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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX Kwry, mind clicking realms that here was smartly,an out-- a perhaps Chance to learn more of Tod st than he could learn front' any her source, lie 'hla 'adpressed vantage. Its something that concerns you, though, Jim. it'S gnmethlng that makes you . . . well, that keeps you under West's thumb? That It? Or his heel The man's voice PAGE SEVEN tnd a lot of others heard me. I was broke. It was tba time The Thinkei; - , wss cornin In when, n to make their camps Jost before tbo Invention Is the nnilND the season opened. A lot of em ' ventor; behind every dlscov-erralius stop st the Landin' to buy there li the pioneer; behind their grub, I hired out to four of eut.li new j thought thero U the em' to pick out a good campin tulnker. ' pot and to work up firewood for Mnw fMKrrr rcil em, I took my rifle along cause ruler of the world. He Initiates I thought mebby I might knock a new Ideas, is behind each great shook. buck over." ohanee, aml really-l- t la he who You ve had a lot to think He paused and looked about and about determines the lino along, which today. You've made an about-facand then went on rapidly. mankind Is destined to. advance and have come clean with me on listened, Well, got em all right, up The thinkers are the world's real on detail. Now wouldnt it be on Big Beaver. waa good .They loaders; can we not say that they th amart thing to carry right on? lads and paid me well; they had e are thy world's real rulers? -- Uev. To put yourself In a position where lot of booze and give me a bottle, K. Neville Martin, M. A. you could look any man In the eye I started back on foot bont ad and say what you think and feel?" sundown for.thgXandlnV od.ihai:i 'TT.'UTirTlflMes" srh RuIiH.d Ty ex""Jim laughed harshly, -- As If 1 the last I know nntll mornln, when deeds. could I And what If I emplary trld? des- I woke up Jn Toda. -What I If perately. tried? You He woke me up, see? ne told think I want to find myself locked me, then, that Cashd been killed up and1 He just said that; Cash was nnr' Ills Intentnes had overridden his dered last And then he night. best Judgment. asked: Where waa you, Jim? He "Go on, Jim. Locked np. For was pleasant enough but he had n what? The man waa adamant, look In hla eyes hed never had be refused to talk, so gently, firmly, fore and I want to tell you his grin Kerry began arguing, urging for went through me like a knife! confidence, playing on the funda"I didnt know where Td beet mental decency in Jim illnklea Young. I knew Id been wanderin' Sunpalliy Has Power Sympathy Is a mighty power; even heart. round somewhere with a rifle. a touch of It In the dropping tear, I Cant! I cant I he burst ont knew Id been awful dam mud a t ho You dont know Tod West! faltering voice, the quivering lip, I Just didnt know Why, Cash. I will often movo a soul to Its renter. to get what he wants hed as soon anything more than that I" No man Is his real self until he has charge an Innocent man with murHinkle strained to swallow, hh hla powers. developed der as not There Ive said It! breath quick and audible. a person with a proud rsmilly, Murder?" I lost what little bead I had, to get hla entire sathas Yes, murder! If Id try to get guess. I went down on my knee-t- o disposition ont isfaction of that. ont of doin what he wants me to hfm; I begged him to tell noTroublo can bo met with reslgnn do, theyd have me In Jail like where I'd been, how I come then tloii and It can be met with opposithat, snapping his thumb. and I was scared, I tell you! tion. charged with killin Miss Nans He told me to brace up. H If you aro going to cast your bread father! didnt know where Fd been, he dd upon the water dont tie an anchor Rut you were suspected, werent Hed found me wanderin along to It. you? Ive heard the story. late In th evenin, Most argners don't want to con I was. And If It hadnt Yes, Nobody knows Just when (ash been for Tod West. Nat Brldger, was killed but, as West tells it, vlnce you so much as they want to the sheriff, d've took me sure as that was probably some little time startle you with their brilliance. helll" afterward. He set there an flg Face Forward Rut when Tod told them he ured It all out. The ground Restrain yourself from being a played cards with you hard as Iron; there unsi.i If you don't turu your buck quitter. That settled It." any snow except In the ti 'or can talk about you behind It. nobody "And If yob had been playing Whoever did the Job left n sign rnco N becoming so might Human cards with him all that evening and If It wasnt told around Her that It resents Its Inability to control Id been out alone, drunk, and ulth tlm weather. a loaded rifle, nobodyd suspect me Taking a cold hath In the morning So he said he was always ready like having a tooth pulled. You to go to the front for a Mend, fteru-arH- . tool so much belto and framed up a story hotit ray f Each huninn advancement In step In playin crlbbage with him How to la directed by a genius. his room, upstairs, where had the breed thata question. geniuses, a stove." Ita a good plan to profit by misKerry's mouth was a bit dr The takes. The errors of the foolish are the posstble Implies significance, of the wise. Hons of this confession, put him In the opportunities to bury your talent worse Is It any a fever. to drown your sorIn a than napkin I aint no killer. Young I I never In the flowing bowl? rows wanted to hart a man, serious Ive Wise Is the man who can lose his figured and figured over this tiling and keep It to himself. temper Its most drove me crazy sometimes! I was pret sore at nsh but . . . God, Young, I wouldnt 'v killed him, sober; I wouldn't 've way. deer-hunter- s V In--- J ! 1 i j e 'I k' i S WinmTIH W.HU SYNOPSIS . a lad of tb burning: lumbar Jack Snow to Uw with r.' Y.tor. . lw rX' lift K Sf . . Kerra in of Kerry to Instructed eonulnlnf the camp, endangered. office, and Kerry, Ble LStt. Tod n Wo, .tlsrn.Tod acte queerly. At ond mtpty d with taking the I ..a Snow,1 hi beadquartera ruined, and ooon gone, fftw dw. Kerry to the ou.pecta Kerry commlwloner. acoro. Ud swear to even th now tn Pint office Kerry, and o expert woodaman, L at the whereabouta of Wet, C rescue a lovely girt from a to bo West, liret, who prow tbo girl, threatens to pauperl t rlbUmoi 2) W bowser. Bh thank Kerry and llm of the robbery, and murder r father and of Tod a advance, operating a lumber traot which ther bad purchased from West, nakes camp. At the general a West' Landing, ho find engaged In a poker gam. Jtra hear. fi timber employee, ISerry expose Tod'a cheating fdlsarm him. Th crowd la of Tod' duplicity. Kerry ides himself to West, who him, and advise him Dr. Kara isve town.' Nan tH in of Kerrys rescue of her from asd of Wesf threat Eara, who toner, visit Kerry, and appoint I coroner's clerk. Suspicion of herder bad rested on Holt of Downer, and upon i loa li un-Inc- ed 3 understanding and appreciating the compliment Nan and Kerry langhed and Tip tretched and alghed luxuriously and flopped hla tall again. It was lata when he left Nan. an agreement reached and ready to report In the morning to work at the big drafting board. He had not gone far when he felt Tip come a bit closer, and then a vague figure detached Itself from the shadow of a pine tree. . The hall, when It came, though cautious and low, was not un friendly. Young? That yon, Youngr Yol Whata opr The other approached and then Kerry halted. Its Jim Hinkle, Yoong-O- h, hollo, Jim! Hows the girl? All right Fine! looking 1 . . . wonder If abont caotloosly. I could git you to stop here a minute? I got somethin I got to say to you, Young! He was wholly sincere, and not at all at ease. That bllllgerence which had been on display early In the morning was wholly gone. Well, when a mans got to talk . . . why, hes Just got to talk, r hasnt friendly-lik- ye wa cleared by Tod. ha th fatal bullet and number of th stolen ef which has just been (Inkle, It cam out of tbo orders Jim to run Tod with him. lee Continued CHAPTER VI 7 Impact of his body on the n made a mighty splash. He e op immediately, shaking his P dear and treading water, lie tlnk yon doln!, yon B What yon rasped. think I knocked yon loose i yourself as a beginning ty laid hotly. And Im stand-he- r to wait for you to come op la. I'll knock you in as fast as me up, Injun. . . . That is, It tome up on this aide. If you it to keep out of trouble with jou iwlm yourself across der and stay there Get that I r 5 1 r f there a defiant curse the man iwimmlng for the forbid ibore, and Young, hitching at followed slowly hiong the ready for a second encoon But Bluejay had not gone far, ,t at that dark and upward ,rtteAhce he hesitated, turned, striking Undln.' swimming an(1 f'M Elsie back to us." Ills voice shook. Thats all I can say about that . . . that I thank you. Thats all right, Jim. Yon neednt even have said that much." "Oh, yeat I had to say that But thats the smallest part of it I got other things to say, I Toung. "Im no good, you know. Tm a hell of a citizen. I drink and I gamble and I don't pay attention to my debts Uke I onght I dont amount to nothin. But Its only when somethin happens like happened today that I git thlnkln about It much. be'"And I got this to say cause Of the things Ive been thlnkln' this afternnon; I was lowerin a snakes belly to come to you like I did nd try to drive you out of this country I" Fause. You see It's different, now. I . . . That is, I come to you Just after sunup like I . . . like I believed what the rest of em believe; that you framed up somethin on Tod. And you knew along that It was real? That he did cheat? Another panse. Then, Yes I In a whisper. Something unusual here. "And you figure I am In danger now; and you figured the same way this morning. Then the change Is all In you, Jim? In your . . . your attitude, I might say?" "I guess that gettin dost to ..." ... ... 11 tlnk " So you .lot lth It ' otter. chapter enemies, and beginnings of some Pondered those posses 1 drlzE,y t0tcamP permanent n 8 SLf 88 h Ce C re t In Nan tahed to her 8nd tUart Le wondered Just 1 .thlaqu!ck,Krot W8S t0 At In things. M ne who to rapid isrime P. fonn, ntf Roln krheme of perhaps, snap totiVS Km h,a j feel case the forester i reserving hla es opinion. Holts aorer at i f'Tes rested on Nan, 80(1 L7 Tod a w 9 fixer r, a h ' that ,ast tht appeared had been yesterdy 80meUlin2 deeper nnplDi? las fiUJweg . ,. tj time, The room of opej JLcgs hearth there.' the girl aid; "lets me fire. '",w massive snn--r 6a Side the hearth opposite her and the talk of -- Job. Tip, contentment, ' before the pause came In timber estimates CrrI ayes rested , U 7 L I t htk,, - bot a clean, m scratched bis head and took a deep breath. he . "Its a little deep for me, laughed. "Aint It what a man thinks that counts more than what he does?" In Ulnkle's voice was a sort of passionate plea for understanding. "Yes; I guess youre right You see, Young," grasping the front of Kerry's slicker and looking quickly abont "I didnt want to come to you today I knew you caught Todmealln crooked,-eveI didnt dare let on to him nd the rest But I had to make you think I didnt owe you anythin- - Thata what makes me feel like a skunk 1" Oh, I tee. . . . Yes, I see how it la, , . . So it was necessary for you to make that play this morn. ing. ,That It Jim? man said : the Almost reluctantly, It" "Yes; thats "rd say that was a queer fix for a man to get himself Into. "I told you 1 wasnt any good. "But you were wrong. You are some good; a lot of good, I'd say. If you werent you wouldnt be waiting for tne hera tonlxlit-t- a try to fix op what youve broke It ain't nothin. Its "Well all can do. Young shook his head. "No, you can do quite a little more. You can tell me, for instance, why you thought It necessary to believe what West said instead of what your eyes told you. "He amounts to a lot around here. Tod West does." "And you dont dare cross him?" Not much. . . . God, Young, If you only knewT Im here; Fm ready, to listen. Eat I cant tell you Its nothin that concerns you. Its nothing you know about." He had started to back away. Young VII J?'ndthe orne I e. Td be a skunk If I didnt say It, after what you done for ns. I aint even thanked you yet for glvln who ef town. Kerry discover spied upon by a breed. I corns to Kerry with a warning fleer out Kerry aniwera with a lb. Nan hires Kerry. 'Toung ree- Jims daughter from drowning. 1 in th water, Frank Bluejay, breed who had epled on Kerry, tried to drown Kerry. Toung her I . . . I dont want certain parties ever to know I hunted you up. ... - X -- 1 lovely 0(1 creators the 'Je tappedretriever, his tail she epen- - s, if ; ; Uncle PkilQi ScufA'i Foreign Words All Ground the House and Phrases Apropos,'" (F.) Suited to time place or occasion ; perUnont; appro pi late. Root en wall pupejr ('ompto rendu, meted with corn meal, dered. muon of the eoot as possible, then Dolce far idente. (It.) Sweet dorub on corn meal until U bmomos ing nothing; delightful Idleness. soiled, ami brush off.1 Export o erode. (L.) Believe onf - - - "ho spoofs' from his own experi- When nuking leM ten double the ence amount of ten leaves used. When too In foto (I.) Tn nil; entirely. units It weakens ten, Memo et tuutu. (L) Mine and thine. Not ! bene (N.B ). (I..) Note Dilute canned soup with water In well; bike notice. which vegetables Irnv'e been h rVcca 17 (T..T Thnve sinned, Tim M bvttji plum wafer. The Sic Itur it astro flavor fs much better. (f, ) Thus on may rise to the star (De to ImWhen huge tablecloths become mortal fame). worn, convert them Into napkins. lh-- i pf v x "Hriti Moth halls tied In m 'vpdto' net ting and hung on rose bushes and grsipo Inca will dilve v ly rose bug- - iron,' lvelief Workers Tol(! fall fd tisetTielr welfare tn support their tamllleu In IC ib.iOv, Ma-- -, an sAt to work housoh. oping In their own homes, and tlxdr wives ire given Jobs on wii'ire projects. James Day, head of the numb Ipu! welfare department, said nmre than lot) men have been tr tns'Vrred to the apron Men If W Her seeps through the well, of your girden pool, palfit with wa terproof pilot i 1 ... I 1 Epit! pails Cerln applied of alcoiol and to the wlml-hlchl gly of your au'omohlle In rainy weather will keep shield clean UkIi 1 Sm1iim VVNtf Check. Home or Don hks id. Srvc tiii: -- MEWIHIUE ESTIEIL A 4v Distinctive Ilrtkitlcncc ? vb rg ! e 1 ... done Itl" He ran an unsteady baud A n Abol( ..rciiomicd Throughout the no one knows Salt Lake's Most Hospitable HOTEL ' ' over that you did." Young, with a host of Ideas ami and suspicions crowding hla mind, wanted to be alone, now. Its fine of you to act thla way, I'm riot going to Jim," he aald. forget it And dont jmi worry. Then Why Has He Got Anything Im going to be here lor for On You? ho knowa quite a while, perhup-- . whatll develop? About the best . . . Then why has he got anything thing that you could tune done on you?" own good was to toll someA long moment of silence fol- for your one Just what youve tdd me tolowed. "Because all I know abont what night" You wont whisper It? happened that night Is what Tod Not to a soul 1" told me," said Hinkle at last. drew a breath of relief, Hinkle Young gave a Well, Ill be gone. then. I . . . After a moment he addTil see you again. And about Eled; "So thats It." sie . . . God, Young, you'll nevar Yes, thatB It!" desperately. know 1" Thats it, and he's bearin down on me nd holdln It over me like CHAPTER VIII a club! That sounds goofy, Jim. He aliOW as Kerry Young walked on bied you put of suspicion. Hes on alone through the fine ralft, record with his story. Isnt be? mental snarl which Jim that "But a man with his standln' Hinkle's confession had occasioned can admit that he told a certain straightened out Into this simple kind of lie nd get away with it, fact: cant be? He could go to em 'nd If Jim had not a lawyer-proo- f say that he didnt think at the time, alibi to absolve him from suspicion I had anything to do with th In the Downer matter, then the killin, to he went to the front for whereabouts of Tod West on that me; but that Its worried him since fateful night were also open to specand that things ve happened to ulation. make him believe that, mebby, I Hinkle was no killer. Despite the might not be as straight as he mans misgivings of self, Kerry was thooght I was last November. He convinced that, drunk or sober, he could. .do that, couldnt, her even wotrtflwlltTKrwertougdHtrm-tf- r Yes. he could; of course he bis worst enemy. But bow would that put could. And last night, .Ezra had said, the you in wrong with the sheriff? first piece of money from the All hed have to tell em," Jim Downer loot had made Its appear said, was what be swears to me s ance; had made Its appearance ! the truth nd theyd put It on me a poker game in which Tod West Just as sure as hell! sat cheating. You mean that you werent at lie stood still, digesting thestf West's house that night? That simple but perhaps astounding ln you didnt play cards with him that plications. evening?" If West had not played crlbbage I stayed there, sure enough. with Hinkle, he might have bees Leastwise, I woke up there. But that November evening. when 1 come in, 1 dunno; what Id anywhere were in possession of the West If If nd done before that, I dunno; Downer had Cash which for money 1 played cards, I dunno that, been murdered, that would be a fact either! ftr arouse-- 1 coroners clerk, for certain. was What does It? sound so good, And, added to these, was thU It that really happened? Item: that Tod Wet had bee r drew-a treH for no one knew how If I know; that is, what going armed happened between bout sundown long. (TO BE COST1SVED) ttfat night and the next mornln, more about . I dont know any Cocker Spaniel Popular that n yon do. Young. cocker spaniej. Is ronaldereO The with You see. Id had a run-iof one the most popular breeds of He wasnt Cash the day before. Is demon the country In bad wed work dogs to man for; an easy entries of enormous the and be fired me nd got strated by a run-i- n showr the In ""dog breed this which was pretty rough about It, cities the large held I throughout and a was Job A Job bis way. derived lx from cotter name The figured Td had a raw deal nd didnt of this family span that fact the last do to know what I was goln and I lost my head. lets were bred for bunting wood winter . . I told hint Td get back at him soma cock. theories ... long-draw- Water, President Il c.sf his face. And Mrs J. II. . 1 a- 1 r BUT DAD, MY STEERS ARE THE BEST IN THE COUNTY PLEASE LET ME ENTER BAHl NONSENSE WON'T HAVE You A wasting TIME AT FAIRS Your in; BILL, WHY ARC YOU SO MEAN TO JIM? HE'S WORKED AWFULLY HARD RAISING THOSE , STEERS. FAIR m DOESN'T WORK HB HALF AS HARD AS Z DO.... 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