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Show l -. THE LEIII SUN. LEIII, UTAH r BP(D)M , . . By Anna McCinrc Shoii o OoprrtrM by W. 0. Char-mea rCHAPTER X Lt tat cke together in semi-f semi-f !E !?, only the red-hot plates V in the gloom. "You and rJUI("Inlo lto the bedroom." H ,7ri2ht to the door." Korean. Well slip out and h J to the academy, and see V i is rlht there-Jjkl there-Jjkl until we get a bet I wll" In there wlth :mi the door tney their very breaths in the ..... .Lnmonr. At last ?rP. and Haskell's quite thin and hollow and fcry. Ivoo all alne? , ' ,A Z I &L0 all alone In the old Jerry evaded with bis H hatred of a He. "What's the Ur, Haskell? You look as If idseeni ghost" trnforo'out! I've been hunting ! itr Do you know where he Is?" tool know where Balder is? How Lid I know where he Is?" ! thought he might be up here. Ling the time of day." Ue U not-whcre did you see d last!" Hit told me he was going up the I'm to look for an ax he left up e-iind he hasn't come back! Id 1 need him!" f-That's Pity." Jerry said dryly, lube lie is still up in the ravine. be be thought he'd camp there i the night" lire you mad?" they heard Has- i say. "Don't talk folly." rttlier people have camped up e-little camps with flagpoles -e to the whirl" i-Wliat are you driving at?" f Vothing f Take a seat and warm tirself." ha qaite warm the fact Is, I've n having a bonfire burning up Msh back of the old church, fieral things that oucht to have m burned long ago. They're re now, thank heaven. Jerry. broken the will ; I've burned Je (cur wax figures." fWhen did you do that?" fThij evening I had them car-id car-id down back of the church ; the man who drives for me helped, cdd right, Jerry. They've "been long i blight over the old house, lew they're gone, maybe the pupils M come back. It will be a relief walk down that corridor in the light and know they're not In let room, and wake up in the morn-t morn-t and know they are not at their jmal study. Always studying! that's over." "Doctor Braeebridge may not like K Jerry said. j'tthy do you speak of him as If tere here?" Don't be nervous, Haskell. I Is you done what your con-f con-f W! told yon to. After all, they J only wax figures wasn't like ' ' human beings." heard confused sounds H "Get me water, quick It's my v-rt." - - ' 'Tie dipper splashed In the water JL T better," came a murmur. - "I rest here, Jerry. I am 7 tired. Life comes to an end My. ah yoa worked for lg -e I rope of sand falling from .th every turn you make. It's the hills, Jerry-and that idem, is Uke a prison! HI r tm you don't mind." i "en all yoo want. The night's room Artnuf' and Wll- :-St8L7irr and knew ly XSt9 g0 up easyr answer Wilton raised it. Ar-epped Ar-epped through and Wilton 54dZe.1n the 1-08,1 tney t more freely. HiWhat d0 ron mni that 2ma,t stan1 thrn ''Th Hesn'tknow 'Zm natnraI,y: an" "IIl- ,peop,e d0 enthe, Jf Janet : ot ST Arthur asked. ,? lr tak!n three ,to Jerry', tonight". " "t pPraohing the old ;'aLrmains orth nfire K' Selves a mo- l?that hft JS? kin on fbe crim- h a wearJ bodies dmnn. llrnn.j . . -vuuU winfl fanned . hml!d rti f .4" 1 o-went out. life, and (triart eDt out -Whf. Arthur stooped over. "A bit of blue sash! Here I'll poke it Into the embers. I feel as if I bad been witnessing a holocaust of innocence. inno-cence. Let's get away from this horrible place." "With all my heart I believe there's wax sticking to my shoes." They hurried up the hill As usual, two lights burned on the gate posts of the great entrance gate. This they found . securely locked. With the aid of a rail from a nearby near-by fence they scaled the wall, kicking kick-ing the rail down as they went "Some one Is in the drawing room. Look in, Wilton." "All three are there Mrs. Denver Den-ver and Berenice and Janet That's fortunate." Arthur came to the window and, viewing the picture inside, felt its contrast to the wild events of the afternoon and evening. The two girls were seated by the fire, close together, as If for mutual comfort ( "Ring and knock, both, Wilton. There! they've heard you. Mrs. Denver rises ! Good ! I hope our revered schoolmaster Is still quailing quail-ing under Jerry's arrows." The girls ran into the hall Berenice Ber-enice straight to Wilton delighted, alarmed, all concern for him. "You shouldn't be here! He'll be very angry but I am so glad to see you.v Are you very cold? Come in by the fire. I only got up today." "Janet Mercer, you look adorable in white. Are you two playing a party?" Arthur asked. "Very weary of this dusky house and the strange doings; Berenice ordered a fire in the drawing room, "Get Me Water, Quick. It's My Heart." and we made this attempt to lift our spirits from the dust. Really we must have had some premoni tion that you were both coming." "We know where Mr. Haskell is," said Arthur. "Calling on , Jerry. It's very fine and cheerful, Janet but I don't think Wilton should be so clearly viewed from the porch out there. Mr. Haskell may be back any moment" They stood irresolute. "Why don't you go down In the kitchen?" Mrs. Denver suggested. "I'll keep watch. The basement door is open. Mr. Payne could slip out that way." "You won't be afraid alone on this floor?" : "I am only afraid of Balder." Wilton went closer to her and whis pered : "Do not speak of it Bal der was drowned In the whirl this afternoon. Mr. Haskell will be told In the morning when we send men to look for the body." She gazed at him for the moment mo-ment speechless. "How did it hap pen?" , "He lost his footing." "So the whirl got hlm," she mur mured, "the whirl got him." "Why do yon say that?" "He was always saying In the kitchen that the whirl would get hlm some day. He liked to talk of it TJut itH get others- first' he used to add." "Well, It nearly did." He lingered a little longer to tell her of the burning of the figures. Then he followed the others into the kitch en, and Berenice related the strange contradictions of the academy life since Wilton's going her guardian's frequent changes of mood of Im pulses, his bitterness, his Incalcul able actions. "Like a distraught creature. I was sad and III myself. These last days I could not even write to you." "My dear this must end yon must soon be free!" "But howr "We'll plan something. Well hammer it out some way. But we must act together we four. Janet! Arthur! nave yoo any plans that may help Berenice and me?" Janet answered from her shad owy comer. "Well have to leave, whether we want to or not He told me this afternoon be was send lng Arthur away soon. He might keep m little while because of Berenice bnt not long. ; "1 cannot be left here," Berenice ' said tragically. "What would I do? I know my father would not want me to stay on In this strange, unhappy un-happy place if he could know 1" "Of course he would not Ber enice," Payne exclaimed. Ton can follow the paths of destiny too long and too abjectly. The sure road must open to you If you demand It We four must go together. It's the Inevitable thing!" "But how am I to cut this chain? He's always watching me!" Why not come away tonight? After your guardian has gone his usual rounds, you and Janet and Mrs. Denver could come downstairs. and Arthur and I will join you. How about It, Arthur?" 'I'm agreed. It's now or never! Once you're out of the place It won't be too easy to get you back. Pack your trunks and lock them; then put In handbags what you'll need for a day or two. In the morning Wilton and I will come down here, say that you are at Jerry's Jer-ry's and demand the trunks. I don't think your guardian will refuse re-fuse to give them up." Berenice put her hand on Wilton's arm. "Somehow I think we'd bet ter face it out here; I hate that kind of leaving, not for his sake, but for all the memories. The place is sad tragic but Wilton, I feel that I must leave it in triumph-openly." triumph-openly." - "Perhaps we can." "Really she shouldn't go tonight," Janet Interposed. "We can manage for a day or two. I can demand notice. He certainly wouldn't put us out in the snow." They heard the heavy closing of a door upstairs. "Quick. Wilton," Fleming said. He extinguished the light in the kitchen, and they all went softly down the passage; but when they reached the basement door they found it locked and the key gone. They could hear Haskell talking to Mrs. Denver, and then his footsteps starting down the basement stairs. "There's one room safe," Payne whispered to the panic-stricken three. "Your key, Berenice." He had It in an instant and was opening the door. Berenice uttered a little cry. "They're gone but they're gone !" "Never mind; sit there In their places quick!" He closed the door. "We tan unlock un-lock It from this side." They groped their way to the desks, and scarcely realizing from what instinct of self-preservation, thev seated themselves, tnd Janet and Berenice bent their heads over the desks, as did Wilton and Arthur. Ar-thur. "He probably will go straight down the corridor. So need to look in here tonight" They could see a faint radiance In the hall which slowly moved toward them, as apparently ap-parently he looked in one room after aft-er another. "Balder, I say Balder where the devil Is that fellow hiding? Balder. I say. Come on out, now! You'll play this trick on me once too often you great hulking cow ard. Balder. I say, I want your news. You were to bring me news, and vou've never come with It" "I hope Haskell will give up. the search soon." Arthur remarked dry ly. "I am inclined to think It a waste of time." "Do you know where the figures are Arthur?" "Yes, Berenice he burso! them." He heard her sigh In the dark ness. "You are not sorry, my dear?" Wilton whispered. "Arthur, I think he's coming back." "Balder! You'll pay for this" they heard Haskell's voice trem bling with anger, ne was return ing down the corridor, a fact attest ed by the crescent brightness of re flected light thrown on the wall of the schoolroom. In the hall outside Its advancing circle spread to a wider arc. "Keep your heads down. Bnd over the desks," nilton com m inded. "He may not look in bnt if he does" he did not fin ish the sentence. The light was now opposite the circular inset of glass. They could hear Haskell muttering and talk Ine to himself. A pause, a silence as if destiny herself had ceased to breathe, then a stranye muffled cry reached their ears, guttural with pain, terror and violent anguish. The light was suddenly Jerked away. They heard rapid footsteps; then deep stillness; still-ness; then far off the slamming of a door. "He's gone," Berenice whispered. TheT waited several minutes In utter silence, instinctively keeping their positions: then another light appeared and a woman's voice weakly calling: "Janet! Berenice! Where are rou?" Mot to frighten Mrs. Denver by a too sudden appearance from that shunned door, Wilton waited ontU the light bad passed the door and In France Cooks Do the Marketing the footsteps Indicated that she was far down the passage; then un locking the door, he stepped out and called her name softly. She turned, holding her lamp out to see him better. "Mr. Tayne I'm so frightened! Something terrible" ter-rible" her voice faltered. "Is he in the house r "No." "Is he coming back?" "I-don't know." "Did he say where be was going?" The look of fright came again Into her eyes as she whispered, "Yes." The others stole out of the school room. They waited, standing close together in the dim passageway, while the rising wind echoed about the ancient place, and an old, yellowed yel-lowed map on the wall near them oscillated In the draft They waited, but did not speak and did not look at each other. At last Arthur Ar-thur moved restlessly. "He didn't find us," be whispered to Mrs. Denver. "But he did find you. You were all in this room." She pointed fearfully fear-fully to the empty schoolroom. "You sat at the desks," she went on, her voice trembling. 'Yes." "You didn't raise your heads?" "No but of course he saw us." "He did, Indeed and he thought" "Yes," Wilton Interrupted, not looking at Berenice, "in that dim light." "We'd better go upstairs," she whispered. They followed her si lently through the hall Into the drawing room. She put down her lamp on the marble-topped table and said, "Sit down. I think it is safe now." "What happened?" Berenice asked. "I heard him coming up the stairs like a man pursued, and yet he was walking only a little quicker than usual ; but he was ghastly pale. 'Mrs. Denver,' he said as I came out of the drawing room. They're all down there !' "My heart was In my mouth, for I felt then he had discovered you, and he looked so wild and dreadful that 1 did not know what he meant to do next 'All of them," he went on. 'All?' I asked. 'Yes. the four fig ures.' He was getting into his over coat They've driven me out at last' 'Where are you going?' I said. 'You dreamed you saw them. You burned them. 'Who told you?' he asked, frowning. 'I know you burned them, I evaded him. They've come back,' be said. "'Where are you going?" " 'Up the ravine to look for Balder,' Bal-der,' and he was off before I could answer him." "If he's gone you do not have to go," Berenice said to Wilton. "No we'd better all sit here and wait," Payne answered her; but he had a curious Instinct that Gordon Haskell would never re-enter the old academy. ; They talked in low whispers, softly, happily, with a feeling all shared of release, freedom, the very enchantment of freedom. The old place grew quieter, settled Into profound pro-found peace; even the wind went down, ceased to harass the casements case-ments and to whisper along the empty corridors. After another hour, Wilton proposed that Berenice, Ber-enice, Janet and Mrs. Denver should go to their rooms. He and Arthur would watch all night They divided their night; then at last both slept In their chairs before be-fore the dying fire. They were awakened by a pounding and ringing ring-ing at the front door. Jerry stood there. Two. bodies have been washed down," he announced an-nounced solemnly. "And here I am again, after thirteen years, to tell of a drownin'. A woodman found em as be was crossin' the ravine near the mouth. Balder" "And Haskell," Payne finished. "How did you know?" "He said he was going up the ravine to look for Balder." "Whenr "Agout 10:30 last night" "What sent him op at that hour?" "He wanted to get away from this house." "I should think he would," Jerry commented. "But she need never know." "Berenice need never know anythingof any-thingof the real facts," Wilton answered, hU voice softening. "When this is all over I think I hope that she will be very happy I THE END.J Clipper Ship Day Bermuda, being set far out In the sea, bred many One seamen and able shipbuilders. Before the coming of steam Bermudian ships traversed the seven seas. At one time during the famous clipper ship period, Bermuda Ber-muda built many of the finest and fastest ocean-going craft The barque Sir George F. Seymour, launched at Shelly bay. Bermuda. In 1S53, made a record run to Cork, Ireland, In 13 days. American Visitor Tells of Customs and Menus of Country. One of my great pleasures when I go to Paris, writes a widely traveled newspaper woman. Is to hav dinner at the apartment of one of my American Amer-ican friends who Uvea at the top of a house on a tiny street over on the left bank. It la one of the oldest streets In Paris, and the house, In fact, la the on In which Balzae la said to have written many of his great novels. You must give complete directions to the taxi driver or you may miss It by a mile or so and havt to return re-turn on your tracks. After you have climbed four flights of stairs you como Into a cheery living room look ing Into the tree tops of the gardens of the Inner court and on the tower of a lovely old church. As you watt for dinner to be announced your ap petite Is aroused by alluring odors from the nearby kitchen, where the little French mald-of-all-work la put ting the last touches to the meal which she not only has cooked but for which she has marketed. Amer ican housewives In Paris usually find that It Is an economy to leave the marketing to the cook, who buys much more thriftily and much better than they can themselves. Market lng In Paris Is done daily and In very small quantities. It la a matter of moment Every article Is consid ered separately. More than one shop will be visited In the Interest of the best and freshest vegetables In the choice of the most tender chicken In the selection of the perfect fruit. When we sit down at the table a huge brown pot arrives and when Its cover Is lifted the Intriguing odors give promise of one of those famous soups which we all enjoy so much over there. With this we had, of course, crisp French bread, fresh and flavorful; then came another brown casserole of chicken surrounded by the tiny potatoes which are typical of France, and small onions and baby carrots, all brown and crisp on the outside and soft and tender Inside. We had our choice of red or white wine to add the last touch to this course and then enjoyed watching our hostess mix a perfect salad, measuring meas-uring Just the right quantity of oil and vinegar and adding the fresh tarragon and other herbs which give character to the salad. It is, by the way, only in the homes that one gets great variety In salads, unless you eonnt hors d'oeuvres, which Invari ably contain several variations of salads. I have had, however, all kinds of Interesting combinations of piquant foods when I have been for tunate enough to have been Invited to share a meal at home with some ef my French friends. In the American Amer-ican households you will even get your tomatoes skinned. The French consider that flavor Is lost by skinning skin-ning a tomato, and while perhaps I imagine it the French tomatoes seem to have particularly tender skins. Interesting additions to salads are bits of anchovy, herring or sardines sar-dines and raw or cooked mushrooms. Fresh tarragon and chevrlL which we find It difficult to obtain here, are usually present The standard dessert Is cheese, served always with French bread rather than with crackers, and fruit At this dinner, however, we were given a special treat of frozen dessert des-sert which came from a confectioner famous for his Ices, particularly those of the "bonibe" type. As you know, the "bombe" Is a combination of Ice and mousse. The mousse Is usually flavored with some very fine cordial such as curacno or benedie-tine. benedie-tine. This evening small raisins which had been soaked In the cordial were an unusual addition. Desserts of this sort are practically always purchased from the confectioners, as are the pastries, and are not made np at home. After the sweets came Camembert and Roquefort cheese and then "American" coffee and cordials cor-dials In the living room. After all there is nothing like a home meal In France, or In any other country I Salads a L'Andalou'se. I tomatoes, 1 pimento cop cooked rice 1 elove carllo la bread 1 minced onion 1 tableepooa minced ptreler H eup olive oU ; m Ublespoone Urrtgoa y teaspoon ealt Vinegar Pepper Lettuce Skin and quarter tomatoes; cut plmlento. Mix oil, vinegar and seasoning, sea-soning, add onion and clove of garlic inserted In piece of bread. Mix carefully care-fully with rice and pour over tomatoes toma-toes and plmlento. Chill one hour, remove garlic and serve with lettuce. . Bell Synd!ct. WNU Service. SOIUE PROBLEMS IN WALL PAPER Matter Seeming to Call for Serious Reflection. . In selecting wall paper great care should be exercised. Look at the sample which meets your fancy and then, bringing jA1 of your powers of concentration to bear, Imagine that you are papering a room and continue con-tinue tills train ol thought until the room Is complete. When that bae been done you can determine whether wheth-er the wall paper will look as well In wholesale quantities as In a single sin-gle sample. Next Imagine that It is a dull, dark day and see how the wall paper pa-per strikes you while you are In that mood. Repeat the process for bright, sunshiny day. Estimate the amount of fading the wall paper Is likely to do In a couple of years time and make up ycur mind whether wheth-er you prefer to have too Intense a color for the next year or so and a wall paper that Is just right for a few years after that, or whether you had rather have It Just right at the start and as good as nothing the rest of the time. Consider, If you select this particular par-ticular wall paper, how many rugs, pillows and draperies will have to be changed to conform with It and how many chairs will have to be re-upholstered. re-upholstered. Imagine that you have Just come Into the room and found that somebody has splashed Ink oo the wall or that somebody has run his fingers over It just after be has been eating strawberry Jam and decide de-cide whether you ought not Instead) to get a wall paper with flr trees or other foliage in which Ink spots or finger prints could be more readily concealed. When this has been done and the wall paper virtually selected, go carefully over the three or four hundred hun-dred other samples the wall paper man has brought along with hint Just to make sure there Is nothing else you would prefer. If you are the sort of person who generally regrets re-grets a choice, It might be advisable not to stop with one wall paperer, but go to two or three more. After this It Is relatively safe te make a definite choice. But don't be surprised if, when the paper Is on the wall, you look at It and say to yourself "can this possibly be the wall paper I selected?" Baltimore Evening Sun. Big Increase Predicted in Demand for Air Condition ing in Homes and Offices Economists predict that the air conditioning business will be America's Ameri-ca's next great industry, the field being be-ing unlimited. Modern hotels and office buildings of the future will all be air conditioned. The owner of even the most modest priced home will find It just as economical to Install In-stall a combination air conditioner and heater, as It now is to buy an ordinary heating unit It Is believed that air conditioners will be as common com-mon In the American home as an automobile or a radio. One of the new air conditioning units developed recently by Chrysler engineers, for use in homes, offices, apartments and buildings, not only acts as cooling and dehumidlfying unit during the summer, but as heating heat-ing and humidifying unit In the winter. win-ter. Standardization of air conditioning equipment mass production methods, offering good products at prices that the great majority of Americans can afford, is the problem that engineers are rapidly solving. Romance in Pertia Persia is almost completely unspoiled un-spoiled by the machine age. says lUchard Halliburton In Cosmopolitan. Cosmopoli-tan. There are barely six hundred miles of railroad within its borders. Camel caravans, as in the days of the Magi who came from here, still bear nine-tenths of the commerce, and are still guided by the tars across the wilderness. These caravans car-avans must traverse a country sometimes convulsed by gorges and high mountains. Where there are no mountains there la desert But In the oases one finds gardens so lush and fruitful that they have inspired in-spired the poets down the ages. 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