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Show THE 1908. ctorday. May 2, ' IHE M YS I JOURNAL, LOGAN, UTAH. TRI-WEEKL- Y Dat This we could Voodoo ' muttered- - the .nigger, said ILandy Thats to scare us out, vast with Thats what Solomon, contempt, is it the chest. makes ine sure U'f hilt's it, approved' Ilian dy Solomon. of aleh-- ; Pulz muttered some of If hk Y STEWART EDWARD WHITE By And SAMUEL COPYRIGHT, 1 9 07, BY HOPKINS ADAMS Ihe-jargof- cCLURE,'. PHILLIPS M & emy. We CO. wouldnt CHAPTER XVllI That evening I smoked in a splendid, isolation while the men whispered apart. Y had nothing to do but smoke and to chew' my cud, There could be no doubt, hich was bitter saved my face, that comhave however I may mand had been taken from me by that rascal, I was in two minds as to Randy Solomon. whether or not I should attempt to warn Dar-roorlhe doctor. Yet what could I say and against whom should I warn them? The men had grumbled as men always do grumble in idleness, and had perhaps talked a little widly but that was nothing. The only- - indisputable. fact' Icoud. adduce was that I had allowed- my' authority to slip use 'tbrfftfgifniy fingers. And a dequa t ely-to- to a confess writthat I was that I should have er and no handler of men. I abandoned the unpleasant train of thought with a snort of disgust, but it had led me to another. In the joy and uncertainty of living I had practically lost sight of the reason for my coming. With me it had always been more the 7adventure than the story. My writing was a byproduct, a utilization of what life offered me. Thad set sail possessed by the sole idea of ferreting out Dr. Schermerhorns investigations, hut the gradual development of affairs had ended by absorbing my every faculty. Now, cast into an eddy by my change of fortunes, the original idea regained its force. I was out of the active government of affairs, with leis-uh- e on my hands, and my thoughts naturally turned with curiosity again to the laboratory in w -- - the valley. deviTfires were agam painting the sky. I had noticed them from time to time, always with increasing wonder. The men accepted them easily as only one of the unexplained phenomena of a sailors experience, but I had not as yet hit on a hypothesis that suited me. They were not allied to the aurora. They differed radically from the ordinary volcanic emanations and scarcely resembled ar.y electrical display I had ever seen, The night was cool. The stars bright. I resolved to inDarrow s vestigate. Without further delay I arose to my feet and set off into the darkness. Immediately one of the group detached himself from the fire and joined me. Going for a little walk, sir? asked Handy Thats quite right and prosweetly. per." Nothin like a little walk. to get you fit and right for your bunk.. lie held close to my elbow. We got just as far as the, stockade in the bed of the arroyo. The lights we could make out now across the zenith, but owing .to the precipitance of the cliffs and the rise of the arroyo bed it was imto more. possible see Handy Solomon felt the defenses carefully. A man would think, sir, it was a cannibal island, heWhservedr All- - so tight and tidy-lik- e here. It would take a ships guns to batter her down. A man might dig under these here two gate logs if no Jne was against him. Like to ; try it, sir! No, I answered gruffly. From that time on I was virtually a prisoner, yet so .carefully was my surveillance accomplished that I could place my finger on nothing definite. Some one always accompanied me on my walks, and in the evening I was herded as closely as any cattle. Handy Solomon took the direction of affairs off my hands. You may he sure he set no very heavy tasks. The men cut a little wood, carried upta few pails of water. That was all Lacking incentive to stir about, they came to spend most of this time lying' on their backs watching the sky. This in turn bred a langour which is the sickest, most soul and temper decoying affair invented by the devil. They could not muster up energy enough to walk down the beach and; back, and yet they were wearied to death of the inaction. After a little they became irritable toward. one another. Each suspected the other of doing less than he should. You who know men will realize what this meantr" .. The atmosphere of onr camp became surly. I recogqjzed the' precursor of ' its becoming dangerous. One day on a walk in the hills I came on Thrackles end Pulz lying on their stomachs gazing down fixedly at Dr. Schermer horn s camp. This was nothing extraordinary, hut they started guiltily to their feet when they w iae and made their ' off, growling nnder ' breaths. All know- - how to use o inter-- j it, ikpemhlle all ihmi(jh. thk jtatrne ofKeidii Konifuem said Thrackles. asserted Pulz pugnac-- J Well, the Ahoei How do you know what it will be?! ioysly, It may he the philosopher's stone and it may Avx JicaJiA be one .of these other things. And then where d we be? $gooIt was astounding to hear this' nonsense -- Preston B. Keith Shoe bandied about so seriously-- . And yet' they Co., Makers, Brockton, Mass. more than half believed, for they were deep seamen of. the old school, and this was ini LOGAN, UTAH. print, Thrackles voiced approximately the general attitude. Philosophers stone or not, somethings up. The old boy took too good eare of that-box- , and hes spending too much money to be doing .it for his health. You know w'at I tink? smiled mak' d Union's. He say dat. The nigger had entered one of his black, Buy yourself a nice home. Just think what exsatisfaction from moods it would be to have a home of your men which these brooding own. The pleasure you would have in taking pected oracles. care of it and making it look better and neater Get him cheW he muttered. I see him than your neighbors home. Come in and let us full full of di moils. tell you how to do" it. ' They listened to him with vast respect and were visibly impressed. So deep was the1 THE HANSEN REALTY COMPANY. sense of awe that Handy 'Solomon unbent! ... enough to whisper. to nie:-- . Over I dont take any stock in the niggers s Store talk ordinarily, lies a fopl nigger. But LOGAN, UTAH when his' eye looks like that then you want j to listen close, lie sees things then. Lots of times hes seen things. Even last year BUILD UP YOUR t'he Oyania he told about her three days LIVESTOCK ahead. Thats why we were so ready for a of foundation he chuckled. op good hay, her, feed and grain, such as we sell. Nothing more developed for a long time Eyery dollar you pay us will exeept a savage fighUbetween Pulz and Per-dosI hunted sheep, fished, wandered about yTeTdybuYnanyA in the ihcreas- ed value of your stock. To always with an escort tired to death before build up your own physique he started. The thought came to me to kill this man and so to escape and make cause you need good food. Your livestock require the same with the scientists. My common sense forsento treatment common and our feed and think that bade me. I began se is a very foolish faculty indeed. , grain are the beBt for the this and Fresh all Field Garden Seeds. All kinds of Grass and that obvious me the It taUght pose. Clover Seeds. enough idle, vaporing talk was common common1' that it so of this men class, among BELL PHONE. would hardly explain an unwarranted intrusion on those who employed me. How would it look for me to go to them 'with these words in my mouth: Ki-fo-prak-dull The captain has taken to drinking-ttik an are think crew The the monotony. you alchemist and are making diamonds. Their Would you admit that you were so interest in this' fact semed to me' excessive, in favor of old , strongly prejudiced so I killed one of them, and here I am. 'methods that you would not give new And who are you? they epuld ask. methods a fair trial? Of course not7 Yet I am a reporter, would he my only truththis is just what people who are in ill ful reply. health, and to whom relief would be cheap at any price are You can see the false difficulties of my posidoing when they pass by Chiropractic without an investigation. I do not defend my attitude. Undoubtedtion. ly a born leader of men, like Captain Selover you need health read BOTH sides of the BIG SIGN at his best,, would have known how to act with over A Petersons shoe store, then with' the' BACK-BON- E the proper decision both now and in come and let me explain what Chiropractic' is and how you ' At - heart I never iionofJhefirst ' can get well. ' -doubted the reality of the crisis. -DR. 3. F. PETRITS CH Chiropractor; Even Percy Darrow saw the surliness of the Office 75 N. .Main. Bell Phone 126; .Independent Phone 12. mens attitudes and with his usual good sense Residence 42 S. Main Bejl.hone. 129, divined the cause. . CONSULTATION AND EXAMINATION FREE. You chaps are gettink lazy, said he. Why MAKE YOJUR pWN STOCK FOODS BY, USING.. dont you do something? "Where's the cap. ,f tain? j $ - THE sklDOO -- hORSE An6. CATTJ.E 'TABLET ,They growled something about there being " Crush and mix in fed or salt Proper dote in tablets the that do to captain and explained nothing TOP PRICK MAKES YOUR STOCK LOOK LIKE THE U t. r preferred to live aboard. no Sawdnat, A the. Chop Feed or Bran. Ak for and try onc 8KIDOO Conation Contain he but Dont blame him, said Darrow, Tableta, Worm, Kidnrj, Chicken Cholera. Blitter, Heave, Fever. Ho Cholera tableta, Lonee Powder, Stiffener Tableta hii' Spavin Cnre, Barb Wire Liniment, Pink Eye, Diatempcf, Colic nr Bone of little a us company squeaky might give . FOR SALE BY CITY DRUG 4JO. occasionally Boys, Ill tell you something t t ' J v about seals. The old bull seals have long, stiff SB" whiskers a foot long. Do you know there s a market for those whiskers? Well, there is. YES, The Chinese mount them in gold and use them for cleaners for their long" pipes. Each whisk. WE COLLECT er is worth from six bits to a dollar and a quar. , MONEY ter. dont you kill a few bull seals for The book details. The , SHOE FOR MEN 'I ' . rupted Pulz. Solomon PAGE THREE situation was as yet uneasy but not alarming. One evening overheard the beginning, of an absurd plot to gain entrance to the valley.- That was as far as detail went. I became convinced at last that I should in some way warn Percy Darrow. That seems a simple enough proposition, does it not But if you will stop to think of my position you will see that it was not as easy as at first it appears. Harrow still visited us in the evening. , The men never allowed me even the chance' of private communication while he was with us. One or two took pains to stretch out, between us. Twice I arose when to accomthe assistant did, resolved pany him partyay back. Both times men resolutely escorted us and as resolutely separ-ate- d us from opportunity of a single word apart. The crew never threatened me by word or look. But we understood each other. I vfas not permitted to row out to the Laughing Lass without escort. Therefore I never attempted to visit her again. The men were not anxious to do so. Their awe of the captain made them only too glad to escape his notice. That empty shell of a past reputation was my only hope. It shielded the arms and ammunition. ASfUldbk back on it now the period seems to me to be one of merely potential trouble, The men had not taken the pains to crystallize their ideas. I really think their compelling emotion was that of curiosity. They wanted to see. It needed a definite impulse to change that desire to one of greed. ThWImpuTse caniefromPeroy Harrow "and-hiidle talk of voodoos. As usual he was directing his remarks to the, sullen nigger. Of course there are. Voodoos? he said. on that. There minute a fool Dont yourself for are good ones and bad ones. You can tame them if you know how, and they will do anyPulz chuckled in thing you want them to. his throat. You dont believe, it? drawled the assistant, turning to him. Well, its so. You know that heavy box we are so careful of? Well, thats got a tame voodoo in it. The others laughed. What he like? asked the nigger gravely, lies a fine voodoo, with wavery arms and Watching nargreen eyes and red glows. rowly its effect he .swung off into one of the genuine old crooning voodoo songs, once so common down south, now so rarely heard. No one knows jwhat the words mean they are mag-generally held to be charm words only ic gibberish. But the nigger sprang across the fire like lightning, his face altered by ter-noto seize Darrow 'by the shoulders. Doan you! Doan you! he gasped, shaking the assistant violently back and forth. Dat dc King Voodoo song! Dat call him all de voodoo all! ' as IRrstarted- - widly- though expecting" o see the night thronged. There was a moment of confusion. Eager for Danany, chance I, hissed under my breath ger! Look' out! ? . , I could not tell whether or no t Iarrow heard me. He left soon after. The mention of the chest had focused the mens interest 'Well, Pulz began, weve been here bn this spot for a long time. reckoned A year and. five months, Thrackles. A man can do a lot in that time. . 1 - ' t r, about-in:thedarkne- t . 4 If hes busy. Theyve been busy.' Yes. Wonder what theyve done? There was no answer to this, and the sea ' ,, lawyer took a new tack. I suppose were all getting double wages? . . Thats so. H say four bunder for us and Mr. Eagen here. I suppose the old man dont , let the schooner go for nothing. Two hundred and fifty a month, said, I and then would have had the words back. 7; They cried out in prolonged astonishment. Seventeen months, pursued the logician after a few moments. He scratched with a stub of lead- - That makes' over $11, 000 since weve been out Bow much do you suphe appealed to pose hia outfit stands him? And thats me. Im sure I cant tell you. I replied short id theMidi mneiience. soo Well its a pile of money anyway, Nobody said anything for some time U Wonder what theyve done? Pulz asked - Thrackles sop- - $350 j j Sold by Dunbar, Robinson Co. -- WHY NOT? Per-do.sa."I- Ie , . - - Dunbar-Robinson- ' a. - - -- T. J. Poulter Produce Co. o -- if -- f j A, -- f -- -- - Why the trimmings? Nothin to do with a' voodoo? . Handy Solomon. , v To Be Continued EVERYWHERE ' grunted We can collect your claims, n matter where contracted or where. the parties now live,, ... , 1 - HELD UP CIRK. "'Harold Speight, night clef kat the Metropole hotel. Salt Lake, was held up by a man who entejed the office and drew" a big gun on him. The clerk had about $19 in his pockets, and the till contained $10, and the thief got it all. The ' robbery was committed at about a. nh fi the time the want ads. are performing some of which might prodigies of service as well be for YOU. 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