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Show Angel low thr C SHUTTERED HOUSEHOLD houses V- 11 By BEN AMES WILLIAMS -4 IV 7 Y1M 1 Mil i -vrf S1 yY ITVVwrit ly- Ruth"wyeth Spears o3 IV v - , fliifflwiiiiffliiiiiffuffNr Ml UIItfllaVmUllBMUIMBllI hJ-i- L loti more with roe," bum one, "This I fjaTbe urged: "Let's start fTean drive slowly and Lea-for- d so many people want to fee the you (pnksi L, without in the woods, and you saw him down there." "I remember." Miss Moss agreed. rioiplete lack of interest in "It didn't seem to me she was glad L. t the looked back wist-- to see him. that day . . . You know I've been trying to guess who will Ij. .rrivaL she had not re-- inherit the Bowdon fortune, now that tv- coat till they reached Mr. Bowdon is dead. And Mr. s - Hur-der- now Ul uie twvuj uv . . t ,ome word rrora mm auuui noin- ne aaia wwn. When r offerea to neip uer mm IBT lw nrotested: hven't noticed my dress. think it's nice?" Itood DaCK TO urvej um. "Sure, granar ne ae- r. came close to her again. Lit you wear doesn't make lerence to me. June. caa igels J in thing fori 5u'U prefl morning" You can ththefili tern 1 h ore appro ow DUt ii w rnjivemint . ' v" erhnpd. 63 money, when he dies. Mrs. Leaiord would have been Mr. Hurder s heir, you know." Inspector Tope stared at her. "You could outjump a kangaroo, Mrs. Tope." he said, in a deep admiration, "You're three Jumps ahead of me." He rose. "You've given me enough to think about to keepjne awake," he said. "And I had as much as I could stand already. Let's go to bed." frownlnff Hours later, however, something disturbed Miss Moss. Her eyes "Why?" iKDDed her arms Into the opened and she lay listening. In"He spector Tope here in the bed beside V o the coat he held. le to wear it to catch a young the confessed, laughing up b over her shoulder, "tie ibout you and me. L chuckled with pleasure. "It Cmy turn to buy pretty things Id cnon. " he said happily: and Ld tightened on his arm as hot out to the car. V drove slowly. Clint clinging khour; and when they came fc;of the great sprawling house L he stopped and turned on bu, and said urgently: Ki sit here a few minutes. You Lave to go right in." must, soon," she urged, yet no move to leave. found no great need ot They were snug in the car, bdows raised against the rain. was a light in the rear part Taine house; and June said. ripple of mirth in her tones: pie Justus is still asleep in pair. If no one wakes him up. fc; sleep there all night." that his room?" Clint asked. , ittern of I ; inches; JustratioJ ittern sd SewirJ "ept., 1 N. ur Y, namd umber pi iff,as ?' being si which hi arbercul apologies ;ue papei is finishe at surprl over a said thJ forgive! shaved ee trada bed. he's in the kitchen." Her fas mirthful. He likes to his feet in the oven door." ho's sitting up over there?" he queriea sarcastl r, and d k nodding in the other direc- - Lot Evie and Asa are Grandma Bowdon," uled staying she ex- - kd "Rab had to ko to Prov- - .ouled p ced bot f in then e in po felt, rather than heard, sound: and Clint said: was thunder. I didn't mmble of that Bash." did, out of the she told him. o. corner of my "Off through wods that way." She pointed Be houses: and she said, and 3 prd her voice shake: "We had r i think iDll I the night Mother Jlle. m a terrible one. And she add- HUH ifld u oroi lib tint Wer-showe- I MM And then Asa came her was sleeping. Then she heard again the sound which had roused her a moment ago. It was the doorbell, ringing in a long peal, shrill and imperious. In a swift haste she snapped on the shaded light beside her bed and and slippers. found dressing-gowThen the doorbell rang again, and Inspector Tope woke and asked: "What's the matter?" "Someone at the door," she said softly. She went out along the hall and heard the to the living-rooInspector bestir himself behind her. but she did not wait for him. She came to the front door and opened it; and she uttered a low ejaculation of surprise and of dismay. n pde Justus has turned out his tolWRfrif The thunder must have wak- For Clint stood there, with a girl MM to lb I Wm." Clint saw that the Taine in the circle of his arm; and they their f was indeed dark now; and were both June cried, a sudden tension faces sooted and dirty and streaked with water. Also, Clint's forehead r iicj.he unit, iuum I1IKX and fiat?" asked, was red and inflamed in a streak surprised; FOR K area past her. across above his eyes, and his eyeND1GES1 w was a faint brightness, in the brows were singed, and she saw in of a rectangle, against the that first glance an angry blister on of the Hurder house. The the back of his right hand. taess assumed and Clint He said grimly: "Miss Moss, color; et grad ied across the girl to lower the here's my June. I've brought her t be M so that he might see more home!" ight.- -J tyThat rectangle identified it- "You're hurt!" Miss Moss cried. the open front door of the She remembered to welcome the outlined in red. LIES girl too. "Come in, both of you. suddenly this dull red became Miss Leaford " Kl WW, I; they saw the flicker of a md till! June whispered: "His hands are t ectln; burned! I wanted him to stop and aaxt B 9 scrambled out jureanrta together; they get them fixed, but he wouldn't. Oh, a. V W to race Somen. across the lawn. As take care of him." d so, a car passed along the Tope uttered a low ejaculation; wind them, and Clint turned be stood blinking in the light There nd shouted: was a moment's silence; and then St. fire! Ring in an alarm!" his arm still encircling June, Clint, 'Ww the driver X dimly, saw the added slowly: jbutii "head nod. Then he ran after "Mr. and Mrs. Hurder we got tcellenl 'toward the house, toward that them out; but" ioor through which billows Miss Moss saw June shudder and began to pour. He caught tremble, and she spoke command-ingly- . we steps, caught her fast; e would have gone I Prill. "Come in." she directed: and as headlong of in ' .And she was crvini?: they obeyed, she shut the door betuen4 P'andpa' Grandma!" hind then. "Miss Leaford. are you Faen Clint fvttrj h,M hurt too?" she asked. rabl I in innnortl terror, beseeching him. "No, no." June told her. "You ? re in u nhrnd there. Clint Oh. tmick. must fl Clint I'm all right." tl "1J Miss Moss nodded. "Don't try to . nmim "Clint sit talk," she insisted. CHAPTER X down. Miss Leaford, come help me. Soda, I think, is as good as anyf''S MOSS T hnJ ucvci BCCII alUIir thing He needs to be cleaned up. od WOlft E. Td. and as she watched Clint's And you'll want to wash too. r .ng devotion to ths girl, dur- your face, P"? flirlniirm . t "I don't matter." June said. "But wKhflt Ci fed- IhlS fact somptimpa Hi. Clint's burned terribly." Of h,'rClint protested with a wry smile: -- v. iu Now. sweet it's just this blister xope one. . evening: loyed . -K)epnorl.: on nere uouui ner, aoniug my hand. That's nothing at all." jj efe You know Lissa Thayer found in the end that he had They nil ""I h IlOkor, . .... ,u you aD0UI ner. in fact suffered no more than minor Mow V Hi her. yes," Tope assented burns on his hands and wrists, and "s'a Iinrt t . on his brow. hi. that flame-strok- e handkerchief wet a 10 muss "1 wrapped expiainea. jne r, about 1 u- across my mouth," he explained e,ves his car there when he "To keep the smoke out. Had my l "MO Ihp rahir, AJ A. hat on. and that helped too." thu Has there for their car Moss said Miss cheerfully "MRnb fa you've no more eyebrows nov. smoke-begrime- . I there." He held June closer, and she watched him with wide eyes. "It was raining," he explained. "I wet my handkerchief in the rain, and wrapped it over my mouth and started to crawl in the halL But the smoke drove me back, and then June said they slept in the wing, on the ground floor; so we ran around the house to the windows of their room." He hesitated, then went on: "The windows were shut, and the curtains were drawn, but some of the curtains were on fire. The windows were all shut tight I managed to climb up and break the glass, with for a hammer. I my pocket-knif- e reached in and sprung the catch and pushed the window open. I guess that's when I burned this hand; because when I opened the window a gush of flame came out in my face, and I let go all holds and fell." He looked at June. "I fell on her." he said. "She was right under me. I fell on top of her." QUESTIONS -.- t than a baby, Clint; and not much in the way of eyelashes." She was busy tending him. Clint whispered, through set teeth: "That's a lot more comfortable." Miss Moss ached for him. He grinned at June, said then to the older woman: "This sweet kid has come to live, with you tor a while. Miss Moss. It won't be long. Just till she comes to live with me." Miss Moss looked at June, and saw in the girl'i eyes something like a plea for forgiveness; and June said softly: "He's talked so much about you. I know you must be hating me." Miss Moss smiled fondly. "No, dear," she said gently. "No, I'm glad for both of you." Inspector Tope chuckled. "Well, now that's all settled, to the satisfaction of the womenfolks," he suggested. "How about me? Miss Leaford, do you mind if I ask what happened? You mind telling me?" June shook her head. "No," she said in a dull tone. "No. I'd rather talk, I think, than not" She made an uncertain gesture. "I'm I feel as though I were walking in my sleep," she confessed. "It doesn't seem real to me." Miss Moss said briskly: "We'll have a cup of chocolate; all feel better. June, come help me, will you?" She led the girl toward the kitchen, called over her shoulder: "Inspector Tope, let Clint rest till we come back. I want to bear." But Clint said: "I don't want to rest" His tone suddenly was grim. "Let's go with them. Inspector," he suggested: and Miss Moss saw them come on her heels. In the little kitchen, while she was busy about the electric stove, Clint sat on the sink and drew June close be' side him; and these two told what there was to tell. "I'd taken June to see a picture," Clint explained. ''But the picture didn't seem to mean much to us so we left early, drove back to her house. And parked outside for a little while. "We sat there talking awhile, and then she saw that the house was on fire." Tope nodded; and June explained: "I must have left the front door open when I came out or else I didn't latch it and it blew open; be cause we saw the flames in the front hall." And Clint continued: "So we started to run toward the house. A car passed, and I shouted to the driver to ring in an alarm. By that time June was on the front steps. I caught her just in time. She was going in. The smoke was pouring out of the door, and there were flames inside; but she told me Mr. and Mrs. Huraer were in J mm Mikln Er SaadwlelMS. Scramble the egg instead of boilr ing it Not only are more sanoare more out wiches made, easily digested. w OAAW THREADS --WHP NEEDLE FROM EDGES OF OPENING .1 RIGHT TO LEFT isava miliar sometimes, too friendly, offensive. She doesn't say much about Asa, but I think she knows him rather well Tope reminded her: "Asa went to ee her, the morning after Mrs. died. Remember? We met him XvIM "It didn't hurt." June insisted. Ml vVlIIIII Ml illi 11 WW WJmA y o v v a oiu R "So we tried to get in through the bathroom." Clint explained. "There wasn't any fire in there, so I got that window up and climbed In; but when I opened the door into their room, it was all on fir inside. lire was spouting out of the wall right beside the bathroom door." "The laundry-chut- e is there." June interrupted. And it was roaring in the eel lar." Clint confessed. "I could feel it hot under my feet The smoke was pretty bad. Then a piece of the floor in front of me burned through; and then the flames licked up at me, and I had to back out and shut the bathroom door." i v MWV III III llllll (fuy I I 4- - w nirh Window.41 Hizh win- - h hill. ings are looped back with .a slight curve and uea somewnai dcww the middle. j UNDER 2t GROUP THREADS - TURN NEEDLE fQ FORE DRAWING THROUGH .kkrf' .... a Keeninr Dried Beef. Dried beef better if stored in a cov ered glass Jar in (be refrigerator rather than wrapped in parcnmeni or waxed paper. v will keen After Washing Silver. Stand silver in a jug of very hot water to which a little ammonia has been added, and it will remain bright much longer. 'corner- -, Left-Ov- Velvet. Small pieces er of velvet make good alternatives for the manicuring chamois. Classifying Dessert Lists. SBn "But you said you got them out." Hurder." "I'm coming to that," Clint ex plained. "We tried another win dow, right beside their beds. I smashed it open, and smoke poured out but no flames. So I straddled the sill and my foot hit their bed in side." He spoke rapidly, his eyes fixed straight ahead. "I felt some one, and I dragged Mrs. Hurder up and lowered her out of the window to June, and then him. The bed was all afire, little flames." And he said, looking at the girl beside him: "They weren't burned much, I don't think. We were just in time. The fire spread awfully pe f - J a help in menu making, especially when they are classified as "hearty," "light," "quick," "good for several days," "oven made," and "for children." Drawn work for turquoise scarves. each when ordered without the result of an THIS idea is Athefriend had a set books. Mistakes Make Humble white linen of sadly Everyone should have copies of The best of men and the most drawn work scarves for buffet, these two books containing 96 Her HOW TO SEW articles by Mrs earnest workers will make enough serving and dining table. dining room was being done over Spears, that have not appeared in of mistakes to keep them humble. with touches of turquoise blue the paper. Send your order at Thank God for mistakes and take Don't give up on acin the draperies and wall paper, once to Mrs. Spears. 210 S. Des-- courage. count of mistakes. Moody. so she had the scarves dyed to plaines St., Chicago, 111. match. They were so effective that the simplest part of the drawn work design was copied in A Quiz With Answers coarse linen in various colors for mats and scarves throughout the Offering Information house. oa Various Subjects While the turquoise scarves were especially attractive, those in golden yellow and a bedroom 2. Caesar and his army. The Questions set in soft rose were also full of 3. Savage means untamed; barcharm. The sketch shows how the state between drawn work is done. If you are 1. What is a Texas leaguer in barian means the and civilized. savage effective baseball? looking for something 4. All the colors of the spectrum that is quick to make, here it is. 2. Who crossed the Rubicon? blended together give white. beJust pull out the threads of the 3. What is the difference 5. Leo (lion), Taurus (bull), Arlinen to make an open space about tween a savage and a barbarian? an inch wide. The scarf may be 4. What would result if all the ies (ram), Apricornus (goat). 6. The first usually denotes gohemmed at the same time the out- colors were blended together? side edge of the opening is being 5. Among the 12 signs of the ing from the unconscious to the state. The reverse is whipped. Just follow these zodiac are four that represent ani- conscious the case in the other. sketches. No other directions are mals. Which are they? 7. To convey the idea that if needed. Use either linen or mer 6. Is there any difference behad been less attractive Cleopatra cerized thread in a matching tween and she would not have enslaved Jucolor. 7. Why was it said that if Cleo- lius Caesar and Mark Antony. NOTE: Book 1 SEWING, for the Home Decorator, and No. 2, patra's nose had been shorter the Gifts, Novelties, and Embroid- whole face of the world would eries, are now 15 cents each, or have been changed? both books for 25 cents. Readers who have not secured their copies The Answers of these two books should send in their orders at once, as no more 1. A short fly that drops between copies will be available when the infield and outfield, out of reach of present stock is sold. Your choice both. of the QUILT LEAFLET illustrat 36 authentic patchwork ing stitches; or the RAG RUG LEAFLET, will be included with orders Plan your trip to the Fairs for both books for the present, offer with a "stop-ove- r" withdrawn be but the may at any time. Leaflets are 6 cents at the out-of-da- te flOV" M"F TmTTTTr fast" ANOTHER f Inspector Tope suggested: "Fire department must have been there by then!" Clint shook his head. "No, they weren't! They didn't get there till after Mrs. Taine did. Not til) after Asa did, as a matter of fact June and I had been pretty busy, but it must have been quite a while." Miss Moss echoed: "Mrs. Taine?" "You see," Clint explained, "Mrs. Taine and Asa were staying with Mrs. Bowdon last night Mrs. Taine said they didn't bear anything till their lights went out and she went to look at the fuses, and saw the fire through the pantry window. She came running over, just about the time we got the old people out; and then Asa came. He and I carried them into the Bowdon house, out of the rain. And Mrs. Taine and June started taking care of them. But June came out again when I did." "Were they dressed?" Tope asked. "Mrs. Taine and Asa?" "Oh, yes," Clint said casually; and he went on: "By the time the fire engines came, one wing was all afire, and the other was well started; and they couldn't get the plug off the hydrant right away. There's only one hydrant and that was three or four hundred yards down the hilL The whole thing went, before they got it checked at alL" "Burn to the ground?" "The floors fell in," Clint assented. "And part of the roof. I don't know; maybe the walls wouldn't semi-conscio- s? 4lotd UncUPkH NEW HOUSE go. Miss Tope In to be still; but he asked insistently: "What about the others? Mr. Taine, and Rab? Where were they?" It was June who answered: "Rab had gone to Providence right after supper," she said. "He bad a case in court there tomorrow morning. And Uncle Justus is deaf. He wouldn't hear anything." She remembered: "We saw him turn out his light to go to bed, just before we saw the fire." "Saw him?" Tope echoed. "Saw his light go out" June amended. "In the kitchen. He liked to go to sleep in his chair after supper, and sometimes he didn't wake up at all. But we saw his light go out." (TO BE CONTINUED) SALT LAKE CITY "The Center Isn't It a Pity Insurance companies are not willing to take risks on our air castles. Diligent work and religion go well together. In the Bible there are many' exhortations to labor. Truth crushed to earth will rise again. A lie crushed to earth goes on mumbling for years. BATHS 400 ROOMS-4- 00 Ratest $2.00 to $4.00 Sfogfe W mmmii if - iwff CAFETERIA ititi Tvf of Scenic cAmerica" rt DINING ROOM BUFFET All located off main lobby finest food si reasonable prices DINING Our National Spirit DANCING EVERY FRIDAY The national anthem makes us get up and hustle in order to be able to sing it. Those who in a logical dispute keep in general terms hide and Enttriainm nt SATURDAY NIGHT Htd RIIEWIHKIDILJSE Mr. J. H. WATERS, Pm. J. HOIMAN WATMS mnd W. tOSS SUTTON, Ugn. THE EXTRA SMOKING Finds Death Trees, Feared by Indians, Tribesmen Also Claim Aid in Gambling son-in-la- iid i Des- sert lists kept in the cookbook are I "Trees of death," gnarled shrubs which are held in superstitious awe by Indians, have been discovered in a lonely canyon. John W. Hilton, authority on desert lore, has disclosed that he found the trees after a long fight to overcome superstitious fears of Indians. The sap of the "tree of death," or elephant tree, is believed by the Cahuilla Indians to be a deadly poison for doing away with enemies quietly, Mr. Hilton said. They also believe, he said, that in the hands of medicine men it can drive away evil spirits and that, if prepared and used properly, it gives extra keen perception in playing pion and other gambling games. The recently discovered trees are believed to be the farthest north on record. "Knowing better than to ask direct questions about the fabled trees, I had to wait until some Indian told me about the whole affair," Mr. Hilton said. "Finally the of a very old and powerful medicine man claimed to know where the tree was and agreed to me to the spot for $5. "High up in the canyon we 1 V Tope reminded him. "Mr. and Mrs. June's eyes were closed, and Moss tried to sign to Inspector Vav mey IN EVERY PACK stopped, but the Indian, saying that the wind was blowing toward us course from the tree, took a up a mountain so as to approach the tree from behind. But our search was fruitless. The guide decided that the tree did not wish to be found, and we went home. "Later, however, a young educated Indian took me directly to the tree. "The Indian guide stabbed the trunk of the tree and a blood-lik- e substance oozed out." Mr. Hilton then carefully plucked sample sprouts from the bush and took them to the government date gardens at India, where experts identified them as Bursera mcro-phyllor elephant tree. s zig-za- a, Trees Used as Landmarks Primitive man, traveling largely by foot, often found need of signs or markers. 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