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Show (7 THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA UTAH turned In tils seat, watc.ih im diversion on the part of the conductor with Interest. Connery at Jpped beside Eaton's seat. "You took a telegram for Lawrence Hillward this morning," he isse.ted. "Yes." Why?" "Hecause It wns ni'ne. or for me. hr I said at the time. My name Is Eaton; hut Mr. Mill ward expected to make this tr p with m The stout man with M.e conductoi forced himself forward. That's pretty good, hut not quite good enough!" lie charged. ' ('endue-toras abruptly, he stopped dressing and get that telegram for me'" Eaton got up, controlling llmsei sat absorbed In thought. Me Imd let himself sink hack against the pillows, under the Insult of the other's manner Wlmt business Is It of yours? he while he stared, unseeingly. at the sol.d hank of snow beside the car. demanded. Wlmt business? when the door at the farther end of Why, onlv that I'm Lawrence Hillward that's nil. inv the coach opened and Conductor Con friend! Wlmt are you up to siiyivnv' nery entered, calling a name. Lit w retire Hillward Mr. Mill ward! Mr. Lawrence traveling wit'-yo- u ! never set eyes on you itnr'l Telegram for Me. llillwanli" Eaton started at the first call of the saw you mi this train; and you take The charge was nmd my telegram!" name; he sat up and faced about. The conductor was opposite Section loudly and distinctly; every one It Three; Eaton now waited tensely and the dining car Eaton could not see delayed until the conductor was past : every one. hut he knew It was so then putting Ills head out of his curhad put down fork or cup or spoon tains he hailed as the conductor wus and wus sturlng nt him. "What dlu going through the door. Who Is that tele"Wlmt name? gram for?" "Mr. Lawrence Illllwnrd." "Oh, thank you; then that's mine." Connery held hack. "I thought your name was Eaton." It Is. Mr. Illllwnrd Lawrence Hillward Is an associate of mine who expected to make this trip with me tint could not. So I should have teleadgrams or other coinniuiih-atlondressed to him. Is there anything to sign? "No. sir train delivery." Eaton drew his ciiruilns close again and ripped the envelope open; Imt he fore reading the message he observed with alarm that his pajama Jacket Imd opened across the chest, nnd a small round scar, such as that left by a bullet penetrating, was exposed. Me gasped almost audibly. realizing this, and clapped Ids hand to Ids chest anil liuttoned Ids The message nine words jacket. without signature- - lay before Idin; Tldcket knot youngster omniscient issue foliage lecture tragic instigation." Mr. Eaton," Sh Smiled, "Wouldn't It wns some code which Eaton recYou Like to S.t With Us?" ognized Imt could not decipher at once. The conductor wns still stand yon do It for? Wlmt did you want ing in the aisle. with It?" the stout man blared on Eaton When did you get this? "Hid you tldnk I wasn't on the train? asked, looking out. W1 at? .Inst now. That message cairn Eaton felt he wns paling ns he through yesterday some time and was fined the blustering smaller man. He waiting for you lit Simons; when we realized tliut the passengers he could It of them this morning they sent see those at the smaller tables on." already had Judged hla explanation "I see; thanks. Enron, assured tlmt and found him wanting; the other if thp conductor had sien anyth'ng lie had done the same. unquestionably suspected on significance In what he Aver.v was gazing tip at him with a saw. dosed his curtains mid Imtfoned sort of contented triumph. them carefully. The conductor moved "The telegram was for me. ConducEtigllsli-Clil a on. Eaton took small tor he repented. st nese pocket dictionary from Ids "Met that telegram. Conductor!" th o'' It under cover pocket nnd opened man demanded again. stout the blanket; counting ti.e words tip I suppose. Connery suggested from "tlrcket he found "thev"; five you hnve letters or a card or some down from "knot" gave him know": Mtlng. Mr. Hr ton. to show your re six up from "youngster" v n "you" : 'mlon-dilto Lawrence Hillward." was omniscient" from six down "No. I lui ve not." waone:" seven up from "issue" guzd from one claimant ds :" and so continuing, he translated to Connery the other. "Will you give this genthe words to; tleman the telegram?" he asked Hatea "They know you. One Is following "I will not." Leave train Insfmtly." "Then I aim'1 furnish him another Eaton, nervous and Je"ky. as In It w a received here on the copy; o.nplctefl the firs six words lamhei' train by out express cterk ns the opfinal Lcav? three. as he compiled the erator. I'll go forward a ul get him an The humor of ti h in Instantly !" other copy." that advice in Ids present situation "That for you to decide," Eaton as he looked out the window at tin -and aa though the matter wn aid; solid hank of snow, appealed to him losed for him, he reaumed his seat. A waiter from the dining car cairn Me was aware that, throughout the buck, announcing the first call fo t ar the passengers were watching him breakfast, and spurred him Into no urlonsly. tlon. Passengers from the Pidlmnr Are you rendy to go bnck to unit at the rear passed Eaton's section fot nr now. Harriet?" Avery Inquire! the diner. He heard Harriet Montes lien she had finished her breakfast, voice In some quiet conventional re Eaton was not yet 1 rough though mark to the mun who followed her g "Surely theres no hurry about Eaton started at It; then he dresse-swiftlthe returned. today." girl They and hurried Into the nmv de vailed until Enton Imd finished. sprted washroom and then on t "Shall we all go hack to Hie ohr-i- t breakfast. t ion car and see If there s a vn w I as sitting facin turtle Harriet It s snowed or whether lown the track the door it t Ihe second of the large ver? she said impartially fo Ihe two tables; oppos te her, and with to hey went through the Iulkuun to Eaton, sat Monalil Avery. A ether. t third place was laid beside lie git" The first Pullman contained four or as though they expected Morne I passengers; the next. In which ie tliei Join them; hut they Imd inton Imd his berth, was still empty The gii fruit without waiting. The next is they passed through. glanced up as Eaton halted In III 'lillmnii also, at first glance, seemed hriglitene-wliblue her eyes doorway; o have been deserted m I'nvor of the s look part friendliness, par r iner forward or of the Hub-eashe Mr. Eaton." Oh. purpose. U buck. name had The porter you like to sit with us? II ihe berths there also, exi epi one; dont tldnk Kntlier Is coming to break was still sleeping behind someone ut fast now; and if he does, of coins be curta ns of Section Three, for a room." there's still It tin's hand hung over the aisle. Site pulled buck the clmir beside hr a gent Ionian's hand, with long, as h. Enton accepted enticingly: and fingers sensitive and at "Mood morning. Mr. Avery," he sab time he smiie strong. Thai was the forum!1 in Miss Horne's companion I erne's lather; Harriet ertli of as he ant down, and ilie man items-thof tlie three to pass, last the whs tHhle murmured something pei .tud go the others did not notice Ids force. inrt; but so strong wns the fsse.nu-int- i As Eaton ordered Ids breakfast, h of the hnnd In the aisle tlist lie appreciated for the first time that hi iirned hack and gazed at it fetor a comers: coming had Interrupted Sam. .'oing on Into the last ear rimi or rather u son of unmolwgm men and or ten passengers eight n the part of S'nndls' of complaint omen were lotinHiig iti the es.-.-v addressed Impersonally to Averv. of the observation room: a hairs Ion In con h versa! They engaged w a otiple, ulsiered and they hreakfasted a conversation It lock on the gazing platform standing no which Avery took almost part the from train. though Miss Morne tiled opcnlv n draw him In; then the sudden en nance of Connery, followed closely liv I" "No, No! Isnt thls-Ba- (Sit tnis a spoil, brusque man who belonged Santoii.e?" to the rear Pullman, took Eaton's n trillion nnd hers. " Winch i Idin?" Mu man uttli Con flu Uli CUAllAllULl.J nery deinnnded loudly. Tin. Connery checked him fi'it pointed When the girl keeps on cal Ing your at tl e same time to Eaten. "Thats him Is it?" the nher man attention to what a hvily ring ths o 'ten iniM.is tins, gral .Muir hut arid said. "Then go al'cnd." . . Kicliiiiond w;-tEaton observed that Avery, Newspaper Advertising In nu Interview today, Mr. Warren Wright, President of the Calumet Baking Powder Company, strongly advocated the use of newspaper advertising, and poinis to Calumet's success as proof of his statement. times as "Culumet sales are much as any other brand," stated Mr. Wright, "und ve attribute this to our lavish use of newspaper space. We believe that the newspaper Is the most direct medium we can use In getting our message across to the housewife, und we know from our experience covering thirty years that the housewife vlll resqamd to newspaper ndvet rising quicker than she will to any other form of advertising, The housewives hnve confidence In . aa one by one the passenger? wpnt away to bed. Connery, looking into this enr, found It empty and tin porter cleaning up; he slowly passed on forward tlnough the train, stopping momentarily If the rear Pullman op poslte the berth of the pnssengei whom President Jarvis had commend ed to his care. Ills scrutiny of the car told him all was correct here; the even breathing within the berth as su red him the passengers slept. Connery had been becoming more certain hour by hour all through the evening that they were going to have great difficulty In getting the train through. Though ho knew by Presi (lent Jarvis' note that the officials o' the road must be watching the prog loss of rills especial train with par ticular interest, be had received no train orders from the west for several hours. Ills Inquiry at the Iasi step had told him the reason for this: the telegraph wlrea to the west had gone down. To the east communion tlon was still open, hut bow long Ii would remnln so h could not guess Mere In the deep heart of the great mountains they had passed the Idaho line into Montana they boundary were getting the full effect of the storm: their progress, lucres si ngl slow, was broken hy stops which were becoming frequent and longer as they struggled on. At Krneroft the station where In was to exchange the ordinary plow which so far had sufficed, and couple on the rotary" to fight Ihe tnnnn aln drifts ahead Connery swung himself down from the train, looked in at the telegraph office and then went firrward to the two giant loco motives, on whose sweating, nmn strous hacks the snow, suddenly vis Ihle In thp haze of their lights, melted ns It fell. As they started, lie swim" aboard and In the brightly llglitemen's compartment of the first Pull mm cheeked up his report sheets with a stub of pencil. Again they stopped once more went on. Connery, hav'ng put hl capers lno ld pocket, dozed, awoke dozed again. The progress of the rrnin halted again nnd again; several time It hacked, charged forward again only to stop, hark and charge again nnd then go on. P.ut this did not disturb Connery. Then something went wrong. All at once he futtnd himself, hy a trail. man's instinctive and automatic action, upon Ills feet; for the shock Imd been so slight as Imrel.v to he fdt, far too slight certainly to have awakened an." of the sleeping passengers in their berths. Me went to the door of the car. lifted thp platform stop, threw open the door of the ves rlhiile and hanging himself h.v one hand to tiie roll, swung himself out from the side of the enr and looked ahead. Me saw the forward one o' ihe two locomotives wrapped in cloud In snow of team, ard men arm-dee- p wallowing forward to the rotary still farther to the front, and the sight con formed fully to Ills apprehension Mint ill's halt was more Important nnd likely to last much longer than those that had gone before. l8hed THE TELEGRAM i.ri il Warden, Seattle rapltjtl-'l- , (.Hi hla but.er he Is expecting il.er. to he admitted without !Ji l.N I He inf irm his wife l claig. i that threatens him I ns puisnes a pour, e he coris der the only h durable one. Warde- leaves the ho se in h s nr and meets a nmn iom he tales In, the machine. When ti e iar returns home. Warden Is found murdered, and a. one a The man, hits been at Warden's house, but leaves uno'.-e- i ved. Bob i eondu ti i. receives orders to hold IrHln five a party Five men and a girl hoard the train, the FaateiTi Ex, re xne lather of the K.rl. .If. I ns, is the person for wlsvrr, h rain was held Phl'io D. ha to:. a young man, also board d tl e trail. borne tells lus and his se retaiy. Don daughter Avert-- , to find out what they can The two make roncemlnt him Raton's acquaintance. C i.d. 'ER CHA III 3 Continued. n The sentence, ohvlwhs pne she felt it better not to finish. though oe recognized that notv (he must tvi:,h the eon versa tlon to en8, lie gc. up. She rose , You nit j Ctisly, tim.v, Til see ; on Into your enr. if you're returning there." he offered. Neither spoke. ns he went with her Into the next enr: and at flip section where he- - 'n'ber sat. Eaton hotted lllenll.v, nodded to Avery, who coldly returned nl nod, an'1 'eft her. Eaton went on lito his own car and stt' otvn. Ids ihoturlits In mad confusion Ilotv near he had come to talking to this trli l about himself, even though be had 01 from the first that that nns what she "as trying to make him do! Was he hmlng his common sense? on which lie Was the bad so counted that he had dared to take tills rrnln desert Inst him? Me felt Mint he must not see Uarric Dome mm In alone. In Avery he had recognized. hv that Instinct win h so Itrmisrel.v ihvlnes ihe personalities one an enemy from the start; meets, Domes H'timde toward him. of course, wan not yet defined : as for Marne lie could not tell Harriet whether she was prepared to lie Ids enemy or friend. Eaton went ino the me ,s compartment of Ids ear. where lie sat smoking fill after the train " hs under way In upon The eor e- look-agnln. him (here to ask if he wished Ills berth Biade till now; Knum idded assent nd fifteen minutes Inter, dropping the cold end of his olgnr and going out Inio the ear. lie found the berth ready for him A half hour later the passage of someone through the aisle nd the sudden dlnim'ng of the crack f light which showed above the curtains told him that the lluets in the Eaton car had been mrned ruvn. hut sleep was far closed his front him. Presently he egari to feel the train beginning to hinot " fth the Increasing grade and the i.eepeo ng snmv. It was r earing the nmu tta ns. and the was getting collier and the storm tore severe. Karon lifted the curtain from tlie window beside him and leaned on one elbow to look out. The train was running atirough a bleak. While desolation: eo light and no sign 1 ee. we-irli-- CHAPTER IV Are You Hillward? t the The hell In the washroom end of the car wrs ringing violently, and someone wns reinforcing his ring with a stentor'an call for "Porter! Porter !" Katon realized that It was very cold his berth also that I lie train which wns standing still, had been In that motionless condition for some time. Me threw up the window cur tain nr he appreciated that. nnd. looking out. found that he faced a great unbroken hank of glistening white snow as high as the top of the car at this point and rising even higher ahead. Me listened, therefore, while the Hnglishmnn for the voice calling to the porter was Ids extracted nl! available Information from the negro. Porter, where are we?" Krucroft "I?et ween and Simons, sub." "Yet?" Yessuh. ylf!" That foolish snow still?" "Yessuh ; nnd snow some more, sub ?" "P.ut haven't we the plow still ahead?" Oh. yessuh; the plow nhnld. We still got It; hut that's all. sub. It ain't doin much ; It's busted." "Eh what?" "Yessuh hus'ed ! There wns right smart of a slide across the track, and the crew. I understands, diagnosed It Jus fo' s snow hnnk ami done bucked right Into It. Hut they was rock In this, suh ; we's layln right Iwclow a hill; nnd that rock Jus' Inured that rotary like a Belgium shell hit I1 Yessuh pieces of that rotary esen flatly scattered themselves In four dinnd fo' rections besides hnckwa-d- s wards. We nin't done much trnvelin' sirur then." Entoi. no 'on per paid nttenfon. since 'Snowed In and stopped four!" The reniizai'.on startled him with the necess'ty of taking It Inio account in Ids plans. Me jerked him self up In Ids berth nnd began pulling Ids clothes down from the hooka; then. In Eaton Went Into the Men Compartment of His Car, Where He Sat moking Till After the Train Was Under Way Again. f habitation showed anywhere. The events of the day ran through his mind agala with sinister suggestion lie had taken that trsln for a certain definite, dangerous purpose which required hla remaining as obscure and a Inconspicuous as possible; yet already he had been jingled out for attention. So far. he wits sure, lie had received m store than that attenMe tion. curlos'ty concerning him. bad not gufl'ertd recognition; hut that might come til arty m stent. Could he risk longer wnitlng to ret? lie dropped on his hack on the bed and lay with I Is hands clasped tinder his head his eyes staring up at the roof of the nr. fi. he cs t) room of the observation car, jtlnylt ; rod conversation stlii Hrue-- . thee WBltl lilt dnilq- - fra 1 s d , advertisements newspaper Ilill-wurd- ! 1 Airs. Christina Van Hess Attribute Their Success te j because they know that the newspapers set up high standards for their advertisers. 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