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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH Uncle CHAPTER X Continued 16 Go on, Maggie. You looked down and then what? I see a swell dressed fella talking to the boss. I couldnt see his face cause his hat was pulled low; you know, the kind you see in the classy ads. Could you hear what they were saying? No. That window was closed. I open the front one in cold weather, an, gee, has it been cold in that attic What did you do next? Went back to bed, Inspector. The girls voice had cleared. Rising excitement was driving out fear. I must have gone to sleep again for the next thing I knew I was sit-ti-n up straight in bed calling out: Whos shootin? I switched on the light and ran to the front window, and I saw a big car going lickety-spl- it down the ' road. The policeman appeared at the door. Okay bout the back window and garage, Inspector. All right, Tim. Stay where you are. What next, Maggie? I stood looking out a minute, thinking that the big car must have back-fire- d an what a hick I was to think the sound was shootin when ,Id grown up in a garage, an then I had a kinder creepy feeling; you know, the kind when they say a rabbits walkin over your grave Dont shiver, Maggie, there wont be nothing walking over your grave for years yet; dont the papers say were all going to live to be a hundred barring accidents? Then what? Then I began to wonder what that big car was doing out .here in the middle of the night, and then I began to think of hi-- j ackers an kidnapers an bandits till I thought Id scream, an then I remembered Mrs. Hunts rings an jewelry she had classy jewelry. The girls voice had risen till the last word was shrill with excitement. Mike Cassidy patted his daughters shoulder. Take it easy, Maggie. Tell the inspector the rest that happened; then Ill take you home to your Ma. Wont I, Bill? Sure, Mike, sure. What did you do after you thought of Mrs. Hunts dimonds, Maggie? I stuck my feet in slippers an pulled on my blanket wrapper. I beat it downstairs an come into this room. It was lighted an she she was lying there just like she is now an an oh, geel Were almost through, Maggie, What the inspector encouraged. did you do when you came into this room and saw I guess I let out a yell first; then I just flopped to my knees beside her. I didnt touch nothing though; I learned that in the movies. When I saw she wasnt breathin I beat it to the garage, an I know I yelled then for the boss was on the floor face down, his hands behind him, an his feet tied. I grabbed his shoulder an turned him over. There was a big bump on his forehead and his eyes were closed. I shook him. When he didnt say nothing, I rushed to the phone and called Pop. I guess you know the rest. Her lips quivered, and for the first time her eyes filled with tears. The inspector patted her shoulder. Good girl, Maggie, just one more question and you can go. Did you hear- - any rowing between the boss and herself lately? He was nice to her. Sure, Maggie, but even folks who think a lot of each other take your he winked at Pa and Ma now have a cat and parrot Cassidy fight sometimes, dont they? You 'know they do. So Mr. and Mrs. had a quarrel, had they? What about? The girl twisted her print dress in unsteady fingers. It was last evening, late its tomorrow now, isnt it? An shed been phoning I was in the kitchen, you can hear plain in this house an I heard him say loud: Whats this about a paper? I couldnt hear what she said, but he kinder shouted: ' I didnt mind starting this joint to gouge money out of Trent, but what youre planning now is differThe ent. Itll be jail for us if we door closed hard an I didnt hear any more. All right, Maggie. Make a cup ot strong tea for her in the kitchen. ! - i 1 v ' Mike; then take her home. Mike Cassidy put his arm about his daughter as they left the room. Mark Trent watched them out of sight. My hats off to you, Inspector. That girl told you everything she knew without being frightened into it. The inspectors eagle eyes retreated into bony caverns. bout two thousand My boy, years ago a Man laid down a rule for living that I aint never heard improved on. Ive got a girl of my own, and all the time I was questioning Maggie I was thinking how I would feel if my daughterd been mixed up in this mess. Has Hunt come to? he demanded of an officer who entered. The steel was back in his voice. , Yes, Inspector, but hes groggy. Ill go to the garage. Will you come along, Mark? Cripes, I never can remember to call you Mr. Trent. a rocky point of land in a place where the residents dig in and nothing ever happens? He cant say that nothing ever happens here now. The days have flown and hav,e left behind them hours smeared with police questioning; men swarming over this house for finger-printnewspaper front pages shrieking clues which were corrected in the next issue; skating and lots of it; poinsett'as in place of chrysanthemums in the conservatory in honor of Christmas. It was such a strange Christmas without Mother, and with Sam absorbed in the production of the play. Now New Years has slipped mtc the limbo of yesterdays, and in 48 hours the curtain will ring up on Islands Arise. Ill be glad when its over. Your eyes seem tired, Brooke. Do you wonder ? They have looked at the scum and dregs of the underworld, at pictures in rogue at patients in galleries, at line-uphospitals, trying to identify the man who ran through my room. I heard that the police were sure that Hunt was the man when red paint was found on his shoe. The trouble with that clue was that it wasnt his shoe. When he first regained consciousness in the garage, he complained that his feet felt as if they were in iron casts. Then the police with their steam-shovmethods hurried him into the living room of the white cottage. When he saw what lay on the floor he collapsed. After he was taken to the hospital hes still in a coma his shoes had to be cut off. Then it was found that they were a size s; s, , Why should you? Didnt you hand me my first and only summons for speeding? Ill go with you, but he glanced at you wont leave the still figure on the floor. Tim will stay. The coroner ought to be here any minute now. Come on. Id like to have you hear what Hunt has to say. The garage was lighted by one glaring bulb, littered with tools and cans; the floor was patched with oh stains, and the air was strong of gas. On a pile of old times, a man was braced upright ag. insl the rough cement wall. He was blond and must have been fine looking before life and dissipation had done cruel things to his face. He opened his eyes as the inspector spoke to him. He tried to smile. Another dick? Maggie sure called out the whole police force. Twasnt necessary. Ill be all right in a minute. Didnt the man know what had happened in the house, or, was he acting, Mark asked himself. The inspector rolled an empty gas can on its side and sat down, Course youll be all right. As for Maggie calling out the force, she got an awful jolt coming out here an finding you all tied up like a bundle of old clothes. Hunt put an unsteady hand to his head. Why did the girl come out here at this time of night? Shes never done it before. His eyes narrowed. He clenched his hand. What are You cant you doing here, Trent? ' get Lola back! Take it easy. Hunt, take it easy. Mr. Trent was with me in Cassidys garage Im Inspector Harrison, in case you dont know when his daughter phoned that you were hurt. He came along to help. What happened to you, Hunt? Someone beat me up, you can see that, cant you? I was working late, I I hadnt been feeling well all day and I was making up time, when a man drove up in a roadster and said he had a punctured tire and could I put on a spare. I said, Sure, I guess theres no law against my doing that if the old tabbies here wont let me sell gas. I turned to get my tools, and thats the last I knew until I looked up to see an officer bending over me. Who was the man? I dont know, Inspector. Ever see him before? el smaller than his at the cottage. The man whom the Cassidy girl saw in the garage must have changed and taken Hunts shoes. He was a quick worker. Bill Harrison may be smart, but what has he done toward clearing up this tragedy? Nothing. - He wants the case .to drop out ot the headlines. He says that the guilty parties will then think that the hunt for them is cooling action. You're the Smithy You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself into one. It would be strange if the company a man keeps didnt know him. Impudence is not due to lack of respect so much as it is to bad training in manners. It seems as if none of our history would ever be as interesting as the founding of the 13 colonies. Strive to be patient. Work steadily. Remember the dictionary was not compiled in a single day or year. The increase of knowledge only produces more to wonder about. A gossip makes a mountain out of a molehill and then brings it to you. WAS NEVER SO I EMBARRASSED -- FOR ACID-INDIGESTIO- I KNEW THAT N hasnt changed. It still strikes like lightning, burns, and if its the real WAS DISTRESSING TO Field girl. She rose and drew her sable cape about her shoulders. If you are going to town tonight you ought to be dressing. What are you wear- TO OTHERS thing, settles into a steady flame. 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(TO BE CONTINUED) - -- i - Frontier of Alberta Is Disappearing; Wilderness Is Being Dotted With Towns Millions of square miles of land, for centuries accessible only to Indians, Eskimos, trappers and traders, are slowly being con- ice-lock- ed I thought the man took a crack at my head, but my feet feel as if they were in iron e Twentieth cenquered by tury inventions. Along the shores of Lake Athataska, and throughout the neighboring territory, towns and villages are springing up like mushrooms, states a Goldfields, Alta., United Press correspondent. Where Samuel. Hearn " fought his way across the Arctic coast and where Hendrik Hudson died tiny settlements of miners, mining engineers and government officials are coming into being. Some of them have risen during the last two years. Most of them in the last six months. Gold and radium created them and will keep them alive until the resources of the country are fully exploited. Yellowknife, ' Gordon Outpost, lake and Fond du uac are a few of the newborn villages. Goldfields is another, but is quickly developing into a modern town. Already it has a badminton club, hockey team, barber shop, and numerous other attractions. t man-mad- casts. Probably those ropes stopped the circulation. Were you ' Mark didnt Jiear the rest of the inspectors question. His eyes were on Hunts right foot. Between the upper and sole of the unlaced shoe was a faint line of red. , CHAPTER XI in the From behind the living - room at Lookout House, Erooke Reyburn watched the sun a spectacular goodfling the earth " le . . Field. He likes her, Mrs. Gregory, but Sam wont allow himself to go sentimental over anyone at present. Allow himself! Then he isnt in love. We may be living in a profoundly changing society, but love Good-nigh- Sure? Sure. Go on, prodded the inspector. Nothing to go on about. I was night. , Mrs. Gregory, in a chair beside the crackling birth fire, set down v her cup. Is it, only two weeks since the tragedy at the filling ' station? asked Brooke. When, last October, I told Jerry Field that I was coming to Lookout House to live, he said: What will you do marooned on or A Wide Difference The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will and the other from a strong wont. Sport that is sport only for the onlookers, is not sport. Intimate fellowships sail the sea of Give and Take. Being resigned to the inevitable is sometimes an excuse for the yellow streak. A man never forgets a snub. That is the reason it does him so much good, by stirring him into d, No. tea-tab- that again recently. Perhaps the one to which she referred had been drawn earlier. How could you know what' you were signing? Witnesses are not supposed to see the contents of a will, are they? When did you witness it? Brooke asked the question quickly. She must know and get the uncertainty off her mind. Just a week before Mary Amanda died. Perhaps you remember the day. You drove in just as I went out and good heavens, I forgot! I promised Jed Stewart that I wouldnt mention it. Forget I told you, Brooke. It wasnt very tactful oi me anyway, but when was I ever tactful? I like that rust-colgown on you. Now I suppose every would-b- e smart woman in town will appear with one like it. Why had Jed Stewart asked Mrs. Gregory not to mention her signature? Did he suspect dishonesty? Why wonder? Hadnt she been sure for weeks that the two men in Mark Trents house were there for some other reason than sheer love of a New England village in winter? The thump of Mrs. Gregorys cane brought her mind to attention. Ive asked you twice, Brooke, if you thought Sam liked Daphne ing? An adorable silver frock. It does off. I wish theyd put me on the ' things to my hair, brings out the force, Id show them a thing or copper glints in it. Mrs. Gregory lingered on the two. The brim of Mrs. Gregorys Be nice to Mark, threshold. in with unison the hat flopped large thump of her cane. Im not afraid Brooke. Hes a wonderful boy, of bandits. Ive ordered some of dont you think so? Id hardly call him a boy hes my jewels from the bank to wear too dictator-mindeto Sams play. but thats the ' trend. Chacun a son gout Ive Oh, Mrs. Gregory! Is it safe? Safe! Do you think Ill be fright- joined a French class I prefer Jerened out of wearing what I like? ry Fields type. Mrs. Gregory expressed her reBesides, lightning never strikes in the same place twice. Lucky the action by a denatured snort. You prefer Jerry Field! Id like performance is coming off soon; evto take you over my knee and spank erybody is getting edgy. Well relax tonight. Mark Trent sense int& you! t! is giving the Fields and Reyburns a Brooke laughed. t, Mrs. Gregory. Even party in town at that new Supper Club, it was planned for two weeks if you dont approve of me, I hope ago but it was postponed. It seems youll come again soon. a century since I have been to a She was still smiling as she rereal party. window turned to the living-rooMark needs a change of thought for a last lingering look at the colortoo. Its an ill wind that blows no- ful west. It is unbelievable that all this body good. Lela is out of his life, thank heaven. But, much as I love comfort really is mine, she told herself. Only a year ago, Brooke you, Brooke, Ill never forgive myself for signing my name as witness Reyburn, you were driving a shabby to Mary Amanda Danes will which sedan and counting every penny an- dcut him off. t blackjacked. ied. Mrs. Gregorys signature was not on the will which had been probated; she had made sure of fthil - j Ten years ago this barren north-lan- d was guarded by an apregna-bl- e barrier of snow and ice. The gold and radium now being taken from the earth was immovable because it was impossible to ship the necessary machinery and equipment into th country. 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