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Show THE DESERET NEWS VI SATURDAY H AUGUST SECTION EOUr 1920 Thla wao too much of a strain, fur hf here't ' da- palienee. Ho atrod proudly toward th fountain, drew himself a glase of root beer, loased It down with the manner of a dragon and with hla tall figure erect, gave tho unfortunate Eulalia a star of disdain. 'The man" said hs, "th ma to whom you havs Just mad reference waa not a financier." "You say " began Eulalle In a timid whlajer. shouted Bowlan. "lie waa a ptano-tunaOh! ah sxclalmed. "Then I was wrong!" The registered pharmacist looked hack at her over hla shoulder, wondering how a creature so beautiful could bo oo dull. For several momenta na atarad over the top of tho window display of lha famous Bprtngton Remedy and ihit through the plat glass window Into tho dark mysteries of the city night. "A thousand 'da vllo!,aU ha at last, taking' hla superlative oath out of hla vocabulary' and flinging It straight In Eulalia's face. "A thousand devils "It's enough!" cried ahe. "What have I on now?" "What hav you done?" he repeated. "You aak what you have done? You let a man come In her wlth a pill loaded with enough poison lo drop an elephant on th spot and never have aenae enough to ask ms before you match that poisoned pill! it la little ahort of murder." "Oh!" cried Eulalle. "Tee." Bowlan hurried on. 'Then I break my neck to repair th damage. 'T arrived In the nick of time! He had taken four of th five pills when I got there. Do you understand? Th next minute It would hav been too late! Do you hear? Bur death! I struggle with him. He has me by tha throat. Th alstar might hav aersamed. but fainted away. That leaves us out of his half alone. At last I knock th pllj-bclenched hand. W grapple. W roll across the path. Go ahead and star. Well you may! After a crisis Ilk that I camd back hero and you never even Inquire whether th man Is alivs or dead. Tou aak me how much I paid for taxicabs Bah!" "But th pill?" asked Eulalle. "The pill th deadly pill the last pill It waa. as fat willed. That pill, eh? Well, I've got that pill. Here It la between my thumb and finger." The Pellet of Death Whertln Cupid Work la Devlou HI Wonder to Wy rerforau By RICHARD WASHBURN CHILD rl (Copyright, 1820, by The Wheeler Syndicate Inc.) N the corner beqeeth la that up-tow- n. the Angora rectaogwlar-priaih-- Apert-men-u, 4. look of one whoee mind la far away la a realm of, dream a Dtckar-Alnswor- on'l8.Jfnd, tb stone, yveti Eulalia wee waiting for Henry Bowlaa ta fln-U- h ateem beat and conttnuou hot and Bhe knew that when be had the preecrtptloa. oold water terrltorr. a one of tha famous Dtckor , put It up be would come aut to tha counter where Ainsworth chela of drug store. tha white wrapping-pape- r repoeed oa a nickel roll Tha Bight 'crow of thla email branch had encloaed wee la a nlokel ball. end tha pink etrtng haoa mad up for two yean of Henry Bowlaa and Then aba could look at him again with tha calm, aaclent-wiedoEulalia Smith. deep-poo- l, gas. Tor he waa her of June, at eleven twenty-fiv- e. Ideal man. Oa tha twenty-thir- d Henry Bowlaa, with a preecrtptloa before him. The Ideal man, whatever hie alee, ehapa and waa filling five-gragelatin capeule with a powmold. I of terrible importance to moat women. der ecraped off the pill board. The f bad twa,, f,ratnlne protests. thi u ru ,n ,plt 0f a threatening forerunner of the long, hot period Hie Importance is one of the things which maks grad- of a city eummer and Henry, dark-haire- d the world go round. of tha City College of Pharmacy, waa glad uata To a girl who Is a member of a family group, " that a breeae from tha harbor front eaturated with. tba Ideal man Is Important; to on who has te faeb tha dreamy odor of back alleya, wharvee and aprtng, tha world alons and has made many mistakes ee In tha One Hundred and Thirteenth Street j blow. te Ideal men, he Is more Important ettIL But to the window. girl alone, who asms a living by day and spends , EuU.Ia, whoee official title waa "cashier," waa boarding-hous- e end cheep amusement nights In the "out front ready to mako heroelf useful at the of a great city and sympathy-dese- rt cruel, lonely fountain now that Reginald, tha akllled soda and wisdom In hsr eyas, of ancient who, behind the look unda' specialist, had gone horn attar tha evening has a bravo Incorruptible spirit, tha Ideal man Je of rush. e an Importance frightful for him or for her. It Is whan tha mahogany Since you are willing to marry me," said h e, I think you might be willing to kiss ne." It was eleven twenty-al- z awooomo for him because of his duty toward eryeea door opened to admit a man. The sound of a woman's brave and la which Incorruptispirit with the patient look of an adoring animal which hie aw lft footstep bad come nearer and nearer on The other woman moved her hands, blinked Is awesome for her because he can give her It ble; i the concrete and cannot understand la it But sidewalk. They had been louder why punished. being her eyes and sat up, as consciousness slowly the life for which she, particularly If she bo the cruel word J He Imagined now that he could ae In her exbroke her heart. always louder emerging from tha composite whir of mo-- 1 , was bom pression a trace of shame, humiliation and sadness. .healthy, strong and beautiful like Eulalle, On this night tha registered pharmacist came In from the country, tor cars, taxicab. June-bog- e "We have no time to lose,' ehe gasped Into Bom sprite of mischief arose to tempt him to Into the world, or ho can taka that Ilfs away. n out from behind the counter, adjusting hla 4 and tha night voice of tha city. And now tha man his advantage. He slammed hla palm down fscs. Henry' pVess questioning of Henry Bowfan had no adequate knowledge mouth and chin for a rebuke on general on tha little rug on tho glass counter upon which had entered. "Hurry. Miss Smith." he shouted In the fallow of hla employes his the customers' change la laid. When he took It up Importance and of aide tha tha other from Eulalia perfume principles. He looked more than ever as Abraham "Will bromtd do? came Ihe answer. th pill of death remained between them. drug store service. He did not know Lincoln would have looked at hla age. toilet articles case, with har great blue eyes could "The numbskull! he whispered, and then as Lincoln Abraham ho looked For a moment Eulalia stared down at It; then she that thought "Who was It?" he asked. as tha stranger plainly. Her eyes were wonderroared, No!" had-fel- t, she touched It timidly with the coral-pin- k he tip of In looked Occasionally must have youth. Into It was look to a or one financier "I guess of them "We must find him! the woman went on, fully clear and deep. They seemed beautiful middle finger. No on will ever know her of a of the' power pair wlthput glancing up, one of those big brokers, she snswered, unclasp- calm and ancient wisdom. Furthe future with what struggles were going one within her. At last, the application of Henrya misunderstanding But he had put temptation aside. heliotrope Interays. the of however, when she picked up th pill It was with the engineer Ing her hand. "He wanted five blank number flve epithet and clutching hla sleeve. He la my brother illuminating thermore, He came from the country stock. Hs was fre sular pills like a sample he showed me. Ten cents." determination. Before Bowlin could Jump toward o Power Coropanyhadout-denand Heat I and all have in the world!" found I borqughLlght, When the - tall, active her, pellet had gone between her red sug. h flesh,andalways or'unhsalthy' 'cents,-ecental "Ten "Ten himself In making the store outdo the day, snapped Henry. note' telling me farewell forever, I ran" down the UpK and her bare throat had moved slightly with Amdowna rub and vigorous g estiva of cold baths Tou broke a hundred bottle when you might have and tha tungaten glaro fall marclleaaly onmarbIo muscular action as the little sugar-coate- d ; here apartment stairs. His room waa filled with fresll bition had fought him through the City College of sold him the whole thing for a quarter!" whlta-Ula- d' went down. n, floor, snsmal and glass I knew he smoke. had I Just cigarette didnt gone. times promoted him. He wee I "Eulalia!" cried Bowlan, using that name for These words smashed Into bits a dream of a show stands, and tha poreolaln ahelvoo whero waro Pharmacy and four wait for the elevator. Some one saw him come in world's the first time In hla Ufa. the Ho bought all for five-rooa for second choice, cottage or, lined up tha Dainworth remedies. this store. "Eulalle!" cried the frantic pharmaceutical beet literature In seta and started out to be' inteltrim and chiwith fumed-oa- k Tha man blinked at tha startling change from apartment Tea, yes." said Hanry. chemist. "Eulalle! Why did you do It? I loved you Union a of Mens The Toung gymnasium ldrens toys scattered about and hla key in the door tha moderate dark of tha avenue where he had lectual. "I feared he I loved would she youy buy polaon," whispered, or once a week when dusk came In. Eulalle sighed at the futility He clasped her In his nrma With a face conberried along .under the velvet. sky of tha June welcomed him every night except struggling to her feet. It is worse! He must have and so of her dreams. show musical seats a oo ho for when bought vulsed with emotion, he stared down at her slowly The It he night, and now be blinked at Eulalle. The light bought showed the ago. long sample pill mixed enough folly Into hie aerlou Ufa to ehow When she sighed Bowlan could hardly stand closing eyelids. Hla own countenance, so used to or Eulalia confused him. He hesitated. girl a as charged, with death. That was his plan. could he to being thoroughly stared at by admiring masculine liked think (He was he human. It. that When she her her ' sighed, lips always parted, Once long ago he said that was the way to kill The light wee strong and Eulalle was . very glances during life, had now taken on th expresand even dissipated If head always bent forward at Ita moat wonderful weak and be sion of eternal peace. Beneath his arm Henry could oneself If one did not have courngq." beautiful. She had a marvelous figure and .wonhe wanted. But he didn't. feel the lift of great algh. angle of poise, her shoulders moved slightly be"How? What do allk so beneath tha seemed era mean?" you should derful they and mercerised little breath all material the the was of women, neath ah him to "Prusalc acid, he groaned. "Too late! As for Eulalle, He said to five pills Just alike. Ope of waist. Bhe had a neck to talk about In a low Jrush- The girl Upa. parting, exposed her even whlto for exhaled always seemed to rise upward to fan the them must be get that Without look to knowing best upon. the ad voice, and a head poised on It as heads are deadly. Then you took one every teeth. months of her silent, inexpressive way stray golden hair about her whit temples. The five minutes. Tou left it to fate to say when death "Don't muddy my waist," said she. poised on Greek statues Her features ware per- - eighteen registered pharmacist covered himself and thought ah had yearned mutely beforehand for every kind should come." Suspicion suddenly began to creep Into Henry. fct. Indeed, and her hair was of tha kind that Im- Word, every woman be should and wife who of hla kind the ef had given smile, every, greeting he "Speak to me, he aald, stepping away. "Oh!" cried the registered pharmacist, conpels other women to try peroxide In vain. , and the Intellectual life. of Eulalia's. eye opened alowly, and a trace her, he had considered on his own- account Jhow of hi own presence of mind. "This Is serscious While the man looked at Eulalle she looked color rose to her cheeks. "Damn," aald he. one could bo of a wife with auch a maae of proud ious. And have no Idea where you he would go "I'm aorry, Mr. Bowlan. Eulalle replied. at him with Iter eternal, faraway, ancient, century-- . golden hair, so perfect a act of half Morse, half "It makes me mad to have you think Im a for the the deed? ahe said with a little show of anger. I dont was fool, man's the tempThe broken, young old, dreamy gaae.J5he saw that ho was a man still spell Grecian feat urea so tall and straight and strong "Yes. the woman exclaimed. "He has a try to be a high-broand society conversation Is tatton had passed. And even If It had not, a rude young, with rings of HI health or great mental dia- - a body, ao tlntad at' the baso of the neck and In distasteful to me. Being 'I)rit-Jt''t'o- n a Ji notmmjr horseshoe. the the-skitn' about tress under hi ayes and lines In bis' the palms of tha hands w fthvltal'cbral'prnkrandJIntertmpt!on-wo-uldhaTrjpre've'nte(l'n'Jcrtgtspecialty, but Ive got more common sense In a bend of the br,dIe Plh new the lake. He knocked s screen Inrush of with the The heart. ry mouth which suggested the terrible pace of modopened Minute than youve got in forty years. Do you look so abls to make shirtwaists at two ninety-eigsaid, that,, yas ,think I let that man go out of here with hla poison ? a, young woman who came into the glare 'ern business of, .the.-- , . like thirty dollars. . where he was going. He said good-ftyBay not o?JWh Oh, It Is all he hs had it and when store without a hat, with her His hands were strong, but the fingers ware On the night of th. twenty-thir- d he went out I had It Notonsof fHe"'fiv plRs terrible! You must come with ms. and with bosom her hair as disordered, falling tensa as those of parsons who have llvL rising the on monyoecaqlgng before,- Henry' Bowlan, scraptook with him would hurt a dying babv, nw - , T"- "The police. excitement, her rather thin pale face showing terthe' of friend Ive Just swallowed one of them and Im white pill of th ,VrtnrTi5es;'Ubonthirtrnn,;I'rtdJsuTtrtrtktr trace powder last the ing "No! no! no! ror ynd her wide, frightened, brown eyes glancing protected the young woman. well enough right now to tell you that your talk tenseness reached up to the cords of his neck. board, looked out at Eulalle through a tittle square th's way and that as If she sought to fasten them "They would be too late. We haven't time to ex of love Is out of place in nny d.eath-be- d scene of "sighed. He Eulalle pronounced his gray homespun suit to of glass In the (prescription screen and -- thatmine. On second thought no j Plain V;,- that. all and lovo possorvaHty minute xTfp&n rX'-mean Every deatn miv ..be Af clasa;Tb Tibur hi Chain" realised that herbeauty and hit pity j .ternjo-rnonatt- er how much I like it. tfo that for Find a taxicab! Help me! J diarlose ' t , vhtvvwa w '"''' V i oi VOUTf was not the squajs thing of great young captatna - not JeuBdadletu,Joyfjnarrtga..6qmetlmea.cqnI dsn t see, the. ammonia,.!, came. Eulaliee- de - - !' .. - . A ypy ' -j "fm nrry," aald' hs of finance and Industry; nevertheless. Eulalle do- - slderlng the commonplace, modern tragedy of tho Gre- Poor Eulalle turned her voice. he sparing stopped. Eulalle had turned Thepe her young young woman who work ten hour a day behind tjded that he waa.th sort of amooth-ahava- n with the c,n heRd t0ftr(J the back; so he disappeared behind the screen In front "Bah! cried.v Bowlan, running to the door. HlfTWho would bo welcomed Into a partnership a counter or a typewrtter desk, rldea too hour on centuries-ol- d look but mindful of Henry Bow- "Here you chauffeur! You arent busv. Drive like of the prescription desk. ' house of Morgan. , In Ih subway, and aits alone In her bedroom on rainy ,an.f it,u,lne2g percepts, she said, "What would you . Beg pardon madam.J rive like the devlL Get Fi'e minues'1ater, when the Dicker-Alnsshe did not select and Tike, madam?" ' Ha spoks toher with a hoarse,' whispering. nights to stare at wall-papmadam. Drive like the devil to the horseshoe In, worth clock, regulated from the United States window-pan- e, conceived he on th aleet the hear cautious voice, and as hs spoke he held out hla My brother!" gasped the slender young perWeather Observatory, clicked at the hour of bend on the bridle-pat- h on tte west ride of th thumb and forefinger toward her, and between the th wild Idea of snatching Euhlle't perfect hands son, clutching the folds of her un'bottomed silk twelve, Henry reappeared. Is life or cath, her! Crank Crank ner! This park. dlffer-ent.'-' will I this be In hla own and saying, "After "Time to close, said lie, assuming an air of waist. tumb and forefinger waa a white pill.' , , you boob! carelessness. But no!. "Your brother? Inquiredvt Henry. "Did you say mr 1. a uityj i What la it? asked Eulalle auspiciously. He cast the notton aside again on this night It's kipd of of dark tonight, he suggested, leaping Into hla aeat. It's them hasty people gets want "I the "what Just shall I do? "Yes, my brother," said she "Nothing, growled stranger. Maybe Id bettor walk home with you. a guys license.' hs had before. The woman for him must be a Maybe - au-swleas -- whltpiH' pills four-harthe carwIth woman with 'Intellectual- accomplkhmenls; Eulalte-wlt- h But the registered pharmaciBt -. ma straw. Hla necktie was linitted of blue silk? I all her. golden magnificence could not be said the strang young woman bouncing on the seat and . The jrlrl 'anlffed ' "Leta see It," she suggeeted. . It with my own hands. You are a woman made on each other was soon a speck on the avenue. to be a clever conversationalist or brilliant of mind. "Eulalle! ' If to Eulalle nodded as admit that the strange 0 "Y ea. him must be vivacious and alert, Eulalle watched it from the door of the He placed it in the outstretched palm of her Th woman for little person was right on that score. "Please! Be reasonable. Give me a chance." not a dreamer; and Eulalle showing little keenness store with round, surprised, helltrope "You never gave me any attentions before," large, calm, steady and perfect hand, and If he the don't 'Then other you why said, speak? eyes, and from those eyes tears fell. She, waa not Hsnry Bowlan had often said, to her despair, said she. noticed the moist, faint coral tints of her skin, sugstamping her small foot with Impatience. "Has my Miss Smith, you are about a hundred "Wake of the man she had Identified with large up. "I know, thinking my gestive ef health, tenderness and if, he gave no brother ho been here?Dld r buy poison? own heart. financial activities and who was now sitting oiq a years ago!" . sign of Interest The constant Iwltchlng of hla eyeEulalle answered "He no "No, "Heart? cried calmly. bought If you still want to hear aomething more of park bench' taking pill and' pill to play with death. lids continued. , . pie souls. ten poison. The man you describe came about 1 wW was She " how BuUU' y and .and firmly strongly Yes. heart, I aald .thinking, m.nUtes ago. He wanted to buy four or five harm"May, w. hav. aom. of th. blank fiv.a " ah. " 'h how like the young Abraham LIncolh, Henry Bowways won.th .aid quietly, turning to open on. of Ih. little draw- - knw Who less sugar pills Id 'match one that he r theatrical Importation bathed In milk or llthla lan had conducted himself in the emergency, and taxi said Eulalle. era in the supply cabinet,. "Let ma.look. VTli; anyr the Thereupon, with a scream of despair, When they had reached her door and had th barred water,-oNew crocs ha been had her! how colony to 'why port f" had dismissed the chauffeur In order to Henry thing do but whit? s'.raiige girl collapsed and stretched herself, with avoid Colllnghast of the WorcesterCaptain Merllle - I ld they must bo exgctly th same, th useless the gentleness of unconsciousness., across the field charges and observation he , plucked up When the registered pharmacist came back a milliner's like was not Foot. She shire to courage take . her .mao answered Impatiently. hand. .0 i tiny blue and whffe tiles of the charactertsfic lie came In another taxicab. Knowing his .frugal Since you ar willing to marrv me. said he saleslady whom Hsnry knew, or superpolsed like floor. store Eulalle directed at him ens of those placid drug Eulalle before he believed, "I temperament think you might be willing to kiss The. whom Henry read about pushed the heroines in Eulalle leaned ove th polished glass counter "Ow! cried Eulalie with a cry of glances which have been tho despair of the male ' in hla lapses from th volumes bound in the hi' way through the door Into the glare .of the mar- pain. and stared down at th unfortunate sister. There "Whata the matter?" asked the young patrons of th store. Th glanco ble, the floor tiles and the polished gtass and ntckel . pharto world a macist. was a beautiful curve at th bck of Eulalia's neck. waa one a calm aa a windless sea, as calm as th fixtures, that pride had 'forbade hia .ridding on the best literature. Bhe had no Idea aa to who wrote 'Don't ask me!" said the girl, limping up the Bowlan twitted how charming ahe appeared, but huah of deep old woods, aa calm as midnight In th subway In his white druggists coat and without a brownstone steps. th "Message to Garcia unless It waa William her stupid cslm Irritated him. Her lack of mental hat. desert or the face of Yenu carved on mountain-ai- d. Bowlan. In perplexity, not knowing whether to Jennings Bryan. .There was another reason, however. Henry had follow her or stand alertness again seemed A hateful obstacle to still on the sidewalk, licked a1 In ah In fall would too, Henry'a opinion, been In a struggle. Hla hair seemed to have been hia lips. of love. thoughts "Will thee do?" ah asked, placing four more In some one' finger. A cut was on his 110. Tha crisis; ahe waa lacking even to the plain, old. back"Eyilalie!" he exclaimed. What is the matwhit pills on th glass easo. And among them sho "Bring he some of that aromatic spirits of am- - , marks of mother earth were upon th white starchcommon aenae of his own anter? You are hurt. You are In pain. door, kitchen-garde- n monia! he coat. with Grass ed hia commanded tone of linen for-'stains th fifth. 1 werwon hla of a gruff dropped Hd the poisoned pill," she replied cestors. . . head. "lfs on shelf two above the pre"You took It? ."Whlclj is th one?" as Mattercalm tha The, Henry! cried poor ulalie, clasping two Una "Took It? Yes. I toaS it. Not In my mouth. I scription desk Quick!" "Tou said you wanted them alike exact! of talcum powder in her beau! horn, heliotrope colored gase he believed vci a It from that crazy piano-tune- r. took Eulah And ran. as. sighed Now If she ran eht alike. and you can't pick out th sample It Ufut coral pink- - hands, He resisted -- vski'! man trap. Stupidity waa back of It, he believed. He Andr wherr' did' you put it ' ' there n Hen thereght of tiu Isn't my fault." said she. "Her Bowlan He did," grow lad What of that?. , "Ow! It's gone'all the way down. Put It? Put eluded that he could love her like, th very ry Rowlan'a face and how much h resembled Linbe a dime to you." They always do." It Why, I put It In my stocking. Hues, hut wouldn't. He would not Invite heryfcd a, "He Injured you! Eulali went on with alarm. coln in hla youth and of how lonesome her Ilf Kh had opened th. door and was now Th man gulped a If something In hi throat pulling show or even walk home with He Aid Are you badly hurt? How much 514 they charge It shut after her. would be. aa exelamatVm. He dropped th ten-evou for the taxicab? The woman .should have prevented not dare. He waa afraid he might weaken. To make ifui:-' "Efficient paid' Henry exclaimed H." piece onto th counter and without a wed to h irnsclf.--'- ' aur of himself he often robuked her for yawning Henry, hend'og over the prostrate young Rowlan sneered. he hurried sut of the store. T h so And th or because ahe forgot to say to customers. "Isn't elores lost a d woman, did not think of thee things He noted a "What seneelesa talk" hr growled. "Here in Eulalle. having picked op th coin, spent many cashier whose fingers, were coral-line- d and there anything else" according to the teaching face the of 4. of ecus you elide. aftrivial tragedy great fluitrirg ej whoee eyes were heliotrope end filled with the calm minute staring at R with her tw bequtlful hello-tro- p of th Dirker-Alns- u ' he broke off Impatieftth. fairs School of orth Employee of cnturlee. "Hurry!" he called Impatiently to Eulalle, who He was an important men," Eu la lie replied eye. The ancient century -- el 4 look was still' Salesmanship. Henrv knew!? then He eared off on hie had disappeared into the back part of the store. long trying to be agreeable. "I know It the moment he wsig home with greet, determined, spon her face One might hav aald that It waa th As for Enlajie. ebt nos'd eatiufied strides. T can't find It," cam th timid answer. cam In," she flniahed complacently.- gae hack at him xprestng youth, Ilf end victory. Bod for bth. and" m in ox , clean-ahava- w the-whit- soda-fountai- m vine-cover- ed 1 1 nt w te V. n ht cmJn i - S,-i- " 1 v - - golden-crowne- y- d. - er -- 1 m jot cxaetly-Hkw-thla." . Dicker-Ainswor- th -- -- T M ' ft Cl Get-you- - v ? t te f , -- J Dicker-Alnswcr- beat-selle- th rs half-morocc- Dicker-Ainswor- th -- field-marsh- Dtcker-Alnawoi- V - -- cter fnucH-chara- ' her--on- oe. nt Tv- - - ' anif-beaut- Dicker-AInswort- gold-halre- I SV |