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Show THURSDAY, ; 5 THE LEHI FREE PRESS S, 1S32 THURSDAY, DECEMBER DECEMBER vivid crimson. cL. kic Her amusement changed w man outlaw became absorbed in his own I He stopped whistling to smi.e as astonishment as she watched the Take him would two men shouted season s greetings He gulped down the stations. table. the the wily "Sheriff. at hated other. he each how across the street to into then poured the his in glass water not because he represented 'Yes, sir, was his numbled com water from tie It as the it an the receptacle ally, was really law ment, "me an' Lady juuck sure he carefuJy law-- the Thereupon firger-bow- L the competition down a fer good off at the right deepo' of the helped to keep polished the shining surface it was because of his bragging, lay-off- ." rethen and was because dish on his coat sleeve turned he his later superb confidence. It clean-shaveA few minutes Members of your fcJ vessel to the table, near the turned and suit small a under his of door a gray into relatives or friends in J abruptly -his right Next he gave The the wall at round face. It was necause would be happy i sign, "South Temple Cafe." cities dinner. his to attention hated He and his posing. was little more than a hole in strutting cafe meat if of you you could drop fe, : YOUR PHOTOGRAPH m the end There were two pieesc him because he knew that the wall with a half a dozen chairs brown visit luscious today. Perhapa yos J in counter, and a literally sunk the "Sheriff" would win. Arrange for a Bitting now. was by the even see them duris not to the right The piece Didn't that Denver trick go to prove table or two near the other wall. The grayy. marvel- Picture For Your Memory Books 15c for first pictures, season. a With holiday the in at shape. newcomer glanced quickly at the few triangular it? He found himself looking 8c each for duplicate prints. were ousr deft movement of his Deauuiui All ;n. following every movement the of place. 'occupants Why Not Dropinj of gravy in one made He'd pool a he hands counter. Apwith abstratced absorption. men, and all' sat at the the triangle smartto a end of the platter, using Telephone f show them. Did they think the parently satisfied, he walked a dam, and dumped into little safe cracker in the world t table and seated himself with his back of meat for It's easy to call jag it a generous portion of potatoes. a h franned bv an old toward the entrance. "Long Distance" the He ate hungrily and somewhat rude- blow-hartown A moment later he scowled. No one telephone number t dithe while he kept his attention LEHI, UTAH FIRST EAST wavered but returned under which it U y attention name had come to take his order. Obvious- ly His the high tne The vided between the men at be there constantly to the girl behind YouH and ly he was accustomed to action. waitress, w; hmw was furrowed. the railing, tall CI a young in attendant sight, --- 'w uc only For he looked con- The "Sheriff" He'd get him, would the finger-bow- l. man the tell to rate. the girl with red hair, was engaged dubbed you young at the polished receptacle. he? He had the counter. The man was get tinuously the "Worm." He called mm mat Bedistorted him a though clear, It gave for being ting angry. Once he hall turned to view of the street in front Mirrors cause of his penchant The detective knew him ward the door and looked out. e all right, but they work both hotter than anvone else knew him. The Mountain Staid Then the waitress approached. The He knew his weaknesses and his sup man regarded her an instant, and ways. "Worm" nad The young man's toughts were in ports. He aknew the Telephone & Telegraph his frown deepened. never seen safe he couldn't open. murmured riot He repeatedly So he had planted that Denver layout "What have yuh got fer dinner?" some such as "Soft, mullyexpression Thpv haA advertised the installation smiled. he asked presently. The girl the cursed vault in one of he of And a burglar-proo- f nerves." grubs, And in she Denver. of rejoined pro banks "Pot the roast," great STATION, man who had put him off the train Drawing to take place at the CENTRAL SERVICE the and his pride mighty high fessionally. are while that Tickets the all well about it knowing full JANUARY 1, 1933. Come and find out bait the taken had "Worm" "They "Bring it, with oceans of gravy, an' he might have been as badly off any- built safes he coudn t open, did they? given with each 50c purchase. some Irishers in love." He'd show them. And he did. He where else. NIGHT the vault to find the "Sheeiff" Those good CONOCO PRODUCTS are sold DAY and "Some what?" Her smile vanish "Ought never to got off. Gotta opened him with an automatic. And facing be a to for your convenience at bird became scowl I a man's movin'. Ain't ed, but the keep was alone! He wanted no help in he smile. losin' my nerve jest when I need it doing his job. "ain't he teased, yuh worst?" He watched the young the lady," "Say, But he couldn't resist his acting. up on all the late gab? Oughta leave woman ocntinually. And the more He had to have his fun and his joke. this dufip once in a while an git he watched the more uneasy and He had laughed in a genuinely Datronizinsr manner and announced: wised restless he became. up." DON HOLDAWAY, Manager so, I've got you I knew I'd The girl flamed "Say," she de For her part she remained behind get"Well, PHONE 8-108 STATE STREET, LEHI, UTAH and you knew that sometime you, PHONE 11 does when "since manded hotly, every the counter efficiently despatching I'd get you. You'll get life for your r bum that comes in here have the her manifold duties. She moved with exploits, and 111 get fifty grand for have any newt ( If you "That almost He mine." was s. jovial. nerve to talk smart to me? Don't I assurance, ease and unwitting terest, any advertising, grand will settle me comfort know my own business?" Throughout the room fifty ably for life. an he un and there was a perpetual babble, "Maybe fer years, honey," printing or wnut anyianj 1 The "Worm" had retorted: "I'll saluas bum? swered with unruffled calm, his ending course of greetings, Jest will the printing line. I, yuji big get life, All these if they could give me life jest fer bright eyes glinting with new en- tations, and goodwill. an borrow a few Service with a mik thusiasm, "but listen Don't git yuhr things at once pleased and annoyed openin stockin's unrolled. I ain't hurt yuhr the man from Denver. He was glad in' a few rich men's playthings. An' yuh'U git fifty grand, will yuh? Well, business none. I want some pota- he remained unnoticed. I got four times that already, an toes, hot an soft, to go with the Often as he glanced at the girl, he I'll have a lot more before I go to any A Short Story by J. Nile Washburn 1 with you." gravy, see?" A fine show of sarcasm caught her as intently appraising house-warmThen he had slammed the safe door came over his face as he continued him. And after every such contact and jumped through the window, The long freight came to a stop in ready opened and folded at the speaking, more softly now. he cursed himself fluently. 10c a Pair or 3 for 2f man which the shutter and all. He'd brag, would article young before hour upon the of blackness mutthe inky "I ain't languished in yuhr what I am," he that's "Soft, he? He read y now bent his intent gaze. ful city all my young lfe, an' I've tered after one such experimental dawn, its brakes shrieking protest-inglBut he knew he could not always held His and grin grinned. in the chill air. Yard lights briefly done my ordern' in better places than meeting of the eyes, "the biggest best the "Sheriff." He knew that the 1 on Saturday, well shine Sunday at ineffectually from their a trace of contempt. gleamed this, an' I've aiwuys been able to blow-othat ever had a rep' He old buzzard had an uncanny capacity 4 From of the item he make brief rails. a After the above perusal waitsleeping understood." The And this posts leered at his own reflection in the ways has the advantage. myself She: more a bed and 1 laid the paper on the rose, old had an uncanny capcity with a distance the greater and ress retorted exaggerated finger-bo"Johnny woulda throw-e- d for buzzard him out. He looked again v nosing numerous lamps of the station cast bit stiffly. Walking noiselessly to sweetness : me out if he was here." He hated at with red hair. Her frank the girl back and blind the there. he window the here shadows pulled forbidding "Speaking of stockings and things, himself for a boob. Then he stole smile confused him. He hadn't had They too were dimmed and softened so as to look out. The street lights L'll bet my pink garters that if you another glance at the girl. She was much truck with women in his life. HAROLD OSBORNE, had begun to dim in the approaching ever ate in a better place than this, The law always got its man 1213 STATE by the foggy atmosphere. with her eyes. He attached smiling STREET The "Worm" crammed the last fcThe train had barely stopped when dawn, and a fluffy snow had begun a dick did the ordering for you." And his dinner with unwonted energy. ir r r jmouthful of dinner viciously into his a brakeman swung from the irear to fall. The man's eyes appraised she hurried away. He'd show them if he was a fool. mouth. He glanced at the finger with a quick glance But the young man could not have Wasn't he wanted from New York to bowl platform, his lantern moving rhy- the surroundings and froze. On its nolished to he returned and of then walked He approval, been more startled had someone shot San Francisco? Wasn't he the best surface moved the caricature of a thmically before him. The stupefied briskly alongside the shadowy cars, the bed. He was chuckling softly at him. The word "dick" used with safe cracker in America? Hadn't he'1",1?311 in ?T,&y PHYSICIAN and S&W nave watcner from the habit subtle to himself and would known went. the swaghe as doors talking the Main Street, Lehi, Utu' had poems written about his hands, trying emphasis by the ger anywhere even had he missed the All at once a door gave way before of being alone. I girl wrought a sudden and tremend and volumes about his activities? The significance of the clothes and figure, 6 Hours He cursed "Worm" getting soft and jumpy just The big man moved past. his pressure and slid back. Within "Oughta thanked that bull fer ous change in him. The I Phone 45 the circle of dim radiance cast by the dumpin' me off here," he mused. violently under his breath, ne was at the height of his powers! But "Worm" got his breath back. He'd Phon Residence 30 Main, fifty grand, would he? smoky light was a pile of straw in "Lady Luck an' me is goin' to spend nervous. Many times of late he had that scare in Denver he looked at getThe girl moved over to the table, which a human form suddenly came a few days in this white town till a feeling of uneasieness that was not the and cursed he girl, else?" She spoke less "Anything a new scare usual with him, and it Jbaffled and again. Go yellow, would he, and let professionally to a sitting posture, the eyes blinking the Denver 'Horn' gits than before. The He glanced toward the angered him. headline." almost stupidly. the "Sheriff ' catch him napping? young man looked at her smile. His on the bed Then he switched "Mullygrubs," he muttered. "Gitt-i- n' He was almost savage as he sawed tensenessof left him. His eyes became "Hey, you," growled the brakee paper without over leaping flame. He'd get and off the I" flopped soft Lost my nerve the last six at the last piece tof meat. The points light the angrily, "what would he? He grinned like a him, so muctt as removing his cap, d woman aiwuys "Sheriff! Catch" him, would he? months. schoolboy. "Aw come on now, brother," reHe By ten o'clock the snowing had did make me rattle-headed-." "Yes," he answered, his voice low Detective "Sheriff" Myers, someturned the tramp ceased. The earth was covered with glared after the waitress as he deftly time of the was a and vibrant, "listen, girlie, me, J. like Chicago police, fully alert now, "come on, bo, don't a thin white blanket. The air was took off his gray gloves. Tenderly sportsmn as well as a detective of the you. I gotto go east fer a while on business. Then I'm comin' back." to be balmy, and the streets were alive he yuh know this is supposed massaged his fingers by rubbing first water. He was also an actor The law always got its man unless Christmas?" with people hurrying to and fro. his hands together under the table. "Think nay, more he was parader, he was he knew when to quit . "Pile out of there, you bum, this From every direction came shouts and The contemplation of them worked a pageant. He had given up his good you'd like to see me again? An' maybe sro fer a long trip somewhere?" another transformation in him. He job with the force ain't no pullman." The voice of the greetings in genial tones. just to get the The only answer was a smile that Toward noon a man from menacing. looked now was emerged stiffened actually officer again "Worm." And he had sworn to take the perceptibly, young man in the wrinkled gray small cheap rooming-hous- e near over his shoulder, stared again at his him without even "Don't git yuhrself into an uproar. a changing the cut or suit understood even with his little See He the tracks. barely escaped a hands. color of his clothes and without the association with women. He stalght-ene- d I'll git out." With that he rose and collision with a boy on a sled. He And well he might. It is given to use of up and found it pleasant. With from his He a any type of disguise. began brushing the straw he looked through queer his be with such dodged, men few to equilibrium mantaining graced would take him in the open. The re- the bio: expression wrinkled suit. window in front. Then he with difficulty. smile A over hands. For Automobile Insu;' strange crept ward offered fo the captue of the handed the srirl a bill with a soft Leisurely the hobo dropped from "Wowie!" chortled the delighted his face. The hands were long and of delicate the The was cracksman best for the lest a fortune for one pressure hand, grinned the car, lighting so close to the other youngster, as he raced on. The man a grin that did not belong to the like a man. If it took ten and slim, delicate, tapering their of to turn steam years Let me explain it to yfc as to mingle the "Worm" and left hurriedly by way looked after him till he turned a finely-tune- d instrument. was the it. worth it could He trick, of the swinging door and the kitchen. breath. corner out of sight. Then he smiled LEHI, UTAH He was still regarding his hands retire then. The Waldron Myers "Ain't yuh ashamed of yuhrself T" and broke into a whistle as he started when the girl returned with his din- knew men. He knew he was adoptFAMILY PASSES The tramp was speaking banteringly. up the street toward the business ner. He thrust them under the table the taktactics for ing exactly right "Where's the Christmas spirit in this district. as though ashamed. The waitress ing his It would not be done We are giving for a short time quarry. wane was Special Representatfo burg!" ins neither last nor placed the dishes on the table, devot- in a would be gradual only a FREE family pass for one It hurry. BENEFXIAL LIFE INSl' "Beat it, bum," replied the train- slow; neither lagging nor fast; ing to the task perhaps a trifle more g wearing down, a breaking of the night show at the Cozy of your own nor noisy. It was as time than was necessary. CO. man gruffly, "beat it while you're neither cat-lik- e nervous system that made it choosing with each six months paid Utah The man watched her closely all nearly; colorless as a man's gait can Provo, lucky. I might lock you up yet." possible for the bandit to up subscription to The Lehi Free "0. K., bo, see yuh later." And he become thought it had the rhythm of the while. There was" something such miracles of crookedness. perform It was Press, Lehi's Only Home Owned climbed expertly over the coupling of lapping waves. It was more like the about her that fascinated him. He his he was going to enjoy and the only paper printed in Lehi. and job, dithe in Knigl two cars and disappeared progress of a shadow than the move liked to look at her. Her white arms, it And he was it. The Why not get yours today? enjoying The train ment of a man. station. the so smooth and capable, intrigued him. 'Worm" rection of had enjoyed it too, for a LEHI INSURANCE COUNSEi The man was rather slight than He wanted to touch them. had already begun to strain and now but while, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Laird of small. And he was very young. .. . The front door opened. grind for departure. There "If it's insurance we bs" The "Worm" had never deceiced Eureka, were guests of Mrs. Alice The stranger skirted the south, scarcely past twenty and a little was a hearty outburst himself. He knew that the law near- luckfield and Mrs. James Comer on His nose was aquiline, and -- "Morning, Frank, sit up and have avoiding the lights of the station, more. ly always gets its man if it wants Saturday. and atenned nimbly out onto the his eyes were restless. His face as a bite." WILLIAM ASHEB him. Hadn't it got LEHI Johnny his pal street. Within half a dozen rods he a whole was keen. "Thanks, old man, believe I will." and teacher? And "Flash" ATTORNEY AT U Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. He Nunnally, His attire, composed of well-wor- n saw a cheap rooming-housThe solitary young man, seated at wouldn't it have got him on that next F. Bradshaw, Sunday, were: Mr. Office Hours 8:30 A started miroosefulv toward it and shoes, baggy gray suit, and mouse the farthest table with the pretty and ne naant got lockjaw and Mrs. G. R. u f 4:00 P. M. colored gloves was such as could be waitress Taylor and family and entered. standing near him, turned died? And the "atR," the cleverest Mrs. LEHI' MAIN STREET Margaret Bushman. seen in a him almost that locality at clerk gave key A sleepy-eye- d any with bcline grace and speed and said little safe buster that ever lived, rfir? LEHI 1 in return for a short greeting and a time. He attracted no more attention curtly: n't it get him? They were all clever Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Bradshaw finger-bowlhandful of small change, and he than any other stranger in a place me a of "Bring boys, the best the game ever knew. Canada, who have the stairs that where strangers are the rule. It was mounted been visiting in Had he not been so forbidding, she And none m.IptJv rf i of them had had a shadow Lehi for the as he had planned and hoped. His would have laughed at him and the croaked In snite of him. past week left for Verlike the "Sheriff." nal, Saturday for a visit with relaEntering a room, he struck a match gait, his garb, his whole appearance absurdity of his order As it was, FOR SALE Black Be5. No, he had known all the time that tives, there. In order to find the liffht switch. He were the result of a studied design she smiled as she moved away. When the chances corn and Fat Ducks. Ray M were aginst him. But for LEHI snapped on the electricity and pulled on the man's part to appear as in she had gone, the man bit his lip and a long time it had not worried him. Mr. and Mrs. Rulon He was swore. down the blind on the one window conspicuous as possible. and Safe busting was his business, and baby accompanied Mr. Taylor in the room. glad it was not cold so that his lack "Curse that brakee!" CHRISTMAS TREES and Mrs. there are drawbacks in all kinds of Samuel Grant Almost immediately the Pines. to See David HA The young man was strangely at- of an overcoat was not remarkable Fairview reendeavor. The law was girl Sunday one ne of just He been could where have at accounted was ease, as for he J no turned with a tiny silvered basin the that Order now. tractive they visited with friends. risks, like fire or burglary to smiled complacently as he took a news- any of an infinite number of pos which she placed gingerly on the the merchant. LEHI Only it was more cerWhen there's a want the , Mr. and Mrs. John paper from his coat pocket and sat sibilities had anyone thoupht about table by the wall. Then she hurried tain. It always got its man Brems, Miss it's a Free Press Want AM unless But and him. to he was read. bed the nobody did; Ura Brems and Mr. Aleene Bull down on the edge of away to attend the man who had just entered. The paper was pink. It was al glad. !!!.?n.nfr u.ert of Mr. and Mrs. The -- Worm- looked at the Get your new Cozy .v-a-. w.i,.3ams in Alpine, Sunday. your local merchants, They'd LiD To Hear Y0i Voice Toda he-O- Did You ever realize that there is one gift that is never n, duplicated? ever-prese- nt Snyder Photo Studio Phone 150 J d? ,.,.f. red-head- K De-hi- under-gr- Look! Look! Look! Central Service is holding a big drawing. ound. 1 Central Service ALWAYS OPEN graci-ousnes- The Worm Turns doll-hous- SHTNlj in I be-yu- f ut I Quality i Rebuilders i : - Val Sundwa I - red-head- 2, 2-- red-head- Red-heade- L. I. Wardle ex-p- et Geo. M. Brockt' high-strun- Noel G. t e. ju ." WATVT All Fi C. |