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Show ; OtERY FViiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH.,,.... t'llllllllllllll COUNTY PROGRESS. CASTLE DALE. UTAH - lllltHIIMltllllll1lllttltllttllllimitililtlniliiirtiiltit-iltililti-il- i lllitirriiiiii-ii- i I i Bsrr George McGUTCHEON HINES AUTHOR Author of "GRAUSTARK." "THE WILSON SAYS MEN COMPLICATED MATTERS REMEDIAL AGENTS AT STANDSTILL. By 10 I DEAL W lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUllllllllllillH HOLLOW ." OF HER HAND." "THE PRINCE OF -FROM THE HOUSETOPS." ETd. GRAU-STARK- """"""""""""""""""miinmm.,.,,,,,,, ,,, Copright by Dodd, Meaa CHAPTER XV Continued. 13 His uneasiness Increased to consterwhen he discovered that nation Sprouse had not yet put In an appeara- nce. What had become of the man? He could not help feeling, however, that somehow the little agent would suddenly pop out of the chimney in his room, or sneak In through a crack under the door and laugh at his . fears. Shortly before the noon hour, Peter halted the old automobile from front of the Tavern and out stepped OTowd, followed by no less a personage than the pseudo There were a number of Mr. Loeb. traveling bags in the tonneau of the Ames Green Fancy in car. Catching sight of Barnes, the Irishman shouted a genial greeting. "The top of the morning to ye. You remember Mr. Loeb, don't you? Mr. Curtis' secretary. Mr. Loeb is leaving us for a few days on business. Good morning, Mr. Boneface," he called out to Putnam Jones who approached at that juncture. "We are sadly In want of gasoline." Barnes caught the look that the Irishman shot at him out of the corner of his eye. "Perhaps you'd better see that the scoundrels don't give us short measure, Mr. Loeb," said O'Dowd. Loeb hesitated for a second, and then, evidently in obedience to a command from the speaker's eye, moved off to whore Peter was opening the Intake. H'Dowd lowered his voice. "Barnes, 1 let you off last night, and I let her off as well. In return, I ask you to hold your tongue until the man down there gets a fair start. A day's start fore. Ta the name of God, Barnes, how did you happen to fall ln with the villain?" Barnes passed his hand over his brow, dazed. "He he represented himself as t book agent," he mumbled, striving to collect himself. "Jones knew him. Said he had been around here for weeks. I I " "That's the man," said O'Dowd, scowling. "He trotted all over the county, selling books. For the love of It. do ye think? Not much. He bad other fish to fry, you may be sure. Barnes, if we ever lay hands on that friend of yours well, he won't have to fry in hell. Hell be burnt alive. Thank God, my mind's at rest on one score. She didn't skip out with him. They all think he did. Not one of them suspects that she came away with you. There is plenty of evidence that she let him in through her wi- ndow" "All ready, O'Dowd," called Loeb. "Come along, please." "Coming," said the Irishman. "Don't blame yourself, old man. See you later, Barnes. So long!" CHAPTER XVI. The First Wayfarer Visits a Shrine, Confesses, and Takes an Oath. How was he to find the courage to impart the appalling news to her? He was now convinced beyond all doubt that the Sprouse had made off with the priceless treasure and that only a miracle could bring about its recovery. He realized to what extent he had been shaped into a tool to be used by the master craftsman. He saw through the whole Machiavellian scheme, and he was also now morand" ally certain that Sprouse would have "Are you in danger, too, O'Dowd?" sacrificed him without the slightest "To be sure but I love It I can hesitation. In the event that anything went always squirs out of tight places." "I would not deliberately put you in wrong with their enterprise, the man would have shot him dead and earned Jeopardy, O'Dowd." "See here, I am going back to that the gratitude and commendation of his He would have been house up yonder. There Is still work associates! for me there. What I'm after now is glorified and not crucified by his to get him on the train at Hornville. friends. Til be here again at four o'clock, on With a heavy heart he mounted the me word of honor. Trust me, Barnes." stairs. At the top he paused to delib"Do you mean to say that you are erate. Would it not be better to keep What was to be coming back here to run the rirk of her in Ignorance? But gained by revealing to her the Being" Miss Thackeray was luring him on to "We've had word that the government has men on the way. Why, destruction. She stood outside the door Bang it all, Barnes, don't you know and beckoned. Then she closed the door who it was that engineered that whole from the outside, and Barnes was business last night?" alone with the cousin of kings and Barnes smiled. "I do. He is a sequeens and princes. "I feared you had deserted me," cret agent from the embassy " "Secret granny l" almost shouted she said, holding out her hatid to him O'Dowd. "He Is the slickest, cleverest as he strode across the room. "I saw no occasion to disturb your crook that ever drew the breath of ' Bfe. And he's got away with the rest," he mumbled. she said, been have "I peeping," in levels, for wfcich you can whistle rain, I'm thinking." looking at him searchingly. "Where is Mr. Loeb going, Mr. Barnes?" "For heaven's sake, O'Dowd" "O'Dowd says he is to be gone for a Riirnes, his blood like ice In his eins. few days on business," he equivocated. "He will not return," she said quiet"But don't take my word for it. Ask her "He is a coward at heart. Oh, 1 ly. upsttirs there, God bless fi'Sr! ask her if she knows Chester know him well," she went on, scorn in n her H Was Known to Her as a- Thief of International Fame. Nalsmith. He s been Inflow He'" - Shell tell ye, my bucko standing guard' outside he for the past three nights . know you are mistaken,'' Barnes, a wave of relief surginp him. "He has been. in this tav-,- r .ow "d v 1 every "Sure he has. ever see him night" But answer me, did here after eleven In ae You did not not until evening? night, anyhow. In the struggle he f with Nicholas last night he was ognized. That's why poor old "olas la lying aead up tnere at tne e now and will have a decent anal unbeknownst to anybody but friends." ,vJ God, O'Dowd, you can't mean he-- killed" he SturJc knlf ln nls Bnake? And the chief trusted liaT M no crook ever was treated' be-I UT 1 ! voice. "Was I wrong in not trying to stop him?" he asked. She pondered this for a moment. "No," she said, but he caught the dubious note in her voice. "It is just as well, perhaps, that he should disappear. His flight today spnres but we are more interested in me man Sprouse. Has he returned?" "No, Miss Cameron," said he ruefully. And then, without a single reservation, he laid bare the story of Sprouse's defection. When he inquired if she had heard of the man known as Chester Nalsmith, she confirmed his worst fear by describing him as the guard who watched beneath her win dow. He was known to her as a twer of International fame. "You were no match for Chester Nalsmith. Do not look so glum. The shrewdest police officers in Europe have never been able to cope with him. Why should you despair?" He sprang to his feet. "By gad, he hasn't got away with It yet," he grated. "I will run this scoundrel down If 1 have to devote the remainder of my life to the task." She sighed. "Alas, I fear that I shall have to tell you a little more about this wonderful man you know as Sprouse. Six months ago the friends and supporters of the legitimate successor to my country's throne consummated a plan whereby the crown Jewels and certain documents of state were surreptitiously removed from the palace vaults. Instead of dewas positing the treasure In Paris, It to this country In charge of a gtoup of men whose fealty could not be questioned. The man you know as Loeb is in reality my cousin. I have known him all my life. He Is the youngest brother of the pretender to I he throne, and a cousin of the prince who Is held prisoner by the Austrian s. This prince, has a brother also, and It was to him that I was supposed to deliver the Jewels. I traveled from New York, but not alone as you may susprotected from pect I was carefully the time I left my hotel there until well, until I arrived ln Boston. "While there I received a secret message from friend la Canada' dl at u 777iimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiio Ceaaaaaj, 450,000 Employees CHAPTER XVII. The Second Wayfarer Is Transformed. O'Dowd returned late in the afternoon. He was In a hurry to get back to Green Fancy; there was no mistaking his uneasiness. "For the love of heaven, Barnes, get her away from here as soon as possible, and do it as secretly as you can," he said. "I may as well tell you that she is in more danger from the government secret service than from nnyone up yonder." "She may prefer to face the music, O'Dowd. If I know her at all, she will refuse to run away." "Then yell have to kidnap her," said the Irishman earnestly. "There will be men swarming here from both sides of the border by tomorrow night or next day. It's the gospel truth, and It's going to be bad for all of us If we're here when they come." "Who is she, O'Dowd? Man to man, tell me the truth. I want to know Just where I stand." O'Dowd hesitated, looked around the taproom, and then leaned across . the table. "Miss Cameron is in reality the a faCountess Therese miliarly and lovingly known in her own land as the Countess Ted. She was visiting in this country when the war broke out If it Is of any use to you, ril add that she would be rich if Aladdin could only come to life and restore the splendors of the demolished castle, refill the chests of gold that have been emptied by the conquerors, and restock tie farms that have been pillaged and devastated. In the absence of Aladdin, however, she Is almost as poor as the ancient church mouse. So there you are, me man. Half tha royal progeny of Eu Mara-Dafand- rope have been suitors for her hand, and the other half would be If tbey didn't happen to be of the same sex. Good-b1 must be on my way." He arose and held out his hand. "Good-band good luck forever." "You are a brick, O'Dowd. I want to see you again. You will always find me " "Thanks. Don't Issue any rash Invitations. I might take you up." Barnes started upstairs as soon as O'Dowd was off, urged by an eagerness that put wings on his feet and a thrill of excitement in his blood. Half way up he stopped short A new condition confronted him. What was the proper way to approach a person of royal blood? He would have to think. Pausing at her door, he was at once aware of voices Inside the room. He rapped on the door, but so timorously that nothing came of "It His second effort was productive. He y. y tip Ysy. rT to Ballot on with us by mail. Send us an order. Watte, out Freight Situation Serious. lac recti ng me to go to Spanish Falls, where I would be met and conducted by Prince Sebastian himself to the place called Green Fancy, which was near the Canadian border. A safe escort would be provided for us, and we would be on British soil within a few hours after our meeting. It is only necessary to add that when I arrived at Green Fancy I met Prince Ugo and understood ! I had carefully covered my tracks after leaving Boston. My real friends were, and still are, completely In the dark as'to my movements, so skilfully was the trick managed. "And now for Chestet Nalsmith. It was he who, acting for the misguided loyalists and recommended by certain young aristocrats who by virtue of their own dissipations had come to know him as a man of Infinite resourcefulness and daring, planned and carried out the pillaging of the palace vaults. Almost under the noses of the foreign guards he succeeded ln obtaining the Jewels. No doubt he could have made off with them at that time, but he shrewdly preferred to have them brought to America by some one else. It would have been Impossible for him to dispose of them In Europe. You see how cunning he Is? "He was no doubt thwarted in his design to waylay me on the road from Spanish Falls by a singular occurrence in this tavern. He was attacked in his room here, overpowered, bound and gngged by two men. He knew the men. They were thieves as clever and as merciless as himself. They too were watching for roe. I do not know how these men learned of my Intention to come to Green Fancy." "They came to the Tavern four or five days before your arrival at Green Fancy," Barnes interrupted. "Sprouse told me that they were secret service men from abroad and that he was working with them. My theory is this, and I think It is Justified by events: The men were really secret agents, sent here to watch the movements of the gang up there. They came upon Sprouse and recognized him. On the day mentioned they overpowered him and forced him to reveal certain facts connected with affairs at Green Fancy. Possibly he led them to believe that you were one of the conspirators. They waited for your arrival and then risked the hazardous trip to Green Fancy. They were discovered and shot." "I believe you are right," she cried. "Then we have accounted for Mr. Sprouse, and I am no longer interested in the unraveling of the mystery surrounding the deaths of Koon and Paul," said Barnes. "There is nothing to keep me here any longer, Miss Cnin-eroI suggest that you allow me to escort you at once to your friends, wherever they " She was opposed to this plan. While" here was still a chance that Sprouse might he apprehended in the neighborhood, or the possibility of his being caught by the relentless pursuers, she declined to leave. "Then, I shall also stay," said he promptly, nnd was repaid by the tremulous smile she gave him. He was helplessly in love with this beautiful cousin of kings and queens. And when he thought of kings and queens he realized that beyond all question his love was hopeless. It perfectly safe to do business A, "Miss Cameron Is Lovingly Known In Her Own Land aa tha Countesa Ted." Tieup Probable in Very Near Future. fc. ...... . . m the railroad employees," but added: I "The chief obstacle to a decision has been created by the men themselves. They have gone out on a strike and repudiated the authority of their officers at the very moment when they were urging action ln regard to Chance for Inventors. $10,000 Is offered by the Walnut Growers' association io any one who will invent a satisfactory ma' chine for branding the shell of each English walnut ln a yearly $10,000,000 crop. prise of Business Courses Stenography Bookkeeping Dictaphone Typewriting Civil Service Posting Machine I 1 L. D. S. Business College Salt Lake City, Utah their interests." Day and Evning All tht Ymar The president's decision was announced from the White House in the Sox Differences. form of a letter sent by hlin to Mr. Is a man getting a set of When it Hines. The president said that "until the employees return to work and falsetoteeth, he Is afraid he is not gobe able to eat with them ; If It ing again recognize the authority of their is a she Is afraid she will not woman, organization, the whole matter must be able to talk. Houston Post. be at a standstill." SCORE DIE AS SCHOONER SINKS Gallia Goes Down in Collision With British Steamer War Witch Halifax, N. S. Twenty persons are believed to have lost their lives when the schooner Gallia was sunk Thursday night ln a collision with the British steamer War Witch. The schooner Is reported to have carried a crew of at least fifteen and possibly a dozen passengers, and only seven survivors are nnmed In wireless messages from the steamer. The collision occurred close to St. Pierre and Is supposed to have been caused by the heavy fog. Captain W. B. Bennett, of the War Witch, reported by wireless that his vessel had collided with the three-maste-d schooner Gallia. The message gave the names of seven persons as saved. These were presumably from the schooner. The War Witch was bound from North Sydey from Wabnna, N. F., while the Gallia was on her way to St. Pierre from France. News of the catastrophe reached here ln wireless messages to the agents of the War Witch. heard Miss Thnckeray sny "good graShort Shrift for This Negro. cious," and, after a moment, Miss Cochran, Ga. An unidentified neCameron's subdued: "What Is it?" gro, riding on a Southern railway "May I come ln?" he Inquired, train, which arrived here, told other rather ashamed of his vigor. "It's negro passengers that ho was from only Barnes." Chicago and purposed to help the ne"Come In," was her lively response. groes of Georgia "do what the negroes "It was awfully good of you, Miss ot Chicago did." On their complaint Thackeray, to let me hear your lines. he was taken from the train and put I think you will be a great success in s in the county Jail. Later his body-wathe part." found swinging from a small tree "Thanks," said Miss Thackeray outside. dryly. "I'll come in again and let you hear me In the third act." She Fare went out, mumbling her lines as she Street Railway to Charge Higher Neb. The Nebraska railLincoln, him. passed Barnes without seeing & "I hope you will feel able to leave way commission granted the Omaha comBluffs Street Council Railway We this place tomorrow, countess. pany permission to charge 7 cents for must get away almost Immediately." single fares and 25 cents for four to "Ah, you have been listening tickets in Omaha as an emergency O'Dowd, I see." will "Yes. He tells me It be danger- rate pending final settlement of the company's application for higher rates. ous to " "He is right It would be difficult The company has been receiving 5 for me to clear myself. No one would cents for single fares. The comnils-lion'- s order does not apply to believe that I did not deliberately make off with the Jewels. They would fares In Council Bluffs. say that I oh, it is too dreadful !" "Don't worry about that," he ex- Free Ireland Urged By K. C. Congress "You have uie to testify claimed. Buffalo, N. Y. Early Thursday, after a session extending from last that" "How little you know of intrigue," night, the peace convention of the she cried. "They would laugh at you Knights of Columbus unanimously and say that you were merely another adopted a resolution calling for the fool who had lost his head over a full recognition of the idependence of woman. They would say that I duped the Irish nation. you " "No!" he cried vehemently. "Your Brakeman Killed by Own Engine. people know better than you think. Frank B. Stnppns, Nautpa, Ida. You are disheartened, discouraged. Oregou Short Line hrakeman, was Things will look brighter tomorrow." killed at Cleft siding Thursday. He "I don't know what I should do with- was run down by his own engine after out you," she said. he had thrown a switch to let the train take a siding. CHAPTER XVIII. U. 8. Motor Ship la Disabled at Sea Mr. Sprouse Continues to Be PerplexHalifax, N. S. The American motor ing, but Putt Hit Nose to the Ground. Mount Baker, bound from New ship Barnes was abroad early. He was York to Liverpool, Is disabled at sea at breakfast when Peter Ames called for assistance, according and asking up. An inspiration seized him when office here. the chauffeur mentioned the wholesale to the marine intelligence exodus: he hired Peter forthwith and Profiteering Bill Starts in Commons. ordered him to report Immediately London. The government's bill prowith the car. He was going up to for Green Fancy for Miss Cameron's viding prosecution and penalties of found profiteering guilty persons wardrobe. Two minutes after Peter drove up passed the first reading in the house to the Tavern he was on the way back of commons Thursday. to Green Fancy again, and seated bePresident Asked to Raise P. O. Wages side him was Thomas Kingsbury President Wilson was Washington. Barnes, his new master. saked in a letter presented at the There was not a sign of human life White House Thursday to recommend about the place. Peter accompanied to an Increase of 50 per cent Congress him upstairs to the room recently oc- In the wages of postoffice and postal cupied by Miss Cameron. employees over the country to meet They found two small leather the high cost" of living. trunks, thickly belabeled, in the room German Is Vetoed In 'U' of Texas. upstairs. Both were locked. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Austin, Tex. Provisions for teaching German In the University of Texas Altar va. Halter. in the educational appropriaplaced Said the facetious feller: "Nobonbill tion by the Texas legislature wan expects a wedding cerejnony to go vetoed Gov. W. P. Hobby. by through without a bitaV - MAKERS OF JEWELRY tee mam min salt lake city A Washington. President Wilson nnt Ified Director General I II ties that he was authorized to tali up the demands of railroad shop employe for higher wages and decide them on their merits. The presldout said that the letter seut him by Senator Cummins, chairman of the committee on Interstate commerce, "had set me free to deal as I think best with the difficult ques- ..e BOYD PARK Typewriters All makes Rented, Repaired, Sold. Write for price-$7.- to $100. SO Utah Office and School Supply 32 W. 2nd South, Salt Lake City. Utah Delicate Anemone. Anemone means "windflower," and Is so called because It Is so delicately poised that It sways with the lightest motion of the atmosphere. HELP WANTFD h you want big- wages learn barber trade- Many small towns need barbers; good opportuneaes open lor men over drafts fe. Barbers in army have Uet prepared flood ai officersCallcommliMlon. or write. Moler Barber week. College, S3 8. Went Temple St., Bait Lake City. SKILLFUL IN USE OF POISON South African Bushmen Had Weapon Which In Other Hands Might Have Bern Invincible, The bushmen, Africa's pygmies of the South, who succumbed so quickly to civilization, are becoming rarer very day. Famine, wars and the white man's encroachments have killed off thousands. The one great achievement of these children of the woods Is their skillful use of poisons. In the hands of a more subtle people the poisoned arrow might have been an Invincible weapon, but for the bushman it only delayed Inevitable defeat The bushman's arrow Is a toy of light reed until he turns It Into a ce'rtaip death dealer by covering the tip with ope of his favorite poisons. A certain caterpillar of the jungle, the most venomous snakes and spiders, poisonous roots and leaves all yield their power to kill to the use of these natives. Special men of the tribe prepare the poisons for their purpose, usually heating them ln a dish befote dipping the dart into them. While waiting for their poisonous brew to cook, the poison dance about the fire in excitement at the coming hunt or combat. Skulking in breathless silence upon an Imaginary enemy, they suddenly leap up and discharge the fatal arrows, after which they shift easily to the part of the victim, and writhe and howl with all the agony of the hunted. Exhaustion and the completion of the poison put an end to this vivid recon-cocto- rs ' hearsal. ' Old Publications. An odd bit of the past turns up la a list of old publications soon to be sold at auction, namely, to give It Its full, Imposing title. "A Sermon Preached at White-Chapein the Presence of Many Honorable and Worshipful, the Adventurers and Planters for Virginia," and "Published for the Benefit and Use of the Colony, Planted, and to bee Planted there and for the Advancement of their Christian Purpose." The Rev. William Symonds preached that sermon, notes the Christian Science Monitor, and described Virginia as a land "with the fruitful- -, ness whereof England, our misti-es.secannot compare, no, not when she is In her greatest pride." Yet he preached to rather a sorry congregation, says history, largely composed of immiwho had failed at home through grants bad habits little calculated to help ln a new country. l, , When Tobacco Was Taboo. 1C38 the Massachusetts general court ordered, a writer comments, "that no man shall take any tobacco within 20 poles of any house, o so near as may endanger the same." In 1798 an act was passed forbidding the carrying of Are through the streets except ln a covered vessel, smoking, or having ln one's possession "any lighted pipe or segar" ln the streets or on the wharves. The penalty was 52. If the offender was ln a ropewalk, the penalty was from $5 to $100. This pro hlbltloa of 1758 was not repealed until In 1830. : J |