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Show THE Friday. October 29, 1926 WATR, iJ BEARER, J.ALLAN OUNN "AMANTO HIS MATE RIMROCK TRAIL AUTHOR COPYRIGHT MEAD DODO. t nd CO. W.N.U. SEHVICE THE CLINTONS Synopsis. Idly fishing Hercreek, in California, Caleb Warner, civil engineer, and a New Englander, i witness of the end of a coyote pulled down by two wolfhounds, urged on by a girl rider. Admiring the hounds, be introduces himself, and learns her name Is Clinton. With western hospitality she invites him to the ranch to meet her father. mans) CHAPTER II 2-- i- El Nido and Padilla The Rancho El Nldo, which means The Nest, was well named. Behind the lee of the tall eucalypts, planted In two rows at right angles, nestled built the building of the ranch-housIn old Californian fashion of adobe brick, red tiled, in the shape of a hollow square inclosing a It was on a rising ground above the stream that ran between trees heavily mantled with wild grapevlnc. About the house, and its barns and sheds and corrals, grew orchard trees, peach and apricot, almond, cherry. walnut. There were some orange ami lemon trees and a few figs. .There was a vineyard and the patio was a riot of flowers. A spring bubbled up In the exact center of the court and h;id been confined within a stone basin with one outlet out of which the overflow rippled and ran under an archway In the foundation of the house. The place was above all a home, if a nest, built on the ground, as some nests are, may be fancied to have taken root. The place was well styled El patio-garde- ' long-settle- deep-roote- Nido. Back to It, In the twilight, at the the girl's father, urgent suggestlon-o- f a suggestion that was half command, holding such spontaneous Invitation that it could not be refused without a touch of churlishness, came Caleb, returning from the stream above the creel. 'waterfall, packing a The girl rose from an outer porch 11s he came up from the stream and met him at the steps. She was transformed. A soft gown of white had wrought magic and she received the homage of Caleb's surprised and frankly admiring gaze demurely. He - opened the lid of the creel for her Inspection. "You know how to cast a fly In Massachusetts," she said. "They are beauties. We shall have them for supper. Wang!" A fat and genial Chinaman, Immaculate In white, appeared at the fat end of the gallery, came forward and took the fish with a chuckle of approval. "Suppeh leady twenty mlnnlt. Miss Betty," he said as he waddled off. "Betty Betty Clinton !" He had her name at last and thought It suited her. "You'll want to wash up. Maria will show yon to your room." "My room?" "You are to stay here tonight. Father would Dot hear of you going. There Is no moon. It is three miles down the canyon to the station at Heyward. Seven by the roHd. And there are no trains that you could catch conveniently.1 She led the way In and delivered him to Ma rlii, fatter than Wang, ample of breast, triple of chin, Spanish of look and accent. "Maria," said the girl, '.'Is the actual ruler of El Nldo. You must pass Inspection by Maria to be welcome here. You have fifteen minutes. We shall bo In the big room at the north end. You can come In through the patio." It was altogether a little astounding. Caleb reflected, as he made what toilet he could. He had come to the valley unheralded, without mutual acquaintance, without Introduction, and here he was; pressed as a guest, almost as a friend. In Massachusetts he laughed at himself In the mirror as he fussed with his tie. This was California, a country to Itself, with very pleasant customs. And he was aware that his welcome would be aa Ms behavior. But It was all very pleasant, very Western. The big room ran the full length of one Ride of the hntue. At either end a quarter was raised by two steps, arched off, one part a library and study, the walls covered with books, the other end more distinctly feminine with a piano, flowers. Inviting chairs of wicker and good rugs, some plctnres on the walls. The Intermediate space was common ground, dining room and living room combined. The place was lit with oil lamps In wrotight-lrobrackets and with candles In branching holders for the table. The menl, with the rustling, fiestarrhrd Marin. In tilnrk gown and white apron, supertn-TilinWang, who served as well as mm nad cooked, was perfection. The girl presided over the main varies. Her father, fall, erect, gray-iri"l- . mustache gray of well-fille- close-clippe- d TIMES-NEW- S. her tone, and warmed to 1L "To create something, to be a Water Bearer, t the thirsty earth or to thirsty peoples. To make a city grow where none haa been, or render dry lands fertile." "Do you expect to settle out West?" asked Clinton. "To make your home here?" "I hudn't gone quite as far as that," answered Caleb with a smile. "It depends upon whether I get the chance to settle I mean by that If work open up. I like the West 1 should like to make a home here, I think. I have none elsewhere," be added simply. "1 have relatives In the East, and I eveu own a house out there but It Isn't a home any longer, since both my father and mother are dead." There are silences that create an atmosphere more sympathetic than the Caleb found finest choice of phrase. himself talking of his plans in greater extension than he would have considrecent acered possible to chance-met- . quaintances, lie had, he told them, u little money, lie had a chance to sell his Massachusetts house that held open indefinitely. This, with his training, and tils youth, constituted his capital. At. the end of the evening, In his room, the windows open, admitting the fragrance of the patio garden, the subdued chuckle of the overflow from the spring basin, he realized that he had done Uttle but talk about himself and his own affairs. He wondered whether he had not been a bit of a prig, eveu a bore. lie had shown no appreciation of the girl's femininity, had surely been lacking In even conventional gallantry. Girls, Caleb believed, liked that sort of thing expected it. Yet, talking to her In tlietlusk of the veranda had been a good deal like talking to another man. Her intelligence was keen, her Interest had not seemed feigned. Meanwhile, in her own chamber, Betty Clinton came to a favorable conclusion in the same matter. "For a Yank," she told herself, as she arranged her hair for the night In two great, shining braids, "he is quite agreeable so far. I think I am going to like Culeb Warner." and goatee, had one sleeve tucked in the side pocket of his coat. "I shall put the formal Interrogation, sir," he said to Caleb. "How do you find the West?"' "I find It eager.' And I like It. We bustle In the East but our ways and means are settled." ."Eager? I like your term. And 1 am glad you like the West. We shall hope to see more of you." "You have lived here long?" asked Caleb: settled here in "My grandfather eighteen-forty- . He was one of Fremont's cavalry legion. He helped to take California from Pico. He was on the shores of Monterey bay when the British landed from their frigates and found they were too late. My father was then ten years old. I was one when he went back to Virginia and fought In the War of the Secession. For the South. I beg your pardon, sir." Caleb caught Betty Clinton smiling at him. "Not at all, sir," he answered. "My own grandfather fought for the North. But that was two generations ago. Now I know." he added with an answering smile, "why you. Miss Clinton, called me 'Yank' with such unction." Caleb decided not to outstay his wel"My grandfather used to say," said come. He announced his Intention at was he cautious "that Clinton, always breakfast. when he fought the Yanks but that he "We shall h"oe to see you again, downright feared them when it came said Clinton and Betty backed his into business. But you are right, sir. That Is all past. I fought in the Span- vitation. She seemed a Uttle older this mornish war side by side with many gallant hostess ing, appearing the in her housegown. To Caleb, still new to western ways. It was hard to reconcile this housewifely person presiding over the silver coffee urn with the rider on the pinto, galloping hard after her hounds to the kill. Yet there was) no real discrepancy, no loss of dignity, of sex. And she made the girls that Caleb had grown up with seem suddenly constricted in his recollection. "You are not to walk down to the jj train," she told him. "I am sorry that I cannot drive you but I have a lot to do. You shall ride the Don. PadlJla will go with you and bring him back. And we are to see you again. Soon." Caleb was not at all certain of his prowess In the saddle. To his relief the horse turned out to be a natural single-footeracking along with a smooth motion that left him almost motionless In the saddle. The selection was, he felt, another Indication of kindly tact. Padilla, swarthy, agile, bore signs of battle that had come close to maiming hi m. The left side of his face was marked with a puckered scar, purple against his brown skin. It ran from eye to chin, a raking weal that showed where the flesh must have been laid open by a frightTha Trail Dipped Down Toward Wa- ful blow. He wore no coat and his ter Level, Fording tha Stream. sleeves were rolled high. His left forearm was scored with cicatrices. Ills New gentlemen from England. One of left side seemed shrunken between hip them was major in my company. If Caleb was conscious It had not been for him I might have and shoulder. the canyon, Padilla sublost more than this." He touched his that all down him to a close scrutiny. When jected sleeve. empty directly In front of him he could al"You held rank, sir?" most feel Padllla's black eyes boring "I was a captain. It was a volunteer between his shoulder blades. rank. I do not use It now. My sword the unworded recommendation Despite that the I have sufllcient Is n plowshare. Mexican held from his employment at souvenir." El Nldo, Caleb fancied him a better Caleb thought he detected a little for high noon than a dark companion bitterness In the reference to the missnight. ing limb. The. trail dipped down towards Caleb noticed that Clinton refrained water level, fording the stream. Caleb from any query as to his guest's states reined In to let the Don drink the In the war. Nor did he mention t himwater and Padilla followed exself. He wos tired of talking about It. bright As they sat side by side the The states were full of men who had ample. Mexican spoke for the first time. much as he had. done as "Eet was here, senor," lie said, "that "What are you going to do In I got these." California?" asked the girl. "The term He touched his cheek, his left ribs, civil engineer Is a wide one. What and tapped his left forearm with a It mean to yon? Bridges? Raildoes swift gesture. roads?" "Eet was a puma, senor. A cougar, "It was predestined." said Caleb. He a Hon of the mountains. Carrajo! Alstruck a match and showed her a seal most eet keel me, Luis Padilla. Knife at the end of his watch chain. On against claws an' teeth, senor.' And the green stone two parallel rlgzogs the knife ween. Thees knife." were graven. With the same swift deftness he "The Zodiac sign of Aqnarlns, the half drew a shining blade from a Water Bearer. It in the eleventh sign sheath that was tucked Inside the belt and the sun enters It about the twenty-firs- t of his trousers, then replaced It. Tim of January, the day that I was speedy excitation of the I.atln conborn. So I am a water engineer, both vulsed his features. They twisted In a ferocious snarl, they looked as they by choice and by predestination." She gave a little cry as she bent must have appeared Id the actual conforward to look at the aeal. The light flict, Caleb thought. of the swift burning match brought her face out of the darkness like a cameo. This Padilla seems to be an "Isn't that altogether curious and Intent sort of person. What's hi purpose with Warner? delightful." she said. "I wonder." "I don't know what will offer," Caleb said. "I CRnnot wait too long. I have neither the means nor the Inclination tTO KB) CONTtNVBD to stay Idle. I have not had very much practical experience as such Early Actre$ie$ Actresses appear to lme been no things go hut I should rather tie up with a new enterprise than work with known to the In earliest a completed project. Of course, I times, female parts tn drnmiitlc pershould like above everything to be ahl formances being taken by males. to Inaugurate some scheme, plan It, appeared on the stage under devolop It I must look for my op- the Hitman empire The flrxt I't.tf llsh actress Is said tn hnve been Mr portunity." "Thsl Is what I should prefer, if I Colmnn, who performed Hie putt were a man," said the girl, and Caleb "lanthe" In Dnvennnr'a "Siege sensed a growing approval of him lu Ithodea." In 18.-. well-poise- It'- -' is vsxA X'.'v )Mirt,'? -- - - Monday. ilNGTON, Nov. 11, 2: 48 a. in. The armistice between Ger many, on one lianu, auu AS1 allied governments and the United Slates, on the other, has been signed. "The State department announced at 2:45 o'clock this morning that Germany hud signed. announcement "The department's said: 'Tlie armistice has simply been signed.' "The World war will end this morning at C o'clock. Washington time, II o'clock Paris time. "The armistice was signed by the German representatives at midnight. "This announcement was made by the State department at 2:50 o'clock this morning. "The announcement was made verbally by an official of the State department In this form : " 'The armistice has been signed. It was signed at 5 o'clock a. ni., Paris time (midnight eastern time) and hostilities will cease at 11 o'clock this morning, Paris time, (0 o'clock eastern time). "The terms of the armistice will not be made public until later." This was the official story sent out by the Associated Press on one of the greatest days within the memory of those living today. America's millions, reading and hearing the news, went wild In spontaneous celebrations of which the participants hud never seen the like. The war was over and America und the world were glad. This yeur, eight years afler, America again. pauses at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of I he eleventh month. And France pauses and England. From our tiniest village to our greatest metropolis we shall In some manner observe Armistice day. Britain hnth laid a Tommy 'neatb Went minster Abbey's nave. And France hcth mude her triumph srch A Pollu's crave. Now mines a Yank to Arlington To Join th nation's brave Columbia's unknown aoldicr son To Join the brave In Arlington with pomp of peace and show of war Ann nonor or a conqueror! Three soldier picked In the dark, Unknown, unsung, without a mark ienlus or clod or knave. We know thfir all they nave. We know to save. hy died Tn theater, sbl-and arc. With this to be tiy all men rend: "In Honor of the I'nknown Dead" Who shall say what Is to be the s.i-ri- d vm: spirit of Armistice day? Eight years are not enough to determine a tra- dition. The war is yet too close to us, and only time can tell what Is to be the spirit of this day. But already we look forward to It as an American national holiday. In this nutnmn of 1920, in which falls the eighth anniversary of Armistice day, the outward and visible sign of the inward and spiritual grace which animates the American breast Is tribute to the heroic soldier dead in the form of honors to the Unknown Soldier. The world will not soon forget the solemn ceremony with which Great Britain on the second anniversary of Armistice day laid to rest "A British Warrior" In Westminster abbey. Nor will It soon forget how France honored her heroic dead by making Arc de Trlomphe the burial place of "Un Soldat Francals" from Verdun. Here under the central opening of this great structure lies o simple slab. At the head Is a single flame burning night and day. There Is no fence of Iron to inclose It nor Is It watched over by guards. Visit It any day of the year and you will find It flanked by modest bouquets of flowers placed there by those who well know the toll of war. And at Arlington, America's nation nl cemetery wIicq lie historic dead, lies iilso our "I'liknown Soldier." The" vision of the homecoming of this "I'liknown Yank" will for long be cherished by our people. What do we remember? The selection of America's unknown soldier son at Chalons, the bestowal of the Victoria Cross at the decoration of the l.eglon of Honor, the Journey to I.e Havre under escort of aa honor guard, the French memorial observance at the seaport. The cruiser Olympla's arrival at Washington after dark; the silent transfer to the capitol ; the lying In state In that rotunda of the most Impressive structure lu the world. The funeral service according to United States army regulations: A battalion of field artillery, a squadron of cavalry, a combat regiment of Infantry, a battalion of marines and sailors, the Marine hand. uliir theory Is that "light of the moon" Is the time when the moon Is going from "new" to "full." and "dark of the The wciithcr bureau snys that "light union" when the moon Is on the wane. nioon" or "light of the union" means 'I In- fai t Is the terms are purely popusll that Mine diir'tig which the imikhi lar and hme no scientific significance ! aboe the horizon lliiimli the fore wIih lever. Put hllnder Magazine. part of the iililii. or from dusk to bod time II u'i lock p. m., for In Integrity in Art The more hnutlftil the art, the more stiinie. "Dink iimmiii" or "dark of I tie ' iniM.n iiieoiis all the re I of the time. It Is essentially the Work of peoplx or nil '.he tin- - lli.it Is nut "light of . . who me striving for Hie fulI'.nl Ibis Is nit' the popu H,f inr fillment of the law and the realization Ik1 hi v'ii.uof the Ici'm The poo- vX a loveltbess which they have Dot Dark and Light Moon j ;;; fj mi Ms&mm Uie bow-legge- 1 - d '' urn-lent- PAGE SEVEN NEPHI. UTAH - j iiuiioiaiy pallbearers : Eight general officers of the army and four admirals of the navy. Bodybearers: Five warrant officers of the army and three petty officers of the navy and of the marine corps, chosen on their war records. Official mourners: Holders of the Medal of Honor; one representative for each 10.000 of the four million men who served In the armed forces, named by the states of the Union; officers and enlisted men from each arm of the service; a member of the American Legion from each state and territory. The funeral procession passing along Pennsylvania avenue on Its way from the capitol to the Arlington Memorial ampltheater; the lining of the entire route with Infantry from the regulars and the National Guard. The reception at the Arlington Memorial ampltheater by the President of the United States, heading an assemblage of the gr at of the world ; the funeral oration of the President; funeral services by army and navy chaplains; Interment In front of the entrance of the ampltheater at a spot which overlooks the city of Washing ton, with the capitol and Washington's monument and the Lincoln memorial In the background. The moving strains of the funeral nun li; the roll of the drums; the measured cadence of marching feet; the blowing of "taps" by the buglers; the volley by the firing squad. The flag at half-mathroughout the nation. The American people at silent prayer through a hushed two minutes. Armistice day of 1920 will be observed In America from coast to coast. Citizens will pause for two minutes of silence and face toward the east. An epitome of the nation's observance will be the services again at Arlington at the tomb of the unknown soldier. In spirit America's Armistice day will be a glorification of the "Fighting Yank." So hurrah ! for the "Fighting Yank!" For "Fighting Yanks" are all good Americans who gave their best when the country called. yet attained, which they feel even farther and farther from attaining the more they strive for it. And yet, in a still deeper sense. It Is the work of people who know also that they are right. Ituskln. j c" . Similar Traiti Hustle "Three 'tindied years n.) Ibis be, fir, very 'Istorlcal, iiinl never slick nor stone altered In all the yeur." Visitor landlord ns ".Must tiitue."--i'us'i- i; be ti. j.,iiiie si w. |