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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH WE THE By Elizabeth Jordan VERITY by The Century Co.) SYNOPSIS. Incapacitated, mentally, by shod:, as a result of experiences during; the World war, Kenshaw makes a proposition to David Campbell, wealthy, elderly man of leisure, that for a year he assume responsibility for him (Kenshaw) practically 'buy" him. Doctor Stanley, lifelong friend of Campbell's, Indorses the proposition, which Campbell, with some natural The armisgivings, accepts. rangement Is that the young man becomes an Inmate of the Campbell household, with the nominal duty of secretary. CHAPTER I Continued The voice and manner of the visitor were ns unresponsive ns before. When do you want to begin? Now lids minute. Oh! Then you came prepared to Btay ?" Yes, sir." Very well. Campbell held out his "Now, If you have no objections to tea. we will drink some, he added ns he slowly settled And I, for back into the big chair. one, am ready for it! Buying a man. If you will permit tue to say so, is rather an exhausting business. lie rang the hell as lie spoke, and the complacent personality of the serIMnsliuw vant who had admitted promptly Injected itself Into the room. Jenks. said his master, bring ten, and tell Miss Campbell when It Is here. And by the way, .leaks lie stopped the man on his way to the door, nnd turned to Kenshaw. Iid you bring any luggage? A hug. It is In the hn!I." Campbell spoke to the butler: "Take it up to the north room. Mr. Kenshaw, who Is my new secretary, will use that room unless, after lie has tried It, he prefers another." Jenks left the room, lie had not spoken, nnd he did not glance at Kenshaw: hut to the young man every line of his erect figure conveyed an august disapproval. In a few minutes he was back In stalely association with a which ho rolled up to tiie fire. Simultaneously the door from the hull reopened nnd a girl came In. She was young, not much more than lie decided, nt a glance, twenty-two- , and very lovely. Her hair nnd her eyes were darker tlmn his own. hut soft and holding an unexpected expression of melancholy. Yet every line of her face nnd figure showed pride nnd spirit, and she walked with (tie gait of a young empress. She mine directly to the side of the old man, kissed the top of Ids head with precision, and turned her unsmiling eyes on the visitor as he was presented. Campbell was Verity, my dear, saying, tills Is Mr. Kenshaw, who Is going to look after my correspondence, nnd see that I get to bed nt ten, nnd rule me generally with n rod of Iron. But I warn you, Ilenshnw, that rn.v granddaughter will hardly tolerate another tyrant in the house. To order me about Is her pet privilege. Kenshaw, bowing silently before tbe girl, met for an instant the direct regard of her proud eyes, and In that instant realized that she did not like him. He accepted the discovery with Indifference. The liking or disliking of other was unimportant. But, as he took the cup of tea she poured for him, he unexpectedly met the "hzp of another pair of eyes nnd the expression of these he could not so casually dismiss from his mind. They wore the eyes of Jenks, the butler, nnd they held a message that was as clear as It n message of Intense was unpleasant nnd open antagonism. While Campbell chatted with his granddaughter, tossing an occasional sentence to his new property, John Kenshaw stared into the tea he was absently stirring. In his normal past many human beings liked him nnd n few had disliked him. But as far as he knew none had repudiated him nt the first encounter so wn rally nnd so obviously ns Miss Verity Campbell nnd her butler had Just done. Why had they repudiated hlml hand. deei-root- Chapter Along Comes Verity. Mr. Kenshaw! Tea was over nnd Jenks, again Imperturbable, had trundled away the teuwagon as tenderly as if It held the family's heir. As it was going, Campbell struggled out of his deep chair and, standing with his straight old hack to the fire, addressed ills new property with suave directness. Kenshaw sided like a frightened horse, and none of the three pairs of eyes watching him missed the movement. Camjv-bcl- l experienced a sense of revolt, shot through with irritation against his old friend nnd physician. Confound It, how can this fellow he of any use to me, when he's nervous as a cat? he reflected. "Its going to lie an infernal nuisance to have to consider him as If he were a primn donna. But, even as the thought went through his mind, the new secretary l ad recovered his poise and was on his feet, obviously ready for instructions. Probably you would like to go up to your room wow," Campbell went on, In the suave voice that was 8(5 much younger than his years, "to unpack :nd rest after your Journey. Jenks will show you the way. We dine at eight, he added, as the young man high-struu- g followed the butler, who had stopped at tiie sound of his name. When the door dosed upon the two, Campbell drew a long breath of relief. he fervently ejaculated, I am beginning to think It will he almost worth while to have that fellow around for the sake of the frequent rapture of getting rid of him. Veritys black eyebrows rose a trifle. Why did you engage him, if you didnt want him? stie asked. Stanley wished him on me. The whole episode is an amazing piece of folly, and I am afraid I don't show up In It any better than Stanley and Itenshaw," her grandfather confessed with growing irritation. He described his Interview with Kenshaw, while Veritys expression, incredulous at first, changed to one of deepening In torest nnd perplexity. You dont imagine there Is something hack of it?" she slowly suggest An effort to get Into the house ed. and . No, no! her grandfather testily Interrupted. The last two years of tiie mans time are fully accounted for. lie has been In sanatorium, poor chap. Besides, Stanley knows ail about him." "I wonder what happened to him? Verity spoke almost under her breath, her Imagination circling among various dark possibilities of which she had heard and read. The old man shook his head. I haven't an idea. What I want to know Is, whats going to happen to me under tills absurd arrangement? I cant imagine why I let inyself in for it. For a second or two I thought I saw a way of making him useful, but I dont believe it will work out lie I suppose the fellow has broke off. some magnetism," he ended. Not u particle. Verity spoke with conviction. "In fact, it's tiie other way around. Theres something almost repellent In him, something a little oh, what Is tiie word? Well, someis He unluiiiian. unusually thing handsome, of course; there's even a certain nobility about his head and face. And yet, hes like a ghost. Yes, thats what I am trying to get at, she He added, with quiet satisfaction. looks at us us the dead might look If they came buck as If he had passed through existences and experiences we could never understand and catrfd-Meven dream of." No doubt he has, the old man conHe affects me like a human ceded. draft. But we must not let our Imaginations run away with us. If he is too depressing, we will get rid of him; Ill ship him off and make him useful somewhere eisq. lies got to do what I tell him and go where I semi him." "And now let's forget the fellow nnd go ou with that hook you were rending." Fpsinlrs, in the chamber to which Campbell had sent hlni, Kenshaw was doing some thinking of his own. His first impression was that it was oddly remote from other rooms. Only one additional door opened from the narrow corridor lie had traversed. The second rcllection, as Jenks turned a knob and stood hack to let him enter his new quarters, was that the room was very comfortable. and extremely large Jenks touched an electric button and the shadowy room (lashed Into soft light which brought out (lie details of a mahogany bed in a far corner, facing a low-honnd a the door, a high-boy- , luiilt-iwardrobe. The room's large north wall contained two window s, and through two additional windows, very cushioned seals, wide nnd with built-ihe could look out on the front grounds of Tawno Kor and follow tiie maple-lineavenue leading to the highway, lie was to have plenty of light and air, he retleeted with content. He went to a north window nnd, glancing out, found this first impresThere .would he uir, sion changing. Kut numerous oaks without doubt. nnd maples crowded close to the house so dose, Indeed, that an athlete such as Itenshaw had once been could leap from a window into the branches of at least one venerable tree. The trees were rather unexpectedly thick in front, too, he discovered, and he was surprisingly far from the ground, lie would he almost if he leaned far among the tree-top- s out of the windows on the front side of his room. Jenks threw open the door of a second room in which could he seen the outline of a shower apparatus and the nickel and porcelain fittings of a bathtub. The bathroom Is very small, sir," the man apologetically explained, nnd theres no window in it. It was made two years ago. out of a big closet. But you will he quite comfortable. And you will always find extra linen in the closet Just outside your door, in the corridor. That closet is the mate to this one." Kenshaw - returned to the bedroom and its blaziug fire. He found that Jenks had lifted the heavy traveling-casand was to a small trunk-stanunfastening the straps. I'll attend to that, thanks," he said with a gesture of dismissal, Very well, sir. .links turned to go. seven Shall I come hack at half-pas- t and help you dress?" No, thanks: I'll get along. My dear, ot n n d I shall be very glad to do anything I can, sir." Thats ail right, but Im not a gentleman guest. Im here to stay, and I prefer to look out for myself. So I won't trouble you. Ilen.shaw spoke pleasantly, but he was feeling puzzled. Standing by the fireplace with his elbow on the mantel and his detached glance drifting past tiie mans face, he wondered, without much interest why the creature was so suddenly friendly. An hour ago he had been furiously resentful of the newcomers presence. Now lie seemed all eagerness and deference. Are you planning to have breakfast up here, sir?" he respectfully Inquired. Good Lord, no!" Itenshaw spoke with sudden Irritation. Why the devil was the fellow so persistent? Was It merely because he realized that the open betrayal of his antagonism had been unwise? Or was it the thought stood stolidly at. the entrance of tiie secretarys mind until he finally permitted tiie unwelcome visitor to enter was it because Jenks knew that this newcomer was so infernally dependent on others that even at this moment every instinct In him was calling for assistance? "Whats your name? Jenks, sir. Weil, Jenks, theres exactly one tiling you can do. 'The mans tone was Yes, sir. eager. Get out, please, and be quick about it! Jenks got out. His surface dignity was unimpaired, hilt tiie door closed on ids exit with a temperamental snap. Left alone, Kenshaw dropped into the casy-clial- r before the exuberantly blazing fire, and rested his head against Its padded hack with a sigh of exhaustion. He was tired tired to the soul ; but from the darkness of that soul the hermit-thrusof hope sent out a solitary note. lie had put through the Ilan. He had won that little contest of wills with Jenks, and had given no outward sign of the effort it cost him. Now he would rest. Of course he ought to he unpacking, bathing, dressing for dinner. He would do all those things later. His present duty was to relax to let the atmosphere of the old house sink into him. How absurd he had been to Imagine tilings about Jenks and Miss Campbell! Jenks was merely a spoiled servant. Impersonally resenting any newcomer, and already contrite over his, mistake nnd anxious to make amends. As to the girl, that lovely girl with the hair and the proud and perfect mouth, she was afraid that he, Kenshaw, was going to he a nuisance. The human beings in Tawno Ker, thrown together as closely as they were the solitude of the place suddenly Impressed him; surely it was miles from any neighbor! those humans must form a close corporation. It was not to be wondered at that they should resent an intrusion like his. A small log. Mazing on the andirons, partod and dropped with a rattle and a shower of sparks. Kenshaw did not hear It. Tiie door opened an Inch, anil some i.ne peered at him through the crack. He did not hear the sound It made as it opened and closed. He was newin a condition of found nnd vastly comforting at peace, relaxed, anil nt last drifting out on the blessed sea of sleep. He was awakened by the sound of a gong, mellow hut extremely penetrating, obviously a dinner or dressing gong designed to lie heard throughout the big ionise, lie sat up with a spectacular start nnd glanced at the clock on the mantel above him. It was half-pas- t seven. He had slept uninterruptedly for more than tin hour, an experience still novel enough to he gratifying. lie had only thirty minutes in which to unpack, bathe and dress for As he cast a last glance in dinner. the mirror before he went downstairs he was mildly surprised by the agreeable normality of the being who looked hack at him. The fellow seemed at least reconciled to life. h Jet-blac- k well-bein- jSSffewi lebio n (Copy for ThU Department Supplied by the A merlca n Leyton New Service IN FIVE MONTHS RUN FOR MEMBERS The department of Utah, American Legion, Is conducting a five months membership campaign In competition with the departments of Colorado and Wyoming, which started November 1 and Is to end on March 31, it was announced recently by J. C. Ilehholz, chairman of the Utah department membership committee. The outcome will decide the Itoeky mountain Membership championship, according to Mr. Kebholz. A feature of tiie campaign will be the awards to local posts of Utah and to the Individual member of any post with the. highest number of enrollments to his credit. To the post with tiie highest membership standing In the department at the dose of the campaign next March will be presented a silver loving cup. The standing of the posts will be figured on the basis of the paid-umembership as of December 31, 11)2-1- , compared with the paid-umembership at the close of the contest. At the state convention of the winning department a stand of Legion colors will be presented to the victor. The colors will he bought by a pooled fund from the three departments. e d Oil Painting of York for Knoxville Library The public library at Knoxville is soon to have an oil painting of the famous Sergeant Alvin C. York, World war liero who put 33 machine guns out of business anil captured 132 German soldiers, single banded, during tiie late war. Sergeant York promised American Legionnaires, who will present the painting to the library, that be would pose long enough to have the picture made, though posing wasnt just In his line, Tiie famous soldier Is much heavier than when he was discharged from the army. lie stands six feet two inches In his shoes and weighs 240 pounds. When asked if lie would have a cigar he replied: No, thank you, I have not smoked, drank nor swore an oath in ten years. Asked what lie thought of tiie chances for the promotion of world peace, lie declared: I do not believe there will ever lie world pence, however much I desire to see it. The nations of Europe have always warred and are fiiled with petty jealousies and fenl of eaeli oilier, and I believe they will continue to fight. The entry of the United States into world affairs might help some." COMMENDS LEGION OAMUEL WOODFILL, called by General lershing, America's Greatest Bohlier, speaking at Portsmouth, Ohio, said of tiie American Legion: The returned soldiers, sailors and marines have organized a body, the American Legion, a body men Who would, if their country needed, respond to tiie ettll to the colors to the men. In the many crises which have confronted tiie cities in tiie United States in which there were posts of the American Legion, that body of men was tiie first to offer relief and assistance. One example, that of Lorain, Ohio,- will suffice. Members of the Legion in Lorain worked unceasingly to render every assistance to tbe sufferers at the time of that disaster. It is essential that the American Legion in every city maintain a home. .That is the hope of the organization in every city of the United States. of Jenks hesitated. Excuse me, sir, but Mr. Campbell regards It as a part of my duty to assist any gentlemen guests of his and Thirty-Tw- o Nations Permanent Toads a good are investment not an expense Road Building Far Behind the Automobile Millions now recognize the automobile as a ne- - cessity. It is no longer a luxury for the few. Sixty per cent of its use is fen: business. Because of this the mod- ern paved highway has become an economic cessity. ne- Yet although the mileage of Concrete Roads and Streets has been steadily increasing, our highway system today lags far behind the automobile. The great majority cf our highways are as out of date as the single-tracnarrow gauge railway o! ity years ago. Such a condition not only seriously handicaps die progress of the automobile as a comfortable, profitable irieans of transportation, but also holds back commercial, industrial and agricultural advancement in practically every section of the country. It is costing taxpayers millions of dollars annually. Highway building should be continued and enlarged upon. You highway authorities are ready to carry on their share of this great public work. But they must have your support. Tell them you are ready to invest in more and wider Concrete Highways now. PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 111 West Washington Street CHICAGO qA National Organization to Improve and Extend the Uses of Concrete Offices In 29 Cities Ben A. Webster. lie graduated from the University of Minnesota, lie won his "M" as a high hurdler and was president of the senior class. lie then went into the lumber business and is now general manager of a chain of yards, lie is married and is the father of three children, two girls nnd a hoy. He now lives at Mason City. Neglecting Problems of National Defense Tiie American people are neglecting problems of national defense and almost overnight have forgotten the lessons of the World war, said James A. Drain, national commander of the American Legion, at a luncheon attended by two of the United States army flyers, Capt. Lowell II. Smith and Lieut. Leslie Arnold. I cannot emphasize too much, Commander Drain said, the necessity of perfecting our national defense, even while we are talking peace, and preparedness in the air is not the least of our problems by any means. Our government should follow tbe lend you Magelians of the air have given it, that in tiie unhappy event of war this country might still be in the lead as regards sufficiency and efficiency of its air forces. round-the-worl- Don't take chances of your horses or mule teingr laid up with Distemper, Influenza, i'ink Lye, Luryniiis, Heaves, Coughs or Colds. Give MOILVS to both the rick and the well ones. The standard remedy for 30 years. Give SPOirVS for Dog Dis0 cents and $l.SO at drug stores. temper. BrOlIX MEDICAL CO. GOSUEX, IXD. When a titan is unalile to choose b tween two evils lie usually hunts up third. d 5' Loup City (Neb.) Post Expects to Be in Lead With a membership already 200 per cent over the top, Loup City (Neb.) post of the American Legion expects to lead the Legioii in Nebraska during 11)23. On October G the post had a meeting nt which Department Commander Courtney made an address. Following the meeting 55 new mem-bor- e were enrolled, giving a total of 80 members ffrr the post. Commander Courtney made one of the finest talks ou the Legion ever heard in the state, say Legionnaires present. It not only had a punch in it, hut a pull as well enough to pull half a hundred into the Commander Legion on the spot." Courtney said, among other pertinent If you dont like tiie way things: a Legion post is run, get in and run it yourself." Represented in Post T wo Lady Adjutants in Department of Florida The East Side post of New York county, which, under the leadership of Abraham Kosonberg, increased Its membership from (53 to nearly l.tXlO pro BE CONTINUED.) members and captured all membership prizes, is not only unique among Resented Insinuation Jake Simpsons middle girl, Elsie, Legion posts in quantity of memberthe one thats been brought up In the ship, hut in quality us well ; the post's Is comprised of 32 m city, came down to Oak Holler the membership tionalities. Is situated on the lower It look to over her Uncle other Sunday Eb Simpson's farm and It seems that East side of New York 'in a territory is overwhelmEh got real het up over her visit where the population foreign-horn- . Consequently and bundled her right off to town ingly Americanism work embracing classes agin. Eh aint talkin none, hut somehow in English for foreigners, lessons in good citizenship, etc., has a big place the story got out anyhow. It seems Eb was showin Elsie the In the posts activities. farm critters and sech when they come Will Build Legion Center on Ebs yalier cat and her litter of kitWhen American Legionnaires from tens. down the country way" visit New Oh, Uncle Eb, those kittens nre all different colors. says Elsie. Eb draws York city in future they can put up himself up as straight as he can. him at their own hostelry. Two hundred havin the rheumatism, and almost thousand dollars has been raised by chokes on his chaw of tohaccer. the New York county American Legion Don't towards building an American Legion Well, young lady," he says. you try to cast no reflections. Ill say center In the city. The total cost of this much, lla and tneve tried to tbe center will be more than 8500,000. brine our cats pp right." Pittsburgh The proposed building will serve for Chronlcle-Telegraptall Legion activities and will contain a restaurant, gymnasium and a swimming pool in addition to meeting and Another Side of Success But oftener nothing recedes llkf lounge rooms. success. Boston Herald. i. Ben A. Webster, new commander of the Department of Iowa of tiie American Legion, is the first navy veteran, the first enlisted man and the youngest man to he elected to that position. He was born at Waucoma, Iowa, March 4, 1892. Commander Webster was a second-clas- s petty ollicer In the aviation branch at Great Lakes. At the time of the signing of the armistice he wus at an officers training school. llis record in the Legion Is brilliant. He helped to organize a post at Waucoma and was commander of the Fourth district In 1923. lie is a forceful speaker an? an indefatigable worker. lie has spent much time going from post to post, writing letters, sending telegrams anil doing the thousand and one things necessary to build up nnd sustain the morale which has made Iowa Legionnaires famous among their fellows all over the country. The new commander attended Shnt-tuc- k Military academy for three year? p wide-spreadin- g Evidently money does not interest the hero. Will he find anything in his job that will attract him? HIGH HONOR COMES TO NAVY VETERAN The department of Florida of the Legion has two lady post adjutants, one nt Miami and one at Daytona. Howard Kow ton, adjutant of the department, says his stenographer, who is his wife, sn.vs the department has a lady adjutant If you ask her. rd was attending the adjutants conference at Indianapolis recently the stenographer" kidded the boys into sending in more dues to headquarters than Ids adjutancy, her husband, had succeded in doing In a month of exhortation and dire threatening. of 35 yearsserv- unfailing -. ice on bake- day has made CALUMET the worlds greatest baking Powder Retains its great leavening strength in eveJ climate to the very last spoonful. Always depend able and pure. red-head- "red-heade- d S3 Merry Membership War Jim Drain's recent membership message to the American Legion auxiliary, in which he said, The potential membership of the Legion auxiliary is nnd the most the Legion ever can have is four and one-hamillion. The membership of the auxiliary should easily, exceed that of the Legion," is having its effect. The auxiliary of the department of Minnesota has just challenged the Legionnaires of the department to a merry little membership war to determine who will have the most member! at tbe end of 0, lf 1925. Get Rid of Dandruff By Coticora Shampoos Sarmrf Ointment, Triera sold Sop, free of ntfcurm Lbortorl . jeywlwii. Dept. M, Million. MLata, a |