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Show 1 A V' THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH "And, even then, you sought to protect me? You cared enough for that? "I hardly know; it must have beea true enough. I scarcely doubted but what It was your act only I persuaded myself that the man must have attacked you, and that you struck in 1 would not believe ybu guilty of deliberate murder. I meant to give yon a chance; so I took the weapon away with me. She drew a long breath. CnililOT tlDIB Read Mr. Corley Letter and Benefit by Her Experience I was run down with Edmund, S.C. nervousness and female trouble and snf- ifered every month. I was not able to do any work and tried a lot of medicine, but got no relief. I saw yonr medicine advertised in a little book that was thrown in my door, and I had not taken two bottles of Lydia E. Pink-ha- No one saw you? "Not a soul; the street was absolutely deserted. I wiped off the blood, and hid the knife lu my pocket until I reached the hotel ; theft I concealed it at the bottom of my. valise. It is still there? "No; something led Harris to suspect I was not Daly, and lie set out to Investigate. He had my teley located both phone number, hotel and room. Waiting until I left the key. he entered, and went through the valise in search of anything he could find. He came upon the dagger hatpin, remembered that you had Just sucli a one in your hat that night, and instantly Jumped to the conclusion, as he hnd seen the wound, that this was the weapon of murder. He believes we were working together, and this was why I . had concealed the Vegetable and-easll- CHAPTER XI Continued. 16 " , Yet what house was this that she should be here? How did it happen that we were at the same place? Had 6he come voluntarily; or a prisoner? Had she been tricked into coming? or brought by force? and was she held here helpless to escape? I tried the door softly it was locked. Tills, coupled with the fact that the key was upon the outside, served to answer the main question. However she came, she was now being held a prisoner. We must both be in the jsame hands, in the unscrupulous grasp of this desperate gang of criminals, determined to gain from us at any cost the secret we were supposed to share. I hesitated, but for only a moment, debating with myself the best course to pursue. Should I endeavor to escape from the house alone, and then return to her rescue with help? or face' the greater danger of attempting to take her with me? The former move Involved exposure of her whole connection with the affair, and I was afraid to take upon myself the responsibility. I knew not who she was, or why she had become involved in this mesh of crime. I feared Harris knowledge, the evidence he might disclose, and what his passion for revenge might drive him to do, if he once found his game decisively blocked. It would be better for me to tell her all first and then act at her direction. I reinserted the key in the lock noiselessly, shot back the bolt and opened the door, stepping quickly within to Instantly shut out the glare of light It seemed to me this was accomplished in utter silence, but, as the door latched behind me, she was upon her feet, plainly startled by the Intrusion. Who are you? What does this mean? why, Mr. Severn! I responded quickly, yet Yes, making no effort to advance, you 'have nothing to fear; only do not speak loudly. But please explain. I I am not afraid of you, of course, but how do you happen to be here? Perhaps you will permit me to ask a question first, which may sound ridiculous enough where am I? You do not know that even? I can at least answer with certainty, her composure returning; you are at 247 Le Compte street. Waldrons house; that possibility never occurred to me. Sounds strange, doesnt it? But the truth is I was brought here unconscious. You were attacked? Slugged in Costigans saloon, I It took three of explained shortly. them to do it, but they did a good Job. That must have been about midnight. Wliat time is it now? It is after four; who are they? Harris, Waldron and Costigan , i . You imply you suspect me also of tills crime? No, not that! I have given you my ffiith ; but it has been given blindly. You have refused me your confidence. I do not even know your name, your place of residence, how you became involved in this cordon. You must acknowledge I am badly handicapped when it conies to attempting your defense. ' You have been very true, very kind, she admitted, and extended her You must know how greatly hand. I appreciate such faithfulness, Mr. Severn. But tell me what Harris holds to be proof against me. If all this be true, we cannot waste time here in talk. knife. And you? you believed that? I believed in you, I said earnestly. "At first I thought It must be you; then I saw that pin in your hat again, when I knew I had one Just like it hidden at the hotel. This gave me new hope, until I returned and discovered my valise slit open, and the dagger gone. I knew of no one who would do such an act or had occaCHAPTER XII. sion to except you, In an effort to destroy evidence. At the Foot of the Stairs Then later, when that was cleared No, It will soon be morning, and up by Harris acknowledging that he all way of escape blocked. He is wns the one who got the pin, I told him willing to swear that you agreed to about your having your own in yonr permit Alva to drive, you downtown, hat at Peronds. He eniy langbed, and and that you actually departed to- said you were smart enough to buy gether. This charge can perhaps be another, as soon as the first was answered by the testimony of Krantz, found missing; tfaat doubtless there if he can be got on the witness stand, were plentv to he had. as you have told me he accompanied "Hes right ; there are. Jit least I you on a street car. know of one shop on lower Broadway Which is true. where they are for sale. She stopped I accept your word, of course, but suddenly, with a peculiar gesture, Harris does not, and I must confess "Why, now I think of it, Sarah Walhe has some evidence to create sus- dron has one exactly like mine; I picion. bought it for her. You say that! Ivan Waldrons wife?' "I must, to be perfectly honest. I Of course; thats rather odd, isnt will even confess there have been it? times when I doubted. Let me tell It opens up a line of thought, anyyou Alva was undoubtedly killed with way., Could you find out, do you a dagger hatpin, exactly like that one she if has still? it What suppose, In your hat there, and I pointed to does she know about her husband? it on the dresser. The girl laughed softly. way in an , Her eyes turned that Know Less even than I do, I Killed expression of startled surprise. He doesnt show up here imagine. with a hatpin like that of mine? oftener than once in six months, and Yes, there Is no doubt as to the Sarah gets nothing from him. She wouldnt know why? Because, after all, It might be the Russian ; 1 Jt was he woujd have to lie to Harris, and pretend to know You heard how those two nothing. talked at Peronds. What did you make of it? She drew her eyes together, leaving the marks of a frown on her forehead. - That they had planned together to rob Alva; that Waldron was to bo hidden somewhere outside, and was to wait for Harris to signal him that the money had been paid over. some combination. But why should they slug you, Mr. Severn? Simply because of my connection with the mysterious Miss Gessler, I explained. Harris had chosen to associate us together, believing we know who murdered and robbed Alva, and where the spoils ifre hidden. They endeavored first to put me through the third degree, and when I refused to squdal as you know simply because I possessed no knowledge ,to, communicate they resorted to, force, and here I am. , Her eyes, wide open, questioning, were upon my face. They they asked you about me? Why should they suppose you know ' anything? "Largely because we were together at Peronds. I presume. Harris claims to know you who you are. Is that true? What It may be, she admitted has happened tonight almost convinces me. I, came here willingly, only to find myself a prisoner. Sarah Waldron telephoned me that she was ill, and needed m. I have known her ever since 1 was, a girl; we were from the same town, so really I thought nothing unusual of her call. I have seen no one here since I came no men, I mean and did not remove my clothes. In anticipation of being called. "She claimed to be here alone? "There are roomers on the floor below, but I met none. But I found your door locked, I Insisted. That is very strange. I heard nothing. Perhaps if you will explain what they asked you, we may come to some Understanding of what this all means. Does Harris accuse me of the ,, robbery? "Yes and of the murder. The way lie tells it the thing does sound rather 1 confessed regretfully, but ugly, believing the time had arrived for plain speech between us.' "At least I was in no position to controvert his claims. -- , 'Vy'' ' s' I Would Not Believe You Guilty of Deliberate Murder." nature of the weapon. I know more about, that than Harris, even. . How are you so sure a hatpin was the weapon used? The police reports say nothing like that. They do not know; I do. The truth is, I was the first to discover the murder. I related to you my conversation with Harris, after all others had left the foundry. We must have been there alone for gn hour. When we left we separated, believing this to be safe, and I walked down Gans street alone in the rain. Some blocks below the foundry I came upon this car, bumped up against the curb, and apparently abandbned. The rear door stood wide open, and I looked inside, and felt about, merely from curiosity. My fingers touched something lying on the floor, and, when I drew it out, and looked at it in the I dislight of a distant street-lamcovered it to be a dagger hatpin, discolored with blood. She stared at me in horror. Like that one there? Exactly like it. I had seen the one In your hat, and remembered. You thought it must be mine? That that I had murdered him? I hardly believe I thought at all. But I Investigated the front seat, and found Alvas body hanging over the wheel, with a gash in the back of his coat sticky, with blood. Then I knew. Knew what? How the man had been killed. I believed then you were with him alone; I had reason io, for I overheard his invitation, an jour answer. I recognized the weni n as one you had in your possession. My first thought was that it would utterly condemn you if ever found. p, Exactly; 'Harris failed to learn that the money changed hands, and consequently did not signal. But Waldron, nevertheless, was outside waiting; had no doubt spotted Alva's machine, and was ready to act. The one thing we do not know is did Alva start home alone; or did one of the men accompany him? If the latter supposition Is true then that fellow must have committed the murder, with Waldron a possible If not accomplice after the crime. true, then the only other solution Is that Alva picked Waldron up for companionship. Were they . acquainted at all? I think so, but am not sure; you said Waldron first reported this chance to Harris. So he did ; then It Is quite possible the two knew each other.- - That would make It easy for the Russian to ask a ride. Whoever struck the blow was In the rear seat.- - Tills theory fits in all right with his actions toward Harris. What do 'you mean to do? Shadow Waldron ; he Is sure to expose himself sooner or later. We must get away from here, out of the hands of these fellows. Could you find your wjay to the stairs In the , dark? I have been- - here ofen. , Yes. .Then I am goinjj to It.rn out this light before opening the door. She led the way confidently enough, mnvln; silently along the wall, I keeping close so as to touch her. A few steps brought us forth Into the hall at the head of a flight of stairs leading downward. My fingers gripped the banisters, while she stood aside to let me pass. . "You better go ahead now; the next flight is directly beyond this, and ends :it the street door. ' Y'oti will follow? Of course; I shall keep right behind you. We went down step by step, not a stnir creaking, or a sound louder than our own breathing. I reached the last step, warned by the newel post, and felt ahead with one groping foot to assure myself of the level beyond. Her fingers grasped my sleeve, and lips almost at my ear, whispered a barely audible warning. (TO BE CONTINUED.) I How Absorbing. "He makes a soft living How? By sponging It." 1'JIIO IJOtlEII Compound nefore I could see it was help- - ing me. I am keeping house now and am able to do all ofmy work. I cannot aay enough for your medicine. It has done more for me than any doctor. I have not paper enough to tell yon how much it has done for me and for my friends. You may print this letter u you wish." Elizabeth C. Cokley, care of A. P. Corley, Edmund, S. C. Ability to stand the strain of work is the privilege of the strong and healthy, but now our hearts ache for the weak and sickly women struggling with their "Cut-throCastle," Built by Mohammed II, ''!CTii! : ' daily rounds of household duties, with headaches, nervousness and (Prepared by the National Geographic rose to power, the glories of Cyzlcus backaches, movement brings a new almost Washington, D. 0 ) every nothwill not the ihasa of letters An international commission official- passed away. Today practically Why pain. Is left of the once great city, for from women all over this country, which ly rules the destinies of "the Zone ing and Turks alike usqd the we have been publishing, convince such Byzantines World since of the Straits. the Only old in the place of natural women that Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegebuildings cenwar has it been a zone. For will help them just as table turies It was the heart of Turkey the quarries as sources of stonel with surely Compound as it did Mrs. Corley? which to build the latest metropolis of Dardanelles, Marmora, the Bosphorus. Over It sat not a commission, but sul- the Marmora and the Bosphorus. Considerable Agitation. Nlcomedia, now Ismld, at the extans and caliphs. Jealous of the demEither my eyes are acting funny or treme the of eastern Marmora, end onstrated power of political Islam. else theres something powerful wrong And ages earlier - Byzantine Greeks, was another city of world Importance. with yore house, said an acquaintwas Diocletian Under it the Emperor and before them their Ionian and ance who had baited in the big road to Rome a of time for brief the capital Peloponnesian cousins ruled those stare at the Johnson domicile. "I the same straits. The new commission and the world. Nlcaea, Just to reckon it mnst be my eyesight, but the disa and Nlcomedia south of short does not find its rule unquestioned. tance inland, has three times been the doggone bouse pears to be shaking Descendants of Turk and Greek seat of empire. Twice the Turks, be- and shivering like It was going to Turkish rebels, In open revolt against tumble down. fore they reached Constantinople, the commission, and modern Greeks, "Aw, I reckon likely my fourteen a to a made it degree rivaling capital entirely willing to rule in its stead old children happen to have took a notion half more for than and Bagdad; over the Important waterways of their to scratch their chlggers at the same fathers are fighting it out in the Near the Thirteenth century, between Its same time, replied-GaJohnptu! while the Turkish of brilliance, peaks East; and the Black sea and its gates Franks held son of Rnmpus Ridge, who was hang--' was It the Constantinople, are again a field of world events, while lng over his own front fence, hooked Russians, Roumanians and Bulgarians, capital .of the Byzantine empire. on by the elbows. Kansas City Star, landa Nicene the creed, There, (no, and the great powers of the West look Chrisin mark the of crystallization on, all to be affected whatever the tian theology was framed. WHY DRUGGISTS outcome. . Chalcedon, Rodosto, Heraclela This is historic ground and water, Selymoria were other centers, from the mouth of the Dardanelles at SWUMOOT the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula, to no mean cities in their day, which have the point nearly 200 miles to the north- disappeared or dwindled to InsignifiFor many yean druggist have watehed Thriving communities tn al- with much eastward where the narrower Bosphor- cance. interest the remarkable record case until the Turk ap- maintained us sucks a mighty stream of water most each by Dr. Kilmers Swamp-Roo- t, from the Black sea. Greek .mythology peared on the scene, they have been the great kidney, liver end bladder mediand legend first made them its theater. since touched with the blight to pros- cine. , The legionnaires of the Trojan war, perity and progress that Is said ever It ie a physicians prescription. is a strengthening mediSwamp-RoPhryxus and Helle, and Jason and his to follow his steps. cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and bladfellow goldseekers sailed over their Bosphorus Most Important. der do the work nature intended they waters and- - around their headlands; Shorter and narrower than the Darand later Greeks, Romans and Genoese danelles, the Bosphorus, third link In should do. Swamp-Roo- t has stood the test of SfchWt 'great cities on their isligFqs and the chain of historic waters that sep- It is sold by all druggists on its year merit ' established over their waters the arates Asia Minor and Europe, Is per- and it should help you. So other kidney trade routes of their haps most important; It is the imme- medicine has so many frinds. Be sure to get Swamp-Rodays. diate gate to and from the great Black and start sea which reaches toward the heart of treatment at once. Center of the Old World. However, if you wish first to test this It is against the current that flows southwest Europe. To dominate It is preparation send ten cents to Dr, from the north that civilization as we to dominate one of the worlds great great Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a have known it has worked its way. trade routes, a fact which has been sample bottle. When writing be sore and The first adventure was to enter the put to good account from the days of mention this paper. Advertisement. Greeks to those of Dardanelles or, the Hellespont, as the Turks. The strait Is about twenGreeks called It. This is the longer Discriminating. of the two great rivers that ty miles long and varies in width from At a church lawn social, at which a two mile or to third of a most of the candies consisted of homeseparate Europe from Asia Minor. It 1,800 feet winds its way, with two sharp turns miles. Darius chose not the narrows made fudge given by the ladles of the and numerous gentler curves, for 40 but a point at which the shores are church, a little miss was having difapart as the ficulty in selecting tha fifth pennys miles before its expands into the Sea more than a half-mil- e of Marmora, the Grecian Propontis. site for his famous bridge of boats. worth of candy to complete her purThe water In the Bosphorus Is over chase: The The strait varies In 'width from a litsaleslady, wishing to help A s of a mile to five 100 feet deep. tle over mighty current flows her to decide, inquired if she wonld miles. On the European side rises the along the surface from the Black sea; like some of this nice, white fudge. but beneath the surface a return cur- The little girl gave one look at it, and steep ridge of Gallipoli where the expedition of Australians and rent of water flows in the reverse di- said: Ugh, no, I believe my mamma A similar inbound current made New Zealanders suffered so keenly in rection. that the World war. On the Asiatic side flows from the Mediterranean to the of of Sea of the Dardanelles lies the plain Marmora, furnishing for the Where Swift MM "Stella." old Troy and the foot hills of Mount Black sea at least an answer to the Moor Park, the Surrey seat famous Ida.' old query: Why is the sea salt? for its associations with' Sir William The Seljuk Turks recognized the Temple and Dean Swift, Is to be of--, The Sea of Marmora from which the Hellespont leads IS about 140 miles strategic Importance of the Bosphorus ; fered by auction in the autumn, with' In ! length and 40 miles wide at its and crossing It above Constantinople 264 acres. It is on the outskirts of greatest width, and is thus somewhat in 1452, built on the European shore Farnham and nine miles from GuildCastle, only seven ford. Swift met "Stella at Moor smaller, than Lake Ontario, the small- the old n est of our Of eat Lakes. But though miles above the city. With the Bos- Park and wrote some of his relatively small, it has in its time been phorus in their control, they captured books there, among them The Battle the center of the world. Probably the ancient capital the following year. of the Books and The Tale sf a about no other lake or sea in the world , Until the conclusion of the World Tub." London Times. of such a size have so many Important war and the adoption of the treaty of Sevres with defeated Turkey, the cities stood. Of these, Constantinople He whose wants are small always alone retains, importance. today ; but Turks had sat for over 500 years as has enough. living and dead cities cover the shores the masters of the Bosphorus. A of practically every harbor and headis better than Many Nation Around Black Sea. r. land of the little sea. "The' settlements . a! the northern end of the Bosphor-that still exist atVho't even the heirs lies the Black sea a dark, forbidMost people never really need heir of the great cities of .yesterday, but ding ocean to the landsman and well rather interlopers squatters worthy of its name. One wonders that thev pay for. that under Turkish domain occupied the early Greeks named it Euxinos, . their sites. signifying friendly to strangers, unColonized by the Greeks. less they did so by way of offering Colonists from the Greek cities and a propitiatory complaint to the angry islands pushed up through the Helles- sea god. Here we are dealing with pont and settled n the Propontlne no small sea comparable In size to shores at the dawn of European his- our lakes, but with a great expanse of tory. Byzantium, on the site of presen- water 750 miles long and from 200 to t-day Constantinople, was a member 400 miles wide, which would cover of the Second Athenian league; and Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama and the Dardanelles, already a Grecian South Carolina and a considerable 6 Bcll-an- s Hot water , strait, was the scene of the battle part of Tennessee Into the bargain. Around the Black sea are now which closed the Peloponnesian wars. Sure Relief The Marmora really came into its grouped more nations than Its waters NS the LL-Aat other have In death the period following own any touched, perhaps, of Alexander when the kingdom of time In history. Just beyond the narFOR INDIGESTION Blthynia flourished on its shores, and row zone of the straits and the tiny e which to to has prosPontns and Pergamos grew patch perity on either side, Cyzlcus on the shrunk, Greece, forging northward, peninsula of that name on the south- now has a strip of the coast Next ern shore of Marmora was the chief copies Bulgaria with a shoreline of s. Reduces Strained, Putty city. It was founded earlier than about 100 miles; and beyond it lies Lymphangitis, Pou Evil, Rome or Byzantium. It had a long ICoumania, occupying the greater part Fistula, Boils, Swellings; Stops Lameness and allays pain. life, possessed at various times by of the western end of the sea. Across Heals Sores, Cats, Bruises. s the north stretches Russia, and in the Vthens, Sparta, Persia, Macedon, BootCbaieg. It is a and Rome. It was rated one east lie Georgia and Armenia. 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