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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1932.. "fAGESTX or CHAPTER VII The At the Cinnabar Black Box of Silence By Francis Lynde Illustrations by O. Irwin Myers (TWO Sarrtc.) (C.pyrlf M hj WMLai Cuvi -- .) THE STORY CHAPTER I. Having demonstrated tha power of an extraordinary ailencer, tha "Black Box," which h has perfected. Owen Landls, young Inventor, in ha little town of Carthage, confide to hie chum, Wally Markham, that he fears the device. If exploited, might be osed for evil purposes. That night the black box is stolen Landls' laboratory. CHAPTER II. from a safe In Landls tells Markham the only person, beside himself, knowing the combination of the safe, is Betty Lawson, with whom the Inventor la In love. Markham takes a plaster cast of a woman's footprint, found beneath the window of the laboratory. CHAPTER III. Betty, daughter of a college professor. Is well known to Markham. Both he and Landls believe her to be above suspicion, but to assure himself he takes an opportunity to fit shoes. They the cast to one of are Identical. BettyBetty's tells htm Herbert Canby, a stranger In town, who is posing as a "promoter," had driven her home from the theater the previous and that she had dozed in the night, Markham car. does not tell landls of his discovery. That the girl should have deliberately stolen the Invention from Landls' safe Is unthinkable, but the evidence of the plaster cant seems to prove she was present at the time of the robbery. CHAPTER IV. Markham, vaguely auspicious of Canby's honesty, searches his hotel room, In his absence. He finds hidden there two loaded automatic revolvers and a complete set of tools. Canby returning, bringsburglar's the revolvers and burglar's kit to the hotel clerk, claiming to have just found them In his room. the safe In That town of Perth, the bank of the smallnight dale was blown open and looted, the noise of the explosion being unheard. Satisfied that his "black boV' Is in the hands of crooks and Is being put to the uses he feared, Landls, with Markham, drives at once to Perthdale. CHAPTER V. At Perthdale they find confirmation of their fears. Three strangers,toriding In a Fleetwlng, and be business men of Louisclaiming ville, are the only possible suspects. Markham and Landls decide to follow them, although advices from Louisville seem to guarantee the standing of the three. At SI Joseph Markham ees Canby's car, a Nordyke. He learns Canby la driving west, with Betty Lawson and her father as his The Fleetwlng, guests in the car. Markham's car, and the Nordyke, form on the Pikes Peak highprocession way. CHAPTER VI. While he and Landla re sleeping, Markham's car is stolen nd wrecked. He buys another, and they go on. On the road to the mining town of Copah they get news of the Fleetwlng. ahead of them. At a hotel in Copah they meet Betty. She Is surprised at their presence in the West, and explains the reason for her and her father's Journey. Markham overhears a conversation between Can-b- y the and three Louisville men which convinces him be Is on the right track. CHAPTER VII. Markham and Landls follow the three men In the Fleetwlng. They And the commissary of the Cinnabar mine has been held up And robbed and two men killed. Again there was no sound of the explosion. At Brewster they learn of the arrival of Canby and his party. Markham meets a distant relative, William Star-bucmine owner. He gives them some Information which plies up the evidence as to Canby's crookedness. k, CHAPTER VIII. At Brewster they meet Canby. He tells them he Is In the West on business connected with his mine, the "Old Quavapal." Betty nd her father are with him as the professor being Interested Inguests, pale- aaalted on the street by knife wield-r- s, but beat off their assailants. HenceMarkham decides, the two of forth, will them go "heeled," their enemies evidently having become desperate. , "Something, but not as much aa 1 hoped to," said Markham, in answer to Landls repeated question as to what he had learned by following Can-b- y and the three; and he recounted the talk be bad overheard. "AH I can make out of it Is that Canby Is hooked up with these men In gome sort of a deal In which he Is the kingpin." "You say Canby gave the others a map?" "Something of the sort. He called It 'the layout " "What did be mean by saying that the three had yelled for help?" "That Is Just another of the mysteries." "You heard what Betty told us; that they had bought their train tickets, and then Canby changed his mind and asked them If they didn't want to drive? I'm wondering If It wasn't the yell for help that made him change bis mind and plans." "It may have been." Landls spoke of something else. "You asked Betty what time they got Into Copah. and her answer was, 'About fire o'clock.' Also, she said she and her father watched the sunset from the mesa road ; and not very long after that, Canby, with two people In his car, overtook us In the outskirts of town. How do you make that fit in?" "I don't," said Markham shortly; "nothing fits In." Step by step, each new development, or half development, pointed to Canby as the thief of the black box of silence. But If Canby were the thief, Betty Lawson was Just as certainly his accessory. And that, he told himself, was unbelievable. Yet there was the great stone, tumbling down the mountain side In utter silence, to point the finger of Implication at Canby. What desperate undertaking was Canby engaged In that would wardouble murder as rant a one of Its conditions? The lights of Copah had long since vanished In the eastward distance before Markham spoke again. "Sorry your time with Betty was cut so short, Owen. But maybe we'll see more of her later." "The time was long enough," was the sober reply. And then, half hesitantly, "I'm out of it with Betty, Wally. Canby's the man." "No, he Isn't; not If our suspicions are Justified." Land's smile was a mere baring of the teeth. "You ought to know women better than that, Wally. Business deals, straight or crooked, don't mean anything to a woman In love " "If you think Betty would wink at criminality, even In her lover" "We haven't anything to base a charge of criminality on." "Nothing positive, maybe. But what I overheard In Copah seems to lean that way not to go any farther back In the mess." "Do you think so?" "I'm thinking so hard enough to make me run the wheels off this wagon to keep In touch with that Fleetwlng Right somewhere ahead of us." As he spoke, the roadster was topping a slight rise, and l.nndls pointed out a faint red dot In the forward distance. "You've got the touch," he remarked. After this, for an interminable time, the two flying cars held their relative cold-bloode- d " E. TREMONTON ! By Mrs. P. E. Ault I i -- - :x: Mrs. George Abbott accompanied her mother Mrs. J. T. Waklron and brother Lewis of Morgan to Logan Saturday, returning Sunday. Emerson Abbott visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. George Abbott Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Kay and children Mrs. Thomas Kay and daughter Una visitCHAPTER X. Returning, with Bet. and Mrs. Zeb White and children ed the families of Elden Hommer of ty. from a dinner with friends of Markham beats off two men who Blind Springs and George Schuman of to Mm. At the hotel CHAPTER IX. Landls, despondent IDacauae of his belief that Betty Is in with Canby, is encouraged by jlove 'Markham. Leaving the car to Ina burned auto, off the road, vestigate they are shot at, but unharmed. The ; shooters declare they took the two to be bears, which they were hunting. Svldence, later, convinces Markham ; utnuii mai me snooting was at- Star-buc- k, attempted kidnap he finds Landls has gone out. Three Blue Creek on Sunday. men from Louisville are registered, of Max Beal returned Monday from his the same names as the three whom h nd Landls have been following, and visit in Hinkley, Salt Lake and Ogilen they certainly are not the same men. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Beal and baby of CHAPTER XI. Landls. Logan visited their brother Geo. Beal Seeking jaaranam is aecoyea into taking a 'long trip from Brewster, and gets and family the fore part of the week. back to find both Betty and Landls Earl Woodruff and family have rere missing. turned to make their home here after CHAPTER XII. Landls lured from the hotel, is kidnaped and confined Ir. three years spent in California. a old mine drift. Wandering, he finds Miss Rosa Woodruff came home IJBetty, also prisoner. He tells her part f his experiences, but learns little Sunday from Ogtlen. She will spend ber. Seeing what appears to be a the winter here and teach in the (from j light, far away, he leaves Betty, to i Church School. Investigate, and finds gang of miners at work, his silencer muffing the noise, Zeb White was counted among thbse he anger destroys the mechanism of jla the machine. The gang, dismayed, run who were in Brigham Sunday evening ! J from the drift, two men From their talk, Landls fearsremaining. ' they may to welcome Governor Roosevelt. and from a hiding Betty, ;nd .Attacks them with a shovel. Inplace George Abbott, Lewis Abbott and the fight he subdues both men, but is Mrs. Jane Abbott were attending to I badly hurt aad makes his way back to ' business in Hyrum, Monday. 10 tail into her arms un1 neiiy oniy conscious. Miss Kae Abbott was a Logan guest , CHAPTER XIII. In hospital Lan- - Sunday. learns from MarVham the details of Mrs. Lewis Abbott returned from a Canby's plotting. One of his accom. pllces had told of the seising of Betty brief visit with her mother, Mrs. n4 Landls and the place of their Imrescue followed, Woods, of Farmington, Sunday. She prisonment ofTheir i Canby. head a criminal band, had was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. salted' the Quavapal to sell it to i Louisville group the three men whose R, J. Snyder and daughter, Dorothy. ' names Mrs. r. E. Ault was in Salt Lake his confederates had use but, badly needing money and learning ac- City, Thursday and Friday, attending cidentally of Landls' silencer, he had tolen It and had his gang use It In the State Convention of the W. C. T.U. their bank and other robberies, and The Gub team, Miss Katherine .also to conceal Ms operations In the juavapal. From Betty herself Landla Abbott and Miss Dona B rough, are , learns how Canby, the night of the hard to enter the State Demdisappearance of the silencer, had hyp. working and had her open the safe. onstration Contest at the State Fair, viotited her ' That part of the mystery cleared I all that remains Is the wonder, up, as when they hope to carry off the honsees it, wny ianai naa ever had ors and a trip to Portland. jieuy doubt of her love for him. She any Miss Izola Jensen and J. C. Hog (convinces him of his error. I ... . ansen, of Logan U. S. A. C. were callers at the P. E. Ault home, Monday. st . 1 4-- H I positions. From time to time Land's looked over his shoulder. There wer no headlights In sight to the rear. If Canby was making the moonlight run, as planned, the headlights of bis car were not j et visible. "Needn't look for him, I gue.s," Markham offered, at length. "We're hitting it up a good bit faster than he'll want to hurry his passengers." It was not until they txgan to draw in toward the foothills at the northwestern edge of the desert that they lost sight permanently of the red dot in advance. They cume to the little way station of Atropia on the railroad, where the road forked. "Here's where we balk." Markham announced, slowing down. Then he recalled 'what Canby bad said to the man who was driving the Fleetwing, "Your route book will show you where to turn oft." But which was the "turn off' to the left with the railroad, or to the right up the mountain? Climbing out, they crossed the tracks to the railroad station. When they stepped Inside they almost ran into the arms of a group of roughly dressed men, each man nursing a WinMarkham apologized for chester. stumbling over the feet of one of the men. "My fault," said the one whose feet had suffered. "I wasn't looking for Are you anybody to open the door. traveling or Just going somewhere?" "Both," said Markham with a grin. "More particularly, we are trying to keep In touch with three er friends Just ahead of us In a Fleetwing Eight, and we don't know which road they've taken. Perhaps you can help us. Do both of these roads go over to Brewster In the Timanyoni?" "They do." The speaker was evidently the leader of the squad of armed men. "The one to the left follows the railroad as far as It can, and then climbs the Timanyoni range by way of Led Horse pass. The other begins to climb right here and goes In over Dump mountain, and the two come together as one in the big hills south of Brewster." "Thanks,'' said Markham; "but we don't know which way our the Fleetwing went." "I can help you there. It went up the mountain." "That helps us," Markhm asserted. Then, "A minim; man, are you? I didn't know tbere were any mines over here." "There are not many. Ours, the Cinnabar, Is about the only one shipping ore Just now. Broughton's my name." "Markham Is mine," was the prompt rejoinder; "and this i ray friend, Owen Landis. Much obliged for the Information about the roads. We'll be getting along before our Fleetwing party gets too far ahead of us." As they went out the young mine owner followed them. "I'm no alarmist," he said, "but are you gentlemen 'heeled, as we say out In this part of the world?" Markham grinned and pulled out his two automatics much to Landis' astonishment, since Markham had neglected to mention his purchase. "Will these do?" "Fine and dandy, if you know how to use 'em. Reason I spoke was that we're down here for our payroll money it's coming In on Forty-On- e and I had a hint that lied Hunter and his gang might try to grab it off. That's why so many of us are here with the bells on. But if there's anything In the rumor, and they are after us, they likely wouldn't bother with you. So long," and he went back Into the station building. As the two friends reached the car the distance-diminishe- d bellow of a locomotive whisate broke the silence of the desert night. "There comes Broughton's train," said Landis. "Let's get away ahead of his truck. Then we won't have to pass It on the mountain road." "You didn't speak soon enough," Markham grumbled, kicking a fiat tire under the roadster. "I wonder what did that?" Whatever had done It, the tire had to be changed, and they fell to work. When It came to the replacement they found that the spare was only about half indited and would have to be pumped up by hand. While they were rigging the pump the train came thundering In, made Its brief halt, and went clamoring on. Shortly after the disappearance of the train they heard the starting roar of the mine truck's motor, and a moment later the truck, with its load of armed men passed them. The young mine owner was at the wheel and called out neighborly. After the truck had gone, they found the tire pump In their roadster's equipment kit had a leaky check-valve- , and wouldn't hold long enough to put the proper pressure Into the d tire. While they were taking turns at the leaky pump, the railroad itircnt- - camp firrn&a nn III. wav hnma and ask(1(1 lf he coud help them out ..Not 0nles9 you can teU ug whpre we cnn borrow a decent tire pump." said Landls. "Why, yes," was the friendly answer. "I've got a flivver, and a tire pump la about the most useful attachment It has. Wait, and I'll fetch it" He crossed to a shed behind the nearest of the darkened houses and presently returned with the pump, taking a hand and helping them fill the big spare. "You've saved our lives," Markham said, returning the borrowed pump. "Thanks a thousand times. Good night." As he started the motor he glanced at the dnsb clock. "It wai Just midnight when we topped, and now It's a quarter to half-Inflate- half-doze- good-naturedl- n of an hour wasted time enough to put that Fleetwing thirty miles ahead! That's the toughest piece of luck we've struck yet !" But, as they were soon to learn, was not through with them. Before they bad made more than a couple of miles up the stiff mountain grade the roadster's motor sputtered, began to miss, and then stopped dead, the brakes slipped and let the car drift backward. Landis caught at the emergency brake and stopped the drift. As he did it, he pointed at the gasoliue gauge on the dash and said, "Look at that, will you!" .Markham looked. "What do yon know about that! I told those garage fellows at Copah to be sure and fill her up you heard me! What the devil and Tom Walker are we to do now, I'd like to know!" "The little railroad man back there at the station?" Landis suggested. "Maybe he has an extra can of gas." Markham turned the car and let it drift down to the railroad hamlet. The agent had gone to bed, and they had to get hlra up. Again western kindliness came to the fore. "Just wait till I can get dressed and we'll see." They waited, perforce, and when the little man came out he said, "McDowell he keeps the store may have a can or two." There was another wait while the agent hammered on the door of McDowell's emporium; and when It was finally opened more uncertainty ensued. The storekeeper "disremeni-bered.- " He might have some. He'd come down and see. After a time the sleepy storekeeper came shuffling down, and a search was made for gas. It finally proved successful to the extent of unearthing three of the familiar five gallon cans, but the storekeeper had only a small funnel, and It had been carefully mislaid. After It had been found the clock on the roadster's dash had measured off the better part of another hour. "We're out of the fight, so far as keeping cases on the Fleetwing is concerned," Markham grumbled, as the car stormed the grade. They had surmounted the first long grade, of possibly five miles, when a sudden turn In the road brought a group of mine buildings into view, the scene partly lighted by the red glow of a conflagration at the roadside. Markham let the car roll slowly up. When he stopped, Broughton put a foot on the running board. "Well, Red got us, after all. Blew the safe and the commissary all to h 1 and set the wreck afire." Landis saw two blanket-covere- d figures lying under a tree and said, "Casualties?" "Yes; murder. My day foreman and the watchman. There was a gun battle; both of the foreman's guns were empty when we found them. But what's running us all ragged Is the fact that nobody In the whole camp heard a sound while all this was going on; wouldn't have known about It till morning, I suppose, if a miner's girl in one of the cabins hadn't happened to wake up and see the light of the fire. Isn't it h 1?" "What's that?" Landis cut in. "You say nobody heard the explosion? But perhaps there wasn't any explosion." "Oh, yes there was; safe looks as if It had been hit by an II. E. shell. Besides, there was gun fire." Just here one of his men drew Broughton away. "Not much doubt as to who has your black box now, is there?" Markham asked Landis. "Not very much. The circumstantial evidence Is piling In too thick and fast to leave much room for doubt." "I don't want to believe that these men are the criminals," said Landis. "Why not?" "Don't you see! If they are, Herbert Canby is the fourth." "Well, what If he Is?" "He Is going to marry Betty." "Ump! That's up to yon. Isn't It?" "Not now. It has gone too far." Markham made no comment upon this until after they had passed the point where the shorter road by way of Red Horse pass came in. Then he said, "You have only vourself to blame, Owen. It's Just as I told you the night you showed me your invention; a girl can't wait forever. I don't suppose you have ever asked Betty to marry you." "No, I haven't," was the straightforward confession. "It's this way. Betty has always had a small time of it as her father's daughter, The 'TJ' doesn't pay It's faculty members enough to warrant any other kind of time for their families. And she deserves something better." "So you've been waiting until you could Invent something that you could sell for enough money to let her wear You don't know Betty diamonds? 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