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Show THE I'AYSONiAN, PAYSON. UTAH had fought at the first moment n icratioti. hut he lifted her easily and went striding across the field behind his men. ' Rainbows gave me a start. And this hook! Fla! Tontas will have his jokes. It Is ell PROFESSIONAL CARDS you took precautions, for I am under Con timied from first surveillance. Ill help you, yes! But page) you must not come here again. Return ills. Ivina rd Loveless of Payson Let me think. to your hotel and GEO. H. MOTT Senor Alvarado frowned in deepest spent last .Monday at Utah lake. : EvI it ; he have said They had a very enjoyable time Physician and Surgeon. thought then ery morning at "half past nine a man Over Iayson Exchange Sav-- 1 wearing a Iaunma hat and a gray ings Bank. necktie with a large gold pin will pass u M. L A. gave Mr. and Mrs, the across street sidewalk the .along Office Phone 23. from the Isia de tuha. You williJ. Lynn Dewey a farewell party X Res. 22r-2- r. Phone know him. One day. I cannot promise ill the meeting house last Wod-- : 1m and will $ lift his hat thus, how soon, ne.sdav evening, Mr ' Dewey and wipe his face. You understand? ; Don 1. jlis xjfe ,layc b teacllincr , , . Follow him. He w 111 give you final dt- 1,00 1,10 Winter and recthms. You know Mnniu. the drug- 1,0,11 ,)(ou active workers in DE. gist? Well, you can talk to him, and ll,lu M. the I. A., the choir and the he will keep you posted as to our progRegister' ''Phone 115-- J ress. Now go before someone conies. Sunday School. The ward showed V IAYSON, - - - 'UTAH OReilly wrung the Cubans hand. their appreciation of their effoVj Then 1m stepped out into the night, hy the largo crowd out. M: leaving a pool of water on the clean and Mrs. Dewey leave a lar blue tiles where lie had stood. Salem News ( " j Kstehan's party made good time over the hills and into the San Juan, for Aseusio knew the country well. found them In sight of I at Joya. Olein cane wits ihick and high ; It was ready for the knife or for iho torch. The incendiaries dis- A. mounted ill the shelter of n wood and i ived the lings which they had earned on their saddles. Inside these hags were several snakes, the largest perhaps eight feet in length. To Hie tail of each the negroes fastened a leather thong, and then to each thong BY REX BEACH a h ngfh of lelegraplu wire, the end Author of "The Iron Trail," "The Spoiler of which had been bent into a loop "Heart of the Sunset, etc. waste. 1o hold it bundle of accomplished! Those preliminaries they bore the reptiles into the cane Copyr-gti- l fields at widely separated places and by Harper and Brothers lighted the waste. (Continued from last week.) Soon tongues of flame appeared SYNOPSIS. and Iho green tups of the cane began to shrivel and to wave ns the steady-eas- t CHAPTER I Don Esteban Varona, a wind took effect. Smoke bils ibun a puh.sesi-eBleat treasure gtrtoard. planter, Tins wealth lias been hidden in lowed upward and was hurried westa "ell on the estate by Sebastian, a slave, ward before the breeze; in a dozen miX only he and Ills master know the soviet cache. I'on Esteban's wne dies it places the fields hurst into flame. the birth of twins, Esteban and Rosa, lion Esteban marries t lie a vat ii Ions Donna From somewhere came a faint shoutiIsabel, who knows there is hidden treasng. Then it shot or two, and finally ure and tries to wring the secret from Sebastian. When t lie slate refuses she tries the ringing of a hell. to hurt him by having K unni-linins INteban waited only until lie saw and who daughter, whom he loves deatl.v is the special servant of I lie twins, sold. that his work of devastation was well under way. (lien lie led his followers CHAPTER II Through Donna Isabel's hat k toward the hills. scheming Don E&leban risks Evangelina at cards and loses. Crazed by t lie loss of I i the shelter of a ravine the parly his daughter, Sebastian kills Don Este'' f,I''ly hysterica . too:; time to eat supper, their first ban and himself. her thick skull, to thanks inc.,1 since leaving home, find it 'was Evangelina, CHAPTER III Many years Donna IsaIn the course of time not dead. finished. when Thelmas Ihey bel searched for the hidden wealth of the after dark s and Estebans nilnlstra-A few years later man she had mairied negroes, who wort thoroughly tired, under Eosa Don rieh Rosa to to she seeks the marry she her senses, and thms regained ' hut the for here, etc night spending Mario, but Rosa is promised to O'Reilly, the American, and awaits his return from IMohan. more cautious than they, when the other men returned they New York, whence he has gone to break wo, tld not have It so. off his engagement to his employer's their weary daughter. Esteban is secretly aiding the the iii n remounted Insurrectos. Then, there beside the mills of the though not without some At length Jiui, was a strange scene of rejoicing, CHAPTER IV Donna Isabel Is at the gri ithling. and set out. mercy of Pancho Cueto. her unscrupurecovered now from Ids hurst lous administrator, who knows the deeds tley crossed the summit and worked ,As nslo to the plantation are lost with the treasdown toward the Ynnmii. hut it Of savagery, was tearful, compassionure. One night she walks in her sleep chatand comrades his laughed and meets her death in the treasure well. sci mod ns if daylight would never ate; ten'll and bragged about their prodig- Esteban and Rosa are forced to flee when come. Cueto denounces them as rebels. Esteban suddenly reined in his ioits deeds of valor. Over ami over recounted their versions of the writes to OReilly CHAPTER osa said he. "Yonder is "Look of their plight and urges him to come each more fanciful than the ii light." and save her. It seemed th'r tliey nnist until other, is Kvnigelina "What thinking CHAPTER VI OReilly soon lands in Jiave left the forest filled with corpses. Cuba, but finds he will have hard work about?" Asewsio muttered. Esteban was grave. He had heard to reach Rosa, as communication with It grows brighter. "But see! the Insurrectos is difficult and dangerColonel Cobo, anil, remembering of ous. There fallowed a moment or two durdenim-clafigure out yonder in that ing which there was no sound except CHAPTER VII OReilly meets he knew that the gdrden, trampled Branch, newspaper man. who is a victim the breathing of the horses and the of tuberculosis, and thev plan a way to creak of saddle leathers as the riders consequences would follow. The join the Insurrectos together. were revengeful; their craned their necks to see over the low volunteers sort of man to not was the CHAPTER VIII In the meantime Cueto tree potonel Esteban Then tops before them. plans to lead Coho, a Spanish colonel of Doubtforgive a deep humiliation. volunteers, execrated for his cruelty, to cried : Rosa. and he would put a price upon the the hiding place of Esteban less our "Come! I'm afraid its of all of them, and certainly he Fear gripped him, but he beads sparks from their clothing. A third house. never allow them another enwould followed, dragging Evangelina by one managed to say. calmly. Perhaps counter upon anywhere like even there hits been an accident. naked arm. terms. Then, too, the narrowness of Aseusio. muttering excitedly, was Jtosa's escape caused the boys heart Rosa felt herself swooning, and she Vnevv nothing of what immediately trying to crowd past him; for a few to dissolve with terror. followed. After a time she felt her- y:ids the two horses brushed along After a conference with Asensio he self shaken, and heard the colonel ad- side hy side. The distant point of decided that they must prepare for a it glare now; light had become dressing her. flight, and late that afternoon they all he was saying. winked iialefull.v through the open- pet out to seek a safer refuge, Evange-llicome! Come, it. toward hurried Where is your precious brother and ings as the party In tears at leaving her precious But it was still a long way off. and that black fellow?" plot. Their led horse, one of garden behad grown rosy tie eastern sky Rosa could only stare dully. had captured, carried Lorenzo these It seems we missed them, said fore the dense woods of the hillside a pitifully light burden only some gave wav to the sparser growth of tools, some pans and kettles, anil a roll Cueto. Coho tin low ground. "More of your bungling. of charred bedclothes. turned a sick, white face broke out at him, wrathfully. "Fool ! out his Ive a mind to toss you into that fire. over his shoulder and jerkpd Johnnie O'Reilly had no difficulty In He turned his attention once more orders; then he kicked his tired locating the residence of Ignacio Alvawas It to Rosa, find with t jerk that shook mount ir.to it swifter gallop. rado, but to communicate with him .her into fuller consciousness repent- he who first broke out Into the cleari- wits quite another matter, Inasmuch was the and story ed: Where are they? Speak to me. ng. One glance, as liis every step was dogged hy that Cone !" She told. she gasped. Cone shadow from Nnevltas, persistent skela hut was crumbling The hid struggled weakly toward Cueto, imseveral (lavs after his One evening, out ploring him, Tunclio, dont you know eton of charred poles. Strung arriv.il. a Midden rain storm drove me?" and as he ascended across tin little field of nmlangas. O Reilly aevWell, xveve taught him a lesson, were sweet and potatoes yuccas roolll hp saw tlint the inmp ln said Cueto. grinning apprehensively oral hilarious volunteers, their arms flim.n ntl(l Mimke1 ,lllllwiiy tl. someat Coho. "Weve accompli sited with loot fmin the cabin. Be- - erv g.11Sf 0f vtind. It wa very dark He nodded at hind them strode an officer barlng thing, anyhow, eh? outside; ht reasoned Unit the streets Rosa. "Shes all that I told you. Rosa struggling against his breast. WHU,d ,,e dwi,.rU.d. Hastily securing Look at her! Esteban drove his horse headlong the dentist, which Alvarado, scrutito Cobo took time Colonel through the soft red earth of Him. lie took h position jjjven nlze his prisoner.. llis sudden appearance garden. ,s dor. When he heard the Yes! Shes a pretty little spy seemed briefly to paralyze the ma- - spy pass and enter the next chamber ! Now, then quite a prize, truly. It was .a moment before rauders. out into the hull nnd breathed His thick lips spread; he spoke to they tumid drop their spoils, unsling he stole A moment the into lump chimney. her more gently. I want you to tell their rifles, and begin to fire at him, was safely through the winme about that brother of yours, eh? and hy Unit time he hud covered half later he dow and was working Ills way down Cueto said I would find him here. the distance to his sister. A bullet the slicd praying that Ills moveHa! Still frightened, I see. Well. I brought his horse down and the hoy ments hadroof, not been seen and that the I dare say went have a way with women ; flying over its neck. Nothing tiles were firm. lie nimbly sealed the me to tell be everything glad you'll hut the loose loam saved him from crossed an inelosure, climbed a Then, seeing that his injury. As he rose to his fi'et, breath- wall, by and by. second wall, and descended into a dark men risked a scorching in their less and covered with the red dirt, street. side Taking advantage of the were already there came a swift thudding of hoofs search of the hut and and the numerous shadows densest quarreling over the scanty plunder and Aseusio swept past him like a overhanging balconies, he set out at a from turned he which It afforded, rocket. Esteban caught one glimpse brisk trot. Rosa to call them away. of the negros face, a fleeing vision A light showed through the barred Profiting by his inattention, Rosa of white teeth hared to the gums, of windows of the Alvarado home, indiwriggled out of his grasp and ran to cating that the family was in. After Evangelina, who lay faee down in distended yellow eyes, of flat, distort- some fumbling O'Reilly laid hold of the dirt, her limbs sprawled loosely. . ed features; then Asensio was fairly the without knocking, lie then, latch; the prostrate upon Colonel Cobo. The. colonel, who She flung herself upon the front door and stepped In. opened hody and cried the black womans had dropped Ills burden, now tried to sudden Ills appearance threw the name, but she could awaken no re- dodge. Asensio slashed once at him occupants into alarm: a woman cried with his long, murderous machete, out sponse. sharply: a train whom O'Reilly The first pink of dawn was now but the next Instant he was engaged identified as Ignacio Alvarado himself soon as with a trooper who had fired almost leaped to his feet anil faced him. exdeepening in the east, and as to see to it had grown light enough in his face. claiming : travel Colonel Cobo prepared to reCohos men, led hy the terrified RanWho are you? turn to his horses. The roof and cho Cueto. turned anil fled for cover, Im a friend. Don't be alarmed. fallen away walls of ihe bohio had themselves in danger of an- Johnnie summoned his most agreeable believing to ashes, its skeleton of poles and its nihilation. Nor was the colonel him- smile, then he extended the sodden few pieces of crude furniture alone self in any condition to rally them, Iip had carried beneath his were smoldering when he called his for Ascnsios blade had cloven one package "I come from your brother arm. word the men together and gave full dark check to the hone, nnd the Tomas. He asked me to hand you . shook and to go. pain had unnerved hint. this hook and to s.iy that he is returnCoho ad"Come, my sweetheart. was small, the jungle was ing it with his thanks. field The dressed himself to the girl. "Leave close at hand. A moment and the in"What are you saying? Plainly the that carrion for the buzzards. had vanished into It, all hut speaker did not comprehend; there terlopers Rosa looked up to find him leering one, who lay kicking among the broad was hut apprehension in his at her. She brushed the tears from mnlangn leaves, and over whom Aen-si- voice. nothing her eyes, crying: kept spurring his terrified horse, OReilly tore the wet paper from the "Co away! In God's name haven't ii. ickirif' downward with insane fury, and laid It in Alvarado s hand volume you done harm enough? This wa the first Look nt R. plonso, and joull underme." with Oh, but you're going Esteban's men had had, and stand. I didnt take time to knock, for The girl rose; hrr face was color- their swift victory rendered them ferofear I might he followed. less; she was" aquiver with indigna- cious. Flinging their guns aside, they Alvarado stared first at the hook, stormed. "Leave me!" she tion. went crashing into the brush on the then at hi caller. After a moment lie t Don to I (lone you? "What have eiiernh. made a sign to Ids wife, who left the u trail of tlTir "Caramha! A temper. And herself in her brothers room. Wetting his lips, he inquired, found Rosa have strength, too. as I discovered. outBnas. snbbn.g "Ut the story of the with an effort. Wlrnt do you want?" Must I hind those pretty hands or at every sound of and quivering rage O'Reilly told him In a few words Colouc Cobo reached forth, laughbase. He was caressing her, and Alvarado showed relief; he even the hi in powerher ing. and encircled You I see, but Curunilm her to haw no further Iturs ! su)ned, ful amis. Rosa fought him as she telling End ' t dr. ! f ' NOVEL. 1 i d f ' Pt $ -- CHAPTER X. j j hor-ies- ! d m i ' ! ind-.ers- , j j , j ! j o j j hand-to-han- d ( ! O'Reillys Plans Fail. In the days that followed his call on Ignacio Alvarado. OReilly helmved so openly that tlm secret service agent ih tailed to watch him relaxed his vigilance. Manifestly, this OReilly was l harmless person. But the spy did no) guess how ramie Johnnie was becoming nt I he delay, liovv he Inwardly eh: foil and fretted when two weeks had rolled by and still no signal had come. Then, too, his money was run-- i nln low. At lasr, however, the day arrived when the man with iho gray necktie raised his hat and wiped'his brow as Re passed the Isla de Cuba. Johnnie could scarcely hold himself in his chair. By and hy he rose, sketching himself, and sauntered after tffe fel- low. For several blocks lie kept him R BKL hut without receiving any further sign. Without a glance over his shoulder the man turned into a large, walled in- closure. When Johnnie followed he found himself in one of the old ceme-the(cries. Ahead of him, up a shady mte bordered with iroes, the stranger h'U'ried; then he swerved to his left, jtnd when OReilly came to the point where lie had disappeared there was nobody in sight. Apprehending that t, he had made some mistake ln tile OReflly hastened down the walk. Then at hist, lo Ids great relief, he heard a sibilant: ' 4 r j 4 $? H. ELLSWORTH DENTIST Office over Bank, Payson, Ut. Office Hours, 9 to 12; 1 to 6 Phone 23. Res. Phone 103-- J t MISS LULU TIETJEN Teacher of Piano and Harmony rto at her homej 4? s,oem dance mill Saturday night. Tlie Eight li grade commencement exercises were held here Thursday evening. The program consisted of Address of Welcome by Linn Stone; Class History by Pearl Sabin War of the Nations hy Lyim Hanks; Retold Story by. Lucy Peterson; Class Poem by Dee Brown; Woodrow Wilson by Mark Hiatt; Piano solo by Elva Stone; jokes hy Brandt Jorgeiu sen; Food tl Factor by Ida Nuttal Litis (horns; Democracy vs. 4" J y r. Autocracy by Rex Davis; Utah sig-pa- and the War by Frank Gardner; Valedictory Address by Bernice Montague ; Address Riven by Mr. Afoyle, principal of the Spanish Fork High School. The graduates arc; Bernice Montague,' Lyro Slone, Elva Stone, Lynn Hanks, Ilex Davis, Ella Sheen, Lucy Peterson, Brandt Jorgenson; Ida Hiatt, Vera Madison, Alva Boyd, Tillie llanks, Pearl Sabin, Yerda Hanks and Jennie Flygare. Mr. Ray Gardner and faimly have moved back here where Mr. Gardner will engage in farm work this summer. He was a teacher in the Spanish Fork High School last winter. .Mrs. Elizabeth Christensen who recently broke or fractured her firm reports that it is on the improve although slit cannot use it. Mr. Glut ties Snyder and family have come here to make their home for the summer. Tlu Salem Red Cross Finance comndttce it re working on a means of raising the required 'umount uf fluids now called for tin Red Cross work. Miss Pearl Sabin who has been teaching schmii at Thistle has ccDiriti-Iomi i the sumner. Mf Monty Sabin ht.s sold .tn Iio'tn1 0 Ml ILiy fJiiiduer and he lMS ),,,oii LniV Cnen.itnMtq's , ,.v j h.f, , Ml. Lit r. Iuylor had luncheon wit It tt number of prominent Citizens Hf lrovo last Wednesday tin ( ommerelal filth rooms at Tsst lss ft came from behind i ! J. DR. I j lim-se- circle of friends which they hav 1 DR. L. N. ELLSWORTH made while living here. Theylef dentist for Saturday morning Deweyvillef where ihey will spend a sll0rtH ' Office in Douglass Building Over Bertelsen's Store 4? a screen of shrubbery, and there he found the Cuban waiting. Ihe latter began rap- idly; Listen Our plans are i.vtnplett. closely. One week from today, at ten oclock iii tin morning, you must lie in Manin's drug store, Iiii'uctly across the street you .fill see two negroes with three horses. At fifteen minutes past ten walk out San Rafael street to the hostin edge of is ty, ri lie will follow stands. Neg.'d.s pital you. There Is a fort near h,v "I know. "It commands the road. You will he challenged If oil pass it, so turn in fit the hospital. But do not enter the gates, for the negroes will overtake you at that poi t. They will stop to ,adjust the saron of the lead horse. That will he yon'- - signal; mount him ami ride fast. Now, adlos and good luck. Wltli n smite and a quick grip of the hand the messcngvr walked swiftly nwav. O'Reilly returned to his hotel. t last One week, and Ibis Iiumb- ing, honrUireiikiug ilciay would end; t ! he would he free to take up his quest, But those seven days were more than tl week; they were sewn eternities. Tlie hours were like lend; O'Reilly could ciui pose his mind to nothing; he i was in a fever of impatience. The day of days dawned ut last, and Johnnie was early at Manins soda fountain, drinking insipid bexeruges and anxiously watching tlie street. due time the negroes appeared, their straw saron laden with produce which they innocently disposed of. OReilly begun to ooiMiit his wuici, With such frequency that the druggist joked linn. Muniii's luinter was inti ri'iipted hy a i. LoLei-H'it( 1. bugle rail. Down the street came per haps two hundred mounted troops. They wheeled into San Rafael street at a gallop and disappeared in tin direction of tin sulinrlis. The Summit Creek Irrigation "Now, what docs that mean?" mur- and Canal Company. Office and mured the druggist. "Wait here while I go to the roof, where I can see someprincipal place of business San itaquin, Utah. thing," to tried himself, compose NOTICE is hereby given that OReilly nietiT'W bile becoming aware of u growat a meeting of the board of direc Then ing excitement in tin street. tors of the above named com from the direction if the fort at the end of San Rafail street sounded a faint rattling fusillade, more bugle call, and finally the thin shouting of men. Rebels! someone cried. "Dios mio, ihey are attacking the must be paid in cash at the Sec- i,y: ret ary s office on or before the "They have audacity, eh? 23rd Any of June, 1918. 35c per The roofs were black with people l,c paid in abor. Under now Mama came burning dow n into ,iarC! ,, 10 Hireetiou of the head water- the store. J die marks and collar marksT" sprung in left front leg, weight about !)00 lbs., age 10 or 11 yrs., ! branded 0 (with bar through) on eft thigh and F U on left side of ' cn neck. i If said animals are not claimed and all amounts due thereon paid, and said animals taken ,nvav within ten (lays from the n 1 t - Hist pumieatlon of this notice, they will be sold bv the city poundkeeper at public sale, at city pound, Roy Wilsons corral, in this city, at the hour o f 2:00 p. in., May 25, 1918, to be highest cash bidder, Uate of first publication 'May 1918. ROY WILSON, ( ; adv-3fi-- r- -r: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BEEBE 0 0 0 0 0 $ $ Lumber Co. 0 0 0 0 0 V- mast or, if paid on or before the said 23rd day of June, 1918. Any stock upon which this assessment remains unpaid on the ALT lay of .Tune, 1918, will hlY del in, tent and advertised luri stile ft public auction, and unless payment is made before will be'O sold on the 23rd day of August, v 1918, at the office of the Secre- - x dniMii"' in punted, tary at two oclock p. m. to pay a nds lone been be- t1(, delinquent assessment there- - ( n. together with the cost of ad- - 0 vert King and expense of sale. 0 A. R. HUDSON, Secretary of said Company. SiOitaquin, Utah, Apr. 23,1918. - City Poundkeeper. : Everything in SHINGLES, HARDWARE, BARBED WIRE, WIRE FENCE, CEMENT, PLASTER, PAINT, OIL and GLASS. LUMBER, . Farm Implements. BEEBE LUMBER CO. UTAH SANTAQUIN, Phone 22-r- 3 ,y..s.. N. s |