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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER. HYRUM, UTAH The MAN NOBODY KNEW i By Holworthy Hall .Oopyrlgbt by Dodd. Mead CHAPTER XI A Company. Ino X Continued. 12 I dont deny, said Armstrong slowly, that at first sight this Is a queer thing for me to do to cheek up your property, I mean when, you and I have had such an Intimate relationship as opponents. And I wouldnt for the world have agreed to It If It could have hqd the slightest connection with . . . with your own private affairs. It hasnt it cant haw. I give you my word on that; its been settled without the slightest reference to anything else. Hut since It hasnt, and since Rufus asked me as a favor and promised to tell you about it 'and Its absolutely commercial" Thats enough. Im glad youre going to do It. Ililliards voice was gruff; It was a tribute to his companion's code of ethics. Know anything about mining? Not a thing. Hut Im to go to a law firm in Butte and of course It's only a formality, anyway. Ill probnbly tlnd Its better than you ever claimed. But Jtufe asked me. I see. Well now about this other ; matter . . . Armstrong was watching the west- bound express as it felt Its cautious way through Railroad avenue to the station, Yes? j - Hilliard was suddenly ashamed of himself ; ne was forced to concede that iliis rival hnd the advantage of him in ipoise and altruism. He shook himself free of the savage resentment which jwas stenling upon him. Were only human both of us. Perhaps under the circumstances the best thing we can say is to say nothing . . . except that I wish you nil the luck in the world. I dont pretend it isnt a hard thing to say but Im trying to mean it. And you deserve it; And to you,, said Armstrong cheer- And no bad feelings on either fully. side. And I hope your mine makes a million dollars for you. Thanks, said Hilliard, grimly. Ill need it. But dont be afraid to send Rufus jour honest opinion will you? too. No and Ill send it to I(T better" be Thats only fair, . I , ... ! I 1 I I half-cocke- Angela had sprung between them , slxty-two- the corporations receipt to me for that amount. And I give you my word of honor not to step foot outside of the you city of Syracuse, nor to be for one single hour out of your reach until youve Investigated the whole from beginning to end. I insist that you make that investigation. Thats on condition that Rufus won't mention this again, either here or any. where else, until hes collected tlie facts And Ill tell you right now Rufus has given you the truth 1" Cullens tone was My dear man We know all that! conciliating. Weve gone into this- with our eyes open. Were not buying a productive mine; were buying a good prospect. Since I saw you last, Hilliards voice broke, Ive reason to fear that it isnt as good as we hoped. was jubilant, There! Waring Listen to that, now I What did I tell proposl-tio- d, I 1 you? We the devil ever said there was? ; stained. The appeal Why . . . didnt you? was to Hilliard; and it was made in a tone of astonishment which have been ludicrous if there hadnt been tragedy behind it, ' Hilliard shook his head. No. Yo,u cant accuse me of that, at least, The only mine we ever mentioned was one In prospect. I always said it was a prospect, with an old shaft on tt h- d'dut I? And so it is I But an old skaft isnt a Producing mine, let him finish, essarily. And-pl- ease Mr. Cullen I Well The boy had twin disks of hectic flame In his cheeks. Thats only a detail, anyway . . . they said It was . . . undeveloped . . . they said the shaft had been abandoned more than two years ago, because it wasnt worth much of anythin- gCullens hands were closing and unclosing apoplectically. For Heavens sake, who ever said it wasnt I two ' years ago We all know that I Give us some news young man, give us some news! Waring was breathing hard, and his interest had switched to Angela, who stood adamant. Indeed, he was suddenly transformed to the status of a suppliant rather than that of a prosecuting witness. Well . . . they said It was offered . . two years ago . . . to anybody whod take It . . . for ten thousand dollars . . . and nobodyd take It as a gift . . Cullen was near Oh, good Lordl to bursting. Doesnt the fool know what a prospect Is? Hasnt he seen the reports? And still he And . . . and the land next to It was . . . had a mine on it, the XLNC mine, thats in pretty fair shape, but that didnt signify anything. . . He And there paused for a moment. hasnt been any work done on it, to g . . . Andthe for two corporati0n report I got shows that a fellow named Martin Harmons the president of it, and Harmons a cheap Wall street man ta New York. The Butte people don.t consider him 1!nble. And Fve written t0 Wm four tmes-a- nd he wont answer. Ah said Hilliard, startled, Well? Cullen repeated his chal-an- she Its nothing but Jealousy cried vehemently. Hes said horrible things about you! Hes always say- Ing things about you He said " Cullen almost fairly Angela!" shouted it. I tell you, this Is my and I wont have any more of this Infernal nonsense in it! Hear me? Ive had all l?;e nonsense Im go Ing to stand from anybody Rufus, you stay right there Angela, you He turned to Hilliard. keep quiet I If youd come in a half minute soon er, youd have heard this young whip trying to make you out a swindler Trying to class you with fake promoters and mining sharks look at him Look at him I I want to CHAPTER XII. Yes thats what he did You And As he crossed the threshold of the tell you, Hilliard, itll take more than to start anything r round ,on he his say-soverdecorated drawing-room- , mouth, knew intuitively that he had blun here! Dont you open Rufus you had you"r chance htTheyS'shook hands again across the dered upon acllmax-- . ThIs he sensed you wouldnt take It I And I want from the altitude the three who and wheel. to tell you right here and right now toward him as he entered Youre a good sport, Armstrong turned Hilliard was a minute. Waft sensed it before he saw what was in . . . dont think Ive got any resentthe quiet member only deadly quiet; their The atmosphere eyes. ment left . . except a bit that I cant no use in of Theres the quartette. was vibrant, as though from sound all quite swallow on short notice. yet. He the just neighbors telling waves which had passed beyond, and I know. But you dont need to Do you mind eft traces of the swell behind regarded Waring kindly. did say, worry, old man. Your futures bright them. The room was what you precisely repeating silent; but of a Rufus? entitled Im think enough as I hope to wire Rufus about silence more Dont you confounding than a deaf- to much? Saturday. that turmoil. Too late, Hilliard perceived that ening The boy flushed agonizedly; he was Hilliard, standing on the threshold, they were talking at was himself the center of this atmos- - the accuser, and yet he couldnt meet Armstrong was evidently thinking, he because his Hilliards eyes. It wasnt guilt ; It was about the mine. But there woe time mere intellectual Inferiority; and yet out, for a tast gesture of farewell ! cause the three who faced him had It gave exactly the opposite Impresand Armstrong had disappeared in the simultaneously thrown their fixed at- sion. depths of the trainshed. Armstrong tention on him, thrown It Well, he said desperately, xI know directly and . . . the victor, and the lnquisitioner evidence Is no good, so I got it hearsay In him the cbnllengingly, Including . . . was on the road to Butte your own room in the finale of the climax, while they stood first hand-- in motionless as statues. He looked at Onondaga, didn t I? You won deny Work, hard work, the panacea and waring, whose expression was defen-th- e that, will you? I didn t just pick up salvation of those who are sore svejy aCute; he looked at Angela, rumors I got it from you. Didnt I distressed, evtn this cheapest relief flushed, palpitant, and excited; he go there and ask you questions, and was denied Hilliard. He was left alone looked at Mr. Cullen, and didnt you give me the data? Show me and everything? And I told with it his with problem, wrestling frowning ; and Hilliard caught his once more in the black darkness of de- - breath, as a swimmer who launches Mr. Cullen the very next day, It didnt His voice rose spondeney, and knowing neither a j himself to a high dive, and walked look good to me. All light, 111 say to him, means of simplifjing it, nor a eoun- - composedly into the drawing-room- , stridently Ill say it to you, and Ill say it to lene selor to whom he could turn for aid. j hope, he said gravely, Im not thatll listen to me It didnt 116 conceded that there was only one anybody Thats all. He gazed beseechingly intruding. Am I? o me en, and it doesnt at thing for him to do, nnd he intended to Tbe trio was galvanized Into action; oo goo who sniffed and turned her Angela, now. I to d him you acted darned do it, but he was harassed btfenuse he Cullen fairly leaped at him. Hilliard hea(J away. had so much time to think about It. he said, tlmnk the Lordl Youre the IUinrBi5mVrtnA-fViiStnIIeee'A11! Cullen breathed stertorous-Ym!8 Not since the first sickening shock of very man we wantl And with a flimsy lot of rot like s.tralght ly. d sketch.y out it, Harmons revelation hnd he doubted Hilliard smiled straight Into Cullens the unmitigated gall to und It s got all the earmarks of a bum that you.y3 got his own purpose ; It was merely the eyes. a slanderous story like this start machinery of It which perplexed him. Thats why Im here, he said. about Henry Hilliard Youve got the Ills confidence In himself gradually nerve to waring laughed loudly too loudly; returned; he was abnormally calm and and the laugh stopped short, for The astonishing part of ii, inter- over him Cullen ; he had no more Idea of ien was towering Hilliard, with coolness which as- posed Cullen s hand was still on Hilliards tonished even resisting his impulses than he w&uld blazing with Indignant wrath, and with himself, is that every have had, In Flanders, of disobeying a hand resting on Hilliards shoulder, shoulder and It was Hilliard whom he singie item of It is truel Dont blame his orders. The. thing wns there to be Now go on, said Cullen command-done- , addressed, explosively, and with that him, Mr. Cullen.' Its true-ev- ery We- - dont want any under-ture- , particular sort of muffled fury which nnd he, regardless of his own fu- - lngly. word. , wns there to do It. handed work around here, Rufus. Ive rises best from a set of circumstances Cullen shook himself. Overnight, ho had occupied himself told you that once already. Go on Of course Its truel undfrstaod. it what Youre conversa-WltWhat this is all about is beyond youve told us yourself, InIsnt wfth some elementary accounting. say it to his face a different I behind his back: me Harmon's check, his outstnud- tional enough Only, if this law minnow has say If Its the telling of it that I Either j'ou tell him or I gone as far as this . . . Weve got to way Ing balance for expenses, and what to his face counts ! get at the bottom of it . . . You know money he could raise by selling his will Now listen to me a moment! The boy wiped his forehead. Beads runabout and a few personal posses- natural- - Rard was impassively serious : the Wu ?S do way on out It. ly. boy s as wild as a hawk, to the denouement was 6ious, he had on bund a matter of of sweat stood clear opening Mr. Cullen It . ; hundred . Isnt Heaven dollars knows how far hed go out- - before him. lie need tttlety-sl, Syracuse only offer thou- - it isnt fair This has got to be cleared up I self for Judgment, and had entrusted lm with slxty-twthe future with rata Fair cv had To risen to Angela's soprano band. Weve got sipromlse pro pound some sense into would take care of itself. My purpose I Rufe Waring, after him. We this was apparently his to a his credltoi In coming up here this afternoon was I Hilliard was smiling vacuously; now to talk to yon about this same Istily resource, and yet how insufficient what youve bean saying, you talk about a reparation It was ! He knew that Unbeing fair! Why If you the blow had actually fallen, and jerty, Mr. Cullen. I . , , I had soma ! And perhaps he had never loved Carol Durant so much as when, at ten oclock that sunny morning, he went up the steps of Angelas house to destroy a little girls regard for him before It could be destroyed by others. On the doorstep, he found strength in the memory of poor Pierre Dutout. In a way, Hilliard felt that he, too, was giving up his life as Dutout had given his . . . with a smile for the fate, and a blessing for the future. Be-ase4he was afraid, unnervedly afraid, Angela, after all, was in love with him and when he put a stop to that, it was the beginning of the end. ... I nec-hous- e, ..." 1 1 per-snapp- er I I I 1 1 ! 1 o I I ... . I j cross-purpos- 1 I tight-lippe- d went Into it with our eyes said Cullen, after a pause. You told us from the very first it wasnt an absolute- - certainty good Lord, wlmt business proposition ever He sent a flash of is? Besides I dont care who scorn to Waring. knows where I stand on this deal or any other. I dont buy properties: I back men. Im banking on you, Hilliard. Im putting my money back of you. Im counting on you to make good If that Montana thing falls down cold, I know youd make It right with me if Id let you. But I wouldnt. When Im sold, Im sold for keeps, and Im sold on you. Im taking the risk just ns you are. So . . Hilliards appreciaThank you. tion was in the nature of a stiff bow. Im afraid youre exaggerating a little, though. , . Not one syllable Hlllinrd was patently grateful. At any rate, Im going to do as I said . , . . youll keep those things as a favor to me, wont you? As security, or evidence of good faith, or whatever you want to call it?" like this? Nonsense I For a flare-uRidiculous And But I Insist, said Hilliard. I want you to make an Investigation a thorough one. He smiled grimly; I Dicky Morgan was safe forever. know in advance what youll find. So do I. Oh, well, I know how you feel. If you want to be whitewashed. I suppose Ill have to act as a sort of trustee for you its tommyrot, but if you want it, I wont refuse. Send me the stuff and Ill put It away for you where itll be safe. And Rufus here They turned together to the law student, who was defiantly abject. Rufus, were going to give you eery chance in the world to back up what He youve said, but if you cant paused significantly. You let me do the Investigating," said Waring doggedly. Ill get at the foundation for you. This from Do it, and welcome! open, Cullen vented his abandon of rage tear-- 1 . 1 p 1 d 1 1 v n I J . I h 1 1 Hil-m- u x o I 1 half-screa- ...... hlin-sid- e. Ill take Armstrongs nilliard. report if you will or you can go just as much further as you like. Cullen had detected Warings start of astonishment and chagrin, and his interest quickened at the Whats Jack Armstrong got to do with it? by-pla- y. (TO BE CONTINUED.) I I things to about It. But In view of thu ! tltude of Warings, Ira ' differently. This wont stop I prefer to have somebody before Its any worse. Ira going I? myself In your hands. Rufus ai gela, I want you both to . . . Mr. Cullen, Im vtu, going t a check for eight thousand w you lars ; its my whole Trust and Deposit company, Tea?. Ill need to live on for a few da 7' going, to turn over to you twenty 7? sand shares in the Silverbow corporation to keep for me-- its own personal holding. Im going , tufn over to you my contract with th mining corporation, which calls fora delivery of all the rest of the corpora stock on payment of a hundred and twenty thousand dollars, of which . weve already paid Ill gw, d. on the emPty Well, who In fact nilliard saw that her cheeks were rather important ;he complaint officially lodged, he felt deliciously relaxed, content. Before he could contrive a reply Waring was strident again. Yes." The students voice was thin with acerbity. Yes, you think youre pretty smart all of you. Dont you? I come in here to do you a kindness that anybody else, it seems to me would take as a favor, and you and Angela jump all over me wny doesnt he deny It? Thats what 1 want to know! Why doesnt he say some-an- d thing? Cullen looked at Hilliard and made a swift deduction, and spoke It. Hes waiting for the rest of it. Go on youre only half through the yarn yu told us." well. Oh, very Waring gathered You can have all you want courage. maybe more than you want. Youd have had 14 sooner If you hadnt start- ed yelling at me. I know what Im talking about ; you people dont seem to realize I m In the law ! I dont go I wrote to a law firm a ntte, Montana, thats what I did. I found out what was the biggest firm there, nnd I wrote em a letter. They snswered it, too. I got my Information rIfiht from the ground. Ive got a let-ter t,iat says " Cullen swayed forward, his hand in a direct outstretched, challenge of Warings truthfulness, Where is it? The boy withdrew a step and stain mered : I left it home. Cullens laugh was Oh, you did! stinging. Thats likely! Yes, thats exactly what I did! Think Id bring an original letter out of my office let it out of my hands of record? aath s time to niake on your life I I ve got it all right, says the Silverbow Mining corpora palm-upwar- 1 ... cer-'tain- ly , Hush I Angela!" Her fathers nd monition wba peremptory enough to I quell her InsRitly. He wheeled back to Waring. I Jere going to get at the bottom of tM sooner or later nnd the sooner the better. Im waiting for you to repeawhat you just told us, Rufus. There were tears of anger in the law students eyes-o- f anger nnd of Impotence. He gave Angela a look of superb disdain, shrugged his shoulders, Well, that settles that I" he said, as Angela gave a gasp of under- standing, and turned angrily white, he laughed metallically. Cullen moved nearer to him. "Are you going to speak up or not? Because if you arent Waring folded his arms; but he still failed of the pose he planned, be-cause his eyes and his muscles were traitor to him. No, Im not! Not until Im ready to Im not afraid of the whole crowd of you ! Im not going to be bullied and bulldozed into He attempted to brush past Cullen, the older man Take your caught him by the arm. hands off me You stay where you are! stormed Cullen. Until you can If you lay jmur hands on me once more, Mr. Cullen, Ill . . . dont you Ill forget I know wlmt this means have you Oh. your law!" Cullen snorted it For Gods soke, contemptuously. dont snivel about it . . . stand up and take it like a man, if youve got any manhood In you! For a law student youre . . . well, dont try to run away from It, then. . Are you going to tell him, or am I? The answer was delayed ; Cullen Then Ill swung around to Hilliard. tell you myself. Know what this boys been saying about you? Coming up us when youre not here, and trying knife you when youre not looking? Hilliard, who had been standing found voice. "Why, I can guess, he said, curious- And dont be harsh with iy calm. him, Mr. Cullen. As a matter of had been his duty to Investigate the Montana property before he began to exploit It ; he knew that his to Syracuse had been blatantly Inexcusable, and that not even, the fact that he had been carried away by the drama of it could ever be excused. His intricate fabric of deception, now that he inspected it from this different viewpoint, was flimsy shoddy. He could be traced If anyone cared to spend the time, and the energy, if Armstrong or Rufus Waring cared to spend It, for example. Of course, there was always the refuge of flight, but In Flanders, men learn not to desert their posts, and Hilliard had learned that lesson among the first. Loyalty to the cause of fighting had grown automatic ; flight was simply Inconceivable to him. Yes, he could gather his resources and place them, together with himself, in the hands of his subscribers, and their vengeance would be twofold; once foi their loss out of pocket, once for the loss out of faith. He had deserved no leniency, and he expected none. But as for those who, without the financial entanglement, had respected him, and honored him, as for Carol Durant and Angela , . . Well, as for Carol, he was at least relieved of the terrific mental convulsion which would surely have fallen upon him if he had hnd reason to believe that she loved him. As it was, her shock at his disaster would be tempered by Armstrongs sane philosophy ; at most, she would lose In nilliard a friend of only a few months a man she hnd wanted to retain as a friend, but by her oVn admission as that, and no more. This was a consolation . . . trifling and fragile, to be sure, but something saved out of the wreck. As to Armstrong nilliard, marveling somewhat at his own tolerance, wished him joy. Armstrong was fine and clean and manly; he had well merited his victory. As to Mr. Cullen Hilliard was torn with regret, but after all, Cullens gullibility was what had ,mad the mpaign so childishly simple. As to Angela . . . who had really loved him Oh, the poor little kid! said Hilliard softly. The poor little kid. The Earths Crust. The most important scientific Invecounstigation of the last year in any to been attempt the try has probably measure the earths crust. We know we very little about the shell on which live. Scientists have been studying the in problem in Hawaii, Tuscany and for the where opportunities Salvador, investigation are especially favorable. Much data new to science has been collected concerning the shell, Its comother position and probable age. Still South In New made been have tests Wales, where a great reservoir conce-on ntrates an Immense weight of water a limited area, and instruments have been devised to measure the movement of the earths crust under this weight. New light has thus been thrown on the action of volcanoes. Boys Life. Prevailing Fear. 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