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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER, HYRUM, UTAH BLUE CIRC Birds Courageous in Facing Bad Weather At t Chapter VII 12 By Elizabeth Message. dressed for dinner Tb0 secretary mind on eeveral his with night of which was first the problems, e leather case. black of the the problem angle, possible every from at Looked It. though ton could not wholly solve a working theory was rapidly evolving and e were to have any peace to get were he if coinfort this year, recover nnd nervous strength hack bis man he had been, he for blmself the certuin things, and do them must do them, Jie must once Among nnickly. do away with the meloand for all He her. dramatic mysteries of Tawno was In the mast find out wlmt there halls and house that crept along A br Th WNU Jordan Century Co.) berries. j b, heard a noise In the hall. It was not the familiar thump, nor was it the equally abhorrent sound of crawling. It was the Sound of footsteps light and running. There was also the sound of hurried, excited breathing and of a rap on his door. He sprang out of bed and hastened to open it, disturbed yet reassured by the rap. It was alarmed, but it was normal. He threw open the door and stared incredulously. Verity Campbell stood before him In the darkness. lie could not see her, but he knew her even before she spoke to hint in a voice hushed and terrified. Oh, Mr. Renshaw, she gasped, please come with me quickly! I cant find either Jenks or James and something dreadful has happened to grandfather!" Renshaw nodded and stepped back Into his room. One moment, he said, and I will be with you." He thrust his feet into slippers and pulled a dressing gown over ills pajamas, knotting the cords of the robe as lie rejoined her. He had to run to catch up witli her. Having summoned him, she was almost at the end of tiie corridor when she felt him beside her. As they hurried past the central hall landing and Into the west wing of the house, he asked a question or two. She replied ln a voice that trembled. Madame Hvoeslef Is with him," she said. I called her first, when I could not get the servants. I cant Imagine what has happened to Jenks. lie is so reliable and faithful. But Aunt Katharine says they take a car nnd go Into town sometimes at night, nnd perhaps she is right, though I never thought so. Whats the matter with your grandfather? Renshaws long, swinging stride was easily keeping pace now with her shorter steps. I dont know. I heard a fall. Ills bedroom Is next to mine, you know. I thought I heard a groan. I ran out In the hall to his door and knocked. When there was no answer, I went In. lie was lying in hls bedroom, on the low-tone- - - wind-flun- g k 1 -- deep-tone- 1 one July morning to the WOMAN'S LIFE 2,000 homing pigeons belonging other hand, neither could he himself lock it He drew forward a chair, in serted its back under the and so placed it that a certain effort would be required to push the door I open. He could not be taken wholly by surprise. After these simple prepI I arations, he read and smoked for a time. Then, with a sense of expecta1 tion mingled with other emotions. In I which excitement, resentment, I anxiety and nervousness predominated In turn, 1 he undressed, got Into bed and turned I out the lights, putting one of the new I and revolvers under his pillow, but within I climbed up to transoms and stole I duplicated leather cases and then re-- I immediate reach, as the final precauhe tion for an interesting vigil. tliraed them. After that, perhaps, He waited with taut nerves. It was a condition 3 ,vou!d have some comfort I he could not hope for now. Tills very almost midnight, time for the nocturI he was probably nal activities of the Thing to begin. nght, for example, I m for some Infernal manifestation that As soon as he heard the sounds anso nouncing the I would deprive him of the sleep he Things near approach, he would fling open the door and I urgently needed. pre-- f spring out upon whatever was there. However, he was. In a way, After two that well, after that he would had He pistols these. for pared he had at least know what he was up against. now, and the other articles and The clock on his mantel struck bought The pistols were ioaded I ready. In one way the fact was re-- : twelve. He was almost convinced that assuring. In nnother it disturbed him, nothing would happen. Possibly the did not roam about every He did not wish to do any Impulsive Thing night. Possibly It would- never roam shooting nnd subsequently and bitterly he about again. Probably It had been regret It. lie began to feel that hud made a mistake In buying the shut up, confined In He closed his eyes, nnd 6wlftly pistols. He considered hiding them one He ended by hiding his trunk. opened them agnin. Something had there and slipping the other into a touched them, passed them, and was was focused on the wall. It was the blue pocket of his evening trousers. It unobtrusive it very small, pistol. He circle and this time he studied it had been careful to select that kind. closely. It was a circle about the And undoubtedly it would be safer in size of a silver dime. Its blue color his hands than in the dark and sin-- i was a vivid hue. It danced singularly ister hand he had seen through his and quivered on the wall beside him, transom window' the night before. so close to him that he could put up I Dinner that night was again almost his hand and touch It. As he did so, ! gay. Madame Hvoeslef was her most it vanished and the familiar darkness I engaging self. Evidently, with the of the room closed around him. I transference of the black leather case He lay still and for the first time to the Trust companys vaults a great seriously tried to explain the circle to I weight had rolled off her blind. himself. It was, of course, as he had I Verity and David Campbell responded held from the first, a reflection from I to her mood. Soft ripples of laughter from something. That floor. I swept the table, laughter in which Ren-- I somewhere, wise conclusion was still obvious. But Hurt? Unconscious? shaw did not Join but which he sub-- j from what? I dont know. I ran for help for consciously enjoyed. Jenks The first, then, when I couldnt And It visiting light appeared again. I It was rather wonderful to hear Auntie was as feverishly active now as it him, for Madame Hvoeslef. Verity Campbell laugh, and he bad not been motionless on Its previous Is of no use, of course, ln a crisis, so had renlized that her beautiful but rather visits. It touched his face, flitted we didnt even wake her. cold face could be so warmed and IlShe stopped as they reached what and came to rest on the footubout, lumined as be saw It now. Her laugh of his bed. It touched his hand, was evidently the door of the old board was delicious soft, low, and full of and flew to the opposite wall. It mans bedroom, and passed through In mirth. He listened to Mrs. Pardee about his lips and leaped to the silence, leaving the door open for Renplayed but looking at Verity, and as he looked door leading to the hall, where It shaw to follow her. his dislike of her and his Inner masIlls first Impulse was one of shock glowed silently on a panel. culine resentment of her cool the seeming lifelessness of the at a Renshaw watched with it gaze gave place to his first Improne figure on the floor, over which closed did. when it If he that shifted Sometpulse of genuine admiration. nvoeslef was distractedly Madame on his he it the lids till eyes, lingered hing like admiration had stirred In Her dark face lighted guard. reopened them. Its character changed. keeping him when he watched her as the young man play with It relief with beup been at first. had It interesting We wee. He began to realize that the came her. Joined annoying, like the repeated atbeautiful Miss Campbell had two I have not ventured to do anyone mosquito on a hot night. tacks of sides. That was disturbing. With the It became more than annoying. It be- thing, she explained In a quick whisdiscovery of an attractive side, he He breathes; but I did not came first infuriating and at last sim- per. could not lend himself to the wholeit would be wise to lift his if know devilish. hearted disapproval of her which be ply head" He rose and, going In turn to the had expected and desired to fgel. Renshaw knelt beside hls master, 1 Her singing after dinner strength- - rooms four windows, stared out at He had been With his movement the light and his heart lightened. ened this conviction. It, too, reflected each. even of tragedy. of violence, afraid He could see- nothing I her new mood. The Slavic songs to disappeared. he now believed, might hapwhich heretofore she and Madame outside but the storm and the tor- Anything, Ker. But seemingly In Tawno branches of oaks pen J Hvoeslef had largely confined thern-- . tured, was common had happened what selves made way tonight for French and maples. He went to hls door, enough. The old man had felt 111, had I and Spanish numbers, in which the opened it and glanced down the dark to call for No sound or movement risen, had perhaps tried predominating theme of love was corridor. unconscious. fallen had and there rewarded him. He closed the help, redded to that of joy. What Is it?" chair-bacunder In his corner, Renshaw door, replaced the j Listening asked the question In a whisVerity to and returned his bed. As the felt his lip curl a trifle. Much that knob, girl The young man went on with his per. knew about love The foreigner knew. soon as he was comfortably settled, hurried examination. hls ball There was a woman who had loved the blue face, entered, touched A shock, Im afraid." . and lived and died a few times and and danced for a moment on the wall. he Is dying? rebeen born again, always with a heart Then suddenly it grew quiet and Hes unconscious, jI0no, Indeed attuned to life and the master hand. mained fixed In one spot, like a watchwell. is The working his heart but She must have had many lovers. She ful and Infernal blue eye. to him comIs make do to first thing was the d clock struck The two, the type whose inner fires were fierce nnd strokes sounding ominous in fortable." consuming and soon ex-- I He lifted the light figure In his arms And he Ousted, and readily replenished. He the darkness. Two oclock as easily as if It had been the body of wondered what she and Miss Camphad been on the edge of his nerves and carrying It to the bed laid a child, bell talked That sort of thing about when they were since eleven! the sheets, drawing the between It alone. Certainly not about lovei The would not do it simply could not be bedclothing carefully up around it. Tomorrow he would tell erelgner was too sophisticated to per- endured. (TO BE CONTINUED.) mit Verity clear eyes to Campbell that he, Renshaw, must go Campbells test on any untidy pages In her book away, that he was not up to the work. Boaster Taken Down ot life. But no, that would not do, either. He On a football field a man with a ttinf recaIIed 11,8 vagabond thoughts had already shown that he was up to loud voice was boasting to a party a suddenness that brought him the work. Campbell had referred at of admiring youngsters of the doughty prlght in his chair. Without an- - dinner to a lot of things to be done he had done on the football field yzing his reasons, he felt that the next day. Well, then, he could deeds specIn days gone by. Suddenly be turned ulation ns to the possible lovers of the say he was not In as good condition his attention to the band. oregner was, In a way, pardonable, as he had Imagined. Ah he observed, those fellows he had Indulged in it without A sudden memory seared his conbut theyve fallen off ne sense of decently, recoil he now felt. The sciousness. He could not resign! He play a member of the I tecoll merged into a terribly since was grim amusement had no situation to resign simply be- band." his own expense. He was making cause he had refused a situation. He What 1" ejaculated one of his hearnn??SS he was SttlnS bck in, touch was not his own- master. He was. for ers. You played with that lot? f6 When he found hImse'f 8Pec-h- g a year, David Campbells property, I was iiinM was the reply ; Certainly," about women! 'He in part, actually paid for. and, bought resolutely years. for ntered hlg, thoughtg 0Q the with them b,acb On the morning of the day that had leather case. The crowd roared and the boastful had ended, Campbell given only just retired on learning that ovwf i,Weiln Up t0 bls room flt eleven him a generous advance on the pur- one hastily was composed of in question band "eore he opened the door chase price; and the greater part of the ho the local lunaMc of harmless inmates f0r 8 m0ment ln front of it, that advance he, Renshaw, had alScotsman. BllonH Edinburgh the lock. It was a ready spent In town. Even assuming asylum. k' bllt an ordinary one. A that he was willing to break the trlflo h Smoking in Church had bought in town would agreement he and Campbell had eneffort in South AmerSmoking is common 'I fro m Mm tered Into, he must work a month to visitor to Peru A f m tbe He entered pay off the obligation imposed by that ican" churches. a church in Lima he his at that 1D1 lnsertp1 thl8 trifle Into advance. In other words, he was a records the noticed one of the congregation enjoyHe could not leave. here. 6atIsfacw,th fixture tlon a?hh un0d,,lng service and the E0 Vo one outside alclosed be had and ing a 'cigar during had Inru6 His eyes couid In foe Bam luxury. hls door Indulging tonight. On the most lost consciousness when ha btohop door-kno- six o'clock TWICE IN THIS d Yorkshire Federation Owners were released at Arres. France, to race hack to their home in Lancaster, a distance of a little more than 300 miles. In midchannel they were enveloped in a heavy storm; in the south of England a wdrse storm was encountered, and in the Midlands the weather was no belter. Yet at 3:30 p. m. the birds were arriving home. The breast feathers of most of them were gone as the result of the head wind, and some were so exhausted that, huving aliglited in the yard, they were unalde to fly up to the loft. The winner of the race had nevertheless managed to make the long journey at a pace of 000 yards a minute. Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Helped Her from Sickness to Health When I Ellensburg, Washington. was first coming into womanhood I suffered terribly every month. My mother did everything she could think of, so she took me to several doctors and they only helped me a little. Mother was talking to another lady about my condition and she told mother of Lydia E. Pinkhams Vege- table Compound. Mother got me six nottles and at the end of the first month was much better, so I kept on taking it until I had no more pains. When I got married and had my first child I was m terrible pain so that it was impossible for me to do my housework. I thought of how the Vegetable Compound had been of so much benefit to me when I was a girl, so I went to Periers Drug-StoSimple Remedy and got six bottles. It sure did Brother Johnson, solemnly hegan help me and I still take it. I am a well the presiding elder, desirous of im- woman today and I cant say too much E. Pinkhams Vegetable pressing a valuable lesson of some about LydiaI will answer any letter that Compound. sort on his parishioner, if your sins comes to me to answer about what your were written on your forehead what medicine has done for me." Mrs. would you do? William Carver, R. F.D. No. 2, Ellena-burWear my hat all the time, promptWashington. ly replied Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. Kansas City Star. 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