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Show THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. SPANISH FORK. ITAH steady. lie would leave nothing I i:g un- that could be done. He would shout at Intervals. Perhaps sooner or later gome night watchman would hear him. He would reach that trapdoor If the achievement were humanl But first, last and all the possible. done The GIRL in the MIRROR By ELIZABETH JORDAN fffi tf Th Century Company.)- WNU Servio, - around the, fireplace? He Old not Affluent though he'was In matches. know, ne decided to alt quite still It was no part of the young mans 13 him-aeplan to burn hla Intire supply at one Ton mean" Laurie was staring for a moment, until he could pull together. sitting, as It were. For hulf an hour at him incredulously you mean you Ills body felt atilt and Bore. There he crouched In the darkness, ponderdont Intend to let me leave here?" must have been a dandy fight In that ing, Then, as an answer to certain Khaw shrugged deprecating ahoul dingy old room, he reflected with sat- persistent questions that came up In dera. Oh, surely I But not Immediately." isfaction. rerhapa the other two men hla mind, be lit a third mutch. He Ills guest turned and addressed the were lying somewhere near him In the greatly desired to know where lay the darkness. Ierhaps they, too, were outlet to that cellar, and In this third Are. I never listened to anch nonsense knocked out lie hoped they were. Illumination he decided thut he had But no, of course not. Aguln he re- found It, There must be some sort In my life," he gravely assured It. at the top, through membered the hurried caution, Not of a trap-doo- r Khnw nodded. which lie had been dropped or lowIt does seem a little melodramatic." too much of that" He decided to light a match and see ered. Those wide seams In the whiteI tried to think of he conceded. less where he was, and he fumbled In his washed celling must mbun the cracks something; better, something due to a set-ldoor. Undoubtedly brusque, aa it were. But the time waa pockets with thq first Instinct of punlc door had been bolted. Also, even lie hud .that If known. those had brutes ao short; I really had no choice." "What do you mean by that? Lau- taken his matchbox I But they mdnt. assuming that It was not fastened, the He opened it carefully, still with a lin- celling was fully eight feet above him. rie had again turned to face him. was no ladder, there were no "Exactly what I aay. Think It over. gering suggestion of the panic. If he There had been a hero of romance, he rea- stairs. Ills third match burned out Then let me have your decision." In tiie Instunt of Its Inst flicker he soned, with a dawning grin, that box Laurie moved closer to him. would have held exactly one match; saw something white lying on the net up," he commanded. and he would have bad to light that straw beside him. He promptly lit Shaw looked surprised. one very slowly and carefully. Then, another match, and with rising exciteI am very comfortable here." Get up I" The words came out be- at the last instunt,' the feeble flicker ment picked up the sheet of paper tween the young mnns clenched teeth, would have gone out, leaving It up to and read the three-lin- e communication fihaw again shrugged deprecating him to Invent some method of manu- scrawled In pencil upon It: "Out tomorrow. Flashlight, candles, shoulders. Then, with another of his facturing light. As It was, however, his fat match- cigarettes and matches In box at your sharp-toothegrins, he rose and faced his visitor. At the desk across the box was comfortably filled, and his left. Blankets In corner. Be good." room the big blond secretary rose, cigarette case, which he eagerly The heclplent of this Interesting docalso and fixed his pale blue eyes on ument read It twice. Then, having his employer. secured the box at his left a discardNow," said Laurie, tell roe what ed collar box, Judging by Its shape and the devil you are driving at, and what labels he drew forth the ' flashlight, all this mystery mean! the cigarettes, the matches and the What an Impulsive, candles It contained. Lighting one of the candles, he stuck It securely on chap you are I" Shaw was still grina projecting ledge of the wall. By Its ning his wide grin. You wont tell me?" wan light, aided by the electric flash, Of course I wont I Ive told you he took a full though still dazed Invenenough now to satisfy any reasonable tory of bis surroundings. The ophidperson. Besides, you said you bad ian Shaw, had puzzled him again. something to say to me." He had handled Shaw very roughly ' lie was deliberately goading the for a time. He could still feel and younger man, and Laurie saw It He he recalled the sensation with great saw, too, over Shaws shoulder, the pleasure the thick, slippery neck of tense, waiting figure of the secretary, the creature, and the. way It bad lie advanced another step. squirmed when he got his fingers Into hethree "Yes," said, "Ive got It Yet the serpent evidently bore no things to say to you. One Is that malice. Or a seariDg thought struck a contemptible, , you're Laurie having things his own way, blackmailing hound. The second la be could afford to be generous.-- ' In that before I get through with you other words, be was now perfecting ' I'm going to choke the truth out of hla plans, while he, Laurie, was out your fat throat. And the third Is that of the way. Ill see you In h 1 before I give you The promise of release tomorrow any such promise aa you ask. Now, could mean, of course, only one thing Im going." that those plans, whatever ! they He walked over to the couch and would be carried out by then. were, picked up his hat and coat. The secAnd yet and yet The boy put his Insluuated retary unostentatiously head between his hands and groaned. himself Into the center of the roam. What was happening to Doris? Sorely Shaw alone remained Immovable and could happen that .night I Or Even Laurie as turned Shaw Gasped and Gurgled Under the nothing unmoved. And what would It be? It? could wl(h the garments In bis hands, Shaw Strangling Hold of the Powerful a fool would doubt Shaws power Only smiled his wide entile and encircled on Hie Throat Flngere and venoin after such an experience the room with a sweeping gesture of as Laurie had just had. and yet opened and examined by touch, held one arm. Even now the skeptical Interrogation was four no, That three, cigarettes. Go, then, by all means, my young point reared Itself in the young mans I Now friend." be cried Jovially, but how?" luck Hla spirits rose, singing. mind. I a for light followed the Laurie's eyes gesture. One fact alone was clear. He must looked It a held He lit match, up, ' He had already observed the absence of windows. Now, for the first time, around him, and felt himself grow get out of this. But how? Flashlight with a sudden Intake of breath, he suddenly limp with surprise. He had In hand, he made the short tour of discovered a second lack. Seemingly, expected, of course, to find himself In the cellar, examining and tapping there waa no exit from the room. Of Shows room. Instead, he was In a every Inch of the wall, the masonry Could be pile up course there was g door somewhere, cellar,' which resembled that room and the hut It was cleverly conceuled, perhaps only In the Interesting detail thut It the furniture and so reach the door behind some revolving piece of furni- appeared to have no exit With this In the ccIMng?, He criuld not. The of the small, batture; or possibly It waa opeued by a discovery, his match went out. He lit articles consisted hidden spring. Wherever It was, It another, and examined his new envi- tered trunk, a legless, could be found. In the meantime. Ids ronment as carefully as he could In cot and a clock whose Internal organs maneuver bad given him what he the brief Interval of Illumination It had been removed. Piled one on the other, they would not have borne a wanted more space In which to fight afforded. Laurie decided that The cellar was a perfectly good one, childs weight two men. With a sudden movement was under Shaws room. he was a directly It cellars aa go. ainull, 8haw picked up the silver-framesquare, phowas there now. tograph and ostentatiously blew the hollow cube In the earth, not damp, Perhaps the creature Perhaps he would consent to a parley. dust off It. This done, he held It out not especially cold, and not Ita walla were brick. So But shouts and whistles, and a rain of and looked at It admiringly. mail objects thrown up against the You will stay here, but you will not was the floor, which was covered with a produced no response. trupdoor Its made that clean straw, discovery be alone," he promised, with Ida wide, In He begun to experience the sensacautloua occupant suddenly d present will "This keep grin. you company. See how the charming handling hla matches. He had no wish tions of a trapped animal. So vivid to be burned alive In this underground were these, and so overpowering, as lady smllea at the prospect" trap. The place waa apparently nsed he measured his helplessness against which fell He dropped the picture, with a crash on the tiled flooring aa a sort of storeroom. There waa an the girls possible need of him, that some broken-dowhe used all Ills will power In overaround the fireplace. The glass broke old trunk In It. and tlfem. Resolutely he reminded second of furniture. The coming pieces and splintered, Shaw gasped and ' himself out. burned that be must keep cool and match gurgled under the strangling hold of powerful fingers on his throat. Lamp XXXfrXXXX XXXX - ZX - X - X - X and table were overturned In the men three struggle that carried the half a dozen times across the room by and back. Laurie, fighting two opponents with Besides the Biblical account of 'ernd and ancient literature concerndesperate fury, could still ace their Abraham there Is a great deni or ing Solomon and the queen of Sheba. lo forms and Shaws bulging eyes the rabbinical literature Hi Jewish Encyclopedia deuls with and apocryphal firelight Then he himself gasped and (hla also. The Ab.vsslnlans aa a peoa writer In the Clevechoked. Something wet and sweet concerning him, looms ple do not clulm to be descended from lie Denier land Pluln remarks, was pressed against Ids face. He very Inrge also Id Mohammedan le- the royal pair, but their tradition I heard an excited whisper: as the most ttjnt their relgnlug familys ancestry Hold on I Be careful there. Not gend, where he appears ltlhltcal pcrsonugei may be trured directly to Solomon of the Important to much of thatl" mentioned In the Koran. Indeed he and the queen. . A moment more and he had allppcd Is claimed as a Moslem, and Mohamover the edge of the world and was med mude him the most prominent figDiacovery an Accident dropping through black space, ure of Charles Goodyear, who discovered religious history, The Jewish Encyclopedia di- the process of vulcanizing rubber, exCHAPTER X gests and Interprets nil of this mate- pended all hla means In experiments rial In Its article on Abraham. There with vurloua mixtures und processes are also Tompkins "Studies In the which should remedy the fatul defects A Bit of Bright Ribbon. Time of Ahruhnm" and W. J. Deanel of India rubber In Its natural state, When Laurie opened Ms eyes blackAbraham: Ille Life nnd Times, since It la brittle In cold weather and ness was still around him. a blackness There Is a atmllurty largo body of sticky In warm weather. The without A point of light. But as his great secret of vuleanlzhig, a process In mind alowly cleared, the picture he which the two substances, submitted saw In his last conscious moment Take Your Choice to a high tem!erature, are converted across his inentu! vision the 1 bad a bud cold and husbnud, wantInto elastic, enduring, heat and fi relit the struggling, room, dim. nie make to and as he Shaw of the comfortable, material, now In use, was, an ing figures straining blond secretary. He heard again the thought, ttarted to put aotuelhlug accidental discovery made by GoodNot too much of around my shoulders. year while standing by a stove and hNsed caution, I said, "I dont want to be bundled Idly subjecting a mixture of rubber thatl" and sulphur to Ita heat tie sat up dizzily. There hod been up like aa old woman." husband shot Friend and faint felt He back, right that." of much too A baby wearing a new belt with mild!?, nauseated. Ills, hands, grop-- n "Its better to be wrapped up like ao legs the darkness, cams In contact old woman thuu bs wrapped up Ilka can rrcep shout floor hut cannot fall over while seated. will) s hrkk floor; or was It (he tiling King Tut"- Buffalo Express, CHAPTER I Continued lf n d high-strun- g low-live- floor-wor- broken-sprlnge- d d harp-toothe- - Abraham Claimed XXXXXXXXXX Moslems as Brother 1 tiio-he- cold-defyin- g time he would keep cool. When he had exhausted every resource hla Imagination suggested, be sat In the straw, smoking and brooding, hla mind Incessantly seeking some way out of hla plight. At Interval he shouted, pounded and whistled. Ha walked the floor, and It and the cellar walla. He looked at hla watch, Jt was three o'clock in the He waa exhausted and hla morning. body still ached raeklngly, ' Very slowly he resigned btmself to the Inevitable. Morning would soon come. He must sleep till then, to be In condition for the day. He found Shaw's blankets, threw himself on the straw, and fell Into a slumber full of disturbing dreams. In the most vivid of thei-- hO was a little boy, at school ; nnd on the. desk before him a colled boa constrictor, with Shaws wide and d grin, ordered him to copy on Ms slate an excellent photo' graph of Doris. ; He awoke with a start, and In the next Instant was on his feet. He had heard a sound, nnd now he saw a light fulling from above. He looked up. A generous square opeulng appeared In the celling, and leading down from It was the gratifying vision of a small ludder. Up the ladder Lan-rl- e sprang with the swiftness of light Itself. Subconsciously he realized that If he was to catch the person who had opened that door and dropped that ladder, he roust be exceedingly brisk about It But, quick as be was, he was still too slow. With a grip on each side of the opening, and a strong swing, he lifted himself Into the room As he expected, It held no above. occupant What he had not expected, nnd what held him staring now, waa that It held not one stick of furniture. Bare as a bone, bleak as a skeleton, It had the effect of grinning at him with Shaws wide white grin. Ills first conscious reflection was the natural one that It was not Shaw's room. He had been carried to another This room had a window, building. which, of course, might have been concealed behind the letter files. Yet, hare as It was, It looked famltiar. There was the fireplace, with Its charred logs. There, yes, there were the splinters of the glass that had protected Doris' photograph. And, final convincing evidence, there, forgotten in a corner, was the worn bedroom slipper he had noticed nnder the couch the night before. With eyes still bewildered, still Incredulous, be stared around the empty room. Before .him yawned an open door, showing an uninviting vista of dingy ball. lie stepped across Its threshold and looked down the winding passage of the night before. But why hadn't he seen the door? He moved back Into the empty room. A glance explained the little mystery. The room had been freshly papered, door and all. The surface of the door had been made level with the wall. When It was closed there was no apparent break In the pattern of the wall paper. If there had been a chair In the room, young Mr. Devon would have sat down at this point Ills body wanted to sit down. In fact, It almost Insisted upon doing so. But just as he was relaxing In utter bewilderment, he received another gentle shock. Above the mantel was a narrow, set-lmirror, and In this mirror Laurie caught a glimpse of the features of a disheveled young ruffian, staring fixedly at hhn. He had time to stiffen perceptibly over this vision before he realized that the disheveled rufllan was himself, a coatless, collarless self, with shirt torn open, cuffs torn off, hair on end, features battered and dirty, and bits of straw clinging to what was left of his clothing. For a long moment Laurie gazed at the flgpre In the glass, and as he gazed his mingled emotions shook down Into connected thought. Yes, there had been a dandy fight In this room last night, and he had the satisfaction of knowing thMt his two opponents must have come out of It as disheveled as himself. He had had them going." Beyond doubt he could have handled them both but for their Infernal chloroform. Again he recalled. with pleasure, the feeling of haws thick, slippery peck as It choked and writhed under the grip of lit fingers. Incidentally he had landed two blows on th secretary's Jaw, sending him first Into a corner and the next time to the floor. It waa soon after the second blow that the episode of the chloroform occurred. Straightening up. he began the hurried and elemental toilet which was all the conditions permitted. He removed the pieces of straw from his clothing, smoothed his hair, straightened hla garments to conceal as much of the dumage to them as possible, and gratefully put on hts coat, which lay neatly folded on the floor, with hla silk hat resting snugly upon It. It required some courage to go out Into 'lie cleur light of a January morning In patent-leathe- r pumps nnd wearing a silk hnt. lie would find some one around the place from whom he could harrow a hot and get the Information ha neoded about the late tenants of tMs extraordinary office. It was half-pue- t seven. He had slept later than he realize.. He had slept while Doris was In peril. The reminder both ap palled and steadied him. With a last hsik around the dlsman tied room, he closed Ita door behind him and went out Into the wrludln hall. He hurried up and down l!a length, poking Ills head luto empty storerooms and duty offices, hut find lug no sign of Itfe. OOMTl.Nl-KiTu e sharp-toothe- Why He Succeeded A Sportsmans Honored politically and profession illy, during his lifetime, Dr. R. V. Pierce, whose picture appears Bargain made a few have equalled. His pure herbal remedies which have stood here, success By EUDORA R. RICHARDSON (Copyrlsht.) j BERKELEY, dressed tn her the test ior many PAGE best, which was very becomi years are still among the "best Ing to glistening hair and a clear, sellers." Dr. skin, was playing In a foai Pierces Golden some with a man whom financial nor DiscovMedical ceshlfy decreed she should marry, OS stomach a is ery the nine-holpractice course she could alterative which' makes the blood richer. see young Jennings, the club profes- Jt clears the skin, beautifies it, pimples sional, as he taught some beginner, f and eruptions vanish quickly. This DisTage drove off the second tee care- covery of Dr. Pierces puts you in fine in lessly, slicing the ball and sending It condition. All dealers nave it liquid Into the tall grass near the main road. Or tablets. Send 10 cents for trial pkff. of tabOrdinarily she would have cared ter- lets to Dr. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., and ribly about playing such execrable write for free advice. golf, but today there were too many other things distressing her for golf to matter much after all. One couldnt By Using ' mnrry Jennings, a man whose only niseis were good looks and s genius for golf especially when all one had w is a family that expected one to save It Soap to Cleanse from the direst poverty a family wi Ointment to He&l Try our new Shnvtn SHck. an old name nnd nothing else murk : nble. The name was, however, voy marketable. Page had reason to fcno v, for she felt sure that It was precis, l. this , name that ber fiance, Jamn Johnston, was bargaining for now, For banting or Hda, nnd to rlwv Inflummn That Isnt exactly like your go! Horn Otfrordtr-Er to dirt i James Johnston said, his eyes n id Ucaa. Soothing, hooiiag. hts lips collaborating upon a very rik? VAMABVCUt ' MVWimlfVlAM Ifrv Tort stnlle. If you can't endure my golt ljtT stop," Page snapped. Of course she knew that it was rageons to he peevish with a man vtfim Abiorbins reduces Strained, puffy Snkleu, lymphangitis poll evil, fla tula, was always kind.' She hated, too.fw boilj, wrllinsi. Stop lameneue and t& think that he might be In love all&ypam.Healsaorea,cnU, bruiee consclenoc a boot ehcfca. Does not blieier or reclearer ber. It gave her move hair. Hone can be worked while to feel that he was seeking a Berkejej treeted. AS d. or S2.D0 J social alliance for purposes. Pemcribe your cue for special free. Page walked across the links toward instructions, Horae book imer write! Have tried the green where her ball was walijn; GreteVul ry. Afu-p!itcaion of AbiorUn, 'for' her. She heard s hearty liui"ti. Uufig. fujn.l ewellinff gone, lhmnk vou fur tlie wiilrvooce-meaobtained. wonjorful reujt4 (I and a quick little twinge of pain me AleocaiM to my Miidibor'-- , breathing hard for a moment. A1 a Jennings was laughing at his pnil'i latest attempt to conquer the drive I Page putted with the awkwardness o 1 i a beginner. Any book you want By he time the foursome KnyW by mail, C 0. D. the nluth green the links were swim Deseret Book Co tiling before Pages eyes. Johnstt walked with her to the summer heuv 44 East So. Temple, Salt Lake City. Utah at the edge of the fairway, whllej tm Mrs Grt Forrat Ranger loh; Sl2S'$200 mo. other couple continued tn a twosomt and o homo furntahed, permanent; ; hunt, firh, trap. etc. NORTON. Why dont yon make a clean breaX unneeeaeary J44 McMann BUIg.. Denver. Colo. of the way you feel. Page?" the pi I know yon love Jonninpi asked. Try Thie One Yon not have me. nnd Just beenjba co-eThe at I be southern branch gaining with me. haven't your I a new game which promhave started n Hnd did nodded dumbly Page ises to be more popular than football. try to blink bnek the two tears ji tint They call It Chrlstlnns. Here is how traced slowly down tier cheeks. ' In other words, you arp mnrryip it Is played: The Christians, who nre the girls, me for my money, and you thing ym have something to give me In reJnrt get on one side nnd the boys, who are the heathens, get on the other. Then f Is that It?" "Yes." Page replied ns steadily is the heathens cross over and embrace she could. "I dont bolieve you lee Christianity, Los Angeles Times. me any more than I love you. If eh of us plays fair. Its ull right. Isnt IP" DEMAND BAYER ASPIRIN Yes, deur nil right," the man slowly and almost In a wltbpr. Take Tablets Without Fear If You Theres something better thanf Sea the Safety 3ayer Gross." You dont want tjoe however. f released?" Warning! Unless yon see the name No. Page said qulekty. fTnt on package or on tablets you Bayer" we are not would he quite Impossible. getting the genuine Bayer . something to the name of Berkd-ysafe by millions and Aspirin proved Cant we be married soon very son prescribed by physicians for 20 years. I and end the uncertainty?" Say Bayer" when you buy Aspirin. ; Johnston nodded.Then, fifing Imitations may prove dangerous. Adv. klsseiPier tie hts tips, Page's hands to finger tips with p tenderness ti.it Colored Naval Sheila made the girl suddenly ashamed at Siveelully prepared dyes In containJ , beraelf. After dinner thnt night Page mne ers fitted to the nose of shells fired ntone to the club, same by menu! id from naval guns nnd scattered by the street cur, for the Berkeleys esied means of n smalt detonutlng fuse She wanted t sea hnve been adopted by ordinance exno conveyance. Alan once atone nnd explain hnt pert to color the wuter the missies throw up and thus enable the marksthere coutd he no other meeting. men on different thlps to determine Alan was Tonight, Inside the club not to be found. Page went to the which Bhots register. The coloring Is 14 to 20 miles, veranda and looked 'out arrow the distinguishable at nnd dyes the entire mass of water. moon-ktsseterrace. By one' of the colors nre given to the Georgian pillars she saw two men Different ships popular Mechanics talking together. They were Magazine. Alan Jennings and, dime Johnston. In a moment the nldrrmnn moved toward the square where i few DANDELKMI BUTTER COLOR cars were parked, nnd Alun saum-re- j A harmless vegetable butter eolor toward the main door of the 'nub. used by million for SO years. Drag J Mm. to tneet Page stepped stores and general stores sell bottles "Come, Atnn. I want to talk turnin' ef "Dandelion" for 83 cents, Adv. she said. In The boy linked Ms arm hge, We d Learn nnd together they' descended tie ten flit, dont you think my professor, i . races, "Whnt do you suppose thRt oldblnke denr little Randolph will ever learn Johnston has Juki done?" Alan inked. to draw?" No, maam, that Is, not unless you Offered to take me In hnsine with harness him to a trnck. Rutgers him st a salary of $10,000." f Chanticleer. Pnge fuced the boy, her ey wide with unliellef. James Johnston could Just as you are pleaded n( finding have been motivated only by hit wish aro displeased at finding to see her happy. Then he iiUm really fault, yon perfectIons.I.nvnter. love hor.for herself. "What do you think nhou it" she asked. "Oh, I dont know. I roi you. hut it would mean hnrd this lazy life suits me." "You couldnt marry me n million. I want a man wlm'snmed his money," Pnge annoi-m- t nnd, 6 Bell-an- s turning, sped across the luTn. irmoe Hot water JoluiHion's car was still at of the road, and she could see mnn Sure Relief leaning against It . Coming bi behind him stealthily, the g!rl plied her CLL-AN-S. fingers across his Vycs. j I'd !e, afraid to guess xln the man said', standing quite Tilt for I 25t and 754 PktfiSold Everywhere might tiake and find I had Ijmdrenm-tmj.- " sun-burn- e ittanish Pimples Cuticura li HURT? ':. ' .iEHEHZ: dragg-Uta- , poet-pai- (-- S r d s, - f.-o- ' d ntmls-tnkaht- Sure belief 1 tfif-dg- e FOR INDIGESTION I "Will yon mind waking v tul thut I loe you nnd not a youns umpmton whose bruins nre nil in My nnd whose heart Is not nnywirr said very softly, hut thereof n gHd ) ring In her voice, There was no nnswer Jiiljirn, for two strong arms held heij brace that mndo answers it an Ptt. unless pNSandSCALbT Stop the throbbing and smarting at once with soothins touch .7 W. N. U., Salt Lake City, No. c |