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Show SlN. SAUNA. ITAII TJIK SAUNA t Moon Mystery TItl Besert at lit VNOMil . rotv m mh HUk, IW (IMIII Mm tit kMkn (i. till limii lit MMI It.fkW'l, Uailto UUWIII. I ll 1 Idol t lolko lit. M IM lIMt beta ItiV fa Ike, I HI COMIKM, I M( 4m IM M.M MM b't it, la Ik iiarr Mat iltiui kkt la aukaM, Imi, 4 ini, HnUi. at inti lil4 Hrkr. HulliiMii. IlikMI HiM M Cfcair H " al I'M arc ik nv Ik kMM( ik ari I 40 at. 411 kMvMr I li 0fcHll al Jbka frai fca tr , fi rr ieMr ki arii. arUff M'a Ma bo k Fw (aaitaa lr rl4 Mr. I fraai Ik C4k Maia ua la a a""' aaa aia aaa arr CiUf ar 4rl4. riu fia aiacli lkai okr, Ml Miuri ia aaiaaiiia ha rit la aaknii 7k atr n. b-l- a 4 a aat I (I a a aui4 ia rancher knll, a I4 aol la it, n4 Ik Mir kaakl4 I under rai4 kleariag ka ll ka Mr Maaia k 11 tar C)rlll k4 fro rraac. II la la rcolv4 alrloa. eo4a, traniia. CHAPTER IX Coatinu4J 4 No. of rouraa I llng didst, dal Tm yoo llauaruxiAi'g aiory, that git. According to bin Oanoetlaba told bln bo bad blddrn Ibo money bar. It right; but bo would nut tail bln baro. Ila aald It waa that oo out could And It md to a thnuund fcarg That waa alt lUoannunt could fri out of bin. eicrpl a promt to uact him, wbrn ba got out of iikon, ad conn bcrt wttb bln to grt the money. Tba latter Gaby got, a few daya ago, waa from thta Bauermont. tanny could n4 read the code, bui alie baa etery reaaon to tblnk that the copy Caby read to bar waa genuine. In tl ba aald that the whole thing, from tart to flnlth, bad been a put up Job on Gaby, lie and Canuetlano bad bad no connection with the train robbery. The point of It waa, that be bad found another girl, wua tired of Gaby, and wanted to ahlp her out of the way. Danny any a the whole thing waa an Inault, from beginning to end; aod that It aeemed to hare been written with no other motlre than deelre to humiliate Gaby, twit ber laugh In her face." "Sound flsh) to me," Sam muted. "Well, John, doe that flnlah up the part of the atory Danny couldn't tell? r, "I think ao. dal" "All right. Now, Danny, what did yon mean, a few minute ago, when W fr kt ta aagHoea fm oei tirr Toil mutt bleu TwM Mm bat gu Iblkll "Ilbtf1." I all g ptrade afibrmitir 14 m ioRm "did mg ahniy t'ort yum. all (Hal lima. In the Could y ta him alt ib Hot mv kllMm ib mail II go b Oaatald Ot4 r go " m (' fur- tulr1 bwlIlN - Dim all Hw di-l- -I li1" Mns an beard Ha kt to Iba tilm Hut I Ram talking in Chad aH I be 1 roe waa riM t Her all il-- llni Imnny No get 'll. a from Hurl " Ym Rul llaere te." be aald earn lo feat Nog ten II, bul Chad lie mlttilr aa a aa otrilqui could bar (fayed there Ip Mae tars lai. and artih no tirtuhie al a'l Ihibh that tort Ram mala Ibrrw, Iran, and Iba they ere talking Iragr her " I atatf.ed breathing I iMbk I tool her hrreihlig John atik find. Oiad "Foor cow wd milked eouldnl milk. Netei milked a cow" "llttw d go anon? imimy aald "Two know tMiiy that Iliad aald be could m milk W aH know that be waa larg II tra raieed on a farm lie Irald me be naa." John mid: "lie told m that he waa hum and reared In Chicago." Ram commanded "Shut ait Go on. Imnng." "Thal'a all." ah aald. "Kscept that If .had could milk, that w- - uld have gteco Incl Ram omrly all of Ibai aod m ll-- a aa I 1 e gi Ja-h- bone" Dan P John' tolc Bounded aa H ha were talking to me of hla mno eal broncoe "Slop III Killing here and nrroiilng dad. wlih no evidence nothing hul e cmry. wild Idea" "Thai le uni true. I have -- vldenr I pi ked up Gnhg'e bag from the atep gesterday evening. Tohaceo and pipe anhea were aflcklng to It No one cla on llila place anudtea a pipe N on elae, anywhere, drop hla pipe whenever he la sidled." Sh turned lo me. "Thai la what I told you I She hid het face dared out In her bands. 8am' pipe fell from hla mouth tell" CHAPTER X A Part of the Pant. It aeemed to me that, when Sam pipe hit the floor. It made a noise like We all aal still at doom cracking. tones. I snppoae tt could oot have beeo more than a minute, but It seemed a long time before John left Dnnny's side and went and picked op the nlpe and handed It lo Ssm. "It's all, right, dad." he snld. "Not by a d a sight. It's not all right," Snro enme knek to bis senses vigorously. "But It Is Interesting this thing. It Is getting Interesting If I had got anyway. Let me see Child to help and I could hnve. by telling him It was some Joke or other I had on hand I could have sneaked out of he barn, met her and killed When could her, during that hour I have got the body upstairs, though) Thats the first missing link. My reason for killing her would be an "Say but" See here, dad." I John cut In. You shut up, son. We Coda. yon warned me to be careful, like yon did?" "I " Danny stammered, wanted you to be careful about what you said. In anger." "In other words, you wanted me to be careful about snylqg anything that would seem to Implicate John? "John Is not guilty. "How do you know that? I know It the same way that you all seem to know tha Chad was not guilty. I know John. That's all right. But you cant know John's Innocence like we know Chads; because, from the time Gaby came downstairs, until we all set out to look for her, Cbad was not out of my sight. He was at the piano. He walked to the barn with me He He 6tayed In the barn with ' me. walked back to the house with me. He was with ns all during supper.' You," said Danny, say that Chad waa In the barn with you during all 1 of that houi. wonder whether Chad, If he were alive, could swear that you were In the barn with him. during all of that hour? What do yoo mean by that, my girl? Sam questioned. Danny sat and Dared at him, her eyes wide, her lips bitten tight; sat and looked as If she were frightened plumb out of her senses. tn1 did not ay one word "Yon mnant something when you aald that. Sam Insisted Now what are wait to hear the rest of what Dann has to say. Come. Danny, can yon supply either of those missing links? It was "No, she said, and sighed easy to see that she was plumh tuck ered out No, of course I can't.' Sam. you look here" I began. You shut up, too. Mary, Sam said Mrs Bicker spoke. She had hoi not even Sain, Nobody, say out would any more think ot telling Mrs Bicker to shut up. than they would think ot telling any other dumb oh Ject, that suddenly started to talk to Shut up. 1 Mrs Bicker said, that think, the girl herself prohiibly, killed her It Sum's pipe ashes were on sister. the bag, she put them there, after wards, to make trouble for him. Sam said, Shucks!" I thought John would he the first to speak i was mistaken. It was Danny herself who said Make her talk, now. Uncle Sam Make her ta lr now. and give her ren sons for saying such a cruel, wicked lying thing.' Mrs. Bicker," Sam put the ques tlon very solemnly, "have you any reasons for making this accusation?' "1 have a feeling that she is guilty "This," Sam said, sternly, "Is n time for feeling, nor for quibbling You moda serious accusation straight out I want your reason, oi reasons, for making It, and I want them Jus- aa straight." 1 have no res sons." Mrs. Blckei said. That U why I suspect ber." Women Sam aald. Id It. It was the and the way be blackest oath he had nsed that day "1 think." I said, talking fast to keep Sam from shutting me up be fore I could get anything said, that f, U snaplclonlng an Innocent girl Ike Danny, Mrs Ricker la simply drawing en ber womans instinct. Ing tht ll-- 1 II a rka !IR o ti fit l4 ao r4 IMOli 4 .S-rl- lni'S ir , loiigt as H AltS la It n4 r4llr fl(M HIU4 It 4 tMi fH a all lr a lit II o4 ii.ll(ill uitM lil 4I tal ro I I Ifdi l HOI4I1I atari a4it or ii.i r4 aM ton t In hr u 4m - 11 M 4 11 sir ha Hll'l hut-U'- r will Ini ll.rl ll fir oiil la n o4lsl4 v,4 oikr1 l tMhk nf 4.siiiln iullotiirt I,I1 l I 11-- oitlr oiiiitwai It At 10 al-lro- I A 4t hrl a ostd o ntqtd ahd 444 10 In g-- 4 oui 41a oilouii- f guri: g that last- a Itiltnilr It r- - id ti Ksm liot kl try I to a a 0 would oil right frjrirg "ll.oi n Mirra Is an hd In rHini ndoiiirs on Danny p In S h g n M hr Iflfwot-O-'tor lnn oil Iha mlii'ita 0 Mia Chk r ll-- miil-- l "Ni it 1oa nil' ltkri Mra lt had said rvnsn Ithl.y knrw Ihril Kh found frnr an onrtiiy prohot-l11 hoi mil from lha coda IrMrr mo ll.ai lha arm hs aiioiuy ohs hrr own sNiar " "I wish knrw" Ham nld giving klra Ith kor a long iak. hat y ara gHilng 01. Mra Id rlvo i hi rlrlii hand Mint." Rum ilnngird to know what any one of yon wo iil-l I Milnk Dnnny grit Ing at hoia 1 c ha pretty hord pill fo It. ha fore ohrfl Imrnt that ahmit mv i Ka here iltd any ona alsa think ihoy mw my pipe sin- around I iimu.-1nI could feel lluheri Hand ayi-- boring itto me My far hiirtu-I nilto-- d mv ayee Sam was farina strnlghi al me Mary." he wild, yon found the Did yon see die ashes there, body In y sniced llh-ke- r st-r- sl-r- Mo-re- ? s d then? r la all l lira Iti u latiiMi Hlt Mi ia HaUt Me al a Si a lot In m-il-s- ii4 ii-- Tla daughter It Hul ' (HUM At Murfl l in k 1.1 0 h-s- aanHli lUtvl I Rlsud t(-- r at rut rt-- " ( d d 4earla4 lha taJig of I ta f rI gam tHo ati alle4 wrriti.g Martha Hit of tha Ms-- I I tl.iHk -t Mli tMi ai John lM Is (Hal lha tlnrloc Had la ft f Hhn. 4ii In mH us m tha mad. In hhJh to va lo klra mmomhat Ittokar futlt atiaa me Ram s'umti'ed with hi Hardin a Ha want to step Into lha m Ha 1 a 11 h-- Mi only exi-ula that It take tlmn e minute or two minutes s rron who lis been your to best friend for twenty five year I snld. No." I am going to ask you to swear to that Somebody gel the Bible. N'olM-dmoved Toil haven't made any ot the oth era wcar to anything." I said I (invent caught any of the others in ntint I was sure waa a direct and lie." dellberut I felt weuker than Altered water It la one thing to tell a lie. offhand Into the free air. I haven't much use for a person who can't do that, when It la another absolutely necessary. thing to put your hond on the Good I knew Book and swear to a lie. that I could not do It "Martha " Sam said, run and get the Bible for Jnd. Martha seemed to be sound asleep I did not notice anything queer about i Mrs must her appearance. She noticed have something queer. Jumped to het feet and dashed across the room to where Martha wus lying A shriek went piercing through the house, splintering the air Into qulv erlng hits of agony. from Every one has awakened sloop, ci Id with the sweating lerroi ot some hideous nightmare, hut with only the vaguest Impressions ot Its So It is with me. and that detail I enn not recon nightmare nour. e inngt-- i llh-ke- During the existence of the government under the Articles of Confederation, congress on September 6, 17X0 passed a resolution recommending the survey and disposal hy the several states of their waste and unnpproprl nted lands to aid in paying the puMir debt Incurred hy the War of the Revolution. In the beginning these lands were regarded ns an asset for the pay meuf of this debt The earliest efforts were to sell the land In large blocks and. prior to the organization of our present government, congress made three such sales. On June IS, 17Sf. congress under the Articles of t'onfed eration passed a resolution forbidding settlement on the public domain. The act of March . 1Sn7, prohibited such settlement under penalty of forfeiting any right or claim a settler may have, and the President was authorized to That Cannot Walk the swallow family are distinguished h.v their small, weak feet which are used only for clinging and perilling purposes. They cannot walk or bop on the ground. These birds spend more of their time on the wing than other birds and they feed chiefly on Insects which they catch while In flight. Even water Is cooped from ponds hy the birds on the wing Barn swallows and purple martens are the most common species of this family 1b America. Bird rutin Ml Hd-- I Rbe kf4 10 1 Ml f-- lutrj Hii-tol bn t n4 up tl Her lul that H 1 Hetit Hi f.( forgery Rt leibe-- l In girl friend ef ber. ibd I be girl Miiltbed Ip le lbl lime I Iblhb (Mile ttirier talked More Kt Inrk ibH am llila , , It day Ibey g-k word 0 um.rceery bevel rnln In life ill bay h kept rll I srlaR I Gud lbl peril . belli I IM le inkrb II aatue H 111 John. It Htf elbet beuib H) M-- (ml lbl 4 td tr iy Tm -- I del he?" lea rnd nu lb tMhk Uld ibet JohD I (Wild eager. did It. bllf Desperate Wives kirt enred. equate." Muterl "I don't tv wbu rise coold bar oniraari hr n txca Iloortq to Loll tKcir LukUoiit dn Tha aa yunrer and m-rrual Mian nan a doctor has ilgl-- l lo ha. said that Martha had died of lha hmrt 11 n frm a Inducad hy iha irng drug In M ateaplng nowdai that had In oiliar word Ram Me loved her I low had killed hat ha had loved bar. none nf n had arav had ause aitough to reallva Wa had her funeral and (lisd's All lha people is two day inter At first. I thought lha valley cam that the had come 10 honor tha dead, But. aa I amod hy the and Snm craves and watched the face about me. face that held usplolon hormr 1? face, cruel fare rurloslty; did md rare to think eager fitco. wht most of them Had com. There ware only four of us around Mm Itlcki-- r he ruble that evening had atmlghl to her room after the fuuoral Dnnny. with no pro'esi fr-- in Knm had left the day before lo :nke G ihy's tunly lo Suo Francisco "Yon iHi.ple." Mtitu-r- t llund sH.ks te lotm nu Sam and ne. have awfully decent about mu questions hlnee the orhe. after niHn." Never mind that. now. Hand." Knm "I've known, since the answered. first week you come to the ranch thHt there waa. or luid been, some thing between you tea You'd been h?r lover. I suppose. Veil men do I reckon yoo deserted That's all her. eh? And treated her like h I. And ahe found a refuge generally And. later, probably, beard here. tlmf yon were In trouble, and sent you a letter and told you to come here. Iut you wise about the chess racket Helped you. Made a refuge for you Women do. "I suppose she sllpd poor Martha In, In place of the child she'd got from the orphnnnge used the same . Well to keep on repeating paiu-rsYou and she myself, mothers do. have both lived straight and acted decent for the years ym've been here If the two of you want to keep on irvIng In this h I hole, and keep on straight snd acting oecent. youll get the same treatment from roe you've always got. Hand pu.shed hack his Hubert chair, got up, and walked to the win dow "By G- - cl. hilt you're a white man Kami he sula You're so d n white that you ronke every one around you look yellow as sulphur by cou rust Youve gel It doped out rlgut about OI lie Bicker and roe. She was twelve ppcs InljeHiutillitke lingering ho utLority ofover-itron-g a toluos mellowed to a surpassing mildness and flavor, and wrapped In gold foil to Leep it freii. And y (ragrant? Wives positively love it. OWN Bankrupt Ancient Term The origin of the word 'bankrupt' Is traced buck to ancient times. A Ilehrutc custom required the deposit In the temple of certain sums of money In Hebraic currency. As Roman coins were frequently used, money changers set up their table or bench (bank) on which they kept Hebraic coins to he bought in BouniD money. Money was also lent, and sometimes the changer found himself owing more than h owned. To prevent further calamity his creditors drove him from his busl ness and broke hla bench to pieces. He was then bench broken" or bankrupt. Meag Undeciphered The Sinai tablets, discovered seveD or eight years ago near the base ot Mount SinaL have been only partially deciphered. They appear to be the complaint of Semitic laborers bronght to work In the mines In that locality and addressed te the Goddess Hathor WILLIAMSON COSrOS AVION, 8h Talked to a Girt Frlnd of Hor and th Girl Snitchad." done ft. Thnt make no never mlnda I wish I'd kepi my nmuib shut, ot account or Sam "I re me out ot It" Kura growled and forget It. Forget Mi whole d 1 thing. If you can. I'm through. In a fool. I'm a d o eight worse I n an old fmd. A girl got killed on the A Desert Moon ranch boy kllleC himself for love of her The klllet got clean away. 80 far as I'm con cerned. It Is going to rest (herb I'm closing the hook. Soon as I can. Ill sell out the d n place, lock, etocl and barrel." That doe8n1 go for me, dad,' John sain. "And I think you'll changi your mind I'm not willing to go ot the real of ray life with half a dnr.et people thinking that I killed Ga-bridle. No sir, not with one persot Here's another thing, thinking It dad. Danny honestly believes that some way or other, you ore mixed We can't marry, up In this thing. with a thing like that between 11s. I guess It doesn't make any differ ence Id the way we feel toward each other; hut It makes a barrier. Just the same, that will have to conn down - di re we marry." You think Danny Is coming bark Hubert questioned here, then? How do you mean? They read a telegiam to me, not an hour ago saying that shed get Id on numbei Twenty-onFriday afternoon. " I'll bet shes ool on IL" Say, Hand Keep your shirt on John. We all know that Dunny ts innocent of the crime, snd that she is a good little at lot better than Gaby was scout if not half 89 charming aod attractive. But she knows more than shi She knows more wishes to know. than shes going to tell. Maybe more than she can tell, in safety. . For the love of Mike, folks couldit you see that she had some reason for work Ing up that case against Sam? Cutting It out of whole clotn. If she'd been trying to shield John, do you think shed have nsed Sam for that Not on your dfe she purpose? wouldnt have, she'd have pinned It on me. or Mrs RIcket, or even on She did try to pin It on Mary. Chad " Mra Bicker came tottering Into the room. Sam Jumped to meet her. and helped her over to hl9 own big chair at the head of the table. She leuned forward, ber tong blacksleeved arms stretched straight In front ot her over the white cloth, her hands clenched Into lists. For hours." she said, 1 have been I have trying to reach a decision. reached 1L I have come here to con- VOSACCO Jaaie( Ctmsmify SlRLTER Raleigh Tobacco gi-o- use civil and military force to remove such persons from the lands. Certain exceptions were made In favor of those who had settled there before the passage of the uet. and later, for those who had settled before February 1 1810, a privilege of temporary occu pnney was given. From time to time acts were passed providing for the preemption rights within eerta'n areas and subject to varying conditions. tobacco, but jood-lj- f pipe! Vdl,iti time tljote btutunds dUcomcd Sir Walter Ral cighi favorite jmot-ia- g mixture. I ti a tlcnd of ctoice n Legal Enactments for Settling Public Lands All members of - te Ml at u lit- Hrasklu ib all ra n 11 time fe RH rBe elnec Mtc 4 h (Harried her, and I tl hot uf Ib bid . JrHkaU that at Hd 111 In 4 Hell 4 B. I hML I mm Itwl lH Ml al.ricl Hta f drt t gm ueul I end id fn fell elrty ft torn M 14 arhv-klv Hat. 1 gt It. a Hrr Heart l.-l-ll ! -l k lf i In ivh f-- lalt-- l inut l h n IHuugA B-- 4, e li i.n 4s nairo ip airwicM M ran Had al HI Ml h Alt! of ee MMHtgk Ml ! H.g Hr I .4 M wui tu-e- - - -! It. ibi - it M IID Ms if) la a rt.114 sl.t year ill. to No lirad a ton SLomS l4aboato Ialtl In l o'whiI III- - Hinoi 41 kill Ian tlilM.lr 1401 W4Vlae e II I l rMll 44 I. ti.l fl.M Ilf 44 ht-fr- other, Danny Could Not Read 4010,1 tU au Ultlil ,.l Hoi a 4rtrrl Ud nip sirtv vim lnf im - a "N- 4 t aM my .f ft-uf- 1111 oti rwe ,..J l ) II 4 w U I 1 a lllri itUn f lb truth? ak aml-tcftt- fa 4 MHtH r44 1.9 Id rlTl la. Cm., I f rt le eaoxii. i 11 Hst.it, ! i.,Pi4o two !, " It tru Strah&n H, It-r- f, thin Ila UaWlell. tkekH I Inii alia lokarr ar. eh a ia ak iki Haai a k. a ala Ik aaia by Key Cleaver Aal ap h t. n. Util ei ft t--f Hr (W, ar.d go bm aim to i re t ytm m you cry tm. tM I It got Id gout IbwUi Hoi a (4 guar e4a4f RI- bet atlll a frtjM idg ) ra gn-otbljirt fr-wt Jot. bat aeg grkMy, "It g Smotlng 11 ' Hanfords Balsam of Myrrh Since 1846 has promoted healing for Man end Beast Sll 4lr r (ttioHr4 rln4 Tr mmt It 1 for Ik lint Efficient "Are girls aa good as office l. Retain tyour Good. EBooks How frequently a woman thinks, Am I still attractive?" How much thought and study she devotes 1 o o k s I to her Thats naturaL A woman hates to think she is growing day by day less charming and DR. attractive. PIERCES VORITE F A e came to the Desert Moon she began, but Hubert Hand stopped her Never mind. Ollle. No need confessing as yon aay, any of that Sam knows all about us. It la all right I mean with him he realises It's all long past." Do you know all of our tory?" Mrs. Ricker lifted her faded eyes to Before 1 Sam. (TO RR COATJNUND1 office boys?" "Seem to fill the bill as well. Many Louisville Cour of them can whistle. i- fess. kt ruitrd. kottl helps to preserve in a woman the charm and health of youth. It contains no harmThis splendid herbal ful ingredient. tonic is sold by all druggists in both fluid and tablets. Write to Dr. Pierces Invalids Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., if you desire free medical advice. For 10c Dr. Pierce will send you & trial package of tablets. 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