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Show I ·~ ;.Jt. I . .. : \ . ...'"The .Midvale.Jour.nal . • ' / Pag·e Thirteen ~·==~~~==~~~~====~~=,~ EEPI s • .,, ... Fi ~ • fi ri Fi Fi • • . ~ g'ripping and ,holding· ·that ()f thoiplintered th& mirror · had really other. Then swiftly the intruder :been mea,nt for him, and it had jerked. a piatoi from his pocket and struck lfith great precision just · where the ret\ection of his head had tired poi.nt blank into the mfrro,r.·. presented a fair target to the atarll'he report crashed horribly .in the -tled marksman. room, followed by the tinkle of frag He turned out the lights an.d, ments of glass. Archie aimed at placing the key under the door mat, the doorway, but his shot seemed stole through the garden. . The only to hasten the man's fl.ight. man he had shot down might A rug slipped and the fufl.',itive feU now be ly!ng dead ln his path, and with a . :frightened yell that . rang he lifted 'his feet high to avoid eerily through the house. In the stumbling over the corpse. But hall Archie turned on all the lights more appalling was the thought and · gai.ning the landing nhid · at that the :fug.i tive might' be lying in th'e retreating fi,gul'e as it lurched ambush, and he carried his pistol toward the front door. At the before him at arm's length· against crack of the gun the fugitive ~:~tohii?- such an · emergency. ped shm~t. clapped his hand to s He gained the · road, gla,nced t<J... should. er aJ?-.d. groaned, ~hen sprang ward the house, and set off in the 1 throu~rh the front door and Bennett general direction of the New Ramp ·heard immediatf'.ly thP quick· patter shire border. . of his feet o;n the walk. (Continued Next Week) The lock bore no evidence of hav- even wu~~m~grn~~~h~in~be~fureed. ~hefr~e~ - '~G»DEPAftME~ · [j ·. ~- fi . ~ ~ ~ OF DISCONTINUED NUMBERS . At BARGAIN PRICES~ DISPLAY 0 N NEW SH0 E Ri\ CK Good Assortment of Sizes g 1 98 · 0 L' "" ~ !:1 !3 !:I . . - ~ .. 11 ~ ~ fi fi fi fi Fi fi fi Fi · ~· · . . · ~s-.t;a;::;..u · ;;;J fi ~ ~ ' (Continued from -last week) CHAP'l,'ER III It wa.s close upo,n midnight and the preaence of a ·prowler on the 1 premises caused his he~rt to a-a lol) wildly. He seized the pistol, crept to the window and peered caud;iously out, wh~;n a sqund in the room belo"" renewed his alarm. He gained the door in two jumps. He could hear the opening and closi)lg of drawers and see the flash of an electric lamp as the intru~er moved swiftly about. Then through .the vast silence of the big house · the unknQwn -g"ave voice to his anger and disappoi,ntment: "Well. I'll be damned!" h A series of quick flashes on . t e wall gave warning o:( the intruder's invasion of the upper rooms. , Archie drew back and waited. His thoughts and emotions in this hour of danger i,nterested him. It 5 · 240 Fi · '. 2•98 9 2.4 · 3 • 49 3 • 98 BOOTH MERC . .. MIDVALt'r. · • Fi ~ co "The B;'g Sto're" I fi fi fi fi I; ~ • fi UTAH fi fi • ~D-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~-~·~~ to realize that while his heart was ! the nhotQg-raph of the y<Jung girl ENTERS STATE FAIR :.,: 1 b~ruting quickly, his pulse was re~- 1 that had so charmed him la~ on t~e ing about thirty exhibits in the what Jordan's students can do . ular. ftoor faee down. Bennett p1cked It · AJthouJ!h the enrollment is not State Fair. Paul Parr is entering Good crop displays are now on The thief had become more cau- up and found that the picture had so lar.f{e as was expected, the uAg" a g-ood Chester White sow and has exhibit in the ~eAft' room. All stutioue and was tiptoeing up the un- been removed. It was a curious ' students are showing a splendid a good chance of winning. A school dents are invited to see them. carpeted treads of the stair, still hn~ine~s. but he dismissed the su.b- · spirit. stock judging'· team, a .clu~, and a • sending occasionally a bar of light ,iect from his mi.nd to consider the The "Art" department is to be school crop judging team are. the TO LATE TO CLASSIFY ahead. He was now coming bold- P"raver bu.F~iness of how to avoid the represented at the State Fair as judging con.test expectin~ to win. HOUSEKEEPER a.Rd PRACI'ICAL ly down the h,all as though satis-- disagreeable consequence~ (}f his · usual and the work is ·g oing over; Jordan is enteri.nJt" three project Nurse Wants Work Of Some fted that the house was empty. A ~>noounter. He must leave the one hundred per cent str.on2". note books by last year's students, flash of his lamp fell upon the door house and eRcaP~ from Bailey HarThe "Ag" department is enter-\ which are very good examples of Kind. Call Midnle 178. frame Just about Archie's left hand bor before darbreak, and he went _ _ _...;._______.;....._ __ A flash clipped the dal."k for an in~ upstairs al\d hurriedtr began dre&a- · stant. Then a hand groped along ing. the wall seeking the switch. Archie At one o'clock he was drlnk:fp.g could hear its soft rasping over the coffee and munching toast and )a.m wall. As the switch snapped the ~ forti-fy himself for his journey. room ftodded with li4'ht. The beHe had shot and perhaps kiUed a wildering glare leapina- out of th6 man, and hi.s mind arurlf8(l slowly darkness held -the ma;n. in the door r with eelf-aceusa.tlons. He need,n't way and be raised his arm and pass have fired the shot-the thief was ed his hand over hil'l eyetJ to shield runninR" away and very likely them from the light. The bW'Iglar'B would not have mole&ted him furshoulders drooped as he ~raped at tMr. He was sorry for the fellow Archie's :figure which wu rel!eet- .--wounded or dead; but in a moMon4eH~edea ed. in a long mirror. The eYea of ment he was shudderin&" as he rew.u ..Q,d the tw.o men met, the gaze of each 1\ected that the bullet that had .for tke Evay Ia 6e we; •, • SaVe 1no~ey on Tire Mileage! I ·Boy Scouts Buy Own '0 0 t 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 t H 0 t H 0 t toOt t ~ 0 0 t 0 H 0 Q 0 0 0 0 0 0 '0 0 0 0 >0 9 9 t , • ~. . . -; : ! Graham Brothers · Truck ) J :.. • • . Deli:n•, . - ... en · aaa .c111tL.,... tlftbelrtlrwiJ,IIIItN' ~ lpn tiM CIDIII I : IJW ,~ ·•• OH ~ ~<0-0..¢-o¢-¢-¢-¢-¢-¢-¢~~--H~~~~*-~ .. .. .............. ... __.,._ com....rdal car ,_-----· ~( wllllll•e.llan.a...mmaa: dell...tea-at .._. eo.t. nat:.• wb7' ~...... dal~a• ~ ' .I ·n-su..... dJGr. wefeatarenllfalll til'&. Our Yalaee tHaa more miJeep-• economical cost. . • Here you cet SI1Yertowns -justpackedfullofmiles -Silverto\me a~ prices that.c utthelrooatper mile the lowest itbuever been. "-all. ••k•• me-. paew :r• t•ut-.ttJe. aoll ...ct•ea lito. Instant Road Service A•.J• t 1 • hi diiiU.U. P'tWIIe -'U CCIIIIe aDd cballce your tire. Wonderful hel~ to WCJmeQ wbo drive. . Tolopbooe • GOODRICH No.4 RUBBER CEMENT \ 'I'he Boy Scouts of America not cnly are developing a healthy, clearthinking organization ot the country's youth but a group of self-reltant yqung business men as well. This bas been demonstrated by Troop 20 1n Washington, D. C., who are owners ott 'a Graham Brothers truck pur·chased through the boys' own efforts and now used almost constantly tn carryi.:>.g the entire troop to distant · points of 1ntel'-st. The truck was bougnt on the reg'1llar payment plan through a !ltoc& :company organized by the boys' fa thiers and friel:ds. Including William J , Showalter. an editor of Nn nona! Geograph1c Magazme The first ambtt!on c! the tl'oop was to get any ltlnd of · tr\lCk e.t the least possible cost Theu 1 <!lc.leT frlends. however advised them _to study e..-ery ~r•ck on the market I with a view to getting one that• would r give them maximum service ov~ a long period of years. ' Only after much advertising Utera.ture had been read and several dealers for different ma~s 1nterv1ewed, j dtd the troop finally decide{ that the ! ·oraham Brothers truck offered th• · best value. The boys are paying bac:.; the stock company that aided 1n t"le; purchase with money earned at odd ' jobs. The Graham 1 Brothers truck has already carried the whole troop over almost the entire eastern section of [ the United States and has trave1ect 1 1 as far as Quebec In Canada. The bOys~ ! have rewarded Its dependable and ' ' economical service with the praise tn ~ J keeping with the best traditions ot : 1 the Boy Scouts of Amerlca-...:zl. U' ai ways prepared."· . Name 3'0Ur price: we have the tire to match it! , ·j Ixl our stockofS"tlvertowne, Goodrich RadloCords and Balloons, and Signal Cords -•c can offer youanytbingyouw~ low price 118.vingsa. en lw&ND~I Priced ·, tow GOODRICH "Rubber Tipped",. Blow Out Patc·h No pinching or chafi~ oftubea. etropoli an Garage Jack Switzer, Prop. Murray, Utah |