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Show THE PAGE TWO Cfhe UJard of Robbers' Roost CSUTTENDEN j) MARRIOTT W. G. Ohapmaa, WNU Service CHAPTER XII Continued ' 23 As the light grew. Go Ahead leaned FT forward, scanning the landscape far and near, seeking for some sign that Stella bad arrived before him. Stella herself did not look at the country; instead she looked at Go Ahead frown-lngly- ; jealously Irritated that be should be so eager to see this minx whom, so far as be knew, be had never beheld. Caesar, meanwhile, nodded In bis saddle. Finally Go Ahead gave over bis search for the moment. "We're too early, Bob," be said. "I was afraid we would be. There's nothing to do now except go to the ranch bouse aad wait there till she turns up." "Go to the ranch bouse t" Amazement amounting to Incredulity drove the sleepiness from the girl's eyes. "You you don't mean tt?" "Why, of course I mean It Why not?" "But but " Stella broke olT. Already she bad learned the futility of trying to Induce Go Ahead to be prudent "But Fair didn't say to wait In the ranch bouse," she ended, desperately. "Of course be didn't But where else are we to wait?" : Go Ahead laughed at sight of the dismay on Stella's face. "It does seem like venturing Into a hornet's nest, doesn't It?" he admitted. "But It really Isn't. Barker we left In Loboville; Wade Is probably up north ; there can't be anyone much here except Diego. We'll Just tie blm up or set a guard on him, and then we can make ourselves at home. See?" "But suppo?e Barker comes after us. Suppose his spies saw us lea- ving" "Couldn't tte'd have Jumped us long ago. And even If he did come after us we'd be safer behind 'dobe walls than In the open." "But but why; not go on?" Go Ahead opened his eyes. "Why, we can't go without Stella," be protested. It was on the tip of Stella's tongue to pay something very derogatory about her other sell But she checked herself Just In time. "Fair said that if she didn't meet us at dawn for us to go on, and she'd overtake us," she pleaded. "Yes. But It isn't dawn yet. We've got to wait somewhere and we've gol to rest while we wait I'm not 'specially sleepy niyrelf but I wouldn't mind forty winks, and I guess you wouldn't 'either. And then of course we've got to give the horses a chance to eat and rest a bit or they may play out on as when we least expect It" Stella gave up. "You know best, I suppose," she said, "but I wish you wouldn't wait for Stella. 1 don't be lleve she's coming at all." Go Ahead looked at the girl gravely. "I bope she will come," be said. "If she doesn't I'll bave to consider going after her. You see. Barker told me last night why be wanted to marry ' ber" "Whatr 1 "Yes. thought from what Green and you said about her that tt was curious that be should want her so badly. But now I understand." "You you don't mean be told you about her money?" So you know about It "Eh. too. Yes, be told me Indirectly, lie warned me that be was going to marry her and take ber money blmrclf and that I'd better put alt sucb thoughts out of my bead." "He told you that I He thought that you " "Seems so. Oh, he's Just got money on the brain. He's " "But what did yoo tayr "Mel" Go Ahead chuckled. "Oh, I turned It off some way. I ought to But no matter about bave told blm that I couldn't well tell hint anything without spilling all the beans. But the long and short of tt Is that I've got to get Stella away from that robber camp before Barker goes back to It" Bob't voice quivered with suppressed passion. "I s'pose yoo want ber for yourself V Go Ahead did not answer. But be turned and looked at the girl long and gravely. Then, still without speaking, be looked away. After a while Stella looked op. ... ' Pearl in Every Booh There are people. It seems, who1 value things Us proportion to the price that Is put on them; and because the Bible can be bought for a few pence, or a few shilling. poss It by as common thing. "Why should we boy your cheap little books?" scornfully asked a man In Burma. The colporteur replied: "Yes, they sre cheap, n only two pice a copy, but 1 bave the peop'e of Ceylon buying oysters at one pice. In the hope of finding a (earl And here there la a pearl la Then she uttered a startled exclamation. "Oh, we're right at the DMse," she gasped. "Oh, obi Please don't Go anywhere else go Inside, Go-ebeyond the barn there anywhere." "All right" Go Ahead turned his horse slightly. Dla brief anger had melted, giving place to concern. "You're played out" he said, "and It's no wonder. That's what makes you so temperamental. We'll camp beyond the barn on one condition, and that Is that you'll He down right away and take a nap." But Stella shook ber bead mutinous ly. "I've got to do my share," she said. "All right Then we'll go Inside the house and you can do it there." Go Ahead relaxed bis slight tug on the reins, and bis horse Instantly tried to turn In toward the ranch bouse, now Just abreast This brought Stella to terms. "No, nol" she cried. "1 give in. I'll lie down." Under ber breath she added; "but I won't sleep." "Good enough." Go Ahead dragged bis reluctant steed back to Its course. A moment later the three bad passed, apparently unseen, beyond the barn and were screened by Its bulk from the eyes of anyone who might appear In or about the ranch buildings. Very quickly the blanket rolls were unstrapped and tossed down, the horses provided with nose bags, and Stella, resentful but true to ber word, bad lain down, resolved not to close her eyes. But the sandman was abroad and when, a moment later. Go Ahead stepped lightly to her side, be found ber fast asleep. Long he stood looking down on ber In silence. Then, muttering, "Poor, tired, plucky boy," and resolving tu his heart of hearts that he'd "take good care of Bob when he got him East," he went back to Caesar. T "Caesar," he asked, "how sleepy are you?" "Me? Ain't sleepy at all,, Mr. George, suh." Caesar never dreamed of using such an appellation as "Go Ahead" Instead of the aristocratic "George Ashraead." "Well, I am! And 1 guess you did sleep most of the night. Do you suppose you could keep watch for an hour while I take a nap?" Caesar drew himself up. "Course 1 can, Mr. GeOrge, suh," be replied with considerable dignity. "Well. I'll trust you. Come over here." Go Ahead led the way some twenty feet northward to the north end of the barn. "There Isn't a thing to do except to stand here, at this corner, and keep your eyes open." be said. "You can look east and west along the road we Just came by, and north across the road, und now and then take a look over your shoulder past Bob and me and the horses along the side of the barn to the south, to make sure that nobody's trying to slip up on you from behind. The first human being you see, wake me quick. And wake me In an hour anyway one hour. You understand?" "Yassuh. I understand!" "Well, you do It or I II nkln you alive." Yassuh I" Ceasar grtnned. Evidently the threat was a mere verbal pleasantry, without terrors. With a nod Go Ahead strode halt a dozen feet to the rear and Bopped down on bis blankets as Stella had done. Like Stella, too, he was asleep In an Instant. Caesar watched him take his place; then, bristling and determined, be set himself to keep unremitting vigil. And be did keep It He obeyed Go A head's Instructions to the letter, kept excellent watch up and down and across the road that ran In front of blm, and periodically looked behind Mm. If danger had come from any of these directions he would undoubtedly have delected It and given warning. But actually. It did not come from nny of these directions. . The passing of the travelers along the front of the ranch buildings bad not been unnoticed. Diego, he who had gone down before Barker's heavy knife when he tried to waylay Go Ahead, bad laid awake nearly all the night, suffering from the pain of the thrust throuch bis upper arm. More, he was standing at the window of the bunkhouse. staring out Into the dawn, wben the three rode by. He thousht he recognized Go Ahead, and finding that the party did not reappear along the rood beyond the barn, be crossed from the bunkhouse to the barn, where, head pressed against the boards at the back, be listened with all his ears. Soon he was rewarded by the sound of voices and then, find Ing a convenient knothole through which to peep, by the sight of the man whose qulckwlttednoss had got him his wound. Then he went to the ranch honse, to the automatic telephone, and called up Barker's office. The bell was still ringing when Barker got back from seeing Wade and bis men off for Bridlie heard It Indeed, as he came get' up tbe path, and quickened his step to a run In consequence. 'Phone calls at thnt hour of the morning were rare and likely to he Important y 1 . (TO BE CONTINUED.) every book." It was a bnrpy answer, and the colpnrteo- - spoke better than he knew, for the pearl Is the hest symbol of beauty born of pnln Montreal Herald. Horned Owl't Tit-B- it curious habit of the grest horned owl Is that of decapitating bis victim! Frequently, only the head Is eaten. One report speaks of Hire turkeys and several chickens beheaded by one of these owls In a single night The bodies were uninjured. A TIMES-NEW- WVVWV WWW I X WW Friday October 26, 1928 NEPHI, UTAH S. W WWW, News Notes I It'e a Privilege to Live in ,s,;i tit I X Utah ST. GEORGE The livestock A and agricultural industries and fruit growing are forging: ahead in Washington county, with quality high and pro- duction expanding. The county ranked second in production of pears. More than MT. PLEASANT feeder lambs, from local sheep- -' Mt. growers have moved from Pleasant and Fairview to Ogden and points in Colorado during the past week. The average weight was 80 pounds and the price was 10 2 cents. LOGAN Early snowfalls have blocked the road through Logan can- -, by yon, it was announced recently the state commission. The road will probably be closed, all winter. K. C Wrifebt, assistant ch!uf engineer . of the road department, made ui unsuccessful attempt to go through the canyon, reporting that eighteen inches of snow had fallen near the summit Utah-Idah- o The RICHFIELD sugar factory at Elsinore, Sevier county, will start slicing beets about October 20. A large tonnage of beets has now been stored in the bins at the factory, under supervision of Elliott Larson of Monroe, who is inspector of beet loading station. Some of the beet fields are reported to fifteen yielding- from fourteen tons per acre, considered better than an average crop, PRICE Construction of the new federal aid highway through Price canyon has been completed and the road will be thrown open for tarffic soon, it was announced recently at the office of the state road commission. There have been several delays in the work because of floods, development of a new coal property and removal of the Price and Helper pipe lines. The project is about four miles long and has cost about $140,000. of CHICAGO Sixteen carloads Utah lambs topped the Chicago market October 15 and 16 when the Farmers Union Livestock commission sold them at $13.85 per hundred. Eight double decks belonged to Jack Berg of American Fork and eight doubles belonged to Boley Brothers. The fat lambs sold at $13.85 and feeders at $13.50 per hundred weight Mr. Berg's lambs averaged 77 pounds for four doubles sold October and nearly 80 pounds for four doubles sold October 1G. MARYSVALE Nine carloads of range cattle were loaded here recently, destined as follows: Three cars for Murray; three care for feeding pastures in the north end of the state and three cars for California. The steers brought around 10 cents, heifers close to 9 cents and the cows around 8 cents. The cattle were in good condition considering the fact that the ranges have offered scant feeding areas the past summer. The stock was shipped by Andrew Anderson of Koosharem. VERNAL Shipment of lambs from Uintah county to feed yards in other states !s under full headway, A total of approximately 40,000 lambs are being trailed from the county, partly to Watson, for shipment over the narrow gauge railway to Mack, Colo., on the main line of the D. & R. G. W., and part to Craig, Colo., for shipment over the Moffat railway. A total of not less than 35,000 lambs owned by the Uintah county are grazing on Colorado ranges, and practically all of these will be shipped from Craig, bringing the grand total of Uintah county lambs this fall to 75,000. SALT LAKE CITY Official proclamation designating Saturday, Oct 27, as Navy day, and calling upon the citizens of Utah to commemorate the birth of the United States navy on that day with fitting exercises in every city, town and hamlet, was issued recently by Governor George II. Dern. The proclamation also urges especially that appropriate exercises be conducted In every school and institution of learning throughout the state on Friday, October 26. It is as essential that the people of a great, inland state should know their navy just as well as those living in the coastal states, who are thrown Into daily contact with the active forces of the great fleets, the proclamation declared. This year the country is celebrating the 153rd anniversary of the inception of the navy, the proclamation sets forth, and during the intervening period between that date and the present the navy has grown from small sloops to one of the two greatcs armadas afloat. The country's efficient sea force today is an effective instrument of peace, a bulwark of protection, and a living monument to patriotic pride," the proclamation declares. 9,-0- 00 1-- . - flock-maste- rs VERNAL Utah. 's alfalfa seed crop is expected to amount to 8,000,-00-0 pounds this year compared with 15,900,000 in 1927, according to a crop forecast Issued rerently by Frank Andrew, statistician for the United States department of agriculture. The figures refer to the weight of the seed as it come from the thresher. In terms of rrcleaned seed, the crop this year will be about 7.000.000 pounds a compared with 14,000,000 pounds last year, the report states. This year's crop was materially reduced by dry weather. - The By. ELMO. SCOTT WATSON P SOME one suddenly manded that you name I fourteenth President of the de-th- -- T- I T Tl 1 wl MU11VU T VtotfioJ , LI 1 11 LU S lllll J V' e . ill It? Or If they said. "Who was President Just before Millard Fillmore and who Just after blm?" could you answer promptly? If you were one of those persons who, as a school boy or girl, had to learn "The Presidents in Rhyme," perhaps you conld. Dont you remember It that long string of couplets which listed the Presidents In order and to which some one added another couplet whenever a new Chief Executive was elected? If you didn't, here tt Is: First stands the lofty Washington, That noble, great. Immortal one. The elder Adams next we see, And Jefferson comes number three. The fourth Is Madison, you know. The fifth on the list, Monroe. The sixth an Adams comes again. And Jackson seventh in the train. Van Duren eighth upon the line. And Harrison counts number nine. The tenth is Tyler, In his turn, And Polk the eleventh, as we learn. The twelfth is Taylor that appears. The thirteenth Fillmore fills his years. Then Pierce comes fourteenth into view; Buchanan Is the fifteenth due. Now Lincoln comes two terms to fill. But God o'errules the people's will. And Johnson fills the appointed time Cut short by an assassin's crime. Next Grant assumes the lofty seat. The man who never knew defeat. Two terms to him; then Hayes succeeds. And quietly the nation leads. Garfield comes next, the people's choice. But soon ascends a mourning voice From every hamlet In the land. A brutal wretch with murderous hand Strikes down the country's chosen chief. And anxious millions mourn In grief. Arthur's term was then- - begun. . Which mad the number twenty-oneThen came the "Man of Destiny," Honest and strong in policy, Grover Cleveland, whose first term Made the politicians squirm. Bat when election day rolled round Harrison was more popular found A man of Intellectual mold. In action cautious, manner cold. So when his single term was over There followed four years more of Grover. McKIntoy then, the A most efficient pilot proved. A erased assassin laid him low Again the nation voiced its woe. To fill the Interrupted term, "Our Teddy" followed, staunch and Arm. well-belove- d, fighting statesman, forceful, true. H taught the nation strenuous life, Tet kept It from Internal strife. Next Taft, the Jurist, reached the goal. Four quiet years he held control. Then Woodrow Wilson, Princeton man, Eight fateful years of rule began. For under him our armies brave Went forth a whole world's peace to save. The war was won, but at what cost Tbe nation soon this leader lost. In peace was Harding's term begun, But death claimed him 'ere It was done Then Calvin Cool Idee, calm and root. Gave to our states a cautious rule. Hut what couplet will be added next? Will it be something like this: Now Herbert Hoover of Belgian fame Adds to the list the thirtieth nam. Or will It read something like this: And now the roll call here ends with Democracy's champion, Alfred Smith. The answer will be written on November 0. But whichever it Is, some new Items will be added to the record of what may be called "Interesting Facts About Our Presidents." First of all, consider the "historical firsts" which will be written Into the annals f the nation, no matter whether the next occupant of the White House Is Herbert C Hoover or Alfred E. Smith. If Hoover is elected President he will be The first bearing the nam of Herbert. Th first who was a nntlv of towa. Th first born west of the Mississippi. Th first who wss a cltisen of California. A And brilliant as a scholar, too. Presidency Hazardous The President of the United Mutes follows a hazardous occupation, according to statlstlcd compiled by Hie Metropolitan Life Insurance company. Only one President since lh Civil war. Grover Cleveland, lived beyond hi normal expeetatiey at Inaugtira-tlonand three Lincoln-(iurfle- lil and McKInley met premature death at the hands of assassins. Taken a a lot, however, the Amer , first elected from the pi West. The first who was a Quaker in religion. The first secretary of commerce to be elevated to the Presidency. The first mining engineer to occupy the White House. If Smith Is elected President he will be The first bearing the name of Alfred. The first who was a Catholic In religion. The first market man to become Chief Executive. Although Hoover, If elected, will bring more "firsts," as shown above, Smith, If elected, will be a better example of "history repeating Itself." Hoover as cabinet member becoming President will be the tenth to do that John Monroe, Jefferson, Madison, Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren and James Buchanan all served as secretary of state before they became President, and Monroe, Grant and Taft served terms as secretary of war. So the promotion from the cabinet to the White House will be Hoover's only example of following precedent. Should Smith be elected he will be the fourth President born In New York and elected from that state, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore and Theodore Roosevelt being the other three. He will be the sixth President elected from the Empire state, however, since Chester A. Arthur and Grover Cleveland, though born in Vermont and New Jersey respectively were residents of New York when elected. Smith will also be the second President to have been a New York sheriff, Cleveland being the first. If Smith Is elected. It will be the third time that a governor of New York has gone from the executive mansion In Albany to the White House. The other two were Van Buren and Roosevelt If Smith is elected. It will place New York on almost an even basis with Virginia and Ohio as a training The Old ground for Presidents. Dominion still rightfully retains her title of "Mother of Presidents" with seven men born on. her soil who became President. They were Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Harrison, Tyler and Wilson, although Harrison and Wilson were elected from Ohio and New Jersey respectively. Ohio's record Is six native sons elected to the Presidency. They were Grant (who was elected from Illinois, however), Hayes, Garfield, McKInley, Taft and Harding. Since the religious Issue has been so prominent In the present campaign. It Is Interesting to note the variety of religions which have been represented In the White House. There have been eight different sects and whichever way the election goes this year a ninth Is due to be added. Eight Presidents have been Episcofour palians, seven Presbyterians, Methodists, three Unitarians, two of the Reformed Dutch faith, one Baptist, one a member of the Disciples. President Coolldge Is a Congregation-alls- t Thomas Jefferson was classed as a Liberal and a noted biographer declares thnt he was a believer In Christianity, although not a sectarian. While President Johnson was not a church member he was a Christian believer and bis wife was a Methodist, resulting In him being accredited to that full h. The Presidents who were Episcopalians were Washington, Madison, Monroe, Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, Pierce and Arthur. Those clnlmed as Presbylerlnns were Jackson. Polk, Buchanan, Lincoln, Cleveland, Harrison and Wilson. The Methodists were Johnson, Grant, Hnyos and McKInley. John Quincy Adams, Fillmore and ican Presidents by no means have been short lived, according to the life Insurance figures. The average age of the '2H now dead Is 0S.41 yenrs, and the one living ex President, Chief Justice Wllllnm 11. Tnft Is seventy. Knn-in- City Star. s Left-Hande- jHrnes President d A. Carfiehl. flip twentieth President of the United States, has been our only President thus far who wss left handed. Harry A. Garfield. Van Buren and Roosevelt were of the Reformed Dutch Faith. Harding was a Baptist and Garfield a Disciple. Seventeen of the Presidents were oi English ancestry, six of Scotch-Irls'two were mostly Scotch and two t Dutch descent, one chiefly Welsh and another Scotch and Dutch. Fifteen Presidents were sons of farmers and planters, four were sons of lawyers, three of merchants, three of clergymen, and one each of a doctor, a constable, a tanner and an Iron maker. Eight Presidents, as well as tbe present nominees, were born of families not blessed with worldly goods. Others were born In varied circumAlthough stances, mostly middle-clasborn of poor parents, Washington became one of the rich landowners of his day, while none of the others attained riches. If fate should decree the election of. Herbert Hoover, whose wealth Is estimated at several million dollars, he will probably enter the White House as the richest President ever to assume office. There have been twenty Presidents who went to college, sornfi of them by their own efforts. Mr. Hoover Is also a college man, but Governor Smith went through the "School of Experience." Fifteen Presidents were soldiers In one or more of the wars In which America has participated. Neither of the two present nominees saw military service. Both of the candidates this year are a little over the average age of their predecessors on Inauguration, which was fifty-fou- r years and four months. Hoover Is fifty-siand Smith Is fifty-fivThe average age of Presidents at their death was sixty-eigyears and seven months. Roosethe youngest velt wai, at forty-twPresident to assume office. Grant, Cleveland, Pierce. Polk and Garfield were Presidents before they were fifty. William nenry Harrison was Garthe oldlng, being sixty-eigh- t field died youngest forty-nine- , the victim of an assassin's bullet John Adams lived the longest, to ninety. Three Presidents, Lincoln, Garfield and McKInley have been assassinated. Juckson was fired at while In office, and Roosevelt was wounded by a crank, during the campaign In which he was a candidate for a third term. Ten of the Presidents have been elected twice. They are Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant, Cleveland, McKInley and Wilson. Eight served eight complete years all of the above except Lincoln and McKInley, the victims of William assassins' bullets. Henry Harrison had the shortest period of service ss President, dying after one month In the White House. Four who served as President were never elected, being Vice Presidents who served out the terms of their Presldenta who had died. They wero Tyler, Fillmore, Johnson and Arthurag Two Vice Presidents, however, who were elevated to the Presidency, were afterward elected in their own right. They were Roosevelt and Coolldge. Cleveland was a two-terPresident whose record was unique. He served was defeated by one term, Benjamin Harrison In 1383 but was elected again In 1S!)2 and served from 18JW to 1S7. All Presidents wero married when elected, with the exception of Buchanan, Tyler, Fillmore, Benjamin Harrison. Roosevelt and Wilson married twice. Tyler had the most children, seven by each marriage. Washington, Madison, Jackson, Polk and Harding were childless. John Adams wns the father of a President and William Henry Harrison the grandfather of Taft were Unitarians. i, x ht 1S.S5-1SS- one. of Williams college, president that his father wos naturally say d childhood, but he learned to write with his right hand, and If lime beenme ambisextrous, using both hands with equal ea?e. There Is a story to the effect thnt President Garfield once demonstrated hi ambidexterity by writing In Latin with one litind while he wrote Greek with the oilier. Kansas City Star. In Christian chnrches began to lulls In nbotit the Fifth century. os |