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Show THE WEEKLY KEFLEX, KAYSVILLE, UTAH table was a hand sewing machine and post swung A from to had She stoop very low hammock. to enter the but itself, and odee within had to wait a long time for her eyes to accustom themselves to the kindly gloom. The man grew Impatient and struck a match. By Its light Andrea saw a vision of comfort The room was circular and unceiled, so that xme could look up and up Into the very depths of its tapering peak. From that height dangled a wire and on Its end hung a lantern. The man lit ft and showed her how It could be carried to any desired point on the circumference of the room and hooked corne--to-cor- XVV & - sun-fin- WHITE MAN 2? SE & Author of Home v (Copyright, w J919, by ' Bobb-Mrrt- Through Stained Glass WHITE MAN IS SOME PERSONAGE. Andrea Pellor, handsnmo daughter of Ixrl Pellor, Impecunious aristocrat, il 1 Jle-&- g ej diamond mlna OWr.r.w dofrwrttdo marry twilliural but w efllth She disconsolately wander from her hotel In South Africa and dlMcover an aviator about to fly from the beach. Impulsively, of oourae Imagining that the trip will be merely a pleasant excursion, and a welcome relief from thought of her loveless marriage, she begs to bo taken for a flight, although she doe not know Mm. He somewhat unwillingly agrees, and they tart. When he realises her unknown aviator Is not going back Andrea'ln desperation trie to choke him with one of her stockings. He thwarts her and they sail on Into the very heart of Africa. y-- n Continued, II ..... Hut what puzzled her were the hemsel vea. A --flyTug mac hi iw had dropped In their midst and discharged two fair If not exceptional tqeclmens of a white and dominant race, yet the blacks continued their various occupations and dlsoccupn-tlon- s apparently unperturbed. Whatever their occupation they made no sudden move of variation; even their tongues kept stilt. In the shade of one. of the vast acacias there was a veritable concourse of men. They sat for the roost part on their heels smoking white, Two only cheroots. could be said to be working. They were very old and sat with their backs against the trunk of the tree, their legs stretched straight out before them and at their sides neat bundles of stripped palm leaves. They were weaving baskets. The men at least were not tongue-tieThey seemed to be going through some oral ceremony. First one and then another would tuke the cheroot from his lfps and make a single remark; then the rest would all grunt tn unison and with d a expelling of all the breath In their bodies that gave almost the effect of an explosion. It annoyed Andrea that her companion seemed to share the stoic calm of the natives in what to her mind ought to have been an occasion of much excitement and chatter. It never occurred to her that he was unmoved because he could understand what the men were saying and was merely bored. At the moment the wheels of the flying machine had struck the ground the apparently Interminable and, to Andrea, meaningless chant had been started by the native chief, a wizened figure distinguished lu dress from his companions only by the ebony-blacring of polished wax that he wore like a halo of darkness on his .and grizzled head. The white man threw up hts head and clapped his hands once. The chief grunted; silence fell, lie spat to one side and spoke deliberately. Let us arise to greet the master." They came forward and stood in a long file. The chief took one step In advance, raised his right hand and fastened his gaze on the white mans face. Ilia own seemed to be working ! e In a sudden excitement. he roared, and there followed, so quickly that It seemed but another syllable of the salutation, a mighty grunt from the depths of thirty chests, -t . The on "I no missed Are once, twice. Andrea would scarcely have noticed the fact had It ndt been for Its extraordinary effect on the man. All his pose dropped from him. He became galvanized Into nervous life and did several things rapidly with twitching fingers. The engine missed again, and he haP rose In his seat, craned his neck, tyrned his face to one side and In the glimpse she looked down. caught she saw that the lines around his mouth had suddenly deepened Incredibly. His eyes seemed to fix with n certain relief on a spot, a clearing, slow-burnin- g d. deep-cheste- ts-rrr- s '5, He Settled Back Tensely and Made For It lie settled back tensely and made for It. The engine backfired with the rippling report of a galling gun, coughed and stopped. The man gripped the steering gear tightly and tipped the machine's nose down for a long, reaching volplane. On the hacks of his hands Andrea saw little gleaming bulbs of sweat. Swerving to escape the crest of a tree, he made a reasonably successful landing. In spite of his agitation. The airplane took the ground In the wide beaten, circle of & native craal. shot across It and then came to a violent stop with wings burled In the walls of two separate huts. The shock cast Andrea forward; Instinctively she threw her arms around the man's neck. She felt the quivering of his whole body as though It were shaking with an ague. To her "astonishment TiebeeahieTor' inn-stan- t almost pitiable. l!ut only for an Instant; then he nerved himself, climbed out of the machine and helped her down. She gave a long sigh of relief and looked up at. lilm with a half smile on her face. He had taken off his goggles. Ills eyes were gray and large. They stared at without seeing her and In them was a visible trouble as of some deep and hidden struggle. Andrea gaxed at him, her lips parted In wonder. At last he felt her eyes upon him and adeep flush mounted from his neck and swept upward, lighting the tan of his. face with a subdued glow. "If that happened to me, thought Andrea, "Id be as red as a field of porpies. "I I beg your pardon," stammered the man and started walking up and down with quick strides. Andrea knew instinctively that he was warming up muscles that had leen suddenly frozen, steadying shaking knees and shaky heart. She turned her eyes 'from him and gated around to get her first glimpse of the real Africa, From the very start It left her puzzled. She "stood at the .far side of a great circular ml -- swept deaa court, -- beaten- Ira as a floor. Within Its hounds were two acacia trees, thickly fronded, Around the court, huts stood like senthirty tinels, Behind the huts other but far smaller structures swarmed chicken Aou.es, strongly wlthed, granaries on four stilts, pigeon cotes, a stockaded eatte craal and a smaller goat fold. far ahead. mud-plastere- d -- rda -- wide-spreadin- g. high-peake-d k close-croppe- "Hal-ye-t- Tell your master I plained angrily. wish to speak with him at once. Wait a minute. You call him Msungo. What does that mean?" math. snid.Bathtub, andjdtv parted to call his master. The white man gave a last order and then obeyed Andreas summons. As he stepped Into the shade of the acacia he took off his hat and mopped his wet brow. Too bad we cant keep cool, like the morning, he said. I didnt send for you to talk about the weather, said Andrea. "You have . ordera.hJQYyJcLine- give Andrea interrupted, What does Just one. You are to get that machine In shape and take me back now-to- day. Kiboco mean, please?" "It means a whip of raw rhino The mans eyes met her gaze steadhide," said the roan. "An implement that draws blood with a whisper." ily but gradually his body began to Andrea went white; her eyes blazed. tremble. He put one hand out to the So you whip your servants?" she spare chair as though to steady himI want you to believe me, he self. said with curled lips. I have whipped a boy once," an- said In a low voice, when I tell you swered the man coolly. They have that what you ask Is Impossible. He turned as though to leave her. never forgotten." lie turned to her. There was cried Andrea. "This boy, Bathtub, Is yours. If he Wait, ever falls you I shall thrash him With- something In the way he spoke that in an Inch of his nine lives. He dis- even went beyond persuasion and robbed her of her mainstay her anmissed the boy with a nod. But she stamBathtuo stepped before hla mis- ger against him. Is to what tress, saluted, grinned the broadest, mered and stopped. "Oh, roost friendly grin Andrea had ever become of me?" If I could take you back I would seen, and without waiting for the smiling answer of her eyes was off now, said the man dully. "When you asked to come with me I knew of like an arrow. So taken up was Andrea with watch- course that you were unaware of the ing the white roan as he leaned a rapid fact that I was not returning. An ImAre of orders to his remaining lieu- pulse drove me to grant your request d ng. tenants that when Bathtub returned; saluted, and led her beneath the lesser of the acacia trees she could not believe her eyes, for they showed her n canvas wash basin oh stilts, a clean towel laid over the back of a chair, another chair before a camp table laid with a clean cloth and burdened with two sizzling fried eggs, hot toast, marmalade, a pot of tea and an absurd squat bottle with the stems of wild flowers rammed down Its throat. She took off her cloak and Bathtub promptly hung it' to air over a low branch of the tree; then, while she bathed her face and hands, he stood by with the towel, and when she was through with that he drew her chair for her and poured her tea. Children He drove began crowding Ground. them back, and, dragging bis toe, marked a wide circle oa the ground with the table as center. Up to that mark and no farther came the children and squatted in a staring but silent ring. Andrea sat down and gazed over their heads at the kraal in general and at the white man lu particular, for from him radiated an activity Incredible In comparison with the languor that had pre, ceded It. Her eyes fell Jo the table and she realized two things: she was unusually, marvelously and hungry the table was set for one. "Doesnt your master eat? she asked of Bathtub. "My master makes ready cala for missis." "What is cala? Bathtub' frowned In an effort to Huh!" lu n moment the whole scene under- catch up with a word that was on the went a startling transformation. The verge of escaping from his meager file broke and became garrulous. Children stopped their play and ran to Join In the rabble. The men dropped their work and crowded Into a compact group from which came suddenly a cry that startled Andrea and Jerked her around to face It as though she had been yanked by a string. The cry was shrill, high, continuous. It was produced by rounding the open mouth and working the tongue laterally In a vibration as rapid a that of a serpent's. ghastly Incredible In the rapidity of the ululatlon, but once heard, unforget-able- . It lasted much longer than Andrea could have held her breath, let alone used It, and ceased as suddenly as It had begun, "All very Interesting, said Andrea turning to her companion. ..but why. didnt they do It before?" He looked at her absently. "There Is a ceremonial," he said, u dignity, about the African that Js abrunl till you've known It for years. - "For years?" repeated Andrea. "It Is this your home'? lie shook his head. No, Africa this sort of thing Is never home to a white mau. Its a place when1 he goes to forget his sins, Ive been using It whenever life has given me u chance as a sun bath for the soul." Andrea stared at him, a puzzled frown on her brow. She wondered why his Muntness did not offend her, wondered If It would ever fall to her lot to hear him say a senseless thing or laugh aloud. TV) He she still wonIf I Could Take You Back I Would dered he turned firm her and began Now." calling out meaningless words: "ShilTli. hat I Bathtub! vocabulary. "Ilouser he suddenly exFive! ling! Overcoat ploded and grinned with satisfaction. At each name, for names they were, Andrea lowered the fork, that was a forward. - They were half way to her mouth. - Makes ready all bright-faceyoungsters, fourteen a house for me?" Her eyes naror fifteen years of age, and their garb, rowed. "I will not need a house.- Tell made up of a clean cloth bound tightly him." around slim hips and fading to tie Bathtub grin broadened. knees, and a red fez with tassel i:. Missis," he saiJ. "law like that; evtact, marked them as house boys ery Missis one hut. every hut one tax." trusted pickaninnies who alone hod Andrea stared tft him the right to enter the wtdte nuns anil then Mushed furiously. "I mean Quarters and were collectively h... rec that I will not stay here, she ex- -- It-w- , r -- -- native-stepped d - open-mouthe- d Christmas gifts.JTbi, will suggest Boyd Parks ccrv piste jewelry store priqes that ease the w?y ed C a-l- BOYDouNriavpari; M AKERS OF JEWFLRY SA1I IAW UTK 1 krm theje. On one side stood a cot already made up ; beside It a small camp chair. 1 the other side was a long hammock ehalr and close tolt stood a carved tabouret plied high with books. Over a small table hung a foolish little mirror. The walls were wainscoted with a woven mat of golden reeds The place smelled clean, was clean. Andrea had come Into the room obsessed by a single Idea, and that was to determine the why and wherefore of the covered passage leading to the ' ypsiwifeibS makes Rented, Rrnn:rFWrite tor lriee-5T.- "0 Utak Office and School 32 V 2nd Souttu Sslt I,ae t AH - 1 i - . ;r, r Tires at Whotai!? Cods Cearulctd All stUn 6,000 8. COO I, , nJs. falledJojllscoYerJts Archer Cord F jt-- TrrsU entrance until her companion drew her National Speedway lirs!s attention to a door, wainscoted like the walls but crossed by a sturdy bar ( Seconds ) firestone Cords Firestone Fal res Fiis pivoted at one end, the other sinking Into a deep socket. n opportunity Hers t An exan It occurred to me, said the man, money on tire. prove that thy re all tn that perhaps you would be afraid at tires. Owinir 'to the night unless you were sure of help. make, kindly apeeny fir third choice. He raised the bar, and as Listen, Remember, that r ery tir he did so the hidden door flew open by thU concern and that e., next hut. and a gong sounded In the meet with your approval t a nee. Order today. The bar cannot ha lifted from my PRICE UST side of course," he added. Plain Six Itm t C,rd Then he led her out through the 99x3 t 303 4 veranda Into her private garden and lx3k pointed to a quite new and tiny hut. 32x34 31x4 Your bath and washroom, he said. 32x4 You must have no water In the hot 83x4 84x4 you live In, not only because Its floor 34x44 Sn', is of mud but principally on account 83x4 4 OSf'j of the mosquitoes. 85x5 Live? said Andrea. My dear 51 75 White Man, you are mad. Im sot BATAVIA AND KEYSTtm TIRES y Guaranteed fofio MiIm Strictly Firat going to live here, no matter how d Tm tempted by' all this thought-- ' Trice List r': rnTjrnr onliif'gf Glands' thant rrmity ofrerr 33 0x3 $18.85 little consequence what happens to fulness of yours and care. 3 17.42 80x34 20.27 41 , 331 any given Individual. Impulses pass He looked questioningly at her face. 3234 3 27.10 81x4 hut decisions are often Irretrievable; Will you dine with me, he ventured, x". 37 28.06 32x4 5i j) this was one of them. Order today; enclose $10) dypmit. at half past five? Its the best hour asked Andrea earnestly, on account of daylight and only two "Why? SALT LAKE TIHE CORPOUATION ' and then repeated more urgently, meals a day.- Will you? After that Reyent 8'rpet 8tU Lake City, Ciah Is "Why well talk It out The mans eyes wandered toward Andrea nodded and dismissed him - Hites lorn the airplane but he did not answer with, TUI half after five, then. HELP WANTED barber tr, Nljrirsiml her Insistent question. "No real harm n jneit- - npn barber; om1 Things had moved so fast through townmenneed m over draltage. Barber, arm htr will come to you, he said Instead, the day that she had had no time to lor as office- - eommiwi'it) i..r prensrxl food Is a "but even so I am sorry. Logic mark more than their general course. In few weeks. Oall or writeSi VoW Barber Had ake Ctj treacherous thing," he added absently, Now she settled down to a deliberate Collage, 43 S. West Temple I told survey. She- went back In her mind when applied to humanity. you that 1 didnt deal In personalities. to Aunty Gwen, to her brothers and ENDED IDOLATRY U HAWAII I lied. There Is something about the to the public at large as represented warmth of au Individual person that Daurht-- r of the by colony dance. She Imagined Brava Act of Kaplotani, melts cold reason." in Resulted Establ.5h.n3 Chief, their consternation at her disappearHe left her abruptly and disap- ance, visualized the efforts that even Christianity There. hut. She at this moment were being made to peared within a near-bIn the watched him go with a feeling of par- trace her and the full force of their No longer do the fire la1 hirorto tial desertion that gradually was ab- Inevitable futility. earr.. Kliuuea of crater great from sorbed by a sensation that was new The searchers would have nothing the soul of Hawaii as n mi ceN a It to her a consciousness that when this to go on. There was only one chance the dreaded fire god, Iele. of r his man he left spoke extraordinary as far as she knew and that was a ntury since Kaplolani, daughti of words behind him, not as transients slim one. In the high chief of the district excitement general of chief mind. but as permanent guests of the the native whom the white man had Iliio, nnd wife of Nnthe. deM There was something stark about his left behind might chatter his way Into Kqna, and the national ent 'r.her pefrankness as though It had been sufficient tunml and fhe fire goddess, prominence to get himself that caught In some whirlwind of life and called as a witness. But he set ople from the idolatry. 1imr towhebeen stripped of conventional clothes small that run hope on such a solution, for the time the superstition thebot-tqIn the way of meaningless phrases, last few- - hours had taught her that never Iele stamped her foot on but for all Its nakedness It Inspired the author of all her troubles was of the volcano Mann lau. not fear but a rebellious trust. House of Everlasting I rc, there more than White Man to those under were earthquakes. If she became in him he was master. CHAPTER III. lover-- , or any sh Then her thoughts turned to the gered with hapless she was credited to failed her, worship man she was to have married. Of of lava and Andrea swallowed a lump In her and whatever happened from with poring out torrent', near the throat. "I wont I will not cry, she course, wun who All liquid flame. now on, that deal was off. She I shall never cry again. said aloud. crater were expected to !o - hh her such that brow, puckered puzzled Im really having a g good time. Ive a conclusion and sacrifice, and hath priest no great shock we. brought been bored and Im always Of the goddess kept the people in certainly with of Last she of It all, thought not bored now, and only a fool would to the volcano, herself. What was the meaning of People gave their dead She settled down to xhot became cry over that. would hoping they her breakfast In earnest, forgot that this day to Andrea Pellor, to that girl to aid them. Then Knpiol ni. In whom 6he had curiously watched, ee he detested eggs fried, ate every scrap after three years teachin- -' at the.an y. studied and over dreamed very during of the toast, most of the marmalade, of missionaries, accepu Christ o and drank three cups of tea. Then nearly a quarter of a century? Unand did what Is record 'd as oneeve she faced the problem she sat back and let her eyes amuse consciously moral courage from the standpoint into which she the greatest acts of the voc..n' her. visited She had been bred alone measured It by performed. l! husban The craals activity had centered of her the cold rule of convention and so- against the advice I' the Into about the newest and smartest of the friends, and hurled stone. nc huts. Around It many men were work- - ciety usage. and ate of the enchanted berries Pm P done Before to Andrea said for, her IL She defied the godded. lng, some digging trenches, others cut- e was I a of Yesterday pearl in up ahe-lea,me,!'i!icLjsayi'ft thor In its slder-ITeting price tn the 'marriage market, If she didnt return, her people saw ently still others began to arrive In a great If and now everything in the way of cash continue to worship Iele. hut seemingly endless procession, bearing that offers come will from music the did they should accept the posts, stripped of Jhelr bark and cut Your last day, Pellor, she to uniform length, and great bundles halls! Her return safely hanUh added a aloud, giving significance deep of withes and thatch grass. -. hold Qf ldolatryjn Jlaw-niito the use of the old family name She watched them work with a wonCourage. der at what they were doing that alone. Her lips curled and her eyes vlctf-hardened rebelllously as she added a spiritual True courage-la-- a grew -- vaguer - and .vaguer- - until she Anal P1 a p with murmur, But Its been a ham- and cannot be marked drowsed and finally dropped sound streMfi and mer ! label. It Js developed asleep in her chair. She awoke two exereme. Scoff ready, Missis." ed, as Is everything.- by hotirs later to find the white man n. She Jumped erect with a startled Index Is not tn squareness of c standing before her, clean shaven, nT ! in squareness of purpse; clear eyed, smelling of soap and look- cry. fashioning in bnt ness eh? of said Bathtub "rienty hungry, lips, ing almost darper in khaki helmet, with his usual grin of pride at his to speak 'the truth; not in dtp shirt, breeches and puttees. no powers of deduction. chest, hut In depth of soul; upr-i-,n, . Well. Mr. White Man? said Anfldent tread, but tn walking drea. w. s. c. He smiled a slow smile of relief as to wants Andrpa go back. The Man and h Job though he had been dreading her first too Does she go? Will you come now?" he words, A Job may be too easy or shou s ft asked. It may not appeal to She arose, started to follow him and of responsibility, wne (TO BE CONTINUED.) hon,ir" our w our exbltlon. loyalty, stopped ith a gasp. Why I" she felx remem claimed, her eyes fastened on the hut repect. Let ns ever Birth of Shorthand. on tn that had'been the scene of labor. It Modern shorthand had Its birth In ever, that more depends bria- Y?e always Before It than the Job. the publication of Dr. Timothy Brights t a veranda with a Thatched roof. chars cterie". tn to th Job than the Joh bring the first .187, .EngInclosing the veranda, the hot and a lish work on shorthand. Various sys' Beauty. tiny garden at Its hack was a mighty tems of shorthand were published In nature Animals living .j, stHkade, each pdsf of which was from that time on. all based on the It l8'on y but where beautiful; to a needle v?;r, From sharpened a b c method, and some of them bepoint. men that ugliness flourishes. the extra - door raa a covered way as came but with the pubquite popular, nearly everywhere are pr8CIh the stockade and lication of Isaac Pitmans phonograstrongly built-av harmonious; It Is only among which connected the hut with its phy." based on sound, all the other tied that harshness and ri,',c,ljc neighbor that Into which the white fell Into disuse. Pitman had a I ntuiii to prevail. If the permitted man had disappeared. of predecessors whose systems, like Ideals that are now floating ' "Will you come? repeated the man. his own, were strictly phonetic. These men's eyes never trad )rai Andrea foLowed him, only to stop systems never gained any footing, (heaven at all. but merely b,!;,ws again when she reached tho veranda. while his Immediately became popular, among us the genera tion It. was carpeted with long grass and has since bean used by a large creatures below the level ( mat of viTid colors and on the mat majority of short iu ad writers of savagery, they will serve the;r stood chaiAi and a table. On the Haveio.-- LUis. beea-ralnl- v J. Etc, ognized mouthpieces In conveying orders. Hathtubl" repeated the white man. A youngster quickly naluted and from stepped out of .the ear to ear at being distinguished even for a moment above bis fellows. With a Jerk of his head toward Andrea the white man began to talk rapidly. Bathtubs eyes rolled from his face to Andreas and back again. 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