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Show TIIE SPANISH FORK PRESS. SPANISH FORK. UTAH JB JLT --i A Novel From the Play TORY FROM THE START rfyln asllInna(forts Mm, f.n robber), a known only aa "Th twoer-eruu- k I. tut h.a brnuahl about .rliW r.lan of terror. Tha rhlef of a Ian hi oprrallva, on lb trail of Anderaon, In Th Hal With hr mere. Pal Van Unrder kliaa Parnell (irten, la llvlna In lh country hnm of lb 11 Courilnlah KUinlna, who bad brn anlll hla frr.nl prrrlrirnt of lh I'nlnn hank, of lh theft of wrrkd brruof currency. Ml a aiim a n Van llordrr receive t lh warnlna hr In at onr on fialn of death. Ial return from lh clly, whr ah had rdrnr. lo hlr a Tb anrdor arrive, alvln hi nam aa Brook. II admlla h I aol a aardmrr, but nda work ktla Cornlla Irll poctor Well of Hi threatening nolo. Thry ar lnlrrrupld by lb amaahlna of a window In lh hour. Thry find another warnlna not, Th a al on-li- ra hl aci-on- ro-e- dlh -- lr ilr Inina-eriee- bn Anderaon, arrive. I told of lh alluallon, and ho will alay on wairh Van Onrder Ml that nlahl. 111 Anderaon ah ha an Mr rnurtlelah Fleming rubbed hi own bnk and ronrealed lh money In lh hon. but lh believe lh bank' ler, Halley, who I mleelng. II th auiliy on, Brook fwho ouhl-f- f really Hatley, lh tell raehier, and Pal' fiance) lb arlrt h know thera I n hidden room In the hnu. Pal telephone lllrhard Fleming. Court klng him In Irish' nephew, roni over. Pal tell lllrhard aeeka and And of lh houn. h CHAPTER VI la-1- blue- her face. hlue-prln- . a detective In this house," she snld. r hh a stamp of her foot. She mnde a movement as If to cnll Anderson-th- en, remembering Jack, turned hack to Fleming. Give It to the detective and let him search," she pleaded. "A detective?" said Fleming, star-FeWhat's a detective doing here?" "People hnve been trying to break d. In." What people?" "I dont know. Fleming stared out beyond Pale, Into the night. Then It Is here," he muttered to himself. Pehind his back was It a gust of air that moved them? the double doors of the alcove wung open Just a crack. Was a listener crouched behind those doors or was It only a frlek of carpentry a gesture of chnnce? The mask of the clubman dropped from Fleming completely. His lips drew back from his teeth in the snarl f a predatory animat that clings to Its prey at the cost of life or death. Before Pale could stop him. he picked up the discarded and threw them on the fire retaining only the precious scrap In his hand. The roll blackened and burst Into flame. He watched It, smiling. Im not going to give this to any detective, he said quietly, tapping the piece of paper In Ills hand. Pales heart pounded slckenlngly, but she kept her courage tip. What do you mean?" she sal.1 fiercely. "What are you going to do?" lie faced her across the fireplace, his airy manner come bnek to him just enough to add an additional touch of the sinister to the cold of Ids words. I.et us suppose a few things. Mis he said. Ogden, Suppose my price Is a million dollars. Suppose I need money very badly and my uncle has left me a house containing that amount In cash. Suppose I choose to consider that that money is mine then It wouldn't be hard to suppose, wojld It, t'nnt Id make a pretty sincere attempt to get awry with it? Pale summond all her fortitude. If you go out, of this room with that paper Ill scream for help! she said defiantly. of Fleming made a little mock-hocourtesy. He smiled. To carry on aur little game of Suppose supposing," he said easily. there Is a detective in this house and that, if I were cornered, I snouid te:! him. where to lay his hands on n c her-fur- What do you mean to do with It, tin n?" she an Id. t over Fleming turned the In his hand. I dont know. he said, then tenia-thelyWhut Is It you want me to do?". Hut by now Palea vague distrust In him Imd crown very definite. Arent you coins to give It to me? Ill have to think He put her off. about that." He looked at the hlue-prln- t So the missing cashier again. Is In this house, posing as a garden-rr?- " he snld, with a sneer In his tones. Pale's temper was rising. If you wont give It to me theres ts n Cor-nclli- i' Continued blue-prin- Utah 0L M3 9 In Liv Privihgt o U at Dick Fleming Up" art In n lliln Just nmiiiPiit," lie anlil, put-tinline; Hip tiible between tliom with a Once more lie alole swift movement. a glance at Hie scrap of paper In hi hand by the flickering light of tlie Mtidle. Then he faced Pule hnhlty. Do you suppose, If that money I actually here, that I can simply turn thin over to you and let you give It to Holley?" he aaliL Every man liaa hi price hmv do I know thut I.allcy'a Isnt a million dollars?" Pale felt a If he hud dashed cold wuler News Notes in to mo,-I- Firming of her Inowledn of the hidden room. II pet rid of her whll print ? 1 drlrrilv. ao-oth- ii "That revolt er will stay where It Is, h snld with grim smile. atocke, Utah allver-IeaIJINGHAM Jink Hullcy knew better than to By prcholldajr conditions, the He ond followed argue notwithstanding try point. manifested etrength during Wednes-la- y Billy reitictaniljr out of the door, givWNU arlr of tha Suit Lake Stock a n session Dale enof ing surreptitious glance bv Mar Robert "Tha Rt," ntrtM. Other parti of and faith as Ezrhange. couragement so. he sad Mining iimrtiail did The Jnpunose and he mounted to (tie the market developed an easier tone, medium priced lasuea. floor, as steulthlty as possible, particularly Jack Ihtlley. I in you iip(ne you led apeculatlvea with Metal Ihoroitghneaa. At last be prying Into dark comer and search Bingham , would acream?" in nearly 20.000 harea end ea lug unused rooms for any clew that tmdlng on the Pale hand dropped, pou erica, at "lie's dead." he said quietly, A might Ihe aotirce of Ihe staradvance from I He to Ji In the her aldea. If only ah hadn't told shiver ran through Ihe watching diacovcry the of gold tling phone rull from nowhere. But strength him too late ! elm w heart was not In the search, hclplen. She group. Pule felt a stilling hand con Halley Bingham property. A1U Uue were could not call the do! cel h e without strict ulmtil her heart. IB mind kept going buck to the flg firm and buoyant. There was a pau-- e. Anderson ure of Dale tiervou shaken nil ruining Jack and yet. If Fleming National foreata will soon OODEN raeniied with the looney how CjUtl-- l the terror of the third de picked up Ihe revolver beside FlemflC.62 to the Utah achool contribute Jack ever prove hi ing body und examined It swiftly, Hite couldnt get at Anderson's hand. and road funds, according to an ancareful not lo confuse Id own fingerhave shot Fleming,- - of course snd Fleming watched her for an liiMant, nouncement made by E, C. Shepherd, Mulling. Then, seeing elm made no utile lie and I.llly found some print with any that might already eu per visor of the Wasatch National lie on the pollslo-move, he darted ImMlIy toward Ihe steel. Then lie thing to suhxfiintliite her story of how forest, Wednesday. Thla amount, he double door of Ihe uteove, flung them looked at Pale. the killing hud liapia-in-It wa her eald, repreent 25 per cent of tha re"Who he?" he said, bluntly. wn. unupMirted 0icil, aeemed about to tlusli up Ihe word against a ceipt of national forest timber tale alcove atulra. The Might of him eaeap-InPule fought hysteria for some secd.iii.nlng times of rlrcumslantlnl evl and grazing fee during the fiscal year, with the only existing rlew to the ond before she apeak. lie plunged with renewed and Is $$000 more than tha amount "lib-harbidden room galvanized Pate Into Fleming Motneliody allot vigor Into Mm quest. contributed to Utah In 1926. Back In ihe living room, a he hud ad Ion. She follow ed him, hurriedly PI .iii !" l.e managed to whtiqier at PARK CITY Th output of Utah feared. Anderson wu subjecting Dule aiintchhig up MW Cornelia reveller mines grew from 6000 tons lo 1870 to a Iasi Anderaon look a slop inward tier. from the lulde a she did lo a merciless Interrogation. 4.434.000 tons In 1926. Whal do oti mean by nmelindy?" 'Now I want the real story!" he gesture of de perm loti. Edward R. Lovewell. geol-oglOGDEN lie mild. "No I No! Glie It lo met Give You begun, vv It li ealcuhiied brutality. of New York City, la sanguine II lo me!" and she sprung after him. Ihe unrtil lo Pale turned Into a lied before!" of proapecta of oil finding in Utah, he "TliuF no lone to ue! You'll terclutching Ihe revolver. He walled for crowd of tl reuieiiliig, occiia'ng eye tald In an address before the Ogden her on Ihe bottom step of Ihe inlra, a miiltllmle of shadowy voice, shout rify her," cried Mis Cornelia IndigRotary club at the luncheon held In Prove that nantly. The detective paid no attenthe alight smile 1111 on Id fine. lug "Guilty I Guilty I Mr. lovewell a!d he Hotel Bigelow. tion Ids face Imd hardened he Ianling breath In Ihe dirkne- - of you're Innocent you can't!" consider that Utah will be an oil I dont know," she said wildly. Ihe alcove a short, furious every inch Hie remorseless state ranking with California. Ok sleuth-hounhe luid wrested Ihe revolver away "Komi body on the stain use." of live law. lie turned and Texas In time. He told of from her. hut In doing o had no on Mis Cornelia for a moment. Phi you see unjliisly?' Anderson' a survey be made In the Uintah basin, Where were you when this hapguarded Ihe precious blue print she voice wu it passlonli)- - and cold as where be regards prospect for oil lomatched at It. deieriifely. tearing a liar of steel. pened?" he said. cation good. moat of ll away, leaving only a cor"No but there wu a light from tpstnlrs In my room." Miss OGDEN District Engineer B. ,J. ner In Id hand. He swore tried lo aotuew here like a pocket flash " She were tone ley. Finch of the United States bureau of And you?" bndgerlngly, to Lizzie, could not go on. She saw Fleming'! gel It hack she Jerked away. public rosds, speaking at the Exchange Then suddenly a bright shaft of face before lou "in my room," said the latter pertat first-t- hen club In the Hotel Bigelow, explained light split the darkness of Ihe nlenve changing to that strange look of ly, brushing Miss Cornelia's hair." the road building program In Utah. lie alalrs like a sword a spot of brll Anderson broke oju-the revolver bewildered surprise she put her hand said that the highway from Brigham llanee centered on Fleming's face like over her eye to shut the vision out and gave a swift glance at the City to Mantua may be rebuilt the the glare of a flashlight focused from Lizzie made a welcome Interrupseason and thut negotiations coming nhove by an Invisible Imml. For an Due shot lut been fired from this tion. are under- way for the rebuilding of Instant It .revealed him hi feature "I told you I saw a man go up that revolver !" the highway between Evanston and Mix Cornelia sprung to her nleee'i distorted with fury about to rush staircase!" she walled, Jahhing her Echo to eliminate all heavy grades. down the stair again and attack the defense. of the alforefinger In Ihe dim-linWASHINGTON Exports of merI fired It myself, this nftemeon," foot. cove stulr. trembling girl at ilu-lchandise from Utah were valued at A single shot rang mil. For a secSliss Cornelia, now recovered from slip said. $113,32$ during the second quarter of ond Ihe fury en Fleming face seemed The detective regarded her with the first shock of the discovery, supcorresponding period of 1926, an Into change to a strange look of bewilgrudging admiration. crease of $273,063, according to figures ported her gallantly. Youre a quick thinker." he said derment and surprise. "That' Ihe only explanation, Mr, made public by the department of comwith obvious unbelief In his voice. He Then Ihe shaft of light wa extinmerce. Anderson," she snhl decidedly. put tlie revolver down on ihe ruble. The detective looked at the stairs guished a suddenly a Ihe snufing Is reI Think She Know BRICE Heavy production More Than Shes Miss Cornelia followed up her adof a candle, and he erumpled forward at the terrace door. Ill eyes nmde a Telling." ported from the coal mines In Carbon to Ihe foot of the' stairs struck lay circuit of the room and came back to vantage. county. An average of 900 tons daily I demand that you get the coroner on hla face, In the darkness. Just In post by tlie door. But nevertheless. Inhas been taken out of the Utah Fuel Flemings body. in aide Ihe double doors. umird company mine at Clear Creek. Spring ternally, she felt thoroughly Ive been all over the house," he here," she snld. with Lizzie. Doctor Wells Is the coroner." Pale gave a little whimpering ery suid. Theres nobody there." Canyon reports 24.250 tons mined beLizzie eagerly. And rsen brushed Again Andersons questions pounded of horror, A pause followed. Pule found hertween December 1 and 15. Hiawatha at Ihe rigid Dale striving to pierce mined and "Oh, no, no, no," she whispered from self helplessly looking toward her their suggestions uxide. snipped 54,500 tons during tier armor of mingled truth and falseA Im goir: to uxk you some queslover for comfort comfort he could dry throat, uiitomaiicully stuffing the last half month. hood. her portion of the precious scrap of not give without revealing Ids own tions!" he suid menacingly to Dale. OGDEN Weber county commisWhen Fleming came In, what did t Into the bosom of her dress. Iiut Miss Cornelia' stuck to her gun. secret sioners voted to appropriate $15,500 toShe stisnl frozen, not during lo move, Eerily, through the tense silence, a Dule was not going to tp bullied into he say to you?" ward the expenses of conducting the "Just something about the weathnot daring even lo reach down with sudden tinkling sounded the sharp, any sort of confession, true or false, 0,iden livestock show, January 7 to 12. her hnnd and touch the body of Flem persistent ringing of a telephone hell. if she could help it and from tlie er," said Lale weakly. The whole Of this amount, $500 must go to buildscene was still too horribly vivid beSliss Cornelia rose to answer it auIng to see If he were dead or alive. way that tlie girls eyes returned with ing up the seed show department of A murmur of excited voices soundtomatically. "The house phone! she fascinated horror to tlie ghastly heap fore her eyes for her to furnish a the annual exhibition and $250 for the inure convincing alibi. ed from the ball. The door flew open said. Then she stopped. Ilut we're on the floor that Imd been Fleming, poultry show. The three exhibits will You havent had any quarrels with feet stumbled throngh the darkness alt here. she knew that she was on the edge be staged at the same time in the Oghim?" violent The noise came from this room !" of hysteria. They looked at each other aghast. den coliseum. Dale hesitated. Do you mind covering Hint body that was Andersons voice Holy It was true. And yet somehow OGDEN The Utah Canncra associNo. somewhere one of the other phones first? she said crisply. The detective Virgin!" that must be Lizzie ation voted to hold the annual conven"He Just came In that door said tion at Even as Pale turned to face Ihe ason the circuit was calling the living eyed her for a moment in a rather the Hotel Bigelow here on sembled household, the house lights, room. something about the weather and wa ugly fashion then grunted, March 2 and S. Thirty-fivcanners shot .from that staircase. Is that It?" were and, taking Fleming's raincoat extinguished since the storm, came on Miss Cornelia summoned every present, representing all factorIntlie in said detective tones In full brilliance revealing her to utter of It ounce of inherited Van Gorder pride from the chair, threw over the body. ies. Tom Leslie presided in the abbeside Fleming's site possessed and went to the phone. Dale's eyes telegraphed her aunt a credulity. them, standing sence of John L. Pierce of Brigham, Dale hesitated again. Tims baldly silent message of gratitude. body with Miss Cornelias revolver She took oil the receiver. The ringwho is ill. The canners voted to subbetween them. put. her story seemed too flmsy for scribe the state "Nqw shall I telephone for the ing stopped. quota for the observwords she could not even blame AnShe shuddered, seeing Fleming's 'Hello lieilo she said, while the coroner?" persisted Miss Cornelia. ance of national canned foods week. derson for disbelieving It. And yet arm flung out awkwardly by his side. others stood rigid, listening. Then The detective obviously resentpd VERNAL Glen A. Lambert, forest No living man could lie in such a she gasped. An expression of woninterference with his methods but lie what other story could she tell that ranger, has returned from a trip over not would could not well refuse such a custombring ruin on Jack? picture. dering horror catne over her face. the Vernal district of the Ashley naHer face whitened. She put her I didnt do It!" I didnt do it ! ary request Somebody groaning!" gasped Miss tional forest, and reports heavy storirs Ill do It, he said, with a snort, hand on tlie hack of n clmir for sup- throughout the area she stammered, after a tense silence Cornelia. Its horrible!" during the past port. that followed the sudden reillumlnlng The detective stepped up and took going over to the city telephone. ten days. Twenty Inches of snow wa Yes she It, at thats said, last, his Whnts Her number?" the of eyes wandered the receiver- from her. He listened lights. measured at the Adams saw mill on lies not at his office lie's at Hie and swayed whore the stood. anxiously for a momeut. Dry Tork mountain, forty miles northAgain Mis Cornelia tried to come "I dont hear anything," he said. Johnson's," murmured Dale. west of Vernal, and eighteen inches Sliss Cornelia to-I heard It! I couldnt imagine such the telephone to the rescue. at the Trout creek ranger station, I hose till Are questions necessary? from Anderson's hands. a dreadful sound! I tell you sometwenty-sevemiles north of Verna!. she queried sharply. You cant for a I'll get tha Joliie-otis.- " Mr Auder body In this house Is In terrible disSALT LAKE There has been an avmoment Miss that shot Ogden tress." son, she said firmly. The that man ! But by now, though she erage of 1500 pounds of mail handl.d seemed about lo rebuke her. Then hi "Where does this phone connect? daily a Airport postofflee January 1, did not show it, she. too, began to remanner recovered sump of its former queried Anderson practically. this year. Airmail mileage credited alize tlie strength of tlie appalling not .Miss Cornelia made a hopeless little suavity. He rel'nqhishod the teleto Salt Lake, in and out, for the year of circumstances thut with drew each gesture. "Practically every room in phone and turned back toward his so far aggregates more than 2,000,000 minute tighter around the unhappy miles. tills house! prey. girl. Dale gratefully seized the moNow, what was Fleming The detective put the receiver to BRIGHAM CITY Brigham Citys mentary respite and sank into a clmir. here?" he asked Dale in a ills ear aein. for budget with a total of $124 1928, Tlie looked detective at her. Just what did you hear? he said, voice. 028.09, was fixed by the city council at I think she knows more than shes him Should she tell the truth? No stolidly. its meeting held this week from the telling. Shes concealing something!" Jack Bailey's safvt.v was too InexMiss Cornelias voice shook. taxes a total of $44,500 is exlie with said, deadly Inteiitness. "The general Dreadful groans and what seemed tricably bound tip whh the whole pected, while $45,S90 is expected from tlie of of nephew the Union president .She must Be and lie busiuess. to be an Inarticulate effort to speak! the municipal electric plant; $19,000 Imnk shot In his own Lizzie drew her gaudy wrapper again while there was any chump of the bank lias failed house the day from water system; $2494.09 from irthat's queer a lies being believed. closer about her shuddering form. rigation; $3350 from licenses, $5000 Now he turned back to enough I don't know." she said wnjkly, "I'd go somewhere," she wailed In from the city court, $2500 from tbs Miss Cornelia. But when the only the voice of a lost soul, if I only had trying to avoid the defectives eyes. $294 from parking district, cemetery; his at person present murder Is the Anderson took thought. somewhere to go !" who's engaged to the guilty and $1000 from miscellaneous. girl Well, Ill ask that question another Miss Cornelia quelled her with a PLEASANT GROVE One hundred cashier!" he continued, watching Miss IIow did lie get Into way, he said. thousand glare and turned back to the detecfleeces, weighing approxi- Cornelias as face the full force of his the house? tive. niate'y 900,000 pounds, which com- sank words into her I mind, to want no Dale brightened need for a lie Won't you send these men to Inprise the famous Jericho wool pool, know more about it !" vestigate or go yourself?" she said, here. 'ere purchased by C. I. Tuttle and (TO BE CONTINUED.) j J. O. Loughlin of Salt Laker represen-- ! indicating Brooks and Billy. The detective thought swiftly. tatives of Draper & Co. of Boston. A You 51y place is here," he said. flat price of 35 cents per pound was two men." Brooks and Billy moved in paid for the wool, with a 1 per cent Mask of the Clubman Dropped forward to take his orders, take andiscount for tags. A cash advance of From Fleming Completely. other look through the house don't Cheerfulness is more precious than Tlie cheerful optimist makes the j $1.00 per fleece was made. John Old-- ! leave the building I'll want you from figure to figure idly, notng ungreat riches. If 1 were founding a progress of humanity; the growling royd and George Cook of Fountain Green represented the pool as selling new religion its first commandment important details. Hilly was still in pretty soon. pessimist would turn oack the wheel Brooks or Jack Bailey, as we mny his white coat and his face, impasshould be: "Thou slmlt be cheerful." of time. Abas with pessimism ! Let agent3. as well call him through the remainder sive as ever, showed not the slightest If I were instituting a new school cheerfulness reign supreme. PRICE Hearing on the injunction Exsurprise. Ilrooks and Anderson were of this narrative started to obey. of medicine its fundamental principle change. issued by Judge George Christensen of on fell Miss his Cornelias likewise eye dressed but Then be: Cheerfulness on the part completely Carbon county to restrain the state Miss Cornelia had evidently begun to revolver, which Anderson had taken of the doctor, and for the patient good road commission and contractors from Blindness Reduced retire for the night when she had from beside Flemings body and still cheer. with the construction of proceeding In The held his hand, heard the shot her transformation of blindness, the feJeral aid clasped underpins For in tlie symphony of life much highway project in whether the result of aisease or was askew and she wore a dressing-gown- . If you'll give me that revolver " gold without cheerfulness is as soundt, Price canyon will be held at Price, Deis ReAs fqr Lizzie, that worthy and In 18 usually brass he began in an offhand tone, hoping ignorance. tinkling cymbal. ing years cember 29. it was announced Thursthe percentage of children in the shivered in a gaudy wrapper adorned Anderson would not see through ids ligion without cheerfulness is a mockat the offices of the state rood schools far tlie blind who lost their day with incredible orange flowers, with little ruse. Once wiped clean of finery. Success in the cure of most malcommission. II. S. Kerr, chief enginher hair done up in Dale gerprints, the revolver would not be adies depends upon faith and hope sight because of ophthalmia, neonaeer of the road commission, and W torum enables sore eyes) for cen saw It all, and was never after to forsjch telling evidence against Dale and cheerfulness. Hal Farr, deputy attorney general, turies the principal cause of iiiimim-scheerfulness perget one single detail of it. The optimist Ogden. 111 appear for the state at the hear-ng- , has been reduced more than 53 The detective was beside her now, But Anderson was not to be caught sonified; the pessimist a walking and Mr. Ker expressed confi-'encsxouch. examining Fleming body with jpro- - napping. the difficulty couM b straight ned out Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood lo rmilur of mur- - ftr and "He bad a key. "Key la whut duorf Tbf door oxer there." Pale Indicated tho terrace door of the eleove. The detective was about to aak question then be paused. Mlaa Cornelle waa talking on tha phon. "Hello I that Mr. Juhnauna residence? la Doctor Wella there? No?" waa puzzled. "Oh all Her rxpn-loright thank you good night" Flit rung off, and bung up the phone. Meanwhile Anderson had teen listening but thinking e well. Dule uw hi sharp glance travel over to ihe flreplnexs rest for e moment, n air of discovery, on the fragment of the roll of btueprlnta that reinuined unhurried among the ashes return She shut her eye for e moment, trying tensely to summon every alom of shrewdness she possessed lo aid her. He wi hammering at hr wlih question again. "When did you take thut revolver out of the table drawer?" When I heard him outside on the terrace," said Dale promptly end wa frlghteiied." irtilhfully. Lizzie tiptoed over to Mlsa Cornelia. You wauled a detective!" slit suid in an Ironic whisper. I hoe you're happy now you've got one !" Mist Cornelia gave her a lik that sent her seuttllng back to tier former bullet-vhnmhe- r. r d blue-prin- uugra-ciousl- e r n sn-iste- r Cheerfulness a Factor Symphony of Life nccl-den- curl-paper- -- s |