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Show vSJjV&&MiJfom&f'M VV 3Cr WM AOftfr j1iHU ' ! Z EPHRAIM, UTAH EPIIRAIM ENTERPRISE I or. K. V. Bq RICHARD IDASHBURN CHILD fende) n I , gage, cause rolled yards , but within an hour; partly beof It she was on a train that Into Dallas through the railroad with their little white needles of light. The lantern, however, now threw Its wooden light upon a little two-storbuilding within the old wulls. This structure was dark below except for the lanterns light flung from the glass; Its faint two squares of w indows above were black on either side of a doorway reached by narrow rickety wooden stairs built on the exterior of the house. Up," commanded the Mexican with bis hand on the rull. Brena hesitated. I take you to heein." Klie began to climb, gripping the hand polished rail to steady her nerves by the force of her own arm muscles. In ! This my house. I keep for Mister Claub. In!" She passed by him as he flattened himself against the door Jamb. Four closed doors, unpainted and covered with penciled signatures, dates, arithmetic, and scrawled fuces end verses, almost filled the walls of the narrow seven feet of square wall. With a grunt, like a pig's, the Mexican opened one of these doors and plucked at Brena's elbow. Look I What I say) This heem) The lanterns circle of light rose and widened as lie held it higher until It y Brena Selotms raised her head from with the shabby wooden settleColby Bennington dealt and Mured at ment, seen again from her berth Ieter lawyer with an expression of through the silt of window beneath terror in her parted lips, to her eyes, the curtain as she raised her weight in her white bund, held out as If to on one elbow. It had not changed comward away a hideous Idea, since she had seen It on her pletely You let him so! she exclaimed In return after Jim Hennepin had disapa breaking shaken voice. peared. This morning began the 23d IM him go 7 asked the astounded of the month; she hud the sense of Colby. Why shouldn't he go) Is there to Kremlin Wells in a contest raring any reason " with death. It was evident to lirena that this At the final Junction point of her htan had not been In Peter's confiby long Journey, tired, dence ; be could not know that a call heat of night and day and unremitting like this had come to the other two the strain of suspense, she found It men and that Peter might be the third by to wait under a train shed, necessary to go. She Interrupted him with a where In the waitlDg-rooor on the gesture of Impatience, saying, "He left platform the midday humidity creno word no address nothing with ated a smothering steam filled with the which to trace him?' gases belched from locomotive staiks Not with me." and the explosions from Leaning forward he pressed a pearl engine exhausts and the impuct of car button on his desk, then seized a cigar, couplers. The train for the West was nipped the end off with his large white three hours late. She could not leave teeth, looked again at lirena, lovely In the stutiou; she walked hack and forth, aplte of her grief and terror, and threw her weary eyes held open wide by will, It back Into the box. Usually Penher Jaw firm. And dogging every step nington was the master of any meetshe took wus the fear that she would ing with a stranger, but now some- he too late, that when daylight mine thing of that Immortal personality on the twenty-fourtshe would not yet which was hers, something In her be destination. at her bearing, something lo her eyes, someThe 'conductor on the westbound thing In that calm of distant mounmail was not of the same mind. Beautains that she had regained, held Colby tiful women traveling alone do silent until the door of Ida office opened not young every day In "holes In the alight and the chief clerk stepped In from desert as he culled the Weils; he conthe cork composition flooring outside sidered It less desirable to set her onto the noiseless padded green cardown some time In the dark hour bepeting Inside. tween three and four. He suld the Fred I" water consisted of a siding, pluce Yes, sir." a general store, five houses, two tank, lld Mr. DeWolfe say where he was saloons where roulette wheels were going did he leave any word with going during the sheep herders' season, an adobe ruin and a hotel with three air." Yes, rooms above a bar. What)" I am sure It will be all right," said Pennot Mr. mistaken, Why, If Im But even If It were not I Brena. nington, he Said that he was going to would have to leave this train (here. New Orleans, Fort Worth, arid a place At about three the porter woke her. called Kremlin Wells, Texas. He was were ten minutes of dressing, There to be there Excuse me." she heard the whine of the and then The chief clerk picked up from the brakes, and with muddy, desk the bronze-frameand culendar tenses, with the ache of stiff moved his pencil on It. lie said, lie bones and muscles and nerves after to on be there but the iwas 24th, gave the heat, the Inadequate sleep and the no address there. The twenty-fourtstrain, she felt out from the lower step . Is four days from now." with one foot Into the bottomless Krerulln Wells, Texas) I never of blackness for the boards of depths heard of such a place," said Penning- the platform. ton scowling after the manner of one When the aoft night breeze that who dislikes any fact not within the flowed In a steady stream from the awing of his own radius. southwest had blown the daze away Nor had L I looked It up. Not In as If It were a dust that had settled on the geography, put It's In the railroad her, the train had been swallowed tn guide a way station, probably with a the dark. water tank, on the Texas Central and She could hear the splash of water New Mexico on the desert near the from the bottom of the railleuklng border between the two states. Mr. road tank and occasionally the heat That wus all that he Pennington. on the horizon covered the aid. He left some paperk to put In lightning desert toward the south with the white our safe and asked me to open them flare of a photographers flashlight and attend to them If he was not back powder, disclosing the vast expanse tn three weeks." broken "by black patches of desert Thank you," an Id Pennington. But her attention was vegetation. Tims all, Fred." now held by a dim swinging lantern Walt toward her out of the black lirena had spoken In a low tone, but that cuiue plush of the dark, as If It came with volition and movement of Its own. When this light came close to her, she felt an Impulse to leap back Into the dark as one who Is desperate might 4eap Into the depths of black wuters; when the light was raised toward her face so that Its possessor might see her, she wished that she had fled. The face on the other side of the light was the essence of brutality the black pupils In bloodshot eyes, the skin drawn taut over Immense protruding cheek bones, the thin wrinkled upper lip over a full red drooping under Up, the broad, wide nostrils, the thick gleaming muscular neck of the luilfbrced Mextcun and Indian. lirena dosed her fingers under cover of the dark and made the pressure of nails In her own palm summon her will to put her face nearer his and to speak before he could speak, so that she might escape from all niunner of being on the defensive. She said In a firm voice, I came to find some one." ' The other grunted incredulously. Ue came here within a day or two." The Mexican raised one dark hand and pttlled the long lobe of one ear; his expression was crafty. Ue aald, You Lst Him Got She Exclaimed In Maybe so, qulen sabel" a Breaking, Shaken Voice. ' At the hotel." she suggested. man with the lantern raised It The In vlth that authority sometimes heard again to look at her; he was silent, and her voice. The chief clerk stHed a If her then suddenly he grinned. Oh, st hotel, eh) list I know heetu word had been a bullet In his lungs. Witt you help me)" she said to Pe- Certain. At the hotel. He come by big I assure you that he automobile." ters lawyer, Peter DeWolfe? would wish It." other shook his head ; he did The one at would as looked her Colby not know. He said In a soothing, codlook at a new model of some automo' SaU rt, missy. You dling voice, bile; at last be nodded.- - , - v I want to know the first train leav come, eh)" He beckoned with a Auger. , Brena nodded and followed him as Ing New York for St. Louis and Texas," she said. "I want some one to he walked on before, the lantern go for a ticket and reservations to swinging at his knees, the shadows Kremlin Wells or the nearest point. of his dark short bowed legs scissor-In1 want you to do the gravel and the noncommlt ) want a taxlcsh. everything in your power to get me to tal dark beyond In every direction Kremlin Wells before the twenty squirming and alive with black magfourth. It must be done!" gots of fear. at her. stared . Suddenly the lantern Illumined an Pennington Cut entrance cut In a high adobe wall. The Very unusual." he muttered. nmn, turning around, said In his petI said wed do It. Miss Selcoss." Partly because of the assistance of ting voice, "Come." Brena stepped bis office forre, Brena was on her way through Into an enclosure without j Jtt. Louis, without even hand bag j roof; the stars of the sky shone down nerve-wracke- d h 7-- h i ' 1 ,wn tfip8 g It do," he said harshlyfruit on the is a hud on the edge For a long time she sat At lust, word. a his cot without a "Peter must have Tell me, Ieter. There wondered about been times when you me. Did me doubted me questioned yea keep faith? was clear. He waited, but his answer her questo answer It was not only an was more-- an there voice In his tion; it understanding of the truth thut rtj, divided and wmng are not readily with a high Impassable wall between them. There Is a teetering, and that which counts Is the spirit of the game, that leads one to put weight most often on the right end. All thls he No ! said to her In the one word : came hand After a moment her his. Into dark the through I think we are all right, Peter. she If we cun ever have each other, said. dear forever I think we could Do what? Work out something pretty fine." Pm almost at We will," he said. the point where I score, Brena. Ive car here. Two brought a hundred-odmiles Into this hell of desert. And tomorrow. I go tomord a match and relit the lantern. Tell me, Peter," she said, brushing hair back from her forehead. I did tell you. I said I had a theory a theory about where they went Hennepin first and Pannalee. If I am the red-gol- d not right, heaven help usl Ive not been afraid yet not In my real self. If Im right Ill laugh at myself for toting a gun around and for a lot of fool Ideas Ive had. But If Im wrong now, Id be afraid. Im no coward, but Id squirm with fear I" Her eyes were full of a troubled expression. But you dont tell me, Peter." "I cant." not!" "Because if I was Why h sun-bake- d 1 iTwont lie struck sleep-thickene- d r from the chemists Shop. package row." d si ITNO wrong It would always appear to you that I had been the Inventor of Injustice. Let me test your faith In me, Brena. Give me three days more. Yes, but when you ride off Into the desert to danger, you said, provided you were wrong Im going too. You cant." Yes, I am going with you, Peter." It might be too hideous. I am going." . Look I covered What a cot I Say? This Heemr on which a waking sleeper was pushing himself up on one arm and reaching under a pillow with the other hand. A lady," the Mexican said, and putting the lantern on the bare boards, he slid out and closed the door. The man on the cot sprang up, raised the lantern, and at the end of high exclamation he gasped for another breath and ejaculated, Brena!" Yes, Teter. Thank God, Peter. I came In time." "Time time for what) Pm all right, dear. I cabled you to wait. Pd started, Peter. I didnt get It. They to.d you In New Y'ork?" Yes, Peter, they said youd had a call." I didnt say so, dear. I said I had business here." I dont care you forget. You are the third I couldnt stand It, Peter. It was you thats different." Youre tired out." He held the lantern higher again. No, Im not. Peter," she said, with a brisk unconvincing He. I want you to be glad I came." -He dropped the lantern; It went out. He put Ids arms around her and hent her head close to his. shoulder as he patted her hair with the open palm of his hand. He said. Glad) Me) Glad? Brena! I cant say It, dear. The cup runs over at the hrhu Ive been In mortal fear. Peter." she whispered and shivered In his I arms. thought I had sent you away to your end the thing that took the others." No." said he. Can you tell, Peter)" I cant tell sure. I can guess. I guess Im going to fix everything. If not, theres something too big too 1 ghastly" But If you never came back to me " She If anything stopped. Why Peter, 1 flung myself down sometimes. I prayed to be forgiven for ever having spoken to you. I begged relief from the hideous idea that 1 had let you start at all." Look here," he said severely. Did you send me that warning to the steamer)" She wss silent Answer." "Yes. I thought I must stop you, dear "Bad business," he said. "Imok here. Brena. For the first time In my life Ive been figuring what a real partnership really means. And it cant exist without perfect unbroken truth play Ing the game, not separately, but together ell the time an unbroken i k do you at all? It s rather all around Uk ;60Ut T after ited 1 (tbi ibe the lishor raj sag r. 2a be iton. ickln your ad, I11 & unci (ttor Livery b taking Lydia E. PinkhOT Compound and that wai .Iff C flnement I had. Whenever 5 ici bt b bad 1 down I always take the V Compound as a tonic. m removed from Brockville (W was pleased when the sto remW ... medicine for me red b Di Job eri el tell '" , ' insor moi De-Wol- ova, land 8ureitfi5 -- fit any woman who take Agnes Wignall, Talcvilie, itj kJ ... Women can Pinkhay lieve .... sex. For sale by druggists rlorwATwl tr L ous J nlaes urgli ence Simple Life for Thai Tom and Mary had lived la for so long, they were both lead a simple, quiet life. One after donning a sleeveless dreaj coat and black tie, the ttn down to the dining room k usual evening meal. j Mary looked at Tom and id said: Honey, Im ready tog J an house dress u( biscuits." , j And Pm ready to don erer eat them, came Toms reply, j gone Ten She Has Beechams in relieving pat ion, and tv'r.,r - wi isr., A'1'. SIT. X'T'rr1'1 to things, t: T hot- - modern Nevburjji,!! For FREE SAMPLE will j B. F. Allen Co., 417 Canal Street, (ir Buy from your drug girt in if ind Ik For biliousness, sick hcadodat constipation tab j Beechams R Pn ms .ew, be fight lid mat ertai: 0 omisi a ed Hi date far td ai of s di bt net, tt j1 rea label ck Antifog C repre had Depict show wiat The fogging of x they are of the fcoxed-i- type, Usl a fa prevented by placing porcelain dish containing chloride In the window. This substance quickly absorbs from the air with the result 4 moisture Is prevented from cK sflri against the outside glass, lar Science Monthly. j The contents of the dishes renewed every two or three V th the moist calcium chloride k any It dried, after which Mg opp n ek th , ter, le 1 n te Dru triot til tl Ho Thei erna ope dete again. egeti the Many a man who has the propose to a girl lacks rocks to get married on. ov te this as for Tve oil Wherever the iv pres itching and bed Whatever the foicl cause, the "K t JOl touch of soothing . Resinol Ointmentrp fails to give quick ret ' nil rribli yoi lesp Resinc tip 01 'bird lo tin." "ext ere tsces TOD -- r if, OtK U liE a 5 and same time. tell you JL sL'di Is liing1 on biliousness. III military usage. ! -n- no nowaday, mean, brrakg away of the breech mechanism, tnaklnr it Impossible te use considerable re-..-ExTa- ngT of iiang they oswe Pills ,t 51 date lionii genei TaL March I will be 68 years oidt see Miss ELEANOR IK How Cannon Are Spiked former n e of 0 times when to fashioned typ 0f cannon thb old l,ih he guns were disabled by was used driving an In iron spike into the Paso. It was below the window opening the in the breech old courtyard with the through which fire -- unicated Cn,,,hllD ,0 tn, powder adobe wall. wT. called Hello, he had said i00i.i spiking the cannon. It one w en it was You Just missed necessary to leave seeing the popula' tion of this town. "A here. They don't kmTer, gnmgT the last details of equipping the powered car that he had bought 1 mllit I was just 18 when I eonzr to take Beechams Piik J have been of great bercfk I (TO BE CONTINUED.) In easi is i are md For Two Score Year s. Brena, who had slept long and rest fully in spite of the stinging dry heat had awakened the sun had Tic use she ' r ,ce, d Will you asked. bli X wonderful, failing that." I didn't take It down." finNo I did. I ran it through my and gold-his gers like a miser with If a his untarnished copper threads, miser lias them too. Why not braid are no It) Were going where there Brena. fashions, Today? moon Tonight. Therell be a white make Well hours. ns big as a plate for hundred miles at least through the bed of depression that runs along the some prehistoric torrent to the northwest. Thanks to old Father Carlos, Jesuit, its on the the map. Easy to follow. When the purple crepe of evening had been spread over the baking sande and the stars had been set out In their Infinite careless pattern In the high desert sky, the car, with opened muffler, turned her nose out of the trail that followed the line of the railroad and began to kick the sand behind as if she were a hound. It was as If she were leuving forever the sight and memory of mankind. This country is without mercy to living things. After thirty miles of hard pulling through the bare loosesurfaced plain, tossed gently about as If they were riding in a motorboat over the long rollers of the sea, they saw before them on the crest of a sand wave a running pack of coyotes, who came up suddenly, black against the moonlight like dog fish lifted into sight on a wave. But after that all vegetation and even the cacti which 6tood like trained seals, their flappers held out as if ready to begin a dance, became sparse, and the emptiness was that of the frontier of death itself. Peter turned to look at Breqa. Her face, illumined by the moon, was lifted a little; with the hair blown back by the hot wind, her eyes glistened like those of one who rides toward battle in a calm spirit. She felt, perhaps, his gaze, and, turning, smiled. She wondered- why he had been unwilling to tell her why they went, what he sought, the facts he had found. hard-heade- t J EC lb say-- why ' Yes If I win, he answered. I will tell you then. Before that Ive no particular right to do It not till Im sure. The thing is too tremendous!" When the moon had reached the bottom of the bowl of the sky, looked again at his speedometer. Did you notice that our searchThe strange authority with which no longer picks up little Insects light she sometimes spoke was now in her voice and in her ejes; it was as If she and turns them into flashes of silver?" were speaking, not out of herself he asked. Yes. , alone, hut were one who voiced a deHe stopped the car to fill the radiacree of those who had willed an inextor. oruble end. We are coming into the most arid Let me show you then where we land in the world, where no rain falls he are going," said with his lips Let me show you and there is no dew. It is the country pressed together. a map. Let me tell you how we shall of eternal stillness. There Is no life; have to steer our way over a trailless not even the Insects exist here. There There is no sound. waste by compass as If we were at is no motion. seal Its a country of terrible dis- Listen !" Brena looked about at the great flat tances and hent and thirst. If the ear breaks down theyd never bear of us." disk of the desert as she stood with Wed be out there for years, she her hand on Peter's shoulder; it was said in the voice of one who In a great like a world of hardened concrete, without flexibility, without a motion. happiness feels sleep pulling down the eyelids, di awing Its mists across Stie listened and heard only her heart the mind. Wed have our hands-l- ike and the throb of silence that comes only in places of utter stillness. tills together. Uut very lmn "I'm glad Im with you. Peter," she I I suppose. d rather do that, Peter said. There is a threat here. Isnt than not have each other tli ere? Ue picked her up in his arms. He He nodded. Weve been seventy-fiv- e felt her limp weight pulling at his miles. To a man on foot shoulders. He heard her whispering without Pm not ill, Peter. Im just tired. And water that would be death a horrible death with the sand I dont have to pretend with dragging at the you, do Hke the flies one sees I?" He felt her warm breath." trying He put her down at full length on to pull their legs along fly pnper, with the cot ami sitting on the floor beside the heat burning all moisture out of her he moved his fingertips across her the body, with the silence and the white fori head. Her profile of fea- stillness inviting him to madness, and Ins aching limbs tures, of Imdy, of drapery, made him gradually turning his think of the queens and saints carved footpath around and around in smuller circles to a center of death. In marble ou the tops of sarcophagi In Peter had driven his car ancient abbeys; lying in this over the sordid little room, her face turned toward the great flat disk, scarred with Irregusmoky ceiling, nevertheless site had larity, but nevertheless like a talking their calm, their suggestion of belong-In- g machine record with its tiny impres-mouThe hours had to great emotions, a season called for enof great deeds and to some grand con durance of smarting eyes that had tlnulty. Brena had been carved bv a tared so long for gullies or chasms, great sculptor, and the limp hand that and of aching arm muscles that had still rested in sleep upon his bare nbek held (he twists and tugs of the front wheels. He allowed was warm with the promise of the car to com living to a atop and shut off the expectancies. engine. I oth of us need a rest and water he said to Brena, ..And yoa need CHAPTER XVII breakfast." record." She said, 1 know. There Isnt much Ue had held up his to say. My fear. My conscience. And It was you who were going to take the risk. Not anybody else, Peter and water In demijohns. loved you. I took the paper from canned beans and other KCU'" tie of olives, one paper napkin. I ever do your hair up irehl lurb, Mb i guaranteed very old, and d ur t A Co.) TalcyOIe, NewYork.T. would interest you to know CHAPTER XVI I Duttoe (Copyright br B. P. SplS BATHE .USS TtREDjjA BiW.TIor. t Dy J1?- ' - lil ne V |
