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Show .. - - THEJORDANJOURNAL,MIDVALE,UTAH --- - ------ --- N E IG H B O R S WORLD GOU RT IS TO COME FIRST Ai=TER ITS DI::.CUSSION SENATE WILL TAKE UP CONSIDE RATION Of' TAX BILL By ROB ERT STEA D Author ot .. The Cow Puneher ," .. The Homeste aders" --- --- CHAPT ER XVI Spoof's face lighted with a gentle smile -"1 didn't go back to Two last night at all. We're planning a sort ot quinquennial honeymoo n progress about the district, and, properly enough, our first call Is at Fourteen. And now that that's orr my chest, behold a man happy once more. I am amazed at the folly that denied me all these years-Men, too, are strange creatures. "There's just one thing-a very Insignificant thing compared with Allee's happiness, and mine, and Gerald's, but It's this: In taking up her homestead she had to declare herself a widow. She did It for the boy's sake, and she knows she will have to give up the claim, but w111 she get Into further trouble! Will they let it go at that?" That was a poser, and I turned 1t over In my mind for some minutes. "Better see Jake about that," 1 suggested. "He'll find a way." "That's right!" said Spoof. "Jake's the boy. And he owes me something yet on that cogitation nut transactio n. "Just one more thing;• Spoof resumed, after a little. "I've told you a great deal more than I propose to tell anyone else. It seemed to me that you-and Jean-had a pecullar right to know.'' • 1 • • • • • of the way of them, here. Get up and let's go for a swim." A flash of lightning revealed her In her bathing suit. I was soon out of bed and Into mine. Washlngt on.-Whlle the house is "Beat you to the other end of the 'MOTH ER:- Fletcher's Cas· pond," she said, as we threaded our approving the $50,000 appropria tion way down the well worn path. for American participat ion in the Ge· toria is a pleasant, hannles~ "You always beat me," I confessed. neva prelimina ry disarmam ent conSubstitute for Casror Oil, Pare. "But I'm game; I'll try again." ference, the senate will resume concomIts together; We took the water goric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups, especially prepared sideration of the resolution for Amerifortlng tide wrapped us about as we world court. for Infants in anns and Children all ages. swung through It with long, easy can adherence to the Talk of Invoking cloture on . the strokes. Jean suited her pace to mine; To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of her body was a rhythmic machine, court discussion so as to get this IsProven directions ..22 ~ package. Phy5icians everywher e recommend it. lithe, supple, almost serpentine In Its sue out of the way before the tax bill Her hair was down. is reported has begun, but lt has not rnovement s. We accomplls h more by prudence All the Same When a glow of distant lightning fell definite move· than by force.-Ta cltus. a into developed yet me, miss, for dancing fox· "Pardon about us her face was Ivory white, away. right come may This ment. of one-step." "It dol!sn't Instead trot cameollke, against the black water. waltzing." was the I by N matter, ready ASPIRI be will YER" bill The ta:x: DEMAN D usA At the far end was a small beach of sand, and we drew ourselves up upon end of the week, but the managers To Have a Clear, Sweet Skin It. Jean drew her feet up tailor-wise , want to give senators time to study Take Tablets Without Fear If You Touch pimples, redness, roughness See the Safety "Bayer Cross." shook out her hair; traced idly with It before asking for its considerat ion. or itching, if any, with Cuticura Oint• They belleve that by taking lt up earher fingers In the sand. Warning I Unless you see the name ment, then bathe with Cuticura Soap "I had a dream, Frank," she said ly in February a vote can be had bemonth. were on package or on tablets you and hot water. Rinse, dry gently and that you of ·•Bayer" end the fore at length. "I dreamed getting the genuine Bayer dust on a little Cutlcura Talcum to you not where are wrecked on a lonely Island, The senate aluminum Investigat ion safe by millions and leave a fascinatin g fragrance on skin. days. proved your seemed doomed to spend all wm be resumed this week, as will the Aspirin for 25 years. Everywhe re 25c eacb.-Adv ertisemen t. physicians sleeping by But one night when you were house inquiry into the alleged British prescribed buy Aspirin. you when up Say "Bayer" a nymph of the wllderness stole monoply of rubber. Secretary Hoover Three-tho usand watt Incandesc ent .-Adv. dangerous ear. prove and whispered something In your w111 be heard during the week on the Imitations may lights, in ~roups of three, are electric And this Is what she said: 'Go down rubber question, while officers of the unIs provide Jlght for taking mO. to assessor used tax the ly a lilht Fortunate and to the beach at midnight federal trade commissio n will be ex1n natural colors. pictures tlon hopes. our tire on the sand, and a beautiful amined with respect to the govern· able to list malden shall come up out of the sea. mental Investigat ion of the Aluminum Take her; she Is yours.' company of America, In which Secre"And you turned In your sleep and tary Mellon is a stockhold er. said, 'Mine-for ever?' And the nymph Farm legislation , particular ly the said, 'Forever, 1t you wlll obey the crop surplus question, wlll occupy the law.' bouse agricultur e "And you said, 'What law?' And the attention of the committee nymph said, 'The law ot romance, committee . The senate Orleans New the of officials hear will which 1s the law ot life. U you are Carathe on exchanges Chicago and true to that law she shall be yours not n in speculatio Tanlae Is a great natural bulldprohibit to bfll way only now, but forever, and this shall er. It revitalizes the blood, stimuno longer be a lonely Island, but a cotton and grain futures. lates the digestive organs, rejuveThe house naval committee wlll place called Paradise.' And then I nates the liver and peps you up hold hearings on the proposal to rewoke up.'' · all over. "That was a very wonderful dream, place the airship Shenando ah. At the From the four corners of the Jean,'' I said. "A very wonderful same time the house military commitearth we gather_ the roots, barks dream." tee wUJ hear Secretary Davis of the and herbs that go into Tanlac. We of question the on t, Frank," compound them after tbe famous , departmen wondering war been have I "And formula that has brought Tanlac nain drophave to voice are liquid her aircr&ft etatus continued, the she m1lllons. to health been have "I defense. soft, and tional low pin~: very Our files are crammed with teswondering 1f you were to l!ght a fire timonials from men and women on this beach-wh at would happen." D EXHIBITE BE in every walk of life, who state TO SEED PRIZE "It would be an Interesting experigratefully that Tanlac has brought ment," I agreed, "but I have no them back to vigorous strength. matches... Winner At Chicago Show Will Be • If you suffer from indigestio n, "I have provided against that. See, loss of appetite, can't sleep or rest; Displayed At Farm Bureau Was So Nervous on this stone are matches, and beside a life making is m rheumatis if ns And Associatio Could Not Sleep It wood for a fire." torture; if your llver is out of "When I began takinll Taulac I wu "Jean I" I exclaimed, a veat light sorts and your body has run down run-down1 suffering completelv of bottle a get to skin and bones, breaking about me. I extended my from indla:eotion, headaches, dl::y Salt Lake City.-A special atrac· Tanlac at your druggist's and opeU., bad nerves, heart palpita• arms toward her; I would have rushed Is expected to create con· which tion and paino acrou my back. But tlon away. right it taking start to her, but she evaded me. 1 eat and sleep Uke a child and now the to added be wlll interest tliderable feel fine in every way. I believe You'll be amazed to note the "Suppose you try the experimen t, Tanlac will help anyone troubled annual conventio n of the Utah State improvem ent that comes at once. Frank," she said. "Let us see 1! there ul was." coop· affiliated its and Farm Bureau For the first time In months you'll Mn. Emma V. Michael Is anything In dreamA." solid which good ns, some associatio eating marketing feel like 2102 StratmoreA vc. I found the stone with the matches; eratlve Fort Wayne, lnd. up in the mornwake You'll Hotel food. Newhouse the at held be will Matches; the With Stone the Found I struck one; Its light glowed genially ing rested and refreshed, ready I Struck One; Ita Light Glowed In my face. I found the Jlttle plle of January 20 and 23, It is announced by a good day's work. First thing for S. Winder, executive secretary. Genially In My Face. now if you want to build your dry wood which she had gathered to- M. you know you'll have some color This wlll be the displaying of the body back to health and vigor. to of match my sparkle set the and and knelt I cheeks your gether; in the approach of evening, and all the original Utah seed exhibit which won Take Tanlac Vegetable Pills for. eyes. your in somefelt back I health moment that In think I It. heat of day seems hemmed in by prizes offered constipati on. -. Don't delay taking Ta.nlac. Begin a god before an altar; u thirteen of the fifteen black clouds crowding overhead. I what like Internathe at division alfalfa the in ~----~----~--------------- of fragrant willow smoa:e tl!led last had gone to bed, but not to sleep. The whiff held show Grain ble and Absolut ely Hay Procura tional if Best, Tiue nostrils like Incense. Then I stood far away flashing of heat Jlghtnlng my George Dr. Chicago. in coal December a for ''The womun who i~t'sitates ic; lost." "I'm Jookin~ for a site around for Jean. She continuous ly lit my room with a vague up and looked Agricultur al col- yards." Utah the of Stewart with "\\'orse tlum that -she is extinct.' "'Yllut's the matter gone. twilight; my blankets had become un- was two men anthracite ?'' the Smith, E. E. and lege -Life. My little fire crackled and bumed bearable, and I threw them orr. The most of the credit for the rnerrlly, sending Its shaft of pale to whom up silence was Intense; the very night at Chicago belongs showing night. excellent This woman's experience seemed to brood over me; the perspira· blue smoke heavenwa rd In the the exhibit, which of charge ed will have typical of thousands, is tion stood out upon me. It took me The distant clouds still heliograph hotel. Newhouse will be shown at the flashtheir sky; the across other each any physician. Aslc back to the hot nights of the East, our of surface the on blinked lights so little known wlt~ us, and from that Provo Wins Third Prize For Judging starting point my mind weut wander- pond from time to time. recall to tried and down Then I sat Ing down through old ways, down to Denver, Colo.-Wi th thousands of the dam and the mlllwheel and the what Jean had said. "A beautiful farmers and stockmen from the west ':l.'ake little boy and girl who were the start- malden shall come up. and exhibitors and stock dealers from reveryours-fo Is She Ing point of all my recollectio ns. Jean her. all over the United States in attendit had been then; Jean it was, with if you obey the law." ance, the annual Western National "I wlll-1 wlll obey!" I breathed. whom all my thoughts were linked; Stock show has opened. Contests were Out on the dark water glowed a confined to collegiate school and boys' Jean was st!ll the ln:lermost hope of my heart. I had W!llted patiently us phosphore scent point. It drew stead- and girls' clubs stock judging. The I cotJld, and the spring and summer ily, straight toward me. It was the results: Collegiate contest-F irst Unimonths had seen arise betwet>n us on rlpp!e of white water as a sllent versity of Nebraska; second Kansas affection deeper, vaster, wider than !(raceful figure cleft the tide in two. State Agricultur al college; thtrcl Unianything I had known In those days Onwnrd she came, steadily, stroke by versity of Wyoming ; fourth Colorado when we had talked of love together. stroke. A flash of distant lig1•tning lit Agricultur al college. C. Westcott, NeOur world had grown and we had her face cameo-llke against the depths braska was high point man. The grown with It. Ours was continuall y behind. She had touched the sand; Provo (Utah) team took third in the the spirit of the new adventure ; con- ~he drew up from the water; she ~tood high school judging contests. tinually a faring forth Into the un- before me. I took her in my arms. "Dreams do come true, if they're known. But I had not talked of love. It bad properly staged," she said when she Bad Weather Detained Naval Flight ie so safe, been my conceprlon of artistry to could speak. Norfolk, Va.-Beca use of rain and "I couldn't see why he didn't ities approve becauseinitits [TilE E~D.] action. natural and gentle speak rt"o more of love, daring all my gain. I never dreamed that predicted bad weather along the route Constipation is dangerous for hope In the prospect that the fires the fl!ght of twenty-fiv e navy seamy constipati on was re- anybody. Nujol is safe for everywhich I guessed had been rel<lnrlled In . to Cuba, Roans Ham;;:'wn from planes body. It does not affect the sponsible until the doctor Jean's heart would In time burst all There probably wll! he 11ll sorts nt which was to have begun Monday and is not absorbed by stomach told me. Then she rivalries ond di<>putes In the near ruher womanly restraint. until the body. vostponed been has morning, would come to me. Jean was big tnre over the question of precedenc e a later date. The planes, comprisin g ·•ne explained that faulty or enough for that. Nujol h~lps its Natrn~'• O'II'1J . , , . among American railroads, just as two squadrons of twelve machines slow eliminati on of waste I had tried to follow her in spirit there were n few years ago over the each and a staff machine belonging matter allowed poisons to Nujol simply makes up for a dethroug-h the torment of those days elate anrl Identity of the first steam- to the scouting fleet of the Atlantic mporary or chronicficiency-te by absorbed be and form after Spoof's revelation . I had guessed boat. It seems not unlikely thnt the fleet, will fly to Guantanam o and later ~~ t>,_tural lubricant supply the in the blood-an d this meant how hard it had been for her, and I honor wlll have to be divided uno clls- will take part in the navy's winter in the intestinN. It softens"the tainted milk for baby. kept silence. I conceived that that trlhuted according to the interpreta- maneuver s which will include an atwaste matter 11n,i thus permits wu arth;try. tion of the term. The first road on tack on and defense of the Panama thorough and ~Jar elimina"He prescribed the Nujol tion, without ov111rtaxing the But there must be an enu some which vehicles ran on ruils was per- canal, with both the Atlantic and Pa· treatmen t and it made a intestinal musclea. time-som etime soon. I was not all haps that on Beacon hill, In Boston, clffc fleets vartlcipati ng. world of difference to both artist, like Jean. Artistry wns my ln 1807. The first road to employ Nujol can be taken for anr of us. Now that I know means to an end. There must be an steam power seems to have been the of time without ill effects. length '"iighways Boost Nevada And Idaho Which would be the be- 27-mlle stretch built by the Delrtware h ow d angerous constipati on To insuro internal cleanliness it end. . Pocatello, Idaho. -Represe ntatives ginning. . . . & Hudson Canal company In 1827 is and how easily it can be should be taken regularly in 'aeCarne a tapping on my window. I from Honesdale to Carbondal e. Pa. !rom Idaho and Nevada met Saturday cordance with the directions on prevented , I am never going comof chamber the at efternoon was s passenger sat up quickly. carry The first road to each bottle. Unlike laxatives it to allow myself to get into does not form a habit and ~D "Frank?" prohahly tho Baltimore & Ohio, which merce and formed the Yosemite- Yelwhich n, discontinued at any time. be associatio again." Highway condition lowstone bad that Balfrom "Yes?" in May, 1830, began running tlmore to Ellicott's mlll, 15 mile~, b:p- IE· designed to promote travel between "Asleep ?" Ask yonr druggist for Mothers are the beot the Na- 1 N ujol.today and begin "Not within miles of lt. Whew! horse power.-N ew York Ileralc- the two best known parks of N u j o 1. of friends tiona! Park associatio n. Officers were I had 1Tribune. to enJOY the perfect ··--l~ver see a night like this?"' \Vhen precious new ornow the of pollcies that \IJ possible the health and elected L.UBRICANT INTERNAL. THI! stake I at wlaRre lives thrust my h~ad tltrough thl! open limination offit onlywhene Prominen .: bh C outllned. For ganization remedy Is the seek "'"""'tlon they a of The chief benefit now aaa could see her torm dimly outis nonnal and rt'gular. on .. -ra ons authormedical that departHighway Nevada the of cials r!arnec It's the renewed conviction thnt lined ag-ainst the night. "Used to be the usual thing, down nice to have a regular Job.-Dulu tb ment, representa tives of Idaho cham· bers of commerce and others InterestEast," she nn~weretl. "Hnt we get out Herald. rod away; then-righ t barrel-le ft bar-~ rell-we woke the echoes of the Jake and filled the air with tempestuo us noises. From every side carne the splash df water and the rush of wings. The stlllness, the gentleness of the night In a moment became the wildest babel of confusion. But we had no thought for that. Splashing right before us were great forms; flapping, struggling , eddying about. I would have held Jean back -nut she rushed ahead of me into the melee. She had one by the neck; the l~st ot killing was upon her; It was a fight to a finish. . . . Afterward we dragged them out-three of them. Jean declared there had been another, but he managed to hide himself In the rushes. Then we bu!Jt a fire beside the wll· low and warmed ourselves. • • • • • • • Before the water was warm enough for bathing I sent to Regina for a bathing suit. "The gaudiest thing you bave," I said, and they took me at my word. It was a great day when 1 made my appearanc e in it. 1n the evenings, after a day of dust in the fields, we reveled In the cool waters of our pond. Jean would race me from end to end, but she was much too good a swimmer for me. Then came one ot those rare summer nights-ra re on the prairieswhen the alr does not cool off with -15After the first blank moment of surprise I turned, not to Spoof or ''Mrs. Alton" or the boy, but to Jean. There was a momentar y tremulous ness, but almost Instantly Jean had herself under control; she was more the artist than 1 knew. I be1an to realize how far her artiStry earrled. "This Is news!" she cried. "When did-" She stopped short. A wave of color flushed her face. Gerald did not tnmlt of casual explanatio n. Spoof and hie wl!e and I still stood as though rooted to the floor. The woman seeJ::ed to avoid my (aze, but whe'l, at tl:n!'S I caught a ~llmpse ot her face tlu)re was something finer than embarrass ment In It; there was embarrass mpnt, It is true, but something almo::;t seraphic as well. Suddenly, ••t think we women should go over to Twenty-tw o," Jean excluimerl. "Marjorie must know the great news. Come, Jerry I" At the door the collie joined them, capering uneasily in the snow. Spoof and I wutched them as they took their way along the well-trodd en trall aet·oss the b'1lliy; then we stabled hls oxen In silence. • Back In the house, Spoof drank a cupbeen arranged that during had lt fuf of te11 and rolled me a cigarette- the busy season I should take my ! ne\·er smoked ct1arettes except unmeals at Jack's, and Jean had volunder Spoof's mallgn Influence -before teered the duty of carrying my afterhe showed a disposition to talk. Then, noon lunches to the field. There was se~yed on one ot my rough benches little time now for either poetry or behind the blue haze ot bls own toprose, and yet we llved amazingly In bacco smoke, he spoke. the spirit. Between the plowhandl es "I married this woman that you one must think of something , and I reknow as 1\Irs. Alton five years ago called and re-recalled those things I Christmas duy. You w1!! understan d had read during the winter. At lunch why Jack's wedding was something of time, or In the evenings, I would talk an anniversar y to me. In course of them with Jean, always tryin~: to of Une Gerald .was born. Up untU then, approach her from some new and unand for some time afterward, every· suspected angle. As, for Instance, thing was all right. us, In when a summer shower threatened "Then - something happened. I quoted (I had borrowed a Shelley 'l':hut I chose to call righteous indlg· from Spoof) : nation I turned her out. Perhaps it was more mortified pride, or just blind. '"I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, beast jealousy. Never mind. Through the seas and the stream; From '"it all I gave myself credit for being I bear light shade for the leaves when just, even generous. 1 gave her half laid In their noonday dreams. or my ready money, which wasn't much ; I've never been much of a From my wings are shaken the dews tha.t waken money-gra bber, Hall; It has always The sweet buds every one-" ' eemed Ruch an Inconsequ ential busiOne evening Spoof came over, carness. But I gave her half of what I • han, and s!'ttled on Geruld the small rylng his gun. "There's good crane shooting out at ln<"ome I could command, and let her keep the boy. That was the biggest Reed Jake," he said. "Brown and I thing. I see a good deal of It through were up last night; got four beauties. different light today, J:iut for letting Jean seems to be shooting rather well; her l;eep the boy I demand some credit thought you and she might like to go still. I've done one or two hard things, out-on a crane hunt, so I brought over Hall. You know. That was one of my gun." "But you-you'l l come won't you?"' them." "No, not this time,'' said Spoof, anllt and cigarette his He finished "I've got all I can use for sagely. other. days." some contln· he here," out "Then 1 came ued. "It seemed the wisest thing to · Jean was enthusiast ic, so we quit do. I was settling into the hope of for- work early the next afternoon and getting It all and making a new start, drove to Reed lake, about seven or when she followed me." He held up eight miles to the west. I fastened a horse blanket to the his hand as if to sllence me, although l,.had made no move to speak. "I don't side of our wagon, dropping one edge blame her-now, " he said. "But then to the ground. In front of it I spread -last summer, you know-it rather another on the grass, and here we sat, interfered . I may as well be frank sheltered from the cool night breezes with you. I had an idea that Jean that came solemnly whispering over 'll'OUid just about complete section the tops of the reeds that bordered the Two. She's a wonderful girl, Jean. lake. Jean seemed to doubt the efficiency You know-the other day. . . . That was one of the hard things 1 of any method of hunting that conwas thinking about when I spoke of slsted In sitting down beside a horse blanket and waiting for the game to them a moment ago. "Frank, she llt a thousand old fires come up and be shot. She· could unof memory that morning. Moving derstand crawllng for a hundred yards, about in my room; sitting ut my table; head down and heels down, except as pouring my tea--G-d, man, do you a waving foot might serve to semaunderstan d? It was too much for any- phore her signals. But to sit and walt. She was counting stars. body. . . . I don't know what they come!" I suddenly "There would have happened. At any rate, I daring to whisper, as scarce ask you to belleve that I was making breathed, up from the water. came note new a my fight. • . . Then you came.'' quietly.'' He threw away half of an unsrnoked "QuietlyWe roiie to our feet and stalked cigarette and rolled another. "Then 1 spent some sleepless nights, silently to the water's edge. There Fran!,, old boy. I was glad you had was nothing to be seen. We were surcome, and even In niy gladness for that rounded entirely by t·eeds higher thau E<ometimell 1 wished you- 'Ve hu- our heads. We were sinking slow!~· mans Rre such queer mixtures; beyond In the moist mud; water was trickling anai~·sis. But the more I admitted through the lace holes In my boots. "We'll have to go In," I whispered . these things to mysE>lf the more I hau nl~o to admit that something might be "Are you game?" I felt the pressure of her free hand !'aid for Allee. Allee had once been • to me all that It now seemed that upon my arm. "Anywhe re-with you." Jean might be. I wondered if, by So we stepped quietly but boldly ('orne not might that some miracle, the water. It came to the ankles. Into creatures. strange are nguln. Women the knees. Then we were calves, the to sly tremendou "lle!!ldes, I wanted reeds and the lake lay bethe through , ~see the hoy. and misty, like a sheet dim us, fore and "So ~·esterdny I hitched the oxen glass. frosted .-:! broke trail over to 'Widow AI ton's.' ··,Ye'll walt here. If we're lucky l\Iy uffilctlons had brought me to a sufficil'ntly humble frame of mind to tl•ey'll come our way.'' Out of the air came a rushing. Great let Allee say her say. l<'or awhile she couldn't say anything; just wept, you wings beat almost upon our heads. know, and cried my name over anrl nut they came and were gone before o,·er, • ad sometimes Gerald's. Mighty we knew it. "Just a couple of strays beating uneowtort able for a man standing around and feellng that in some way around the lake," I explained. "We'll walt for the waders.'' he's to blame for it all. Presently, and without notice save :i' 11 \Vell, when we got down t& lacts she had come In the hope of raising the soft splashing of water, they came money by ·means of homestead ing so wading down the shallows close to that she could educate the boy. But where we stood, their great borlie;; dim when she found, through old Jake, and dark against the frosted gluss; that I nad loc•ted here, she wasn't their long necks stretched high, or above following. And yet she was grubbing in the ree<ls beside them. afraid of me; afraid she'd meet me One-two -three-fo ur-five-s ix; on somewher e; afraid I'd come over to they came. "Take the first two; I'll take the her homstead; and all the time hop!!!!15 I would l Women are strange i llai." Our guns came to our shoulders in c:reatures. darkness; we looked, rather than the and"over, all It talked "Well, we at the great birds scarce a a)$hted, narraUve his in time llrat the Senate Aluminum Investigat ion Will Be Resumed This Week; Inquiry On British Rubber Monoply Is Scheduled I ~ Bu ild yo ur bo dy back to He alt h ~~And to think I was poisoning my own Baby /" N Uj Q1 |