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Show SOUTH CACHE) COTTPTFE. HVpTTM. UTAH ! i mind all urging him back into the old groove; all saying: The routine Is the thing. Be a spoke In the wheel; go round with the rest of us." No, I "No, he reminded himself. cant do that. I have businesa on hand. First to kill the wolf. eoeoeeeeeeeoeeeeeeoeeoeoeeeeeeeeeeeeoeeoeoeoeeeeeeoeeeeeeeeeeoeeeoeoeeeoeeeeesef' By Robert J.C. Stead riO cte Author of He remembered that he had given hls revolver to Irene. And suddenly she sat with him again, at the tea table. . . . Where was he? Yes, he had given hls revolver to Irene. Well, there was another ip hls rooms. In the hallway of the block In which he had hls bachelor apartments Dave almost collided with a woman. He drew back, and the light fell on hls face, but hers was In the shadow. And then he heard her voice. Why, Oh, Dave, Im so glad The last words what has happened? ran into a little treble of pain as she noted his haggard face. You Edith?" he managed to say. ' "Whatever She came toward him and placed Ive been here a her hands on his. hundred times ever since morning- ever since Bert Morrison called up to say you had disappeared that there was some mystery. There Isnt, Is there, Dave? Youre all right, Dave, arent you, Dave? "Kitchener and Other Poems" Illustrations by IRWIN MYERS Copyright by Harper CHAPTER XII. t Brother "He'll soon be well, dont you think, lie said he would be well when the holidays But Daves expression stopped the boy, whose own face went suddenly wild with fear. lie Is well now, Charlie, " he said, as steadily as he could. It is all holidays now for him. The match had burned out and the room was In utter darkness. Dave heard the child drawing his feet across the floor, then suddenly whimpering like a thing that had been mortally hurt. He groped toward him, and at length his fingers found his shock of hair. lie drew the boy slowly Into his arms; then very, very tight. . . . After all, they were orphans together. You will come with me, he said at length. I will see that you are provided for. The doctor will soon be here, or we will meet him on the way, and he will make the arrangements for the arrangements Unit have to be made, you know. They retraced their steps toward the town, meeting the doctor at the broken bridge. Dave exchanged a few words with him In low tones, and they passed on. Soon they were swinging again through the city streets. Even with the developments of the evening pressing heavily upon his mind Dave could not resist the temptation to stop and listen for a moment to bulletins being read through a megaphone The kaiser has stripped off his British regalia, said the announcer. He says he will never ngaln wear a British uniform." A chuckle of derisive laughter ran through the mob; then someone struck refrain "What the up a do we care? h Up and down the street voices caught up., i he chorus. . . . Within a year the bones of many In that thoughtless crowd, bleaching on the fields ' of Flanders, showed how much they cared. Dave drove direct to the Hardy home. After some delay Irene met 1dm at the door, and Dave explained the sitWe must uation in a few words. take care of him, Reenie, he said. I feel a personal responsibility. Of course we will take him, she He will live here until answered. we have a some place of our own." Iler face was bright with something which must be tenderness. Bring him upstairs. We will allot him a room and Introduce him first to the And tomorrow we shall bathroom. have an excursion downtown, and get some new clothes for Charlie mister? . BOYD PARK fOUNttftlft MAKERS OF JEWELRY MO MAIN ST MET SALT LAKE CITY ... E one-tim- terror-stricke- n 1 long-forgott- ... - ... d surf-washe- d . cob-w'eb- s. . " As they moved up the stairs Con-warwho had been In another room d, in conversation with Mrs. Hardy, followed them unseen. The- evening had been Interminable for Conward. For three hours he had awaited word that his victim had been trapped, and for three hours no word had come. If his plans had miscarried, if Dave had And here discovered the plot, well at length was Dave, engrossed In a very different matter. Conward followed them up the stairs. Irene and Dave chatted with the boy for a few moments, then Irene turned to some arrangements for his comfort and Dhve started downstairs. In the passage he was met by Con- N ward. te What are you doing here? Dave demanded, as he felt his head beginning to swim In anger. Conward leered only the more offensively, and walked down the stairs beside him. At the foot he coolly lit nnother cigarette, ne held the match before hltu and calmly watched it burn out. Then he extended It toward I Know what makes the wheels go round. They can make a poor watch go and a good one keep time. Send your watch by registered mall. Con-war- d well-know- n Dave. Our Watch Experts I got it where I didnt exWALKER'S BEAUTY PARLORS length. pect It but I guess thats the way 8alt Lake City, Utah. with everyone. He tried to philosoOrder your Hair Goods by mall phize; to get a fresh grip on himthrough us. Switches $5 and up, self. "Where are we, anyway? he Transformations, $10 and up. Order continued. This country looks famil your ear muffs and curls at $5 a set. He got up again and walked lar. The best of human hair furnished. Cut to the back hls about, 'finding way sample of hair from crown of your road. He went along It a little way. and we will match It perfect. head he Vague Impressions suggested that should know the spot, and yet he could not Identify It. Then, with a BEAUTIFUL ISLE IS TOBAGO sudden shock, It came to him. It was the hillside on which Doctor Hardy Crusoes Famous Abods, In the Caribhad come to grief; the hillside on bean, Described ae a Place of which he had first seen her bright A Many Attractions. facn, her wonderful eyes. (TO BE CONTINUED.) of him, engulfed poignancy grief Tobago, , the scene of Robinson sweeping away hls cheap philosophies. e resCrusoes story, and tlje Here she stood, young and clean and LOW IN CIVILIZATIONS-SCALidence of John Paul Jones, Is an Isentrancing, thrust before him In an instant out of the wonderful days of Negritos Generally Regarded as the land of supreme beauty nestling In the Caribbean, whose stormy history the past. And would she always folTrue Aborigines of the Philippines, Is without" parallel In the bloodstainlow him thus? With an unutterable Have Not Advanced Far. ed annals of the West Indies. Hisso was he that knew that sinking the world was not big enough to hide The Negritos are generally consid- tory says It was fought over for cenhim from Irene Hardy. There was no ered the true aborigines of the Philip- turies by French, Spanish, British. way out. pines, and are racially sharply distinct Dutch and savage Caribs and often He started hls motor, and even in from other numerous tribes of the Is- deserted for scores of years at a time, hls despair felt a thrill of pride as the lands, says a National Geographic so- the Detroit News recalls. The Jusfaithful gears engaged and the car ciety bulletin, based on a communica- tice of Tobagos claim to be called climbed back to its place on the trail. tion by Dean C. Worcester. They are Crusoes island Is unquestionable. DeWas all faithfulness, then, in things of of low stature, sometimes even dwarf- foes hero was one Alexander Selkirk steel ana iron, and none In flesh and ish with very dark brown or black skins. In real life. That he was marooned blood? He followed the trail. Why Their heads are covered with closely as related Is an historical fact The ranch curling hair and many of them have natives can even show one the caves stop now? The buildings lay across the stream and abundant woolly beards. Their noses In which he dwelt, and from no other behind the tongue of spruce trees, un- are broad and flat, their lips thick, Isle could the castaway have peered long, forth across the waters of the Gulph less some wandering foothill fire had their arms disproportionately destroyed them. He forded the stream They do not tattoo their bodies, but of Oronoque, to which he refers, and without difficulty. That was where he ornament them with scars produced by see the faint outlines of the Island had carried her out He felt cutting through the skin with a of Trinidad, as stated In hls story. old hls way slowly along the fence. sharp piece of bamboo and rubbing Wonderfully varied and beautiful Is That was where she had set up bottles dirt into the wounds to Infect them and Tobago and the visitor Is inclined to He make big scars. for his marksmanship. wonder why Crusoe ever deserted it where the Many of the Negritos point their Its coast line has crescent sand beachstopped straggling gate should be and walked carefully into front teeth, but not by filing them es bordering sheltered coves; outlying the yard. That was where she had A chip of wood Is held behind the verdure-draperocky Islets and woodfirst called him Dave. . . . Then tooth; the point of a bolo Is placed ed bays; reefs protecting he found the doorstep and sat down In such a position as to slant across secluded lagoons. wonEverywhere the corner of the tooth, and a sharp derfully luxuriant vegetation covers to wait. When the sun was well up he arose blow on the bolo chips a piece from the land. It has a delightful climate, and walked about. Hls lips were the tooth. The opposite corner is there are no snakes, and It would be parched; he found himself nibbling similarly operated on and an artistic an Ideal, win ter resort If its attractivethorn with hls teeth, so he went to the point Is produced. ness were known. There Is one vilThe music and dancing of the Ne- lage of 3,000 people on the Island. stream. He was thirsty, but he drank only a mouthful ;' the water was flat gritos are specially interesting. Many and insipid. . . . The old cabin was know how to make and play the NAMED MOLTEN SEA in better repair than he would have bamboo nose flute, and a jewsharp APTLY The bamboo. bronze thought. He sprung the door open. made from tom-toor ganza, Is in universal High Priests Swimming Pool in SolIt was musty and strung with omons Temple Most Wonderful He did not go In but sat down use. some playing It with a drumstick Tub Ever Constructed. and others with their hands. and tried to think. Later he walked up the canyon. He How many persons ponder, while must have walked swiftly, for the sun Gastronomic Animals. in the midst of modern contubbing was not yet at the meridian when he One occasionally hears the question : found himself at the little nook In the Is it Welsh rarebit or Welsh rabbit?" veniences, on how the rest of the world this same act of personal rock where he and Irene had sat that It Is Welsh rabbit. Rarebit is only performs of afternoon when they had first laid their an altered form of the rabbit, an cleanliness? The stolen pleasures wooden the the "old swlmmln hole," hearts open to each other. Suddenly afterthought intended to simulate an rare and tub In the kitchen surrounded by thata He Took a Fierce Delight in Tortur one remark stood up In hls memory. absurd derivation from curtain of privacy Is The had she said, the as coming, day Century dictionary char- questionable bit, ing the Man Who Had Wrecked His over clothes horse a real sheet the when our country will want men who acterizes it. Welsh rabbit Itself Is Life. can shoot and ride. And he had said, genuine slang and belongs to the sea bath or swim In a gym" pool have Well, when it does it can call on me." class of names of Jocular origin. There been the stepping stones of progresright; take it, and he placed the re volver In her hand. You should And today the country did want men are many others; an Essex lion is a sion for most of us to the modern conveniences. know what to do with It." And be- who could shoot and ride, and he had calf; a Fleldlane duck Is a baked fore she could stop him he had walked flow'n Into the foothills to nurse a This bathing idea started with Bible ; head or Glasgow magistrates sheeps out of the house. broken heart. . . . Broken hearts Norfolk capons are red herrings ; Irish folk, who built the most wonderful She rushed to the gate, but al- can fight as well as whole ones. He world has ever apricots or Munster plums are po- swimming pool the At some use seen in rate Solomon's the roar was be of motor of lost could his any temple. This ready yet tatoes ; and Gravesend sweetmeats are in the hum of the citys traffic. ten cubits from sea measured molten there was a way out. name over a to few examples ' Some whim led him through the shrimps, taken from English usage. At the mo- brim to brim, five cubits In height and CHAPTER XIII. grove of spruce trees on hls way back ment the only American samples that was round In compass; the thickness to the ranch. Here, in an open space, can be offered are the Albany beef was a hands breadth, and the brim, like that of a teacup, was When Dave sprang Into his car he he looked about, kicking in the dry (sturgeon) and Cape Cod turkey (cod- shaped carved with lilies and leaves. The gave the motor a full head and drove grass. At length hls toe disturbed a fish). Immense basin was borne aloft by through the city streets In a fury of few bleached bones, and he stood and 12 recklessness. His mind was numbed looked with unseeing eyes far across carved oxen, three each facing Best for Mines. Electric Lamp it was incapable of assorting thoughts the shimmering valley. south, east and west. The pool north, carminer the Nowadays and placing them In proper relation3 Brownie," he said at length. ries a package of electricity about with received and held 3,000 bathers at one The whole scene came him while underground. It is a small time and was designed for and used ship to one another. He was soon out Brownie. of the city, roaring through the still back upon him the moonlight, and 20,000 storage battery attached to the back by high priests, there being number autumn night with undlmlnished Irenes distress, and the little bleed- of same wine baths of and the a connected cord by his belt, and is ing body. And he had said he didnt with a lamp fastened to the front of of oil provided for the laymen. Inspeed. Over tortuous country roads, across know anything about the Justice of hls cap. The lamp, provided with a dianapolis Star. sudden bridges, along slippery hill God ; all he knew was the critter that reflector, throws a flood of light In Beautiful 8t 8ophl. sides, through black bluffs of scrub couldnt ' run was the one that got front of the miner. But Its chief adland In some strange way he tried caught. . . . And he had said that vantage is absolute safety. In olden St Sophias church at ConstantiHe had said It was days miners (who must, of course, have nople Is one of the most remarkable to drown the uproar In his soul In the was life. e frenzy of the steel that quivered be- only nature. buildings In the world. In architeclight) carried about with them And then they had stood among the neath him. On and on into the night. lamps. These caused Innumer- tural features the structure has a Bright stars gleamed overhead ; a soft trees and beneath the white moon and able disastrous accidents through Igdome carried on four pillars, one breeze pressed against his face; It pledged their faith. . . . nition of coal dust or gases. Sir Humat each corner, and composed of light was such a night as he had driven, n Again hls head went up and the old phry Davys Invention of a safety lamp pumice stone, with the apex 175 feet year ago, with Bert Morrison. Was light flashed In his eyes. "The first whose flame was protected by a wire above the floor. that only a year ago? And what had thing Is to kill the wolf," he said gauze saved an Immense number of So extraordinary is the appearance No other Innocent shall fall lives. It Is In common use happened? Where had he been? Oh, aloud. but of the church that the today, to bring the boy Charlie, the boy. to his fangs. Then my country. the electric mine lamp is better and Sultan Mohammed Is reported as havDarkness had again fallen before more convenient When was that? Under the calm ing stopped at the door when the buildheaven his mind was already attempt- Dave found his car threading the ing was taken over by the Moslems Dusted With Shells. ing to establish a sequence, to set Its streets of the city, still feverish with and, seeing a soldier hewing at the its newborn excitement of war. He outraged home again In order. Whole forests may be seen coated floor For the faith," exclaimed, "ye car to the garage; an with Suddenly the car skidded on a slip- returned hls shelly substances on the Aus- have the whole city to pillage and enpery hillside, turned from the road, attendant looked up curiously It was tralian continent. These encrustations slave; leave ye me the buildings 1" deplowed through a clump of scrub, evident from hls glance that Dave had are supposed to arise from the decomThe Mohatlmedans have never ricochetted ngainst a dark obstruction, already been missed but no words position of shell fish, which, transportthe treasures of art they found poised a moment on two wheels, turn- were exchanged. He stood for a mo- ed by the winds, are deposited In the stroyed In ment Constantinople, but have upon the taking his street, collecting ed around, and stopped. The shock form of dust on trees and plants. them covered up. They have prebrought Dave to hls senses. He sat thoughts and rehearsing his resolves. or cellars full whole cisterns served was to He amazed find that, even on the running board and stared for Very True. ami In his bitterness, the city reached a a long while Into the darkness. That a man may be down and not of priceless manuscripts of Greek beand writings d fool, any thousand hands to him hands of Out Is also true of the match No use being a d player In Byzantineto literature, th early part of the Goslonging way, Dave," he said to himself at habit and tssociation and customs of golf. Boston Transcript. still ; the cigarette drop from his nerveless lips. You are a brave man, Conward, he said, and there was the rasp of hate and contempt in his voice. "You are a very brave man. Mrs. Hardy, sensing something wrong, came out from her sitting room. With a little cry she swooned away. Conward tried to speak, but words With a dry stuck In his throat. tongue he licked his drier lips. Do you believe In hell, Conward? Dave continued. I've always had some doubt myself, but in thirty sec. onds youll know. Irene appeared on the stairway. For a moment her eyes refused to grasp the scene before them: ; Dave cowering fierce, steely, Implacable, with his revolver lined on Conwards brain. Through some strange whim of her mind her thought In that instant flew back to the bottles on the posts of the Elden ranch, and Dave breaking five out of six on the gallop. Then suddenly she became aware of one thing only. A tragedy was being enacted before her eyes. Oh, dont, Dave Dont, dont shoo.t him I she cried, flying down the remaining steps. Before Dave could grasp her purpose she was upon him, had clutched his revolver, had wrapped her arms about his. Dont, For my dont, Dave! she pleaded. sake dont do that I Her words were tragically unfortunate. For a moment Dave stood as one paralyzed; then his heart dried up within him. So thats the way of it! he said, as he broke her grip, and the horror in his own eyes would not let him All read the sudden horror In hers. Continued. 19 G ... .... You remember our wager, Elden. open-flam- present you with a burned-ou- t match." You Ilnrl" cried Dave. "You infamous liar I" Ask her," Conward replied. She will deny it,- - of course. All women do." Dave felt his muscles tighten, and knew that In a moment he would tear his victim to pieces. As his clenched fist came to the side of his body Ilis restruck something hard. he was volver! He had forgotten not In the .habit of cnrrylngjt. In an Instant he had Conward covered. Dave did not press the trigger at once He took a fierce delight in torturing the man who had wrecked his life --even while he told himself he could not believe his boast. Now lu watched the color fade from cheek ; the eyes stand out In bis face fte livid blotches more livid Con-ward- 's 107-fo-ot awe-stricke- n pel age. ry . |