Yours, too, and poor Malet's also. If I had accepted a bribe disguised as a usual form of commission, I should probably have been what the world terms a great man today. If you had not been afraid your aged aunt would see you in an altercation concerning a roof-garden actress, you would not have been disgraced. Had Malet possessed pos-sessed a less generous nature, he would have been talked of in a breath with Rodin. Raxon, Raxon everywhere. every-where. Let me tell you I'm Just as ready to, go the limit a3 you are. As a matter of simple fact, we were looking look-ing to you to make the first concrete suggestion." "That scoundrel LIppsky drove every Idea from my mind," Barnes con fessed, "but we have plenty of time."' He stopped short as his daughter came in with Floyd Malet What a beauty she was, he thought affection ately, and how gracefully she carried herself. Breeding In every line of her! Then the thought of his flnan cial Inadequacies came to him like a dull pain. What had he to offer? Nothing. A few months' respite and a new life would offer itself. What would that be? He did not like to think. To live for the day was a Barnes motto. He hoped Peter Mil- man had, indeed, some definite work ing plan. If it were only a matter of wading through the Raxon men serv ants and beating their master It would be simple. He had not In his past been noted for subtleties, and labor! ous. slow processes soon wearied him Nita slipped her arm into that of her tall, handsome father. "Don't look so glum." she chided. sha was In very good spirits. The shock of the LIppsky episode had been forgotten when she entered this unique home. She could associate neither failure nor poverty with any of the men beneath its roof. She was curious to know what had brought them to eether here. It was d;2:cult to con celve of her father as a successful hninps man. Lady tiorsnam naa often declared few men had been of fered such opportunities and made less of them than Neeland Barnes. ZXXWXWXXXWXXXXXXXXXXXX'fr Not All Can Worthily Wear "Elijah's Mantle" History Is full of Instances of men of whom It has been said: "The mantle man-tle of Elijah descended upon him." It means that he was a worthy successor suc-cessor of some still more famous master. mas-ter. For Instance. Pitt the Younger worthily succeeded to the mantle of his father, the famous earl of Chatham. Chat-ham. On the other band. Richard Cromwell quite failed to wear the mantle man-tle of his father, the mighty Oliver. The phrase Is obviously Biblical. When Elijah the prophet went up "by a whirlwind into heaven," the mantle with which he had divided the waters of the River Jordan fell from his shoulders. Ellsba, his servant and successor, picked up the fallen cloak. for Bumed to him that It would erve to prove whether he was a true successor or not By adroit questioning of the four he learned their secret They war engaged In promoting a company to operate In the Torranca oil flelr H south California. "How Interesting ! she cried A It happens, I know a lot about oil companies and their way of doing business. You see, my last position In London was as secretary to Sir John Crowhurst chairman of the Persian-Bagdad Persian-Bagdad Oilfields, Limited." "Your cried her astonished father, and then suddenly remembered the thousands of words she could take a minute. ."Yes. Me. Really It was tremen dous luck, but I was the only girl In the business school that sent me there who could write as well In French as in English. We had a great many stockholders in Paris. It was rather Jolly being his secretary. Sir John was one of those' quiet clever men,, like Mr. Milman, who deal In millions. I may look like you, daddy, but I've the business brains of my mother's people. Let me do your correspondence correspond-ence for you." "Later, I see we shall have to take you Into our confidence," Mr. Milman said, smiling. "At present we do not want anything known. You understand under-stand the need for caution?" "Oh, rather," said the former secretary sec-retary of Sir John Crowhurst "It was because of an overheard conversation conver-sation that we lost the Bogotan fields, which are tremendously valuable." But she did not leave the subject. To the four men she seemed an eager, pretty girl who had been by accident near enough to oil to catch a little oi Its Idiom. They were In love with her when she bade them good night "Well," said Bradney when she had gone, "for amateurs you did pretty well. I envied you your flights oi fancy." "A woman has not dined in this house for over ten years," said Peter Milman. "I might hi ve had a daughter daugh-ter of her age now. Barnes, there is another reason for our need to succeed. suc-ceed. She must marry well." Uneasily Barnes thought of the pos sibility of his daughter having for a father one who wore stripes at hln state's expense. "Yes," he agreed soberly. When he had lighted a cigarette and was sitting in a big chair In the girl's room, he thought there would be many to offer themselves. She had her mother's slim figure and unforget able eyes added to the vivacity and cheerfulness of the women of his own family. "What Innocent plotters you all were I" She laughed. "Did any of you really think you were deceiving me? Poor old dear, you don't know even the a b c of the thing. I've been living in an atmosphere of petrol or gasoline, as you call It here for half a year. It fills the air in Europe, People like Sir John Crowhurst, who are the heads of oil companies, have political affiliations everywhere. How do I know? I wrote all Sir John's private letters, of which he kept the carbon copies locked up In his safe. I grew to know as much as an out sider could. That's why It amused me to hear you four prattling away like mechanics talking weights and handl caps to a steward of the Jockey club. "Mv dear Nita," he said, "was It fair to keep pumping us?" "Why not? I was certain you knew nothing about oil, and I wanted to make sure the rest didn't The only thing 1 could assume was that they were trying to swindle you. It was horrid to imagine poor Mr. Mllman as a swindler." "Most emphatically he Is not" her father exclaimed. "Then what about the others?" Neeland Barnes groaned. It was going to be very difficult to put Nita off the scent. She was half Fessen don, and the Fessendons invariably got what they went after. Pertinacity was theirs in a large measure. The idea of imagining Bradney and Malet trying to swindle him brought a smile to Barnes face. Literally, he had not one cent in the world. "Nita," he began earnestly, "I put you on your honor not to repeat what I am going to tell you to anyone on any pretext whatsoever." "All right" she said. "Agreed. Go on." "I have not a nickel In the world Bradney and Malet have a hundred dollars apiece, maybe a little more. Peter Milman will have to sell tnls house and Its contents In thre months' time. All his money was tied up In International Motors. We are four gentlemen from the chorus of any beggars' opera. It's true we aren't here on any oil promotion business, but we have come together for a verv serious business. We are trying lo stage a come-back." (TO BE CONTINUED.) The story goes on. "He took the mantle of Elijah which fell from him. and smote the waters . . . and they parted hither and thither; and Eilsha went over. And when the sons cf the prophets . . saw him, they said. The spirit of Elijah doth 'est on Ellsna." Famous London Prison Newgate was long the chief prison of London. It was a gloomy building standing east of Holborn viaduct IU history went back to 121E. It was destroyed de-stroyed by the great fire of 1GG6. and rebuilt, but partially destroyed during the Gordon riot of 1780. In 1902 Negate Ne-gate prison was palled down, and on Its slta wag erected the Central Criminal Crim-inal court What's tKe Answer Questions No. 14 1 What, la the high standing Jump record? 2 Who Invented the sewing machine ma-chine and when? 8 What vice president waa later tried for treason? f What Is geology? 5 With what three remarkable rolea are the name and fame of Mrs. Flak a principally associated? 6 Which Is the highest mountain In Great Britain? 7 What legends are the subject of Tennyson's "Idylls of the King"? , 8 What Is the umbrella bird and what Is Its most conspicuous orna ment? . ., 0 Is this statement corrects "1 e pect that you have eyestrain"? 10 What is the third verse In Chan 1 of the Book of Job? 11 What European sea coast In known as "cote sauvage"? 12 What Is the record for the niv tlonal collegiate run of 100 yards? 13 When was Labor day made it legal national holiday? 14 What President later became a member of the house of represent' tlves? 15 Where are emeralds found? 16 What English author, essaylsi and lecturer was most famous as M art critic? 17 What are the "Biglow Papers"? 18 What la vanilla, what its uses and where grown? , 19 Which is correct "woulr rather" or "had rather"? 20 What is a psalm? Answers No. 13 1 Mary Ann Evans. 2 Philadelphia defeated Boston 4-1 In-a 24-Innlng game September 1, 190B. 8 Six; Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Qulncy Adams, Van Buren, Buchanan. Bu-chanan. 4 Carolina, for Charles Bu 5 That branch of knowledge that treats on the science of life. 6 Landscape painting. 7 Ladoga. . 8 It Is a native of North Amer ica and there are but two species, the Yucatan and Central American. 9 Twenty-five. 10 11 Chronicles ; Chap. 4, 10. il "War and Peace." ' " ' ' 12 G. n. Gouldlng of Canada walked it In 6 mln. 25.8 sec. 13 Millard Fillmore. ' 14 Gen. John H. Morgan. 15 That branch of science that deals with the properties of different kinds of matter. 16 Beethoven. 17 Scotland. 18 It Is a genus of early blooming plants belonging to the lily family and there are about forty-live species. 19 By the people inhabiting the western Pyrenees. 20 In the Bible. Shakespeare Held as Leader of New Art The masterpieces of one art were produced at its birth. The theater was a new institution In the social life of Shakespeare's youth, and the first playhouse built In England was not a dozen years old when the great poet arrived In London. The Middle ages had gratified Its love of mimicry by miracle plays, which devolped Into moralities and Interludes. The mid die of the Sixteenth century Latin and Greek plays were crudely imitated in English, but of poetic, literary, ro mantic, intellectual drama England knew practically nothing until Shake speare was of aga. "Here," it seems he must have said, ."Is a land Just discovered I shall be the leader of Its . exploration." A young man of twenty-two, burdened with a wife and three children, he had left his home In his native town about 15S0 to seek his fortune in th great city. He had few friends and no money. Though his ambition was to be an actor and to write his own plays he sought and won a job as call-boy call-boy at one of the newly founded theaters the-aters and was only after some delay promoted to humble duties on the stage itself. He tried his hand at the revision of an old play, and the manager, man-ager, recognizing the youth's gift aided him on his climb. But for seven sev-en or eight years he worked in obscurity ob-scurity and It was not until his "Romeo and Juliet" was produced that he was hailed as the prophet of a new world of art. Kansas City Star. The Horse in History Domestic breeds of horses existed exist-ed In Europe from prehistoric times. The first mention of the British horse occurs In "Caesar." Though used extensively ex-tensively In warfare and other pursuits, pur-suits, agriculture seems to have been the first use to which horses were put The earliest suggestion that horses were nsed in agriculture Is derived from a piece of Bayeux tap estry where the horse is represented as drawing a harrow WashJngtoa Star THERE S ONLY 1W J s jr.! I. "Albert ttmJs for Better Breakfasts Poetic Idea Evolved in Small Boy's Mind Richard Le Galllenne, poet was talking about poets at a reception: Toets are children," be said. "I have known all the great poets of our time, and they were all simple-minded, unaffected, childlike. Yes, poets are children, and children are poets. "One summer I visited an encamp ment of little country weekers slum children who were enjoying a weekend week-end holiday In the country. It was evening, the new moon was setting, and a small country weeker said as he gazed at the western sky; " 'I wonder what becomes of all the old moons? "I guess, said another urchin, who stood beside him, 1 guess they cut 'em up for stars, Bill. Can't Collect Fortune Possession of the largest face-value promissory note In the world Is claimed by M. F. Rossi, antiquarian of San Jose, Calif. Mr. Rossi has a parch, ment document whose faded inch conveys con-veys the date, 1480, and a promise to pay 200 gold florins. The note bears 6 per cent Interest According to Rossi's calculation, he could collect $41,172,200,000,000 on the note If the unfortunate Florentine who signed it was financially sound today. The florin is valued at $200 In American currency. , . Watch Long in Concrete Blasting out some old concrete for a tew bridge, 0. H. LIghtner, Iola, Kan discovered a watch that used to make the dollar famous Imbedded In it The crystal was broken and the face disfigured, but on winding It the watch went right on ticking. The concrete was laid twelve years ago. Indianapolis News. 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