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Show JUAB COUNTY TIMES. NEPHI. UTAH THE Hi - V W self vingie e. aoe ILLUSTRATIONS CCPy?crr oy podo. He saw no connection between ber two seta of questions when sbe. seem ing to turn tbe trend of ber own mind into an entirely different channel, put (Mrsfiak 6yand company her next query. "And now, Mr. Farnsworth." ahe said briskly, "what do you know 01 kad SYNOPSIS. 10 Hlleis nf Dallr's lumber camp directs a strsnger to th nmp. Walter Bandrv Introduces himself to John Dally, foreman, aa "th Ullllngeworth Lumber Co.. moat of It." Ma make fr In an em with (he ramp and (he work.acquaintance ersenev h provea In ih fureman thai ha 1na not lack ludgmcnt. Bllett telle him of the Prearher. Hi diecovere that Blleti bears the aln of Uie HI let tribe nf Indiana an.1 wunriere what her eurname In the flueh of a tender moment ha calla her "the Night Wind In the Plnee." and kleeaa bar. Poppy Oruway. a mapaone writer from Nw York, comae to Dative to get material for a romance of the lum her region. Hampden of the Tallow Plne Co. claitna lM4e- - to the taet Belt anil 'ta up a rabln on It. Bandrv'e men pull down the cabin. Snndrv's nil HanipoVn'e men fight over the tra.(. Th Preacher etope he flaht Sundry tm: tliat th deed to the Kaat Deli has been recorded Poppy ibtia with Hampden to nam h!a confidence, fiiie telle Bandry that Hampden la cteoked ami that ahe'll set htm. Popoy In aearrh of evidence goes lo Halt-i'mtatnet Hampden. Sundrymen desert him lot tlampden. who haa offered more money 81I.I1 to her frlenda th Blwaahe and peesuadea them to work for tianrirv to eave hie contract. Popov tell Hmidry that ah haa proof of Hampden mine boau ntrtea In collueion with the commiaainn. tthe ee 8 lei a and Bandrv tnklna together and becomea lealoiia Ttie t.i timber raft la etaned on la blown up and Bandrv la '. bur Injured. on den,roiiely Poppy lakins care of Bandry and aura lna:ia trie le hl wife. No." crtee fillets, "he promlaed k1eed me and I am hta woman " In Sundry drlinum he aivea Poppy a clue to hia paet. On recovering Daily telle him of the ev.rcr.erjl filling of hie contract and he aaya that he la oln after Hampden himself and "set him etralsht." Ma nnlly ehowe Bardry n..tee of hi delirlou taJk. PoppyPoppv'a play with Hampden. I - CHAPTER XIX Continued. "Rut they say you're goln' to msrry da beg yer pardon that Johnny Eastern. That so? For Gods sake, girl, don't say It!" red fare we pale, and Hampden ah enjoyed seeing tbla mime, bull Ilk man shnken to his foundations "And what If It Is?" "Ml kill hlra! So help me heaven. Ill get blm next iell you I can t stand for that!" "T.et him next time." she was saying awiftly to herself, "oh. Hampden. I fanry there'll be a lot of getting-wheth- er or cot Walter Sandry wants me to quit now. after all I've gone through with you to g,t my line staked that 1 out!" Aloud she said at the same time. linl true." And Hampden a ithi her hand and klaaed It March crawled by and April Mav came In with the feel and look of sum "No it rner as It does In (be western hills warm and bright and eternally sunny Bandry wondered If It had ever rained Any exertion tired him cruelly, so he loafed about the office, sat on the east porch at the cook shack. ad talked Idly with the three womeu for Poppy Ordway. deapKe Ma Daily's coldness and binls. and Slletz' silence, still stayed on at the camp Often Sandry watched her with puzzled look In bin eyes which all ber cleverness bad failed to fathom. There waa a slight constraint between thera. The work of the camp went on well. A bunch of lumberjacks from Hscramento had come In during April, and Sandry took them on. The Port land Lumber c.impany received the second raft. smaller one, by the middle of May. and followed Its re celpt with another order that would keep all bands and extra help at work unlM Aogust. The pressing mortgage had ben lifted by that first big check and the young owner felt his spirit urging within blm like the growing year. His only worry was the. fact bat Hampden wss building track and log trail Into the strip between camp and the Kaat Pelt fttita the south He evldptifly meant to begin opera Hons under Sandry a very eyea "Waller." Baked Mitii Ordway. "how long are you going to wait before let ting me uae my leer to pry llarop the name 'Sandry'? The lawyer was folding np hia papers and putting them carefully away In the drawer. "Sandry? Why not ery much. Miss Ordway. Simply that there ia a firm by the name of Sandry A Mussel dorn which deals In fancy horses and racing stock. They have magnificent breeding farms In New Jersey and are rated as rather more than financially aoltd. Mr. Wilton Sandry. the senior partner, (a an old man. of very fine presence, an Invalid aince three years ago tied to wheel chair In hia man slon on Kiverstde drive. Musseldorn. a clever man. extremely capable and pleasant." "And la that all? Has this Mr. Wilton Sandry any family?" "Why, let me see yes. I believe there la a son. one son. Tbe mother Is dead." "And where la this son?" "I do not know, lie baa been In Europe. I believe, though It seems to me that be returned some time Ing her fare with startled eyes, and though Miss Ordway was amtllng sweetly at the girl, aha knew that bla face was going gray. "Tea?" he asked unsteadily. The tone pierced ber heart with pain that stung, but aba put It resolutely aside. 8be bad determined to have this man by fair means or foul and she knew that In the future aha would repay him for any pain aha might cauae In th process of winning htm "Yes. she answered quietly, "but I'm coming back. I want to aea my publishers." CHAPTER XX. d r A Cruel Weapon. Ia the soberly correct offices of Farnsworth 6 Heathcote. one of New York's most solid and reputable law firms, two persons sat talking. The boneat rosea In the cbeeka of Mlaa Poppy Ordway bloomed glorloua Her raiment whispered allklly ly. when she moved ber splendid about ders bit mora comfortably against the mahogany chair back. "And now. Mr Farnsworth." ahe waa saying, "can you give me the full particulars of that mysterloua robbery The eminent lawyer's quiet eyea were taking pleasurable note of the woman's beauty, the concise handling of the discussion tn hand. "As one of the attorneys for the eatate of Jamea B. Wbltfcy. I think I am qualified to do so." he slated gravely. "Then." aald Poppy Ordway. open Ing a little red morocco notebook at a page far to the buck, "let ua pro ceed." Mr. Farnsworth spread out before bl:n a set of papers " 'First Standard Copper and 7lnc company, consolidated." " he read with out preface, "one of the most conserva live and entirely solvent concerns In the country. I'nder the control and In the hands or Whitby. Halstead. Wltherspoon & Haste "'Suspected of crooked methods Twice Involved In suits at law. charged with rate and rebate swindles " Second On the night of June In 1S!9. President Whitby had In his poe session, for what reason bas never been made known, at bla bachelor apartmenta at Whitby place. Aredale I2.0'i0 in banknotea of high denomt He had sent away his man natlona for the night and was entirely alone. "'Third He was found at bine o'clock the next morning. In hta library, sitting before a table, several boura dead. I'nder his hand lay an unfln (allows verlhed letter. Tbla batim: r ollve-colorcz CHAPTER XXI. The Right Law. Once again Poppy Ordway was back at lially'a. Seemingly nothing bad happened In ber absence. Sandry was a Utile stronger, a bit more impatient tn be at the work, able to go about tbe atnp and the tilted meadow. He wa pale still, and to ber passionate eyea more to be desired than ever. She noticed quickly bow wistfully tender was (he face of Sileti, and how the girl stayed apart from Sandry In certain dillidence This wss hslra tn her rears and her anxiety. She went back to her work with re newed vigor She waa happier here in this wild country than sbe bad ever been in her life filled with the excitement of Fame that lured and fuove Arcade Ptecw. New Vork City. New Tnrv that beckoned, and. so sbe s June I. I. Jamea B Whlihv. nf it.e able tn capture both 1 hen one day an Incident took Cnti Htanda'-- Corpef and Zln- pret.i empai.. al:riatd. all down lo write what I lie place that caused ber to see that she lieve will be my laet word en e.nn tu ii at let blrn feel the steel beneath Ibe The telephone wire have hwn cut. mv man I away fnr the nlai.i. and I am en- velvet As usual, she sat tn the golden after-nootirety alone tn the a rip of one of my re of heart trouble, but mv on the earn porch, ber work for currenl tta-kbrain ta lnoimaiy lear I t.ronahl and Handre last evening from biiemese aI.fi, f.r (he dayon being over, the lowest step, hia eltn.w or II In wtlle lounged reaeon known t mvetf-e- ll point" Miss a o' of blah denomination At one o'clora this mirht I looked up l hi a nan, a iina mat. fere a plaint if "V"i n.av mm who waa unmaaked I ml ivt "f be patlenl." be aald n a imk ith n. Then f.Mi.ad e.l.i eiithrd i Into ttie arceteet ratfe of tti l!fe-cusitlon ..f eiy nte!i,.ei ai.. n, M. , Hint. Ibe e'al'H.l nil.ln.-- e of ne of waa the e a a a yeutta ibib aii? tfum m yeai in t: r.ia- - attr ni a t -- t Me had H appear f'ji1 I I. ...f, haokrkit. ittf.iueli nr.i- - .o- - t a partner rod Iraf tfia i..n. it il ct.. to me. tatd il H at n. -ntanded Ibe nnw.Pt t tnil n n.t .t aifvn-. e lue ( eni f ".!!.;'; S. I',,' I. : ., I i. s tii mlf l. e v V 1 J ' tt-- Mtaktra wl'O ened to rtfmM lae bti I I ..t-.- .d t a'-- l ai t II- - r m rt 4 - pr-- fn afl-il- r I et A hAL I i ) n-- kept glance mtrerft Mm fatta. lei netrnth i..tt.-men- t aa be anawered fulteat limit of the law f... .- t tie la aa iruly my mitd.-"I'tilil I am able to go to Salem' bad need bla gun. to ftiis I ewewi at.-- t The woman a exquisite cheeks tie til name la- flamed a dull crimson under their rose leaf pitrk the heavy bue of anger-h- ut "There." flnlehed the attortiey -- he she only smiled. letter ended, signed only by the bend "And I cannot help?" she asked wist of death, leaving the greatest cnyster of the tiroes. There was no trace of fully the young man with the pistol Sandry laughed, constrainedly. "I'll have to get him myself." be "There has been found no trace cd reiterated, "and I can't fight biro with the immense bundle of banknotes aa my flit- - though, by heaven. I d like (here could be found no record of (heir o'" numbers nof any word of where Mr At that moment Slletr earne around Whitby got them There bas been 'he coMi- -r of the house and Handrv found nothing, aa all the world knows yea ft,i 10 her a belpleaaly aa the Ibe estate bas employed tbe best de needle to the north and In them ram tectlve talent of tbe country to do Instantly an expression of wistful ssd avail There are no true cluea. opln Beas tons or theories. All are false wbea That look sent a cold chill to (he applied." With lightning rapidity Miss Ord passionate heart of Poppy Ordway and In a flash she made a decision The way had been following the attorney s danger In 8'lets was drawing neat, reading in shortbsnd In the red ool he knew, though Sandry blmself was book. unaware of II "Ah!" she aald with s breath of "So Its going to be fight?" h satisfaction, "that Isexcellentl r:cel thought, while a sick tage burrled ber lent and it closes the first matter of hit b I spoke. Now for the aecond." breath: 'all right! I guess III have She amlj 4 Into Mr Farnsworth to ue all my power " "Walter." she said suddenly "I to eyes In her own bewltr hmg manner a sbe (old th small lie. for thre were going eat tomoirow." iBauua'.ie be turned upon ber. search do two ma ters po ablcb sbe bad item. "Widening eyes aroused Interest-abnorma- l. Fingers tapping the table-a- tari led nerve No suspicion, but aa tonishnient at so unique colncl dence " Aloud she was going on: "Suppose my hero in be a modern man of average good principles, could be bring himself lo steal back deliberately an amount etial lo. or compensating for. the amount stolen from him. and not irt,iiler himself a criminal Could be c out among men with bla bead up, not deeming himself a thief? And would (be modern man of average honor do stub a Ihing" Miaa Ordway wss leaning forwsrd. seemingly ahaorbed in her problem, her rjea on fandry's face, where con were struggling flirting expresaint, toi the niaater 'Ifi a moment'" she was saying to -r as a bound; "in a mo-oi.eraeif ii! he sill commit himself!" for th irirrit. bine glance of the young owner .sef d a hit. he otied Ma Hps, shut his hand upon the oilcloth and bis Jaw hardened wltb tautened muscles ' No! He wouldn t be a thief thai onid h the r'thl law." Fiery nerve in Mis Ordway a body tuiii-ethough there was no outward sign, aa (he tension that had been growing (Ktween them snapped with the voiie of Siletz the girl bad stopped on the fsr Sid of the room, unnoticed by etther, and now she stood leaning forward with her tiatde upon Ibe (able, her braids fisnging beside them Tbe shadow of hef psrted hair wss oef her eye Mis Ordwsy fingers crawled into to indict hr paim rigid withIbisa desire uninvited blun bodily pain upon Hut Siletz wss of tbe wilder deref pes and she did not know she had She knew committed a faux pas only thst she bsd become absorbed In the exigent iew of Ibis mylhtral man confronted by so grave problem and she spoke as unconsciously a a child. With a deep breath exhaled slowly as if a swimmer drew in tweet air, Sandry lifted his eye to hef. The right lawl" he Bald. "Yew w lets Is man would do right. And it If he had an Incentive great enough even sane man of today with the aversce honor. And h would hold up his head If he waa of tbe strength to do the thing at all." Mis Ordway sat at For a lent, retarding blm Intently. tood'" she said at last. "bn yow think I may go on without danger of overdrawing my rbsractefT" K- d'-- I e t "There," finished the Attorney, "the Letter Ended." foor and his hat pulled low over his eyes, gsrlhg down (be valley sound Presently (here rsme rhythmic sound, at first far off then coming nearer, the rolling thunder of a big horse In full flight, and up from the lowet rollway came black IWilt g'eaming dark, splendid. As If she were part of him. Sileit rode, away Ing with her loose motion (hat always suggested the very drunkenness of In ber arm she held a great speed. bunch of wild bleeding bean a. their brilliant crimson splashing gorgeously along her olive throat, where the bie shirt lay open a bit. Wltb slight pressure of knee and heel the girl the grest black borse directly at (he steps of the norrh As he came on Mis Ordwsy sprang nr wltb a little scream, overturning ber tbaif. H it Fandry sat unflitichirg on on the art 1 LM i Superintendent County Infirmary Thomas Vlekers. County Physicians Drs. Rees, Dr. Steele Bailey, Jr. III '! :! EAST MUNICIPAL FICERS. OF- COUNTY NEPHI CITY OFFICERS. eft Vsj. .vs. tT.-W- J Mayor Alma Hague. A. II. Councilnien Belliston, 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 Jas. B. Riches. Quarantine Physician Dr. . T. D. Rees. Building Inspector I. H. Grace. Chief of Fire Department N. A. V. Neiliion. Superintendent Miss Ordway Waa Talking Slowly. J. Gowers. stand. Then, auddenly, she covered face with ber bands and shuddered. "If I should blunder!" she gasped, "my God! It I should tall to win him after all! Oh, Walter, Walter heart ber flushed of my heart!" D. ot Water Works Members of Board of Health Dr. T. Rees, Alonzo Ingram, Wm. G. Orme. Sexton C. E. Bigler. LEVAN TOWN. President Board of Trustees (TO BE CONTINUED. A. Alms Dalby. Trustees M. W. Mangelson, S. P. ONE OF BLOODSHED Taylor. Alex Peterson, George Nellson. Marshal Neils Mortenson. Justice of the Peace Neils Schow. Record of Serbia Has Been a ContinuHealth Officer Henry llendrickson. ous Tale of Atrocity and Wronga Juab District Board of Education It Waa Powerless to Avenge. I. II. Grace. President; J. E. Taylor, A. P. Paxman, Clerk; The characteristics of no people In W. C. Andrews, Treasurer, and John Europe are probably so little known T. Kay. to the world at large as those of Serbia. Tbe Serbians are a primitive EAST COUNTY PRECINCT OFFIpeople with strong passions and InCERS. spired ss are all primitive people by the clan spirit. Tbe vendetta and Monj. blood feud prevail among them. Of Justice D. O. Young. tbe eeven Serbian princes who have Health Officer N. V. Ellertson. ruled the land since the beginning of Nephi. the nineteenth century the first. Justice J. S. Cooper. was murdered; th secConstable H. T. Knowles. ond. Prfrtce M.'.osh. was expelled; the Health Officer Dr. T. D. Rees. third. Prince Michael, was murdered; Levan. the fourth. Alexander Karageorge-vltcJustice E. W. Peterson. bad to abdicate; the fifth. King Constable Richard Iverson. Milan Obrenovttch. waa expelled; tbe sixth. King Alexander I. was murModern Woodmen of America No. dered; the seventh. King Peter, the present ruler, has spent much of bis 10,700, meets every Tuesday evening life In exile. Serbia Is a peasant state at Woodman hall. Visiting Woodmen with 'a liberal and progressive consti- welcomed CHARLES STEPHENSON. The national parliament Is tution. Consul. elected by universal male suffrage and J. H. LATIMER. Clerk. a large proportion of the member belongs to tbe peasant class It I a hoI. O. O. K. No. IS meets every Sat, mogeneous nation of Independent farmers It haa been called "the poor urday evening In I. O. O. F. hall. Visman 'a paradise," as there ar Inex- iting brothers cordially invited to athaustible mineral resources In tbe tend. HERBERT ROBERTS, N. O. mountains, but Serbia haa been less JOHN S. COOPER. Secretary. explored than tbe most remote part of tbe L'nited States. LATTER-DASAINTS' MEETINGS. Painting With Mrbrushes. Painting and varnishing of large Sundsy School. 10:30. South ward surfaces Is now being successfully ac- at High School building; Nephi ward means of airbrushes, at Tabernacle; North ward at meetcomplished by which send the liquid paint In a bug ing house. M. I. A. Sunday. 7 p. tn. South apray all over the object At a trig furniture factory In New Ward High School building; Nephi ward at Tabernacle; North ward al York thev place a chair upon a revolthouse. a galvanized Iron meeting ing plHtlorm under Primary South ward every Tuna-dahood, in tbe back of which ia an elo-triat Tabernacle; N'ephl every Frl fan drawing the air out Into an day at Tabernacle; North ward al hue. .nd In the lop of which ar electric lamps In front of reflector. meeting house every Friday. Priesthood meeting every Monday The painter stands with an object that looks like pistol In bis hand This Is evening at the Tabernacle and North the airbrush, which la attach" d to a ward meeting house. Relief Society South ward first and tube leading from a tank In which lb in each nionb at I hird paint Is under "0 pounds of pressure p. m. Thursday Nephi ward first and third furnished by t dynamo and Is kept conIn each month. North Wednesday stantly stirred On press. ng the, trig- ward first and third Thursday In each a a like showthe projected ger paint month, at respecdvo meeting house er bath all ever tbe chair o-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Have Something to Say. Robert W. Chambers gave this adSunday school at 10:30. vice to the beginner some yesre ago. says the Strsnd. and tt boldi good today: ' Have something to say and learn by epertence bow to aay IL The ImI some-thinportant thing, to b su to say. Tbe trouble with most people Attorney at Law Notary who try to write stories Is that they Public Next, have nothing lo 'rite bout. 1 and 2 Ostler llldf. don I talk about it. lo IL A writer can Office In Rooms. own market. make bla "It Is the only way to do. Writ what appeals to you. and find a publisher who will take It. Don t go to Meadqusrttrs fer Traveling Mm. a publisher and ask blm what be blm want Mske IcgaaUy appelated I reota aU wrat have yon wants tkm. steam heat, hatha to. Oa o offer If It la the real thing yon lock aovtb sad oa a aat mt swart wont bave much difficulty. Ton win avoua. Pfcoa 22. break into (rinf with our Drat efHISTORY h. Ordwsy wss talking slowly a If thinking carefully and no one listening would have suspected (hat the words she uttered were purely mechanical, having been written out and memorised that afternoon, and that her mind waa busy with a different set of ideae In fact, this waa what she set ;;.lnklng. tabulating rapidly of District. District Judicial Judge, Kirth JOMhua Greenwood. Attortiey Ii. 11. Ryan. W. Cook. Stenographer State Senator J It. Edgbleli. Lawrenc State Representative Blacken. U. 8. Kxperi In Charge Experiment Station Mr. Jones. County, County Commlsslonera P. J. Fen. v. nell, J. Whltmore, Perry B. Fuller Clerk Patrick J. Bonner. Recorder Will L. lloyt. Treasurer T. II. G. Parkes. Assessor Ray Newton. Attorney J.' H. McKlilght. . Surveyor V. K. Ekloff. Sheriff Angus R. McDonnell. Judge of Juvenile Court T. II. Burton. Probation officer Jamea E. Mem-mot- i. bone-handle- r-- Twenty minutes later the eminent lawyer walked down with ber to where her runabout waited. As she threaded among the teeming traffic. Poppy Ordway waa saying to herself. "Wilton Sandry, financially aolld. James IX Whitby robbed by a man a young man Just home from a year In Europe, after college, whose rather be bad found bankrupt by un wine speculation of a purtner and the said James U Whitby. And Walter Sandry In the Oregon bills mutters Ruined! And be doe of 'liulned! It Is don not know!' 'Legitimate! legitimately' and 'I am the law this night, Jamea U. Whitby!' Ab me! Waller Walter heart of my heart, fire of my blood you re tbe man wltb the pinto!!" OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. "Unquestionably. t k a lnln BIia 1ririrA,t bae wltlk m fork lying near. "Thanks. Walter," ahe aald at last gently; "I shall go on wltb mora confidence. It la a daring thing to make woman loves my hero do but th htm tn spite of a thousand crimes above and beyond them." Her heart waa beating ao fast that her. white throat fluttered spasmodically at the soft hollow at tbe bas and abe knew that aha took chance. She knew also, as Sandry rose abruptly and left tbe room, that he had felt th steel, tor bla face was gray gain. In the alienee of the little south room she stood long, staring Into the yellow flame of tbe hand lamp on the tJa"" go." "L"m." Miss Ordway waa saying to herself "a year in Europe, alter col lege." , .1 WrttiH n.tt ilur. tv tftld ne lb lite hn!a wM'h W'.tit'l fhe watched him with narrowed trrnta me end bifh pr.e.fe p4iiffvi eyes The strange rettceme. the em know do nnl at th. eroins if harraaaed reaerve that bad fallen upon The ltive .f tf n nie mv le eo vttellv Sandry of lale and for which she could nte ... i I not account from bera acter and ter nttla Jen off?" the lowest step, smiling. t'lthln three feet of him Mack Holt lowered his bead, st I hia feet and came to a aplen-distop. Sileti leaned forward and dropped her burden la Saudry's lap. showering him, with the blood of the bleeding hearts She did not look at him. Then they trottej away around the corner to the stied aod Sandry 'a lips tightened p,!"--!: a he gathered up each MBtl'est r?"y of th wood treasure Where the :cvJ back against the wa'.L one hand at her puUir.g throat. M:ss OrJway that tightening of the tip. drvp that c:ae tr.to the man'a wfcie facet, asd her eyes narrowed ara fcarderie4 l:ke a cat a Ttat e til aa cats n t tn to tha eatir.g rwisx "Walter," ae Mia. i a 'stuck' tn the eatdii of a rt.f!rr Will thi gu -over a lew T.rc e and git n.e .t; the bene St of a car. He sttilei "I'm afraid mirse .11 n.M e of much a tfcy are you are acccmrt. tut welcome to xt.iK." "They will ar.er." Mid Miss Ord way. "a wiMr.an cacaot write from herfce must write from self for nrien roan to man. Ill bring toy manuscript out here." And turning, ahe went from him to tbe sanctuary of tbe little south room When ahe returned ahe carried band ful of closely typewritten pages. TJjey drew up one of the pine benches, spread out the manuscript between the catchup bottles and aat down together. Instantly wltb the touch of the shifting sheets In ber finger Miss Ordway aeemed to drift away from the personal. She became detached, absorbed, swallowed up In tbe thrall of work and Sandry had a feeling of what such a work must mean to one. "Now aee." she aald, half excitedly, "here Is the point about which i am a trifle In doubt. Hut I will bare to sketch the situation for you so you can get a grip on it." She turned toward him, spreading out flat on the paper one exquisite hand. Among ber other hidden vanities. Poppy Ordway cherished an, Inordinate pride In there bands of hera and ahe knew their value and their potency to the last atom. With an unconscious appreciation Sandry now looked down at It where It spread acros tbe page. Unconsciously, too. his mlud caught a shadowy comparison tbe memory of the slim hands of the girl Sik-tHut she waa speaking and he looked again. "Now suppose my hero Is confronted with a man his friend. H happens who. In tbe plausible and unimpeachable methods of modern business, bas calmly become possessed of my hero a wealth. There la no possible way of touching the swindler, for it bas been done in a manner that Yet givea It the seeming of legality. tbe victim knows In bis heart that tbe other Is a thief. Now here I my sought Intelligence, but one only and that of so gigantic and uncertain a nature that ahe felt as If she were handling dynamite which might explode any moment. However, tbe air of finality with which aba folded the notebook and thereby seemed to dismiss tbe great Whitby mystery deceived that shrewd arid fur buclug man. Farusworth. blm mcM-i.e- x e el-bau- Thos. H. Burton FORREST HOTEL e-- fort.' Un:l -- Ptlence ef it keep ain't I DONT BORROW Eben. One," aald Unci a man workin'. much good ef It keep to a crap him Kbeix. Hut It stick-I- gam." Daily Thought. He (bat will not reason I bigot: he that cannot reason la a ford, and reason not a be that dares Uit W. Drvrnroond. 1 ia. Th. Time from youf nnghbot when you can get it lot le than Three Cents Per Week |