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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH. UTAH By Randall The Mystery of Author of The Strange Casa of Cavendish MYSTERY. Syaopsis. In a New York jewelry atore Philip Severn, United States consular agent, notices a small box which attracts him He purchases It. Later he discovers In a secret compartment a writing giving a clew to a revolutionary movement In this country seeking to overthrow the Chllean'govemment. The writing mentions a rendezvous, and Sevtui. decides to investigate. Finding the o'a e mentioned in the writing apo ircntly deserted. Severn visits a saloon In the vicinity. A woman In the place Is met by a man, seemingly by appointment,, - d Severn, his susp'cions aroused, follows them. They go to the meeting pl ce. an abandoned Iron foundry. At the rendezvous Severn is accented as one of the conap rotors arid admitted. He met8 a stranger who addresses him as Harry Daly. The Incident ploys Into Severn's hands and he accepts it His new acquaintance is a notorious thief. Gentleman George" Harris Concealed. Severn hears the girl he 'had followed address the conspirators. She urges them to hasten the work of the The girl discovers Severn lfstem-iShe accepts his explanation of his presence and makes an sopolntment to meet him next day. He tells her his name is Dalv. Harms Informs him of a scheme he has to oe ure a sum amounting to tl.('C0,0l'0, the revolutionary fund, and offers to split" with him. Severn accepts the proposition. Sev- ern learns it was his new friend and a Captain Alva who had tost the box which started him on Harris tells him the the trail. woman Is Marie Gassier He arranges to meet Severn next day at Tom Costigans saloon. Leaving the building, Severn tlnds the body of Captain Alva, stabbed to death with a hatpin dagger. He remembers having seen it, or one like it, In Marie Gessler's hat. Severn Is forced to believe she Is the slayer. Beyond all doubt here was both cause and effect. The girl had intended to either see me herself, or by proxy in the form of this mysterious Miss Conrad. But what had since had compelled a sudden occurred hange In plans, a necessity for her escape. There was no way in which she could notify me, bul she might very easily have telephoned to her landlady. Add, If the place was what I suspicloned it to be, she might have every confidence that her secret would be guarded. I glanced up at the front of the house, searching the windows( but a- con-ealin- g g without results. Yet, even if I held silent, I knew not In which direction to turn. I had apparently lost all touch with the girl. She had failed me completely either by accident, or design. Her appointment with me had served to reveal only one fact which might prove of importance 247 Le Compte street was undoubtedly a link in the chain of the conspiracy; It was the home of Once I told this disIvan Waldron. covery to Harris the way might be opened to closer investigation. But what had become of Harris? It was already approaching six o'clock, and tlie man bad not telephoned me. Surely he must be aware by this time of the murder of Alva; the uselessness of seeking longer to find him alive. Was he jUso endeavoring to avoid me? was his purpose deceit? or had some suspicion arisen in his mind as to my really being Harry Daly? Aroused by this possibility, and unable to remnin quiet longer, I slipped a revolver from the depths of my bag into a coat pocket, and departed again The curtains were flaxen-h- aired Continued d tery. Well, What la It?" She Snapped. U In this house. Besides, I'm and can't stand yere talkin house-ateanl- day. n' you know a man named KrantzT I flung at her desperately, in a last effort to arouse some response, Adolph KrantA No, I dont; thertlnt none of yer. those people yere, I The door slapped shut in my face, and I heard, a holt shot into place the interview was ended. 1 sutred a moment at the blank door In bewilderment; then turned away, and slowly retraced my steps to the street. So the young woman had de tlberately lied to u e ; h id merely been amiiain: he. elf al iny expense; ha Do tl , What, under these conditions, was my duty? What could I either do, or say, to clarify this tragedy, and bring the guilty to justice? T sat there for an hour thinking and smoxing, endeavoring to answer these queries. 1 could study out no clear way to any confession, which would not directly involve myself in the toils of the police, or else implicate Marie Gessler, so as to make any defense on her part almost impossible. No doubt she was guilty yet I could not drive myself to openly charge her with the crime. There must be some extenuating circumstances, some unknown cause, which had led to the act. I could not forget her face, her manner, the clear, womanly look of her eye she was no murderess, and It was not In my heart to denounce her as such. Besides, If I took this responsibility it would only serve to shield other crimes of more Importance than the violent death of this Chilean revolutionary the murder perhaps of many innocent victims, and the destruction of much valuable property For Alvar leath would hardly stop the plotting an vdy on foot. The money was still her 'n New York ready to be used; the propagandists at Washington would never permit It to long lie Idle. They would find somewhere another leader, and I alone seemed to be In a position to balk their hellish purpose. Perhaps their orders that Alva It was evea-bhad thus been put out of the way. He had acted too slowly, and suspicion mlht have been aroused as to his real purpose. On every side I was assailed with doubts. ' By J. OGDEN ARMOUR, Chicago Packer There is a tjpe of man who is bunt for success. He tray bate genius or just primary talent no matter. The point is that he always arrives." While others plod a weary way, lie gets ahead. Those' who take note of his progress often cannot account for it. &P Or they w hisper it abou that they say he ia lucky. he has a pull with the boss. But the secret is is absolutely dethan is He that. who men a deeper pendable. Make yourself dependable and you come as near can hope to be. You being indispensable as any of will be the last one your employer will wish to pvt with and the first one be will want to promote to greater responsibilities. But do not be deceived. Dependableness is a rare accomplishment so rare that every executive is on tlie lookout for it wherever it may bf found. It is not to be acquired by wishing for it. It is the prize that comes from What is a dependable man? You can tell him by these earmarks: First, he is one you can rely upon to do his own thinking. Business requires thinking and someone must do it. The dependable man never sidesteps his share nor tries to pass it along to someone else. Next, he is one whose judgment you can trust. He doesnt do foolish things. He knows his own abilities; and, not being conceited, he iB equally 8 ware of his own weaknesses. He has the happy faculty of understanding other peoples viewpoints and of seeking their advice when he ought. Also he knows when to act on his own initiative. Finally, he is a man you can listen to, taking stock in whatever he says. You are sure that he speaks only after due reflection. He does not talk to the galleries or for the purpose of grinding his own ax. He makes his own suggestions and pleads his cause solely in the interest of ,the tusiness. Such a man is safe. Important duties may be intrusted to him and tie will handle them with diligence, good sense and earnestness. If you are looking for the quickest route to opportunity, learn to be this type of man. y. By REV. F. F. KOMLOSY, Russian Patriot We have a school at Tuzla, Anatolia, near Constantinople, which is being enlarged as rapidly as circumstances will permit. The course of study is patterned as much as possible after the English school system, although the teaching is done by a number of highly educated Russians They Tell Me Youre Parker." Hunting for Costigan's, determined to learn the truth. I approached the same bartender with whom I had spoken in the morning, and he must have recalled me at once, for, without answering my question he turned and called out fellow at to a heavily set, the lower end of the bar. Dan, here is that guy who was asking Tor Parker. He aint heard nuthin from him. ' The other came forward, elbowing bis way roughly through the crowd, and looked me searchingly in the face. Im Costigan, he said shortly. They tell me you're hunting Parker. Did you have an appointment with him?" Yes; he was to meet me here this Then I left a telephone morning. number, but he hasn't called me. He aint been back ; thats the reason. Come along with me; l want a private word with you. I followed him rather doubtfully, although bis words and actions appeared friendly enough In a gruff way. He Jed the way to a closed door at the end of the bar, which, when opened, disclosed a small business office, containing merely a desk and two chairs. To his rather gruff invitation to sit down, I accepted one of these, chewing at the cigar between my teeth, and endeavoring to appear quite at ease. Costigan, after securing the door, seated himself at the desk, turning his swivel chair about so as to face me, his freckled hands on his knees. George told me about you this At least 1 supmorning, he began. pose you're the lad ; your name Daly? I nodded, greatly relieved, but unwilling to trust my voice. The man did not know me ; had no suspicion Glad ter meet jer and Costigan red-face- d filled a pipe, and touched a match to the tobacco without removing his We never steady gaze from my face. had no dealings together, but if yer tied up with George, its quite likely we will have. He an I hav been pardners fer a long while. He's a h I of a good guy. We just ran into each other accidentally, I explained, feeling that he Got expected me to say something. onto the trail of the same boodle. He told you, I suppose? No, he didnt. Just said he'd run onto you, and that you were liatde to turn a trick together. George dont slop over; that aint hts style. But he spoke about me? Well, yes, in a way. But It want no more than I told yer. He had to go out afore you got round, so he' said yon was cornin', an for me to be decent to yer whenever yer hlowed In. How long was he to be gone?" y You mail have faith ia ms, in spits of all." (TO BB CONTINUED.) AYARY GRAHAM. BONNER. If VttUKN COttftUHT Trying to Save Children Lest Russia Go Completely to the Devil j. 1 aver PuiUh closely drawn to keep out the sun, and the place appeared forlorn and deserted. At the delicatessen shop on (he corner I gained a gleam of light, but merely enough to strengthen my former judgment. The keeper, a was Swede, loquacious enough, but had only been in business there a few weeks. 247 Le Compte, you say. Yes, she takes roomefs; some are men, and some are women. They come in here and buy, but I never ask the names ; it was all cash, so why should I care? Sometimes I hear them call names sure; but never Conrad. The woman what keeps the bouse? Wait and I tell you ; It Is on the books ; ah ! you as she wrote it for me Mrs. Auread There was no outward sign of any Waldron; maybe a widow? gusta surveillance as I turned Into the What you think? Bah, she never like block ; Indeed except for a grocery I have to sell. I care nothtruck before one of the houses, and anything with her a cat this Mrs. trade for ing at the farther corah organ-grindWaldron. Augusta ner, entertaining a group of children, I left him with the familiar sound the street was entirely deserted. Mus- of the name ringing In my ears the tering my courage, and with a feeling whole, thing was traveling In a circle, of deep excitement, I advanced up and the circle was growing continualthe steps of the house numbered 247. ly more ' compact. Blindly, I was nd. finding refuge In the outer vestistumbling up against it here and bule, rang the bell. I heard no dfe-- there most unexpectedly. Augusta tant tinkle, but within a moment or Waldron, beyond doubt, was Ivan. Watwo the door opened a crack, held in ldrons wife. No wonder her house that position by a chain, and the face was designated the meeting place for woman peered out those of a middle-agepeople. at me. I returned to the hotel. Only as I In It?" Is she what snapped, Well, stood before the door did I realize no encouraging tone. that the newsboys were calling out, I should like to see Miss Conrad, I Extra! AH about the murder! I I have an ap- felt that my face was white, and that began apologetically. pointment with her. hy hand shook, yet I hastily bought Not here yer aint, young man, for copies of half a dozen sheets, shoving there ain't nobody by that name in them into my pockets. this house. The reports were mostly alike, exAre you sure? This Is 247 Is dt ceedingly brief and unsatisfactory, exnot? That was the number given me. cept that they conveyed the impresShe was to be here at two oclock. sion that thus far the police possessed This yere Is 247 all right. I aint no real due as to the perpetrator of No one connected with denyin that, the voice more acid the crime. - than ever, but there aint no Miss the meeting the night before was menConrad yere; so thats all there is tioned in any article, nor was any susabout It." picion of such a meeting mentioned. I read the last line with a distinct feelBut there must be. Must be nuthini J guess I know. ing of relief, dropping the paper on Ive been yere seventeen years, an' the floor. flier never was nobody of that name They had discovered no clue, nothing whatever to work upon. The interior of the car had yielded no evidence of Us former occupant, the only reference being to mud on the floor. Outside all footprints had been obliterated by the falling rain. No one had heard a in the neighborhood sound, or witnessed any movement. The whole affair was shrouded In mysCHAPTER VII Copyright, by BanS&U fie Absolutely Dependable Employee Parrish ier ent me on this wild goose chase so hat she might laugh over my simBlit was this true? If so, plicity. how was 1 to account for the strange-oincidethat botli she and Harris had named the same number, and fleet? It could not have occurred merely through chance. Something riust have happened in the meanwhile to overthrow all her plans, and to cause this rabid housekeeper to v en' deny her very existence. And 1 held the key of explanation the mur der of AJva. Why Business Success Comes to under English supervision. Our pupils number at present about 200. They have been separated from their parents, and half of them have no idea where their parents are living at present. . This may seen harsh until you understand the conditions that are existing among the Russians. Morally, Russia is dead. Mentally, she has fallen into decay. The condition of the present adult generation is so appalling that parents are scarcely fit to have charge of their own children. The gap in the childrens lives is becoming wider every day and consequently harder to bridge over. The result is everywhere so apparent that it is a matter of urgency to save the coming generation, lest Russia go completely to the devil. x , -- . , NtVfffAW UNION MR. CATERPILLAR. Just because I crawl these days t mean that I am going to crawl n way through life, said Mr. Cat. erpillar to Peter Gnome. 1 atn going to fly before long. Now hoys and girls must always walk or run or sit. They cannot fly. They cannot even crawl, though I believe babies do crawl some when they are v quite young. If they changed after they had crawled, and could fly, it would be very fine; but they cant, and somehow or other they do not seem to feel badly about it. 1 would feel very badly If, after I tiad crawled about, I couldnt fly later on. 1 know that I will be able to fly, and so if makes me very happy. You see, first of all Im nothing but an egg. If I were an egg to be eaten by people, I suppose they would think a lot of me. But then I wouldnt think so much of myself. Of course, I wouldn't be able to think mufch of myself If I were eaten. Of course not, said Peter Gnome. If Im eaten by other creatures it I Am Going to Fly." (s their pleasure and not mine; but I am never eaten by people, as Mrs. Bens eggs are, continued Mr. Caterpillar. From an egg I change into my present state, which, aa you can see, la the state of being a caterpillar, and a fine caterpillar I am. Then I will change into a chrysalis and be quiet and still and will not move about or bother about food, but will dream of my flying days to come. That Is why we are willing to be so quiet when we are In the chrysalis state because we know we are going to fly before. long. Yes, after I will be a chrysalis I will be a butterfly1, and I will spread my wings and go flying about. I will admire the garden, and I will look at the 49 iris flowers and the 35 yellow tulips which I've- been' told are in this garden. They may be gone by the time Im a butterfly. But still there will be other flowers. Did you count the Iris flowers and the yellow tulips?" asked Peter - Gnome. Goodness, mercy, no, Taxation Is Increasing Much More Rapidly Than Wealth Itself By FRANK 0. LOWDEN, Former Governor of Illinois Taxation, in the United States, is increasing much more rapidly ' . than wealth itself is increasing. One prolific cause of rapidly increasing cost of government is to be found in the number of public agencies that have authority to levy taxes. We have the federal government, the state government, the municipal government, and the school districts all of which can levy taxes And when the limit of the- - bonding power has been independently. reached, the tendency is to create some other body with authority to levy taxes. This means that the number of persons who are obtaining their livings from the public treasury is continually growing and if the proportion of public employees coatisue, to increase as rapidly as it has in late years we will, within a reasonable time witness this phenomenon: our population divided into two classes, those holding public office, still minority, it is true, and all others working to support the minority in office. , Young Man Who Settles on Homestead Claim 100 Per Cent American By WILLIAM SPRY, U. S. JLand Commissioner The young man who settles on a homestead claim with his family is 100 per cent American every time, and Im for him to the last ditch. with the homesteader and The general land office is eager to to assist him in laying proper claim in accordance with the department The office is not a detective bureau, as some people think regulations. because they hear of special investigations in bringing criminal to terms. Rather, it is a bureau established to help those who would help themselves. A large amount of choice public lands are available to homesteaders over the country, but persons filing claims should endeavor to locate under & reclamation project of the government, as an assurance of an ample water supply, unless climatie conditions afford sufficient moisture forcrops. of the adMany returned soldiers hare taken np homesteads the made The of offers number by government. applicant vantageous in the past few months. w creased remarkably b said the catI cant do arithmetic. I erpillar; dont have to learn anything like that We caterpillars have enough to do with our various changes, not to have to bother about arithmetic. But I heard some one saying there were that many trip flowerp and that In bloom, and so Im tellmany tul ing you tu. hit of garden news. I believe that person who counted the flowers was going to write the news to a friend in the city. You see, In the city, I believe they cannot count the flowers like that. The flowers arent so numerous In the city. So that is real country news! Im like a snake In another way said Mr. Caterpillar crawling, after a moment. Of course all creatures wouldn't care to be like a snake in any way, said Peter Gnome. Creatures for the most part have very little sense, said Mr. Caterpillar. If they had more sense they would do the things I do, such as changing from one state into another. I don't mean going from one state in the country to another state, but 1 mean cl anging myself into another kind of a creature. "So I do not mind that I am like a snake in one way or, rather, in two ways. For I crawl and a snake crawls. The other way I am like a snake Is that I shed my skin as I increase or ' grow bigger in size. "Ah yes, that Is what I do, and a fine thing it Is to do. Well, Peter Gnome, Im glad to have talked to you, but I must be thinking about befllg a chrysalis now, and then I will be a butterfly. Yes, Mr. Caterpillar will be a butterfly before long, and instead of crawling along the ground he will fly through the air. That is the wonder-ful thing Mr. Caterpillar will be doing before long. It Is a wqnderful way caterpillars have of doing I Jack Outfit There waa to be a chllrens masquerade party and Tommy and the neighbors little girl were to go as Jack and Jill. Tommys mother hnd remarked that his costume for the part of Jack should not cost more than $5, when little sister piped up: Five dollars? I should think thats too much. All he needs Is a hill nnd a pail of water. ' |