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Show THE TIMES-NEW- NEPHI, UTAH S, His tone was cool enough to reassure dozen nervous wOuieo. She was conscious of a great relief aa she joined him ia the doorway. gmmmimninim HIT a Gi'IOV.ia OT ftfrW Slim vi l.v, rV; 1 -i L X Bia CLIUE ARDEN v5Z .rlT ty JoV '1 l- The next few days were strangely happy. The faint chance of rescue caused their little hut to seem dearer, the wild free, life more enchanting. The spirits of both had never been so high. "Barbara, having conquered the sex problem yvitb such sublime, aim--, pllcity, cast It from her mind, surrendering' herself whollyJ to the engrossing happiness of the moment. ,' That, her very subterfuge, proving all It did, had been the death-kneto her object, never entered her bead. On Christmas eve they collected armfuls of greenery, the girl clinging with unconscious pathos to the old customs In which she had been reared. "Ah !' she cried Inconseqaently. "Isn't it all beautiful?" "What?" he asked, yet knowing full well.' "Oh everything! Christmas bere! Freedom from Mr. Home!" She sprang upon a suitcase, trails of vine In her hands, anl laughed down at him. He fame close to her, the same ecstasy lurking In his own eyes. 'I wonder if you realize all you have ; ' Implied?" : "What?" She looked startled. She turned away, and fastened a vine tendril to the bamboo. He watched her ' silently-,- noticing the change wrought in her by these past months. The wild-rosair had vanished : in its stead the warm blood flowed red beneath a sunburned skin : her feet were brown and hardened.' Yet, where the depths were concerned, remained the old timidity which was, paradoxically, her greatest lure and protection. One false etep and she would, he knew, be "off, on the wing," scared as a young partridge. But Alan's small store of patience had been drained to the last dregs. ', Finishing the decoration, she paused beside him, considering the effect. Ferns and palm leaves swayed in the corners ; trailing greenery decorated walls and roof ; flowers stood upon the cabin table. , "Cozy, Isn't it?" she asked, looking up for his approval. ''Very cozy!" he replied, looking only at her. "What a little home-make- r you '.. are." She flushed, and again turned hastily away. "We'll hang this remaining vine over the entrance, outside. Will you bring the suitcases?" He carried out the substitute for a ladder; and up she sprang. Deftly, with the art of experience, she caught the trailing foliage up here, letting It hang In clusters there. "And that middle cluster?" asked Alan, beside her. "Is that for mistletoe?" Her head rose quickly, as that of a young deer scenting danger. With a quick glance down at him, she stretched out her hand toward the bunch ; but he put up a long arm to prevent Its removal. And, in a flash, all the security of the past days fell to ruins. For, while she strove again to seize the vine leaves, the sultcnses overbalanced, and she toppled down upon him. He caught her and held her. He claspel her close to a thumping heart, and buried his face In her hair. . . '. For a moment she lay inert; then she began to struggle, gasping, aob- - lr-- rs fT? ; -- ..Copyright byrThe BoM.; Merrill' Co.' aIedifiyhe . troteated. "l fumed to il ugh, ii wouia stiu bad, supposed. &tybM$potyiiyk Jib feelings to day. . . , And her sensitive heart Fote her, overwhelming her with re. newed, shame. , . . fthatJSreM SYNOPSIS. Living in the mall English village of Darbury, and sedate place. Bar- - .iar StockJaKn4ajMlleiv,j65u Widowed mother. Is "seen to cele- , Rub , tier ., .raa.rx)a.tfe. ana wen" con nected,- fAl$fand 'has 'planned, JwsfureflaJ with an aunt, , ,tr4te. 1 an airplane trip to Australia. Major Alan Croft, famous as an aviator, Is to be the pilo. At niBertHg'wIth'drWt Bari- and', con versa t4on,,tH?feraat.frqwf cum ventjgns ,of r Kef 'srmal'i "town. 'The-- "ser our, Barbara,! her aunl, iGr&ft, and 'a'-mechaniplan,; , ;AV'ord iln,i a ;(w:j days conies to Darbury thatthe,,, plane is missing and its' occu- -' i PuKs believed' "ttfstv' ' Voti- - 'an A I Barbaras r.aftBrrthe wnebk J ,ln,t a,,, furious ,; stoiiW. J, ()i airplane reacii an apparency uninnai)ia ' J 'Isfttntt '4 h ' the Pacific1 ocean.' The '' i.MJiar two; members'-o"the party?! :perlshd., The Jtwt;ieMt!'! aways 6uild a shelter Jn, Croft's,; ''absence Barbara" is a'tteked' by presently Wa' afJMie'Thre'shpld)X roft5 returned'.' 'the' lipled;,., Hit .H'l . ' IX o) eVTJS H (. "1 ' ' : S '?ni::m 10? 'it ' ' S5TA' .I'i'ii-- ar.,Ifte ftlazing jAre, sf.oodi kl!'f ' -. f ' edloh1,'' lomlqiSi ." -- , : JlF&rrr-- ' 'h'd'ls0 tiki-Vy:- '''Crfifti wWo has traveled "much among caavages, "Wake's 'rWr,W ' with; the biagfea.v Craft; and Bar- -) bara .fall In loye,,,liimaii,.)if but Vestralns 'trays' his' passion 'I'll iThe rri aespeVa't el y tries 'ti11 nuiti Ifllgain !'!( '"if -H , , ,!off ' ftnJilattaickirig! SecurBuftoml biimediate i dahrfB,') Croft and Barbara, s.aettlei daivoj- - vnj;IT him tne same. "Barbara," he said softly, "the love of man and woman is not. fondness, V ' Kbe ' could not speak'. ' Her heart seemed to rise in her throat and throb there; her limbs trembled. In sudden panic she tried to free her hands, her womanhood realizing his manhood as it had never consciously 'done' before. The instinct of. the' wild bird to flee UDd hide was hers. Her turmoil itself to hlmi In that vibrant ailence.ii He luoked uti into her face, seeing, there what be bad but glimpsed on. tHe, night In the natives" hut 1". he . VBarbara whispered shakily, 'IJarhara l Be true, to yourself " a little cry, she wrenched her hands ree,'i;A;he 'Bprang to his feet she! turned,- and,; without a word, fled into the- imt. "I : .,' Vi He stood still for a minute! then he drew,, a quick; unsteady breath,' and strode to the shore, to pace up and down up and:., down fur into the De ' wistful-f?"AltBWP- ' ' ft Of fon.flf , and white and altogether womanly, instead of tlIehlouse'and "old skirt. He popped,,. ( abrmxjy .tlit'n. with rather ',.,.',-,leflia i;.fiM , 'SOj to. returned to cfvilizatlon in In.' if not .,,' fact?"; plnj:,, j". His" uncanny, knack of reading her 'ujotfves paused, her Xpt give him, as UsU'Hi sy1ft(ieep-se.- a . glimpse which Bight.;,,, be ... Barbara lay awake throughout sought. ' ' "Xlari. I Want to tell yon something." houra facing In terrible isolation long the ' it?"' he!"nsked breathing great. .fluestion. of, sex. ; What site had quickly ft w(iat ie,saw In her eyeg. dimiy realized,, and .vaguely feared, "V'I ''sa'V 'a''SliarkJitoday.. "And,-- ' 'lprr since that, revealing .moment, during 'Xlant, I realize'd ali their visit to tie natives, now loomed yofy"nave done' for me, ali you have up In Its naked reality to al,ter the ' ' ' risked and Rppred me " whobi .aspect- - of their life, here to'Ihvlsiiite'l'ialo, ,ln factV' !;: gether., .She faced the true position: n! "'' She'gnored 'the flippancy. "'; "And' I realized clearly that she and this man feei 'simpiy' fuir of ofM were adrift from all. the safety of ' ''' ''" other cut. !Whatr human companionship, nil the ri'ni restraints, ,of civilization, with this ter"Gratitude" He 'turned away, with rible, .eternal attraction, now menacing :'i a':'i?nort laugh. v: them.' Escape from, It was Impossible. " call 6b so"ttftle In turn to make She understood, now the nature of the thlngJ tolerable1' for you here," she abyss yawning below the precipice went on. In the warmth of her heart. ' which had threatened her of late. This new knowledge illumined the past, even '"'Tour life was so full" .". He' doked.. round again quickly. ."No to the strange magnetic attraction. fuller. than yours with the, man you'.' !'ttAh"b she; Interrupted passionately; a cannibal. ' CroTt "rescues' het1." i Croft discovers iparyot;black.,i ; apparency reconopltering., Croft.; fixes up an electrical guard which, v O: JPWi irr"M he MloaiwiUi suaatbing soft of-:tl- "care'a & Tffl , , Mt tor ktsiiha:AVierI- ; i abouVayin'stipi still the awakened depths; 'then sought further .occupa- atMjqiHerJMee fell J upon 'her lug gage. With sudden decision, probably Induced by a hazy idea of recapturing Iha.instincts-o- f .civilisation to combat ytnly - tihrk tara attraitid Site g'ef SfwrrleWy h- -- am Just as ' ; (i; Croft,-Hi- Tiatids .ng,ppsely,.at ikls, his gaze was fixed upon thedistant,-!lea!P?. watet:.,r, At.t.be, soupdr of, the '.rf'9,1)u.r,r)'ing steps, ie wne.g, qckljr,. '.'Dcm'tS .des; , -- Her ';:.-- j voice; went Into silence. . For a long .rnyhe ,sat: W4tchIng the dark " SOenUy 'tliey 'looked' 'at.'each'.fltJtier;. ness, creep swiftly over the water. ., y A fierce craving :t foJr- - advice, the 'nlin' insoru tabfe' s. ,VrN!.tie. irt J even disapproval, so long as she anu unclasping ner. naasf! he, could unburden her agitated mind, masrasping l!ps a little tremjilous..., Jn tfie tyrmoll tered the (5t7fheriioon Qf her old of Tier emotions, siie 'sank, upo, '.fhJ lmpulsive,ynnga3.iic? i wiJi t in s doubled J'' sba exclftimed last,'" JnqS'Jourieu Her ground " ' neud " "'" ayra-path- , -- iiecliands. .':rt v ''elf Croft looked at her, his own feelings nie Jusf whatTs troubling' you," much the same chaotic state. The he answered, - his- - voice softening. "Loneliness?" hope Tlife' clasp of lif's fingers encouraged " : " of Jt'i'Pprt'' f fhvlnghe-ambitlo- ns confidence. " 'This no! wild r9f5VtJjr slksfroyr life, this lovely very t!N'9, raised lS1flnT.;seem to creep op 'and up, me,1 o tbat ; and dashed almpst simultaneously. the But In that same moment he faced the thought of the old restricted existence. Eden-llke full knowledge Of iwhat-alt- : Hls ATa'n: 'ft 'tefribie. It-- lt "s Intoxi ca t lug existence memit 4o him the I never crave for it 'fViih'teHs' riie ofrhffliincreasm'jr' hope Wter-Bve- t, fbe 'SvTtldJiand 'a rw1der sphere,' as 1 in Uieic iuncerluinty.;i And, ari did fn :taTu6ry: I know r ought to be ii "resetfe J ' t long for for' the he tavei aliru'iitly rniifn'-fofJiH lrolalilB. termination of if attri; i rVioseat tn; "t be Unhappy. I've " w It'fi'ou t d ffl--' tfied. 'nonly But " ' lift : cont etlnUnt ' emolhica riotlhsfwItlilri'Ms 'Lmighlef interrupted her. ' culty, -tteacto whien-- ; tltnseitelie fBWTiilnuftis,' f'Trid! Hiii'e you ItOllyT Then ill-fraucht with KQi'mUrhi'itWaBtnir! micH; yfid'iire hhTipy here?' !'.; crucial pages in the fUmk of Fate "rtaffe Yhe'trouhler kn!t yo see? ..When i the,.frfC"n1rai'T)f I 'ilKWt: kmwwh.v,' but I am. I was ?ven rUhI wheti.' the ahip. didn't com pruoke fajled Into the Clouds, lis the distant vefjwH vanished, heilwnped'antr'o' , freight ! .rlr8ii'Just"a If there's mmn Iraw9 one' bowlder. awl threw;hi ro. whlei Tim; sprw in iliiK iKliind which k me utterly D a w;Icmu' to. up and up gtJrtureiruiglit have , , freedom, or an acquiescence In tho itu; henrte?js?7 d and she evltable: In eUhercaae. It savored of lMi'Maughed',agiit'n': tift'tlie' exuttnnt ring of it.1' J'jfcUfineVJ yrr r. ,n tU u'lA "I think 'jbu're a'goose--walrln- g .,.J.i turne.d suddenly toward liarj . ", up! ,"1 a;nb8orrj,,r he puki- - "I tvared lt, Have you only "Just" realized the e would upset you tpday.." , th island?! . Then lie VpjrJtV-.on,- . .j,; "Why today ?" she asked curiously. 5vrriouri,.'Iow, ifould your A look of Incredulity crept Into his help those In England? They ! : I face. have long ago given us up. for dctid. "It Is recemler weirlleth. Wasn't Itesldes, no forced emotions are worth that to N; your wnddinjf day?' anytliios.'',., q f - ;Slie:ank back, smriujc at'iiim "No Thars tfie chief point :hey sle opened her li id spen. shoubln't need to be forced., Hugh once called me heartless " !it no,;ords rume. .' At: lasralivTiy.' 'i;!-ali" turnpdt her gnue senward:: He. drew her linmls downward, pullhim. 1,,Jt.wflsI'' she rHurmuretL : h4 ing W,r"lrrr-fs.i)ciinforgotten." Again her head dropped "I'm going quite strolaU, Into her hands. Barbara. I gathcrv the rettl fact la the WtnJs vere.f lie hcifril you are not fretting for Hugh?" i) tlW.- - A; wild Joy n si I'd tbroiitfli him'. She made no rejrfy; but the Pngers litfaMKeiJi dared npt.tru.' ftlmwif utoi In his closed spasmodically. " lie went lils voice, he left her dunking; wlih on, his voice low, nld deejily earnest. "Love can be forced lonst of 'all. If ttirotiblng pulse, toward the palm grove. Vi! UK-ra fiiuxlng in tlie 'ur riind, circumstances cotijhiue to prove that made. It Is no as.lf ,every,,l,lril: upon ;the Ihi.(J hid mistakes have Mt.itakcrv. comiDK Qiglit for, 4lei iIhhtIj. good struggling agilnn the knouWge I or was It the Inward song of his heart? However painful, 'it la bettr tbun a For long Itarhara sat where he had lifetime of vain regret. One ot the Iif her, wjthoui looking 5p," tbwngh crudest tragedies 'Jn . this funn old kaowiotf Uku she was alone. faiisl world Is the ease witi whic li jucl' mis- hcr.sjiriuk.ing. sou) pjr pic flrat iim;i akes can he maue ancm'iusiyv all tli.. beacon burned Itself, out b;IJ. Un good faith." i ; ; He turned his face upward j and ,the uo sunk,r'iullx ln ,ta,kj "lame. , ... , .,, , caught the glint of tear In Iter (, l.'ntil today he had taken for grants "Ah myJTl I)on't take It so iiuch . "d he puj)ofil,!on that, mnlvntulli jthe to h.ii4(ai S'Js dav. strangled little sub.' Vile growing enchjintpient ot, this ,landf the crnying rot Hugh and rescue tili pre- Full .of Jiaine. dominated.. 1.1 ku.!i.ift".JO'?t reaM.ed Ibis supposition to Lave been "Ves I knw; one of the very best, wltff bltn Woiddn't liave but a bubble burst at this first test. f.rtr'triarrl-.ige- ' Sir; understood, with a sense of shi:k, iftltlsfiei VMirlistuTe.'. ;'Torj know thHf." she' Hied atariled. "tTh "Itnf 1 tlie m4tl spue now ocCnp!t(I by Hugh In lier thought., Yet he deemed. Id slfaM Min'tnarry bim If we jet "PleiiWe floti't ' think tne to memory, as '.deaf, .'an ever. "' Tears ' " '" 'atf'afl thiit!-'1- '1 brlmtred In hef efWr she ' l how "very this dearness proved ife'1st1iiM''ihVcti;'',thla thltd last, atteaf" for his good opinion. Its vast aeparatloti from love. . .' . Like a bird newly aware of freedom "lYyotf 0ilt It loyal, then, to curry out after narrowly escaping capture, ahe a'rrtiripBcf WhtB (he very rootlTe upon whtfh' Tt Wait founded baa proved, an tood op and looked around with lingering ejrea, which now knew how close inuMrfnV"fOu would be llvlnj a. He hold the brilliant acene1iaf trpon bar all your I'fe unfair to you botb. heart. If ever rescue came. It would Surety be wouldn't wish ItT" "Tou don't quit onderatnil" abe brier onngs of grief Instead of th Ka l "in 1 tfih 1M 1 fitrofs-asctfndec- - tl. nt rl i ' ii Itt-o- you-Utin- ( won-Jefe- . . be-cyi- .. i,-.- . hinnk-ly.i.'Tni- fe . a rtalk j 11 e b-- , i ". , , rea-cti- jnmh-aHfrtn- SS . t - j i m4 , J I I 1 i WWf f7.' mm i III! ('! It ! V pf ' ryil 1 2-- ; . , 66 Parent Miner's Birth ' hand-ca- rt Gone Pronoun A luminary Dull 87 68 an Concerning- ai 62 64 5 v - Ire Issue Large book Indivisible particle of matter 44 4 47 ' vt- - Sailors World war battle Net Body of water (Scotch) Division of Hindu philosophy Metnl as mined Piquant d First of two atansaa Feather-shape- Fungus Constellation Cereal ' ' Quote American pioneer Scars Carneltan Sheet, usually paper Opposed to no" Sovereign vessel Door of Mssonle lodgV ' Paradise '4 Sound 64 Insensibility KT Sll-- n, f i , r.Q tlnn.li. 8t StOp 63 Preposition The solution will appear tn next Issaa 49 61 63 if Solution of Last Week's Puxzla. RiABjB 'TFCA;B:AL!A vie j e la teDo cnrEL O 00N N O N E LA m a Oj; mjui r r u sjTTEEr p a p H!H O GUT OURISUL biE Vertical. 2 8 4 Part of "to be" 6,C,R A TCH6tUR:Al T O O T SBO R eHsJa'b) practiced Longr Keen rA a s'h Epi s1 a l mI3ly IA-rV- - 6 Injuryft Bodily member 7 8 10 It 12 a i ... ! Bnrrire 6H self-contr- . 81 82 84 86 87 88 40 42 43 48 47 Sons Oraran pipes Small hollows Organ of sight The other Recent 48 Drudae fc Pertalnlnar to the Celts 62 Time 63 Pertalnlnar to earth disturb ances , was going. Hls But hlf. became fierce; she felt his hot grip !.":'. breath upon her neck. O ' "Alan!" she cried wildly. "For .7 I' J God's sake " . The fear, as of one drowning. In the Turned and Fled Into the Hut cry, steadied his reeling senses. Still her In his arms, he sank down .half-fear- . In the arly days of their clasping upon the rock. His darkened eyes acquaintBnce.,v It terriliiid her, shaking mesmerized her own ; the abyss yawned her confidence.:! Her one shield nd wide at her feet . . , she was protector in all they had faced now aponly of being swept along, peared In the light of the enemy caught In some remorseless torrent, -' u pi in id viIkw ahe had do aUy f toward the edge of the precipice , . . ' the close slipping, falling his Hps were close v WUeaihU'.reBiininjered clasp of his hands, the pressure of his to her own. head upon her breast, her pulse "Alan !" with almost snperhuman efthrobbed and her face burned. It must fort she managed to gasp bis name quit, she told herself repeatedly : this again. "I enn't bear It. No I No! Be delightful. Impossible tenderness be- merciful I" tween Ihem must be stopped at once. Faintly, with parched mouth, the She must resolutely hide her woman- desperate petition seemed wrung from hood, 'showing nothing but the sexless her very soul. ' i comrade! His arms relaxed abruptly, a subtle As soon as the soft light of dnwn had change coming into their grasp when entered the tiny room, she rose.: Tak- he realized her trembling. slie cut through handing her "Why are you afraid?" he murmured ful after1 hnndrul of het b.tig tM.-hair, unsteadily. She raised herself, her face very wnslinif Ho rejtreta'upon tlie hittirinnr tresses piling round her bare feet. white under its sunburn. So far. so good ! But It happened "I)on't you see? If you do this, tbat Bartuira'a heart remained unshorn how can I go on living with you here?" He smiled faintly, the mud tumult of of Its sex. with all its natural tendency to look well. When the hair was cut his blood uhxtlng. , "Where, els would you live? With short to her neck, she hesitated; picked ip the diminutive mirror; laid the natives for cbaperonage?" She drew u sobbing breath, looking It down ; picked op the acisfiors ; Wsl-tate- d again then laid them down, and around with a pathetic gfsture of which touched his heart. The gave Imt head a vvhennt shiike. The short wave and carls, ftgn tn.m nil passion faded yet more from his face. rust mint, .followed their tfvn sw,t He pressed her against him again, this will, waving plquantly around hV amnlt time protectively. ; head, clustering about her ears,. Alaa. stood In the outer lorway, "The ,way of a maid with watching a bird preeniag It brliilit a man" ia one of the myeterlee., plumage tin a rock. Ii turned In ar-prla- e What next? at her early appearance; but tie words of f reeling died upon hla II pa. . , vVhat have you done?" be ejaci-lated- . (TO UK CONTINUED.) , She Isughed glvlru BlitB her "bobbed" head a shake, eluding bis becomes One to the frank disued eye". "Oh I I Just thought t would cJt plays of marital felicity, pre and post, my hair," ahe replied, with elaborate that occur oo the top of Fifth avenue busses. Here Is a alight variation. The carelessness. "AU your beantlfnl hair!" he mur jonng man had Just visited the barber and was deacrlblng the detail to hla mured, hla gaze never leaving her. wife. Finally worda failed hlra off "Oirla are out of plac bereP a observed. rime his hat and hla shining bead waa A moment'a reflection, and be ba placed rnWr bit wlfe'a nostril, tnat h derided on hla course. "I see.' Henn might Inhale the a'oina of the hair tonic to which be bad auccumbaat forth, then, w are two gay doga t' New York Sua, eether? What a good Ideal" ,, ;fvi v ' (Copyright.) 14 Horizontal. 10 Tnranlt 17 5 Part of harness 18 8 Thin metal atrip 20 11 Seldom 22 13 Preposition 23 IS Small drink 2R 17 Expression 27 18 Behold 10 Salt (ehem.) 31 81 Proposition to be proved S3 23 Fabulous bird S3 Sustain 3S 26 Not of the city 30 27 Spanish dry nine 40 28 Burlesque 41 80 Work with thin wteel Instru 42 ment e bing. WW. i 1 ; ' 'k - Wrhpr- - ll Tl L Pronoun File Wild goat Dance Counterfeit 'EgRjATTlmtE " r'l nililEjvip eTn H se an ;s sit) 3aJ PsJs3bJJ soca; ,D ;re ie givTAiRTTl YiRHtlRmsiTlsq HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS-WORPUZZLE When the correct letters are placed In the white spsees this pnssle will spell words both vertically and horizontally. The Drst letter In each word Is Indicated by a number, which refers to the deOnltlon listed below the pursie. Thas No. 1 under the column headed "horlsontal" defines a word which will All the white spsees up to the flrst black squsre to the right, and a number under "vertical" deHnes a word which will nil the white squares to the next blnck one below. No letters go In the blnck spaces. All words used are dictionary words, except proper names. Abbreviations, slang. Initials, technical terms and obsolete forms are Indicated la the deBnltlons. URSERY RHYME con-scio- UZZLE--4 ....... i help-icssne- (7W0-LEG- S . With ., I sat on three-leg- s. in his hand; one-le- g 'Um, this chicken meat Said Two-leg- s An" sandwich is jus grand." But when the feast was over, And all the meat was gone. He whistled to his bulldog. And four-leg- s got the bone. Find another person wha has had ehlcken for dinnatL dawn, an ault. 1 aaarar left aervna? 1 ' |