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Show .. THE JORDAN JOURNAL. MIDVALE. UTAH ... a -ByCHAPTER VII-Continued -7- - • George Ethelbert Walsh his surroundings, tested the rope that bound him," and vainly speculated upon his chance of escaping. There seemed to be no outlet to the smaller cave he was In, except through the one in which the wireless was located. It was nothing more than a sort of recess or alcove extending· back from the bluck hole Into which he had let hhnsel:l'. He groaned from the pain In his head. When the entrance to the cave was darkened by the appearance of the two men, he silenced his groans and compressed his Ups firmly. The seaman led the way, and thrust an electric torch In his face. "There he Is, sir," be said. "Reckon I did a good job of it." Mr. Blake stepped forward and thrust his face down at Dick. For a moment he was quiet, Inspecting him closely. Then a grunt escaped his lips. "Let me have that torch, McGee!" he said abruptly. Taking It from his companion's hand and thrusting It close Into Dick's face, he scrutinized the features in s!lence. "We've met before,'' he added, frowning. "Your face Is familiar." "Then perhaps you can tell me where,'' replled Dick, determined not to enlighten him. The man was busy with his thoughts, trying to summon from memory a vague Impression. Suddenly his face lightened. "I have It!" he exclaimed. "You're the man who fished Miss Cutler's bag from the river the day before we sailed. Aren't you? Yes, I recognize you. I don't need your answer." "I don't deny It, Mr. Blake. Glad to meet you again." The other grunted. Then he asked the Inevitable question: "How'd you get down here?" "Came down on the yacht," replied Dick, smiling. Blake frowned. "You weren't a member of the crew," be asserted. "No," smiled Dick, "I didn't have to work my passage." "Stowaway?" "Well, not exactly-eall it an uninvited guest." Sudden suspicion entered the other's face. "Did Miss Cutler know you were aboard?" Dick laughed and shrugged his shoulders. "Ask her," he replied impudently. An uneasy expression came Into Blake's eyes, and for a few moments he was quiet. Then quite coolly, having made up his mind, he said, "No, I won't ask her. I'll leave you here for her to find. It she knows· you're on the Island, she'll hunt for you." He swung around, and faced the seaman. "Keep him here, McGee, and It Miss Cutler should watch him. stumble upon him let me know." He walked back Into the main cave, followed by McGee. "Are you going to let me starve?" called Dick. "That's hardly fair, Mr. Blake. There's a law against slow murder." Without answering him, Blake spoke again to the seam on: "Give him enough food and water to keep him alive, McGee. But don't overfeed him. You understand?" "Sure I" grinned the other. "I won't let him starve-not quite." When they disappeared up the rude steps provided by nature, Dick's heart skipped a few beats. The prospect was not promising. His Imprisonment ln the dark hole would not be pleasant. The pain In his head, and the strain of the rope that bound him, were bad enough; but Blake Intended to Increase his torture by half starving him. Dawn was just beginning to streak the east with faint bars of light, but 1n the grove It was stlll dark and In the half !lght, Dick shadowy. (Copyrtsht, 1925, by w. G. Chapman.) ~tumbled along untll he came to a WNU Service fawning hole that stretched directly Iacross his pathway. He stood on the very brink of it be- would have been suspicious of him. /fore he realized ltl presence. Catch- I'll have to find out what he told her." ing himself with a start, be stepped He hesitated between two courses. back and peered down. The hole was He felt quite sure Miss Cutler could a natural fissure or break in the rocks, hE-lp him to ~olve the puzzle, but she four or five feet across nnd twice that distrusted him, and would perhaps re· distance In length. Its depth was sent his inquiries. Marie, her muid, problematical In the dim light. knew more about the mystery thnn It was not, ·however, so much the her mistress; but she was In love with discovery of the hole that startled Blake, and quite naturally she would Dlck..,-for he had stumbled upon many not betray him. "I guess I'll have to go It alone," similar breaks In the plateau and along the face of the cliff-as it was lie ndtled finally, aloud. "But I'll the sudden reallzatlon that the buzzing watch this wireless and try to interhe had been following came directly cept some of Blake's messages. lt I from«beneath his feet. Somewhere be- can get hold of his code, It wll! be low, In the dark space yawning before easy." He began rummaging around In the him, the mystifying, but no longer mufstacsharp In rising dark. There were several old b-oxes fled, noises were and packing cases stowed In one corcato wave vibrations. They were wave vibrations all right. ner, and Dick began going through Dick recognized their cause the Instant their contents. He was usln11: less cauhe peered over the brink. They came tion than the circumstances warranted, from a wireless plant concealed below, rattling the papers as he hauled them and It had been only their muffled out to examine. The noise he made deafened him to character, due to the surrounding walls of rocks, that had deceived him be- a Jlght step creeping up behind him, and he was totally unconscious of anfore. other in the cave untll a quick spring than more see to It was Impossible He whirled a foot or two below the brink, and behind startled hlm. the blow meet to time In was unwllllng to risk exposure around just Dl forehead. by venturing too near Ha sat down of a club directly on his He had a gllmpse of the ugly face on a rock and listened. Familiar as he was with various wireless plants, he of the sailor he bad picked up out of was unable to read the messages that tli.e sea, and heard him snarl. "Let that teach you, me son, to keep the 'l.mknown one below was sending nose out of other people's busiyour air. the through "It's In code,''- he mused after a ness!" After that came a shower of brilliant while. "Not much chance of reading lt and complete oblivion for a stars witlJont the key." crumpled down In a heap at He time. Nevertheless, he waited and listened. He had a pretty accurate In- the foot of his assailant, and lay there tuition of the Identity of the one be- as still as death. After grinning down at his victim low. Blake had spoken of sending instructions to the yacht by wireless, for a few moments, the seaman picked and by rising early for a dip ln the blm up in a pair of strong arms and ocean Dick bad stumbled upon the carried him across the cave as easily hidden plant. From that distance It was more than likely the sounds of the buzzing could oot be heard up at the house. The Jlluut was artfully concealed in the eave-like bole, and no one would be apt to stumble upon It accidentally. He raised his eyes to find the mast aeriuls. They would nt least have n to be outside and in clear view. It was growing light rapidly, and the tops of the trees were ln sharp silhouette against the sky. But there was no sign of a wireless mast. A little puzzled, Dick continued to senrch wlth his eyes until they suddenly carne to a focus on a point mld'\l:ay between two giant trees. A moment later a smile parted his Ups. It was all as plain as day. The aerials were stretched from tree to tree, but In such a way that they seemed to blend with the foliage. One would . hardly suspect their presence without careful scrutiny even If on the lookout for them. He nodded his head. "Clever," he "Blake knows his busim~,rmured. ness." Suddenly he was Interrupted from his reveries by the sharp click of a stone below. The wireless had ceased "Sure 1,, Grinned the Other. "I Won't Let Him starve--Not Quite.'' hu rnlng, and someone was climbing out of the hole. Dick bad just time to dodge back and hide behind a big as If he were a baby. Depositing him on the floor of a smaller cave that tree. A few moments later Mr. Blake opened into the first one, he bound emerged from the cave, and after a him hand and foot, and then proceeded few hasty glances around in the dim to revive him. Dick regained consciousness under light he made a hurried exit from the usual process adopted for reviving the be until him grove. Dick watched disappeared around the buck of the the unconscious-water from a bucket poured over his head and face-until honse. ''I guess I'll tnke a look below,'' he with a gnsp he raised his .voice In murmured. "Don't think Blake will sharp protest. "Don't I I'm coming to." come back In the daytime. Got a clear "lteckon I didn't hurt you as much coast for Investigation." The-re were no steps leading down as you deserved," replied the seaman, Into the crevice; that Is, none of man's bending over him. "All right. Sit making; but nature bad provided an up then an' make yourself easy." "I will If you'll give me a chance. easy descent. and as the rocks were well worn In plac-es Dick had no dlill- This rope cuts." "Sure. That's what I Intended It <'Uity In descending. It required a llttle skill ln the dim light to find his should do." Sick and dazed by the blow, Dick way around when he reached solid bottorn. I:<'ifteen feet below the surface, stared at him. There was little comfort to be gained from a study of the the oarkness was greatly Intensified. Dick struck a match and glanced brutal face. do that?" as asked "\.Vhy'd ''ou ,. ' hlrn. Nothing at first caught aruund his attention, and when the flame went finally. The man grinned. "Wby'd you poke out he scratched another match. This 'time he saw the wireless ln one corner your nose llown here?" "Was there any law against It?" .or the raYe, partly bidden from view by ~reen boughs that formed a rustle Dick asked. "I didn't see any sign prohibiting It." screen In front of It. "You're a cool one,'' retorted the . Crossing the intervening space, T>i<'k began an examination of lt; but other. Then, showing genuine curioswithout the aid of artificial light he !{y, he asked, "How'tl you get on this could get only a superficial Idea of lt;-s Island? Where'd you come from? Anu what d'you want here?" power. Dick hesitated a second before an"I don't believe It has a radius of more than thirty or forty miles,'' he swering. Then he said frankly: "I came down on the yacht, of course. mu:scd. "Perhaps Jess." How else could I get here?'' that lle paused to consider. "ln "That, I think's a !le," was the reevent,'' he added thoughtfully, "the yar.ht'fs laid up not very far f1·om here tort. "But you can tell It to Mr. -t at is, unless th.at sailor's story Is Blake. He'll be lnterestell." "Are you going to tell Mr. Blake?" 1 true about her being wrecked. "Sure! Ile told me to spot you an' doubt it. It's a part of the whole mysyou. He don't want anybody Inget plot." tel' 9 He frowned at his lnublllty to piece terferlng with his plans. lleckon I'll things together and find a solution., tell him ho~v yo~'re here anxious to P.:"'calllng Alice Cta.tler's confession see blm. S long. --that :\fr. Blake bad assumed all reCHAPTER VIII aoonslbll!ty for the yacht's sudden ~vlng, he became more puzzled tban Dick did not have to walt long for before. return or the seaman, accomthe gave lllake excuse what "I wonder by Blake. During the short panied "He ller," be aryued with himself. he made a careful survey of interval, lllUSt oave ctven a ,ood one, or lhe (TO BE CONTINUED.) Wonder of Nature Is Vision Given to Bird• The vision of birds is an amazing thing. A vulture soaring almost out of view sees a carcass lying perhaps In a quite Inconspicuous position; a kestrel hovering at a height of 100 feet, spies a mouse creeping about In the grass ; a gannet cruising round 200 feet above the sea observes a fisli swimming some distance below the surface, says W. W. White in the Nineteenth Century Magazin~. The gannet's sight Is by no means the least remarkable among keen-eyed birds, for It has to penetrate water as well as air. A gannet's hurtle on fish beneath well expresses the action. At once it checks its flight, poises for a Recond, half closes its wings, and ctlves with tremendous speed. There ts a cW'lct;s corkacrewlike motion In the downwar.d swoop, and at the moment of entering the water the long, pointed wings are folded. FOR- ~ • leWon ~'====== ~ Copy for Th!o Department Supplied by the American Legion News Service.) •· . · AdVerlzSlng I c ommUnlty of Highest Importance LEGION'S NATIONAL AVIATION PROGRAM Suggestions for a national aviation program are being lnld before the nation by the American Legion. These suggestions are In the form of detailed proposals for a proper development of American aviation In all Its pha!'leS. The plnn was qtlicinlly put before the nation by the national executive committee of the Legion. It was worked out by need G. Landis of Chicago. chairman of the Legion's Nationa! aeronautics committee. When the plan was adopted, the committee adopted a resolution reaffirming Its Omaha declaration that the organization Is impressed with the proposal for a single department of national defense under one civilian secretary, with assistant secretaries for land. sea and air forces. lleport!'l of PresidE-nt Coolidge's air board, of the American aviation mission, of the government effi<'lency board and of the Lampert committee on aeronautics In the house of representatives were carefully studied by Mr. Landis In preparing his plan. He also held conferences with m111tary authorities of both the War and the Navy departments. For military aviation the Legion program is: (a) Substantial expenditure each year for modE-rn flying equipment. (b) Survey and destruction of obsolete equipment. (c) PrQmulgatlon of regulations on rank, pay and duty to fit speclal!zed work. (d) Appropriations sufficient to provide adequate equipment and training for the reserves and the National Guard. Encouragement of clvlllan and commercial aviation, apart from mllltary Means aviation was recommended. su~:"gested to this end were : (a) Establlshment of a bureau of aeronautics in the Department of Commerce. (b) ExtE-nsion of the air mail, preferably by contract. (3) Construction of lighted airways and dissemination of proper weather information. (d) Release of a reasonable amount of surplus aviation equipment to civil l.ans at fair prices. (e) Program of education and commercial encouragement prepared and executed by the bureau of aeronautIcs. 1\feans recommended for the encouragement of the aircraft industry were: (a) Cessation of government competition. (b) Instituting a program of con· '.inuous production. (c) Protection of rights of design. Name Prize Winners in Legion Poster Contest Winners of the American Legion 'l.uxillary c!tlzens' military training poster contest were announced recently by Mrs. Eliza London Shepard, national president of the auxiliary. The contest was commended by the War department. The winners are: FlrRt, Ben A. Benson, Lincoln, Neb.; second, Wllllam A. Willmarth, Omaha, Neb.; third. Wiley Padan, Salt Lake City, Utah; honorable mention, Dwight L. Burke, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Forrest Wood, El Paso, Texas; George L. Shafer, Wilmington, Del., and E. C. Warren, Washington, D. C. Prizes of $150. $100 and $GO, respectively, were nwarded. Maj. Gen. llobert C. Davis, adjutant general of the United States army and one of the jnd:;es of the contest, wrote :11rs. Shepard: "The American Legion poster contest having rome to a ~uccessful close, l desire to take this opportunity of expressing both my rwrsonnl appreciation and that of the \\'ar department for the splendid cooperation received from you and your orgunlzatlun." System Does It I State advertising Is not an experiment. Where It has not been consistent nor systematic and maintained, It has not succeeded. Where It has 1 not dealt with the facts, it has been sooner or later exposed with a resultant bad reaction on the region thus falRely set forth. But where it has convincing, Rysbeen consistent, temat!c and truthful, every inqult·er has himself become an advocate of the locality or region thus ably and honestly deRcrlbed. The history of our national expansion Is replete with Instances of glowing success following closely on the heels of constructive and reliable community advertising. whether that community be a locality, a state or a region. ThoRe who are to direct the ad,·ertlsing of Alabama's opportunities have a fine field for the display of ability and a flue chance to see their efforts rlcl1ly rewarded by the results. This state, from end to end and from side to side, possesses all the facets of In· \'ltatlon to new residents and new Investment that can possibly be Imag~Accept only "Bayer" package ined. Every line of Industry, every which contains proven directions. factor In health and climate, every ~ here is endeavor stlmulu~ to energetic Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tableta bottle• of 24 and 100-Druggiata. .A.llo magic the only in abundance awaiting touch of human tntelllgence_ to transiolllll.rln Ia th• tra4a mull ot B&JV KaAufaeture of JloaoaeeUeaelduter of l!alle7lleael4 mute them Into wealth and happiness. Wedding Music on Radio • Popular Art The first thing Is to let the outside Joseph Knecht, leader of a New world know about It aii.-Moblle RegThe finest works of art can never Ister. be popular. . . . Popular art, even York broadcasting orchestra, received the best of Its kind, owes its popular- a telegram which read, "Please play Ity to the fact that It deals with some- wedding march tonight at six, 'startII Builders of Cities thing apparent to the man in the ing radio program." It was signed "A Could Look Into Future street; art, however sublime, which Bride-to-Be." Knecht obliged by playA city of 3,000,000 people has streets goes beyond the apparent can never ing Mendelssohn's "\\feuding March" no wider than one of 3,000. Some- be popular. There Is no reason, how- at slx o'clock that evening. Nothing -where our calculation must have been ever, why the circle of appreciators further was heard until another telewholly bad. It Is cheaper to tear should be restricted as at present- gram came, which read : "Many down buildings than to lay out a new Percy Moore Turner, in "The Appreci- thanks for wedding march and the musical start you gave us in life. May city on land adjacent to the old· and ation of Painting." you have many successful years. The then on a given date begin the 'work Bride." of moving over Into the new. But imagination can conjure up what a magnificent Improvement huBEAUTIFY iT WITH manity could make, If It could afford to do that. All the underpinning"DIAMOND DYES" subways, sewers, conduits and underground com·eniences (Including gaJust Dip to Tint or Boil to Dye rages), established first. BELL·ANS Then boulevards 200 to 300 feet Each 15-cent packwide with tree-planted malls In the contains direcage center, frequent open squares downso simple any tions town, adorned with fountains and can tint soft, woman statues; railroad depots exactly wherll shades or dellcate you wanted tl1ern; business districts permanent rich, dye compactly and monumentally built; lingerie, in colors 25¢ and 75¢ Pks's.Sold EverYWhere skyscraper apartments, thickly Intersllks, ribbons, skirts, spersed with parks; it's all a grand dresses, coats, waists, billions. costing alack, Idea; but, sweaters, stockings, that Cities are not "thought out" coverings, draperies, Owner From Hear to Want I way; they are rather organic growths, !!Very· hangings as much so as If they were subject of a good farm or ranch for sale. Will I thing to the laws of nature; to be trimmed, deal with owners only. State price and Buy Diamond Dyes-no other kinddoctored, yea, even amputated, as give description and location. W. W. PHILP and tell your druggist whether the mathey show their physical failings that Seattle, Wash. terial you wish to color Is wool or silk, 210 Murphy Bldg, needs must be remedied.-Exchange. or whether It Is linen, cotton or mixed I WAXT FAR'I OR RAXCJI for cash buyer. \VIII deal with owner only. goods . T owna Profit Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for Neuralgia Neuritis Colds Rheumatism Toothache Lumbago Pain Headache I DOES NOT AFFECT THE ;;, Sar HEAR~ I Sure Relief ot water Sure Relief ELL·A S FO·R INDIGESTION FARMS WANTED Small Congestion of automobiles In the eities Is proving a benefit to smalltown mE-rchants. Many of the lesser communities report that parking re~trlctlons In large and middle-sized cities Is hindering the small-town buyer who used to go to the city to shop. Apparently tratuc and parking difficulties are making It hard for shoppers to buy In the city, and they ure staying at home. !\farysvllle. Ohio. Is a town of about 12,000 Inhabitants, just :lO miles ·from Columbus. Merchants ln this community report that. since parking and traffir have become so complicatPd ln Columbus, many people are not goln:? to the larger city and l\Iarysv111e merchants are prospering. • A very Interesting plan to aid the out-ol'-town huyer and to prevent parkIng re~trletions from hurting the local merrh;lllt" hus heen evoh·ed through the retail merchants' bureau of Bluefield. W. Vn. In this enterp1·islng city a nne-hour parking limit Is strictly enforced In business districts. An out-of-town bu~·er coming to the city. howe,-er, receh·es a special tag to place on his car. Pollee authorities note this tag and will not take action if the pa.rking limit Is violated.-Xation's Duslness Magazine. Rrown walked Into a restaurant. Clean Factories Count piC'ked out a certain table and sat Clean factories and offices mean down. Defore he had time to open his paper a walter placed a men! before ' clean homes. It comes natural to a man who works In clean surroundings him. to keep his hands and his clothing as "How In tl1c name of everything do friend, a as his job permits. He takes asked clean you get such service?" own you his appearance, and he has "Do In prirle who had heen watching. to ha \'e a home worthy of lt. That the plu,·e. ?" explains why so . many cities are los· "Oh, no," replied Drown modestly. "It's a little system I'm trying. The lng their slums. It isn't that land· last time I was ln town I came In here · lords have reformed; It is because Ia· nnd ga,·e my order: This Is lt."-The hor will no longer live In unsanltury Two Spinster Immortal The clean factory is a ~urroundings. o\rnerlcan Legion \\ eekly. s 1\Iarla Edgeworth Is regarded aa lesson to the lmmlgrant used tu · · b the inventor of the novel with a pur-J squalor. It Is a great help In the pose, of which kind "Castle Rackrent," Novel Mem ers~tp Carnpargn \ ~mericanlzation rnovernent. which sent her name Into Immediate 1 In til~> heart of ~Iwml, Fla., mem· fame In 1800, Is a typical examplt. b!'rs of the American Legion constructBird Sanctuaries Pay Miss Edgeworth's influence "")ls enor· ed n realistic dugout during a mem· The valne of bird sanctuaries whlcb mous. Her success with her Irish bE'rship llrive. The du~out. constructso greatly increase the bird popula· novel had much to do with turnlnll' ed of sand bags, was an exact repro· tlon ls at once apparent. Two birds Sir Walter Scott to the writing oi durtion of shelters used by Arner1can troops on the front In France. It was ean kill in a single day more Insects prose fiction. Her society was courted by • every· used as headquarters of the campaign. than two men with a COIDilressed air ~prayer in an orchard or a farmer body who was anybody." Byron ad· with a two-horse duster In a field. Citation• S. D. Many mired her, and Macaulay was among Rird refuges In such places as state There Approximately two hundred Amerl· her enthusiastic worshipers. parks, town or county forests, or on Is no doubt she Is worth reading to· cnn Lr•gion posts were awarded Dis· property should be encouraged private day, It only for the naturalness and Ungubhed SE-rvice citations by navivacity and cnaracrer-reveallng na- tloll!ll headquarters for having sur- ' by farmers more than by any other ture of her dialogue. ln this respect passed their lf12!:1 membership for 10::!0 class. 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