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Show THE TIMES-NEW- NEPHI. UTAH. S, No. 80. Act like a man with brains. I said I would square myself with yon III Author of 3 half-millio- Grauitark." "The 1 By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON .ut" CHAPTER XVIII "You Continued. Sixty miles lay between them and tunate juncture. He made the mis- Crowndale. Tommy Gray guaranteed take this one," said Barnes, take of his life. Ugo jumped back into that the distance could be covered in "and I will manage the other." He was in a hurry to get away from the house. There was no telling when the government agents would descend upon Copyright bj Dodd, Head and Company, lam. "Nicholas butted in at this unfor- the place. Barnes helped Peter to lift the trunks into the car and then ordered him to start at once for Hart's Tav- ern. "You can return later on for your things," he said. "I got 'em tied up in a bundle in the1 garage, Mr. Burns," he said. "Won't take a second to get 'em out." He hurried around the corner of the house. A dry, his room. In less than a second he was out again. He landed squarely on Nicholas' back as the fellow turned to escape. I saw the steel flash. Poor old Nick went down in a heap, letting out a horrible yell. Ugo dragged him into the room and dashed back into his own. A moment later he came out There was again, yelling for help. only one thing left for me to do and that was to get out on the roof if possible, and wait for things to quiet down. I got out through a trap door and stayed there for an hour or so. "Well, to shorten the story, I finally took a chance and slid down to the eaves where I managed to find the limb of a tree big enough to support me Just as if the Lord had ordered it put there for my special benefit. I was soon on the ground, and that meant safety for me. I had heard Ugo tell the others that Nicholas said the man who stabbed him was yours truly. Can you beat it? "And now comes the maddening part of the whole business. He said that the crown jewels were gone ! The thief was running downstairs when he staggered to the door. If we are to find the crown jewels, my friend, we will first have to find Prince Ugo. He has them." "I don't believe a word of this yarn," said Barnes flatly. "Yon have the jewels and " "Look here, Mr. Barnes, I'm not goyou again. That's ing to double-cros- s all over. I want to get that scurvy dog who knifed poor old Nick. If you can give me a lead, I'll try to run Prince Ugo down. And if I do, we'll get the jewels." "We? You amuse me, Sprouse." "Well, I can't do any more than give my promise, my solemn oath, or something like that. I can't give a bond, you know. I swear to you that If I lay hands on that stuff, I will deliver It to you. Might just as well trust me as Ugo." "Get In the oar," said Barnes suddenly. He had decided to take a chance with the resourceful, Indefatigable rascal. There was something convincing about Sprouse's version of the affair at Green Fancy, Barnes told him that he knew of Prince Ugo's fight. Sprouse looked thoughtful for a long time. "So O'Dowd knows that I really was after the swag, eh? He believes I got it?" "I suppose so." "The only one who thinks I'm absolutely innocent is Ugo, of course and Mrs. Van That's good." Dyke. Sprouse smacked his lips. Tve got a pretty fair idea where I can find Mr. Loeb. It will take a little time a couple of days, perhaps but sooner or later he'll turn up in close proximity to the beautiful baroness." quiet chuckle fell upon Barnes' ears. He glanced about In surprise and alarm. No one was in sight. "Look up, young man," and the startled young man obeyed. His gaze halted at a window on the second story, almost directly over his head. Mr. Sprouse was looking down upon him, his sharp features fixed in a sardonic grin. "Well, I'll be d !" burst from Biirnes lips. "Surprised to see me. eh? If you're not in a hurry, I'd certainly appreciate a lift as far as the Tavern, old man. I'll be down in a jiffy. Stand aside! I'm going to drop." A moment later he swung over the srll, and dropped lightly to the ground eight feet below. "See, here, Sprouse or whatever your name is " "Better hear me out," broke in Sprouse calmly. "I could drill a hole through you so quickly you'd never know what did it," he went on. His hand was in his coat pocket, and a quick glance revealed to Barnes a singularly impressive angle in the cloth, the point of which seemed to be directed squarely at his chest. "But I'm not going to do it. I Just want to set myself straight with you. In a word, I never got anywhere near the room in which the jewels were hidden. This is God's truth, Barnes. I wasn't the only one who was trying to get the baubles, my friend. It was a game In which only the best man could win." "I know the truth now about Roon j and Paul," said Barnes significantly. "You do?" sneered Sprouse. "I'll bet you a thousand to one you do not. The girl was led to believe that they were a couple of crooks and that they fixed me In that tavern down there. .Isn't that what she told you? Well, that story was cooked up for her special benefit. Roon was the Baron Hed-lunHedlund came up here a week or so ago to keep a lookout for his wife. The baroness is supposed to be deeply enamored of Prince TJgo. He found letters which seemed to indicate that she was planning to Join the prince up here. When he heard of the arrival of a lady at Green Fancy the other afternoon, he got busy. I admit that I am the gentleman who teleCHAPTER XIX. phoned the warning up to the prince. They tried to head the baron and his man off at the cross-roadbut he A Trip by Night and a Late Arrival. Shortly after sundown that evening, the Rushcroft company evacuated Hart's Tavern. They were delayed by the irritating and, to Mr. Rushcroft, unpardonable behavior of two officious gentlemen, lately arrived, who Insisted politely but firmly on prying into the past, present and future history of the several members of the organization, including the new "backer." Barnes had devised a very clever plan for getting Miss Cameron away from the tavern without attracting undue attention. She was to leave in one of the automobiles that he had engaged to convey the players to Crowndale, where they were to "show." In case of detention or inquiry, she was to pose as a stage-struc- k young woman who had obtained a place with the company at the Inst moment through his influence. When the hour came for the departure from Hart's Tavern he deliberately engaged the two secret service men In conversation In the taproom. Miss Cameron left the house by the rear door and was safely ensconced In Peter's automobile long before he shook hands with the and dashed out to join her. Tommy Gray's car, occupied by the four players, was moving away from the door as he sprang In beside her and slammed the "See Here, Sprouie, or Whatever Your door. Name la " Peter's efforts to stay behind Tombent them to It. If there was to be a my's venerable but surprisingly enercar were the cause of many a fight, they didn't want It to happen getic I believe gasp and shudder from the couple who anywhere near the house. sat behind him In the bounding car. Ugo Is the one who got the baron or He had orders to keep back of Tommy Koon, as you know him. Now, that Is but never to lose sight of his tail light. the true story of the little affair. "Are you there V he whispered. "To go back to my own troubles. "Yes. Isn't It jolly, running away When I got out Into the hall night before last, after leaving her room, I like this? It must be wonderfully exa criminal, always dodgheard voices whispering In Prince citing to be " Ugo's room. I beat It up the stairway ing and "Sh ! Even a limousine may have Into the attic. Nothing happened, so 1 sneaked down to have a peep around. ears I" But If the limousine had possessed The door to TJgo'a room was open, but there was no light on the inside. He a thousand ears they would have been came to the door and looked up and rendered useless in the stormy racket down the hall. Then some one else made by Teter's mufller and the thuncome out and started to sneak away. derous roar of the exhaust as the car 1 leave you to guess the sex. got under way. s, "rat-catcher- three hours, even over the vile mountain roads. Ten o'clock would find them at the Grand Palace hotel, none the worse for wear, provided (he always put it parenthetically) they lived to tell the tale ! The luggage had gone on ahead of them earlier in the day. Soon after ten o'clock they entered the town of Crowndale and drew up before the unattractive portals of the Grand Palace hotel. An arc lamp swinging above the entrance shed a pitiless light upon the dreary, Godforsaken hostelry with the ironic name. Miss Cameron was warmly conscious of the thrill that had come into her blood when he carried her up the stairs in his powerful arms, disdaining the offer of assistance from the suddenly infatuated Tommy Gray. "Rehearsal at eleven sharp," an"Letter-perfec- t, nounced Rushcroft. every one of you. No guessing. By the way. Miss- - er 'pon my soul, I don't believe I got your name?""Jonfs," said the new member, shamelessly. Barnes went down to the dingy d electric lobby. A single, bulb shed its feeble light on the desk, in front of which stood a man registering under the sleepy eye of the night clerk. half-hearte- Barnes was turning away when a familiar voice assailed him. Whirling, he looked into the face of a man who stood almost at his elbow the sharp, impassive face of Mr. Sprouse. CHAPTER XX. Has One Treasure Thrust Upon Him And Forthwith Claims Another. "What are you doing here?" demanded Barnes, staring. He seized The First Wayfarer the man's arm and inquired eagerly: "Have you got the jewels?" "No; but I will have them before morning," replied Sprouse coolly. "Would you be surprised if I were to tell you that his' royal nibs is hiding in this town? Well, he certainly is. The Baroness Hedlund has been here for a week or ten days. She goes by the name of Mrs. Hasselweln. I popped down here this afternoon and found out that she is at the sanatorium, but that she expects to leave tomorrow morning. I made another trip out there this evening and waited. About eight o'clock Mr. Hasselwein strolled up. He sat on the veranda with her for half an hour or so and then left. I followed him. He went to one of the little cottages that belong to the sanatorium. I couldn't get close enough to hear what they' said, but I believe he expects to take her away In an automobile early in the morning. It is a seventy-mil- e ride from here to the Junction where they catch the train for the West. I'm going up now to make a call on Mr. Hasselwein. By the way, what is the number of your room?" on the next floor." "Good. Go upstairs now and I'll join you in about ten minutes. I will tap three times on your door." "Why should you come to my room, Sprouse? We can say all that is to be "Twenty-two- said" and with him, too. Well, I've done both. Maybe you think It is easy to n give up this stuff. There is a dollars' worth of nice little things In that box, small as it Is." "I cannot begin to thank you enough," said Barnes. "See here, you must allow me to reward you in some way commensurate with your " "Cut that out," said Sprouse darkly. "I'm not so virtuous that I have to be I like the game. It's the rewarded. breath of life to me." "The time will surely come when I can do you a good turn, Sprouse, and you will not find me reluctant," said Barnes, lamely. "That's different. If I ever need a friendly hand I'll call on you. It's only fair that I should give you a ' tip, Barnes, just to put you on your guard. From now on, I'm a free agent. I want to advise you to put that stuff in a safe place. I'll give you two days' start. After that, if I can get 'em away from you,, or whoever may have them, I'm going to do it. They will be fair plunder from then on. Good for the present. night and good-b- y Stick close to your room till morning and then beat It with her for New York. I give you two days' start, re- "If you will look on the register you will discover that Mr. J. H. Prosser CLOSES A GREAT ! CAREER! NOTED MAGNATE AND PHILANTHROPIST SUCCUMBS AT HIS Ironmaster, 83 Years Old and Invalid Since 1917, Sinks Rapidly After Attack Friday. Succumbs When Pneumonia Follows Cold. Mill-roo- h at heart. BRITISH Away Like men. Then, with infinite caution, Sprouse turned the knob and opened the door a half inch or so. He left the room so abruptly that Barnes never quite got over the weird impression that he squeezed through that slender crack, and pulled it after him ! Many minures passed before he turned on the light. The key of the box was tied to the wire grip. With trembling fingers he inserted it in the "A lock and opened the lid. n dollars' worth of nice little things," Sprouse had said ! He did not close his eyes that night. Daybreak found him lying in bed, with the box under his pillow, a pistol at hand, and his eyes wide open. He was in a graver quandary than ever. Now that he had the treasure in his possession, what was he to do v, :th it? He solved the breakfast problem by calling downstairs for a waiter and ordering coffee and rolls and eggs sent up to his room. Singularly enough the waiter solved the other and more disturbing problem for him. "Some robbery last night," said that worthy. "Feller up In one of the cottages at the sanatorium. All beat up, something fierce they say." 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Burns and Poe and Baudelaire had genius, but it did not bring them any worldly advantage. Beauty, on the contrary, is a key which opens all doors. It shines on the world like the sun, and its influence Is universal. In Emerson's words. It Is "its own excuse for being." To be beautiful Is to be worshiped, idolized, caressed, and adored. The plain, good people may protest against the Injustice of a world which prefers beauty to virtue. But the fact remains. Rochester Post Express. than CONSPIRACY. to Follow Revolu-tionarPropaganda in England. London. At least one important arrest is to follow the details of, a revolutionary conspiracy directed by Len-in- e and Trotzky against the iUnited States, Britain, Japan and Itly, uncovered this afternoon. ; Thousands of books and pvmphlets appealing to the workmen lo revolt against the present government have been circulated In England and Scotland, and many were seized in a raid, news of which did not become public until late Monday. One pamphlet, signed with the names of Lenine, Trotzky and Tchitcherin (the Russian Bolshevist foreign minister), was addressed "to the tolling masses of America, France, Britain, Italy and Japan ; an appeal of the Russian workmen and peasants' soviet government." Arrests "Isn't It Jolly, Running This?" UNCOVER Things HandyPieces or BOYD PARK HOME IN MASSACHUSETTS. Lenox, Mass. In his great mansion overlooking a lake in the beautiful Berkshire, where he sought seclusion when bodily infirmity, overtook him mid his mind was saddened by the entrance of his country into the world war, Andrew Carnegie, Ironmaster and philanthropist, died Monday. Although he had been in feeble health more than two years, his final illness was brief a matter of days. A severe cold developed quickly into bronchial pneumonia, the aged patient lapsed into unconsciousness and the end came as though it was the beginning of a deeper sleep. No ostentation member." He switched off the light suddenly. will mark the funeral of the man who, There was no sound for many seconds, when he began eighteen years ago to save the deep breathing' of the two give away his millions, was reputed to have the second largest private fortune in America. Mrs. Carnegie was at her husband's bedside in the last hour of his life, but he did not revive sufficiently to permit of any sign of recognition. Their daughter, Margaret, who last April married Ensign Roswell Miller, of New York, was notified that it was apparent that the illness would be fatal, and be hurried from her home at N. Y., arriving a few minutes after her father had died. Although Mr. Carnegie, who was in his eighty-fourtyear, had been an invalid since 1917, when he suffered an attack of grippe, the news of his death was a shock to old friends and former business associates. Since his previous illness he had been under the 'are of two nurses. Identified so long with the international peace movement, Mr. Carnegie was eald to have been more severely affected by the world war than most men. It came as a hard blow to him and the cause which he had so close registered here about half an hour ago. He Is in room 30. lie left a call for five o'clock. Well, Prosser is an- Barnes, starting up. The man explained where the cotother name for Ugo. He left the cotwere situated. tage an hour ago. Came in a Jitney or tages "Seems he was to leave by auto I could have got to him on the way early this mornin', and they didn't over." know anything was wrong till Joe of Barnes, regardless consequences, dashed over to Inspect tne register. Keep he's driving a car Mr. Norton has for rent till Joe'd been settin' out Sprouse followed leisurely. "See!" cried Barnes, excitedly, put- In front for nearly half an hour. The was waltin fer him up at ting his finger on the name "Miss man's wife Jones." "She's in room 32 next to the main buildin' and she got so tired his. By gad, Sprouse, do you suppose waitin' that she sent one of the clerks he knows that she Is here? Would the down to see what was keeping her husband. Well, sir, him and Joe dog undertake anything " "You may be sure he dosen't know couldn't wake the feller, so they climb she's here, or you either, for that mat- In an open winder, an by gosh, Joe ter. The country's full of Joneses and says it was terrible. The feller was Barneses. Go on upstairs. Leave layln' on the bed, feet an' hands tied and gagged, and blood from head to everything to me." He was inconscious, Joe says, Barnes bad been In bis room for foot. how his wife took on I an' twenty minutes before he heard the Joe my God, says he couldn't stand it, so he He it on and bis door. opened tapping snook out, shakin' like a leaf." Sprouse slid into the room. The In"Is Is the man dead?" cried behind closed stant the door him, he Barnes, aghast. threw open his coat and coolly pro"Nope! Seems like It's nothing seriduced a long, shallow metal box, such ous: just beat up, that's all. Terrible as one finds in safety vaults. cuts on his head and " "With my compliments," he said "What time did all this happen box Into Barnes' dryly, thrusting the "Doc Smith Aggers It was long about counhands. "You'd better have the midnight, Judgln' by the way the blood tess check them up and see if they're co'gulated." all there. I am not well enough ac"Did they get away with much?" quainted with the collection to be "Haven't heard. Seems as though positive." must ha been more'n one the He could of burglar Barnes was speechless. satisfied with I 'em, say at this crackln' him overwasn't only stare, the head. He stuck amazing inun. the point of a knife or something Into "My God, Sprouse, have you been him Just a little way, Joe says In saw since room I in that man's you more'n a dozen places. What soy?" down " "I I didn't say anything." "All you have to do Is to keep quiet "1 thought you did. Well. If I hear and look Innocent. Stay out of the hall more I'll let you know." anything near Don't the door of go tonight. (TO BE CONTINUED.) open-mouthe- CARNEGIE y Chicago Stockyards Employees Return Chicago. Striking employees of the packing plants at the stockyards returned Monday after the last of the police guards had been withdrawn by Chief Oarrlty, in accordance with an agreement reached last Saturday. Every plant was snid to be In full operation for the first time in more than a week. Officials of the stockthey yards labor council declared unionwould continue their efforts to ize all the packing house employees Meteorite of Great Age. Meteorites of Indicated great age are conspicuous by their absence from museum collections, and it Is suggested that such specimens may disintegrate and disappear from the rocks within a relatively short time after Two Automobilists Dead in Accident. falling. . The British museum, however, has Hubert Colorado Springs. Coin. Stevens of Jewell county, Kansas, and lately acquired a slice of somewhat Miss Tressle Wiggingtou of Brighton. lrss than a pound from a meteoric Colo., were killed and Hugh Lewis of' Iron that Is believed to represent an ancient fail. The slice is from one Hreenvlll, K, nnd Mr. Henry M. of two similar masses that were found Tones and "son, Keith, of Danville, 111., were seriously Injured, and Mrs. W. H. In January, 1005, within a few miles of Dawson, Klondike, and that, from Cobb and daughter. Kowenn, of Green-biirtheir position deep In the oldest gravhurt were less Kan., seriously els of the district, are thought to hare n large touring rested there early, Monday, when since the Pliocene age or PhanIn car in which they were riding before. tom crnnyon plunged off the road and From his study of the original specInto n creek below. imens In the museum of the geological survey at Ottawa, It. A. A. JohnStrawberries Join High Living Cost. son has concluded that they are part collected Harrlsburg, Pa. Figures of a single meteoric shower of Terby tne bureau of statistic, state detiary time. Newark News. partment of agriculture, show the average price of strawberries In PennsySubmarine Coal Mines. lvania this season was '21 cents a quart. There are many submarine coal deposits off the British Isles, but so far Colorado 1919 Crop Forecast. are not much worked. The tunDenver, Colo. The largest acreage they nels of the mines at Whitehaven exdevoted to crops in Colorado and the tend some four miles from shore under largest total production In the state's the Irish sea, however, and there also 1010 the Is forecast for by ilstory Is some submarine coal mining at crop reporting sernear the Firth of Forth and Bolnes vice, n branch of the United States at Monkwearmanth In Durham. depart input of agriculture. In n report' made public Monday. Is the Converse True? The Chinese have a proverb directed! Communist Decrees Abrogated. against "babblers," for whom they lluimir'im Basel, Switzerland. have a particular aversion. Is It aprnnmtinistM measures abolishing priIn America? "The great vate property hnve been abrogated Iti plicable sound ; the fo.lt bells church rarely new Iliifiuiirfiin a decree Issued by the cask returns no sound." government, according to n dlpnti-from Budapest. Musical Taste. 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