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Show Murray Eaele, Murray, Utah Sally Scz f HachinesThat Are Almost Human I By J emeu 1By E. C. TAYLOR The Robot Watchman By William MacLeod Raine I XIV Continued 19 "Not lookin' for me, are you, Sheriff?" he contiDued derisively. Out of her terror Barbara spoke quickly. In a desperate plea for mercy. Her tortured memory swept back to that other day when he Lad once before despoiled ber life. "We were lookin' for ISennie. He was lost" "An' now he's found. Ain't you, Bennie?" 'I was gonna ride to Round cliff an' I met Bob," the. little fellow piped. "But I wasn't lost, not the leastest bit" O'Hara had not yet spoken. Fie did not speuk now. His eyes rested on the face out of which a mocking devil leered at him. At sight of Quantrell his heart had Jumped and then his vitals had grown chill. But he was not In panic. Ills brain functioned logically as he estimated the chances. He could not take the luck of battle, not with little Bennle sit- ting In front of the outlaw. Quantrell had not put the youngster In front of him, O'Hara knew, because he feared the Issue If It came to alWith his bullets. ready out he could drill the sheriff through and through before the latter could even draw his weapon. Why, then, was he using Bennls as a shield? Was It because he wanted to hold the officer Inactive while he enjoyed his chagrin and terror? Again Barbara voiced her agonized plea to the young desperado. She must save her lover who was so near to death. Somehow somehowshe must stand between Garrett and Impending doom. "If he had been lookin' for yoa would he have brought me along?" she crlod. "Are you chimin', ma'am, that he knew Bonnie would get lost an' that he came from Concho so as to be here to find him?" Quantrell asked, his shallow light blue eyes not once lifting from bis trapped hunter. "He came to see me. We we're going to be married," Barbara explained. She had no time to think out the nii'St effective way to reach this young killer's heart A woman's appeal might touch him. "If nothing happens first," he added with smiling suavity. "I wlsb you heaps of Joy, Mlsa Barbara, whoever you marry." "He's sheriff," she pushed on. "He had to do his duty, but he has no feeling against you. Why don't yon go away again while there's time? Lei him go an' he'll let you go." ! I- 4 "That's real good of him Quantrell murmured Ironically. "Let me go, will he? Yes, ma'am, I'll call that right kind of him." "Don't you owe me something," she begged. "You killed my husband and left my baby without father." A spasm of hatred twitched his face. "I'd kill blm again If be was alive." "But not Garrett," she pleaded. "He's Just sheriff. It'i nothing personal. You wouldn't want to spoil my life acaln Just when when " Quantrell laughed, not without bitterness. "Sheriffs are like outlaws, ma'am. They hadn't ought to be lovers, rick a preacher If you g WNTJ Service she said, smiling at bim with pitiful eagerness. "Don't you remember? I called you 'Bob.' We had our little Jokes together. For the sake of old times and because of my little fatherless baby, won't you let Garrett go this time?" The outlaw smiled, a friendly, amiable smile, and his eyes met hers. "All right. You win. ma'am. Yore silent friend gets off this time. But if you've got any Influence with him you tell him real earnest to quit crowdin Bob Quantrell. A whole lot of things are supposed to be safer than that." O'Hara "Let's underspoke. stand each other, Bob. As long as I'm sheriff I've got to keep after you." "You've had yore warnin', fellow. Next time there won't be a nice young lady to beg you off. Right now you hit the trail back to the Diamond Tall." Quantrell lifted Bennie from the horse and lowered him to the ground. Bennle ran back of the big boulder and returned a moment Inter with the piebald pony. O'Hara helped him to get Into the saddle. The eyes of the lovers met. Barbara smiled permission for O'Hara to tell the news. He did so. and cre ated no sensation. "I knew It all the time," Mary Joe said calmly. "Ask Jack If 1 didn't tell him so three weeks ago." "I expect you've been telling Jack more Interesting things than that," Barbara replied, smiling at her fore- two-thre- e t p two-thre- old-time- r, for" lat ten-do- "Not Lookin for Me, Art You, He Continued Derieivety. Sheriftr nht a real safe one, Whnfa yorf ! a? Am I to Irt tht fellow chase hi around, an' ahrmt op my friend then let Mm g when I t 8"l t! on him? I noticed ho di'l'l't let me BO the other day." 'He only did what he had to do. Vi'tj didn't utiffpf any pcrs-nns-l dam bz fmnj him." I heard anme talk ab'ut a Inndn' from on of hi rrowd." "I .''wiitroll answered cynical!?. t"t tinttiin' asnlnst yore frknl "'re. Mat had orni, a year ot I'.ut Hint s In the discard, '"lot K it o,,M n sof irt l' h!m or me, on. He lorp on trull ton for comfort. Well. "y 1 don't allow l fa gmn N me." "But If you'd leave the country, 1o rii t Mi'Ulco " "I'm riot ainiin' to leave thecotin 'T- - Neither him nor anyon rlr rm dre rn out III I je ready to get," 'We owd to be friends, kind.". "Don't talk thntaway to me, fellow," Quantrell snarled. "How 'd I know you wasn't fixed witb a horse by this time? Took me about t e flick of a cow's tail to get one." "Where Is yore horse?" "Back In the pines where we always tie." "We'd better get outa here," Dee-ve- r said. "O'Hara's posse bumped Into me half an hour ago an' took shots at me. I ducked Into the big rocks and crawled up here. But they're after me hotfoot" "Where's Sommers?" "He left me at Squaw crossing. He's almin' to lie low with a cousin of his near Agua Caliente. Wlsht I'd gone with him." There was a hunted look In the man's eyes. His hardy confidence has deserted him. "They'll get us sure. They're armed with rifles an' we am an' I ain t tasted any food for 'most three man. Whereupon more news came out. "We'll make a double wedding of It," Mary Joe suggested gayly. "Can you ride with me, Jack?" O'Hara presently asked blm. "I've got to follow Quantrell's trail while it's hot." "I reckon so," Phillips answered. "Soon as I'm caught an' saddled." "I want to see you, Garrett Just a minute, In the house," Barbara said. Inside, she turned swiftly on him, catching the lapels of his coat with an eagerness almost savage. days." "Buck up, Deever. They've not got us yet, an' they're not gonna get us not without a real dog fight first" "Thought old Blm Rock Hanson would gimme food an' a horse, but The outlaw sat motionless, rehis place Is deserted. What'll we volver In hand, while the other do, Bob?" whined the tormented three filed out of the canyon, man. "Tell you I haven't eat or O'Hara bringing up the rear. When slept either one. I'm bucked out, they were no longer In sight he an,' this posse liable to be here any wheeled his horse and followed the minute." winding gulch as It cut deeper Into "Keep yore shirt on, old timer," the hills. advised Quantrell. "We'll try to ne was pleased with himself. It slip over to Bear Creek an' down suited his whim today to be merIt We can ride an' tie till we ciful. Even If Barbara Ingram had We both pick tip another horse. not begged for mercy, he would not been In a lot tighter boles than this have killed O'Hara, he told himone. Sure have." A voice from outside hailed the self now. But he was glad she had sued for her lover's life. house. It minisDeever started. His sunken eyes tered to Quantrell's vanity to feel went wildly to those of the other that she reconl7.ed that the power of life and death had been In his outlaw. "It's the posse." hand. Because he had come off "I reckon ycu're right Old Amen Owen's voice, I'd say. We better best he felt a certain amiable kindness rather than animosity toward sneak outa the window an' try a run for the bronc. Well make It Garrett O'nara. fine through the big rocks more'n Unmusically but Jocundly be assured the hills that Daddy would likely." was "With one horse for the two of be home when the round-uus we can't make a getaway. I got through. a good mind to surrender." CHAPTER XV "An you with a gun In each hand. Fellow, you're yellow. Slide Bob Quantrell Approached With the outa that window A Job Finished. an' do like I say. Greatest Car the Old Dilapidated If the sand In yore got any you've BENNIE proudly led Unaware Cabin. of craw I'll pull you through." party. a rod In pickle for him, he want- "Do yon have to go right away, "Tell you I'm sick." Deever proed to be the first to reach the when I've bad you such a little tested. "I been through hell these e ranch with the story of hla adven- time? Cant you forget that man. last days an' nights." ture. That two lovers lagged be- Just for today, an' stay bere wIUi Yet he did as Quantrell told him. hind was to him an unimportant me?" The two crept from rock to rock. trifle. "I wish I could, sweetheart" The Not till they were close to the pines The strain of peril relaxed, Bar- word of endearment fell shyly, as did one of the posse catch sight of bara had to fight against a wave of did the caress accompanying It Deever itnd fire. Other shots soundfalntness. She caught at the sad- "But I can't I've got to follow blm ed, but the outlaws bad reached the Umber. dle born with both bands to steady at once." "Ho might have killed yoo today, Deever caught his foot In a probcrvlf. "I think you saved my life." Garrett and be didn't" she re- jecting rock and fell. As Quantrell ran past him to the horse Bob O'Hara said In a voice unsteady minded blm. "I couldn't lift a "I'm an officer, not a private citi- called, "Keep Deever." with emotion. It's my business to The bandy legged man had fallen finger to help myself, not with Ben- zen. Barbara. Either he nle sitting In front of him, and If capture him because he's a crim- Into a panic of fear. I've got to stay witb the thought that Quantrell was about Bennle hndn't been there It wouldn't inal. to desert him or else he feared have done any good for me to try." Job." "I suppose go," she eald re- both of them could not escape ou "I thought I was afraid" she mnrmured. luctantly. "But you'll be careful, one horse. As the younger man pulled the "He couldn't stand out agnlnst won't you? You'll come back to rein from the slip knot he heard the what you said. There's a human me." "I'll be very careful, and I'll come rapid pounding of feet of his comstreak In him. And he likes chilWhen you spoke about the back to you," he promised. "When panion. dren. I finish this one Job I'll resign." Quantrell turned. "All act baby" She clung to him, aa though she "I didnt know what ! was sayA would never let him ao, kissing with roared twice. Deever'g ing. I wai sick with fear." Bob Quantrell staggered, fired shiver of reminiscent dread ran feminine ferocity the ardent Hps Into the ground, once blindly that mot hers. down tier spine. Her whispered confession Just lurched against the trunk of a tree, "I'll never forget what you said." and slid along It to the snow. he told her: then flung at her the reached hla ear. A moment, and Ieever was tn "I've loved you, Garrett always, question In hla mind: "Are we jothe saddle gnlloplng for safety. always, and didn't know It" ins to be married, Barbara?" She pushed him from her and Twenty minute later, still riding "Are we?" he echoed, her voice ran down the passage Into her bed- hard, be iwnng around a curve In colorless. the trnll. He dragged the horse to With a Hidden Jubilant alnglng room. As he strode out of the house to Its haunches. For he was face to of the Wood he knew they were, hla horse there was a light In Gar- face with the sheriff and Jack "We are," he cried. Bennle w fifty yards ahead of rett O'Harn'a eyes that never bad Phillips, He followed his first Instinctive them when they reached the creek. been there before. reaction and fired at O'Hara. BeHe put hla pony to a canter aa he Bob Quantrell approached with fore the echo of the shot came mounted the slope. O'Hara slipped from the saddle the greatest care the old dilapidated back from the canyon wall the at the edge of the willows and cabin where the outlawa had been guns of O'Hara and BhUllpa were catmht the hrid'.e rein of Barbara's accustomed to hole up. The price In action. of life for him was wariness, and horno. Deever dropped his weapon and he bad no Intention of running Into clutched at the saddle horn. "Well have to hurry If we're to save Benny from a spank- a trap for lack of adequate precau"Ion't shoot again." he gasped. You've got me." ing." ahe protested rather faintly. tion. he opened the door When nt "Bennie will have to tnke the Almost before tliey reached htm chance." he snld with decision. "He noiselessly and looked Insldo It was he was dead. a of ace to the figure crouching needs that paddling anyhow. (let The odieer looked at each other. man confronting blm. a man with down." rirlvln' him In a "Something In hand. a enrh six shooter "You're very masterful, aren't aald. "Do you I'liilllps hurry." r 'cm "Thmw up," a hoarse voice reckon he met yore boys?" rye both your li Hid. her But. nd mocking. ol.Hiently, ordered. "Ile'a riding the same horse Bob In that fraction of a second durshe dismounted and found herself Quantrell was two hours ago. Thai .41 which roll's flashed Quant ing In hla arm. la. be was a minute ago." carh A happy little laugh welled from out the two men recognized Then we better go slow. Boh Is two-guman was The to other. her H.toHt as ber ryes turned to b" around soniewhere." l!nble tleovrr. hi. In a little while they met "Thought O'Hara had you In the It wn fifteen mlntitea Inler that O'llara'a posse and learned the she reminded Mm of their errand. calhbo""," the squat rustler said new of Deever' treachery to QuanIn surprise. That's the story I "We came to find Ivnnle." trell. heard." lost be aenln rnn't "He already, "Scared they couldn't both make hint "IH I look like the kind can be?" her lover laughed. It. So be plugged Boh twice through In a would calnlnscT" with that But he submitted to walk Owen explained. her to the ranrti house, (ending asked Quantnll boastfully. "I Ihe heart." They carried the bodies of the bumped off !uk Crojrao an' laid Iheir bortp by the bridle. to the Circle S O ranch otitlavi b! fare tear stained, Aclloet" Bennie, "That must be why there's a where they were to spend the made a public announcement, one night ishlcti posse on Horse creek." Influenced by recent event O'Hara did not wait for supper. "I reckon that's why." Quantrell had rant more than a shadow beHe ate a couple of sandwiches anil I served "But admitted casually. hind. re at your hnnso. notice Ihi afternoon on O llara not drank a cn; of coffee. On a fresh. "I'm conn horse he struck across to the ttarb'ra. aflrr you V the sheriff to crowd me." mond Tall. "(tn OJIaiat Whore?" art married. V hm I row uj I'm at Diamond "Above the It wa dark long before he the Tail, Bob a like ooutlaw Quanbe gonna mouth of Hie I'.ot canyon. I bad the reached the ranch. trell." on Mr. Sheriff, an' for When he knocked on the door Mary Joe looked qnUkty St Bar drop hnra and ol'mrd her confusion. cents I would have bumped him off." Barbara opened It for hitn. At -Was he mounted?" sicht of her lover she caught her He m you met up with Bob "Sure." his breath sharply. troll looted at Quni, Qnaoirrll." "Is lt- -i cverthlna all rigid T "He companion In surprise. 'Ain't every "Yea." confirmed O'Hara. In Iheso mounted of the outboitr lie cancht a hll.af to n." r.ennie oier tnnu'd "I'm riot." Tie young outlaw line of tier bosotn beneath the "No gun plays?" I'Milipg enked nut iced an odd ilit'er In wrap she had caught up and thrown qiilrktr. "No." rye. "I got no hore an" I'm on. "Mv M Is finished." he told her. "Barbara Md Mm she wn f.nn starved an wre out rllinMn' lhi hill an' wadin' throned suow f rom her thronl csme a Utile contrih slftilT." Hi" tnarry ntrd. "An' b K too, an' I'm You find, ulty didn't you kilt sobbing Bound of Joy. ct his horse for tuef O llara an 11IIE KND.J live itl 'era so-In- g CO 1 Copyright by William MacLeod Rains CHAPTER TN WASHINGTON, D. O, the Na-tioniil Capital, Is a machine that In Its ability to Is do the work of a human being. 'y lo e g.n dd The War department has charge of the water supply of the city, and when a new water-supplsystem was built there recently, a robot was Invented to serve as guardian and watchman at each of the three reservoirs of the city. This robot watchman answers the telephone when called In the ordinary way, and when asked the depth of the water, promptly Informs his superior otllcer Just how much water there Is In the reservoir. Three of these robots are In constant use, one at each reservoir. The engineer official In charge of the Capital's water system calls one of the robots on the telephone. He calls central In the usual way, and Is connected witb the robot's The robot telephone number. stands on constant duty. It Is Just The way to make your money go the farthest ia to keep it from another telephone call. going away too far. l'atronize home industry. When the telephone bell rings at the reservoir, it Is the first signal to the robot The robot lifts the telephone receiver enough to signal the operator and answer, and then Made Your Support speaks Into the telephone transmitter. It could speak words, but these robots do their talking by means of buzzer sounds. The buzzer gives the official a code signal which notifies him that he Is connected with the robot. On the ofliclal'8 desk Is n small box. On the top of the box a small megaphone aimed directly at a Electric Co. 3 Everblooming: Roses On the telephone transmitter. PUMPS MOTORS WATFR WHEELS 1 4arh Pink, Rod. and Co rml front of the box are three push BOUGHT SOI.!) REPAIRED Hardy MJ- - WEST 2rit SOUTH ynr field grown buttons. 8 ALT LAKE CITY. UTAH The ofilclnl presses the first but"Ad" $1.00 ton. It starts an electric tuning Will brine th abova to 70a Postpaid This Week's Trize Story fork vibrating. In front of the Wet should use intermountain robot's telephone Is another megaPORTER WALTON CO. phone or loud speaker aimed at "the goods because it keeps our money Iron watchman's electric ear of in our own part of the country to Seed A NurMrr SpectalUU, Salt Lakt City audlon tubes and microphone dia- build up more industries, churches, Tour Vm phragms connected so as to oper- schools and make more work for ate a series of switches. our people. On receiving the first series of Also our goods are just as good to back robot Stropping Razor reports signals, the and lota of them superior to other receivprevent error. The olllclal, By holdinpf a razor at an anfjle brands. of about 30 defrrees the point ing the proper signal, knows that MRS. ALICE riPER, RichGcld, Ida. which is the most used he Is connected with the robot part of the woman's P. S. Every year our watchman. razor is best stropped. Then be presses the second but- club puts on a home products dinASK ton, which sounds the tuning fork ner for the community and everyat a higher note. The robot's ear thing; served is grown or manufac- FOR detects the difference and the Iron tured in our Intermnunlain States. THK ONLY HOME SUGAR watchman promptly brings Into It has taught lots of others besides play more mechanism. myself to ask for home products. "Muck Soil Investigations'' is The depth of the water Is Indithe title on a new bulletin, Number t cated by floats placed at 224, recently issued by the Utah Intervals up the side of the reserAgricultural Experiment Station, voir. The robot sounds a series at Logan. It is a progress report of musical notes, seven, eight, nine, of tho Sanpete county experiment GASOLINE as the case may be, that Inform farm. Copies may be obtained by the olllclal the depth of the water writing the agricultural college. In feet With When the official receives this In formntlon he presses the third but The Utah Agricultural Experi ton, which starts the tuning fork ment Station, at Logan, has just a still higher pitch. vibrating at This says "pood by" to the robot Issued Bulletin 225, titled "Pro County Ex watchman. The robot drops the gress Report, Carbon1927-30 inclu perimental Farm, receiver and disconnects. Copiea may be had by Here Is a mechanical man or sive." rather three of them doing the writing" the experiment station. work of human beings. And they AUTO TENTS AUTO BEDS BLUE SEAL CLEANSER are always on the Job. When the LAMBING TENTS Wonderful Sanitary Unawhold are prompt telephone rings, they Clsanarr and Wtr SnO.iwr THE SPERE TENT & to answer It and they always give fOI.B DISTRIBUTORS Mara N 84. accurate Information as to the MFG. CO. AWNING clty'a water supply. The officials ALL THE LATEST In charge know, too, that ttiey can iu oj AWNING STRIPE PATTERNS call up their robot watchman at sVcHaniVarcCos. w. Tr-citr Kutiii s.uuk. i;i not be will line hour and the any IWlIrr Taaa Baas These Brands Are Intermountain And Deserve ARROW BRAND PICKLES Thomas This and BEET SUGAR one-foo- Packed Power M 1 1 pU busy. The robots telephone numbers are regularly listed numbers, though they do not appear In the capital telephone directory. So, of course, these numbers are frequently called by mistake. When these robots are called as a "wrong number" by some one wanting the butcher, grocer, or husband, the robots answer as usual, but after a few seconds they hang up again. They have not received the proper signal from their superior otllcer and know the call was not meant for them. These remarkable robots were built by It J. Wenaley, Inventor of one of the mechanical men with have amused which scientist themselves. They are operated. Just as the robot men are operated, by a voire from a distance. The faint electric created by the sound Impulse wave on delicate mechanism affect which release an electro-magne- t energies that perform the tasks of the robot watchman. llt. Wlrn Nrpt L'nlon I Sperry Drifted Snow Flour 8l.nil.ri la (or 71 OtZ A A per ?0,JJarticle PEAt.FR Quoits Ancient Gam The game of quoits, which probably had its origin in the discus throwing of ancient Greece, dates back in England to the beginning of the Fifteenth century'. Bronze Memorial Tablets will be TO MtRMAVFVTLT MARK TBR LAST RK8riN4J PI. A It OP NFI.ATIVKA AVD FKIKMH OR COMMt.MOKATK HISTORIC IVESTI CALL OR WRITE jjt paid for the on "Why yon ahould use Intermountain made Good" Similar to above. Send your story to Intermountain Products Column. I. O. I!ox 1313, Salt Lake City. If your story appear in thia column you w ill receive QC A A check for QUeUV SALT LAKE STAMP CO. ) W. 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Count Kcyserling, throughout a bot summer. y y Time' Chancr In Oliver Cromwell's line, ?t required 14 days for the KngHsh ambassador to Swch-fto travrl from Gothenburg to Stockholm, the distance of Bhut S2 miles row bring rovrred by a fat etprcn train in 5 hours 43 minutes. i Influence ton Frit The modern rh of art Is m'1 to have had i'.s inrcptin in the Koyal Academy of Fine Arte, which was fomJeJ In Taris In 164S and has been running ever sines. |