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Show J923. Tnppfliep nurd? w fler imind. "Very welt 411 be there." "Thank you. "Good evening. - He ralaed his hat with a flourish, and walked away. Tuppence remained for some minutes gazing after him. Then she gave a curious movement of her shoulders, rather as a terrier1 shakes himself. "The adventure have begun," she .murmured, to herself. "What does he want me to do, I wonder? 8' - or nerthef. Sorry but FRECKLES AITO HISFRIENPSL Jt la. Good 'morning, --' ' " X 1 J Mr. Wilmington." A" . i "Wslt a minute. Let Us see' If E0O6H-TA- Ir tMCB TU' fr&fty CANT I MOAIT TUL )l WN something can't be managed. Sit SVm Km f Citf a Bmk At Compaq, . Bf down again,; He paused t Interrogatively. , Tuppence's conscience gave her a passing twinge ahe "remembered the archdeacon. She seized hurriedly on therfirst1 name that - : cam into her head. 'Jane Flnnv" she said hastily; There's something about yon, Mr. at Whlttlngton, that I don't like at and then paused alL But on the other band. I'm the effect of those two simple AQATHA CHRISTIE By, words. not the least bit afraid of you. All the geniality had fadea or.t And as Tve said before, and shall doubtless say again, little Tuppence of Whlttlngton' face. Jt was purcan look after: herself, tbank you!" ple with rage, and the veins stood And with a short, sharp nod of out en his forehead. And. behind It from p- Tw all there lurked a sort of Increduher head Abe walked briskly pie might Aire ns to commit crimes as s of -'further result medilous dismay. He leaned forward f. (or them. Look bent, Tommy, shall tations, however, she aside and hissed savagely: really? Shall we forma busi- from the direct route turned and entered "So . that's your little game, ng Hess partnership!" a post office. Tuppence wrote . "xraaing under uie name or toe "Konit put. in advertisement. Tuppence, though utterly taken A Young Adventurers, Ltd.! Ia that Will 'explain tomorrow." She ad- aback, nevertheless kept her head. the Idea, Tuppence T"- dressed it to Tommy at his club,, She bad not the faintest compre'It's all very well to laneh. but from which were migni' oe suinetinng in be would haveIn toone short montha hension of his meaning, but she waa naturally resign, unless and . i It." . kindly fortune permitted him to felt It Imperative to "keep her end .T; "How-dyou propose-tget In renew his subscription. he phrased It up," a touch with your would-bemploIt wanted .some five minute to Whlttlngton went on: yer!" eleven, when Tuppence "reached the "Been playing with me, have "Advertisement," replied Tup block of bulMJn In which theof:-flce- s you, all the" time,t like a cat and pence promptly.' "IlHve yno got a of the Esthonia Glassware bit or paper and a pencil?" company were minutl'd." lo ar-- ' wanted you for, but kept up the Tbtuuiy Intuited over a rather rlve before e would look comedy. Is that It, eh?" He was shabby green notebook, and Tup- overenger. So Tuppence decided cooling down. The red color was tpence began writing busily. to walk to the end of 'the street and ebbing rout of his face. He eyed "Shall we begin: 'Young officer, back again. She did so. On. the here keenly. "Who's been blabwi twice wounded In the war '" ' stroke of eleven she plunged Into bing? BItar not." "Certainly I i , A 1 rl L I mrnHMsa V TS, M FV 3 BLJ7.&ar III I. recesses the . ILEir v f m "Oh, of the building. The II w. . I . v tfa2J!J head. She shook her Tuppence very well, my dear boy. or on the top floor. Tuppence knocked. could sustain this Illusion, but ahe m ot thing might touch the heart of in respoBse-t- a jUJoU realized the" Importance of " not epmsterrancl nhrmtght she turned the handle and walked dragging an unknown Rita Into it I adopt you, and then there would Into, a small rather dirty , outer JJfSo, ahe Teplled with perfect be no need for you to be a young office truth. "Rita knows nothing about all." A middle-age- d clerk got down - ' don't want to be adopted.", j fronfT a high stool at a deak aear "Howmueh-de-yoknowr-h- e forgot you had a prejudice the Window and came toward her shot out : I aralnit It Now listenhow's Inquiringly. "Very Indeed," answered si - J this? Two young adventurer for "I have an appointment with Mr. Tuppence, little, and was pleased to note d- - , hirer Willing to do anything, so whIttlngton,l-sal-d Tuppence. that Whlttlngton'e nneaslness was L-- u anywhere, Pay "Will you come this wav. nleaseT" augmented Instead of allayed. HTiftf (We might at well make that clear He crossed to a partition door with t-r - ' the start) Then w mlsht Private" on It knockeL-4h- en -- 1. mm nrtWnmir! to coman-iOnnneer the annthern narr of tna I V S&mi&. t Na waionabla ifftr reftiied vymeu wv aoor ana noon asiae to enough " "t.:." .that jtarna it ykt flat and furniture. How' hsr pair in: "It might, be mr- - own name." Void that strike you If you read Mr, Whlttlngton was seated be- - Tuppence pointed out ' . i. a nina large desk covered with pa "It's likely, Isn't It that there wr VI i ui xie reiufucu w ayiiunmi& mix : I ' Tommy waa holding tl m paper pers. Tuppence felt her previous "' a name en-- 1 ' thoughtfully. wouijlp rwoLgiri--wit- n 1RA7 and for thi next 40 vears HlaiacVj) nrned a judgment I Hew tnat? Quit fooling T jttwpajr jpad REGULAR DtNNER omethlflf jrrpng abeut Mr, Whlt- much do you know? gaged In the frleghtlng business. He And how anmUoi or BtnMB FwiT we really try he tlngton. The combination In of his farm a much fruit do Mapleton operated you SPECIAL wanjj" leafe-S- hi ' alt .we, Tun-- sleek prosperity and his shifty eye Amicus Eight of the authors of most of those tea for 15 or 20 years. He wai a memThe last five words took Tupm v Just for the fun ef the Wis not is .peace? attractive 49eaiit1S0e. thousand bills that Life Insurance , pence's fancy mightily, especially Harrison-Wheele- r r WORKING AGAINST OUR. He looked op and nodded. is an antiunion that really is made ber of the famous after e mesarer hntakfn und 75c STEAK, SELVES it. you're a sport I I knew I male veteran Indian War quartet irayoaewrnea-nprtt-rign- t? up of forty million ordinary, every bun the night before, now hangs in the American citizens who have crewouia oti ieis annus to suo-- That's good. Bit down, will your supperuf Life- - Insurance companies whose of Balf Bock North day She picture sat are and smiled with air the up At cess.- - bus poured aonte cold dree Wnafllnptnn hartered by the states in which they ated the institution by putting in rinnl,.! tinlMtncr mppence sat meekly with down- of one who has the situation thorFotmUia. m i en uig ui two cup.- i d in cast eyes whilst Mr. Whlttlngton small D. C. . . riginate. When they do business their savings V well In hanL "Here's to our Joint venture, ea4 sorted and rustled amongst his pa- oughly other states they must have legal amounts from year to year. The "My. dear Mr. Whlttlngton," she It also may seem to be ignorant authors prosperl" per Beyond this primary Finally he .pushed them said, "let us by all means lay our nmistion. SHORT ORDERS He is eurvived by hla second wife, ;.. Tb Young Adventurers, Ltd. I" away, and leaned over the desk. to all oi the fact that, without exception, Mrs. Aline Tuckett ationship, card upon the table. And pray do and one son,; : tanization of . citizens ' for; soecial the ,object pf those millions of peoresponaea xommy, "Now, my deaT young lady, let not oe ao angry, xou tieard me , Charles H. Tuckett of Mont Bello,J e r A They v put down the cups and us enme to? business." His larg From y lo 70-Pbo-no ayyeaterday-th- at irnlaand- - neJaughterJlr8J Tup-- 4 face broadened into a smile. "You laughed rather uncertainly. llveyylja,-seemVectoEmma Bain pf Mont Bello, Sarah T pence roaOtr: 820. Trfsw?WellrTare-b1 have tliat I have now one . nd it taxes. I must return to my palatial offer you. 'What should yoji say some wits to live proved better their own economic condition. California. He Is survived by by! I admit I of Tuckett John Mapleton, brother, o fault can be found with the Insurance sultei at the hotel." Life now to f.TOO down, and all ex- have as an institution ii EMIL NELSON, Prop. knowledge of a certain name, who Will be 90 year old His next not organized for profit It is or"Perhaps it Is time I strolled penses -- paid V Mr. Whlttlngton bat perhaps my knowledge ends soundness of the principal of -birthday. .In the Rltz." to round the this ganized primarily for i. agreed Tommy leaned back In his chair, and thrust there." protection, country govern-- i. wlth ment is supposed to exist for the a grin. "Where shall we hla thumb Into the armholes of his safety and comfort of the policy"As I said once before," said holders of of those and meet? And when?" purpose the citizen in . they love. It . waistcoat Whlttlngton, angrily, "quit fooling, hi rights, protecting which are life, liberty, is an economic bulwark erected for "Twelve o'clock tomorrow. Pl-Tuppence eyed him warily. and come to the point You can't ai d the "And the nature of the work?" pursuit of happiness, hi or-l- it the security of the home. It is a cadllly Tube station." play the Innocent with me. Ton : to make this protection effective, substitute created to take the place .Jhe two yo'uui people went oft she demanded. . know a great deal more than you're the State exercises of the when he is re(supervision over In TTJiposlte alreelloh. A Tuppence1 'ypmlnal purely nominal. wjnmg jo admit." moved by death. All just legislation which vitally affect the ii!;jitutions hoetJ was situated in what wal pleasure trip", that Is all." I Tuppence1 paused a moment to as and supervision is for thelmrppsj "Where JoT pf the people-j- uch charitably calljd Southern Bel-- , admire her own ingenuity, and then of helping Jq secure these desirable rlavla. for rfft?0M Mr. Whlttlngton smiled again. ago, insurance Cotnpanl43, ba?' economy sal3 oftlyr The Federal government does not ends by insisting upon wise and hon- . : she did nottale a bus. PfW., I VI shouldn't like to - contradict supervise life Insuraacft companies ts management, and by "Oh ! "said TuDDenee thought- 1 1 "hS was halwaf serosa St Makes Steering Easier. Safer System of Braking. By BASNET OLDFIELDi you, Mr. Whlttlngton." in the Districts! Xolumbia, Tft and the rights of eacept when a fully. Toherselfjhe.said,i.--l?O- f frames' park, jna,n'svolce T "So we come to the usual que- - because Life Insurance is not "com- - P'' une or tne questions that has In the first place, let me say that her start. her made Course, If father beard that lie j"behlnd muchT- (Copyright, 1923, by King Feature ' One regrettable result of this con H i. mcrce." But this lack on the part of r... . f117. im... DU IOBT1 1TVOIU HIT! a 1111 brakes are safer than been asked often Is the effect that OUl BWUeilOW 1 lUCUWIUt,' In So was a dilemma. Inc.) the is the Tuppence Government tinuous Snydlcate, at Washington is , I 1 inpfl lr tfi von tnr legislative activity mnmontY don't see Mr. Whlttlngton In the The reason for the adop- the front brakes have on steering. far ahe had fooled Whlttlngton more than made up by the activities unnecessary expense to which it puts Some time ago I wrote about :' " Tuppence turned sharply, but the role of the gay deceiver." with complete success, but to men of the forty-eigin insurance the life tion of brakes was the Aa a matter of fact, storing ia easier State companies time govern at that and continued I words hovering on the Up of ber brakes, Tee," Whlttlngton. Ltlon a palpably Impossible sum ments; Over a nine years," Trther wordsrthelicy-holders-i- n period'of The need on cars with for brakes be need more could "What be greater safety. remained delightful? tongue unspoken, for the awaken bis suspicions. An Congress and the various States of defending themselves. Every one of made the prediction that many existed for ten years. We made cause of the fact that the designs man's appearance and manner did To put the clock back a few years might has mwiA li announce kills would trfA Idea flashed ,knti.Ml across Kt the makers brain. her Union 268 held prominent 1 not bear out ber first and most regular sessions a very few; I am sure and resuppose we say a little aome- - and more than seventy-fiv- e areennj sang special alike has to be studied ". and dealt ..r with thla eqnlpment The our carsiaster,morepoweiTUi, jcitu ior natural assumption.' She hesitated. enter one of those charming the bolt a and these boltWhen over is acceleratorabnt thing wttlrhyompaniesr-TMrtidown, ten sessions inclined, the fultefjdlsCTSslonljessiQiuwIn rapid, of the forgotallJ heard has de he Jeunesfllle already read ber thoughts, the witlurhich If public thousand bills were- introduce af far as it the matteMeterr- expense which, so AAnA. Mint as heavy C .t "V vtuitt : man said quickly Psrls abounds" form of braking about making them "good stoppers." this vyuawz niui, strides i'.' great life insurance j! mcurrea 1 in an companies and Whlttlngton gave hat acicnains; tne companies ugly fecting him. is obtained. The railroad companies Tuppence Interrupted feet, developed "I can assure you I mean no dis few another before and has careful amounts made, .legislation, requiring scrutiny by these .against unjust glance. "A penslonnatr Z In every braklne sys s' respect to confiscation of the Blackmail, ehr x companies. months have passed many more braking first and then increased Madame Olombter's "Exactly. -- savingsr; v was not until th tem there is prnvalon for their it alltb speeds, makers will to 4he ra n adopt AvenueleNeull!y.,, down. bigmani-cleanot Shall e payment ratwTh6uaiiWonls'iri)ay and a brake lunucau releasing xne outer Drake advent of the Taxes Keep lacreaslag' Tuppence knew. the name well. of "Oh, If these ten thousand bills were brakes. soaven, wiu a neavy jowi. ms aervlce'ln advancer on each wheel that railroad trains on a turn. r If the outer ' brakes Since the reserve fund of Life eves .were suialLjuid. cunnlng,and Nothing could have been more sestrung together one after the other,' Whlttlngton grunted. each day of all the 243 legislative Insurance have become ipjarge, taxOver In Europe, France leads dared to go faster than thirty miles lockedthere woulcTbe an apprecla-blf- e abifted their glance under her di- lect She had had several AmeriAl iUU IV HUUUl lUO Ulllll. IUHI 9 -l et-can friends there. She was more ation is more and more a live topic with tills equipment England, Belrect gate. average ntteen effect on steering, but the deper hour. Now we travel at sixty growledTwlth -- WelCwharislfrWeaWedT-The than everputzlea: of discussion both in and out of the UCIJ twu and Germany follow. and seventy, and the train can be signers knew that and made autosort of "You admiration. Italy gium, unwilling me-jTon to Madame want student A three of go Whether this discus legislatures. man took a card from his took me In all right. Thought you are around seventy-fiv- e Colombier'st To?, how long?" has found that they range in purpose 'sion gets anywhere or not the Uxes There brought to a stop within lie own matic provision for If there were quite a pieek little kid with "That of nu three makes foreign 'cars with depends; Possibly iiiiciir irom control ni u,ha insurance imposed were any danger la i bow. companies upon length. Just enough brains for my purmonths." should wnke be allowed to sav in keep steadily increasing. agents One brakes. Tuppence took It and scrutinized In the automobile field 'we de- o runes, nan ue motoring popula"And that is all? There are no pose. AH the same, someone's canvassing prospects, to direction in In 1890 the life insurance comJC carefully. It bore the has used been talking. You saylt Isn't Rita. detail as to veloped engines and bodies and tion of France, Italy and Belgium conditions?". other in how books should be panies paid taxes $2,000,000: in ;Mr. Edward Whlttlng-ton.- " was it 7 Oh, come In." since 1909, so "Xone whntever. By the way. kept and accounts be rendered at the 1921. $15,000,000. the five veara brakes continuously In every part of the car and wonld have been In hospitals long nearly Below the name were the The clerk followed his discreet home office. In some cases ' ,'"; the first of January, 1922, types are hardly the brakes were hardly touched. In ago. the unpreceding they words "Esthonla Glassware com- yon are English, are you notr knock Into the room, nnd laid a dertook to "Tes." one oi our large insurance com- - new. the form of conspecify brakes recent become have pany,"' and the address of a city ' "Yet you. speak with a I the hot all fact appreciate at years his master s elbow. that paper tracts which Danies in naid K?fritaxea nver be made with might Mr. WhlfHncrton atwike slight ndlM. American accent?" Recently there haa .;CQmall my worsen 000. This did not include real estate ieiepnone message Just come fact, for dia car manufacturers have engineerIn this flood of fifagain: for sir." you, teen In thousand waa a taxes. words "My a the great hospital pal same period this , ears all sorts pf ridiculous stories meters could not be increased be- ing departments that can design a were During a . i "If you will call uoon me tomor- little American day Whlttlngton snatched It up and proposals to increase by enormous same company paid its entire home girl. I dare say I brakes will cause the wheel sizes bare been correct Lii row morning at eleven o'clock, I braking system, about what office iorce, including executive ofpicked it P from her. I can eoon read It A frown gathered on his amounts the half dozen distinct vabut that is not saying that in time brow, rieties of taxation already in use, ficers at home and abroad, over two not do. While' in New York I getting smaller and smaller. ' : get out of It again." "That'll do. Brown. You can go." and under which "On the contrary. It might be in thousand clerks and heads of de- -, heard about a certain branch man- . The smaller the brake diameter they will " hot be able to do ao. They The clerk withdrew.- Whlttlng these same nine year have contribsimpler for you to pass as an Amer the less effective it is In braking; are all working on four-whepartmentj, its medical 'examinations ager who was hurt because his uted to the support of the State ican.. Details about your past life ton turned to Tuppence. in the home office, all ovet .ime serv or later overturned. . In the wider the brake, the longer it brakes now, and sooner car vome tomorrow at tne same In England might be more difficult over a hundred million dolice and all directors' fees, only '$14.. i Buffalo I heard the same story will last The brake diameter may they will adopt them, whether the to sustain. Yes, I think that would lars. These ten thousand bills in546,000, or less by more than a mil. cluded at least seventy distinct kind be decidedly better. Then" lion dollars than it paid in taxation. about the branch manager there. In be considered limply aa a lever, and cars are heavy or light of regulations, with several hundred "One moment Mr. Whlttlngton 1 The antomobbe a of lever that is owner the it will this five similar length story, period of uuring years, Chicago I heard a new experiments in State regulation. taxes Ton seem to be taking my consent absorbed more of the policy as much braking ability aa he stories bf counts, not bow wide It is. When .This amazing activity In Life Infor granted." ... holders' money than the entire borne . It is quite obvious that are circulated by some there are four levers of a given has engine ability, Aa it ia now, be kind surance legislation originate for the office management of the that Whlttlngton looked surprised. company. size they are bound to be more ef has engine power and speed that he most part in the notion that a life Por tvtry vorking day M tki ."Surely you are not thinking of force, .thajjapeajaot like the yto 1 can assure you that insurance company u rtcfi corporam refusing? out. m fa the companies fective than two levers of the same rarely uses to the maximum, - but cantta soy made fay for by Madam Colombians 'Is a most high-clation without a soul and that any tht ytors. tht toUeykoUt tfa brakes. tengtli Mfflanwter)Thkffv Is" why occasionally be want to use them. are using and orthodox establishment: wcreiorc, m or out of th legv" Comimy frid in tuts to tki eoo. that four-whe'brakes stop a ear So It should be with brakes. He And the terms are most liberal." suture who shle a bi rrmtnt Un tAoiumd ioUortl And They, are trying to discredit this Th four brakes do not buuiuu uave m wiae range ex aou-it- y. quicker. fnbUe benefactof. done. Ion be might "Exactly." said Tuppence. "That's can't type. It ta nave escaped, the ittcotko iuB Of th He should be able to atop la fir? ihpcat tpo as Veil question the Judgment of all have to be applied for ao long. a peFour-wheMr. ' riod. can&ot Whitttngtofl. brakes last wend, a car fengtha coin at forty of few brain the Nai ArtvUtfStrkt it 7Mtf good enginerlnr see any way tar which I can be ' Ger- longer, because ' th brakes miles per hour. He may not have four and and Belgium France Italy, amount worth that of money to A tan amaa atjs mnnfV mM fit wanna raM vuw auvuuai many. The braking systems here wear far less than two brakes that FA w fhskf yon." to same do the of work hare their but once had then that stop a month win "Nor said Whlttlngton softly. Edna 'Johnson and vocal solo by are based on designs that -"Well X will tell you. I could . -save many Uvea. " r " V : . ping. Mrs. Guy Brown, origin abroad. doubtless obtain someone else for . Seated on the stand were - the very much lees. What I am willing to pay for la a young lady 'with SprlngvlU . Indian War Veterans sumdact Intelligence and presence with the American Flag. of- mind to sustain her part well, Th speaker were Bishop W. K. luffi-eone id also who will have Johnson, John Wardworth and lcretiozknottoak too Bishop Win. T. Tew of Mapleton. many questions," Joseph Tackett, Ag 86, Pio The benediction ' was offered by Tuppence willed a little. She neer or SprinfrvllltV Baried John 8. O roes beck. The interment felt that Whlttlngton had scored. took place at the city cemetery unta City Cemetery, v "Th are's another thing. So far e "If Yeu Will Call Upon Me Temer. Funeral services were held In the der the direction of A. T. Wheeler been no, mention of Mr. there ha o rew Mernlnfl at Klevsn e'Cloek, Beresford. Where does be come Third ward meeting house Wednes Undertaking company. I WUI Uy the Details ef My ?i Joseph Tnuckett. was ' born In day at 2 p, m. for Joseph Tuckett PyepoeJOon tHfere Yen." "Mr. age 86, who died at hi borne Satur- London, England and came to Utah J; with hie widowed mother and her a: "My partner." aald Tuppence day. I k kiy the tfetaSa of my propoat- - with Valve-in-Hea- d a pioBishop W. K. Johnson wa rtn family la th year 1855,-- A dlgnity'Tju saw u together -- - Whlttlngton tnatched l Uva perore you.- r-Bmcand The opening prayer was of- neer be took an active part In buildcharge. t , "Ai eleven o'dockr aald. Tup. yesterdy" Read , It fered by Oscar M. Mower. The ing up the country. Ills first home "Ah, yes. : But I'm afraid we t ponoe flouo trolly, shan't require his services." time, rm busy now.' Here's ft.iy musical numbers were a vocal duet was In Spanish Forkvbut it 1801 he ' --iT!isUt'ioJLir " Tuppence rose. by' Mr. Charles Blnks aod Miss was called to St George to help f un.Ijlh." ""(Conrlnucd pext Sunday.) :"Ita-Aot- Ti - Secret Adversary that's' how Series Popular Economics Umam - Ml" 1 cJ .m. . Ct . Greatest Family in the, World a, : open-mouth- -- f!innt d, ry w itr rap-Idl- y; v " quick-witte- ;1 - e the-tlm- - m m..M 1 s from-withi- aa-eid- t T w n- ,W J - l&ma it j jBJsL M, imiv eKfl must-be-goo- 1 "Eat at Emilys onnmedrreasTIQ:e Itr , mtr - " '; . ' hard-earne- . . which-is-tomm- on I UO r-- roposed-tfrr-1nV!rt-tu m oanv bread-winn- er well-bein- g jf t - .j . - safeguard-investmen- tlon-T-ho- four-whe- i t two-whe- v four-whe- el ht four-whe- four-whe- el; - ts it ill -- .i- four-whe- policy-holder- I lor' four-whe- : He-wa- we-aa- y j. ITST - . a. o -- - four-whe- It el four-whe- 0. Isotta-Fraschi- four-whe- inscrip-icrlptlo- nri i four-whe- policy-holder- s. ! four-whe- four-whe- el policy-holde- rs - -- then-hav- t ss it Situsa ,f m el poUcy-bcJd- I four-whee- P -- tk TVr). - ' bmiv- . INDIAN WAR ; VEliERAN DIES - Go at 5 . Dealers for tnr rdr - eel 1 i - ' - - , rrr - Brakes' |