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Show PR6V6 POST TUESDAY, APRIL had no party following In tb state at luige which would stand by us and see that, we got Justice. -I was' chewing this over w Wle we sat at dinner in the Bullard cafe, and I guess Mr. Norcrp-- s was, too, for he didnt uy much. I dont know whether ,ho knew an; tiling nhout the lag-- huslness-- f sjtealr of or notrhnt he might hate.i We hadnt more than given our dinner order when one of named Hatchs clerks, a etxk ejed Kestler, came In and took a table jimt f.ir tnougli from oursto be out of the way, and near enough to listen In if we snid anything. When we finished,, Kestlerw ns just ; hut getting his sen lee of 1 noticed that he left It t untouched and got up and followed us to the It mhde me hot .enough to lobby, want to turn on him and knock Ids crooked eye eot, but of course, that wouldn't have done any good. ftcr Mr. Js'ohcrrfM had bought koine . cigars at the eland he said lie guessed hed run out to Major Ktndrjik's fof a little while; and with that he went up to Ids jooni. Though. the major will the one lie named. I knew he meant that ho-wgoing to see Mis. Sheila.-- I yeincyiLered what, he had U&?tq Ripley alrnut a womuns giving him germ Ideas aud such things, and J guess it was really so. Every time he ' spent, an evening at the majors hed come back with a lot of new no-r ropulrllng thn Short Line , When he said that, about going out to the major's, Kestler was near enough to overhear It, and so he w ailed, lounging in the lobby find pretending t rt?ad a paper, About half-paseven the boss came 1 wn and asked me to Call Hnyl - for Mm. I did II; and Ketler loafed around Just long enough to see him 6tart off. Then' he lit out, himself, and something In the way he did It made me take out After him. , The first thing I knewI was trailing him through the railroad yard mid we u The deckers -- hi By FRANCIS ?- LYNDE - 4" . 1 - CwniitorOMiauwrtii SYNOPSIS. I. Graham Norcros. raO Creek in with a youn lady. Shell Macrae and bar am all coualn. Unseen, they a train holdup, la wfelab ear la carried off. a specialpeculiar CHAPTER - Jimmie (Hi maasfer, and hi secrets Dodds, are marooned at Band rf, aid-- - wt-ne- iCHAJTEK aa tn rccogrrsec oar stolen an John Chadwick's, financial bn whom to meat at J'ortsJ magnate, City. Ha and Dodds rescua Chadwick. Tha Uttar offer Nor cross tha manager. hip oX tbs Pioneer Short Linn, which U In the hand of sue tarn . speculators, headed by Breokenridf Dunton, presl-deof the lina . Norcrosa, learninp that Bhella Haora In stopping at Portal City, accepts, Us-Morc- vu nt 'chapter vwraatlon con- Gus- ovarhaars between Rufus Hatch and tav HeoekeL Portal City financiers, in which they admit. complicity in Chadwick kidnaping, their object being to Chadwick from attending a meetingkeep of director to reorganise the Pioneer hhort which would Jeopardise their iutr DL-Do- dde tn, - CHAPTER V. Hatch, aware that Dodds has knowledge of hia and Henckelg participation la the Chad-tck kidnaping, offers him induce mfcnts to leave Norcross. Dodds re-- , fuses. Leaving rthe office, , he la knocked Senseless, . Recovering con- eclousness,- be - learns that Norcrosa has disappeared and Is believed 'to have resigned find gone east. . Hatch," he said cuuL'on-t"Why not?" wag. the rasping ques--. tlon. "Theres nobody In the yard, and the gates are locked, It's a d d sight safer than a back room In one of your dives as we know now to our y. tvr V rest." - Clanahan threw up his head with a gesture that said much. Murphy's the man that leaked on thut engine Job and he'll leak no more." i- Well," futd Hatch) with growing Irritation, what are you holding hack for now ? 1 e stood to w In on the firt play, and we would lace won If umr poope hadnt balled It by talking e too much. One more day and would have been In the saddle. That H ave settled It." "Yah ; aud Mltef plsmnke still here in Iortal, City .remains, put In1 Henckel. The dhekeeper locked his pudgy Ungers across a cooked knee. TIs folne, brave glntlemen e ar,, you two, whin ye've got somebody else to pull th huts out av th fire for je!" he said. Yed have us croak this felly fr ye, and thin yed stand hmk and wash yer hands while some poor-divl- l wlnt to th rope fr l Where do we come In. is what Idjlka t know? .. You are already In," snapjied Hatch.. "You know what the big fel- - j low capita) thinks about !(, and where youll stand In the coming election If you doqt put out this flrfc that Norcross is kindling Youre yellow, Clanahan. Thats all that Is the , matter wp-w yon.""' and varnish plant in the, world. This means that Rogers Paint carries the A build.npf painted with Rogers Paint has the bebt protection that paint can give it. Not only is MACHINE this paint composed of the 4 materials known," bur it is ilso bestp-tin- t Machine-Mad- e in the best equipped paint Ihs-tiiuk- . best paint value that MADE money can buy. , ! . n n i n ( ) ri A color I n n h n IIS 1,11 i , DETROIT WHITE LEAD WORKS, Makxbs. I ! . 'sss'y. e S0tD.DY . i U i Provo fj4Electric & Handware Co.. - v i :t.the Phone 303 , J : m i 3. 3 i , S Roy 6oren -- Mgr. ; ; t ,e i -- (Continued next Issue.) I - 5 ggggggaasrg ijgfymiiEaxMoiiecstagi5! 1 r . y wiw t't A s r tf Jv d J C ot p in $100,000 iresrident C. V - . Surplus Fund $100 000 E. Loose", Vice President A. Buttfe, AssCasuwr F. G. Riclimonl,''Asst Cashier. ' Our giowth is accountable to at least two First, the confidence the' people of. this communit in this' bnnk, and second, tbeservice that has brought about that . 1 .... Stork raid - ?! v j PROVO COMMERCUL & SAYINGS BANK 1 I 1. ! .m J. ruVCTasliier confidence. We solicit yonr patronage.- CHAPTER VI. Dodds connects disappearance with tnaehl-natioef Hatch end Henckel, and onr recovering strength gets out, to solve lh- myrrtcry." , , ; I ns 1 n I 't ;('. i ' Norcross . fr st , CHAPTER IV. lo curb the controlled by Hatch and Henckel,monopoly the Rad Tower corporation, Norcroes form the tS tisane' biorage and Warehouse com peny. He begin to manifest a deep interest In Blicia Macrae. Dodds learns that Bhella is married, but living apart from her husband. Norcross dons not know tola, 19, 1S2L - 'IV - Hi -- SAVE MONEY -- BUY FOR DASH - CHAPTER VII. the roads master With Klrgan. mechanic, Dodds g gets a line on Norcrosa disappearance. They follow a flue given them through a missing locomotive. J Hats Off to Good Bread ; T. - - to Royal Bread Chapter VIII. The rescue party cafctivity fo which he had been lur- 1 ed. Noreross resumea control of the Pioneer Short Line, refusing to give place to man whom' Dunton. has sent to take charge. Past this there was a little more talk about the C. S. & V. deal, and about uhat the Hatch crowd would be likely to try next; and when It was finished, and Ripley was reaching for his list, the boss said. There Is no change In the orders; weve pot 'em going now, and we'll keep 'em going. Drive It, Ripley drive it for every ounce there it in you. Never mind the flection talk or the stock quotations. This calli outfit going to be honest, tf it never .earns - another uet dollar. Well win!" "It's beginning to look a little that way, now," the lawyer admitted, with his band on the door knob. "Just the same, Norcrosa, there Is safety in numbers, and our numbers are precisely one; one man" holding up a single 1 r t. As before, the pyramid Is finger, standing on its head and you are the head. For Gh1's sake, be careful P It was late in the afternoon when Ripley made his visit and pretty soon after he went away the boss and I - closed up our end of the shop and left May pecking away at bis typewriter on a lot of routine stuff.' 1 dont know what made me do it, but as 1 was passing Fred's desk on the wty out, stringing along behind the boss, 1 stopped and jerked open one .of the drawers. I kfiew beforehand what was In the drawer, and pointed to it a new .38 automatic, Fred nodded, and I slipped the gun Into d my pocket, wondering as 1 did It, If I could make out to hit the broad side of a barn, shooting with - ' , that hand, if I had to. A lalor I had caught up . with Mr. Norcross, and together we left the building and went up to the 'Bullard for dinner. left-han- half-minut- e I CHAPTER v : In ths Coal Yard knew, just as well as could be "without being able to prove it that we were ahadowed on the trip up from the railroad building to the hotel, and .It made me nervous. There could be only one reason now for any such dogging of, the boss. The grafters were not trying to find out what he toaa doing; they didnt need to, because he was advertising his doings ; or Juneman Was la the newspapers. What they were trying to do was to catch him off his guard and do him this time to stay done op. j up It was safe to assume that they wouldnt fumble the ball a - second time. Mr. Ripley had stood the thing Talrly on Jts feet when lie wild that ur campaign was purely a one-iua- n jroposltlon, so far as it lind jet pi me. 3eople w ho had met the boss ami had lone business with him liked Mn; mt the old tune prejudice against be railroad 'was m widespread umj o bltter that It couldnt be orercome U at mo'e.- - Juneman, tmr pnMi I! v mi eas (i lug 1.1s best, b a- yu ; - , IX 1 Its a big loaf, made of Utah County hard wheat flour, good yeast, good shortening, good milk. It takes the place of the more expensive things at jevery meal ; its ALL FOOD. Eat it with butter, with jelly- with jam. Makes good sandwishes, fine toast, tasty puddings. A perfectly good, nutritious food any way you take it. And - Kestler Wae Telling the Three How He Had Shadowed Mr. Norcross. on down the big, past the freight house tow fenced In, Red .Tower .... At the cool ard coal . yards. ya'd he let himself In In the wagon gates through a and I noticed that he used a key and lurked the wicket after he got inside, t put my eje to s crack in the high stockade fence and saw that the little e shark office that was used for a was lighted up. My burnt hand its cheap, too. .When yo buy this loaf, you help to keep your the Royal Baking Company money at home!-becaus- e buys at least $100,000 worth of Utah county flour each year. ,Why not support 'those who support you? Ask your Neighborhood Grocer for seale-hous- Tho bread Hint I made motterquit baltuiq was healing tolerably well by this time and 1 could use It a little. There was a slack pi he' Just outside of t the Delivered by Royal Auto, Fresh Every Day. Buy two big gate, and by climbing to the to or more loaves ; they, will not dry out ; besides, all bread I of it got over the fence and crept best the second day. The equality of this bread is is " up to the scale-housf A small window In one end of the guaranteed by the ROYAL BAKING COMPANY shark, ojiened about two Inches at the bottom, answered well enough for a jggKfiaRiB2t!KiaKggag8agaigaBi peejchole. Three fnen were j Jn the little box of a place three" besides Kestlef ; Hatch, his barrel-bodie- d partner, Ilrnckel, and one other. The gSIggigESaKgggHBggBSCffliKMBiaBmXgaiaWfiOCCMBtSflMBgitBafiHBegHHgggglga third it, sn looked like a glorified bai J have lie was of the keep', heard called "black Irish," fat, sleek, and well-fewith little black tjes half burled In the flesh of" his round face, and the padded Jaw and double chin shaved to the blue. I knew this third man well enough, FOR SALE CHEAP. 240 acres dry farm land," by sight; everjbody In Portal City planted to winter wheat this year. Good crop practically knew him decent people only too well when It came to an election tussle, sure. AJso 240 acres mountain pasture land fenced. Also lie waa tha redoubtable Pete Clans-ba14 acres irrigated farm. Also modern home, large barn, dnekeeper, and political boss, Kestler was telling the three bow he had shadowed Mr. Norcross from the granery, sheds, ft block city lot, located at an near Levan, r . railroad headquarters to the Bullard, Juab Co. A bargain. Reason for selling cant attend to it and bow he stayed around until he , i had seen the boss take a taxi for in Provo. Come and see me. Let me show it to and reside Major Kendrick's," This seemed to be t r all that was wanted of him, for when mean business. HANS ANDERS0N, 453 N. if you you he was through. Hatch told him he - A-2- 3 might go home. After the cock-eye- d University Ave., Provo, Utah. clerk was gone,' Hatch lighted a fresh cigar and put it squarely up to the eseggatv Irishman. d "Its no use being over this thing, Tete," he grated 1b that saw-mivoice of his. We've got (o get rid of this man. Every days delay ghes him that much better hold. We can choke him off by llttles In the business gaAie, of course; -- we have Dunton and the New Yorkers on our side. and. this scheme he THE KIND YOU WANT has launched can be broken down Standard Panther King with money. But that doesn't help Clear Creek Gate Clack Hawk you political people out; and your stake In the game Is even bigger than ORDER TODAY ours. 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