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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1929. l TIHE TTKADIL (DtF bad aeon a ghost Could it beV-thX rushed to tb door. There on the porch stood Garry. X en CHAPTER XIV As he stood before me once again It seemed as if the years bad rolled away, and we were boys together. It all came back to me, that sunny d shore, the cottages, the old gray house among the birches, the lift of pasture, and above it the glooming dark of the heather hills. And It was but three years ago. How life had changed Fortune had come to me, love had come to me. I was no longer a callow, uncouth lad. Tet. alas! I no longer looked future-warwith joy; the savor of life was no more sweet. It was another "me" I saw in my mirror that day, a "me" 998 Northland A If white-washe- Romance sheep-starre- d 1 by ROBERT W. SERVICE d Illustrations by Irwin Myers W:U 6erYio with a face sorely lined, with hair with eyes sad and bitter. Little wonder Garry, as he stood there, stared at me so sorrowfully. "How you've changed, lad!" said he at last "Have I, Garry? You're just about the same. But by all that's wonderful, what brought you here?" His teeth flashed in that clever, confident smile. "The stage. I just arrived a few minutes ago, and hurried here at once. Aren't you glad to see me?" "Glad? Yes, indeed! I can't tell you how glad. But it's a shock to me your coming so suddenly." "It was a sudden resolve; I should have wired you. However, I thought I would give you a surprise. How art; you, old man?" "Me oh, I'm all right, thanks." "Why, what's the matter with yon, lad? You look ten years older. You look older than your big brother now." "Yes, I daresay. It's the life, it's the land. A hard life and a hard land." "Why dont you go Out?" "I don't know, I don't know. I keep on planning to go and then something turns up, and I put it off a little longer. I suppose I ought to go, but I'm tied up with mining Interests. I'm making money, you see." ".Not sacrificing your youth and health for that, are you?" "I don't know, I don't know." There was a puzzled look In his frank face, and fpr my part I was strangely ill at ease. With all my joy at his coming, there was a sense of anxiety, even of fear. I had not wanted him to come just then, to see me there. I was not ready for him. I gray-flecke- ont Yes. Carry talks ofconiIng a wouldn't like him to find us g liue tms wunour. Denent liv- - or clergy?" "Not for the world!" she cried, in alarm. "What will he think of me, I wonder, poor, ignorant me? I believe I'm afraid of him. I wish he'd stay away and leave us alone Yet for your sake, dear, I do wish him to think well of me." "Don't fear, Berna. He'll be proud of you. But there's a second reason." "What?" "Oh, my beloved! perhaps we'll not always be alone as we are now. Perhaps, perhaps some day there will be others little ones for their sakes." She did not speak. I could feel her nestle closer to me. So we sat there In the big, deep chair, in the glow of the open fire, silent, dreaming, and I saw on her lashes the glimmer of a glorious tear. I kissed away her tears. Foolish tears! I blessed her for them. I held her closer to me. I was wondrous happy. No longer did the shadow of the past hang over us. Even as chilwere we forgetting. I'm so happy," she dren forget, "Husband, sighed. "Wife, dear, dear wife, I too." There was no need for words. Our 'ips met in passionate kisses, but the t moment we started apart. Some Je was coming up the garden path a tall figure of a man. I started as Subscribe for The Leader. Only $2.00 a year. Wm. Eh Hawkins CHIROPRACTOR ELECTRICAL AND SWEEDISH MASSEUR Midland Hotel Room 24. Office Hours 2 to 6 Residence phone 7.3-- 5 Unlimited Money to LOAN on Irrigated Land. 6Yt per cent. No commissions. JOHN J. SHUMWAY Phones: B. R. V. 69.a-- 2; Bell, 129 OUR MAKE GOOD OR WE DO Fronk Chevrolet Co. Tremonton, Utah Phone 20 had planned otherwise. His gaze roved round the room. Suddenly It fell on a piece of emHe started slightly and 1 broidery. saw his eyes narrow, his mouth set. He looked at me again, in an odd, bewildered way. He went on speaking, but there was a queer constraint in his manner. "I'm going tc stay here for a month, and then I want you to come back with me. Come back home and get some of the old color into your cheeks. The country doesn't agree with you. but we'll have you all right pretty soon. Oh, we'll have the good old times over again ! You'll see, we'll soon put you right." "It's good of you, Garry, to think so much of me; but I'm afraid, I'm afraid I can't come just yet I've got so much to do. I've got thirty men working for me. I've just got to stay." He sighed. "Well, if you stay I'll stay, too. I don't like the way you're looking. You're working too hard. Perhaps 1 can help you." "All right; I'm afraid you'll find it rather awful, though. But for a time It will interest you." "I think it will." And again his eyes stared fixedly at that piece of embroidery on its little hoop. Between the curtains that hung over the bedroom door I could see Berna Garland Milling Company Manufacturers of the Famous "PRIDE OF UTAH" FLOUR Also all Kinds of Mill Stuff. The Best Mill in the Bear River Valley. Highest Cash Price Paid for GOOD WHEAT Near the Depot Utah Garland there on the countryside we can find you sweet girl to marry. Ton will lore her, hare children and for-te- t all this. Come." I rose. I coald ne longer put It off. "Excuse me one moment," I said. I parted the curtains and entered the bedroom. She was standing there, white to the lips and trembling. She looked at me piteously. "I'm afraid," she faltered. "Be brave, little girl," I whispered, leading her forward. Then I threw aside the curtain. "Garry," I said, "this is this la Berna." There they stood, face to face at last Long ago I had visioned this meeting, planned for, yet dreaded it, and now with utter suddenness it had come. The girl had recovered her calm, and I must say she bore tierself well. As she gazed at ray brother there was a proud, high look in her eyes. And Garry Lis smile had vanished His face was cold and stern. No doubt he saw In her a creature who was preying on nie, an influence for an overwhelming indictment against me of sin and guilt. All this I read in his eyes; then Berna advanced to him with outstretched evil, hand. f shame la what To doing. We lora each other that la our Tin dl ration. "Balderdash !" he cried. "Oh. yon anger me! Look here, Athol, I came all this way to see yon about this matter. You never told me anything of this girl in your letters. Tou were ashamed." "I knew I could never make you understand." "You might have tried. I'm not so dense in the understanding. No, you would not tell me, and I've had letters, warning letters. It was left to other people to tell me how you drank and gambled and squandered your money; how you were like to a madman. They told me you had settled down to live with one of the creatures, a woman who had made her living In the dance halls, and every one knows no woman ever did that and remained straight I would not believe It, hut now I've come to see for myself, and it's all true, it's all true. Boy, I must save you. I must for the honor of the old name that's never been tarnished. I must make you come home with me." "No, no," I said, "I'll never leave her." "It will be all right We can pay her. It can be arranged. Think of the honor of the old name, lad." "I shook him off. "Pay 1" I laughed ironically. "Pay" In connection with the name of Berua again I laughed. "She's good," I said once again. "Wait a little till you know her. Don't Judge her yet. Walt a little." He saw it was of no use to waste further words on me. He sighed. "Well, well," he said, "have It your own way. I think she's ruining you. She must be bad, or she wouldn't live with you like that But have It your "How do you do? I've heard so much about you I feel as if I'd known you long ago." She was so winning, I could see he was quite taken abnck. He took the little white hand and looked down from his splendid height to the sweet eyes that gazed into his. He bowed with icy politeness. "I feel flattered, I assure you, that my brother should have mentioned me to you." own way, boy; I'llrait and" see." Here he shot a dark took at me. In the days that followed I did "Sit down again, Garry," I said. to bring about a friendship bemuch "Berna and I want to talk to you." He complied, but with an ill grace. tween Garry and Berna. At first I We all three sat down and a grave had difficulty in dragging him to the constraint was upon us. Berna broke house, but in a- little while he came quite willingly. His sunny charm rethe silence. and with It his brilliant smile, 'Tou will stay with us for a time, turned, warm, endearing frankness. ,his won't you?" I must say I tried very hard to "Well, that all depends I haven't reconcile Berna and Garry. I threw quite decided yet. I want to take them op every opportunity, together Athol here home with me." for I wanted him to understand and "Home" There was a pathetic to lpve her. I felt he had but to catch in her voice. Her eyes went know her to appreciate her at her round the little room that meant true value, and, although be spoke "home" to her. no word to me, I was soon conscious "Yes, that will be nice," she falof a vast change in him. Short of tered. Then, with a brave effort, she brotherly regard, he was broke into a lively conversation about that could be desired to hereverything cordial, the North. As she talked an inspira- friendly, charming. Once I asked tion seemed to come to her. A light Berna what she thought of him. beaconed in her eyes. Her face, fine "I think he's splendid," she said as a cameo, became eager, rapt. As I "He's the handsomest man quietly. watched her I thought what a per- I've ever seen, and he's as nice as fect little lady she was; and I felt he's good looking. In many ways yon proud of her. remind me of him and yet there's He was listening carefully, with a differer"-- " evident interest Gradually his look (To Be Continued) of stern antagonism had given way to one of attention. Yet, 1 could see he was studying her. His intent gaze never moved from her face. After a little, he rose to go. "I'll return to the hotel with you," I said. Berna gave us a pathetically anxious little look. There was a red spot on each cheek and her eyes were bright I could see she wanted to cry. "I'll be back in half an hour, dear," I said, while Garry gravely shook hands with her. We did not speak on the way to his room. When we reached it he switched on the light and turned to me. Riverside H Senator T. R. Welling, went- - to Brigham Friday to meet with the committee that is selecting the site' for the home for the feeble minded. Miss Myrtle Davidson and Mrs. Madsen were here on business Friday " of last week. Robert Miles who taught school here several years ago was calling on friends last week. Mr. Miles is now teaching at Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. George Earl and daughter of Centerville were visiting at the A. A. Capener home last week. Twenty-fou- r young people were entertained at the Edmund Udy home Sunday evening, by Miss Cleo Udy. Music, games and a late oyster supper were the entertaining features. Mr. and Mrs. John Orwin of Garland were visiting with Mrs. Eliza Ward Monday. Mrs. Glen Walker and daughter, Betty Rae, are spending the week in Idaho, with Mr .Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Welling and children were visiting with relatives at Brigham Sunday. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Karl Smith, Mr. nad Mrs. Glen Ingles and children and Leon Earl, all of Centerville, were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Capener. Mrs. Lizzie Adams, who has been visiting at the Capener home for five our champion New YoreTttni-ve- rs ty team looked like Man o' War till that bunch of Ore. LEVI STRAUSS gon apple knockers got a hold tfternoon- - It wis no tSL,4"? a raccoon coat athlete, up n old bunch of wheatagainst shockers whose wllege emblem is a pair of OVERALLS Levi overalls. from the mouth of the Colin," bia had the city slickers from goal to With Yale. Harvard ton, Columbia and Al Prince, Smith goto down all in Jurt looks like it'Hhertd country boys' year. FREE APSr Ask your dealer for LEVI'S Your, Reliable MercKamttM sitter 1853 WILL ROGERS, We Sell Two - Horse Overalls tt awa,M,iuswali,M!HIIHl CUT COAL COST A great saving in pooling cars of coal from your various receiving stations or buy direct from the cars and save handling charge May we recive you orders under a guarantee to save you money the Quality of coal second to Come In and See nine NEW YORK. Nov. writes about SPECIAL PRICES "Marriage," said I, "isn't everything; often isn't anything. Love is, and nlways will be, the great reality. Such a love is ours. There's not ninety-in a hundred legally married couples that have formed such a union as we sweet have. That girl is purest gold, a There has peach of untold price. never been a jar in the harmony of our lives. We love each other abWe trust and "believe in solutely. We would make any each other. sacrifice for each other." "Oh, manl man!" he said "whtft's got into you? What is this? I'm nonsense, what almost glad mother's dead. It would surely have broken her heart to know that her son was living in sin and shame, living with "Garry," I broke in, "I'm younger than you, and I respect you; but in the last few years I've grown to see things different from the way we were taught; broader, clearer, saner, somehow. We can't always follow in the narrow path of our forefathers. We must think and act for ourselves In these days. J see no sin and Bad Year for Gty Slickers, Says Rogers Will Rogers at "No." "Good God!" "Sit down, Garry; light a cigar. We may as well talk this thing over quietly." He stared at me. nis mouth hardened; his brow contracted. "Now," I went on," "I want to say this. You remember, Garry, mother used to tell us of our sister .who died when she was a baby. How we would have loved her, would we not, Garry? Well, I tell you this if our sister had grown up she could have been no sweeter, purer, gentler than this girl of mine, this Berna." He smiled ironically. "Then," he said, "if she is so wonderful, why, in the name of Heaven, haven't you married her?" His manner toward her in the early part of the Interview had hurt me, had roused in me a certain perverI determined to stand by my sity. guns. Og-d- Read what Reliable Watches Them "Brother, who's this girl?" "She's she's my housekeeper. That's all I can say at present, Garry." "Married?" 1 weeks returned to her home atTfcenter-ill- e with Mr. and Mrs. Smith Sunday. Mrs. Larry Johnson entertained the Clio club Thursday of last week at the home of her mother, Mrs. Edmund Udy. Following cards a delicious hot dinner was served. The prizes were awarded to Mrs. Roxie Allred and Mrs. Norma Welling. Mr. and Mrs. Nephi Bott and children of Logan, visited with Mrs. Bott's mother, Mrs. Phoebe Ward Monday. John Bowcutt visited with relatives at Honeyville Sunday. Mrs. George Bowcutt went to Monday to attend the funeral of a sister-in-laMr. and Mrs. J. O. Hadfield, made a business trip to Brigham Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Ward and daughter, and Wilford and Melvin Ward came over from Cache Valley Sunday and spent the day with their mother, Mrs. Peobe Ward. The Glen Lawrence family of Richmond spent the week-en- d at the Lorenzo Bowcutt home. Mr. and Mrs. B. Van Dorn of Salt Lake accompanied by Mrs. Harold Peterson and daughter Joey, came up Tuesday morning to visit at the August Forsberg home . The Van Dorns returned in the evening but Mrs." Peterson and Joey will remain for several days. Margery Ward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Ward is ill. none. . D Farmers Cash Union Tremonton - Utah Tremonton, Utah Phone 35 -- 1 The New Ford is a wonder on the hills! il ;i , ;. llThe firstBo; i tl rontentiorv of flaws 71 iraffrtv love-sanctifi- Federal Farm Loans Interest Rate 5 She Was Standing There, White the Lips and Trembling. 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