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Show I CASTLE DALE, UTAH EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS, ffaJaIiBBSsaii n n -- a? The IV, mum of the AHktr BY WYNDHAM MARTYN t HI TBS D. B. OOPTKIOBT THI STORY Howard rioyd fiattlngtoa tak dinner with an old colics chum, Alfred Gibbon, financial miinau. Unwin produce a written pledge taken by the three at college to belp each ether lo adveriity, explaining Unwin and that financial aaaiat-an- c he need on Bob and to educate bl coff daughter Mary. Gibbon at the "legality" of the pledge, but agree to make a place (or the daughter In hi organisation atary Unwla atenographer to a wealthy debauchee, fclgar Calling at Gibbon' office, a arranged, Mary I aaked to betray her employer" aecrets and refuae. Radway plan an ocean royag to recover from the efto fect of dissipation. Mary go a aecretary. her brother to her. accompany Betting ton, painting oa the Main coa.it. I and taken board a kidnaped, veaaeL Hi clothe are found by Oibba, a fugitive from Justice, who don them and goes to studio, and there fall to hi death.- Bettlngton And ta he aboard Radway' yacht. 1 Rad-wa- 1 - CHAPTER V thing. Httle or big, to help yon. yon have only to ask me." ch innkMi at him curiously. It was as though thla scrutiny were to de termine his statu once ana ror au. He was unaccountably nervous, ah said, at last. "I see that She held oat you are a man to trust" "Good-nigm- .hand. her room the saw mhm eswv catered her ber husband's from coming Clements ue naa stateroom further forward, 4 a tray, on which were some glasses and aa emptied decanter. It occurred WJT0I to her to wonder whether thla small, ailent man were not plying his em ployer with drink for some purpose of m a mAniBni lu-- " his own. In her own room sne won7 "Of course,about whatever dered why It was that she bad been care nothing later "I maira these unusual confidences tn are ixi just the stars. To me they in the to a stranger, when for years she had bung lanterns lorely beautiwithheld them from ber Intimates. hesvens to make the nlghtJ husKha looked od with a smile as . Worrying about my ful. the is' to me deepest Mary, after a timid knock, entered. driving band vhx little nale Mary haa a color be ao proud of to used I misery. the lacked healthy I tonight" she said. "Is it the wireless him. Perhaps "It was simply fascinating," alary Instinct which girls ought to have for own declared quickly. "I have been learn their of with boys companionship men. ing so much op there, air. ioaa is inage. 1 rather despised young so terested in my brother. Captain Hal- Their ambitions seemed so smalt men contemptible beside those of the and of I saw in Washington band-som- e course, Elgar was notoriously I then. You see, took charge of household when my mothfather's my er died. I was only seventeen. Think what that meant to an ambition-craze- d held glrL For me, America only one city, and that was Washington, where the embassies and legations Continued la the library, which wai also the music room, Mrs. Radway and Mar were sitting. "Mary," Mrs. Radway said suddenly, "It was very selfish of me to have brought you here," "Too needed me, and Tm glad I came," Mary returned. She had conceived one of those almost extravagant admirations for the beautiful woman. Literally, at the eleventh hour, the maid who was to have come, declined the risk of ocean's wrath and deserted her mistress at the very dock. The gong sounded which summoned them to luncheon. Radway was genial Be presented a tail and distinguished man to his wife. "It seems we shipped a doctor aboard. Here he Is. Doctor Watte Mrs. Radway and Miss Unwin." ' The Intimacy, so enforced and Inevitable on a yacht, with which one must come to regard another after time, presented problems to Mrs. She Radway not wholly pleasing. conceded that this stranger had a face which Inspired confidence In her, as much as that of the steward with his perpetual smile created aversion. He had a fine head and keen but kindly .eyes. And there was something reassuring In his 'splendid physical proportions. She thought he looked with special kindliness at little Mary Unwin. As for Mary, she breathed sigh of relief. Instinct told her here, at last, was a man on board she could trust She had not confided In Mrs. Radway her apprehension of most of the men she had seen. "I hope you will find very little professional work to do," Mrs. Radway aid to Betttlngton. He was charmed by her low, yet distinct, voice. He had thought l.avery's portrait to be Idealised until he met the original of it He had often, In other years, read of her. It seemed likely, when she was first married, that she would accomplish that almost Impossible ambition, a salon. She had birth, money, wit and beauty. And with these advantages she had chosen Radway among the many who put their all at her feet He looked from her to the flnnncler. What was It, Bettlngton asked himself, that had made him, In her eyes, more attractive than any other man. Ambition probably, and the enthusiasm aroused by his big moment at the capital. He wondered how much she had repented of It There could be no doubt bow as to her disillusions. He thought he could discover a trace of sadness In her lovely face; and. like La Glaconda. "her eyelids were a little weary." Whatever uncomfortable pauses In the conversation there were, due to Radway's Incessant grumbling at the food, the motion of the boat and his Inability to enjoy flavors that once fascinated him, she filled In without seeming effort She had. no doubt become adept at this, Bettlngton teries of wireless, was more of ber age. Bettlngton saw her eyes brighten es the lad came from the wireless room and crossed the deck, a little diffidently, to her. Ue smiled at the young man. Bettlngton liked boys of this clean-cu- t sort; and he knew that there might come a day, not far off, when the boy would be called upon to prove his mettle. He was a little distressed that the boy showed an tagonlsm and answered his questions as to his work with smlleless face. Well. It was perhaps better so. A roan was known by his companions and they Judged him to be one of Clements' adherents He was not sure whether Mrs. Radway, for all her courtesy at luncheon, would expect blm to get on the easy terms with her which he had established with Mary. She was, he reflected, one of the great hostesses and society beauties of the day. Perhaps she. too, shared the suspicions already formed of hlra by the captain. He found himself elated a new e.motlon with hlra when she beckoned him to take a chair at her side. "I am glad yon are a physician." she began, "one can talk so much more freely to you." This hardly put him at ease, (t was a bad beginning, he felt, this enforced deception, and yet he could not allow her to suppose he was not the ship's properly equipped surgeon. "It Is about my husband," she continued. "He Is very 111 He hates ferociously. He thinks It hurts his enemies; sometimes he talks as though he believed in black magic. Of course. It all reacts on blm eventually." She watched Mary and young Todd pace up and down the deck. "Probably about five years' difference In their age," she commented. "That's right; It's natural. I hope she'll marry blm. Ue Is a good honest boy." "Yon know of ulnar Bettlngton asked. He found himself concerned for Mary Unwln's future. "1 have never even spoken to him," she answered, "but one sometimes has the gift of seeing people as they are. Ton are reliable. There are others The man here who are not Clements with his eternal smile, which Is never accentuated and never diminished. It's the smile of a mask. Who Is heT" "I saw him for the first time on board," he returned. "Your husband must know." "He did Elgar a good turn once," she said, "and when he offered this boat all found except the captain, who is our old skipper, Elgar took It He said he knew he would have to pay for the help Clements gave." So that was how it came about. But Radway had not guessed the extent of the pay. Bettlngton sat talking to Evelyn Radway until she called Mary and said It was time to dress for dinner. Clements came Into Bettlngton' A dinner coat and black stateroom. trousers, newly pressed, were hung up "They always dress for dinner." said the Boss. "You did well this after1 could see she was taken noon. by yon. When you meet Metzger tonight. After lunch Radway went to his big stateroom at the extreme bow of the boat. "Got some work to do," he announced. "It will keep me busy till dinner." whether she was sorry or glad that there was a new element Introduced by Doctor Walta She knew her hus- band's imperious ways too well to suppose that anything but bis own will could moderate his appetites. She watched him walking up and down the deck with the secretary who had so tittle to do. A man who would take such a position as this, with Its jeelatively small pay and Insecure pros jpect. must be a failure at his profession. And yet he did not look like s failure. Mary liked him. and admitted his chafm, but te eighteen he was old. The capta'a's nephew, young Crosby Todd, wba lMd shown har the mys "Mary," Mrs. Radway Said Suddenly, "It Was Vary Selfish of Ma to Have Brought You Here." will find him already furiously Jealous. I will not allow any quarreling on board until the thing Is achieved for which I gathered you together." "You will not allow Bettlngton repeated slowly. "You may not allow men like Sam and Metzger to do as they please, but I am a free agent my good mun." Now he would see the smile fade. If the dreaded Boss lived up to bis reputation some other expression must replace the grinning mask. Rettlhgton heard a swift Intake of hreath, but there was no other Indication of anger. "You are a free agent as long as you do what I tell you. Tonight 1 shall Introduce vou to the rest. 1 do not wish the common good to oe endan you ltr i. deco-ratlv- r ... r ... sail-orme- n The Great Auk or gare-fow- t was the only bird In the northern hemisphere that could not fly. in general appearance It resembled the penguin. It was about as large as a goose, was black on Its bead and back and white beneath. Its legs were very far back so It stood almost upright, having, on land, the appearance of sitting, on Its tall, it ranged from the Bay of Biscay to Greenland and was found in greatest numbers on certain rocky Islands near Iceland and Newfoundland. It was quite helpless against enemies on land and was killed largely for the sake of Its feathers. The last known example was killed In IS44. Its eggs are highly valued by collectors, sometimes bringing as high as $1,500. There are only about Seventy examples known The great auk was the Olympic Garnet Flag The flag used for the Olympic games has an arrangement of five circles on a white or neutral background. The three upper circles, blue, black and red, do not touch, but they are Joined by the two lower circles of yellow and green, which in turn do not touch each other. The blue circle represents Europe; the black, Africa; the red, America; the yellow, Asia, and the green. Australasia BSm m ches. T1 can't dcoreo S I rr I n e. strength of Its Instigators. "I'm not anxious to quarrel." he said more pleasantly, "but I'm of just as Independent s nature as you yourself. You'll pardon me now, but I have to dress for dinner." It amused him to think how startled Clements must he behind that smile of his. to listen to a declaration of Independence from one over whom he thonght he held the threat of life imprisonment Bettlngton knew that when the right moment came it would be easy to prove his Integrity. Until then, he could play the part assigned to him, with just as good grace as Clements the autocrat could act the were." Then came several turns of the deck steward, assume his livery and wait no further confidences. and upon an Impatient employer. "I very seldom talk of those days." Bettlngton never forgot that first she said later. "I try to think of dinner aboard the Albatross. Radway looked straight ahead of him, heeding them; but here, with nothing to do his was when watch Elgar, and know that this but It only plate nothing. was set before him, filled with the is the end, I am full of my troubles." chefs rich delicacies, that he seemed "What do you mean by the end?" awake. He had been drinking steadily he asked. The Implication that Rad- since luncheon and drink made him wav'a death mleht be what she hungry. meant disturbed him. No matter how She concerned he Mary Unwin was disgusted. might be for the welfare had no fear of her employer. She had of the two women, he was breaking never liked hlra ; now. for his behavior the law by pretending to be a qualified to Mrs. Radway, she hated blm. She physician. And to have to attend a was glad when Bettlngton came In. dying man and see others bang on his It seemed to her verdicts and take comfort from his She smiled at him that he and young Crosby Todd were blundering Inadequate service was a the only men aboard whom one could chilling prospect trust. Captain Hallett was gruff and "He Is slipping," she said, "slipping soured. The others watched her with It is the fate of these mentally. eyes aflame. And she. like the others, strong men who derive no strength turned her head from the ever smilbut from themselves. He thinks a ing, suave steward. month's rest will put him In shape for There was little conversation at the the battle. You have seen his methods As Mrs. Radway wretched meal. of training. He has burnt himself passed to her stateroom with Mary, out" leaving her husband still at the table, "By battle, you mean his fight with she turned to Bettlngton. Gibbons "On deck, later, I should like to "Elgar underrates Mr. Gibbons, speak to you." whom I know slightly. He has not He bowed In answer. The spoken Elgar's supreme ability, but be can word would have betrayed his gladdescend to meannesses which my hus ness. band never used. After all. Elgar has He went out on deck to wait with what patience he could summon, for had his great moments." She sighed. "There was a time when even so keen Mrs. Radway's coming. Mary was a Judge of events as my father thought at wireless. the The operlooking up ator was receiving news of the day he would win the Presidential nomina tion. It was Just after the panic of for his bulletin. Clements had al1007 when his name led all the lowed the machine to be repaired. I should have been Bettlngton was glad to believe that rest mistress of the White House before I this lad was clean and honest Tubby Unwln's two defenseless children was twenty. Naturally, I was daz might ere long, have need of all that zled." He knew she was living over again was clean and honest on the Athose days when It seemed the world lbatross had placed Its all at her feet He had feared Mrs. Radway would be saddened by the cheerless dinner. "We were talking of Mr. Gibbons, He did not want to see her unhappy. weren't we?" There was more of reNow he was amazed to find her smilserve in her voice now. It was as ing and vivacious. tnougn sne realized she had. under "Let us walk," she commanded. the strain of the last few hours, dis "Every voyage I take I mean to learn closed too much of herself. "He has which stars are which and how hated Elgar for years. About a year can stand by them. What's ago a group of men who had suffered that bright thing up there?" irouj cigars activities, promised to "Venus," he said. "She is the eveJoin Mr. Gibbons If he could prove Most mariners ning star this month. nimseir capable of giving battle and steer by her too readily." gaining victory. The test was to be "And these mariners Clements has the Memphis and Toledo road Mr gathered together what do you know Gibbons by enormous bribes succeeded of them?" when no other means could have been "Very little," he said, "but 1 don't iii useit, me loss was ,.vn,,.uo. like them." notnmg. ine road had never naid "Directly I came aboard I knew But it showed these men that Elgar something was wrong here," she said. could be beaten. They are vultures "A sense of dissonance." She paused turuea into eagles and they will null a moment. "Even more than that, but ii. m ,1.... nun uowu. ii very pitiful. He PerImpossible to put Into words. doesn't know it He can see onlv vie. haps It was a certain sense of dread, tory. He has always been victorious a feeling that Clements, In a past oerore. was the spider who asked '1 ciao ' "PI occ. mere was a PUUSe. "1 the fly to step Into his parlor." hope you know that If I can do any Nature Gave Great Auk thought Mrs. Radway knew be was going to Bleep. Then he would wake, feeling wretched. He would take a highball, two or three. Then he would dress for dinner and the real man would beShe was not sure tray himself. over gered by any foolish quarreling women." The unwisdom of making an enemy of Clements and his gang of crooks made Bettlngton alter his truculent manner. He had yet to get to the bottom of the plot and gauge the t MIS rei Stare I A . IB" LjOtltt Well Gem btewe 77T" Turks wWIe toe Russian ro2J been trvW t Turkish governmental the western custom of eCj first day of the week (iTTj ti'Ktaj) Ml flat If J was found so suv.. . A uch days. Public office, kl closed on Friday; bank, -places of business closed So It was sensibly decreed c example of the rest of Euro be followed, even thorn viiitatiau. ttroits, a i Itjunx t tto t tly tb . tar jt that it if tl El n fcese tin Ins to 1M to peat True dyes are Dresses.. Hran. prod equal i new when i not i easiest the bi expe traits'' UUgttt they're mond Dyes. No tpotuM ing; never a trace of that J look. Just rich, even, brighti xnat now amazingly throtrf sum waaiiuig. Diamond Dyes are the quality Dyes you can buy they're to rich in pure oniltw. what makes them ia mi, That s why they've been 15 cent pidJ 50 years. that i No ( .(ills f hriety. a and from time plant i fJ dealers. -- Yes," She Said at Last. You Are a Man to "I 8ee That Trust" lett says he's a member of the crew and not allowed on the npper deck at alL Couldn't some exception be made?" "I will speak to the captain about It" She hesitated a moment 'Tm not sure It would be wise to speak to Mr. Radway about It You see, dear, you rather forced your brother on him. I quite understand why yon did, but he may' keep him there, because he doesn't" at midnight word was When, brought him that the Boss desired to see him, Bettlngton was still on deck. He was In a mood of elation that was unusual. He was conscious that the chance meeting with Evelyn Radway had brought new forces. Into bis life, taken away the old, ambitions and given hlra new and better ones and finally wrought a change In him which would be permanent He was freed from all nervousness now. When ha looked Into her eyes on the morrow It would be with the certain knowledge that be loved her. As he followed the messenger to Clement's big stateroom he knew that on this Interview might hinge the safety of the two women and, perhaps, his own life. It was quite possible that already by some trick of speech, some failure to catch an allusion, some newly discovered physical characteristic, he might have convinced Clements that his first excuses were genuine. Even now he might be going to a tribunal which had already condemned him and was prepared to carry out a sentence. Alone, he would have no chance against them. Man for man, he feared none of them. In a d leather chair sat the Boss, looking fragile, remote and eternally smiling. Bettlngton took a chair, which gave him a full view of the others. There were three of them. Sam was the only one he had met well-padde- Method of an cited DlamondolV was o the d Highest Qualtyfo troduc Offic 50 dell( an Eqnipmnt lack In Ijeaed i tool lie im said. Valgn If Should Say Not! Clerk Do you want kid $ Tommy (first long pa want men's gloves. pn btnis the Arc You Bei S. G Success ft pa lAmerii Beggar Can you ipare k of very old shoes? Lady But you are wearinf cood ones. Beggar I know, ma'am, d are ruining my business. From the Coile plea day young man titf seek nil firm the pg hall; w k us kid II Ir. E I of worn k sot no to digestion --appetite uncertain, . general sense of nesj, tae ur. I t!) j "- -j Ulu" MEDICAL the blood with It I h in pet ufe1 corpuscles and promore. a clear skin, energy, pro.etna from your druggist m tablets. Ingredients printed the vital Pljtl ((Its p large Salesglrl-U- ow let the Information, Pie" want Ballyhoo- -I ornnnrt the dormltorf. th( San n reai lard rnitory? Load -- agen . unanie "Yes, he Is cess theories. v loaded don tar before. Metzger. the chief engineer, was a swarthy man of middle stature, whose No DefenTe age was not more than thirty-fivThere were many knife wounds on his face. He had bold, dark eyes, and for of a biggest large family in the spe- all his disfigurements was handsome cies, comprising guillemots or murres In an Insolent fashion. This was the and puffins They breed In vast mixed Metzger who had declared himcommunities on cliff ledges from self enamored of already Mrs. Radway. Greenland. Iceland and Spitsbergen to The third man was Leary. the first the St Lawrence. Maine and north- - officer, whose stateroom he had occuEUr0pe- They ' rse pied. was a brokendown bully egg pointed at one end so of the Leary higher seas, a relic of the day when the buckaroo mate beat his way falling fwm the lodge. through opposition and commended himself to the baser type of ship That's Something owner. A taliish man. stooD-shoLittle Mary was sent to a dered and heavyset, with only one strange school, so was somewhat bewildered eye. ue was a good seaman, as even and Inattentive. Her first test came Hallett had to admit suddenly aud by surprise. Little Mary's The Boss bowed pleasantly to the trade was Just one below passing She newcomer. "Now," he said, when Bet came home and told about it. tlngton had lighted a clear, "let me explain Ing that only four in the class had Introduce you. No doubt you will be passed. curious to know who and what these "But." said her father, "why were gentlemen are, that they have comyou not one of the four who mended themselves to me." The Boss Little Mary was distressedpassed tor a turned In his swivel chair and looked moment then said them over. "Sam, you already know. "But Daddy, i wastriumphantly the best failure." He Is the type of murderer one hires at so much an hour. I cannot recom Ancient Maritime Cuttom mend hlra for any subtle work" The old custom of Sam moved a uneasily. He was of carrying cat that aboard ship was the result simple type, never wholly at ease of an law of Henry 11 0'f unless lrj a conversation sprinkled with which read that If obscenities. Both Bettlngton's manner only one came ashore alive from of speech and that of the . w Boss alarmed salvage there might be could ". so nad dignitaries of the law be claimed by the owners. usea to address him. ml pro As e. pre ZTl r Don't RiA pai tor llSt! flint Kidney Di to Serious WATCH vourkl of list mpur.uol(j 0m , tn troubled irritations and I take chan Pills at w orf,! Ued for worM Praised the it p .J ji n -J 50,000UsersEn Wichita. mia-r,- N""-- ! riil.7" te Ft lOhi Nl a an-de- S "i-e- TO BB CONTINUKD) pit |