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Show PAGE TWO BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMUfcK XfiMZ "liTifi I BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER, tere. "It's n, "Entered at the Postoffke at Utah, as Second Class Mat- - Published at Tremonton, Utah, on Chursday of each week. Subscription Rates One Tear, in advance.-.- .. Six Months, in advance sFkree months, in advsnce... $2.00 $1.00 .60 The Black Box of Silence By Francis Lynde you." , A short mile from town, by the side of a little-use- d country road, they found the blue roadster. They did not go down into the gully Into which It had fallen. From where they stood they could see that it was a wreck. "A clean Job," Markham grunted morosely. "What do you think?" Landis asked, when they had walked a full half mile In silence. ' Illustrations by O. Irwin Myers To Your Town swell as to your Country PATRONIZE YOUR LOCAL. MERCHANTS OUtO Service) VUUub Cerard Ckaaau.) (Oayrifkl kj " CHAPTER VI mitm iiniMHi Free to Public J The only ple in the U. S. where catalog an dratiunc matter coverins any line of buainesa or product can be obtained Free and Without Obligation u the American induitrial library. Write for Butineaa Advertising Matter yon era interested in; aune will be promptly forvrar dcd. AMERICAN IRD0STRIAL LIBRARY KnAlnoorintBnildlPi, Ckloaio, IlUmoiv Without Warning Evenlag found the blue roadster at Marysville, Kan., where a stop was made for dinner. Inquiry along the way had proved that the Fleetwing was still on ahead; but of the limousine they had heard nothing. Confident, however, that theirs was the rearmost of the three cars, they covered another hundred miles before stopping for the night in a small town. Since there was no public garage, they put the roadster under a shed In the tavern yard, where the 1 Innkeeper assured them it would be safe, and went to bed. I By Mrs. P. E. Ault The next morning, at breakfast, the -- I i" innkeeper burst in upon them to ask if they had locked the car before Katherine Abbott and Dona Brough leaving it Club won first place in of the "I didn't," said Markham promptly. the Demonstration Contest at the "Whyr "'Cause It's gone, slick and clean! County Fair, where six teams demonstrated. They will now represent Box Whadda you know about that? My land! Nothln like that's ever hapElder County at the State Fair. Emerson Abbott entertained several pened here before. Ton go on and school friends at dinner Saturday finish eat in' an' I'll get to work on the phone." evening. On Sunday the party motor"Which means?" Landis queried, ed to Promontory and visited Mr. and after the landlord had gone. Mrs. Lloyd Davis. "It may mean nothing more than Harvey Ault left Tuesday for Crissy Field, California, after visiting for a an ordinary car theft." Landis shook his head. "I'm afraid month with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. not Tm thinking it means that some P. E. Ault. J. W. Ault and son Wesley were din- body wants to leave us stranded." ner guests Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. v "The three men in the Fleetwing?" P. E. Ault "Hardly, you'd say. Apart from the Mrs. Lloyd Hill has just finished fact that they've been identified as three months of successful supervi- respectable citizens,', unless everybody sion of the Tremonton Play Grounds has been lying to us,' they are hours and the high type of work put on has ahead of us and have been ever caused much favorable comment and since we left St. Joseph. Canby is the display of articles made by the the man we haven't been able to lochildren, which she entered at the cate." You are for"Oh, no, not Canby. County Fair, was well worth seeing, faespecially the Doll House, which con- getting that he has Betty and her sisted of six rooms furnished in every ther with him." "I know. But, in spite of that, he : ueuui. Mrs. Ada Garfield and sons, Glen and Is keeping tab on us, or trying to. Elwin motored to Payson, Friday re- Otherwise he wouldn't have asked about us in the St. Joseph, hotel. Thnt turning Monday. They attended the looks as if he mijrht hare been fol; funeral services of Mrs. Garfield's lowing us, doesn't it?" "Why should he follow us?" uwen crougn ana uay uaneia spent r. the latter part of the week in Mantua. - Landis shrugged. "I'm no I when are wish There times "'kMt. and Mrs. Ted Newton visited and this is one of them." their daughter, Mrs. Rhea Towen and I were Since the perturbed tavern keeper Tamilv. of Grouse Creek. Saturrlav and was likely to do everything possible to Sunday. his premMr. and Mrs. George Beal and Mr. trace the car stolen from took their time over breakises, they relaand Mrs. Vernald Johns visited fast. Then Markham told him he tives in Ogden, Sunday. a liberal reward for inforMr. and Mrs. Harry Furse and fam- would pay which they went to sit after mation; ily, of Salt Lake, were Sunday guests on the tavern porch and smoke and of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. wait for results. Seager. "Not that there are likely to be Tyrell Seager returned Sunday from any results," Markham offered. "I've several weeks spent with relatives in a hunch that we've lost the roadster i 'California. for good and all." ;. Mrs. Mary Checketts. of Losran. has "Then we are ditched out of the the ten with her fight?" isited past days tlaughter, Mrs. Charles Peterson. She "Not by a d d sight!" was the left Sunday for a visit with another snappy denial. "We are going to see daughter, Mrs. Joseph Scothern, of this thing through now if it takes all South Tremonton. summer! If we don't hear from the Earl Scazare, of Preston, was a lost car soon, we'll take a train and guest of Mrs. Charles Peterson and ride It until we reach some place family Monday and Tuesday. whpre I can buy another." ' M. Woodruff and family had as "But see here, Wally I can't let guests on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Frank you do anything like that! As it Fryer and children, of Salt Lake, and stands, I'm owing you the price of a on Monday Mrs. P. C. Steffensen and car right now." mother, Mrs. B. Fryer, of Salt Lake "Nothing of the sort. You may be arrived and spent the week at the calling this jaunt your funeral, but if woodruff home. it Is, I'm driving the hearse and we Mrs. Charles Peterson was hostess don't stop short of the cemetery gate, at a big surprise party, Thursday even at least Here conies a boy. Maybe ing, when twenty friends and neigh- he has turned the trick for us." The hoy cnme running up to the bors, learning it was her birthday decided to celebrate it with her. An en- porrh. fairly bursting with his news. r nnd Tro your car ." he etut- joyable evening was spent and delicious refreshments served. E. TREMONTON 4-- H mind-reade- ,: BOTHWELL PlANO STUDENTS will begin the year's work on Monday, September 5th. Pupils from second grade up, ". will receive 45 minutes lesson per- -' I - , - iods at same rates. By request I am continuing the class lessons at same prices. Let us make this a record year in our musical educa- tion. Mary E. Burns. t2 -8 FOR RENT Spare rooms, where high school students can live. Very convenient and at small cost. In- quire D. W. Jenkins residence, Tremonton. 8-- 2. Will sell for short time, 5 gallons honey for $3.00. See N. T. Spangler, Tremonton, NOTICE - 8-- CASH PAID For Dead and Useless Cows and horses. Reverse call tf41 Brigham 493J2 Good building lime TOR SALE o $12.00 per ton. Sugar 18tfd JJ., Garland, Utah Utah-Idah- "Deliberate, of course. The tire tracks in the road showed plainly enough that the car had been stopped, backed and turned quarter way around to head it for the ditch." "But who did Itr "I'd be willing to pay another re ward to find that out. There's some-- ' thing doing, either ahead of us or behind us , something we're not to be allowed to mess in, If a wrecked car will stop us which it won't." Markham arranged to have the car salvaged and held subject to his order, and when the wesibound train came along they boarded it. Markham confolder and passed sulted a time-car" the towns ahead In review. this afternoon,' "Colby, at he said. "It's a Junction point and if we can't find what we want we can get a train from there to Denver. Colby's : our drop-off.- " K'' ' Accordingly they debarked at Colby, where Markham found he was able to replace the wrecked roadster with a later model of the same make. Starting without loss of time, they reached LImon, the point at which the two main auto roads, coincident west of Colby, split one leading southwest to Colorado Springs, and the other northwest to Denver. At the few stops the had made west of Colby they got no news of the Fleetwing or of Canby's car. But at Limon the lost trail reappeared. The Fleetwing had passed . through some six hours earlier on the way to Denver; and Canby's limousine had taken the same route three or four hours later. Markham looked at his watch. "Both parties are probably stopping over night in Denver, If we push along we can be there by midnight. What do you say?" "I'm with you. I can spell you at the wheel when you are tired." ; It was well past midnight when the lights of Denver came In sight. Reaching the city, Markham turned in at the first garage he came to, and they forthfared, stiff, tired and dusty, to put up at the nearest hotel, and turned in at once. 3 The attempt to trace three newconfei ers or at most six in a city the of Denver is much like looking for a needle in a haystack ; and though they!. went short on sleep and were up early the next morning, eight o'clock found, them still driving from one hotel to another, drawing blanks and losing d two-fift- y . . t time. "There is simply no end to this, Wally," Landis protested. "We might keep on all day in a city with as many hotels as there are here. Our best chance is the open road. We know where Canby is headed for. If we trail him, maybe we'll find the Fleetwing in the same gallery.!' '"You didn't beat me to it by more' Markham re than half a minute, road turned, spreading the map on his knees. "Here's the nearest cut to the Timanyoni," he pointed out. "We'll get the grips and try our luck in the open, as you say." For a short run over the highway the trail refused to reveal itself. But later they came to a filling station whose keeper told them he had helped change an inner tube on a Fleetwing Eight between six and seven o'clock He said there were that morning. three men in the car, and he also recalled that the one he had helped with the tire had said they were from well-use- d Louisville. Questioned, he said he had no recollection of seeing a NordyLe limousine, but that it might easily have gone by nr ' jinn il ' Til uiiiiianieT Tremonton business Guide And Directory The merchant who advfertises is offering the readers of the news paper a service that has no obligation attached to it. They give free the news of the products that can be had in your home town. "Who else, besides us?" Markham wanted to know. MAKE THE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS PAPER YOUR "Three folks in a Nordyke limoufeller handsome SHOPPING GUIDE young right sine; drivin' and doin' the talkin. with a girl pretty enough to wake the dead settin' in with him, and an oldish man BATTERIES - - TIRES - - TUBES ASSOCIATED GASOLINE & OILS in the back." "About how long ago was this?" "I. disremeniber; about an hour, I reckon." Markham was putting the gears In low for the start when Landis halted him to ask another question of the gas man. "Did the limousine driver ask about anybody else?" The man scratched his head as If Suddenly he trying to remember. looked up with the grin again In place. "Why, yes come to Wanted to know If anybody think. else had been along askln' about the Eight ; two fellers, he said, but he couldn't tell me what kind of a car they'd be drivin'." It was Landis who spoke first when the two were once more, on their way. "Wally, how is Bert Canby mixed up in this thing?" he demanded. "What is his connection with these fellows? And why Is he keeping tab on us?" "Why ask me?" Markham shirked. "Because I've had a feeling all along that you know more about this mystery than I do; more than you are willing to tell me." "If you put it on the ground of knowledge, I don't, Owen; I'm Just as much befuddled as you are. I can " ; . say that honestly;" "You are trying to shield somebody, Wally. Who is it?" ; to. I LEA'S SERVICE TREMONTON .;. . . ........... I UTAH I LEA DUNN. Prop. wide-mouthe- d Utah Oil Station NO. 267 GOOD NEWS After July 1st we can reline your brakes with Raybestos Brake Lining The Best In Optometric Service la Northern Utah The Best That Money Can Bay Diderickson & Goldsberry Kennett H. Malan LAWYER ' OFFICES Rocky Mountain Packing Corporation ' Over Bank, Tremonton 1208 1st Nat'l Bank, Ogden PHONE 133 - - TREMONTON Paekers of Twin Peak Peas "Wait," said Markham shortly ; then, "As I say, I'm Just as much in the dark as you are. But, take the known facts in their order. On the night when you show me what your black box can do, you lose it, and the circumstantial evidence indicates that a man and a woman raided your shop. Next we hear of a bank wrecking that made ho noise; then we get on the trail of these three men from Louisville and run into two more of the wreckings. Farther along, we discover that Canby is following us, or the Louisville bunch or both. Next When You Think HARDWARE THINK WILSON "Everything To Build Anything' Phone 11 BUY YOUR BREAD HERE We make the best bread that is for sale in town, and- - ouu you'll like our cakes and cookies too Try them the next time you buy cakes or we" "You needn't catalogue the twists and turns. If you know anything more than you've told me, you ought tura it loose. Wally "I don't know anything more's the pity; and that's the stubborn truth. But I'm going to know, before we quit and call it a lay." By this time the road bad left the narrow valley of the Pannikin. Knowing from the Itinerary in the route book that there were hazards ahead on the descent to the Red desert edge mining town of Copah. and hoping to be able to have daylight for the negotiating of them, Markham did not spare the car on the way up. Nevertheless, it was coming on dusk when they found themselves entering upon the cookies. 8iit0 without his noticing It Markham glanced at the clock on the dash as he flung the new roadster at the mountain grades. "Three hours ahead of us; we're gaining on them, in spite of the Denver delay. Where do you suppose this chase is going to wind up, Owen?" ) "I'm not so much concerned about I the 'where' as the "how.' I may as By Miss Ilia Perry 1. well confess that I'm on the fence again. There haven't been any bank Mr. and Mrs. Elzo Sessions are the blastings this side of the Missouri proud parents of a ten and one half river." "No ; but there was a perfectly good pound baby boy, born Thursday morn.- "roadster wrecked back there In Kaning. Friday, Mrs. Lena Wells and daugh sas," Markham put in pointedly. "Yes, but nothing In the wide world ter, Edna, and son, Arthur, of Willard motored up and visited Mr. and Mrs. to connect the wrecking with these George Stark. Mrs. Wells and son men we're chasing. Why would a returned home in the evening but Miss trio of bank burglars, if that's what Edna Wells remained for a visit un- they are, pass up all the chances In til Monday. six or seven hundred miles and go Mr. Glen Evans of Layton, visited streaking off up here In these mounhis brother, Alvin Evans and family, tains?" "Just so," said Markham with a Saturday. Sunday evening a quartette from short laugh. "It Isn't decent. But Bothwell, accompanied by Mrs. Ezra there is something else I'd like- - to What has become of Canby Harris, rendered a number at the Tre- know. monton conjoint meeting. ' Those who and the Lawsons?" This question was answered late In accompanied the quartette as visitors were, Ezra Harris, John Hawkins and the afternoon, as they were running Miss Ilia Perry. down the valley of the Pannlken The visitors Sunday night at church toward Copah still gaining upon the were Mr. .Davis and Mrs. Stayner of Fleetwing, as they learned by Inquiry Garland and Mr. Hansen of Elwood. as they had come along. It was at a ' water tank station on the Pa rifle Short talks were given by Mrs. Les lie Stokes and Dr. Ell Hawldns and Southwestern thnt they first heard of the Nordyke limousine. It was ahead aclarinet solo by Thomas Stark. -I- ...WANT COLUMN.. v half of them; had. apparently bcen-ahall dayl They had stopped at a filling station to get gas, and to ask about the Fleetwing,. and the gas man ' grinned. "You'll have to step on It some to catch up with them fellers In the Eight," be told them. "They pulled up here coupla hours ago and told roe thev'd mnde it from Denver since mornlnV' Then. "What's the matter with that hunch? Kver'body seems to be askln about 'em." ea : telephoned, and dad said, right away, 'at he thought he heard somethin' go 'squoosh' in the night. It's in a deep place where it tumbled off the road." - "Geod "The boy," said Markham. reward is yours. How far is It?" "It ain't far. Cme on and I'll show Tre-aonto- James Walton, Editor and Publisher In a cully oa oar farm ii l T . Tremonton Steam BAKERY MAKE GOOD OR WE DO Fronk Chevrolet Co. Tremonton, Utah Phone 21 TOP PRICES PAID FOR EGGS, CREAM and ALL KINDS of GRAIN Free delivery in town on flour, potatoes and poultry feeds hazardous descent with the lights of We Carry All Brands of Poultry Feeds Copah winking In the distance. TO BE CONTINUED Phone 130 FEED STORE W. Main St. H. P. RANDALL, Mgr. THATCHER ' 1 -I- - :x: Mrs. Anton Anderson is a Corinne visitor this week as the guest of her daughter, Mrs. John C. Cranier. Miss Vaudiss Bennion of Salt Lake, who has been visiting here for several days, returned to her home Monday, Miss Vaudiss Bergstrom, Mrs. Evan Bergstrom and Mrs. A. W. Bergstrom accompanied her, returning home the following day. Mr. and Mrs. Erie Compton and sons, Dean and Dale, returned from the county fair with three ribbons. Dean and Dale received first on their wild Mallard ducks and second on a small hay derrick. Mrs. Compton received first prize on petunias. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Bodily of Syracuse, and Mrs. Grant Holton of Salt Lake, were called here last week because of the serious illness of their mother, Mrs. James Peterson. Mrs. Peterson is improving at this writing. Merrill Oyler of Ogden, was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnson last week. Lisle Adams, Francessa Wight and Vera Facer, attended institute at Brigham, Thursday. C. G. Eldridge made a business trip to Bountiful Tuesday. Lelarid Watt of Layton, was the guest of his aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Y. 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