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Show THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. SPANISH FORK. UTAH HMWWW BETTER THE fyiCITCHCN By Randall Parrish The Mystery, of purcnil) "GEORGS HARRIS!" ffynoiMla -- In a New York Jowlry tar 1'hlllp Severn, L'nilcd Slates conaular nt, nolle a mull box which attracts him. II pun haw U. leMar h dlacovrra In a amiat compartment a writing giving a rlaw to a revolutionary mov.nu-n- t In thla country emtklnc to overthrow tha Chilean government. Tha riling mentions a randnvoua, am! Severn dM'idua to Inveeilgai. Finding tha placa mentimie.l In ilia writing apparently dcerte.l, Severn vtelia a saloon In tha vicinity. A woman In tha plare la met by a man, aeemlngly by appointment, and Severn, hla auaplrlona aroueed, follow them. They go to tha mealing place, an abandoned Iron foundry. At tha tavern la accepted aa ona of tho ronaplratora and admitted. meeta a atranger who addreeeea Ila him aa llarry Italy. Tha Incident Into gevern'a handa and ha playa accrpla It. CHAPTER I looked at tiliu doubtfully. "Well, of courec, Iv" got to think 0." I admitted, Imping to gnlu further enlightenment, "lua you leave me retty well In the dark. Wluit do I really know Nothing. You tnlk glibly about a million you praiMme gowlih me on. That nating fifty-fifturally sound good, hut It would aound tetter If 1 even knew who I wu dealing with. I never anw you before In my life," "II I, thnt'a ao," he grinned theer-fully- , "I forgot I wasn't talking' to an old pal. Just to be sure you're Hurry Daly waa enough to make me cough up, but tlint don't help you out, does It? Ever hear of Gentleman George' la your traveler George Harrier the nnme leaped lo my lips In Inspiration; only the day before I had chanced to read a maga-aln- e account of famous criminal His eyes gleamed In genial tr "I thought maybe that would fetch you," he said exultantly. "There aint many of the old boy but have my number, and . they all know I play square. IIow la It? Will we shake hands, and call It a dealt I've got to get back In with that hunch." I took the extended hand cordially, feeling the Iron grip of hla Angers. I do not believe I was ever more frightened In my life, although outwardly epol enough, and my brain perfectly clear. There waa no retreat possible. I must go on, acting out the a range character In this drama to whleh I bad , been assigned. ft But you are not known by thnt fname here? I ventured. "I should say not. I'm Horner, P. 8. Horner f Detroit. See! That's the guy who had the papers. He waa English all right but pretended to he United States, and had a passport to come through with thla hunch. So Ive got the bull by the tall for a cool million, old man, a million, AH I'm afraid of la thla d d woman they always did get my goat" "Keep still, and let her show her cards," I suggested, feeling the necessity of saying something. "What Im aiming to do. Well, so long, Daly. Ill be back presently with everything straight Better turn out the light or some one might wander In here. I was alone again, In the dark, but under vastly different circumstances than when wandering blindly about between those Imprisoning factory walls. With no effort of my own. purely by blind chance, I had been given a new name and Identity, and as instantly Inducted Into a revolutionary criminal plot aa fascinating as It undoubtedly was dangerous. Who Harry Daly might be I had not the slightest Conception, yet there was no esrape from the convlctlen that Harris believed blindly In my Identity. He was net acting, for he weuld have ne possible object In such pretense. I was n to hla mind Harry Daly, a criminal, an Internatlenal thief, a man after hla own heart, te be warmly welcomed Into partnership as a most valuable ally. What should I do under these peculiar circumstances? Seek to escape during hla absence, and thus frighten the covy, or remain, and trust fortune to show me a way to both expose their villainy and save myself? I was young, nrtventurnus, and I chose the latter, thinking less of the danger, I admit, than of the mystery of the case, and yes, the girl. Harris had spoken confidently of gaining possession of a large sum a million dollars, surely a stake worth daring much for hut how, by what means, did he expect to get his hands on such a fortune? My mind reverted to the fragment of letter which had sent me on this mad chase, to Its mention of a letter of credit to be deposited with the banker, Krantz, to the credit of the recipient. The writer had stated that the sum would be found ample for nil million dollars! Could needs. Bqf It he possible that so large an amount would be thus advanced? If so, then tfie result hoped for must be proportionately Important To whom had this letter been aent Alva, who up- well-kaow- as the active lender here New Yolk, or the revoluilinmry representative In WuNldiigtoti. seemingly known a Mendez? Whlehever It was, (lint mini evidently had the disposition of ltd vhm sum milrely at id disalready In Id posal; either It he qulekly hnr.d or so depoelled svallnhle. In tny Judgment the fel low would he Alva, lor sundry ren sons; first, he had hyen one of ihe men reglsleied ill the hoi el when ihe Inc quered ho wn lost; and seeond, the expenditure of lids money was seemingly Intended lo he nmde In nnd Ihe port of New York If I rnd Ihe 11 messnge right In the purelmse of arm and mnnlilor. for shipment to South the enllsiiueul of a Amorim; body of fighting men. So fur the nmiier was fairly clear Alva a Ihe loenl revolutionary agent hnd lieon Intrusted by the Junta with thla money t sim iiiI In a certain definite way; hut he must work under sirlet order coming from the at Washington. Ih dure nm assunnt the Inlllnllve without the "O. Mendez. K." of the mnn higher u Something hud oeelirred to delny action; that iiiitdo no difference, but now the time luid mine, Mendez, unnlde to nnd even fearful le present In to any of Id sell known Junta In till conrepieseulnilve to api-cnned Inn, had elmseii to cnd a woman, who would he linxuspeeted, to deliver (o the conspirator Ills definite plan of nemod rennnuhln notion. All thl unugh, and In no way surpr sed me. But the appearance of the woman did, and also the close Intimacy of thl nm n IlnrrlM. She wun not criminal, not even of the Insurrectionary class to my eye, and I could not Imagine what Influence had ever Induced her to accept such a commission. Something almut her personality, Nome undefined quality of womanhood, had made a definite Ini- - of Cavendish" Conftffct. r lUatell Fwitofe FOOD Would Be Suicidal to Attempt Viewing the Room Beyond. presslon upon my mind, not to he ef- faced. Everything was against her the saloon In which she waited alone; her coming there secretly In the night; the meeting with an unknown mnn; the accompanying hint up that black alley to this hidden rendezvous of conspiracy. Every act stamtied her as unworthy. In spite of all this evidence as to the truth of the matter, nothing harmonized. She did not belong the gulf was too wide. Yet there wus no other explanation possible she was actually here. In the den of conspiracy, alone among all these men, unufrnld, the of the recognized representative Chilean revolutionary Junta, bringing with her direct from Washington those final Instructions for which they waited Instructions, no doubt, Involving unneutrallty, destruction, death, frightfulness, the extinction of a friendly government; all this that could he compassed by the expenditure of a million dollars In ruthless hands. It was unthinkable, yet every evidence proved It true. There came to me an Insane desire to overhear what she hail to say; to watch her once more, when free to study her unnoticed, and to see this gang to whom she brought her message. Almost without realizing my action I crept In the dark out Into the narrow pnssage, and felt my way ulong the rough hoard walls. As I advanced ennthmsly the full Ingenuity with whUh the place hnd been prepared for Just this foul purpose became more nppnrent. The narrow passage I followed, my hnmls touching either wall, was not straight, hut curved to the right, and It dawned upon me that it skirted tho main apartment, where, In all probability, the conference was being held. This accounted for the fact that no gleam of light was visible, nnd that, In anticipation of their use, separate nnd small rooms had been constructed, connected together yet so Isolated as to permit cf the utmost privacy. One of these Harris haft left me In, and now I found hat the paswige ted ina not dl root to tin- - main apartment, but to another smaller room, whose door barred my progress. Thl, I figured out, ihe same Into which Wine might hint entered In sourdi of Alva, wlno he deserted me In the front hallway. I listened Intently, hut heard no sound within, and, aullsfied the room wa without occupant, ventured finally lo gain a glimpse Inside. It waa a room tmt altogether unlike the one I laul Just left, altlimigli smaller, ami containing a chair or two In addition to the writing tolilo, I noted these thing quickly, my gaze atraylnf lo a pnrtlully open door In the hoard wall to the right, through which a brighter glow of light ire lined. My ear caught the aouud of voices, the word Indistinct. Although convinced the small room wa without occupants, 1 was some moment screwing up tny courage to enter. Yet there wii 110 other way In which I could learn the meaning of all thl, or he prepared to Intelligently play my part later with Ilurrl. To trap the fellow 1 must know hla purpose, he able to answer hla Inquiries ami seem conversant with hla villainy. The door opened toward me, but It would he stilchlul to attempt viewing the rmn only thing I through Hint o;enlng. dare venture was to gain such survey as wns possible ly mean of the narrow crack below tho hinge 011 whleh the door swung. Till afforded me the merest glimpse of one side of the room, revealing four or five nu-sluing motionless on a bench against the wall, evidently listening Intently to what was going on opiHxdte them. With the exception of Wine, who waa third In the row, no face I saw wu In the least familiar two being pronouncedly Fpanlsh, the others not ao easily recognized as to nationality. 1 had no difficulty whatever In overhearing their voices, and grasping the sense of what they were Baying. Aa a general thing the word used were English, although occasionally some one requested an explanation In Spanish, which was Immediately given. However, almost the first sentence overheard convinced me that I hnd arrived too late to learn directly the nature of those Instructions received front Washington. Alva was asking a question. "But we fire ready to act now," he said Impatiently, bis foreign accent faint, yet plainly perceptible, "have been ready for a month past. What necessity then la tin re for further delay?" The woman, whom he evidently addressed. must have been very close to the door; her voice soft, hut enking with clear enunciation, sounded almost within reach of my hand. "The reason Is Valparaiso, of course," she said; It Is not Washington at all. When you strike, the people must he ready there. You say you are prepared, senor. That la what I was sent to learn, and I find you ure not prepared." "Not ready! We ore or mixed and sworn to service." She seemed to lean fofward, her voice changing almost to a whisper. "I see thnt, your eagerness, your devotion. But thnt Is not readiness for such a duty. Who hns been chosen for the act Itself the post of danger? No one. Until the mnn I need not nnma dies, accomplish nothing. Yob have taken no ballot. If the single word was flashed tonight, Go, and It may he, who among you la authorized to execute the order?" She paused, but no voice spoke. "Nor Is that all; the money from England yet lies untouched. Surely your Instructions were clear, and nothing Is being accomplished for the cause while It rests In the vault. It will require all of thirty days to distribute this Into the proper handa. here and in Chile, yet nothing has been done. We supposed It was already In circulation. What caused the delay?" One of the men on the bench spoke, a heavily built fellow, with a long gray mustache, and horn spectacles shading his eyes. "All I know iss et valt on d.r order of Gustave Alva to be Indur-e- d by Senor Mendez. I hoi' et n trust, from the agent. Ktt was u : private safe, a package of current ,.niv j know where. The hank ht, nothings to do with der deal. I understand. The agent ..,Ve you personally the letter of which you Immediately cashed, .,,u now hold the currency subject nil?" "Certainly; dat vos how piie agent he tell me." we-ca- u- What are you d'-Listrr.i the gasped. (TO BK CON Isnt 1 It , I She the O.tup? Writer-- A Woman may be Imparted to r hiding a big raisin In each. Boston Traill Even the hoite-1- ' pretty old one if she tlK.h !. ,y ()f IPlt.( t '"I af Wa must oxprea ouraelvtt la order order to ranch our destined goal; and wa oxpreea ourselvoo wrhan wo try to make properly only tMn bettor both In ourselves and la our environment, c Ml;- I - FOr"thE I peanut with one MWW' FUNDS butter cupful of tnllk. Add four eggs. Stir In one Quart of slightly toasted breadcrumb, two grated onion, two cupfuls of hot mashed pot a toe, wp teuoonful of of summer ult, one tuhlcHH)onful d savory. Buke one hour In a bread tin. Nerve garnished with parsley and mold of cranberry Jelly. Onion Frittsrs. Souk one pound of lale bread In fold water until soft, squeeze dry and separate with a fork. Meanwhile have a pound of onions boiled, drained and mashed; mix with salt and pepper, a tahlespouiiful of parsley and a teaspoon ful of thyme. Form Into little cukea and dip In flour. Fry In Imt fut. Nut Chops. Trim erusts of bread, (whole wheat), spread with cnnut butler and cut In oblong pieces. Dip of in egg, add six tublespiamfuls cream, dip In cracker crumb, (dure In a buttered pan and hake until brown. Halibut with Balt Pork. Cut fat suit pork In very thin slice, then cut s eudi sliee In strips about of tin Inch wide, hut do not cut the strips apart at the rind, Turn the rlmi Into a circle and set to cook In a hot fry lug, pan. Let cook very slowly until the ful I well drawn out from the pork, then remove and keep hot to serve a garnish for the fish. Two slices of pork will be sufficient foe miking a slice of fish. Have the hah ibut cut a full Inch In thickness. Sift two tablespoonfut of flour and half a tcnsiHsaiful of salt on a board nnd lay a slice of halibut In It ; pat gently 0 the flour may adhere to it; turn and Hour the other aide. Let the prepared' fish cook In the fat, turning until boih side are well browned Do not cook too fast. When done the fish will FOR BUILDING I ROADS of 1022,000,000 Available fee Highway and Bridge Construction and Maintenance. Bum rrparod FAMILY. For those whose incut product er somewhat or enilrely restricted tha ' following recipe will he found welcome : Peanut Roast Mix thoroughly two cupfuJa of 1 Ihe 1 to grow and In j In nil, Wwn 4 Author of "The Strange Case the Silver Dagger ROADS fiU CABINET by tho U. 8. Department of Agriculture.) Approximately $022.MW I now known to bo available for mud and bridge construction an-- miiliiteiinrtrg during Ihe year 1921, according to Information Beni to the bureau of public ronds, United State of Agriculture, by the several state high Kliould pending way de;iartnient. leglsluthm be paod by congress and additional appropriation he made for federal aid, thl sum would he Increased by the amount of the federal appropriation. The approximate amounts available to each of the state from local, state, l well-grease- three-eighth- a g 0 Hard Surface Road Bud ay Federal and Stvt Fund. and federal sources for road and bridge expenditure are: Alabama, WKi ; Arizona, f.S,ooo,000; Arkan2C.nno.-000- ; sas, (1 2.0tMt.OlNi; California, Colorado, $7,000, (HD ; Connecticut, 18,000.000; Delaware, $.1..V).0i: Florida, 7,725,0II; Georgia, 10.(MM; Idaho, Illinois, $20,000,000; Indiana, $9,5i0.0); Iowa, $37, t).-()- ; Kansas, $20,000,000; Kentucky $8,000,000 ; Loulsluna, $0,000,000; Maine, $7,500.(); Maryland, $l,SOO,-000- ; Massachusetts, $8,(K),000; Michigan, $20,000,000; Minnesota, $20,000.-)- ; Ms Mississippi, $11,000,000; uri, $15,000,110; Montano, $8,500,-00- ; Nebraska. $0,000, 00; Nevada, 3,500.000; New Hampshire, $2,500.-00- ; New Jersey, $10,000,000; New ?J,-00- $4,ri.(; North hla one-fourt- h one-hal- d one-thir- My father has suffered from chronic slmnach trouble for over twenty years nnd has puld out thousand of dollars for tuedlclnea and doctors," mild O. W. Slayton, a well-knoCobh Counly fanner, living a short distance out of Atlanta, Ga. "W tried nearly everything trying to cure him nnd be went off to the Fprlng, thinking maybe the water might help him, hut It Jut looked like nothing would reach hla trouble. Then he tried dieting nnd lived on liquid food until he aliiumt starved, hut even that failed to do him any good and he Junt kept going from had to worse, "I don't guess there ever waa n cam aa stubborn as hi, nnd If there ever waa a confirmed dyeptlc he waa one of them, and I guess he would have l)en one yet If It hadnt been for this Tanlac. "The first we heard of thla medicine was when my father saw an advertisement In the mers from parties he knew In Tennessee, who were friends of his and he knew wlmt they said about It wus the truth, no he got It right away nnd taking It. Well, air, It acted Jttt like tnaglo-everybo- dy notices the change In father. Why, he Is Jut like n different man and alts down to the table and eats like farmhand. Only yesterday he ate pork and turnips for his dinner nnd ale so much we were actually afraid he was going to overdo tho thing, hut he liiughcd ml said nothing hurt him now and that he was hungry and expected to cat and make tip for loit time. "Now, when a medicine will do thing like that I think people ought to know about It, and I want to any right now thnt I would not give one bottle of Tanlac for all the other medicines and health resorts In tho country put together." Tnnlnc Is sold by leading druggists everywhere.Advertisement. HAMPS TIME SURE TO COME Gap Johnson Has It Mapped Out, and It Will Be a Bora Day for tho Bluffer. "Ilamp Slaughter has an interesting sort of fad, related Gap Johnson of Uunipus Ridge. "About once In so often he gets a few drams of hone-drticker and a high fever, and ahowa op In the middle of the big road out yur. He flings hi hat down In the dust aod stomps on It, and yells that be'a a man outer, and such as thaL and can whip a certain living not more than a mile from yur. When I go out to Inquire which special he means be says Zach s of a mile up the Flutt, road. So there aint much to do but g to excuse him. Then he goes off to Znch's place and repeats the performance. - When Zach wants to know who he Is referring to he says It's me. After thnt he rambles around nornting that hes got ui both bluffed. "One of these days hes going to ketch me nnd Zach together, and find n I out hla mistake. Knnsus City Star. Dakota, y $7.0,000; $35,000.00; Oklahoma. $8,()0,-00- ; I'ei.nayl-anla- , $10.tX),000; Oregon, $30,000,000 ; Rhode I land, South Carolina,, M.tH'.0oO; Mack-hearte- outh Ihikota, $7, (,000; Tennessee, 10,275,000; Texas, $(R( Utah, $0,000,000; Vermont, $2.(,0t ; Virginia, $10,000,000; Washington, West Virginia, $S,0"0,('0; Wisconsin, $19,500,000; Wyoming, ),; black-hearte- d thus-and-s- three-quarter- frica-seein- DIRT HIGHWAYS ARE EASIEST one-elght- one-thir- Looks Like Different Man Since Taking Tanlac. 11 lexlco, $4,000,000 ; New York. $55,- $0,500,-00- ; North Carolina; 0,000; arrange the halves of fruit 011 head lettuce and pour over the following dressing: SIlx two of sugar with one tenspoonful of celteaery salt, h spoonful of salt, of teaspoonful pepper, a few grains of cayenne, five drops of tahusco uad add, gradually, four vuhlespoonfula of corn oil, or olive od, and two tablcspoonfuls of lime Juice. Fudge Wafera. Prepare a fudge by f using two cupfuls of sugar, cupful of milk; cupful of corn sirup, a tablespnonful of butter, boiled tq the soft ball stage. Set away to cool, then add vaulllu und tnnplelne; If chocolate Is liked, u square of chocolate mny be added and boiled with the mixture. Stir until beginning to thicken, then spread on graham crackers; raver with another and put away In a box to harden. These are nice to serve with tea. Allerton Potato Salad. Cut a cucumber In smull dice; add an equal quantity of thinly sliced celery and half the amount of English walnut d meuts, broken very small ; the quantity of green pepper put through the meat chopper and squeezed dry In a cloth ; add two cupfuls of cold diced potatoes and mix with mayonnaise. Serve on a lettuce leaf a slice of tomato, a spoonful of the salad, another slice of tomato, nnd garnish with mayonnaise and shredded chives. Canned peas, drained and mixed of chopped pickles with a and the same amount of chopped peanuts, served with salad dressing, makes a tasty salad. New Carrots, Peat and Onion. Cook together new peas, diced new carrots nnd small white onions until ali are cooked. Add a bit of diced cooked bacon, a little milk and seasoning of salt nnd cayenne nnd serve hot. Strawberry Pie. Bake a pastry shell and when cold fill with crushed strawberries, sweetened top with sweetened whipped cream, chill nnd serve. Snuggle Pudding. Hollow our little cup cakes and fill with the following mixture: Three cupfuls of prunes rubbed through a sieve or colander, one tablespoonful of gelatin dissolved In two cupfuls cf boiling water, one cupful of whipped creu n, one teaspoonful of vanilla, and sugar to taste. Mix and set In a cool place to harden, then when beginning put into the cake cups set. o Grateful Son Says His Father Unpaved Country Roads Cause Least Wear on Tires, While Slag I Most Destructive. The much maligned dirt road finds In a Denver tire manufac-tnrer- , who asserts that exhaustive testa show that the unpaved country road causes the least tire wear. But the road must he in good condition, with uo ruts to wear against the side When properly walls of the tire. dragged, the unpaved country road la found to generate less heat In the tire than any other type of rond. Slag roads were found to be most destructive to tires, the sharp points soon pitting the tread with my holes. With the test cars wheels a fraction of an Inch out ef alignment, the tires looked as If their tread had been sandpapered after only a few hours travel. Asphalt pavement was found to develop much heat, hut little external wear. Macadam ronds In good condition were found to he better than slag. a champion TOO LATE Death only a matter of short time. Dont wait until pains and aches become incurable diseases. 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Highest reference, ttettaerrloea I j PhtUo-uUr- 1 MAMMOTH JACKS barirnln for you, rooi KcM.mV'H .JACK Cedar liapld, Iowa N. U.. Sa t Lake City, No. quick, iigM 21. |