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Show THE TIMES-NEW- NEPIII. UTAH S, ordinary circumstances, and the work that was being pushed bad left no time for anything else. Backfiring was Impossible, for the wind came up the cleared road from the muskeg with hurricane force. Wilton posted bis men along the near side of the way, to beat out the patches of flame ttmt would spring up from the burning brands carried over it by tho f wind. The M, 1 1 111 ' I conflagration came roaring down on them before many minutes ,w had passed. It seemed to gather force as It advanced. The smoke was stifling. They could see one another 'It only dimly In the swirling fog. The line of fire shot through the crackling ferns and undergrowth before them, and reached the edge of the clenred way. Then the workers found themselves surrounded with a ?'- TI ring of flame. The trees and grass J U ." ( were alight behind them. And along tir bllWAHl KIDI) COMPANY- Mr !JKlPfTKH,HI :'.v."'i!' n"'Tir vr'nowr the muskeg edge the conflagration had thrust out gripping tentacles of flame CHAPTER X Continued. "You' 12 "I've fixed It about that safe. We that edged round ajid In toward the "Thai won't do," said Kitty with had a devil of a Job the first, time we engine-shedudden fierceness. "She may come tried. lie's got a deafmute there who Shouting to those nearest him to folback." seems to have eyes lfke a cat, and low. Wilton ran down toward the But when the grade came "She won't. And If she did, and sleeps with them open. Carruthers swamp. went down on her knees to him, he caught Lee Chambers at the window Into sight he saw something that wouldn't look at her." and smashed his nose. And, of course, caught his cry and killed It on his Hps. "Whnt do you mean 7" asked Kitty Chambers' usefulness at the camp is Of a sudden his veins seemed to run ended. However, I've fixed It now. tee for blood. The fire had caught the breathlessly. Bowyer leaned forward again and und a day or two will see us with what trestling and was running along the htepered in her ear. Kitty was as we want, and Carruthers with what he timbers, eating Its way toward the east bank. pale as death. "IIow'll that do for doesn't want." But whnt made him catch his breath you?" he asked triumphantly. "I suppose there's no doubt those s did kill Joe Bostock," sug and clench his fists was this: the fire Kitty rose, trembling. 'I'll stick to my word." she said. "But you're the gested I'hayre, darting a keen look at was moving eastward and yet it could not have started on the west bank, for lowest cur I've ever known, Tom the other. "I guess not," answered Bowyer. here the trestling was completely hidBowyer, and I hope I hope somebody flays you flays the skin off you "Anyway, it's no business of ours how den under the foundation, over which It happened. beforef you've run your course." Quain put everybody the flames could not pass. The fire "I'ir take'' my chance of that," through the mill. Including me. That bad started In the middle of the musshows he's at his wits' end. If a new keg, and bad been started there of grinned Bowyer, as he rose. Kilty sunk back In her chair, her clue comes to band he'll Jump at It, design. htiud over her face. Of a sudden the for the sake of his reputation. By the It was the end of everything. Big abysmal depths ef sin had opened way, Qualn's the man I came In to see Muskeg would remain unspanned after her. Site was tempted to run you about. You've had a talk with all. when Bowyer assumed control. ruwere fire-re- d The engine-house- s after tilfn and call him back. But she hlmr could not stir. It was some time ins, belching up a black, sticky smoke "I saw him yesterday." Rhe forced herself to rise. that clogged the fighters lungs and She "How did he take It?" went to the window. She guessed that "Fine!" said Phayre, rubbing his settled tn fine particles of black dust Itowyer was going to the bank. He hands. "Hook, bait, and sinker. I all over them. Drums of oil and gasowould return that way, and she could could see the flash of Illumination line exploded with the salvoes of arcall Mm In and tell him that she had come Into his eye as the seed began tillery, shooting up streamers of flame Rivulets of Are broke forth to sprout." changed her mind. and streamed through the camp, "You didn't suggest t" Suddenly she started back behind the curtains. Wilton was passing on "No; I'm not quite such a fool as spreading the destruction. The encircling arms of the conflathe other side of the road. lie held that, Bowyer. I spoke to him about his 'head high, yet he walked like a Joe Bostock's Investments, and the gration had thrust their fingers all man who was broken. that he had drawn about them through the forest, whien missing Kitty watched him go by. Her heart out a day or two before his murder. was ablaze In every direction. But was full of pity for htm, for his quix- And I left Quuln to draw his own In- In the open space itself the fire had otic dreams, his foolish faithfulness to ferences. Don't worry! He'll draw been stayed, though hardly anything was left except the kitchens and Joe. The picture that Bowyer had them !" The sheds and engine-bouse- s limned of Molly faded from her mind !" said a "You're Bowyer. "Capital had gone up In a few minutes, under the. brighter glow that came good partner, Phayre, and In a few and now glowed fiercely with an InInto It. days our patience will be rewarded, tense hent, but without flame. The fighters hud done all they CHAPTER XI. I.Ike Wliton, Bowyer had business could do, and that was uothlng. They to transact with I'hayre. He went could do nothing more now, except to Tho Conflagration. to the ank ; It was after hours, bnt s from the rivers Tm going back to work for you, guard the he knew I'hayre would be there, awaitMr. Phayre," Wilton had said when he of blazing oil. Wilton found a few ing him. men and told them to take spades and "Carruthers is in town." said the left the office. And he had meant It. throw up mounds along the courses of Without any further hope of keeping bank president. In order to divert thera. torrents. these he the line for for the resolved, Kitty, 'He in, chT" asked Bowyer, darting The, Ilunkies, mad with drink, gatha keen glance at him. "When did he work's sake, that the day when the control passed Into Bowyer's hands ered in clusters at the doors of the tot In?" s at the men 'Day before yesterday, lie was should see the grade across Big Mus who fought toandsaveJeered them ; and these, keg. oa case." that subpoenaed He found the camp in much the too disconsolate to care, having at "T lint's so, of course," said Bowyer. same condition as when he had left It. lust secured the remaining structures, "What did they getr Andersen reported that the men were flung down their spades and drew out "Six months apiece." was "No new Hght on Uie murder of our still getting liquor, and were slacking, of their way. Everyone knew this Wilton, whose mrnd had no room for the end. friend T" Out of the smoke came the figure "Noftiinc. Qtraln didn't go Into that rival propositions at the same time. of McGee, the head locomotive engiwent dismissed the He subject. phase of the alTalr at all. He'd queshair was crisped like a netioned them, and couldn't prove any- straight to bed. But he was aroused neer. His was as black, and the tears he gro's a Andersen little after midnight by thing." "There's a big blaze a couple of had furrowed white channels down his brown study for ftowyer fell Into miles north of us," said the foreman. cheeks. a few moments. "It's all gone!" he shouted. "Noth"Carruthers been here yet?" he In- "Sprung up like lightning. And a and Junk. We'll but scrap-iroing The the up swamp. gale's sweeping quired presently. a He recognized have sale!" bargain men turn out to backfire. won't They "Not yet- - He's trying to raise a cool Wilton and seized him by the arm. a la town. I guess he's been say It's Saturday night and most of "Who set that blaze?" he screamed. to the last likely place by now. So them are drunk." Wilton put on his clothes quickly, "Man. there was gasoline, gallons of he'll be here tomorrow to renew the soaking the sheds before ever the placed Jules In charge of the shack It, loan." Ore come there. They were soaked and to burrled The bunkhouses. the "You'll renew, of course," said with It. Who did It? Show me the "Excellent wheat lands! workmen obeyed his summons with d n skunk !" he Ilowyer. shouted, half beside Fine Investment for your bank, the slow sullenness. They were stupid himself. Some with some drink. ; refused Jeered Mlssatlblt It the By way. you hit "It doesn't matter now," said Wilto turn out at all. atronjr. with that cartoon 1" ton. foresome But of the and engineers They both laughed, first at the car- men were McGee raved, cursing and sobbing, already hurrying to the toon, then at Bowyer'a raillery. and suddenly rushed away into the "No more trouble with Clark T" asked smoke and was lost to view. Itowyer. Wilton was making his way toward "Not at present. I guess fat extra, his shack before It occurred to hi in .wo hundred . squared him. He's a that he would not find It. Yet there dangerous customer to handle, though. was the safe. He would stay guard And absolutely Indispensable for a Job over that. To his Immense surprise, s tike we had to handle. A however, he discovered thnt the shark fit his trade, cool as a cucumber, iimn had escaped the conflagration, though snd looking like a gentleman. You'll nothing remained of Kitty's but a few find It hard to beat that combination, blackened beams. A backfire had lie could have had more than the two been set successfully. The grass was hundred he held me up for." burned all about the place, and some "He's certainly worth it." admitted of the timbers were scorched, but that Itowyer. "Wht'll you do with him was all. The shack was an oasis In ' f',i fAj-yz'next yeirT" Jules the devastation of cinders. tin. I sturk to his pout. "Why. he aeema to Ilka the work here," answered Phsyrc, laughing. "I'll Wilton knew there had been trenchkeej hnn on, under my eyt at a reery. He knew that tlowyer's npticsr-snc- e duced witary." at the portage had not been chnnce. Itowyer had not driven miles They both chuckled over that, hut from Cold Junction by coincidence. Ilowyer grew aeriiflis quickly. "Well, I've fixed Kitty Bostock," he said. Wilton had no doubt that the fire wa of his making. "Iord, It's a cinch handling that type of woman. Once they fancy some And even that did not matter. At the door of his shack he stojiped. particular iiip. they'll go through h II to cet him." He hnd a strange Instinct of danger "You've told heru'll buy her shares the Instinct of the beast returning to at pur." be snld. "You haven't comIts den, which tells It that something mitted yourself Irrevocably to that?" tins been there during Its absence. He nnWx ked the ofllce and went Ilowyer threw his bend buck and emitted one of his short laughs. "Well, In. For a moment he thought his sus 1 tuny change my mind," he said. "It picions groundless. Then he saw thnt Isn't In writing." the diKr of the safe was open. lie "Suppose she raises Cain?" The Fire Wat Speeding at Terrific rati to it, and found the papers Inside "She can't She's In too deep. She and apparently Intact, Just as they had Rata Toward the Camp. ditcxn't know hw deep." been. Jules must have scared the thieves I'hayre laughed agsiln, but nervously. scene. Wilton collected these and "I never rsred much for this business, started wllh tliein In the direction of sway before they could accn;npllh their delm. But how had they got Jowir." he said. "If Joe Ilosfock the conflagration. This was soon seen to be serious. the eoinlilli.'itlon? nsdii I died as he did I'd never have Wil.on shouted for Jules, and then. jot mixed up with It. But that gave Under the high wind the fire. wn us oof chance. It was a very lucky speeding down at a terrific rote toward remembering that the deaf mnte could the ramp, filling tho air with dense not hear him. went out of the room rlfetit. If we weren't committed recovery, I'd pull out even now." clouds of smoke. The enmp, having toward the little wooden mitbnlldlng hleh Jules had constructed for his "Pull outT" exhoed the other. "How cleared nays on three sides, had not But the Muskegon was not ti e devil can we pull out) The trick's been fire .guarded. These should Lave abode. I been wide though to protect M under ther 0oc " I "VI "A" I . "T' He went back througn the kitchen, la the middle ef the room he saw something dimly outlined on the floor. He struck a match and found Jules la a pool of blood. One side of his head hod been almost battered to pieces with a hatchet that lay on the floor nearby. And yet Jules was not dead, for, at Wilton bent over htm, he opened hit eyes and smiled very faintly Into his master's face. And the fingers of one outstretched hand quivered and pointed toward the office. Wilton raised Jules gently In bis arms and carried him within, and laid him on the floor. The Indian was almost at his last gasp, and he seemed struggling to express something before he died. The fluttering fingers pointed upward. All that was left of life within the broken body seemed to be concentrated in them. Wilton watched them. The fingers squirmed and twisted. It seemed to Wilton that there was something In the room that Jules wanted. They were pointing now toward the safe. Wilton raised the dying man in his arms and supported the shoulders against his knees, so that Jules might see. ( Jules pointed straight at the safe, looked up, and nodded. Wilton nodded. Jules seemed to lose Interest then, but ftEED FAITH TO MEMORY OF by Bronze Tablet It Embedded in Hugo Boulder on Spot Where Commander Wat Killed. "Dedicated to the Memory of Frederic W. Galbralth, Jr., National Commander of the American Legion, who was killed on this spot In active service of the American Legion, June 9, 1021," reads the inscription on a bronze tablet embedded In a huge boulder which hym been dedicated by the Legion In memory of Its beloved commander. r" Galbraith Memorial. mobile accident near Indianapolis, while In active service of the Legion. The rock and tablet were recently dedicated at a special service held by the headquarters staff and attended by National Commander Hanford and Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, president of the American Legion Auxiliary. Mac-Nld- John Shoemaker, Through Phoenix American Legion, Draws Wett Point Appointment. half-millio- n The in bunk-bouse- bunk-house- n hatf-railllo- m first-clas- - dr be-yo- Corporal" has scored fourteen and served many Wilton Raised Jules Gently in Hit Arms. t i "Kid John Shoemaker, who enlisted the army at Ligaln. bunk-house- . er KID CORPORAL SCORES AGAIN sky-hig- the fingers still twisted, and now they pointed toward the wall behind. Wil ton shifted his position, and raised the shade of the lamp, to Illuminate the other half of the room. The fingers wandered over the woodwork, and stopped upon the caricature of Lee Chambers that Jules had drawn. Jules Halfhead smiled up into Wilton's face and nodded. Wilton nodded. Then Jules died. CHAPTER XII Kidnaped! Since Bowyer's last visit to the store Molly had been making plans but, when these were made, she did not dare to place them before the factor. She knew that they could not long remain at the portage. There was his Increasing infirmity; there was Tom Bowyer's enmity his hold over her father, which was bringing him Into his grave. Yet she feared one of the factor's wild outbursts of rage If she renewed her suggestion that they should go to Winnipeg. On the other hand, gradually she began to believe that McDonald was forming plans of his own. If that were so, in due Wine, and In his own way, he would talk to ber aboat them. Meanwhile she watched her fnthei anxiously. He still dragged his leg as he walked, and the fear that was always upon hlrn now had made him an otd man within the past year. The girl's love for him, which her humiliation at Bowyer's hands had never entirely killed, burned up again after she had broken with Wilton. But she wondered constantly whnt was the power thnt Bowyer had over her father. Hnd McDonald given her uny encouragement she would have spoken to him, and begged for an understanding thnt might remove the cloud which hnng over them both. But the factor was mor-- ! morose than ever, especially when the winter trading ended ami time hung heavily upon their hands. The talk came at last. McDonald was In his chair upstairs. Molly reading to him. Bnt the factor did not seem to hear her; he was looking out of the window nnd brooding us of old. Suddenly he turned to her. "I'm thinking of leaving here before winter, lass." be said. "leaving here, fatiier? For good?" "For aye," he exploded. "I thoelit I'd die here nnd be laid beside your mother. And I've held on! find, how I've held on! But I'm done with that hope. Would ye leave tho portage, Molly?" he nsked wistfully. "Yes, father! I wl.Mh we could. 1 wish we could go somewhere together where we'd never have ennse to remember If." "Aye, never to remember It!" he echoed. "To Winnipeg?" she suggested tlm Idly. (TO P.B coNTiNrrn.) a young man can' Fortunately even Imaclne that Ms best grl wil look like her mother a few year beiicc. months with the m American expedif 'J in forces itionary France, has now received presidential appointment to West Point. Shoemaker re- - ', cently graduated ' iron ina aigo Phoe1 LI school nix, Ariz., wnere he took special courses in military tactics under MaJ. Claude Decatur Jones. Major Jones became interested In the lad because he had such an unusual war record. Young Shoemaker served with a machine gun company In the Fifty-fourtInfantry for two years, during and folHis West lowing the World war. oint appointment followed a campaign In his behalf by the Phoenix American Legion and Major Jones, vho were anxious that a war veteran shpuld take the place at the milltarj academy vacated by. Charles Barrett, an overseas hero, who graduated at the head of his class last June. LS - Major Lent, in speaking before the headquarters staff of the American Region In Indianapolis, said that the Legion and the Legion Auxiliary had one of their greatest obligations the task of instilling Into the hearts of service men an absolute faith and confidence In themselves and their abilities to cope with life's problems. He said that the government la to have a place for every veteran three or four months before the veteran' Is ready to take it "We do not guarantee that a man who has studied to be a factory superintendent will' be placed in that position," the major, explained, "but he will be placed In. the path so that he can obtain such' a position through his own Initiative and ability. ".re want employers to understand, too, that these men are no longer cripples. They may be physically crippled, but not industrially or vo- ' When we put a man cationally. with one arm Into a Job, he is as well able, and perhaps more so, to do that particular work as is the mnu with two arms." AS THE "FLAPPER Mr. Galbralth was killed in an auto- be-bo- Tfhat the rehabilitated World war veteran's success In life depeCu3 absolutely upon his faith in himself, la the assertion of MaJ. W. F. Lent, ehlef of the employment service of the United States veterans' bureau which has In charge the proper train ng of thousands of disabled service men. GALBRAITH half-breed- be-wu-th :1 Positions Open for Newly Trained Victims of World War Before They Are Ready. American (Copy for This Department Supplied the, American Lejcion Newt Service.) AND CONFIDENCE OF 1776", Charming Hilda Scheurer Aidt dianapolis Legion In Advertising Benefit Picture Show. In- A white wig and a hoop-skiare not generally considered as part of the necessary equipment of a The "flapper." flapper pictured he r e, however, wore these and other colonial trappings most i fecttvely when she wanted to draw the attention of the public to the fact the Indianapolis American Legion was presenting a historical motion picture at one of the local show houses. Miss Hilda Scheurer, charming at a "flapper" of 1922, was still more attractive as a "flapper of 1776." The crowds which packed one of the largest and finest motion picture theaters in the Middle West during the entire showing of "Cardigan," a picture of Revolutionary days, which the American Legion Is sponsoring, was proof of the fact that Miss Scheurer and her sister "flappers" did a good Job of advertising. It was not the first work Miss Scheurer has done for the American She is an ardent worker In Legion. the Legion Auxiliary. rt h LEGION PLANt POLAND SEEKS Government Askt American Body for Details In Matter of Employment for War Victims. One of the highest compliments evef efforts of BO peace-tim- e organization was paid the American Legion when the Polish government asked that the Legion explain Its plan used In the successful campaign for unemployed former service men Iq the United States in order that Just such a system might be used for doing away with unemployment in Poland. The Legion furnished a detailed outline of the scheme used In this country, and has received a letter of thanks from T. Holnko, commercial lepartment manager of the consulate general. were More than 400,000 given at least temporary employment during the first week of the Legion's drive and It Is estimated thnt now more than 500,000 men are In permanent positions largely through the efforts of the American Legion given to the Cheer the Legion. who attended the first annual conference of the British Legion In I.ondon recently, rose en masse and cheered II. Nelson Jackson, national vice commander of the American Legion, when be read the greetings of Commander Ilnnford Mae Nlder nnd the entire American Legion to these "buddies" In the mother country. The message of good will and comntncf lilp was received for the British Legion by Field Marshal Karl Halg. - Many "Bummed- to Convention. Because of the flniini'lnl depression and lack of government compenKatlon., mrny penniless disabled veterans if the World wsr walked and rode In he ears to San Francisco to attend the second annual convention of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War, according to Itaymond Creelman and liobert M. Smyth, members of the national staff. War Gatet for Farm Pettt. Oases which were used with such deadly effect during the World war are now being used for the extermination of farm pests. Gases have been used in the West for the extermination of Jack rabldts and gviphers. Mustard gas Is sprinkled over the paths of rabbits, Irritating their feet and causing them to rub them across the face. The poison then quickly becomes effective. Clock for Airplanes. The air service of the United Statea War Department has developed a peculiar kind of clock to be used on airplanes. It Is said the clock will keep perfect time in any temperature from W) degrees below zero to 150 degrees above. Furthermore, the vibration of the plane does not affect the accuracy of the timepiece, which has a movement like a watch and Is wound by electricity. Veteran Had Many Relatives. In Investigating the record of Ben-nl- e F. Taylor of Crystal Springs, Miss., a World war veteran who died In 1918, the veterans' bureau found thnt Taylor, exclusive of cousins, was closely related to four per cent of the total population of his home town of l.?lf5 residents. The stepmother and 15 brothers and sisters are each receiving monthly Installments of 11.02. Currying On With the j American Legion "Standing Bear," a Klonx squaw, presented Mrs. Lowell B, Hobart, national president of the American Legion Auxiliary with an Indian dolt during Mrs. Hobnrt's visit to the Indian reservation In South Dakota. On n $10,000 wager six American Legionnaires from Dnllns, Tex stnrt-eto walk from Dallas to New York In .'MiO days. One got married on the way n ad three fell by the wayside. Oply fvo reached the Inst lap of the Journey. d A hero of the World war, five times wounded at Chateau Thierry, but without work and with no prospect t get- ting the government eonncnsntloft to which l.e was entitled, Daniel Webster of I'hilndelplilit, Pa., committed siiicbfe and would have been hurled la a potter's field hsd not the America Logins given Mm a decent 'turtsl. |