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Show A UINTAH BASIN RECORD By y to rounds and MARTHA and in " So long, darling!" she sang and jumped quickly into the car. Take care of yourself," he said huskily, "and dont drive too fast. Good-b- OSTENSO O MARTHA OSTENSO WNU SERVICE THE STORY THUS FAR independent Autumn Dean, returning home to British Columbia from home of Hector Cardigan, not have come home, that the Noms, she is greeted who gives her to understand that she s wel-"lby her father. Jarvis Dean, a short vlslt- - Her mother- - former belle named Millicent Odell, has Autumn cannot understand her father's attitude, though "jead tor years. to understand that she Is home for good. Her father gives a welcom-Vc- e at the castle. Autumn meets Florian Parr, dashing, Late In the evening Autumn leaves the dance, ; man of the countryside. ,orSeback to the neighboring ranch where she meets Bruce Landor, friend childhood days. He takes her to see his mother, a.i Invalid. ampion of her As soon as his mother sees wer is dead, thought to have killed himself. she commands Bruce to take her away, that death follows In the wake of .ells. Autumn is both saddened and perplexed. Bruce, apologetic, can offer Autumn calls again on Hector Cardigan this .'son for his mother's attitude. the reason for Mrs. Landor's outburst From his conversation m 6nd out erred that Geoffrey Landor killed himself because he loved Millicent Dean, -- other. Meanwhile, Bruce Landor rides to the spot where his father's Autumn and he talk of ias found years before. There he meets Autumn. They agree that her mother and his father loved each other families. Is love cause of the present artagomsm. Florian Parr, at ,and that their She refuses him. The next day asile for dinner, proposes to Autumn. In a herders cabin. There they declare their love for each ji meets Bruce to stand and determine together against everyone who might come Autumn tells her father that she is going to marry Bruce. She is them. and is agonized to hear him whisper that Geoffrey ,i to see his reaction, own life. He tells her the story. Millicent, his wife, r did not take his jeoffrey Landor had fallen in love with each other. ' at the and Lake ta 1 $2 :ated Wholesale by mail. Fhr 'ty. Utah ntor itv, Utah TERS ,e,y knowledge, stops at the !thout her father he should anuly fnend. He tells her that home at the Castle of Arriving changed. ,ve CHAPTER V .smn Farms A REALTY .ake City. :e Continued heard Jarvis hands up and down the arms mov-Jow- ly chair. must have gone a little mad he went on after a pause. JRES was no use in my trying Id her. I knew that She was alt Lake already, you see. But I couldnt :er go. I hoped that I might do :thing to win her back, perhaps, reeks went by, but I soon knew s hopeless. She was kindness to me, but she would forget itimes and go about the house one in a dream. She would sit me throughout a whole evening ved by sever speak a word. I became HCED :one day and went over to see iches ,t Landor when Geoffrey was In i I asked her if she knew what going on between Millicent and sband, She denied that it was out I knew she was fully aware fiy tv. Utah 1 She was too proud to admit I was a little unreasonable, I s. I told her what I thought of oman who could not keep her :and to herself. She told me to ,M L,k some and look after my wife. . was the last time I spoke to e Landor, except for politeness a we met in public. :e ypes, for Porch, K5 voice had become very low js strangely controlled. Spring came, and I knew Milli-- i and Geoffrey were having but there was not a breath candaL I said nothing at first :id nothing until I could stand it longer. Then I I gave orders, ade Millicent a prisoner in her i house. I forbade her going where beyond the grounds unless ent with her. Perhaps I was sh in that. At any rate, I kept n apart. Millicent didnt pro-I- f this had been one of her ' flirtations, you see, she would e died rather than give in to me. it wasnt This was real to her id she didnt utter a word of est. She obeyed me to the I heard that Geof-- ' was drinking heavily and neg-inhis work. The gossip of that on every tongue. When he was id shot to death by his own gun was easy enough to suppose that as either suicide or accident utumn gathered her hands to-ltightly about her knees. I had gone up north to look at e wolf traps I had set the day ire. I had told no one I was for I wished to be alone the woods and think over my Diem. It was early summer and ent on foot I carried a fowling-l- e with me in the hope that I ,ht raise a partridge along the !. Millicent was very fond of the ast of partridge. It was still when I went out along way we go to Absoloms camp down the gully you wanted to ow that morning after you came ne. At the farther end of the ches I flushed a couple of par-igand brought them down. I it on and inspected the traps I i set. I found them empty and urned the same way I had come. 1 entered the birches, I came n a brood of partridge chicks t kept running before me and ing under leaves and keeping the ids alive with their ceaseless rping. I realized then that they e the brood that belonged to the ce of birds I had bagged only an r before. I was sorry for them, "member, even then. le paused for a long time, and a 'i of unutterable weariness med to pass all through his body, umn turned slightly and clung f, but ren-vou- r? ) finest siness ! alned I men EGE g er e, iL 0 II e a ' y It es ND 3 1, 2 4 H knees. was there that Geoffrey Lan- rode down upon me, Jarvis fat last He had evidently been I don't know what it was king ' brought him down there Just 1 He couldnt have known that as there. He No one knew. bed surprised at first, and looked be as if he did not know me. b he got down from his horse came to where 1 was standing. ' ntronted me with an insolance Cll me beside myself. I shall r Lint taunting laugh oi his to I mg day and into eternity ' 'o quiet him, knowing that he been drinking, but it only an-him the more When 1 turned I" away from him, he stepped '' y in front of me and whipped h's revolver. He told me he J but go on living without Milli bis H y n;; . K.oo M 00 1 loom ub :d r cent that it had tt be either him or me. It took me a minute or so to understand what he meant. He was actually challenging me to a dueL He looked magnificent as a god as he stood there instructing me with cool arrogance what I must do. Even then I did not believe that he meant to go through with it. To me it seemed an insane thing, even in those days. Then he called me something it was an epithet that not only involved my own honor but Millicents as well and I struck him. I struck him with all my might I wanted to kill him. He lifted his hand quickly the one with the revolver in it probably to guard against the blow perhaps to kill me. I do not know what was in his mind. I saw him fall face downwards and I heard his gun explode at the same instant a sort of muffled sound. I watched him then, and waited for him to get up. But he didnt rise. I kneeled and turned him over. Geoffrey Landor was dead. Autumns burning eyes were buried against his knees, but no tears came. The image behind her lids seemed to have seared away all emotion. What I did immediately after that I do not know, Jarvis continued. My memory there is a blank. I think I dragged his body to .the water to revive him if possible. When I saw he was past all help, I left him in the shallow water, face downstream at the sound of the shot. I looked around me and wondered what I should do. And in the stillness came only the chirping of the partridge chicks. I turned and ran out of the gully. When 1 reached the open, on the top of the hill there where the trail turns eastward to the sheep camp, I sat down and thought of what I must do. I became very calm. I soon "knew there was but one thing I could do. If I had gone to the authorities and told my story just as it all had come about I would probably not have been believed. I wouldnt have minded that, although life meant much more to me then than it does now. What I did not want was that the whoie story involving Millicent should be brought to light. So far as anyone knew, Millicent and I were as happy together as we had always been. For her sake as much as for my own, I think, I resolved to say nothing about it to anyone. I came back home. Late that night, I saddled my horse and left word that I was riding down to Absolom's camp. Something drew me back to the spot where I had last seen Geoffrey alive. I think I expected to find him alive still. I don't know. 1 rode as far as the entrance Xa the gully and halted to listen for some sound that might reassure me. As I stood and listened, I heard nothing but the mad chirping of the partridge chicks. I have never gone back there since. The next day, one of his own men found Geoffreys body where I had left it. I went to Millicent that night and told her that I was sorry. She had been I told her exactly what weeping. had happened. She did not look at me. She said, Your secret is safe with me, Jarvis. Before the end of the summer she died of a fever. His voice was emotionless now as the stark tale came to an end. He leaned forward slightly and clasped his hands. Now you know why I did not want you to come back here, he I did not want you said simply. to come back to this. You have nothing to fear. Da," Autumn murmured. Nothing to fear? God in heavenl Geoffrey Landor destroyed my life. It was not enough for him that he robbed me of my wifes love. He laid upon me the responsibility of his own death. I have never recovI have ered from that, Autumn. borne it all these years in secret. And now you tell me you want to marry the son of the man. It will kill me. As though she were suddenly invested with a strength not her own. Autumn got to her feet and smiled down at Jarvis as she extended her hands. Come, Da, she said softly, "it must be as though It has never happened. We shall never speak of It ft hand that had lain inert on the arm of the chair brushed across the stricken eyes, my poor little Autumn there seems no end. She lifted her head proudly. You are wrong," she said. There is an end even to this. Her breath caught her, in spite of herself, like a barb In the throat I must have been mad tonight but I didnt know. She threw her arms fiercely about him, ail the pride and loyalty of her blood in the embrace. He patted her hand, and his lips moved without a sound. Presently they got up together and walked in silence out of the room. Autumns arm about her father, his hand leaning heavily on her CHAPTER VI Throughout the interminable night Autumn knelt at her window in the darkness, watching the stars wheel across the sensuous velvet of a sky lately cleared of rain, until at last the blood red sail of a waning moon stood in 'the west, and she knew it was only a brief hour or so before dawn. Cramped with chill, she crept back into bed. In the fitful sleep that came to her, she dreamt that Bruce Landor was dead, and that somehow she had caused his death. She awoke to a thin, gray daylight, to find that her face was wet with y violets, buttercups, larkspur and grass would be shining under dew as though beneath a great glass dome, and if she glanced aside in a sweet, leafy dell, there would be and iris and But these were not for her now, she thought bitterly, as she stared at the road that ran crazily before her, uncurling like a toy serpent of painted paper. Where the trail branched southward to Kelowna, she swung her car to the left and followed the road to Kamloops. The morning was young and there would be plenty of time to run in upon Hector Cardigan before going on to the Parrs. Old Hector was at work among his flowers in front of the house as she drove up. She blew her horn and he lifted his head and looked at blue-eye- d ladys-slippe- ing. Later at their early breakfast ta- ble, which Hannah had made lovely with a centerpiece of daisies and cowslips on a yellow linen cloth, Autumn met her father with a mood as fresh and bright as Hannahs flowers. She had dressed in a skirt and jacket of bright blue wool, with a gay ruffled blouse of sheer batiste, a costume which had once before drawn from Jarvis one of his rare expressions of pleasure. Im all ready to leave for Kelowna, Da," she said. "I do wish you were going along. It would do you heaps of good. He looked at her with surprise. "I didnt think you were going till this afternoon," he said. "Ive changed my mind, she replied. Hannah brought In the steaming cereaL As the old woman busied herself about the table, Autumn stole a glance at her father. It was apparent that he had had a sleepless night. Haggard lines underscored his eyes, and his stem mouth was set in a straight line of pain. But his manner betrayed nothing of what he had suffered during the night. He glanced up with a heavy frown at Hannah. "Did you remember to salt the oatmeal this morning?" he asked with elaborate severity. Hannah glanced at him disdainSalt causes hardening of fully. she retorted. the arteries," "Theres plenty in yon porridge for you. sir. Autumn laughed, and Jarvis pretended to heave a deep, patient sigh. The meal progressed with small talk of things about the ranch, of the children of Tom Willmar, the foreman, of the likelihood of a good fruit and hay crop. If Autumn had never before been grateful for the presence of old Hannah, she gave silent thanks now to that homely, faithful body who sat at table with them, unconsciously helping to tide them over a painfully difficult hour The meal finished. Autumn prepared at once to leave for Kelowna She did not again urge Jarvis to ac company her. but before she got into her car she threw her arms about his neck and clung to him foi without a word. No doldrums now. Daddy," she a long moment whispered. He smiled at her, a grim, twisted and she slapped him mann'sh smile, again." He looked up at her and smiled ly on the shoulder and then was "My poor obliged to turn away as she saw in whimsical sadness little Autumn," he said, and the the tears start to his bleak eyes. Nuts. When finely Chopping chopped nuts are needed for cakes, salads or sandwiches run the nuts through a her. food-choppi- machine. Making Muffins. Muffins should be mixed just enough to moisten all ingredients, but should not be stirred. Stirring develops gluten in the flour and makes the muffins elastic and tough. Read the labels on canned foods. tell the number of slices contained in the can. Others give additional useful information about the contents. Many About Grapefruit. A soft, discolored area at the stem end of a grapefruit indicates decay and decay, even in one small spot, will affect the flavor of the whole fruit. Picking Lemons. Lemons that skin and are have a heavy for their size are usually of a better quality and have more juice than those that are coarse-texture- d and light in weight. fine-textur- Well, well! he greeted her as she came through the gate. "Youre abroad early. Im running away, Hector," she Protect House Plants. Drafts replied with a laugh. of cold air or night temperatures He cast an anxious glance at her. that handicap There was no way of telling what house approach It freezing is best to remove plants. notions these youngsters might take. them from windows for the nigi. Besides, the girl was an OdelL enFrom whom this time? he Attractive Centerpiece. A woodquired, half banteringly. en salad bowl of the From myself, of course, she chopping variety makes an attracstated. "Who else? Old Hector shook his head. You'll tive centerpiece for the holiday not find that easy, my dear," he ob- party if it is filled with appetizers served. "But come along into the assorted. Surround the bowl with holly, pine and mistletoe sprigs. house. ran She before him up the steps, through the open doorway, and into the drawing room where all the shades were drawn to exclude the morning sun. Lets have light, Hector! she cried and hurried from one window to another to lift the shades. One SUCCESSFUL DEMOCRACY would swear you were trying to hide something in this old house of yours. chief problem of democracy, if 'T'HE Its positively spooky! Iit is to be successful and continuHe watched her, a helpless expression in his eyes, then smiled ing, is the moral education and guidance faintly as she tossed her gloves and of the individual, and not the suppreshat upon a chair and helped herself sion of the individual in the supposed to a cigarette from a box on the taDr. interest of some mass or group. ble. Nicholas Murray Dutlcr, President of Theres little a man of my age Columbia University . has to hide from the world, he her. One never knows how well a thing is hidden, my dear, until someone attempts to seek it out, he replied evasively. Autumn looked about at the tapestry-hung walls, then flicked the ash from her cigarette. Nor how poorly it is hidden until someone blunders upon it, she added. He smiled and rocked back and forward on the balls of his feet. He wondered what the girl was getting at. Quite so, he agreed, "quite so. Autumn got suddenly to her feet and tossed her cigarette away. What a romantic old fraud you are! she said abruptly. Me? I have never thought of myself she interrupted him, Hector, why didnt you tell me everything you knew when I came here to talk with you last week? He regarded her suspiciously. "Did I withhold something? he asked her. She eyed him narrowly. I am asking you why, she replied. Hector's look was a challenge. "I prefer to be my own judge, my dear, 8S to what I shall tell concerning other people or concerning myself, for that matter, he said. Autumn stepped close to him and laughed a little shrilly, he thought, a little bitterly. Don't you get hoity-toity with little Autumn, now, she chided mockingly. You can keep your old secrets. I know all thats worth knowing about them, anyhow. Damn the girls taunting mood. Hector thought to himself. She was her mother all over again. IIuw often he had seen Millicent turn suddenly flippant when she wanted to conceal her true feelings, whether of disappointment over a trivial thing or of grief so deep that it broke her impetuous, wild heart. "The gesture seems oddly familiar," he observed. Autumn's anger flared suddenly. It will become even more familiar, then, she retorted. "I have discovered who I am. From now on. I'm through with trying to be what I was never meant to be! It can't be done. Im going to be myself, Hector Cardigan!" The old mans face had gone strangely pale. Don't look startled, Hector. Your secrets are perfectly safe with me as Jarvis Dean's secrets. If men choose to fall in love nnd kill each other over a wuman, it's no affair of mine. Let the tradition go on. Its the Basque bell, Hector, and nothing that you or I can ever do will ever stop it ringing!" (TO Dt: Patchwork border for lunch cloth. 'T'HE new uses or crazypatch and print sections apart and use stitches in Sewing Book 3 have aroused so much interest that it set us to thinking of smart new ways to use pieced quilt block This border pieced of designs. small patterned cotton prints of all kinds and colors put together with red and blue strips is the result. It is very striking and deoorative for lunch cloth shown here which, by the way, is made of unbleached muslin bags. The seams where the bags are joined to make the cloth the desired size are covered with straight bands of the red and blue material as shown at the right. The diagram at the lower left shows you how to make a pattern for the blue, red and print pieces. 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