Show THE GARLAND ± ft ft ftf — it — $ £ TIMES GARLAND UTAH £ it It — it ft £ Hfr At This Glad Season ft “Sr it W Best Christmas And New & I ft We like to feel that you are one of our partners -and that our success is but a reflection of yours & We wish you all the Joys of the season and sinft cerely hope that the coming months will bring 1 you a larger measure of prosperity and happiness Hfr Year Wishes ft ft ft ft t it—±—± Our business dealings' with the community of been a Imlttd in alamaze- tl’ltA BIIADON lNCdOM r ri 4T( a Company d ii A o a most o i i p superstitious ment "Bertha !" Utah Garland she gasped It’s— haphere! again !" Bertha dropped the letters she was sorting and hurried to the door “Laura!" her tone expressed awed unbelief “Are you sure — ?” “Come pened— it cjt “Perfectly Utah Fire Chief Slack Coal Burner Saves on 50 Your Coal Bill Dewey Richards Phone :— Tremonton : 26 For Free to Demonstration t Trips a young “Imagine girl running a oflieel" some said But immediately they added '"Laura can do It if anybody can!" Laura had been And doing It She had to Aunt Juley had left her only a small annuity and the use of the old residence for five years at which That time It went to some charity was all No it wasn’t quite all And strangely this task this legacy to another was apparently causing all the trouble Even the office mystery had begun at about the time of the disappearance Laura loved of the grandfather clock that clock It recalled childhood associations Maybe that was why old Aunt Juley dying had made her promise to repair It for an Ernest Hamilton the son of Aunt Juley’s girlchum hood “The boy was always good to me when I visited his mother" Aunt Juley and Return 70c That’s the day rate for a telephone call when you do not ask for a particular person at the other It’s a telephone round trip at a considerable saving explained W JL IE P N SI — it it — it — DAIRYMEN ATTENTION IE ! ! You pay less for milk by feeding the celebrated PURINA DAIRY RATION $185 Pew Cwt Garland-Tremont- it would cost unbelieRestoring Aunt Juley hadn’t provided for vably that and Laura was saving every penny toward It But by Christmas she’d have enough a total to send to Ernest Hamilton stranger the most expensive present she had ever bought check December “AVIth my first of I’m going to send It to the she told Bertha and Bob her two best friends But one morning just before that Laura had missed the old clock) It was an awful feeling She couldn't believe It Neither could Mrs Adams the caretaker's wife “It’s spirits Miss BradonP Mrs “Your dead ain’t Adams gnsped Milling Co on The Store With the Checkerboard Sign it ft ft ft itit A And ft ft ft ft A It’a Year To those whom we are glad to count our friends in the valley It is a pleasant privilege to extend our thanks and appreciation for their patronage K Hyrum Jensen & Sons ft ft ft ft Furniture & Hardware GARLAND it — it £— — UTAH Bradon!" Miss Spirits Adams Gasped Mra the family gonna see that clock leave —” Bast week I've had a feelin Laura didn't listen to Mrs Adams’ Happy New ft ft dr Merry Christmas ft 'I ft ft it it Co ' it— it— it it it sincere but terrifying theories But by It must have been stolen whom? A stranger couldn’t slip unnoticed Into Culver where everybody knows everybody else “And" Bob reasoned as he and Laura talked U' over the next day “Culver people don't go in fob antiques" “Then too" Laura added “there wasn't a sign of breaklug in In the winter Mrs Adams locks everything And everything was still locked this morning" “Looks like lesido Boh whistled work" But Laura had known the Adamses too long not to be certain they were guiltless Bob's eyes held more concern for the slim wonderful girl than for the clock “Doa'tyou worry" he admonished “I'm going to trace this Please" he pleaded “don't worry" Because Laura didn't want Bob to think bar foolish she hadn't spokeD about the mystery in the office But for days she'd had a feeling that strange hands had arranged things at her desk 8he wasn't positive at first Thera was something ao strange ft the most gratifying nature do ve wish to express in this season of gladness H I & To all a Merry Christmas and our appreciation ft have Therefore a Happy New Year I ft Mb ft ft work?" ft it it it: sji it it it' ft f it— Robert Howard! Youl Common Thief!" f — it it it — it— it — it it itit— it —it— — $ — Merry Christmas ft “So Utah :— : Tremonton ft post American Fork T you?" “Not a Bertha shook her bead soul The building was locked" “If it weren't so near Christmas and the whole force working overtime it would be easier to Imagine" From her brown curls and sparkling eyes to her slim ankles Laura was beautiful and genuine Because she never posed she wasn’t That may have been her charm and why — In spite of her youth— Culver had elected her postmistress Utah L©w Cost Aren’t Bertha's eyes narrowed reflectively “Yes I" For a moment the two stared at silence each other tn “Did you see anyone when you came about It thnt Laura's nerves tightened “I'm going to find out about this” she determined When Bob waited as he always did to stroll the seven blocks to her cop “Laura you’re ner he exclaimed: Vou ought to get more help pale week I'd help free during Christmas of charge—" “It's ‘n'gln the law’ Bob Thanks anyway" Laura smiled Into his serious eyes Bob was tall and straight and good Ile'd been practicing law In looking I Hfr And A Hfr A Culver for almost a year and Culver people were saying “At last there's a fellow good enough for Laura— only All our It’s funny he'd settle here boys w 1th any git go to the city" "A lawyer's got to start In a small to Laura Bob explained place" Intimated that she But Bob was more to him than a very good And Laura tried to make herfriend self regard him In as calm a light Three nights without telling either Bob or Bertha Laura had hidden In her office The tight Then It had happened burning over the safe had thrown nhadovv Into grotesque everything Great heaps of Christmas packages beInto that silence came vague ghosts Laura drew back The door a sound had opened Slowly a circle of light advanced It reached her Behind It a lhadow desk Laura suppressed a scream She switched on a light amazement the two and In horror other— speechless lit each faced dropped his flashlight Laura's lips trembled from a sudden deep hurt A You! “So Robert Howard common thief 1” “Laura— 1" my clock “Tell me now about You’re the only person —" The man before her "All right” tightened his Jaw “How did you get In?" “That night you left your purse In after I had keys copied car my I— I’m really Earnest yours’ Hamilton" “Then aura gasped why steal “After you'd told me how you were you saving and I saw how determined were to keep your promise I thought and IM get It restored pay the bill nturn It without your ever knowing who'd done It I couldn’t bear to have " vou spend your money that way “But — 1“ “You said once the old description It's of the clock wns tn your desk I was but one detail nil done now trvlng to find It for the man” relieved hope played Unbelief and over Laura’s fare “If you’re Ernest Hamilton why come to Culver as —" the ynnng man reached Resolutely "You never saw your Into his pocket aunt’s will" 'No The lawyer said she asked that it be shown to no one for a year or —" "Here's why— a copy He nodded of It She said you were stubborn " If Ernest Laura read “ Hamilton will marry my niece before the year Is out my entire estate will of charities” to Instead go to them And after I “I wanted to see yon hnd and knew you for yourself In his moved couldn't" tenderness even ask you until eves “! couldn't I wanted you to that year wns op know that I didn't—" The radiAgain Laura’s hrurt sang ance which returns to youth so easily inflected In her eyes Bob!" her hpurt spoke the name Til be busy Christmas but what plans have you Tor the Sunday before New Year’s?" I—" “Why none She threw back her head and smiled "Neither smile a eager happy have I !" stood bewildered Hamilton Ernest Then over hi serious for a moment handsome face moved the comprehenHe opened sion of a great happiness Laura dear!" his arms “Laura And tt wns his heart too which spots 113 Wastvra (L NvtpPf L’nk) Happy New Year ft i ft ft wih to thank our hundred of emtomer for past patronage and hope to merit their con- We tinued good will thru 1931 ft I Jones & Toponce ft Christmas Time Is Candy Time TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTmTVTTTTVTV Our Show Cases full of and Shelves are packed delicious sweets for your selection the best Drop in at the Blue Bell and get Our display is worth walking a mile to see TTTTTTTTTTTVVTTTTTTTTTTVVVTTT Blue Bell Confectionary Order Your Winter’s Supply of The Best £©AL Today and be prepared for tHose chilly nights Just Phone 23-- J Alfred Michaelis Coal Co Order Today That Popular Fall Drink Made From the Best Apples in the Bear River Valley BESSINGER BROS Phone 36 Tremonton H |