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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SALINA, UTAH of the Y floret of with JD the Foothills Author of T hm Cote PancAr" Continued. Homtjltadtrj" 11 at that. She did not Invite him with words, but she gave her body a slight hitch, as though to make room, although there was enough already. He sat down without comment. Not unlike a rock I remember up In the foothills, he remarked, after a silence. Oh, you remember that? It was like this, wasnt It? Same two people sitting on It. "... Yes. Not like this, though. . . . No. You're mean. You know I didn't Intend to fall asleep. Of course not. Still. . . . Ills voice lingered on it as though it were a delightful remembrance. She found herself holding one of her hands In the other. She could feel the pressure of Transleys ring on her palm, and she held it tighter still. Riding anywhere in particular? he Inquired. No. Just mooning. She looked up at him again, this time at close quarters. It was a quick, bright flash on his face a moment only. Why mooning? She did not answer. Looking down In the water be met her gaze there. Youre troubled ! he exclaimed. Oh, no! My my ankle hurts a little. He looked at her sympathetically. Rut not that much, he said. She gave a forced little laugh. What a mind reader you are! Can you tell my fortune? I should have to read It In your hand. She would have extended her hand, but for Transleys ring. No. . . . No. You'll have to read It In In the stars. Then look at me. She did so, Innocently. I cannot read it there, he said, after bis long gaze had begun to whip the color to her cheeks. There is no answer. She turned again to the water, and after a long while she heard his voice, very low and earnest. Zen, I could read a fortune for you, If you would not be offended. We Hre only chance acquaintances not very well acquainted, yet She knew what he meant, but she pretended she did not. Even In th: moment something came to her of Transleys speech about love being a game of pretense. Very well, she would play the game this once. I dont see how I could be offended at your reading my fortune, she murmured. Then this is the fortune I would read for you, he said boldly. I see a young man. a rather foolish young man, perhaps, by ordinnry standards, and yet one who has found a great deal of happiness in his simple, unconventional life. Until a short time ago he felt that life could give him nil the happiness that was worth having. He had henlth, strength, hours of work and hours of pleasure, the fields, the the sky all hills, the mountains, God's open places to live In and enjoy, lie thought there was nothing more. Well, then he found, all of a sudden, that there was something more everything more. He made that discovery on a calm autumn night, when Are had blackened all the foothills and still ran bn dancing red ribbons over their dl'tflnt crests. That night a great thlg two great things came Into his life. First was something he gave. Not very much, indeed, hut typical of all It nil gfiit be. It was service. And next was something he received, something so wonderful he did not understand It then, ard does not under stand It yet. It was trust. These were things he had been leaving largely oat f bit Hf and suddenlv be discovered iM. Copyright by &OBEBT STEAD The afternoon wore on, and as the day was warm she dismounted by a ford and sat down upon a flat rock close to the water. The rock reminded her of the one on which she and Grant had sat that night while the thin red lines of fire played far up and down the valley. Her ankle was paining a little so she removed her boot and stocking and" soothed It In the cool water. As she sat watching her reflection In the clear stream and toying with the ripple about her foot a horseman rode quickly down through the cottonwoods on the other side and plunged Into the ford. It happened so quickly that neither saw the other until he was well Into the river. Although she had had no dream of seeing him here, In some way she felt no surprise. Her heart was behaving boisterously, but she sat outwardly demure, and when he wbs close enough 6he sent a frank smile up to him. The look on his sunburned face as he returned her greeting convinced her that the meeting, on his part, was no less unexpected and welcome than It was to her. When his horse was out of the water he dismounted and walked to her with extended hand. This is an unexpected pleasure, he said. How Is the ankle progressing? Well enough, she returned, but It gets tired as the day wears on. I am just resting a bit. There was a moment of somewhat embarrassed silence. "That Is a good-size- d rock, he suggested, at length. Yes, Isnt It? And here In the shade, Thm how empty It was. I think there is one word for both these things, and, it may be, for even more. You know? I know," she said, and her voice was scarcely audible. But it Is your fortune I am to It has read," he corrected himself. been your fortune to open that to me. That can never be undone those gates can never 1 e closed no matter where the paths may lead. Those two paths go down to the future as all paths must even as this road leads away through the valley to the sunset. Zen if only, like this road, they could run side by side to the sunset Oh Zen, If they could? I know, she said, and as she raised her face he saw that her eyes were wet. I know If only they could ! There was a little sob in her voice, and in her beauty and distress she was Irresistible. lie altogether reached out his arms and would have taken her in them, but she thrust her hands In 1,1s and held herself back. She turned the diamond deliberately to his eyes. She could feel his grip relax and apparently grow suddenly cold. lie stood speechless, like one dazed benumbed. You see, I should not have let you talk it Is my fault, she said, speakI should not hav let ing hurriedly. you talk. Please do not think 1 am shallow; that I let you suffer to gratiHer eyes found his fy my vanity. If I had not believed every again. word you said if I bad not hoped every word you said, I would not have listened. . . . But you see how it is. lie was silent for so long that she thought he was not going to answer her at all. When he spoke It was In new-worl- 1 a dr-- , parched voice. your pardon, I he said. should not have presumed I know, I know. If only " Then he looked straight at her and talked out. You liked me enough to let me speak as I did. I opened my heart to you. I ask no such concession in re I beg And Dennison Grant continued his way down tpe valley while Zen rode hack to the Y.D., wondering If she could ever forget. CHAPTER ... Children Cry for Trvrjdey bed won the complete confidence of her fa- ther and when doubts assailed her Zen found in that fact a very considerable comfort. Y.D. was a shrewd man; A a man who seldom guessed wrong. Zen By ROBERT STEAD CHAPTER VIII plennr. i IX Under scratched Ids tousled brown lmlr reilecthely as lie gazed after the retreating form of Transley. Ills hat was off, and the perspiration stood tin bis sunburned face a face which, In point of handsomeness, needed make no apology to Transley. said Linder; Well, by thunder! by thunder, think of that! Linder stood for some time, thinking of that ns deeply as his somewhat disorganized mental state would permit. For Transley had announced, with his usual directness, that he wanted so many meq and teams for a house excavation in the most exclusive part of the city. So far they hud been building in the cheaper districts a cheap type of house for those who, having little capital, are the easier deprived of wlmt they have. The shift in operations caused Linder to lift his eyebrows. Transley laughed boyishly and clapped a palm on Ills shoulder. I may as well mrike you wise, We're going to Linder," he said. build a house for Mr. and Mrs. Transley. Missus? Linder echoed, incredulously. Thats the good word," Transley confirmed. Never expected It to happen to me, but It did, all of a sudden. You want to look out; maybe it's catching. Transley was evidently In prime humor. Linder had, indeed, noted this good humor for some time, but had attributed it to the very successful operations in which his employer hnd been engaged. He pulled himself together enough to offer a somewhat confused congratulation. And may I ask who Is to be the fortunate young lady? he ventured. You may, said Transley, "hut If you could see the length of your nose It wouldn't be necessary. Linder, youre the best foreman I ever had, Just because you dont ever think of When you pass on anything else. therell be no heaven for you unless they give you charge of a bunch of men and teams where you can raise a sweat and make money for the boss. If you weren't like that you would have anticipated what Ive told you or perhaps made a play for Zen yourself. Zen? You dont mean Y.D.s daughter? If I dont mean Y.D.s daughter I dont mean anybody, and you cun take that from me. You bet It's Zen. Say, Linder, I didnt think I could go silly over a girl, but Im plumb locoed. I bought the biggest old sparkler In this town didn't vest been and sent It out with Y.D., If he lose It through the lining of his lie handled it like it might have a box of pills had pills, Linder Ive got an architect figuring how much expense he can put on a house he gets a commission on the cost, you see and one of tiiese nights I'm going to buy you a dinner thatll keep you fed till Christmas. I never knew before that silliness and happiness go together, hut they do. I'm glad I've got a sober old foreman Hint's all that keeps the business going. And after Transley had turned away Linder had scratched his head and said, By thunder. . . . Linder, when you wake up you'll he dead. . . . After her practically saying, The water's fine. . . . Well, that's why I'm a foreman, and always will did not admit that she was allowing her father to choose a husband for her, hut the fact that her father concurred In the choice strengthened her In It. Transley had In htin qualities which would win not only wealth, hut distinction, and she would share In tha laurels. She told herself that It was a delightful outlook ; that she was a very happy girl Indeed nnd wondered why she was not happier! Particularly she laid It upon herself that she must now, finally, dismiss Dennison Grant from her mind. It was absurd to suppose that she cared more for Grant than she did for Transley. The two men were so different; it was impossible to lunke comparisons. They occupied quite different spheres in her regard. To he sure, Grunt was a very likeuble man, hut he v.as not eligible ns a husband, nnd she could not nutrry two, in uny case. Zen entertained no girlish delusions about there being only one man in the world. On tha contrary, she was convinced that there were very ninny men in the world, and, among the better types, there was, perhaps, not so much to choose between them. Grant would undoubtedly be a good husband within his means ; so would Transley, and his s means were greater. The of the new house In town had not been without their effect. It was a different prospect from being a foremans wife on a ranch. Her father would never hear of It. . . . So she busied herself with preparations for the great event, and what Zen, her preparations they were! father hnd said, for once the lid is off. Go the limit I" She took him at his word. There were muny trips to .town, and activities about the old ranch buildings such as they had never known since Jessie Wilson came to finish Y.D.s nor even then. The good word spread throughout the foothill country nnd down over the prairies, and many a lazy cloud of dust lay along the November hillsides ns the women folk of neighboring ranches came to pay their respects nnd gratify their curiosity. Zen had treasures to show which sent them home with new standards of extravagance. Y.D. had not thought he could become so worked up over a simple matter like a wedding. Time hnd dulled the edge of memory, but even after making allowances he could not recall that his marriage to Jessie Wilson had been such an event In his life as this. It did not nt least reflect so much glory upon him personally. lie bnsked In the reflected glow of his daughter's beauty and popularity as happily ns the big cat lying on the sunny side of the bunk-liouslie found all sorts of excuses for Invndlng where his presence was little wanted while Zen's finery was being displayed for admiration. Y.D. ahvnys pretended that such Invasions were quite accidental, and affected a fine Indifference to nil this womens fuss nn' feathers, hut his affectations deceived nt least none of the older visitors. As the great day approached Y.D.s wife shot a bomb-shel- l at him. What do you propose to wear for Zens wedding? she demanded. Wluit's tiie matter with the suit I go to town in? Y.D., said his wife, kindly, "there are certain little touches which you overlook. Your town suit is all right for selling steers, although I wont say that It hasn't outlived Its prime even for that. To attend Zen's wedding It Is hardly the thing." Its been a good suit, he protest- It On Guard The best way to avoid arrest for traffic violations has been discovered Another womby a woman motorist. an and I were riding the other day, she says, and we ran past a stop street. An officer stepped out and told us to stop. There wns a baby, in the car with us and when the officer started to write out die slip for our court appearance, the baby grubbed bis book and threw it into the street. The officer looked abashed, grinned, murmured something nbout having one like that nt home nnd ordered us to 1 letroit drive on. News. WOMEN son-in-la- - SWAMP-ROO- T Seek Fossils in Africa i East Africa, which has alreadyj yielded up some most important fos-- j sils of dinosaurs, Is now regarded, with much expectancy as a field of research in natural history, and for several years the trustees of the British museum have been hoping to send out! an expedition to this territory. Thei difficulty, however, had been lack of funds; and the hopes of securing cooperation with museums overseas a'so failed to he realized. It has at last' been possible to arrange for Mr. W. E. Cutler of the University of Manitoba! to sail for West Africa to explore aj number of the promising sites off former discoveries. Tha Cutioura Toilet Trio. navlng cleared your skin keep it clear by making Cutlcura your everyday( toilet preparations. The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal, the Talcum to powder and perfume. No toilet table Is complete without them. Advertisement, -' Could Guarantee That Dealer I can guarantee this um- brella. Buyer Do you guarantee It Is sllk?j Dealer No, not that. Buyer Do you guarantee It to last a year? Dealer Of course not. Buyer Do you guarantee that It Is rainproof. Dealer No; no umbrellas now ar rainproof. Tides Used for Power Buyer Then what do you guaran- With the claim that It Is the first to tee? use the tides successfully In the genDealer I guarantee It to be an um-- j eration of electricity, a hydroelectric brella. Stockholm Knspar. plant employing this principle has. been set up at East Saugus, near Lynn, Cuts Out Own Tonsils Mnss. The plant, which Is the InvenAn Interne In a hospital at Norfolk,) tion of Domenico Damlano of Boston, was begun two years ago and was com- Vn., Dr. Benjamin Bailey, removed his own tonsils. The operation was per- pleted and put in operation early In the present yenr. It consists of a formed with a set of borrowed Instru-- ! small power house above a well on an ments between two mirrors set up aq arm of the Saugus river, In which is right angles. Veteran surgeons at the n turbine set in motion by the elib nnd hospital urged Bailey to give up the when he persisted they flow of the tide. About 65 horse notion, and renmlned within convenient calling dlss is a power generated by dynamo tanee In case the patient made a' failrigged to the turbine, says the New ure of the job. After applying a loYork Times. The plant was financed cal anesthetic the Interne performed largely by Italian residents of Massathe operation with the flow of only a chusetts. few drops of blood. Talk With Eyelids Detectives taught a rode Father and Children in Cunnda are being by means of whicli they For he who hns acquired the habit of lying or deceiving his father will can communicate with one another by do the same with less remorse to othdropping, raising or other movements ers. I believe that It Is better to of the eyes, und also how to "talk sebind children to you by a feeling your cretly by means of finger touches, by of and by gentleness, than respect, a twisting of cigar, fingering of a musTerrance. tache nnd twiddling fingers behind the hack. Tills is being done, necording to Popular Mechanics Magazine, so The Approved that they can transfer their thoughts He (after proposal) I shall work when In the presence of criminals or hard nnd In a year or two well havet It is declared that com- our own little home in the country. prisoners. munication with the eyelids ran bp She Oh, how lovely! We can rent as rapid us the ordinary man it nnd board in town, cant we, dear? Boston Transcript. by-fea- hunk-house- A NEED Thousands of women have kidney and bladder trouble and never suspect It. Women's complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys are not in a healthy condition they may cause the other organs tc become diseased. Tain in the back, headache, loss of ere oftentimes ambition, nervousness symptoms of kidney trouble. Dont delay starting treatment. 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It was and her mind strove to quickly apHe threw- himpraise the situation. On one side was a round circle. this man who had for her so strange self Into the building of Transleys and so powerful on appeal. It was house with ns much fl lelity ns If It only by sheer force of will hat she had been his own. He g'nve Ids uncould he'd Herself aloof from him. divided attention to Transleys interBut he was a man who hnd broken ests, making dollars for him while with his family and quarreled with earning cents for himself. Tills attenher father a man whom her father tion was more needed than It everliad would certainly not for a moment conbeen, as Transley found it neeessarj sider as a lie was a fore- to make weekly trips to the ranch in man; practically a ranch hand. the foothils to consult with Y.D. upon Neither Zen nor her father were business matters. Zen found tier interest in Transley snobs, and if Grant worked for a living, 6o did Transley. That was not to growing ns Ids fountains continued. be counted against him. The point He spent tnoney upon tier lavishly, to was, what kind of living did he earn? the point nt which stie protested, for Wlmt Transley had to offer was per- although YD. was rated ns a millionhaps on a lower plnne, hut it was more aire the family life was one of almost (TO BE CONTINUED.) substantial. It had been approved stark simplicity. Trans'ey assured her by her father, and her mother, and Hint he was making money faster than Immense Waterspout herself. It wasnt as though one man lie posrdljy could spend It, and even if A Washington scientist lias recorded were good and the other lad; It not. mnnv had no nobler mission than the particulars concerning a groat wasn't hs though one thing were right to bring her happiness. He explained waterspout he observed south of (.'ape and the other wrong. It would have the blue prints of the hotiRe, and dis- Comorin on n day when the weutlier bepn easy then. . . . cussed With her details of the appo'nt-ments- . was fine and the sea smooth. The I have promised, she said at last. As the building progressed he waterspout formed between a russet She released her hands from his, brought her weekly photographs nf it gray cloud nnd the sea nearly five and, sitting down, slientiy put on her He urged her to set the dnte about tulles from the ship. At first the disShe was aware Christmas ; during Hie w Inter contract- tance between tne base of the cloud stocking and hoot. that he was still standing near, as ing would tie at a standstill, so they und the surface of the sea was 4 C() though waiting to he formally dis- would spend three months in Callfor feet and the width of the column missed. She walked by him to her nia and return in time for the spring tttjered from 500 feet at Its Juncture horse and put her foot In the stirrup. business. with the cloud to 150 feet at the sen Then she looked at him and gave her The vortex appeared to he a tube Day by day the girl turned the situhand a little farewell wave. ation over In her mind. Her life had with tailoring sides nnd a central Then a great pang. Irresistible in its been swept Into strange and nnexpect "oluntn. The walls seemed to consist of yearning, swept over her. She drew ed channels, and the experience puz watermovlngdownward Hiid th central her foot from the stirrup, and, rushzled her. She assured herself that sh olumn of water ascending The phe ing down, tlirpw her arms about his looked forward to her marriage will nomenon lasted for thirteen minutes neck. . . . Transley with the proper delight of a The walls broke and the central col ' I must go," ghj said. "I must go. bride-to-be- , nnd Indeed it was a pros mnn appeared to ascend Into tbi We must both, go and forget. pact that could well be cooteumlateo cloud ... Narcotics! No Mother! Fletchers Castorla has Food; giving natural sleep without' been In use for over 30 years to relieve opiates. The genuine bears signature of bnhies and children of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and, by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Is "It has. It Is also a venerable suit. But really, Y.D., It will not do for this occasion. You must get yourself a new suit, nnd a white shirt What do I want with a white shirt ? "It has to be, Ids wife Insisted. You'll have to deck yourself out In a new suit nnd n white shirt nnd collar. Y'.I). stamped around the room, nnd "All fool In n moment slipped out. nonsense, he confided to himself, on . Ids way to the It's all right lor Zen to have good clothes didn't I tell her to go the limit? hut as for me, t ain't me that's gettin' mnrritd, is it? Stnndin up before all them emv punchers In a whltp shirt! The bitterness of such disgrace cut the old rancher no less keenly than the physical discomfort which he forecast for himself, yet he put ids own desires sufficiently to one side to bin a suit of dollies, and a white shirt and collar, when lie wus next In town. It must not he supposed that Y.I). admitted to the salesman that he personally was descending to any such garb. Harmless Substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups blue-print- ed. Casforia j Appalling Problem Confronts Americans, Life Tables Show Average health span extends only from age 18 to age 31 Earning power dwindles rapidly after Health physical freedom and full vigor ends at age 31 for the average person. Maximum usefulness ends at 40. 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