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Show THE RICH C0ITN1Y REAPER. RANDOLPH. UTAH U H A CURV SS ' Copyright by Richard Hoftmann Soot water is excellent for plants. Put soot taken from chimneys, fur- naces and stoves into a bag and suspend bag In a pail of water. Let stand for a week before using. By RICHARD HOFFMANN vjnU Service r. ter. It was bourbon, and not of this decade either ; and even before they tasted it they had tacitly acknowledged There is nothing like a beautiful piece of red lacquer to give the note of color that lifts a room from Its 6tate of former drabness. It may be a magazine rack or a coffee table, but the lacquered pieces we have in mind are exquisitely done with a fii'ish5 as smooth and suave as an The designs in gold are eggshell. fine and delicate and the appearance of these exceptionally lovely pieces is quite different from the average lacquered furniture. Gosh, Barry called from the back, night, my darling, she said hurriedly. Im a coward a coward, and Im so wouldnt It be fun to see their show? sorry. his It be critifathers bitter would, said Kerrigan. Itd Following cism- of his Idle life, and the withShe bad her band away from him. that this time was ripe for something fun to see it, and stow away In those drawal of financial assistance, Hal Ire- cars afterward." and quickly 6he was at the nuns side more than a nightcap. Kerrigan hooked land, only son of a wealthy banker, a chair toward him with his toe and finds himself practically without funds Itd be fun, said Hal, to do al- in the lighted doorway. swung his feet up on It before he said, but with the promise of a situation in most anything. And in saying that, San Francisco, which he must reach, there was a Ill bet yon, said Kerrigan, and the on a relaxed key, Its a good totrip: separate sharing of this from' New York, within a definite time us more of It coming moment with both Barry and Kerrigan. smoking cigarette end in the corner of and theres limit.' He takes passage with a cross yet. thankful comfort that could put his mouth looked short enough to burn country auto party on a share exsaid Hope not more of it only, If cake mixture has been made too pense basis. With flse other members him, Ill bet you If we went In to the uneasiness of a minute ago away Hal. of the party, an attractive girl, Barry do not add more milk to It. stiff would a we find could town something The night Giles Kerrigan; almost put it quite away. Trafford; middle-age- f Theres a toast no bourbons too Beat an egg and add gradually until our under hats. us out knock from to near his was and indinow, coming an a . Sister Anastasia, nun; and for, Kerrigan said quickly, al- mixture is of desired thickness. Ill bet you we couldnt, said Hal good vidual whom he instinctively dislikes Barry, to the rout of fear from her most as if there were something a litMartin Crack,- he starts his Journey bravery, and to his hope of Fortune listlessly, the echo of Rasputins long tle foolish about saying it. A good Barrys reticence annoys him. To Kerbet ears in Ill his Something quite different in the again. t droning in the world. rigan he takes at once, but he is unhe went on, in spite of some- way of ash trays are trip, we two couldnt charming little somethings you able to shake off a feeling of uneasiIowa rolled in tireless nndulations. something queer going on oak leaves made of hammered silver. ness. He distrusts Crack, althouh the road taped over them like the Sir, a wager," said Kerrigan. Do thing funny, He stopped as Hals look And beside that finding his intimacy with Kerrigan ripbeing extremely useful scar of a careful cut, the com- we ride or walk? he a makes and little progress Maybe you know they have the added virtue of being promptly sharpened. ening, not Hal. far. said Its Walk, with Barry. Through a misunderstanding loops visible from each rise. The all about it, he said. in keeping with your table silver. So In spite of the fact that he had no sun went behind a long, fagged cloud ing, at a stopping place, Hal is diI dont know a thing about It, many ash trays look out of place If rected to Barry's room, instead of his in the west, edging it with white in use for it, he felt the soft, impermasaid Hal, but every so often it gives you want to put them on the table. own. Propinquity seems to soften Barof a stars. fan It the under nent refreshment and they exchange candescence and spreading me a scunner, makes me feel somerys unfriendliness, kisses. - .Next day Hal tells ' Barry he tapered shafts below. They crossed was to him as if, out of a world mur- thing might be going to happen. To prevent shoulder straps slipping loves her. She only answers that she the Skunk river, and rolled on over the murous with simple expectancy and Yknow, cut a piece of tape long enough watching began, off, Kerrigan mustn't love him, without giving any sun in hushed the unentangled pleasure dips and rises toward the sinking to answer a to hold straps. Sew one end of tape bartender reason. the young pass If there had been a chance of per- resting of the night, he were singled knock at the door, we had gifts once, to inside of dress on shoulder seam. suading Mrs. Pulsipher to put up with out for traffic with deviousness and couple of of snap fastener years ago, Then sew CHAPTER V Continued , the facilities of a little place called complication. Put into plain order of awhen we were roaring around Middle onto shoulder seam and the other on 11 Agency, Hal and Kerrigan would have words, it was ail so straightforward: Europe in bearskins, looking out for the loose end of the tape. un danced merrily eyes stopped there, for the taste of its he loved Barry ; she indicated by every ourselves and making darn few misKerrigans der their half mustaches. Youre sure name. But Ottumwa was close be look, every gesture, every shading of takes we had gifts then that have the torque hasnt taken charge? he yond, and they- found clean tourist her low voice that she was, at the ot good and rusty since. Sometimes said. .Wouldnt like to stop off for a cabins in a grove of trees beside the least, ready to love him. So there they we get some use out of em in cold shower somewhere down the Des Moines river, where the hopeful were or should be. If she wasnt sure hunches, intuitions; sometimes one of tine? snug squeaking of crickets in the of herself, she could tell him so; if those rusty gadgets will get contact-t- ry more definite barrier Stop for nothing, suh, said Hal. 1 grass made the- gathered evening seem there was a to do its job and our civilized, to him, it could be her comingcooler. Lard , against want the Mississippi, what Ring minds cant make out what that ' The oer Jokingly called the Father of Waproprietor said that, given time, spoken, faced, and if not demolished bumping is in the cellar; it makes us then circumvented. That was so sim uncomfortable. If ters. It is out here somewhere,. Isnt his old lady would throw together as you could harness v and a feed, and better, It? , cheaper, pie. Barry was candid of nature, as that, even without understanding it good Was last time I came through," than any they could get in them honorable as her golden head, her The bartender came to their table said Kerrigan, the sparkle of his look places uptown. Hal took Rasputin to lithe body, were lovely; yet she ran leaned bis hands on it, looking and , in-a garage and supervised his priming from him, left him to a darkened, laughing with and at Hals. at its down surface, which in he felt for tomorrow. And when he got back, definable complexity Hal had a glimpse of Barrys face he wants in, Theres somebody renearness of fear and restive a the He her eyes, unpreoccupied, gave him the others were halfway through he knows you two. said. "Says membered the prescience of something brief. Intimate approval, and his heart meal that had even such intrepid ap looked at Kerrigan. COMES BEFORE as the impending, something that seemed to up working Pulsiphers petites at Hal in dubious sang , higher. Kerrigan glanced of out the in stealth future, had Hal prowl As each vista gave way to another hill. The full buoyancy that then up at the young man Elimination of Body Waste carried through the afternoon still re vanish into it again when he looked expectance, know anybody here," he level run over closely farmed country Dont again. to see its He of account shape. to take fused Is warily hunger. Doubly Important Hal grew Impatient for. that coming giving his head a shake that was best he could, so that the Thank heaven for Kerrigan good said, No. Tell him hes in the crucial months before habv arrives not quite final. to the rim of a long plateau which he did the swift old lady shouldnt be hurt ; Kerrigan. Hal had started out with made a- mistake ; or wait, Ill look at it is vitally important that the body be rid conceived would reveal the Mississippi proprietors wheD Barry pushed her chair back him for the purpose of getting a stiff, hut He dropped his feet and heaved of waste matter. Your intestines must funchim. flat and blue and broad, lying infinitely his beher and table drink tion regularly, completely without griping. from the resentful squeaked venting long aqd on horizon of veils the off toward the himself up reluctantly. combus! his on abandoned he whatever the at Doc, gloom leaguered either hand. Then, after they had set lips Just talking about it had brought Why Physicians Recommend ness abruptly and followed her out- panion chose to talk about But just unsubstantial whisper of pretied down to what seemed another that Miinesia Wafers doors. in walking beside him, Kerrigans air monition Hal These near somewhere whole country of unwatered farmland. wafers are candy-likagain; of confiFresh eagerness exulted in his blood, of unacquisitive cursed it, and the interruption that pure milk of magnesia in solid form-m- uch Kerrigan took the dead cigarette end tried to lift his body with a hundred dence of soul to his in the propriety from his lips and leaned forward, left him there alone with it pleasanter to take than liquid. Each him to anything that might happen, brought different urged excitements, is wafer and screen approximately equal to a full adult the he Behind said the doorlatch The old fella, quietly; Chewed and shout out his joy for these Hals hopes a little away from the clicked and there was a moment of dose of liquid milk of magnesia. he added, as if he meant It to be all leap then Bwallowed, they correct He stopped her dominion of bafflement and left his of hints thoroughly, immortality. me treat you Then without surprise or silence. very casual, Here, let acidity in the mouth and throughout the with his hand, turned her to uneasy brooding to wait voice said, Why, digestive system, and insure regular, com to your first Mississippi crossing." He walking Kerrigans pleasure, while ner held he a Down said, him and on street. went the Barry, up They hello there, splash; and he came back plete elimination without pain or effort. reached into his trousers pocket, Jinweve got to go somewhere-quicklalley with a wrecking into the room looking gloomily thoughtMiinesia Wafers come in bottles of 20 and gling change. In the light from her cabin under car and some stacks of old tires in ful. Martin Crack ambled after him, 48, at 35c and 60c respectively, and in They went out on the narfow track the trees, he saw that her smile was it, they came to a door that had his smooth skinned face under tidy convenient tins for your handbag containslowly, each slanted girder flicking a slow, the droop of her slow, Office printed on the dark glass ; and hair barely stirred by the slight unas- ing 12 at 20c. Each wafer is approximately Hal gentle echo at them, and neither ; .1 she one adult dose of milk of magnesia. AU .we .a3 said, Hal, cant," Kerrigat) knocked briskly. A crack suming smile. nor Kerrigan spoke.' Halfway across, weary. una for on been her had good drug stores sell andrecommend them. he if long urging light opened, bright revealing Sit down, sit down, Kerrigan grumMrs. Pulsiphers voice bustled sudbeI couldnt tell couldnt smoke tobacco you stirred layers of time. Start using these delicious, effective bled at him. Why, this Is the denly into the car; what I have to Im too' tired to be yond a screen, and a dim strip of face gently laxative wafers today BE CONTINUED) (TO river. Mississippi I shouldnt tell you ' its hop- that held one steady eye. strong. Professional samples sent free to registered It it Is," said John, as if shed ing, wishing, praying about you thats said here? Pete dentists if request is made or Kerrig' physicians Irish Water Spaniel Is waked him out of guilty reverie. made me so tired, but I want to tell on professional letterhead. Select Products, No. Is it, Mr. Kerrigan? Hal, - we cant Because I Like to see where he works, said Dependable Hunting Dog Inc., 4402 23rd St., Long Island City, N. Y. you, ' a "The original, mam. moved She in. to All Ive go got go: Spaniels take kindly to water, Kerrigan. 35c & 60c Hal said ,to Kerrigan, Remember little, as if she were going to let her but for long steady work In chilled He dont work nights. bottles Huck Finn and that nigger on the head go against his shoulder. But she Frlsby sent us. Ive got his penny." waters, wherein other dogs would permerwith Irish The strip of face vanished and the ish, jthe extremely stopped herself,, and her low, lovely raft; the loaves of bread. water spaniel, accurate and almost incury in em floating down and a can- voice murmured, My darling." door swung wider. You dont have to tell me anything, non booming over the water from the It was a small, unpolished room with exhaustible In this work, wins the assaid Hal, shocked by the quiet decision perhaps four tables and a short bar, signment. Largest and most hardy of ferry boat, to raise their bodies. of this a mirror behind Gad, sir, wasnt 1 Just thinking of that was trying to rob him that, and on display all spaniels, he is among the best gun looked to: all so he had time surely half startled, s said a museum collection of old, la- dogs, a retriever on land, that? Kerrigan there to me, to the half pleased, as if it were a Joint ex- you have to do is listen You but unexcelled in water. beled, but empty bottles. can rest, I must' tell you. His peculiar, but honest face, Is long They sat down at a table, and a perience which he thought Hal might things a litWalarm to there, them up old cross just the listening never "I dark competent" young man waited and bare of the profuse tight curl that The Original Milk of Magnesia have forgotten. sit Well river. the against swear tle by way, . rogue without thinking of it I without speaking.' Kerrigan turned to encases his entire body, except for the tree, and - when you want me to him pleasantly. Whats the bourbon odd thin tail. Small sparkling eyes, Just that minute I was nowhere stop, Ill stop and you can sleep on sltchation? he said. There was no par- set almost flush and void of eyelash, else but there. shoulder. 1 promise, If you tell me ticular in which you could have said Then theres more than one mind my I wont produce a most charming expression. from surface conditions speak again not a word, the young mans expression yielded to faint to, reader along, said Hal drlly Though he may provoke a laugh upon not be endured. need even what keeps on running and not . ease, yet it did first sight, his quaintness and smart check upon his full pleasure. 'Make your skin clearer in all my nerves, muscles, Kerrigans friendly trembling some as mustard gaze will soon win one change; and he said, We got rand smoother with "Meaning?" said Kerrigan. heart, tongue, everything: I love you. staff here in Kentucky bottles, but over to a r Hal gave a brief shake of his head, I love sympathetic smile. so that . . you you wouldnt call it bourbon. True native of the Emerald Isle, his aware of Crack sitting , behind him. Hal, dont, oh, dont, please, Hal then? had Hal. looked at he Rye, aware that Kerrigan origin has defied all research. We can retrospectively Her free hand gripped his ' he said. bnt guess that his deep liver coloring been there all- - afternoon. i Hal darling. whether tell arm hard, and he couldnt Fine, said Hal. 5135 came from the Irish setter, his curls of WNU W had the curious . Impulse to re- it shook to enforce what she said or Kerrigan looked up and said Rye. call what hed thought and said In whether the desperation' that shivered hair, from the curly poodle, and his The young man stood there watch disposition, that time, as you might try to rememunder hef, voice was in her body, too, ing Kerrigan steadily; he said, Want kind affectionate playful ' . from both. ber what youd done In a room where severe in Hal said qoiet. some bourbon? Barry, Then He is 50 pounds of qnaintness and you find yobve been watched. Youve got to listen." Why do you Bourbon?" said Kerrigan, with just devotion. Los Angeles Times off the shook and himself be caught to do you try the right mixture of interest and InCrack might Sit frighten yourself? Why quick discomfort. me before youve let me say credulity. frighten with Gun Operated by Sun there as knowingly, ds pleased 1 must say, before Half a minute, the young man said WHEN kidneys function badly and ' private, drowsy thoughts as he liked what A time gun operated by the sun, and of a was Her exclamation Vv you suffer e nagging backache;, whimper crisply and disappeared through use num a of out for been which has he had nothing to do with Hal or the with dizziness, burning, scanty or too fear, and she turned her frantic head door beside the bar. moment into or this of years was recently brought Mississippi "Now there you are, said Hal sin- ber frequent urination ana getting up el toward the cabin. Sister Anastasia'! The famous little In Paris. action Then Kerrigan tossed up a thick a on Id be night; when you feel tired, nervous, lived to hundred, the I door neat, The' If lighted opened cerely. shore ell upset bronze cannon In the gardens of the use Doans Pills. ' Here it is fifteen finger to indicate the Burlington nuns the raw .with room never the of have boards, gift Doans are especially for poorly where their bridge ran over the rail silhouette in the oblong. Yes, sweet?" minutes after you decide you want a Palais Royal, which had been silent working kidneys. Millions of boxes That belongs," he said. Four she said, her modest voice tranquil drink In a strange town, and you not for years, was fired to Inaugurate a way. are used every year. They ere recomcannon is cars stood on a sld fete. TJie Paris charity white mended the country over. Ask your and soothing as the sound of a little only get it but get something special, curvature on sun suffered the of which, for It I need fired by the rays trees. ing, - a patiently without almost asking wind neighbor! among sleeping t to their wooden spines, broad roofs reaching the meridian, ignite the I Just wanted to know yon lessons. Sister, a black powder on the touchhole and smoothed down over there. - Im coming now. Please , The young man came back with window-archegay with mar were Ker full. explode the charge. Up to a few ye;:r veteran bottle, wait for me. She bowed her head sides, white their Along label i!ed glass reverently ago the cannon was fired every read the stained "Haven as If to see more clearly the joining rigan ' the stroke of noon. and wefor waited ci. i(t Mtep were painted;. glasses while they of their bands in the dimness Good cre.it Worlds Fait Shows. 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