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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH. UTAH BANNER SERIAL FICTION Go SIi? J?a8DQft(sl A stotty cud ittUtyue BORNFOEtiD YR7E5 . . . O Domford Yates WNU Ssrvioa Reserved Them SYNOPSIS Richard Exon, a poor young Englishman, befriends elderly Matthew Gering, who at his death, gives him a statement claiming he, Gering, is Rudolph Elbert Virgil, Count of Brief, of ancient Austrian nobility who was betrayed 20 years before by his twin brother, Ferdinand, whose sentence for forgery he himself served. Ferdinand appropriated his title, property and daughter. Before he dies, Gering tells Exon there is a family secret, known only to the head of the house, to be found in the great tower at Brief, by a doorway none can ever find, Exon inherits his uncles fortune and sets to right Gering's wrongs. En route he ;ut encounters Percy Elbert Virgil, son of the villainous Ferdinand and sees him in with Inskip, a diamond merchant. Re engages a valet, Winter, who hates .Percy and meets by chance at' a garage. John Herrick, who is a linguist and who as a youth served as a page at Gering's 'wedding, and bad visited Brief. Herrick, due eventually to fall into an inheritance, is at present unemployed and seeking pleasant work to while away a few months. Exon and Herrick establish headquarters at 'Brenda Revoke's farm at Raven, a few miles from Brief and make their plans. .They find the castle almost inaccessible at first, but at the mouth of the entrance drive 'several days later, they see a closed car occupied by Percy Virgil, a chauffeur and a . woman and hear talk of a wire and a change of clothes. Percy returns to the bouse. Hearing a dog scream, they see the chauffeur flogging it, Just as a horse 'with a girl astride bounds along the path and is felled by the strung wire. The girl, unconscious, is picked up carelessly by the ' chauffeur and woman. i , whole thing. The fellow was thrashing the dog to draw you that way." There was a little silence. He was filling in a motor accident claim when he came to the back. Between us, we saw the whole thing. We saw Percy meet his bulHe thought Remarks. Thats where were staying, lies and lead them off to the ride. heading wrote: then and for a time, long Then exsaid I. There, of course, he told them Do or the want mine, you Who arranged this . . . meloAll right. I dont care. Id like actly what they were to do, watched victims? drama? to see Brenda again. Ill lie down them fix the wire and placed them Your cousin, Percy, said I. I there for a while. When youve in the positions which they were to KEEPING UP saw him at work. been knocked out, youre never occupy the chauffeur at the end of After a long silence she let out quite right till youve slept. the ride to watch for my ladys apa little laugh. Though she seemed to have taken proach, and the woman to show That rings true, she said short- no hurt, she was not fit to walk as him his place as soon as hed seen far as the Rolls: yet I was afraid to her go by. And when Percy had ly. And then, Who are you? I offer to fetch the car, in case, be- posted them, he went back to the My names Richard Exon, said. A a friend of yours told me fore I. got back, the hunt should be house. Thats not guesswork. I about you. up. There was, therefore, nothing saw him. Two minutes after youd I didnt know I had any friends. for it. Fortune had laid on my anvil left me, he whipped through the Youve Herrick and me, I said a red-hiron. If I did not strike it fields below me, up to the house and in by the door at the foot of a staircasequickly. His mother was a friend now . . . Jones talks and talks, but never of your mothers, and I was a friend When she had stumbled twice, -turret. Back to bed, of course how does he keep afloat? works of of the friend I mentioned just without a word I took her right and theres his alibi. Nobody saw Hot air. now. arm and set it about my neck: then him go out, and nobody saw him The girl regarded me straightly. I put my left arm about her and come in . . . Not So Bold, Either I cant remember my mother. held her up. My lady must have appeared A big boy of What? Father I know, said I. The Countess I am given to understand that she just after Id made up my mind to to bed alone? to five afraid and go Rudolph was killed before you were had her mothers looks, but I find it return to the Rolls. Anyway, Be unafraid. like Daddy, two years old. . hard to believe that the Countess didnt see her. But I saw the closed Tommy But Daddy, you alWith that, I got again to my knees, Rudolph had all of her daughters car, as you did: and, as you did, I ways sleep with Mummy. to throw a look round. charm. I have said before that her crawled up to have a good look. As I did so, I heard a car coming eyes were large and gray, but I de- Before I was through, I heard that Officer When I told the defendgathering speed. spair of disclosing the exquisite light unfortunate dog, and without thinkTill then I had no idea that we which made them so very rare. This ing what I was doing, I startec ant he had exceeded the speed Well, Im taking were so close to the drive, and for was a very soft brilliance, which along the track. Then the dog limit, he said: mother-in-lato her home. my one distracting moment it seemed could leap into a flame, but once stopped screaming, and I the bracken, just about ten paces in Milestones rear of the car. I was wondering where you were . Briggs Youve been married a and whether to follow the track or good few years now, havent you, go back 'to the Rolls, when I saw old boy? Simmons Ill say we have. the woman approaching between the started' on our third toast-racWeve trees. She was blowzed and out of breath and went by at a shambling run, and when she got to the car, she swung the door wide open and Most anyone will agree that it then stood biting her nails and star- is wise to use only the very best motor oil in an expensive car. ing the way she had come. Presently along comes the chauf- Buy it does not follow that cheap feur, sweating great drops, with a oil should be used in lower priced coil of rebellious wire, and going as cars. The experience of millions fast as he knew. of owners of Ford, Chevrolet and Where is she? he cries. Have Plymouth cars proves that Acid-Fre- e you got her? Quaker State Motor Oils The woman lets out a gasp. makes their cars run better, last Me? she bleats. Max has got longer. Adv. her. He sent me on. Max hasnt got her, cries the Time for Genius chauffeur, and the woman goes Adverse fortune reveals genius; white as a sheet. prosperity hides it. Horace. The next moment, up comes Max, with his eyes bulging out of his head. i When they told him she wasnt there, he threw the best part of a fit Hera Is Amazing Relief for before my eyes. Then they all ran Conditions Due to Sluggish Bowels II you think all laxatives back in a bunch, like so many franact silks. Just try this tic beasts, to where she ought to all vagatabla laxative. So mud. thorough, rerelief from have been. Less than two minutes freshing, Invigorating. Dependable bilious spells, tired feeling when sick headaches, elapsed before they came stumbling associated with constipation. a 25o box of NB from your I Had to Carry Her Over a Stream. back, all three disputing hoarsely nltuOUI RISK get druggist. Make the test then return the box to us. We will not If delighted, each other and, naturally, blaming as though the closed car were head- you had seen it, you never could for- for what refund the purchase had occurred. oppoBang Tablets May'. (Jj ing directly for us. Then it switched get it, because forever after all other site where I was lying the woman m to its right a short six paces away, eyes seemed dull. Her hair was Max and scratched his face always carry fell QUICK RELIEF. and before ten seconds had passed soft and shining and black as night, to upon before the chauffeur was glory FOR ACID and the face which it framed was we could hear it no more. off. Then she fell to able her pull Was that them? said Lady Eliz- strong and proud and fearless, but down in a INDIGESTION and burst into tears, abeth. something sad. I think it was the and Max heap did his best to kick her of that her this nodded. her I droop gave lips the chauffeur landed a good one Still the Rule Thats right. Gone empty away. wistful air, but you could not have till knocked him down. But for and wished it because do that might The ruling passion is the passion What absent, you mean empty? have been there now, him, for ruling. Tacitus. They were to have taken you have altered the shape of her fault- for hetheyd was the only one that wasnt less mouth. with them I dont know where. I had to carry her over a stream beside himself. My lady sat up. Dyou want to be taken? he before I saw through the trees the Are you sure of. this? That cursed horse is back hissed. Quite sure. Ill tell you every- Sash of the Rolls. I never was so in the stables by now, and in two thing later. Cautiously I got to thankful, for though she made no minutes time the hue and cry will my feet. Dyou think you could complaint, I knew it was all she be raised. And if were to be found, to walk? My cars not very could do to stay up on her feet, and were done. That Jew will show us manage I had a dreadful fear that to strive far off. mercy hell lead the pack: and Theres nothing the matter with with the effects of concussion might no Here's good advice for a woman during her hound us into prison for 20 hell who fears change (usually from 88 to 62), me, but why should I walk to your do her some serious ill. she'll lose her appeal to men, who worries years. ' Winter saw us had a and car? coming hot flashes, loss of pep, dizzy spells, That brought the others up to about door open, for her to get into the I hestitated. Thenupset nerves and moody spells. Get more fresh air, 8 hrs. sleep and if you Because I beg you," I said. Ill car: this she did without speaking their feet and into the car, and 30 need a good general system tonic take Lydia Vegetable Compound, made tell you everything later indeed, I and at once lay back on the cushions seconds later the latter was out of E. Pinkhanrswomen. It helps Nature build especially for my sight. will. But now weve not a moment and closed her eyes. resistance, thus helps give more physical up Well, there you are. We know Herrick was not to be seen, but to lose. Directly Caesar gets in, the vivacity to enjoy life and assist calming nerves and disturbing symptoms that alarm will be raised: and I dont since he was sure to return by the the whole truth of the matter from jittery often accompany change of life, WELL and the road, I bade first to last, and, thanks to your WORTH TRYING! want you to be found until after entrance-driv- e we have in our hands the wheel the Winter and take make heard tale. Please for enterprise, trust my youve me till then. You really are in dan- the spot at which he had set us remarkably beautiful - subject of As I said two days ger what happened just now must down. II he was not in sight when their activities. show you that your cousin will stick we got there, I meant to go on to ago, youre one of Fortunes pets: at nothing to put you out of the Raven And then return, but, as luck but you know how to use your luck would have it, we met him at the Ill give you that. It would never way. have entered my head to carry the mouth of the track. Virto Elizabeth Dont Neglect Them I lip, Lady Finger off. He was with to At reflect. Nature lady plainly designed the kidneys to do A bursting length gil appeared marvelous job. Their task is to keep the Of course it would, said I. news, but I was down in the road she rose to her feet. blood stream free of an excess of flowing said Herrick. No, it wouldnt, toxic impurities. The act of living lifa All right, she said. Ill trust before he could speak itself is constantly producing waste Ive got her, I breathed. Shes I might have rescued her: but aftyou. Where is this car? matter the kidneys must remove from the blood if good health ia to endure. When I told her, she glanced about coming with us to Raven. But dont er that I should have taken her When the kidneys fail to function aa her. Then she pointed across the say a word in the car shes not too home. Nature intended, there is retention of BE disCONTINUED) (TO well. waste that may cause drive. tress. One may suffer nagging backache, Then we both got into the Rolls, Thats our quickest way. But of persistent headache, attacks dizziness, getting up nights, swelling, puffineea how do we come to be here? I came and Winter let in his clutch. Mouse Has Most Skin Surface under the eyes feel tired, nervous, all off in the Golden Ride. worn out. As a mouse has far more skin Frequent, scanty or burning passages Its Very seldom, said Herrick, surface for its weight than most I carried you here, said I. be further evidence of kidney or may to mind makes Fortune that to her left the up car, you halfway bladder disturbance. other animals, says Colliers WeekThey The recognized and proper treatment so I picked you up and cleared out do a thing really well. She almost ly, it can fall down a mine shaft of fa a diuretic medicine to help the kidneys two with leaves or three came back. you before they always get rid of excess poisonous body waste. any depth without being hurt. After Use Doans Pills. They have had mors little knots, and you have to try to the first hundred feet or more, the A hand went up to her head. than forty years of public approval. Are ex. But . . cut them here I can make out, Ive shes So far as endorsed the country over. Insist SR acceleration, due to gravity, meets Sold at all drug stores. Doans. a great deal to thank you for. But celled herself, for I came upon the the retardation due to air resistof scene went as the off, ance and a steady rate of fall. is you outrage cant think as straight as I should. And when we get to yoqr car, are and so I can complete the astonish- maintained during the remainder of the drop, the animal landing only in N ing tale youve just told. you going to drive me to Brief?" But before I do that, lets go a dazed condition, Id like to drive you to Raven." To Raven? ven? Do you know Ra- ot w : j CHAPTER II Continued 5 I looked over my shoulder, still 12 feet up, to see the man and the woman lay the girl down in the track which led to the car. They paid her no sort of attention, but after a hurried word, the man turned back to the ride and the woman ran down the track and out of my sight. I think it was then that I, thought that they meant her ill, for both of ,them need not have left her in aniy case. Be that as it may, I hung where I was for an instant, to let the fellow go. by- - Had he looked, he must have seen me, for I was fully exposed, but his eyes were fixed on something I could not see. I leaped the last six feet, and before I turned to the girl, I looked .after the man. In so doing I saw the chauffeur, walking across the ride at the spot where the bay took his fall hastily coiling the wire which had brought him down. For a moment I stared, unable to credit my eyes. Then I whipped to the girl, who was yet lying still as death, and, picking her up in my arms, ran out of the track' and into the thick of the bracken until I could run no more. CHAPTER HI i I afterwards found I had run a quarter of a mile, which shows, I think, that fear can lend a man . .strength which he does not possess Be that as it may, I laid the girl ,down as gently as I knew how and then lay down beside her to get my breath. Of course I knew who she was and I knew I had seen an attempt to carry her off. And I knew that I had been sent to bring that attempt to naught. I prayed that I had succeeded with all my heart. From the way she had lain in my arms I was sure that she was not dead, but I felt that she ought to have water, to bring her to life. And then I heard the speech of a rill . . . Two minutes later, perhaps, a hand went up to her head. Its all right, said I, lie still. You took the deuce of a toss. Lady Elizabeth Virgil opened two large, gray eyes. The dog, she said. Who was it beating that dog in that merciless way? Its all right, said I. He stopped when he saw you come down." nd Caesar? she cried, sitting Wheres Caesar the horse I up. was riding? He may be Unhurt, said I. not going but hes spare, going will now And you please lie short. down and let me look round? After a steady stare, she did as I said. I got to my knees and peered through the tops of the bracken, but all was still. As I sat back on my heels Why did you want, to look round? Because you are still in danger. .You were brought down on purpose. A wire was across the ride. Lady Elizabeth looked at me very bard. How do you know? I saw it taken away. I saw the k. FEEL GOOD How Women in Their 40s Can Attract Men - body-wi- 1 - de IttiTOIMlTOI |