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Show . THE WEEKLY NEWS EXPRESS. LAYTON. UTAH Pieces-of-Eig- Women Withstand Cold the prlncbssr.to go up you talked distance awuy with a stupefied sir. 1 have different responses Women of a row. between" you, Of her overmurmured. "I thought that to temperature than men. wrought statp of mind,. of her hys- that If Anson had been killed there, beneath You created the at that time, then the pink towels terical . thyeats. carry a padding of fat es a heat acts also fat This a skin. would peurolc, Irresponstill be there. But they were Impression sible wornim, ready, for any rash- not and the maid who had takeri insulating medium. It is for na You didn't want that over the room, on Anson's reason, that men would feel ness , . In cold weather if they frozen When Mrs. Keller closet opened. said she had found none. than do bad the housekeepef unlock It, you So I knew that Anson had taken dressed no more warmly their mothers, wives or daughters. Yon said ber towels and were quick' to enter. gone." I mixed my reguThe wns there. Then body uses all of its heat Itsell. nothing there I .knew they eyes again to Ilarrlden. to adjust found the blood. You realized you the pink .towels . were for. these lating mechanisms If it fails to maintain Rs temperahad to make It look Uke robbery." rooms. .So I asked the maid to. look or topee two ture within a range of My voice grew slower, raggeder. In here you were downstairs then normal we "I dont know wltpn you picked up and she did. She said .the fresh .degrees above or helow the temif the dlumonds perhaps at the be- towels were distributed In both are uncomfortable, and tfix or seven within varies perature ginning when you rpeant to make bathrooms but that Ansojn hadnt for degrees above Or below normal It seem the work of an 'outside taken away, the soiled ones. ' 1 ensues. of death, time thief. After you .decided upon sui- thought that Anson might have any length, cide you didnt speak' of their dis- been so .nervous In these rooms ' Sweden Thinly Populated appearance. I5ut w'hen you saw It thut she had .hurried away forget-- , The densely populated countries had to seerri robbery, . then you fully, and gone, for some reason, of Europe may vie with each other thought of them again." again Into the prlnres room, where I me to seemed that had been' she met her death . . But thut , in telling of how many persons live It to. the square mile, but Sweden, . talking forever In that 'world of' wasnt so. , if it could do so, might tell how shadows.. Not a word now out of Anson never left the coom alive'.-Shmillion Ilarrlden. Not a plgn' from him. began .to talk td you about many glade's and how many to toe It flowers wild supported that Immobile had to at attention. . except something phe 12 per "I don't know now why-- ' you There wus so'methlng on her, square mile, for as much fis by occupied of cent' ip that country she had seen pinned thut chuln Th my- dress that mind, a over half while dales and meadows; I on a and' radiator. The corner my voice shook drying night," said, wooover that Yod were' furious at me was not torn off you didn't. teur' the. country is given up to Euin are dlands. countries There because I bad told of the scone that off till yo'u came to pin the toe to flOO persons rope with over nt the window , , ; but 'you' were diamonds In It. She didn't want to are there In Sweden hating Ahlo Deck even 'more" . She told, me tliat any, one .might equate mile; . only a sparse 31 Terhaps you' saved out the big have washed out a . handkerchief. She tried to Explain It to you." pendant Intentionally' from the first . In Face Patch Days A man for him," I mild. might . Ilarridens. dark eyes were hla. In .the eighteenth, century women have bidden a single stdne Ing like sheet lightning upon. me. used such a quantity of face patches "She told Your chance came .when' yop found t It. She may that one masculine critic' declared his case lying about. .You stuffed bnve- - said, too, that she . couldnt the diamond under' the cigarettes, $wear that Mrs. Ilarrlden was on' that thedr faces.looked like toe signs but you couldnt get It back to. him her bed when 'she had. looked In at of the Zodiac. The patches of black silk- were, in fact, cut into the shape at once. You eouldrlt-leavIt out eight. She was a very simple-mindeof a moon, sun, star, comet and anxlous-tbe You for him to find till a)I the' outgirl, truthful.' siders were gone.- Then you. saw lost yoUrjiead yoii mpy have tried crescent They had been used in toe time of Louis XIV to set off the to bribe tier as you did me upstairs thnt he found it." whiteness of' the skin. you gave your. alarm away.' And I stopped .suddenly', utterly spent.' I was trembilng ' from . head to (lien you Jumped for .her. Ton Cicero as a Governor foot ; my blood felt like U;e In' my choked 'the-Hfout' of her.- - You ' looked the famous, writer, orator, ' dow.n Cicero, and th'e'..hall It up . . . veins; . ot wns Homan Consul, was made You ;'and a had "Are we crazy to listen empty. this step only C. Cilicia in 52 B. of and perpack of lies?" Ilarrlden demanded.-Ill- or two to .take' to Ranclnba door brjmque tone seemed to sweep You saw his room .wfts enjprty. . t formed a useful duty 'in subduing the robber, tribes in the mountains, was a desperate chance fcut you had to take 1L You got her In the rpom, He was hailed as imperator" for his successful expeditions, and won you thrU8t her In the. closet You Bisection by his uprightness, and off Yoti the door. wiped your, prints went buck to yulir . room, and' no impartial administration of justice, ohe saw you coming-out- , 'that yoD ' during the two years he spent in ' . Tarsus! , . knew . My voice trailed . out .the words Insects, Pollen-- Form Cloads automatically. It was the, look In Not-onldoes the wind frequently Kellers eyes that prompted them, . sweep aloft such large swarms af that .tfneasy, worrying, disquietude. flies, begs, ants and mosquitoes that Toni Keller knew something.. I'er-hnp- s he had seen Ilarrlden leaving they 'resemble storm clouds, notes a writtfr in- - Colliers Weekly, but a the. roofn. rerhnps.be' had seen him ' strong breeze often raises such a ' In the hall. . vast quantity of pine tree pollen that 1 knew Tt, with the. atrsnge from a distance it Is sometimes ivruught-up- . dlvlrratlrtir thnt . posfor the smoke from a formistaken sessed me';, I knew It so surely that est fire, have crlpd H aloud but Mitchell Intervened. . "You romnmbered to wipe the door khnh, Hsn, but you forgot o-- ''fr lySr'' 1-- y' . dlsap--pcaranc- rT.te1 '.47 r, EMary.v, S? Hasiings: - Bradleyv WMU.SEIVICE.V AeCofrtqkh D 4 p ?? - Cfs(s XIV CHAPTER . rJ , Co ft Continued 12 Well, she cant get away," mild Donalicy nunfortably, shifting ills Bettor take a look round" cigar, and act If there's anything miss- ing." ilurrldeu's from grip fell reluctantly ; niynrm. : Ile then walked with slow step to the closet and looked-withito spc If the Jewel box was Rne, ! saw lira' bring it out. try the clasp. It was still locked. There' are no words for the agony I felt. The Rick mortification. Cuugtit' la my own folly. .. - - . . lieard.lt slam ns Mitchell lip. and had walked off. Some one had come, In Ileck bad cum? In and' taken the? letters. That was the explunhtlon, I realized belatedly, of Heck's- scene downstulrs with Lolly Van Al.styn be had been, urging her 'to get llurridou downstnlrH, .knowing she Would bp only too glad to do It, for the Bake of her own 'desire to ' ' be with- Idiu. ' . . And I had never guessed, never suspected . , . Wliy, hadnt lie rushed up. to me and told .me. lie Hut 'there bad not been was tltuef lie had been pressed to ills pose of them, of course.. And' then I had blundered Into the ronni and tried to save him. " In- that' moment I saw tilni, ap' pearing suddenly-- ut the crowded doorway, staring surprlrfedly at me over. the' crowd. I wns afraid ho would blurt put simieflilnj' Tiierlm Inatlng himself In order to clear me.. 1 didn't wnnt him telling liar rlden to go to the. devil, that Tie Jipd taken him own .letters und destroyed them the seundal would . be 'InelTuc'eulrle. I spoke 'out quickly, "I came In - . - , sn-fe- - , - ' the room after the ljnrrl cat,-Mr- . den. 1 knew you did not want It 1 Vo run was' Just going out cumeand found me when you I was just 'passing the table where this happened to'be.V "You w.ere looking through that ense! The cover wns open,, you .little Crook youd got those letters out.'.-- tell you. Inspector,.! want' her enrobed.-. . At that moment . a hand' slid through. my arm .and Monty Mitchell wns by my side, lie wns no tniler than I, but he seemed a very felt .churngo tower of strength. through' that friend flowing lnt'o-uily touch. . "You've gone crazy again,. Hnn". he Bald curtly. "Youve been hnv-- . Ing too ninny drinks, 'with I.etty. You heard Miss Sefon say site came In after, the cat. She Is not Interested In 'your letters." "You mind your business," Ilarrl-- ' den 'retorted: "Whate Miss, Sefon to ydu?" "As It happens, we are engnged," B&ld Monty Mltchbll. "That's what In;-An- - ca-s-- - 'I 6he Is ta me." An electric shock seemed to nui. through-tha- t room, bitt.no one there was hiore completely astonished, than I was myself. s Involuntarily I looked about at him, 'nnd lie gave me back a funny twinkle, his Augers, squeezing my arm. I thought .what a comfort it .would be to, put my head down on his shoulder and sob out all my rage and disgust, but pride held my head high. "That Isnt true." I henrd myself 6nylng, "I dont need to take advantage of Mr. Mitchells proec tlon of his wish to establish a position for me. I have one of 'my I have taken own nothing of . Mr. Mar-rlde- n his-chin- , - , Then he? came hack and .lookpfl Info the open dressing case and a sudden thought seemed to strike him. I saw his fingers move over the' lining of the case as ! had seen' them move before. Then til's face turned a durk, hideous red. lie whirled about and stood over tne, thrusting that .swarthy;, lowering face Into my own. ."So flint's It, Is It?" he siild. Tils voice was terrible. .You give them io' back you hear I" Is .tbe' key gone?" Hofiahey wns asking, still thinking of tbo. Jewel . case.' "Lost anything!" . .' out. Jlurrlifeu "'Papers,". ground She look them . . . Inspector, she's got a lot of papers .on her. Sea icli her, I tell yoU. (let- them ' . back at once. . . "I .haven't any papers, ", I laid, With' slncero lliaiiks'glvlng that. 1 liadut,. "Search me, If yoa like,". and. I made a wide gesture wltii one nrtu. I let the Ca.t go and heard them putting H but. . . ; Thou tlie.ineaiilng o It all'Cnme' to me.'. .The letters had' been' hidden there, as J surmised .now .they were gone.. The .door bad been aj'ur lie'sutd be bull sbut.lt, and I bud - . Mitchell struck 'him In the face. Me leaped at him like a hull terrier at a mastiff.. The blow caught unprepared, and he reeled, a hand at then, with a choking aound he lunged at his assail . ant. With official agility Don'nheys big body intervened; Keller. and young Watkins sprang to hold Han. "Not here, Hnn, not here"-Keller'reminder had Its weight. Ilarrlden gnve s quper look toward the. bed, to thrtt still, sheeted figure of hla wife, and hla arms fell. lie drew a deep, convulsive breath. "WhoHe addressed Honnhe-yever this girl is, she took those papers.. Shit is a thief and a If they aren't on tier she Tins destroyed them! They were here when I left this room." ' our heads turned to that fireplace but ho flumes dunced ; . there. The 'sight of the andirons exploded something in my brain. It was ns. though some flnsfi of lightning, the .flash T had been waiting for, Ruheirnsclousiy, filing' Into tuilenide brilliance thd way- before by strnjn-Invision. I spoke out, tbl'owlng all caution to the winds. .."You'll find blond on one of those andirons, 'Mr. Inspector, On. the left hnnd.'one. It Is .Mrs. Hnrrt-deh'- a blood . , ; It lins been washed away, but it- Is stiU In the deep , She was killed by fall-luplaces 'ort It,, by being thrown, back upon It." In' tlil stillness that- descended on the room, tbbre , wns literally tio ... Ilarriden's." , black-nialle- iDVo-luntnril- - - g - - sound. Tlleh a .voice' came, Ilqrrldens dlstln-- , voice, hoarsened,', hardly ".ir you know-r-th- nt gUlsbahlu. ' yop did It you ' . ... ' I said. "When you "No, you ktruclt at her- - the'. Refund time. When you followed her away' from the window. If was you who struck nt her at. the-- lulow., I went on. You bail rome up early,-thougyou denied' this.. Nobody remembered iiearly enough to contradict you. YoU came to her roofn; you qimr reled iin'd 'then struck out nt her, Slip fled haekwavds und you struck at her again. Perhaps you struck her down, perhaps she fell trying to escape' yon,- hut sbo fell across the screen, knocking- It over, and her henil crashed iui tliat andiron," I wasn't looking at him. I was - looking 'at that, sharp pointed-anIrtMl, watching what I sirw there. "She tame down with all hoy weight. You .rustied to draw the curtains. . You lifted her up,, enr. the closet. TVrhaps Jlpd .iier'-lntyou thought she .wus already dead.. She died very soon, her bldod on thut closet door , . You wiped off tjie andiron with your handkerchief, you wet the handkerchief and wuslied over the nndlrou hut more - blond than-you- knewjiml run Into the deity grooves of Its decorations. Then you washed. lb? handkerchief and left It drying ou the radiator." I spoke ns If I were aooluglt. T was seeing it; everything that had heen confused and stntnge V as sud deniy crystallized and sure. ' "You were itghiist, but you concentrated oh your danger, I said. You locked tho ;closet- and went In ymir. room ami dressed for flintier.' Then you came buck' anil rang for. tho maid. You stood .ut the floor wntohhig for her';-yoliafl darkened the room behind you. You told her not to 'distnrb . Mrs. Harridan." "I UiV she .saw my wife' op the bed. You've got Her testimony tq 'thntn Ilarridens voice had loudened; belligerence rung out of It. "J'eople see what they expect' to see," I said.' "The room 'rtus darkened; you. Jet her have a plunge .the open floor, then you closed, It ruul went down 'to dinner." No ' one spoke then. No ne - .,.' moved. - , at one stage in The Spaniards were very active in their history this trade a for And foreign trade. hence was required coin standard -- ncpapoV As uct National Park . Smallest Hot Springs, Ark.(.about fifty miles south and west of Little Rock, has . . . been a national park since '1921, of temples of worship, including nu- Christian churches, have though it has been a national reservation under the protection of the been constructed so their congrcga. government since 1832. Said to be' tions faced and prayed toward toe the smallest national park with an' East, a custom whose origin is prob. area of only one and a half square ably rooted in those ancient peoples boil.who. once knelt in reverence to toe miles, it contains . . ing springs. rising sun. Colliers Weekly. . forty-seve- n - How Crocodile Runs Certain species of the crocodile can run for Short distances on two legs, like the ancient dinosaur. On four legs they lift, the whole body from the ground and sprint with surprising speed. For all his menacing characteristics, the. crocodile, feeds mostly on fish and avoids man ' whenever possible, . . Beisa Inhabits East Africa . . Muca-donlji- I - - hftth-room.- . -- - a i!e Way to protect your family eyesight from the clangers of reading or working in poor light, " - - .- ' Iln-rride- ' - Is At ot:r roTiscniencf, a trained light. Ing i.chi,or will call at home tlie lighting. She will use ii wientific new instrument that measures light as accurately as a chrm0MC,U'r temperature. .llhegU to suggest bng, tnl-k.- " c U needed. you kept worrying about that .body' In the' closet. Ierlinps you hadn't taken the diamonds flien pcrh'nps you hnd. but you realized you lin'd nt mnlle It look enough 'like a robbery, JIkt' nn assault from outside. Yon begad seeing tl'ie i You thoright-o- f opening the window. So yon went aipstalrs, halN way through dinner, 'nili when you were opening jNre window, you'rcnl-lzeyou could make If .look like, feulddp'.' .So ytui took your .wife out of the closet and thrift her out. down Into the shrubbery. Perhaps you had seen the blood on the sltu-nllo- d .'.. ' .. I stopped, f had a queer, feeling pint I was wrong.. I said. "1 think you hadn't seen It hut you thought It wise to lock thnt closet till you could look It over, later. You locked It und came down nguln to dinner." You were thinking you could make It seem cither Occident or "Youre a liar I said Ilnrrlden violently. "Hamn yon! I don't care whether youre Mitchells faucy girl or not" suicide and after dinner you u&ked r.eor take and - 7 "ns I condition 7 T1CU9 after ft you desir ' continue to ,o11 r('Poirjinen, strain year. Jpcdaf phorx? -- u?. . mah. Sum. JhaL fyuA. Y YOUR DEALEH or POWER S. . : ' The yard-lonhorns of the beisa . .may have given rise to the ancient fable of the unicorn. Seen in pro. . file, the beisa appears to. have a single horn growing out of his fore-- ' head, like the mythical unicorn. The ' beisa inhabits East Africa from the' ' Sudan to the southern part of the continent. .' ' . ' Here : - g . dgarertea. Luckies, s ' : Prayed Toward the East From time immemorial thousands found his case there werent but two cigarettes In- - It, not enough to hold a stone In place, so', yoti crammed ft- fill) of your own, to sore making keep the diamond at the bottom.. That's wbdre you s slipped nobody here smokes bwt you. The ease was. full ' i a of M act'd on as." . "Ars Wsf Crazy to Listen t This "And you cnli that evidence?" Ilnrrlden sneered The. tnun was Pack of Lies? gathering his power again, full of away my words like' n home or defiant challenge. "Youve turned cards; "Ho nil hey I mint tliia girl against your 'friend.' hn.ve.you; for ' qt-o-r ' Indians Blamed Spirits an offering to the yon . ' spirits for ' luck, some of the Indian tribes of Qnio would hang tobacco on the ' ' totem poles in their villages before ' out on a starting hunting expedition. ' While' the redskins were away, whhe men in the vicinity would sneak in and steal the tobacco, which was Victorian children being allowed to' of a superior quality, and and hundred read the Book where a upon their return, the Indians thought were that of books day One other ' deemed too vulgar for their minds. that the spirits had taken their prod. - arrested.'.' . . the sake, of I felt a terrible despair. 'No one "For the sake of s girl you tried would believe. 'I. had no p lined of tb hLicken nrtd a man you fried to ' proof. Nothing but that hnng your own guilt ou, Mitchell and the blood on U coul-t- no' (lushed back, his eyes hs full of war Rpqiik.. Nor could 'the deu'd Under as Ilarrldeu's. the sheet, ' "Kvlflence you-- bet Ill- make it . Mitchell's voice came suddenly. stick as evlili'nee. You waited tIH Not- so fust, Ilarrlden . Honn they were nil around Ietk, .you I hey, youve heard this, s'tbry. .etty. to Ask Clnpcy for prompted cun supply, a few 'details ' Thn his rase, and Peck handed if over. handkerchief whs dried op the rndi-- ' Ho you think a Jury will believe s In Mr. llurrldcp's own man would do that if he Had a diamond hidden. In It a stone, that lliirrldens' '.voice rumbled out would . cost his neck He'd "That's anotlrer lie! You' were, lis- have taken Out 'some and cigarettes tening to that fool Ansoh." . passed them back. But Heck Just The mi hie' fell 'like a bolt'ilpon handed It over. Just like that. And me, .1 had literally forgotten An- (Taii'ey gave It to Betty, and you son In aiy absorption In .this first whispered her o. fee! 4t. to tell tragedy. Now hla words, and their Clancy, to feel It." . Implication; .wns a shock galvanl? He swung away from1 Ilarrlden. Ing me to life lignin.He spoke! sharply to a white fuce., No He," Mitchell '.ennie buck, and "Why didn't' yon ask Han for a hts mice' .clonM'iit, authorlta smoke?' You like Ids tlve his courtroom voice. ,"The were snfuklpg them tonight Youll rust spots. o'n that handkerchief have fo .t.estlfy .he prompted you." correspond txnetly to . the .places ."Oh, Han, Hun.lt Isn't sol Lefwhere (he paint has been flecked ty Van Alstyn'8 voice,, overwrought, off thnt .partlcnlar radlator-pan- d hrenklng 'with hysterical strain, (in.ho bther In the house. That evi- sobbed out at him, "You dhfnt ask ' . dence Is conclusive." me 'to say anything," . , , 'Mbcjicll stepped .forward, con."You. shut up!", said.. Ilarrlden . . fronting harshly. ."?hut up and keep shut The first denth.wns accidental', up, dyoh heal-- Let them tnlk their Han.' 1ltyyou tried to camouflage fiends pff. 'That's nil there 1? toTt- It to incriminate others . .. Anson . . . . was' murder." "No ojie will believe It,- Dqn sbe Anson? he .growled. "1 never cried half crying. . . rjco- one will saw Atisoiv" bin me .you for anything.. Well all Oh, 'yes you did." 1 flnng out. forget It youll forget It. - Norfl ' "When she brought the fresh towels wasnt worth It." were t'o your bnlhroom . .Yon "Wasn't worth' It?" lie gave a tn .your room 'or In this one all dreadful glure then.'strode that ipaut qf the morning. That to the bed nndwlth k single gesture hour lvhpn Anson had bpen killed." htf tore the sheet .away. Nufa Il'af. I remembered Ids testimony. That rldens still fnce iny before-us.- ' Wq le had heard no noise In Kandni's saw the loveliness-oher profile, room, "And-- If I had, I wouldn't like chiseled marble, the rigid, tinthave cared." And I held fast to my ed. lips, the long, dark lashes, .molittle, thrend of. a clue my clue tionless on her cold cheeks. ' thnt I thought had gone astray, that (TO BE COyTlXl EDJ lind puzzled me so. I rushed on. "When I saw her In Frontier Alway Shifting the hall that morning she had her There Is hardly a ebuntry h, arms full of towels. Lavender for thb princes room, pink for these South America that knows Its own two. She carried them all Into frontiers, says Answers Magazine. Innclnls room, and when she came In Asia mutters are not much betout she had forgotten the pink ones ter, for the frontier of China and she told me she had to go back Russia are always shifting, while between InJla and Afghanistan for them. I saw ber go In . Is a wide stretch of No Mans there those for look to went I Afterwards The ouly continents where Ijmd. towels. I thought are definitely market are frontiers Apologetically my glance sought aud North America. a Kurope short was Ue standing the prince. ' g . Uncle Toms Cabin Abroad Cabin reached Uncle Torn; England in the spring of 1852 and more than a million copies of the book were sold there by the end of the year. English children of all classes were brought up on the book for at least 20 years thereafter, the s Whefl - ' Wrinkles Reveal Character Wrinkles on the face tell a peN sons character. For instance, smaU lines running from the eyes the temples, called smile toward lines"' show the person who bright side 0f life -t- he optimSt notes a writer in Pearsons Weekh The line running straight between the eyes towards the of to. nose denotes the deep bridge thinker, also the nervous person. The wrinkles underneath the eyes, crows feet are also smile lines," and indicate a lovable and happy nature, and are a sign of wisdom and not of age. . gov-erri- taste-l- fast type-settin- make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature Tnay . direct. , peek, with presses. Mergenthaler ad Lan? supplemented thetr work linotype and monotype machine? thus realizing the old dream of mg away wife by hand The Seventeenth Amendment The seventeenth constitutional amendment provides for filling vacancies occurring in the senate. When vacancies happen in the resenpresentation of any .state in the such of ate, the exocutive authority state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies:- Provided, That toe legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to - y patented a half a dozen imitators perfected the reaper. Colt patent his revolver the Hop . - 01 would be . d PP 5? 'Wches possible. Blanchard coat-of-ar- you-nfiou- mm This was those "pieces-o- f eight. dollar or known as the Spanish coin hard peso duro" meaning to was equivalent It in Spanish. The dolor shillings. reals" eight lar sign- -?' was suggested by the of the city of Cadiz, of two pillars, each consisted which scrolL It entwined with an to business was an immense gain into introduced was this sign when of a standard it as supplied use, to be recognized value which came the world round. - ."Hut floor" . Early Inventors Eli Whitney devised not only th. cotton gin but the svstpm 1 changeable part,, 1h quantity production otTurt itich as sewing machines ht LIGHT CD. . |