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Show TITE SAUNA SUN. SALTNA. UTAH UPWARD BELOW The use of libraries has Increased beyond any parallel in their history. Reading rooms are crowded day and evening. The number of books borrowed In New York state jumped from 48,000,000 volumes- - In 1030 to about 60,000, 000 In 1931. Demand for serious books In economics, history, political science and on the various trades and professions have Increased beyond proportion. Frank L. Tolman, director, extension division, education department. New York State library. A Romance of the North Woods Copyright, By HAROLD TITUS 19SS. m WNU Servlo for you, Mr. Belkhave a come-bacin and out of Chicago, seeing your fapretiy cute. Ill say. But you, Mr. ber, I know who has your thumbther about building the new plant Belknap, sort of upset his buggy nap. But I dont feel like prints and your pictures. 1 He came I as was here to here. his who come John Steele found here out Id That crowds me, Gorbel. I sspose this up tonight. hoping John Belknap did not go townward secretary. As soon as we could make was and youd ought to 've heard him I'll have It to do. Youve got me In a with the rest of the crew. lie turned see you. I did what I dont usually do and was a little bold. I guess, getrate! He dictated that letter and 1 hole. good with the town, so there wouldn't In the other direction and followed somemarto write it to Ellen Richards. When to be me. to he had Good guess. . . . This week, rebe talk wed said, ting you any gossip, got the road past the last lighted habitato work we to the went ried. with Youve every chance In the tell made showed here and member. thing Well, yntf good you. up tion. The sheriff was there, driving "Yes? lie's smart; Ive boon- awful it knocked him for a loop! lie was .world, to get away with it. town, his team slowly up and down, waiting. A loj you should- know ; a, lot your We've got by. but I haven't careful. scared stiff. He laid off the Richards And so while John Belknap tolled at Get In," he said grijffiy, and lifted heard any wedding bells! First it was job and started in, tryin' to make her the hntpond In a fever of suspense and the robe to make room beside him. .. father should know. . So? Thats interesting! the excuse of heading off- - gossip, beThe dirty double-crosseagain darkly. Settled-- , there -- beside the excitement, death stalked him, waithulking 'It-wil- l ! I . be. . . but cause here. his' cant talk about awful lies while particular Widened ing, skulking in the shadows. But this John attentively figure, And we can't go out ' together. IVe standing. Then it was something els.e She fumbled for a handkerchief and-ble- morning he was on the far side of the the sheriff told wlmt he had to tell. ' . her nose with vigor. again. . . . It aint sp much, he said, but he giit' to see you alone. pond ; that evening he worked close to ! John was not ut interYou 'had Well said John with his heart another man of the crew. This day, very see, good everything out admitted he was by their gasoline Paul and your father. None of rapping his ribs. Well, and its about one man alone could not handle the drum with this fellow. Cases have preting women. He was just a tri'lle. in- the and I .underolfice now, laid as had out. He's played stake trips on the tilted, heavily laden kbe. wary others it the evidently figured, Chicago hung on smaller things than that ' . anything to do with It. This- plant his own game, using my fathers cards cars; the next, the pond was full and When we get the stomach analysis stood. ' .nil "It's I'm . Isn't supervised and 'audited like the. and nty father's name! shootibg square. right. no loads had been set In. . . . So on, about well know whether hes lyin : ! much t.ell I Ill this are. never Im it But Thats you that aint the half-o- until Thursday. responsiBelknap' company plants the mans bein boozeit up or not." knew why. It. John!" Again- hen lwand was on . And what about the old Job? John ble forgetting you out. of Shoestring!. Thursday afternoon, then, with the I don't quite understand, he said, "But a year ago Paul came, back all his arm. asked, when he had finished. yard engine setting In more cars ; pullIn. a' huff. Your father wasn't Just sat. The thing that got your father sus"Smooth as silk ! Saw Saunders cautiously. ing out, leaving the loads on . the : T. wrote a letter to Miss Richards, isfied with the way things were going. picious was how the Vumlter was gradcanted track beside the pond to throw this afternoon 'and hes tickled p.lnk I on dictation. .Does 'that mean anying. It showed up an awful lot of dark shadows .beyond them. A prowlSays that. Corbel has pulled 'off a lot ' e stuff.' ' The more we cut, er could come through the lumber of saws and that It aint any chore thing? studied-then- , he Her as eyes, worse It seemed ' to be. seejned the Well, yard then, and stand well screened to In It's Ellen to at all now, logs. keep ' ' to be honest 'enough. If youre Inside. watch. He could stoop and look bethats easy the eighborhood! all sweet as shortcake-t- n . "Yes, he admitted. - ' Every "week, car. aftqr car of good neath the car and see the pond-me- n . And If I hadnt Written .that letter Number Two Common and better rolls working. He could slip forward si"Which manes It look worse for me. I have gone for a ride or 1 starts' might out of Kampfest, hilled to the North lently In the snow, squatting on the h as land I there As quick Star Lumber company In St. Paul as dark side of the trucks to pop. When Im discovered and sent whatever they do tip here In- the waiting, woods! If that. Isnt enough. Ill Say bit.cull! Yes, 'sir! You can check on watching op the road, trouble subsides this: somebody In Kampfest hirs been 'that! nodding. Her voice was a bit Arcoss the pond was Ole, tooling a terly. Hes smart, Gorbel! stiff since you came here. scared And that North Star log slowly towards the slide where hoarse- - now. In some other "Smart ways! the chuckled. . "Was over In our town Things that had been going on before company Is Paul Gorbel. I dont know other vvorkersr were busy. And now where or how. But he owns It.' I around the end of the pond came the' other night; tried to see Ellen at have stopped since yo'u came Into the .. ' Now are you. Inter.know' that and he doesn't know how John her house. She wouldnt have It nd. picture. ' . Belknap, walking swiftly, pike-pol- e .1 found ont Oh, hed kill me If her housekeeper told how he .ham- ested? over his shoulder.- - He was Very much! he knew this! But Its true despermered on the door and begged !. abreast the car now, and the prowler, The music stopped. They both ap- -' . John moved un.easily. ately. Its true, John . Hes double-crossin- g hands on the trips, bent low to look plauded vigorously. . When the. encore your father every day In' the beneath, saw his legs. ITe used to be sweet on her, all started she put her cheek close to his. week, and when your father tried to A hiss of breath, a jerk with great right, and It looked for a time, before Ill leave after the nCxt dance. check up on it .by an Inspection at hands and logs were careening down her daddy died, like she was goin td here with other girls from the office; the other end, Gorbel fixed that, too, upon that man beneath them! reciprocate, or whatever you call It. I Jive In the third house after. you turn some way. I think he switched cars But Its different now. . , . Yeah, On the first stir, John looked sharpYou walk in St. Paul on the Inspector. - He had a glimpse of a smooth smart In some ways! He's made It right at the post office. ly. I leave and Ill Theres things In the bank, too. beech log bursting from the chains 'look bad for ybu for a time but, past a half hour after storm-housbe "waiting. In the When How much' I dont know. I do know that had held it, hurtling at him Johnny, Saunders Is for you, all ways ; I see you, and If. the streets empty, that he's accepting a lot of North SFar through the air, Outrider of a scor-ao are the rest of Ellens boys. They open the door for you. "Yes! Andjf He. Found You Here notes In payment for that good lumdont understand It all, no more than IllAfter of others, rolling, bouncing, leaping a moment he strld:- - "Fair 1 for Me Kill He With Hed h ber at cull prices. la other words, towards him ! to I and but Might do, you theyd go ' I . . ' enough he's stealing Belknap & Gorbel blind !" .Me! No place to go, there! you, every last one of. em Eight feet He didnt like this matter of clan! She ended, breathing rapidly and ahead would put him in the clear; "Bless would 'em . warmly. They of sjouiklng to .a Hed- commenced to ask questions, John stood destine there, so close to her, triall, they would! But . . '. but Miss rendezvousmeetings, eight feet backward, and he would be with a girl of this type. about t,he plant and the bank that, emotions surging In his safe. But eight feet are . . . two ShelT he Thinking Richards. . . . umphant ha-rfor Paul to answer. He heart. But she knew something- that- solved were Just what weve agreed Is the logical one strides. It takes a man time to get problem, evidently. What he had' came up himself, just as snow came, He looked down at her face, so close under way. I caused to that the think; thing to learn must be learned.' and there wa? a lot .of tall- scratching, Im sorry, he said,, and to his. .trouble and when she let me go trouble One other place, then; the pondl He waited through lagging minute's, Im here to tell the world But he meant that. . . . Poor, went with me. open, hands extended, he cut Eyes heedless of the music and laughter never found out anything. ' kid! he thought. A The sheriff nodded. .. yes; the water. Ills hip brushed one log to and "Now Paul commenced about talk him, that figure sitting against coarse, vindictive, cruel, selfish. She and as he went under swimming "Tough P lie turned to stare at. he was about through with your fawanted him to kiss her now. She wag mightily, he felt the first of the downI get you, son. the wall, heart thumping. John In the darkness. He went out and strolled down the ther. Hed gone as far as he could In Womens ways are hard for a man to swaying closer to him. rolling deck touch his leg. Touch It! street, swung rapidly along the side- getting stock In this company. He follow. But I notice we keep tryln He put his hands on ber shoulders That was all. He had found an opena In deal was further other good going we get walk with Its high piles of snow on and tryln and sometimes He had missed catastrophe by gently. ing. either side, scanning the house fronts. . ways that Ill explain after a while. the. hang of em Thank you. Marie, he said. "MayInches. . . . And he was under the had a was The third .All along, Id feeling thgt be there are things Ill be jjalnted white; It set A world of understanding and symasking of logs, swimming, groping for a way out. back thirty feet from the street. A's he wasnt shooting straight with me. later! Just do your job and wait Ole had seen. With a cry he saw you pathy and encouragement came with he came a I been here month it before I abreast of the door of the hadnt I have to see you. Ill write a note John disappear. With a shrill yelp' he the tone and John left the sheriff with storm-housIf was sure of It It seems that hed which, during the winter, and let you plan the meeting. spirits higher than they had beeq for leaped to a maple, danced along a front porch from been trying to make this Ellen Richthe tiny protected Good night! days. Im obliged. awfully hemlock, skipped over a trio of small ' He was restless after his supper weather, opened Inward. He saw her ards for a went then, leaving her In the birches. Close together the logs lay In He "Surprise, you? she laughed as she that night. This was Saturday and standing there and she beckoned. She watched him and, the pond ; scarcely room for a man to Come In, she said, looking down felt John start violently. "Well, he doorway.turned Into the house go the whole town was gathering at the a slip' between them anywhere there! with finally had! "Hed been gone on. her since .recreation hall for the weekly dance. the street, and closed the door, shutHe gauged the distance. lie swung sigh. ting them Into the little cubicle. All before her father died, but the old He found himself, despite his Indifferpike-pole- . said. Gosh. . . . As she He his Gosh! his weight brought In-; a normal iiian didnt like him and I guess whatspeaking ence, strolling up the steps of the right, how hard to make as a million dollars!" to bear on a log, and Vogl-thls tone. Old Is he handed knew 'he to on ever her lady this But as she climbed the stair her dis- shoved it with all his recreation hall. He stood looking into strength, crowddeaf as a post. She sleeps, girl, beeause she didnt fall. the big room through-- the glass. The house-r- ls a casual sort of emo- - ing It away with the pole, shoving the appointment like a log, too. If anybody comes- up It got under my skin, of course. A tion gave way to a hard Joy. She one on which he stood In the opposite music was fair, the place filled with the walk here, you go straight through In girl cant help It If she gets Jealous, the amuseyoung and old, revelling lighted her room and took off her coat direction with his feet. Mr. Belknnp. Well, as I say, she didnt' with ment his father had provided. They the kitchen and out the back door! Above him a bright electric light quick, angered movements. "Who would come? he asked, sushave time for anything but her Job, thought that they owed Paul Gorbel from Its pole. . The opening with the You glowed wrong party, got gay anyhow, after her father died. You you double-crosse- r for such advantages and John went a picious now. ! she. muttered, Paul Gorbel might come, she said. see, the bank here had a lot of their bit hot. Old Tom had done that! and her weak, pretty little face was ' Oh! notes and Paul knew all about her Couples swirled pnst. Girls and Yes! And If he found you here affairs. He got his big Idea about that unlovely to behold. Woman scorned women looked at him significantly. He In his room at the boarding house me hed . . . he might kill me! with saw one whisper to her partner and property last fall. I remember 'the John wrote a letter before he turned In. Hed" be afraid of day he hit on It.' dramatically. the man looked at John and nodded was to Bradshaw, brief and to the you, but hed never let me get away, Not exactly? I'm not dumb! I It find chuckled. He was marked. And the concltnlTTij'pnragrapb The dance ended. He turned to see knowing that I know all I do and after watched and listened and put two and point.: read us seen hed together. Thats why two together and found out his scheme. a girl watching from a sent near the And so send the following message I cant take you up to He more easily figured 'that the Richards comdoor. A. Wolcott, St. Anthonys Trust T. to he room. If us there my trapped She smiled and he bowed, though pany was In such a bad way that he He Is an old friend; Minneapolis. Co., In of to the habit In a It coming few your close weeks could if he up he did not remember ever having seen follow any leads and his reply open is he? could crowd It a little harder. He her. She rose quickly, and came room, you. he may give not to said. she Yes, .I'm do but going to that he. didn't wanted dare towards him, skirts swaying gracePlease find out at once all you try to put anything over on you,- Mr. until he heard your father was going fully about her thighs. about Investors In and officers can I I even If wanted couldnt, Belknap. to uncounted He the days I guess you dont remember me, Europe. North Star Lumber Co., St. Paul, of I want to. and dont til he thought he was. safe and then Mr. Belknap! she said. Im Marie to, me of Its local standing advise also . . . But Im sure. Thats generous, VarnelL I used to be In the Chicago opened up. to Nat Bradshaw, Sendreply stop I know this Is a wild sounding sort She laughed, a bit nervously. office. JOHN BELKNAP." address this I of to want believe but I know what happened. you thing, Oh! he said, taken aback. I guess you . $ Is God's truth I that I on did all his he say and one on In own, It, me! a everything Its Well, guess place Paul Gorbel had not attended the "It's a long story, Mr. Belknap. Its timed It 'so where there are so many wouldnt get dance. He had had other matters to a kind of a the with far was on moral, wind what story of before he a cant blame going girls, though, you poor as Im concerned, I guess. She sailed. He started gumming up her occupy him. Neither had Baxter been boy from the woods If he gets conlaughed, a trifle bitterly. railroad ; he brought In this Baxter to In thtf recreation- hall, though on fused, can you? Im coming clean. "Tve got' to, to clean up on her men. lie did a lot of other Saturday nights he had occuShe laughed. "Good line I I didn't expect you to show you how I know these things; other things that I dont know about pied his place by the fire and made I to and make you understand why tell probably, thinking he could force her his uncouth observations of women for remember me, though!" e men. the benefit of boys and em to you. A girl's got to shoot A specimen of a definite city type, to the wall, buy at his own price and The Excited Swede Tried to Drag In he stood the of shadow , Tonight he saw: her clothing, her make-upher square as long as the other party does. then he could go over there as sole Him Out. Ovrrbel wtthand took his bold manner. Ive done my part up here. Ive been owner, leaving his stock In this com- a lumber pile those took he but orders, orders, a And how long have you been here?" given dirty deal from tlje. begin- pany In this bank as security for the water' was sable velvet, stippled with snapped at horn coldly, with grace. And now her voice was coarse, he asked. loan It would take to swing the deal. ning! eddies. . . But spose It kills him I the man "Fourteen months now. Get It? Hed be free of your father, unpleasnnt, filled with anger. III! he yelled. Ill, John! . muttered. "In the office, I suppose? then. "Dont misjudge me, Mr. Belknap! An arm A bulging, a swirling. ' Now I happen to know how he Yes. So much the better! Flease dont do that! I was only a shot through ; a face showed, and John The orchestra struck up. Good G d. Gorbel, I dont want to worked It. He let the story ont as kid when Paul Gorbel commenced Belknap, grasping a log, was choking she said, "I guess I better coming Into the Chicago office. I was hes a way of doing that your father kill any of old Tom Belknaps! Well, and gagging for breath! Im giving you your orders. If you get back to the girls. Hes a typist there and he . . . well. . . , was responsible for all this. The excited Swede tried to drag "Oh cant we dance, then? he propositioned me while he was smart, Paul! He spread that story dont go through with it . . . remem- - him out. Her smile flashed. She had achieved. All right! Let me breathe! he Since leaving the university he had EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS INSTALLMENT and Ole stood up as others gasped, danced little, but from the first few came running. steps he realized that this stenographer Tom Belknap, big: timber operator, ordered to take complete rest, plans a three months trip abroad. Promises of What happened? Anybody hurt? advancement he has made to his son John are broken, and the young: man is Indignant. Paul Gorbel. Belknaps partner, was an exceptional dancer. Light, reWho was it? . . . Chattering then, At Shoestring. John Is mobbed. After a fist a bone of contention. Father and son part without an understanding. la sponsive, supple, graceful, they threadbelieved to be out to wreck the as John, still panting, shaking with fight, his attackers realize It Is a case of mistaken Identity. John learns his father is ed the swirl of less adroit couples in Richards lumber company. Unbelieving, he seeks employment with that company. At the office he finds Gorbel bullycold, dragged himself out a young girl, and throws him out. Gorbel does not recognize him. The girl Is Ellen Richards, owner of the company. silence. ing All right! he gasped, and then, to A letter he carries gives John's name as John Steele, the Belknap being dropped Inadvertently, and the John, knowing She turned her face towards him, Ole, Much obliged. . . . Seemed to feeling against his father, allows Ellen to believe that is his name. Ellen engages him as her superintendent A series very close. of attempts to handicap operations of the Richards company culminates in the wrecking of a snow plow. John, adrrilr an hour looking for . . swim Im glad you came, she said, and tng Ellen's bravery, begins to have a sentimental attachment for the girl, which is returned. The Richards barn and a hole! . John finds the dead body of a stranger. He realizes the fire was set, but refuses to behe did not catch the peculiar quality stables burn. Ina the structure Py gosh, Yohn, you come by a fire lieve hie father party to such an act. Steele and Sheriff Bradshaw arrange to work together on the case. Gorbel disof her tone. covers that Steele" Is John Belknap. He sends an anonym us letter to Ellen, informing her of Steele's" Identity, ano now! said Ole as, water streaming So am II This Is the first time Ive insinuating that, acting for his father, John Is responsible for her business troubles. Ellen, against the dictates of bet his woolen clothing, John made heart, discharges John. Young Belknap, determined to circumvent Gorbel and save his fathers reputation, forces his (rom danced his way to shore across the log. enemy to give him employment in the Belknap lumber plant. Sheriff Bradshaw induces Gorbel to incriminate himself In I don't mean that. Ordinarily Id the burning of the Richards stables. (TO BK CONTINUED.) CHAPTER IX 1 wise-crackin- g 9 . READING TREND When CHILDREN e - don't gain weight . r dont grow strong dont keep well been-betwee- The stomach Is not to blame when a child Is finicky about food. Nor sluggish girl or boy constipated. Instead of a lot of medicine,, give a little pure syrup of figs. Youll see a change In twenty-fou- r hours! In a couple of weeks, your youngster will have the appetite of a young animal! Its true, mothers, for Its Suture. California syrup of figs is bottled health for the little ones. 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