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Show -- GzssL' ctnrday, Apr if 23,' 1908, August, and you can kiss the book; on that. Wha'f do you think, .sir? .Thracklfs in quired of the assistant. Devils fire, replied Percy Darrow briefly. The islands a little queer. Ive noticed it before. Debbil fire, repeated the nigger. Darrow turned directly to him. Yes, devils fire, and devils, too, for all I THE MYSTERY STEWART EDWARD-- . WHITE And SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS 1 9 0 7, B Y M c CL.U RE....EH I L.L . IP S &J..C O k mpiras. hear of CHAPTER XV. ) to be good enough. I In the evening sometimes we lit a big bonfire, sailor fashion, just at the edge of the beach. There we sat at ease and smoked our too tired to talk. Even Handy pipes in silence, Solomons song wa still. Outside the circle of light were mysterious things strange wav-jng- s of white hands, bendings of figures, calliof voices, rustling of feet. We knew them ngs for the surf and the wind in the grasses, but less mysterious for that. they were not the Logically Captain Selover and I should have As a passed most of our evenings together. matter of fact we so spent very few. Early in' the dusk the captain invariably rowed himself out to his beloved schooner.' What he did there I do not know. We could see his light now in one part of her, how in the other. The Old man claimed he was scrubbing her teeth him called to his Scrubs back, never they Selover. Captain lie has to clean up after his own feet, he's so dirty, sagely proffered Handy Solomon. And this was true. The seamans prophecy held good. Seven weeks held us at that infernal weeks of solid, grinding'Vork. The worst of it was that we were kept at it so breathlessly, as existence to were though our very depend on the headlong rush of our labor. And then we had fully half the stores to put away again and the other helf to transport painfully over the neck of land from the cove to the beach. So accustomed had I become to the" routine in which we were involved, so habituated to anticipating the coming day as exactly like the day that had gone, that the completion of our job caught me quite by surprise. I had thrown myself down by the fire prepared for the same old half hour of drowsy nicotine, to be followed by the accustomed heavy sleep and the usual early rising to toil. The evening was warm. I half closed my eyes. Handy Solomon was coming in last. Instead of dropping to his place ,he straddled the fire, stretching his arms over his head. He let them fall with a sharp exhalation : job-seve- the jolly bosn cried. low, what care we! astern, look look . Dowu on the coast of the high e. Barbare-e-e- .. effect was electrical. We all sprang to feet and fell to talking at once. By God, were through ! cried Pulz. Id " clean forgot The nigger piled on more wood. We drew closer about the fire. Ail the interests in life, so long held in the background, leaped forWe spoke of ward, eager for recognition. trivialities almost for the first time since our landing, fused into a temporary but complete good fellowship by the relief. Wonder how the old doctor is getting on! ventured Thrackles after awhile. eried The devils a preaeherl I wonder! The our it!' -- Handy Solomon LetVmake em a all, suggested Pulz Dont believe' theyd appreciate the comBetter let them make pliment.! laughed. first call. Theyre the longer established This was lost on them, of course. But we all felt kindly to one another that evening. I carried the glow of it with me over until flfe next mottling and was therefore somewhat Ashed to meet Captain Selover with clouded brows and an uncertain manner. lie. quite ignored my greeting. 1 t . ean you think of Eagen, he squeaked, anything more to be done J I straightened my back and laughed. Havent you worked us hard enough! I inquired. Unless you gild the cabins I don't see what else there can be to do. Captain Selover staredme over! he marveled And you a naval man! "Dont you see that the only thing that keeps this crew, from gettin restless is keeping them busy? Ive sweat more with my brain than you have with your back thinking up things to do. I cant nee anything ahead, and then "weTl have trouble. Oh, theyre a sweet loti I whistled, and my crest fell. Here was a Ez-ra- new point of view andi' also a Aew Captain Where was the confidence in the might f bis iwo hands! read my thoughts and went on. "I dont feel iure here on this cussed land H aint like a deck where a man has some ?bow. They can scatter.. They can hide,. It aint . right io put a man ashore alone with such a crew. Im doing my best, but it aint goin He seemed to know that. Dont let them see youve lost your nerve this way.. lie did" not even wince at the' accusation. Put up a front. lie shook his head. The sand had complete ly run out of him. Yet dont I am con- vinced that if lie could have felt the heave and roll of thb deck n Lay aloft, lay aloft, Blow high, blow Look ahead, look I wish we were safe in Frisco harbor He would have maundered on, but I seized lis arm and led him out of possible hearing of he men. Here, buck up!' I said to him sternly. Theres nothir g to be seared of. If it comes to a row, j theres three of us, and weve got guns. We could even sail the schooner at a finch and leave them here. Youve stood them off before. , Not ashore, protested Captain Selover weakly. Well, they BUILD UR YOUR LIVESTOCK n a foundation of good hay, eed and grain, such as we sell. Every dollar ybu! pay us will yield you many in the increased value of your stock. To build up your owtj physique I By COPYRIGHT, PAGE .THREE. PAGE TRHEI JOPIrilAL,' LOGAN, U IT AB b vampires,-doctor- j . ;Tid..y.O-lt..,eYer- . TSUf ! growled the nigger. . Well, they are women, wonderful, beautiful women. A man on a long voyage would just smack his lips to see them. They have shiny gray yys and lips red as raspberries. When you meet them they will talk with you and go home with you. And then when youre asleep they tear a little hole in our neck wit! their sharp claws, and they such the blood with their red UK When they arent women hat-lik- e birds"' they take the shape of big an casual so He turned to me with beautifully air that I wanted to clap him on the back with the, joy. of it, By the way, Eagen, have you noticed those big bats the last few eveniqgs over by the cliff? I cant make out in the dusk whether He dithey are vampires or just plain bats. rected his remarks again to the nigger. Next time you see any of those big bats, doctor, just yon notice close. If they have just they re all right,, but if they plain black-eye- s have gray eyes, with red rims around em, me know theyre vampires. I wish youd let if you do find out. Its interesting. Don. get me near no bats, growled the livestock the same require treatment and ,our feed and grain are the best for the pur-A- ll kinds of Grass and pose. Fresh Field and Garden Seeds Clover Seeds. - No, - . T. J. Poulter Produce Co. bell phone Ki-roprak-- tik -- nigger. inquired Darrow Where's Selover! lie stays aboard, h im I hastened to he would Wants tokeep an eye on the ship. have faced Thats laudable. What have you three times the difficul- doing! Weve been cleaning ship. Just finished Would you. admit that you were of o - old I strongly prejudiced in favor methods that you would not give new a - fair trial ! Of course not. Yet methods f 'VViT- tdms is just what people who are in ill health, and to whom relief would be cheap at any price are doing when they pass by Chiropractic without an investigation. If you need health read BOTH sides of the BIG SIGN ' with the BACK-BONover A Petersons shoe store,1 then eome and let me explain what Chiropractic is and how you ean get well, DR. J. F. PETRITSCH, Chiropractor.. . Office 73 N. Main. Bell Phone 126; Independent Phone 12. Residence 42 S. Main. Bell Phone 129. y v CONSULTATION ANT) EXAMINATION FREE r - E v - j MAKE YOUR OWN STOCK FOODS BY USING THE SKIDOO HORSE AND CATTLE TABLETS Crush and mix in feed or salt Proper dose in ' tablets - ties he now MAKES YOUR STOCK LOOK LIKE THE TOP PRICE yesterday eviening. Contain no Sawdust Ashes, Chop Feed or firan. Ask for and try once SKIDQO Condition What next! Tablets. Worm, Kidney, Chicken Cholera, Blister, Heave, Fever, Hog Cholera tablets, Louse Powder, Golden However, I the of wrecking We were thinking Spavin Cure, Barb Wire Liniment, Pink Eye, Distemper, Colic or Bone Stiffener Tablets, could see Horn. FOR SALE BY CITY bRUG CO. Quite right. Well, if you want any help with your engines or 'anything of the sort, call wisdom JeeJe4e4jeeJeeJeeJe4eeJeeJeeeeeJeeeeee4jseJsejHje4ji the me. o f keeping He arose and began to light his lantern. the men at on well there hope as, how youre getting work. insinuabove, sir! ventured Handy Solomon can You In the evening somrllrtus we lit a big tionfire. wreck the atingly. Very weU, I thaink you, replied Percy Golden Horn, I suggested. I dont know Remember those vampires, Darrow dryly. whether theres anything left worth salvage, , doctor. 'Tv- but itll be something to do. , without and departed lie swung the lantern He dapped me on the shoulder. , ' at V of it Vv further speech. We followed the spark Good ! he cried. - I never thought of it. until it disappeared in the arroyo. Another thing, said I, you better give Behind us bellowed the sea. Over against them a day off a week. That cant hurt them, us in the sky was the dull threatening glow and it'll waste just that much more time, of the volcano. About'' us were mysterious LOCAL MAIL CARD. LOGAN POSTOFFICE. All right, agreed Captain Selover. noise? of crying birds, harking seals, rustling CLOSING OF MAILS. Another thing yet.. You know Im not lazy or rushing winds. I felt the throngingg hosts so it aint that Im trying to dodge work. But East, West, North and South,... 7:45a.m. 1:30 pm. of all the old worlds superstition swirling off. be so me more much better Preston Branch Itll ,7 :05 pm. lay youd behind us in the eddies that twisted the madly for the others.. Wells ville, Ilyrum and. Paradise 1:30p.m. smoke of our fire. f Providence and Millville ... Thats true, said he. . 9:00 a.m. v4 T Be Continued I could not recognize the man for what I Benson, King, (except Sunday),. 1:00 p. m. R. F. D. No. 1, College and knew him to be. He groped, as one in the DREAMING A DERBY WINNER eledark or as a sea animal taken out of its Greenville, (except Sunday).... 9:30 am. I dare say that every year one or more peoARRIVAL OF MAILS. ment and placed on the sands. Courage had ple dream, of the Derby winner, because their East, West, North and Soath,..., 8:30 am. 7:50 p- givenplace to fear, decision to wavering nd thousands of people are guessiBg in Take counsel. divided a of to 5:30 pm. purpose singleness East, West and South dreams, and two or three guess Tight. enan to dominated the He who had so thoroughly 8:30 am. Preston Branch the Fa von ins case. A man came . --mine and -tire ship ea madvieeofmeraman W eUsville,-JIyruand Paradise8 :30a.-m.- s without experience. Favonius, 12 :40 p. m Providence and Millville Latin for the southwest wind! That's the name, said the Benson That evening I sat apart considerably dis- said my friend. King Except Sunday). .12:30 p.m Favon-iu- s that turbedI felt that the ground had dropped other. I dreamed last nigh R. F, D. Noi X College and I . j rememcould sure be To only feet.. beneath the won butI 4:30 everything Greenville. Derby, my away of was the' understood wind English now but I was tranquil at present ber that southwest General Delivery and Carrier Windows open fre 10 to f ' There was no the source of that tranquility and how soon It the word when I awoke. " 11 :G0 a. m. Sundays and' Holiday. . . ; must fail. With - opportunity would come in the list of horses, but on reaching The mail whieh arrives at 7:50 p. m. is worked as soon as more scheming,-mo- re speculation, more cu the race course the men found the the Zep-hreceived, thereby allowing patrons' having leek boxes to get Favonius. none named to with meet to I was How 'been had it, newly colt pidity. their mail as soon as distributed.' ' back me but a scared man, an absorbed man Probably the name Zephyr (west wind) colt ODELL, Postmaster, Logan, Utah. , J03EPH and an indifferent man! had been converted onto Favonius (south. . :r I; .Vf west wind) in the sleeping mind of the dreamrememnot could his first er, though when awake he Percy Darrow, unexpected, made ' s' t ' , f f visit to us the very next evening He saun- ber the Latin word for 'southwest wind. FaI.. ; a was guess, Mexican husk com good ' tered in withi a cigarette vonius won. The dream, YES, between his lips, carrying a lantern, blew the no more. Andrew Lang in Independent. WE COLLECT light out and sat down with a careless greeting, as though he had seen us only the day MONEY ' r , , ; before. THE LURE OF. THE f EVERYWHERE STORES Hullo, boys. said he, been busy! Solomon. sir! How are ye, replied Handy We can collect your claims, ne Just now the stores are calling. Good Lord, mates, look ai that! contracted or where matter Its the merging of the seasons. Our eyes followed the' direction of his forewhere the parties now live. and to the Its' good-by- e finger. Against the dark blue of the evening g ta the almost-thing- s VW collect honest debt all over sky to northward glowed a faint phosphorestheir take profits with which puland from the the world. shot, buyers cence, arch shaped, is of Urgency when the Finger )id sating regularity, long shafts of light They Wrjte or see us. advertiseThe a merchant. back and zenith the to the almost again heat upon ments spokesmen for all merchants a half dozen times; then the whole illuminawho have any message for you, or intion disappeared with the suddenness of gas : vitation to extend to you are filled turned oUtr ' . with information, with persuasion, i i Now, I wonder what that might be! mar. y friend-makin- g If facts. ean, yon with , veled Thrackles. , SCIENTIFIC COLLECTORS OF HONEST DEBTS. ' Northern lights, hazarded Pulz. 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