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Show THE LEHI SUN, LEHI, UTAH Legitioi if the u;. gitffieu an Aaer; ZESl! mint in, tin J "Stmt M i d j new ClLEA.li EmiUe Lortng t .oiPTER I lurched over roads. When it JT tfldded. A cold nn, fof transformed 1 Iants. houses 'aiWi wd filled the of the car The lean fdrlrerstoppeo i fclfcji i i. ant . 1 tfc the matter. Mr. nu- f . cwlpr innulred e veraous gloom of the i arjJ ...... finpss they'll hold f there, though." Lier valiantly swallowed VM J f r,(roment on tne nauu &lde her. She real-Uaeone real-Uaeone to pull her spirit I ne pit of depression, she W purred alongside. t too, SI? What's the mat-Ire mat-Ire trouble? Flat?" fi,w was hollow, muffled, a ftoicfc Shut within the cur- car, Prudence could see noth-i noth-i the uncanny mist in't flat yet" i the puffness of his an-judged an-judged that Mr. Puffer did ire for th person who had Mm. B the girl come?' p was eagerness In the ques-j ques-j Mot of anxiety, more than I of arrogance. If the wheel I her could talk, she would laid that Its shake was warn-p warn-p to keep quiet, Prudence de- I ' f7-aie, yon wouldn't expect lki to come to the country In ttonn, would you? Whatta yuesi she'll get to the red house tout tomorrow." I red brick house ! Her house ! wlce In the fog was Inqulr-'Jor Inqulr-'Jor her, Prudence Schuyler. f had Mr. Puffer evaded the loot She watched him as he aed his seat Im me the minute she ar- SL" ; pant from the man at the i fas the only response. A teu ugnt snot Into the golden xofltjown powerful headlights Swindled to a spark. alence leaned forward. "Was I voice, which sounded like m of the fog, Inquiring for me, flj did you sidetrack him? j teH him that I was arriving sorrow r wrrjme, you wait an' you'll Piss Schuyler. Whatta mean h tomorrow youU hare kinder 'J bearln's an'U know what to I Len Calloway'll tie you up i a mm, u he can." feme up 1 You're not alluding irammonlal tie by any chance, driver looked back. "Glad to f Ton laugh. When I met you Ritatlon, I was afraid you was to break out cryln'. It sure J aeaa night for you to arrive. f ikb iuraier to go. We're "4 the Gerard place now." I evident that he considered f wee la the foz a rW,i ii Couldnt he feel that she was -J tingling nth curiosity? Pru- :'ea "fself. She had bet x turn I- jiw "'umerent. She said I flail .. p UnSlbIe to pass." -Sfl. r like thls: l"t Wghbor on the east that Is H it being a neighbor' i'.. J rolk come down 'Ani. yLHrJ? 1 onyo - r, 1118 other day." U iLdece SchDer evad- , Ser. With the IntonM W. .ttenHon ! ,b0 the Gerard fam- if -"-vyru. I 1 1 rn 1 1 kad 6; whlcD Includes K Pnd short besirtp. , h!reaat who fly NwZ. ' 8trtB of Polo ?: bT 5!y to bring U- kfast- their first family of "Sounds like Hollywood." "Whatta mean is, folks here think lot of Rod, but he has an older brother Walter an that brother has wife. Walt was the fion by old man Gerard's first marriage; that wife didn't have any money, neith er did be. After she died, Gerard, who was a handsome, gifted man, married an heiress and Rod's their child. They built a house of stone and oak on a high ledge ; that's the name of the place High Ledges." "It has a sort of approach-if-you- dare sound." "As I was savin'. Rod's mother loved every inch of the land, turned abandoned quarry holes into gardens. gar-dens. She and her husband are burled In one of them. Old man Gerard died, then she went several years ago, and Rod well, uoa was just out of law scnooi ana crazy about flying when he came into a big fortune ; perhaps you ve met fellers like that" "Just like thatl" Prudence con curred bitterly, and hoped in tha next second that the man had not noticed the sting In her voice. "He didn't show up here for two vears after ne iosi mower, Then last June he opened the place, and who'd he bring with him but Walt Gerard and his wife and little lit-tle girL Walt lit out pretty quick, but the Mrs. seized the reins of management and how she did drive. She's one of them women who's so busy helpin God run his world that she lets her own folks get along as best they can. She's all a-twltter, wtnks one of her cold blue eyes when she thinks she's bein' smart; before you've been talkln' to her five minutes, she'll lug in a remark about 'my cousin, the ambassador.' She kept the house full of company all summer, young folks, but the girls were so homely they'd have stopped even one of them electric clocks which is supposed to run forever. She's a wise one." "I hadn't supposed there were any 'homely girls' now, they know so well how to look like a million. Why Is Mrs. Walter Gerard wise? Not because she doesn't care for beauty?" "Whatta mean is, Walt her bus band, is handsome as a movie actor, She is talL with horses' teeth and a kind of horse-shaped face. Guess she was handsome once the worn en here say she's a nifty dresser- must have been or Walt never would have married her. He well, he knows where the corn crib Is, Their kid Is thirteen years old. She's cute, but that curious that folks lock up everything when they see her coming. Rod's awful good to her and she worships him. The Walt Gerards haven't much money, Rod gives them an income. That's another reason his sister-in-law doesn't want pretty girls around. Twould upset her apple cart ter rible If he should marry "Has Mr. Rodney Gerard no mind of his own?" Yes yes, he has, but since his mother passed away, Rod's kinder lazy; besides, he's got the idea some girl will marry him for his money." Puffer's voice deepened with affectionate anxiety. "You see, he has all he can spend. This Is, I'm guessing so. Perhaps he thinks, why should I work now an' take a job from someone else? Here we are, Miss Schuyler, this is your uncle's place. I forgot; It' yours now. Sorry you had such tough night to arrive." He stopped the car In the road before brick gateposts and 6ounded a lugubrious born. In response, the house door opened and let out stream of yellow light ; a soft cush iony voice called: That you, Si?" "That's Mother my wife," Puffer Puf-fer explained, as he unfastened the curtains on Prudence's side of the car. He helped her out then er tended a bony hand to the gaunt woman who seemed to unfold like an extension ladder as she stepped cautiously to the ground. Prudence Schuyler's throat tight ened as she blinked at the red brick house she had Inherited. A woman, designed on the feath er-bed plan, with an extra chin or two In the best Rembrandt manner, greeted her In the hall. "Come right In and wash and take off Tour hat Supper's all ready, dearie. When you get some thing to eat things'!! look differ ent Life can teem awful dark and dreary on an empty stomach." Prudence achieved a smile. "Thank you, Mrs. Puffer. This la Jane Mack, who has come to help me keep house. She has been a standby In our family since the first day she came to make little girl frocks for me. Will you tell her where to find things, please?" As the two women disappeared, Prudence entered the room on her right Her brown eyes, already black from emotion, dilated as she saw herself reflected in the lone old-fashioned pier glass between the windows. "Not too bad." She made a gamin face at the looking-glass girl, before she turned to Inspect her surround- lncs. The room was cozy, homey. Her spirit stirred damp wings. Her back-to-the-farm venture might not prove the flop It had seemed a few moments ago. The dinine room was cheery with crackling logs In the Franklin fire place when she entered a few moments mo-ments later. A huee platter of sav ory beef stew, garnished with fluffy white dumplings flanked by piles of plummy brown bread, gave out an appetizing aroma. For the first time since she had left New York Prue's heart felt warm. "Oh, how tempting I Come, Macky, aren't you starved? Mrs. Puffer. won't you sit with us and serve? It will seem more homey to have you here." Stark, thin-llnned Jane Mack, her high cheek bones flaunting red flags of excitement took her seat with an air of belnz about to commit a social blunder. The rosy-faced stout woman plumped Into her chair with a contented sigh. "Dearie. I'll do Just that" After an Interval devoted to serving and eating, she sympathized : "Hope you didn't mind the trip from the rail road station. Seven miles isn't far, but it's a long way to drive over a strange road in a fog" "Only seven ! I thought It must at least have been a thousand." The satisfying food was ringing up the Prudence Schuyler's Throat Tight ened at She Blinked at the Red Brick House She Had Inherited curtain of depression. "That is un- erateful when Mr. Puffer diverted our thoughts by most Interesting description of our neighbors." Jane Mack made her one con tribution to the conversation. "Do you have movies here, Mrs. Puffer?" 'Three times a week In the vil lage. The manager tries to show the films people want to see." "Does he?" Jane Macks eyej snapped. "I love mystery and gang ster pictures." Prudence gazed at the thin face In speechless amazement She had known the woman almost all her life, but had she been taking her to a picture, she would have selected one with de luxe settings and smart frocks. How little one could tell what was going on in a person's mind, even the mind of someone near and dear. She said aloud: "Now we'll help clear away and do the dishes." "Not you. dearie. You go Into what rour uncle called the living room, and set If Miss Mack wants to lend a hand, perhaps shell be more contented to be busy." Curled In the depths of a wing rhair before the Durring fire. Pru dence looked about the room indu bitably a man's room which al most over nieht had become hers. Her Interested eyes wandered oa Above the mantel hung the one pic ture the room presented : a delicately delicate-ly colored engraving of Franklin at the court of France. Benjamin, staee center, bent his head to re ceive a wreath from the gorgeously appareled Countess Polinac; while from a divan, Louis the bixteentn and Marie Antoinette looked on with royal Indifference. They all had been real once, the riri mused: they had held their heads high while their hearts broke. they had smiled througn tragedy, while she, with youth, health, opportunity, oppor-tunity, and her brother, had fairly wallowed In self-pity these last few weeks. he sprang to her feet "111 make a vow, now, that from this moment I foreswear self-pity. I will regard this experience at at what shall I na.me the place which has a lift to It? I know! Prosperity farm! Grand! at Prosperity farm as an adventure which will lead to health for David and great good fortune. T thought I was coming to a treadmill tread-mill of endless monotonies, and within the first hour a hollow voice which set Uttle merry pranks pricking through my veins rumbles rum-bles through the fog: "'Has the girl come?" "Meaning me. Why does the man want to know the moment I arrive? Why will he try to tie me np tight 1. That was an Interesting bit of biography Mr. Puffer volunteered about our neighbors. Tm willing to wager my first crop of chickens mat I shall detest the Gerard heir. Rich playboy. I have no illusions about his type. If I meet him, I'll be colder than an electric Ice-box running on high. Also something tells me that Mrs. Walt and I will be antagonistic from the stnrt Maybe, tnougn, 1 won't meet her: maybe she won't see her farming neighbor even as a dot on her social horizon." Miss Prue, I'm ready to go up now," lean, lank Jane Mack announced an-nounced from the threshold. "Mrs. Puffer showed me where to find the supplies. I guess she'll be a good neighbor. Wish I hadn't seen inai procession In my tea cup, though." "Now, Macky, don't look for trouble in tea grounds; haven't we had enough fairly sitting in our laps these last weekt without hunting out more? Come on up, let's see the rest of the house." Interest in Prue's eyes glowed Into excited anticipation as they went from room to room. 'Mackv. think of having a whole house In which to spread out after years in an apartment 1 eu maice it a dream. We will warm it with color till it makes hearts glow Just to come into It" A faint pink crept under the wom an's skin. Her washed-out eyes shone with a lovely light "You'll make hearts glow au right. Miss Prue. Your brother said to me Just before we left the apartment 'I'm not afraid for True, fcne'u make a home wherever she Is. She's like her mother.'" Prue slinDed her hand within the crook of the woman's thin arm and for an Instant pressed her cheek against her hard shoulder. "I sunDose there isn't a person In this village who doesn't know that mv brother's wife ran away wltn my sister's husband," she said In a muf fled voice. "There, there, Miss True, suppose thev do? T wasn't your brother David's fault nor your sister Julie's. If folks here know about it at all, they know that If you make too much of It they may think there's something back of it all you're ashamed of. I know folks." Prudence smiled and patted the woman's bony hand before she en tered the room she had selected ror herself. Lone after she had extinguished the light she lay with wide-open eyes staring at the fog which hung Ilka a curtain of eray gauze before the wide-open window. She watched the steamy fringe of water Gripping from the window as she lived over the last weeks. As If his heart had not been sufficiently uprooted by the desertion and tragic death of his wife, David, whose health had been undermined by service overseas, had been ordered to give up work ana live in the country. The country 1 The inexorable command had staggered her at first How could they go with no money for living? When the crash had come In their fortunes six months hpfnre. she had ODened a studio and had worked professionally at what had been a delightful avocation the craft of designer and maker of Jewelry and silver boxes. Each month had seen an increase in tne number and Importance of her orders; or-ders; then had come the command to go to the country, which had meant that she must give up her shop. While she was struggling with her problems and doggedly assuring herself her-self that she would find a way to relieve re-lieve the situation, a way opened, but not from her effort Her father's fa-ther's brother. Austin Schuyler, had Invested part of his small fortune In an annuity, then had made the dream of years come true by buying and stocking a Maine farm with the remainder. For the first time In his life he had said, he had what he wanted and then one morning be didn't waken. He had willed the Maine property and five thousand dollars in cash to his niece Prudence. The leeacv had providentially an swered the on-to-the-country problem. prob-lem. Now that the strain was eased, she had but a confused remembrance nf the davs during which she had cleared and subleased the apart ment At the last moment, Jane Mark had becced to go with her, Her eyes were giving out for sew ing, she had said, but sne anew ai-innst ai-innst evprvthlne there was to know about a house she had been trained by a New England mother. Prudence Pru-dence had hugged her In her relief. re-lief. Jane Mack might be grim and a confirmed pessimist but she could while she herself farmed and. If opportunity and time allowed, worked at her crau. Could she afford to keep Si Puffer heiner nn the place? her thoughts ran on. She couldn't afford not to ,t nreeent. Already he bad stood lite mardlan angel between her and the voice In the fog; how he hart prowled the name, hen Carro- .! what had the man wanted? Something In his demand had an tagonized her. - .tomorrow- was lmnct here. Soon she would know oil mnslln hangings swung Into her room like two frail, transparent rini?. Had the wind changed? Kh ran to the window. The foe had cleared as if by magic. With a surge of Indefinable longing, the girl ikeii no at the star-punctured heavens. ' With a shaky laugh at her awn absurdity, she flung out her hands toward the man In the moon. Tour excellency. I thank yon for this royal welcome 1 Prue of Pros perity farm salutes yoo j tTO BE COXTIJa-BD.) Intermountain News Briefly told for Busy Headers 18 TONS OF SEED PUN LARGE FAIR GAS TAXES LARGER SELLING CILL CATTLE LIVESTOCK TRICES IT Woman Writer Objects to Term "Weaker Sex" BOISE, IDA. Gasoline tax receipts re-ceipts have Increased more than a half million dollars thts year, compared com-pared with last year. SALT LAKH CITY, UT. Approximately Ap-proximately $50,000 will be paid to Salt Lake county farmers who are selling their cull milch cows and beef cattle to the government under the emergency cattle program this summer and fall, C. L. Bello. assistant assist-ant director of the emergency cattle work in the county announces, FORT HALL, IDA. The Indian service's campaign to do away with the boarding school, in favor of day schools, so that children may spend more time at the homes of their parents, will be partially in effect this year. FILLMORE, L'T. A crops and livestock show for east Millard county is planned for September 14 and 15. A special flower show will be featured. The show will be the biggest of Its kind ever held In this part of the state, according to the committee in charge. BOISE, IDA. 315 projects In 34 Idaho counties have been approved by the governor's drouth relief commission, It is reported. The sums appropriated total $729,119.- 67. Ada, Minidoka and Valley counties coun-ties have recently been transferred from secondary to primary drouth classifications. OGDEN, UT. Federal hoe pro duction checks have been distrlbut ed to growers In this district. FARMINGTON, UT. A shipment of 13 tons of Kentucky blue grass seed has been received in Farming- ton. In the late fall, when moisture is sufficient, this seed will be distributed dis-tributed among Davis county far mers and stockmen for use in rehabilitation re-habilitation of pasture lands destroyed de-stroyed by the drouth Shipped here by the government as a surplus commodity, this seed will be handl ed by the local emergency relief ad ministration and the county agent OGDEN, UT. During the twelve months that the Home Owners' Loan Corporation has been in operation, oper-ation, mortgage indebtedness on 905 homes has been refunded for a total of $1,878,384.00. LOGAN', UT. The Cache County fair will be held here September 11, 12 and 13. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. More than 1,500 of North America's finest rams will go on the auction block at the nineteenth annual national ram sale to be held at the Union Stock Yards In Salt Lake, September Septem-ber 11 and 12. Entries have already al-ready been made by more than 75 consignors in Utah. Idaho, California, Cali-fornia, Texas, Wyoming, Oregon, Montana, Illinois and two Canadian provinces Alberta and Ontario. MERCUR, UT. Former Mercur-ites Mercur-ites will celebrate in their old home town, September 9, and unveil a monument erected to the memory of the founders of that early day mining camp. Renewed activity at Mercur gives many hopes that this once metropolis of Tooele county will again make industrial, civic and romantic history. SHOSHONE, IDA. Bids have been called by the TAg Wood Canal company on the first two phases of construction to be done on new control con-trol gates for Magic reservoir, for which the government has allotted $180,000. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The chamber of commerce livestock committee com-mittee has decided to sponsor "Eat More Lamb Week" from Septemlier 8 to 13, and to seek the cooperation of other chambers of commerce in maklne It a statewide event Both the National and Utah Woolgrow-ers' Woolgrow-ers' associations are lending their support in the effort to stimulate the consumption of lamb for the benefit of western sheepmen. BURLEY IDA. Earl It Stansell, district 4-II club agent, announces no county 4-n club fair will be held In Cassia county this falL SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Shoot-ing Shoot-ing of ducks and geese In Utah will commence at sunrise Octolier 12 and continue on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of each week until sundown sun-down on the evening of December 8. Bag limits in the aggregate will be 12 dally and 24 in possession. Five of each dally limit may consist con-sist of canvasback, redhead, elder duck, greater scaup, lesser scaup, rlngneck, Mu wing teat green wing teal, cinnamon teal, shoveler and gadwall ducks. Ten of these only In possession will be a limit Remainder Remaind-er of dally bag limit must consist of other varieties of birds. Geese limits will be four per day and 8 In possession. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Utah's hog farmers will realize an additional addi-tional $100,000 or more for their hogs this year because prices being paid at the Salt Lake union stock yards at North Salt Lake are nearly near-ly double the average of the last few years, livestock officials announced an-nounced recently. WOODS CROSS. UT. The U. 8-government 8-government Is erecting a new experiment experi-ment station about a quarter of mile from the CCC camp at the head of Farrbh Canyon, east of Farmlngton. A woman columlst, noted for her keen Insight Into events and things, (elects this subject for comment: The papers tell of a federal Judge In a New York courtroom who compelled com-pelled the men to give women their eats. A reader sends v the clipping, clip-ping, wondering what we think about It Here it Is: "In a courtroom crowded to capacity capac-ity with creditors and stockholders of the Ambassador Hotel corporation, Federal Judge J. M. Woolsey said recently: 'It seems to me that the men sitting over there should stand up and let the ladies sit down.' "When the men did not budge, he added : 'Go over there, marshals, and roust them out' The marshals obeyed and the women sat down while the men grumbled quietly to themselves, saying they thought the order un fair."- What do we think about It? Well. It all depends on what we women want If what we want most Is the seat a man occupies, then we should not Inquire too closely into the method of taking It away from him. In this case they were, we must admit qucs tlonable. Some of those men may have been more in need of a seat than any of the women to accom modate whom they were ousted. And some were probably there In the line of duty, while the women eeated by the gallant Judge were merely spectators, spec-tators, presumably on pleasure bent We repeat, if It's the sent only that Interests you, you will applaud the Judge whose motto Is apparently un der all circumstances, "Ladles First" If It Is chivalry on the part of men In this day and age that you care more about than the seat in court or subway or street car which they may have to give up to you, then yon will not favor forcing them out of their seats. There Is no ro mantic satisfaction In taking a man's seat If he has to be thrown out of It And the compulsion Is hardly conducive con-ducive to developing In him a great er gallantry. In fact the man once forced to get up for a woman will hnrdlv take the lead In making the gallant gesture of his own free will. That sweet flower of chivalry, m sense of self-sacrifice on behalf of the WEAKER sex, will have been nipped in the bnd. And, anyway are we wrcAh.iuii For my part I should feci cheap to have a man forced out of his scat for my benefit C. Ml Syndicate. WNTJ Servlc. Little Zion Named by Mormon Colonist Band Everv once tn a while some local ity Is fortunate enough to be baptized nronerlv. We can thank Brlgham Young and his Mormon followers for the fact that we may now glibly aay. "We're Off to Zlon" Instead of twisting twist-ing our tongues around "Mukuntn-weap." Mukuntuweap In a nice enougn name, meaning "land of the springs," according to a Utah scholar, John Wallis, who has traced the name to its Indian source. The name waa given to this national park when H was first created by congress. That may be the reason that travelers trav-elers were slow In discovering Ita wonders. They Just didn't know how-to how-to ask for it li'e the man who would like to buy a wife a fancy French perfume but has to compromise on "violet" which he can pronounce. 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