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Show JUAB COUNTY TIMES. NEPHI. UTAH THE HEART And F mLT 8YN0PSIS. i -9- 1 - work and Slleti bad stopped between the tables at aupper time. "Will the Sllotz stay?" she had asked simply and it bad taken no more than that. Tbe camp went ahead Indefinitely. Now Dally stopped ber with a great band on ber shoulder and looked hungrily Into her face. '8'loti," he aald aoftly, "la It true?" She ralBed her eyes to bla and answered as simply, "Yes." There was no need of many words among these people of strong Uvea, of straightforward principles. The big man straightened up a bit and abut bis lips bard, aa If be bit upon pain, looked after the vanishing figments of all bis dreams that bad peopled the hills of tbe future. Ilia mother bad seen that look In the eyes of John Dally the first who had "took bis hard knocks standln' " that look of patient atrength. For It s'te bad followed him Into the bard life of a lumber camp and never regretted It Now it spent Itself on tbe rtalng hill, visible through tbe open door across Slleti' dark bead, and John Dally the Second was ready to face bis loss. "Silotx." he said gently, "always remember that I'm the best friend you got on earth I'll be waltln' all my life to help you ef you ever need me." And be smoothed bla bard hands easily down her arms, lingering CHAPTER XVII Continued. a moment with ber banda folded In "The Preacher!" sbe gasped aloud, bis palms. Then be turned away to "oh, father! What have I done! I tbe day's work. There was a small unhave shut my ear to the winda of dertone of softness tn bis voice at tbe last words that was never to leave God!" When, an hour later, ahe came up it again. on the porch and atood CHAPTER XVIII. leaning In the doorway, spent with her wild passion. Ma Dally grimly red "Say '8andryl the fire In the range, setting about Calmly Poppy Ordway took charge the aupper for the men left at camp. said Sileta dully, "ahe of tbe stricken man In the pine of"Mother, fice. All of the day and as much of Med." "Yea I know IL But what you goln' the night as ber atrength would perto do, child T You love him an' you're mit ahe waa beside blra, soothing bla restlessness, tending him with a right ao would I ef 1 waa thirty year skill that showed Intelligent training younger, for be'a a man. East or no Outwardly ahe was as quiet as tbe East." The general turned to her work and spring days. Inwardly ahe panted and Buffered with tbe abandon of tbe pasa sigh heaved her ample breast. nature which aeea Its dealres "Its all In the day'a work." ahe sionate in danger. More and more ahe grew to thought, "an' you bad take your to fear and bate tbe silent, cbanct, Johnny but you're strong, my whose face between Ita dark aop. you're a strong man like yer girl braids was a mask of trsgedy. With daddy." ber woman's Instinct and bar almost 8o began a strange time In camp. unnatural , cleverness she knew that came In home Daily three days, eager Selfishly, la and grim lipped, and In the pocket of way lay danger. tbls woman loved, passion, bla flannel shirt he carried the big and to of that love ahe tbe object gain check for which Sandry had worked felt within bar heart that ahe could and struggled. He bad delivered the wreck tbe universe. And Its raft In safety, along with the scaler's waa tn twofold danger from object Sandry'e reort receiving the payment which death and from Sllett. bad been ready. In the bands of a Therefore ahe began to watch Slleti tbln, gray man who loaned from the witb catlike from under ber steamer's rail to exchange a few curt lashes, and toglancea think with all ber brilwords. liant brain of aome way to eliminate Ma Dally cornered htm In the kitchen late In the night aa be finished bis careful rounds of the camp "Son." ahe aald gently, "tbey'a a bard knock comin' to you an' I want to give you warnln. though I know you'll uke It atandin. Johnny, aa yer daddy took all o' bis. an' I've aeen him take aome corker. "1 know what you've always thought o' S lPts, son. sence she waa a teensy cbap I've watched ber quiet ways open yer heart an' aeen her walk In. an' I've hoped myself aome day ltd all work out. fer she a always turned to you In trouble. It's Instinct. But son son, haven't you seen nothln' aenre Hnndry come among us? Hain't ye read the algnsr The foreman bad stopped at the sink and lifted a tin dipper of water for a drink. At tbe last worda be put tbe vessel slowly down untouched and turned an smsted fsce toward the old lady. His blue eyes were wide, and the mother rlo-rftike a girl In tbe good man alrYgtb of him the broad shoulders, the muscled arms, bare to the elbow, tbo shapely bark and the straight tips of the hill climber. "What you talkin' of. ma?" be asked. "Jest this. 8 letx laid out ber bean ferail to see when tbey brought Sandry home an' that that Jetebel woman shamed ber before us ail She said, "The PreacrtsrI" the Casped Aloud. on the becls o' tn' child's cry of love, that she was Pantry's promised wife. ber from tbe question, of some bond I think sbe lied bat S'leta Is breakio' stronger than ber work with Hampher heart fer tbe Easterner." den to bind herself Into Saodry'a life, Here, without another word. Ma should be recover. As for Sandry himself, be was far Dally opened a door behind ber and on tkat road which baa no turning. creaked through, closing It softly. Of sucb Inherent tact waa sbe. sbe For a day or two be bad lain In tordid not wish even bis mother to see por, to rouse at last, as a blgb fever big John Daily take bis bard knock, set in, to delirium. He began to talk, even though be "took It atandin'." with first in a rambling, reminiscent v. hi only a tremor of tbe band that beld Pr of his early life. Hs was a charm tbe dipper. lng. eager, high ouled boy again, and When be met 8ilet In tbe morning the woman beside him saw clearly Into toe looked at her witb eyes a little the clean depths of his life. more haggard there was a deeper Hul on the second day of his deline at tbe corners of bis mouth. lirium something seemed to fall upon The girl bore tracea of tbe 0rt an bitn from the past that drew a line of guish she had ever known In tbe pal trouble around his lips and set aome lot of her face, the dull look of smol great, bard question in tbe hot, blue derlng flame under tbe date of help eyes For long Intervals he lay silent, lewdness as If the tired mind were turning and There was no one In tbe eating room returning sortie important thing, to besides themselves. Collins was out break out suddenly in eirited speech. In tbe bills witb tbe crew, for at tbe "No!" he tried out saWJenly; no. first eight of Sandry still alive. Dally by heaven! Nut while I'm alive to fca4 gives orders to go oa witb tbe right Sllet of Pally' lumber camp dlrerta itrinior to the camp. Waliur Sandry Introduces hlms-)- f to John Dully, foreman, aa "the IHIIInicworth Lumber Co., or moat of It." lie make acquaintance with the camp and the work. In an he proves to the foreman that he dun not lack Judgment. Slleti tell him of the Preacher. Ho discover that Bllets bear the alKn of the Slleti tribe of Indiana and wonder what her iiirname la. In the flush of a tender moment he call her "the Night Wind In the I'lnea." and klssoa her. foppy Ordway. a niHirnilne writer from New Vork, cornea to Dully' to get material for a romance of the lumber region. Hampden of the Yellow Pine Co. want Sundry to keep off a tract of atumpuge he claim title to and Sundry hna bouKht a the Bust Belt. Hampden aet up a cubln on the Kant Kelt and Varna treapnHHera off. Sundry' men pull down the cubln. Sandry compare Stlets and Poppy. anil HumpuVn' men fight overSandry'e the disputed tract. The Preacher atop the fltcht. Sundry find that the deed to the Knot Oelt haa never been recorded. He decldea to get out hi contract first and fight for the atumpug afterward. Puppy scent trickery and flirt with Hampden to gain hi confidence. She tell Sandry that Hampden I crooked and that ahe'll get him. Poppy to Salem In earch of evidence iroe against Hampden. Sundry and Slleti ride to the seashore and Slleti sees the ocean for tht first time. Sundry's men desert Mm for Hampden, who ha offered more money. Slleti goes to her friends the Slwashea and persuade them to work for Sundry to save his contract. Poppy tella Sundry that she has proof of Hampden' filing bogus entries In collusion with the commissioner. She sees Slleti and Sandry talking together and become Jealou. The timber raft la started on It way. hut big Is blown up and Sandry Is dangerously Injured. Poppy Insists on of Sandry and aays she Is his taking care 1 wife. "No," cries Slleti. "he promise kissed me and I am hi woman." cook-shac- k sort-foote- d , mm il itr My God, H'a done gitimately!" A STORY Of THE GREAT NORTH WESF ILLU5TOATI0NS again: "Legitimate! le- This waa as the sun, a aoft, golden, benign aun of early spring, dropped over the western ridge, sending long, blue shadows across the narrow valley. Aa tbe shadows darkened Into twilight Ma Dally, bearing some strengthening brew, loomed hugely In tbe office door. "I'll take watch now," she said, "you ben on guard a long while. Better go get some rest," But Poppy Ordway, who waa bending closely over the cot, aprang suddenly erect. Her cbeeka were flushed, and In ber face was a strange excitement "No," she said firmly, "I shall stay the night out. He la delirious still and I cannot leave him." Ma Dally, that shrewd old general of men and meals, took keen note of every small thing In the bushed room, set down the broth and turned away, ber whole kindly heart filled with suspicion. Outside In the darkness Stlets stood a little later and looked through tbe open window at th figure on the white cot. and the watcher beside It Her bands were clasped tightly together and ber dark eyes were heavy with unshed tears. "If be dies." sbe gasped dryly between ber parted lips, "I'll kill ber and go with him to bell, for be has no God!" But Sandry did not die. For a week be traveled on strange paths of memory, calling on Ruth to come out of the gloaming of a far land, standing aside to watch Naomi send back the ones she loved, snd sometimes crying out sharply, "Oh, Absalom! My son, my son!" Again he laughed bitterly and spoke of lost faith In men. Throughout the week Poppy Ordway atood such a vigil as only a woman who loves, be she good or bad, can stand. With a clever Jealousy sbe kept everything under ber own capable banda, only giving grudging place to Ma Dally when she could no longer command her overtaxed strength. One night she refused to leave Sandry at all. firmly dismissing Ma, who raged Inwardly but waa no match for ber In the open ways of bluff. At midnight the owner of the Dilllngworth suddenly opened bis eyes, weak and tired, but aane. He aaw, on the dim background of faint light from a shaded candle, tbe transfigured face of tbe watcher, and with a feeble smile of utter content dropped back to oblivion this time the oblivion of healing sleep. With that look, that weak smile, tbe woman knew that be bad turned bis face toward life and would Journey back to It and the surge and sway of passionate Joy rocked ber soul In a storm of emotion. She stepped lightly and restlessly about straightening a clotb on a table, tipping tbe candle shade at a better angle, for ahe felt Imperatively tbe need of action. Sbe picked up an empty pitcher and In tbe starlit dark ness went op the path to tbe still with that bounding, light step of victory, and entered tbe porch where the pump stood. There, alone In the night leaning against a post of tbe porch, a slim tittle figure kept also a midnight vlglL The woman looked at ber and all tbe danger that lay that way arose sud denly before ber. rousing ber hatred swiftly, and something ugly and catlike prompted ber to strike. She Isngbed. a little, low, musical laugh, and spoke to a caressing tone. "Congratulate me." sbe aald softly the fever has left blra. Ill have blm up before the first flowers bloom In tbe valleya. Dear boy dear Wall!" Slleti, a moment before drooping, whirled upon her Ilka a fury. Even In the dusk Miss Ordway saw the bidden fire leap up uncovered In ber eyes snd heard primal danger whimper In cook-shac- "I want to shake bands with us all when I'm able. We're a winning bunch. Aa soon as Dally bad gone Poppy Ordway leaned so close that the subtle perfume of her garments intoxicated blm strangely, and aald exultantly. "And now for Hampden, Walter I'm ready to go after him right" Sandry looked up at her from his pillow and then out along the spring-tinte- d bills, and drew hia brows to- gether in thought Presently be spoke. "You've been so good to me I can't say how good, how much you have stood for to me here but but. If you Miss pleaBe, Ordway Poppy, my friend I'd rather you'd let Hampden alone." "What?" cried Poppy aloud, while all ber Instincts were clamoring for adjustment. "What do you mean, Walter Sandry?" "Can't you see, you clever 'woman, that I must get Hampden myself? closer. District. Ma's keen, old eyes were upon bis Dlstrlot Judge, Fifth judicial face and she saw It slowly lose what Joshua Greenwood. H. Ryan. Attorney B. little color returning lite had given it, Stenographer W. L. Cook. saw a look of bewilderment of amaze State Senator J R. Edguielt. and something very like fear settle Lawrencs State Representative down upon It, drawing the features, Blackett. tightening the skin. He stared hard U. S. in Charge Experiment at the few scant notes, then raised Station Expert Mr. Jones. dilated eyes to her. County. "Are you sure, ma, sure V he P. J. Fen Commissioners County In voice. a strangely altered asked nell, J. W. Whitmore, perry B. Fuller. Ever know me to speak "Sure? Clerk Patrick J. Bonner. when I wa'nt sure, son?" said tbe genRecorder Will L. lloyt. eral grimly. Treasurer T, 11. O. Parkes. Assessor Ray Newton. For, though the notes on the page were so few and so meaningless to an Attorney J. 11. McKuight. Surveyor V. E. Ekloff. outsider, it was plain that they had Sheriff Angus R. McDonnell. fallen under the one pair of eyes Judge of Juvenile Court T. H. Bur whose owner they most vitally con- ton. cerned. Probation officer James E. Mem-mo- t This was what Walter Sandry read: t. Superintendent County Infirmary-Tho- mas I Ruined! Ruined HelpTuesday night: Vlckers. I doe know not he and less, County PhyslclanB Drs. Rees, Dr. Wednesday: Scoundrels all Jamea B. Steele Bailey, Jr. Whitby Muaaeldorn Copper and Zlno, My Uod, It's Consolidated, LegUimaiel done legitimately! Within the lawl May EAST OF. COUNTY MUNICIPAL, auch law be damned. James U. Whitby . I am the law this night. . FICERS. Thurdy: Dad. old ciiapl When he bad finished, bis weak bauds trembled on the sheet and there waa tbe look of a cornered animal In the bright blue eyes that sought the old woman's pleadingly. "Ma," said Sandry hoarsely, "take It back and put It where Miss Ordway will casually find it and don't say J saw It" Without a word, Ma Dally picked up ber bowl, put tbe little red book in her pocket and took Slleti away to tbe noon work, leaving the man for the first time alone. Of a wide and cun ning knowledge was this old handler of men. She knew that he would think best in solitude. "Mother," said Sileta as they passed up the path, "she never dropped that" "Course not I lied an' stole both, but it's worth while. There's some-thithreatenin' Sandry, an' though he's pretty weak to be worried, it'a best be should know." And in tbe meantime Poppy Ordway waa talking to Hampden on the Silets road. The man waa passionate, forceful, a little worried by ber long absence from their rides, and he used every persuasion at his command to win her from the Dally camp. "Wbat tor do you want to stay there?" he begged. "Don't you know I am writing a lumber story?" "Sure. But why can't you come to tbe Yella Pines?" "And have tbe country talking? I ride with you too much for that I have a reputation in the great world that I can't afford to loae in tbe little one." NEPHI CITY OFFICERS. Alma Hague. Councllmen H. A. Belllston, Thomas Bailey, James Garrett Jr, Mark Bigler, George O. Ostler. Recorder A. V. Gadd. Treasurer J. H. Latimer. Attorney T. H. Burton. Marshal Samuel Linton, Jr. Justice of the Peace Win. Stout Street Supervisor Jan. B. Riches. Quarantine Physician Dr. T. D. Rees. Building Inspector I. II. Grace. Chief of Fire Department N. A. Neilson. Superintendent of Water Works A. J. Cowers. Members of Board of Health Dr. T. D. Rees. Alonzo Ingram, Wm. G. Orme. Sexton C. E. Bigler. Mayor n' He Stared at the Few Scant Notes. That this score must be settled firsthand?" And Ma Dally, coming softly along the grass to the door, beard tbe worda. "K no wed It" sbe said with a sharp satisfaction, "he's a man an' I knowed It from th' start" CHAPTER XIX. A Lie and a Theft Sandry recovered rapidly. His youth and lithe strength were powerful aids and tbe broken bones Inside tbe plaster casts knitted busily. With bis return to consciousness. Miss Ordway relaxed her vigilance. She gave up ber place without protest to Ma Daily and began to spend a part of ber days In tbe little room. This bad been urgent request "See wbat you've lost already In time and strength and energy," be pleaded, "please go to your own work." On one of the first days of Ma Daily's attendance, he asked to see San-dry'- s TO BE CONTINUED.!) TELL OF STRANGE MEETINGS Doctors snd Nurses Relate Remarkable Happenings Occurring In the Military Hospitals. The long arm of coincidence was cook-shar- W-l- 1 11 pce-k- et waa ssylng. "It may be private " LEVAN TOWN. President Board of Trustees Alms Da I by. Trustees M. W. Mangelson. S. P. Taylor, Alex Peterson, George Neilson, Marshal Nells Mortenson. Justice of the Peace Nells Schow. Health Officer Henry Hendrlckson. Juab District Board of Education I. H. Grace, President: J. E. Taylor, A. P. Paxman, Clerk; W. C. Andrewa, Treasurer, and John T. Kay. EAST COUNTY PRECINCT CERS. OFFI. Mona. Justice D. O. Young. Health Officer N. W. Ellertson. Nephi. Justice J. S. Cooper. Constable H. T. Knowles. Health Officer Dr. T. D. Rees. Levan. Justice E. W. Peterson. Constable Richard Ivcrson, Modern Woodmen of America No. never more strikingly Illustrated than 10,700, meets every Tuesday evening Woodman ball. Visiting Woodmen by the remarkable cases of hospital at reunions related by tbe commanding welcomed CHARLES STEPHENSON, Slleti. Tbe general was wise and ahe sent officer of the Welsh General Military tbe girl alone. Sandry closed bis eyes hospital Recently a nurse entered and lay waiting for the light atep that one of the wards, calling tbe name of always reminded him of wild things In a certain soldier who was due to take tbe forest so slipping, soft and his medicine. In response to the call a man aat up In one of the beda, but bushed waa It Presently he heard It coming down further inquiry ahowed that although the slope. It slowed as It n eared tbe the surname waa tbe same, the Chrisoffice and for a long time stopped al- tian name was different from that of together outside the door. His heart tbe man she waa seeking, says Lonleaped uncontrollably and conflicting don Tit Bits. emotions flushed bis face aa he called At that moment tbe right man, wbo ber softly. was well enough to hobble about ar"Come bore. 8 leu." he heard him- rived upon tbe scene, and then, to tbe self saying, though for his life It waa amaxement of tbe nurse and tbe other not what he wished o say, and she occupants of the ward, the patienta her voice. came on her knees beside recognized each other as brothers wbo "Walt!" she cried, springing toward him. and dropped her bands on the sheet had not met for many years. Wbat ber and lifting a hand whose slim An- at hisclasping side. There was nothing or tbe Is more extraordinary still, tbe two gers threatened bar throat "say San- conscious avowal of Poppy's words In brothers bad been in the same ward dry!" and look ber at'ltude, only the simple for several days without either being In Miss Ordwsy her broadcloth of a nature as open aa tbe aware of tbe other's presence. sprang bark against tbe rough planks betrayal Tbe shining light of Joy In ber Even more extraordinary Is the case of the wall, ber face gone day. fare, the bushed acknowledgment of of two men In another ward, wbo, white In the ahadows and audden. grip- God's when the roll was called, suddenly sparing of bis life, wss ping, choking fear In ber throat She In a flash be beard tbe words recognized one another aa chums who put up a useless band a trembling of Kolawmle's bair breed: some years ago Joined tbe colors the band, palm outward and atrove to " for 8'lett Is your woman." same day. Tbey had been close speak once, twice. And be knew tbey were true. By cbums In the ranks, but subsequently a Then. "Hendry." she faltered like very sign of her soul and body they drifted span through the drafting of craven. Sbe was whipped, scared, ber were true, as simply as tbe flower wor- one of them on foreign service, to find power gone sun sit day. And there In themselves reunited In adjoining beds Hut the wild thing died In Filets as ships tbe little south room, from whose open In the Military hospital. It had lived, on the turn of a moment the wtndow he could bear the click of a On comparing notes a further string and she let out a great breath and was most the brilliant of coincidences wss discovered. Tbe covered ber face with ber bands after typewriter, woman of his own world whom he bad two men. unaware of each other's a fashion she bad. ever known, a woman soon to be fa"No." she whispered In ber palms, mous for ber great gift and ber mar- presence at the front, bad been woundtbe aame day. taken to tbe same I me "be kissed snd am bis woman! velous beauty and she, too. by ber ed base hospital, brought home In tbe I am unworthy! Wbat would I open word was "bis woman!" Ob. same ship, carried to the same train have done?" And sbe shuddered, as If "Little Slett," be said, though be and finally next to one another In fear. bad meant to use ber name alone, In tbe same placed ward of a home hospital. So tbe ramp went forward. Joha "Little Slett" Another curious case Is that of a snd bis silent crew cut steadily Into But what be would have aaid was man who after being wounded at tbe the timber at tbe north and sent the left unspoken, for Ma Daily creaked front was admitted to one of tbe wsrds bar to down kwater. Here In tbe bowl a of broth. of tbe hospital. On bis le the doorway with logs discharge be a for waa although there guard, kept "My goodness, ma." be said whim- went back to France, and. wounded a nothing of Imjiortance that Hampden sically. "If you don't stop filling me second time, found bis way back once could do since be bsd played for the with broth refuse to eat at all. I more to the same ward. Dillihgwortb contract snd failed, still want a slice of bam and some of your he could steal the logs which Isy all Incomparable rice pudding." His Precarious Condition. too cloee to tbe mill at tbe mouth of "Yon want wbat you get You sip "I overheard someone saying that the slough and John tally was strung this all." nephew, Eromett L'ckles, Is lying to a higher pitch than be bad ever As Sandry obediently finished the your In a critical been In all bis lifelong timber war last drop, the general reached In the nature of his condition. Wbat Is the complaint?" with the Yeliow Pines. of her dish apron. rapacious "He Isn't any," replied As soon as Sandry was able to bear "Here," she said, "see what I found." fncle Fogy. making "It Is his wife who is She held squarely before his eyes a It tHtily told blm of the safe delivery the complaining. You see, Eroof the raft, of his trip home In the little red morocco notebook, opened at doing mett went to Ksnsas City not long Indians' sling, of bis subsequent de a page far to the bark. sro to buy goods, and a few days after "Miss Ordway dropped It as she rode bis return llrlum. snd at last showed blm the there came a dainty note f At sight the paper, off on the bay this momln' so' I big check. sigsed 'Your Little Sunshine. It fell sweated and creased from pocket wear, picked It up" Into his wife s bands, and be has been Without volition. Sandry glanced at tbe sick man's fare flushed and bis lying ever since. I should csll his coo blue with flame. wbfte tbe eyes sparkled page, which beld a few dltlon mlddlin' critical, too, for I don t "We won, John." be said, "we all neatly tabulated Botes how In tunket be Is going to se L Miss won you, "We ought not to read It ma." be Ordwsy and . falsify bis wsy out of U." 814. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. There was a little pause before the Then a change came ever his fealast word and then be went on. tures and Involuntarily he peered City Star. Consul. J. II. LATIMER. Clerk. I. O. O. F. No. 16 meets every Sat. urday evening In 1. O. O. F. hall. Visiting brothers cordially invited to attend. HERBERT ROBERTS. N. G. JOHN S. COOPER, Secretary. SAINTS' MEETINGS, LATTER-DA- Sunday School. 10:30. South ward at High fichool building; Nephi ward at Tabernacle; North ward at meet lng house. M. 1. A. Sunday, 7 p. m. South Ward High School building; Nephi ward at Tabernacle; North ward al meeting bouse. Primary South ward every Tuesday st Tahernscle; Nephi every Frt day st Tabernacle; North ward al meeting house every Friday. Priesthood meeting every Monday evening at the Tahernaole and North ward meeting house. Relief Society South ward first and hlrd Thursday In each mm:h at 2 p. m. Nephi ward first snd third Wednesday In esch month. North ward first snd third Thursday In each at month, respective meeting houses o PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sunday school at 10:30. Thos. H. Burton Attorney at Law Public Office In IVwms 1 Notary and 2 Ostler Bidfr. FORREST HOTEL f Hsasqwsrters Vw slegaaUy Trsv.lln, Mefi. trees apa1t4 tksm. ttian beat, balks. ta bleek eowtk mt house. aat eae east Fhoaa 22. asas. Owe eowrf DONT BORROW The TimM ftorn yout neighbor when you can get it lot leu than Three Cents Per Week |