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Show THE TIMES-NEW- NEPHI. UTAH. S. a very heavy to pay his father's life! Well ejeo "Did my father bring a native servant with him a man named Gunga?" he asked dispassionately. "No," the other replied. "He was And now the score was one nis Ancient Queens With all their fabled wealth, never had more than is here for your selection and within your reach in price. FOU NMD I6ft MAKERS OF JEWELRY SALT LAKC J alone." Wallen nodded. "What else Is there to tell me?" "Not much but what you can guess," Laynton said. "I ran down through the Makassar strait and made for the nearest port on that list Pofoi here. Your father had paid me for f, the three months, and if I say It when I make a bargain I stick-t- o it. If I could find you Inside the three months I was going to do it. 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In Olden nt -- YOUR FATHER'S DEAD." first Wallen, Synopsis Stacey mate of the bark TJpolo, In the eea. Is the sole survivor of the crew, all victims of yellow fever. Ting Wah, Chinese sailor, last man to die, tells Wallen he and five other Chinamen were sent aboard by "Drink-Hous- e Sam," notorious character of Singapore, to kill him. This recalls to Wallen an incident of his childhood which seems connected with the confession. While delirious, Wallen enters In the ship's log: the fact of his death and abandons the vessel in a small boat. Wallen's boat drifts to the island of Arm and a Scottish trader there, MacKnight, cares for him. Learning that a ship is in port on the other side of the Island, twenty miles away, Wallen, though Unfit for the task, starts to reach it, but falls exhausted on the trail. There he Is found by a man and woman whoare from the ship he was trying to reach. Mott, first mate, and Helen MacKay, a passenger. They convey him to the vessel. The ship proves to be a small tramp steamer, the Monleigh, Capt. Laynton. Java CHAPTER III 4 Continued. . A curious custom was prevalent In France during the sixteenth and centuries. Anyone who found It necessary to liquidate his affairs was obliged to wear a green cap a humility to himself and a warning to " It was a little strange. Ships like the Monleigh weren't in the habit of indulging in expensive luxuries of that description ! His brows gathered for a moment ; and then, with a shrug of his shoulders, he walked forward others. to the captain's cabin under the Those who made a hobby of getting bridge and knocked. rid of their Indebtedness by way of "Come in !" bawled a voice gruffly. the bankruptcy court should at all Wallen entered to face the little costs steer clear of China. Bankman with the thin face and queer ruptcies are almost unknown In that eyes he promptly modified "queer" country, as they entail immediate exby "evasive" now that he recognized ecution. as the captain. 1 A similar drastic punishment used "Hello !" exclaimed the captain in to be meted out to delinquent in suddenly altered tones. "If it ain't Japan. Mr. Wallen! And on your pins alTo come nearer home, one need only ! But sit ready! Well, I'll be go back to a little before the Act of down! Sit down!" He waved W alien Union to find that debtors In Scotto a seat on the locker and pushed land were obliged to wear garments forward the bottle and glass that were of diverse colors, a suit' of gray and on table. "Sit down, Mr. Wallen, the common. most yellow being the and help yourself!" In Slam, a man unable to meet his Wallen shook his head as he seated liabilities was put in chains and comhimself. pelled to work as a slave for his cred"Thanks just the same," he said; itor. Should he escape, his wife, chilstill sticking to quinine." dren, father or other relative were "but I'm "Quinine, eh?" repeated the other. seized In his stead. "Yes, of course I Yes right youuare! At one time bankrupts were considWell" he poured a glass for himKng-lanered criminal offenders even in As a matter of fact, certain self "here's to you, and just as hearty cases of fraudulent bankruptcy have If I drink alone. And I'll add, Mr. Incurred the death penalty In this Wallen, that it's to the rummest ever I've known in my country. Any concealment of books meeting that "or the secreting of property by a life!" Wallen watched the man's neat dis debtor wns so punished. Under this law a man called John Perrot was posal of four fingers, leaned back on the locker, swept his eyes around the hanged In 1761. London ' Ttt-BH- s. We have in this vie n piano, also latest cinity used but in permodel player-pianfect conditioo, practically new, which we will sell at an attractive figure and on practically their own te.rms, to FOR. SALE high-grad- rather than ship responsible parties, ' bmk. Write today to Consolidated Music Co., 13 to 19 Kast First South City, Utah. St., Salt ' broke lod'.'e became to me n second home; and I have no happier memory than of hours spent there by the side of one who had played bat. trap and ball with Charles Fox: had hern traveling companion of I.nrd Holland; hnd corresponded with Tom Moore, de bated with Frnncls Jeffrey, and ,Tn"d with Portor I'nrr: had visited Mel rose abbey In the company of Sir Waller Scott, and criticized the nctlnjr of Mrs. Siddons ; had conversed with Napoleon In his seclusion nt Ellin, and hod ridden with the duke of Welling ton along the linos of Torres Vedras O. W. E. Russell. Almost Univercal Symbol. The swastika symbol lias been found depleted on tombs nt Hlssarllk. near mic'ent Troy; on Buddhistic Inscriptions In India, in Etruscan necropolises, on coins of Gaza and Corinth; on rock carvings In Sweden, and on Celtic stones in Britain. In America In times. It wns In common use by the aborigines. Ponon de Coron. Few persons besides Chinese traders ' visit the forbidding shores of Penon de Coron. The rugged beauty of Its towering cliffs, with their dark and Jagged outlines against the southern sky, Is lost upon the natives, ho see them only as a source of revenue. By twinging from ropes or climbing ladders they scour these rocks for the tiny nesta from which are concocted the famous bird nest soup. These tiests they sell to oriental traders by thousands, who come regularly to barter for this delicacy, of Chinese fare. rock-bou- "Captain Laynton Mark Laynton." cabin, oiid, suddenly looking up nt the cnptnln again, Intercepted a furtive glance thnt the other wns stealing at him over the rim of his glass. "That ever I've known," said the captain hastily as his eyes dropped. "There'll be a lot to say to each other, Mr. Wallen." "Yes," Wallen agreed. "I'll confess I'm puzzled on several points, Captain Lnynton, Isn't it? I'm not sure I caught the name correctly when Miss MncKay Introduced us. "Thnt's right," said the other. Captain Laynton Mark "Laynton. Laynton." "Well, Captain Laynton," said Wallen, "your reference to our meeting being a rum one only leaves me a little more up In the air. I can understand, of course, that you might have heard of the Upolo being missing or reported lost; but I can't understand how you knew I was on her or, knowing that, what Interest yon could have in me." Captain Laynton laughed a little In a constrained way. "J didn't know anything about the those trading stations, he couldn't during reach you by mail or cable; but I bark's loss until I put in here yester made sure it was something mighty day and heard ftoere was a survivor important and I thought you'd know from her on the other side of the what it was." island but I knew about you fast It was almost an interrogation, put enough." naturally, nonchalantly enough save He paused, shot a swift, restless for a trace of eagerness In the man's glance at Wallen, then began to pace, hones that was not entirely disguised. three steps one way, three steps the "I haven't the slightest Idea," said other, up and down the narrow cabin. Wallen smoothly. n It, man P he said abruptly, "D "You haven't?" Laynton's eyes for "I've got bad news for yon. Your once fixed steadfastly. "Well, that's father's dead!" laueer! A man don't go to the ex For a moment Wallen neither pense of chartering a snip like tms moved nor spoke. It was difficult to without a pretty good reason, grasp the full significance of ther, "I dare say my father knew, sug words. His father dead! gested Wallen quietly. Then briskly: What did this man, with "The question now is: What are you the little black eyes that always re- going to do, captain?" fused to meet one's own, who was "Why?" said Captain Laynton, "I tramping nervously now up and down thought I'd made that plain enough. a little cabin on a rusty tramp When I make a contract I keep it. It's thin-face- the war c a package 2) NOW THE FLAVOR LASTS SO DOES THE PRICE! and" d steamer here in the Java sea, at the other end of the world, know of his father, who never left the four walls of that lonely gray stone house in Cal ifornia? ''What do you know about my father?" he found himself speaking in a quiet voice. Captain Laynton stopped Impulsively in front of his table, pulled the drawer open, took out a sheet of paper and handed it to Wallen. "You'll get the drift of this yourself, I guess," he ventured. Wallen stared at the paper, at first with curious bewilderment and then, with the sudden flash of .comprehension, he was on his feet. It was a list of the ports of call scheduled for the Upolo on her last voyage ports of call that she had never made. "What does this mean?" he demanded In a low voice. "How did you come by "Your this?" father gave It to me," the captain answered. "And now, if you'll just listen for a minute, I'll give you the whole story, and you'll 3ee for yourself. First I might as well tell you, though, that I own this sttlp. Well, I was in Honolulu light, you understand when your father came aboard one evening and offered to charter me for a three months' cruise down here. He made the price right, paid the money down in advance, and I closed with him. "He gave me the list of ports, and said his son was on a trading bark called the Upolo, and that he wanted to get track of him as soon as possible, and offered an extra bonus for all hands if we made a quick job of it. That's all I know about the reason for the cruise. Well, to cut a long story short, we started away, and were down just south of the line when the accident happened. "Your father was alone down in his cabin. We heard a shot, rushed below, and, thinking it strange that he didn't show up- - in the excitement, called to him but got no answer. Well, we burst in his cabin door and found him dead across the bunk." "You mean," said Wallen through tight lips, "that he committed sui- NSISTED Wns yes. But that his death was accidental the background of his father's lifi the recent attempt upon his own life I His brain was working in flashes. This man Laynton repelled him. An accident never! There was no room for doubt "never go to the East" It was not an accident his father had been murdered on this ship. And then suddenly he swallowed hnrd. was to nave him that his father d the Monleigh and come East; fur, according' to that list of ports, his father somehow had been In touch with his movements, somehow had known the danger he was in, nndt trying to avert it, had been mur- It chw-ere- dered himself. A cold, merciless passion swept upon him. Someone on this ship was the murderer. Was It this man here? What was at the bottom of it all? It was a long arm of vengeance that reached to that gray stone house in California, that reached to Singapore, to this ship, to that sweltering, plague-strickebark where, slrnngelj enough, he alone had lived n 1 Pathers Papers." Mon-leigh- truth? That his father had chartered the Monleigh and sailed with her had Are Your up to you, Mr. Wallen. There's still say, a matter of two months before 's that charter expires, and the yours until it does in your cide?" "No. Wait!" Captain Laynton shook his head. "It wasn't that. God knows how it happened! The thing went off that's all. Ne was cleaning one of those patent automatic pistols. "There was a bottle of oil, a cleaning rag, and a wire swabbing brush on the floor. And" Laynton poured himself another glass from the bottle, gulped it down, and wiped his lips with the back of his hand "well," I'm trying to give it to you in a few words we buried him at sea of course." Wallen turned his back and stared out of one of the forward portholes down onto the dirty foredeck. Wns the man lying? Was he telling the Lord John Russell. During the years of my uncle's retirement I wns much more In h's company than had been possible when I was a schoolboy and he wns foreicn secretary or prime minister, rem c a package father's place. That's square, isn't it?" Wallen hesitated thoughtfully. On the face of it it was both square and honorable. He began to wonder if he had misjudged the man. And yet, instinctively, In spite of that, there seemed something specious even in the honesty that appeared to underlie the other's motives. He had reason enough to distrust every soul on board a ship where he was morally certain his father had been murdered ! Two months If he accepted the captain's offer. If he had only something to work on ! Something! Yes, he had something. Drink-Hous- e Sam of Singapore! Captain Laynton spoke again: "Look here I" he said in almost hurt tones. "I can't make you any fairer proposition than that. Can I?" "No," said W.tllen instantly, his mind made up. "And I'll accept your offer, captain, and thank you heartily for It." "Good!" returned Laynton promptly. "Well, with that settled, what's the sailing orders? We've got steam up and can get away any minute you say the word." "Then by all means get away at once!" be laughed easily. "And" he hesitated "let's see! I guess you'd better shape up for Singapore. Yes, call it Singapore for a starter." "Right !" answered Laynton. "SingWait a min apore it is I But here ute, Mr. Wallen." He hurried to a small iron safe that was built l. under his bunk, opened it," and returned with a bulky manila envelope, which he handed to Wallen, "These are your father's papers," he explained. "I collected them to gether- - and put them away for safe ON QUICK ACTION This Father About as Sensible as Many , ,Who Expect Winders, From Cor-- , respondence School. Henry P. Davison was talking about the numerous correspondence courses in five lessons each lesson to be mastered in one evening over the after-dinncigar which tench a man how to become a Napoleon of finance. 'You can't learn to be a Napoleon of finance or anything else so easily," he said. "These courses remind me of the man who brought his son to the school of mines and growled: " T want you to learn this here boy to be an expert minin' engineer, but I don't want him to waste look his time over a lot of book nonsense about strata and denudations, and don't bother him with minerology and crystals, neither. What I want him to learn is how to find gold and silver and copper In payln' quantities payln' quantities, mind you and I'll call for him and put him in to work Monday a week.' " Somewhat Slighted. "After all," remarked Methuselah, "ray long life has been a good deal of a failure." "Merely because you kept out of politics?" "No. But It ..does seem to me that I've been at least entitled to an occasional interview as to whether or not I attribute my longevity to abstinence from strong drink and tobacco." The . Reason. Is successful - one "Not every that takes "Oh, la work." motion-pictur- e reel acting." Sir in Tnrtiirpii ti Tin' men babies bleep AfterCuticura! it n j. oat - each free of ' ' 6attcart, Sampla ffr Wi oc Dapt. a nap a avt E, r.iMiM Bert." IS Nothing Doing There. Noiselessly, but with all his might. the burglar tugged away at I he dress- ing table drawer. In vain. It refused to open, lie tugged again. "Give It another jerk," said a voice behind him. The burglar turned. The owner of the house wns sitting up in bed and looking at him with an expression of the deepest Interest on his face. Caused "Jerk It again. There's a lot of valuable property In that drawer, but we haven't been able to open It since Acid-Stoma- ch the damp weather began. If you enn pull it out I'll give you a handsome How can anyone with a "our, gassy royalty on everything that's " has who Sm constantly belching:, But the burglar hnd disappeared stomach, heartburn ana Buffers from indigestion have a bad breath? All of these but through (he window, taking part of anything stomach disorders mean Just one thing the sash with him. Pearson's Weekly. BATON I C, the wonderful new itomics remedy In pleasant t anting tablet form that eat Ilka a. bit of candy, brings quick you How's This? from thse stomach miseries. BATON-1We offer (100.40 for any case of catarrh relief sweetens the breath because It makes the that cannot be cured by HALL'S stomach sweet, cool and comfortable. Try It keeping. MEDICINE. for that nasty taste, congested, throat and "Thank you," said Wallen gravely. CATARRH HAUL'S CATARRH MEDICINE Is tak- "heady feeling" after too much smoking. If neglected. He stepped out onto the deck. 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"Yes, any number of them, mid two to see how much better you will feel juet as Mr. Mott! Hey, Mr. Mott!" soon as you begin taking this wonderful men mother that charming perfectly stomach officer second emerged And as the remedy. Get a big t0 cent bos and father both objected to." from your druggist today. Ht will retura from the chnrtroom, just abaft the your money If you ars not satisfied. bridge and directly over the captain's Both Ways. cabin: "We'll get under way at once, "You backed the wrong horse." Let me know when she4s up and ."Then I front ruin." Baltimore down." American. to Wallen. "Wireless, He turned you said? Oh,. yes; H's that blasted PARKER'S It Is no crime to be poor unless the new American law can t trade In word Is to singers. Hair applied A toilet STOparftttoai of merit) American ports without it now, you Helps to eradicate dandruff. Fes Raalaelrie Color smmI know." . Ssaflsu. IfftTX lest Irfrnass. -- Keen vour Erea ftewty WCray tax! 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