Show f UTAH THE GARLAND TIMES GARLAND The song ended and Dun Jaime looked up a fleeting gleam of sadness “For of resignation In the lazy eyes had killed had forgotten a moment your Uncle Tom!" he murmured “Oli please Mr Hlguenea—’’ “Oh Jaime” he corrected please Jim the Conqueror By Peter Copyright D bj Kyno Ptr B KrM WNU Bervlc m airv- - utscah r The sleepy voire spoke ha limply the unfamiliar words the man prompting from time to time When the prayer was finished he he and with the boy In his arms stooped over Mrs Gunby that site might kiss her son good Then lie passed around the night table to Kolierin's thnir “Innocence and helplessness" Roberta heard him “Who could uot love it!” murmur He stooped over her nnd lowered the boy until the childish lips brushed her check then lie bore the lad off to bed The two women ev hanged glances the mother's ees were moist “That lie’s Is the Latin In him Miss Antrim not ashamed to demonstrate his affection” She was Roberta did not answer thinking of a remark that Crooked I5II1 had once made in her presence "Wlien children und dogs lde a man a woman Is usually safe with him" She wondered now if (Heim llackett loved children nnd dogs and decided presently that lie would love Ids own if and when he had them children but that he would not lie interested in dogs or human beings beneath htin the social scale “lie Is a strange man Mrs dauby” “I hae never met she said at Inst do not know what his kind before to make of him — whether to like him or dislike him to fear him or to trust him lie killed uiy uncle and thm masquerading under the name of Jim Higgins ho induced me to accept the Where hospitality of Jaime Iliguenes I come from one doesn't do that sort How long have of thing you know you known him Mrs Oanbv?" "Since three dajs lifter lie killed I am a trained nurse and your uncle I came down here to tend his wounds he would have recovered although without my aid for he is as healthy as Later he asked me to be a horse his housekeeper but since he does not appear to regard me as a servant imagine I am a sort of paid hostess I think he had a hope that you might and of visit the ranch some day course you would never have been vited unless he had a duenna here He is very punctilious In matters of social propriety” “And Robbie?” “When he discovered I had a little crippled son he sent his general man ager to El Paso to tiring the boy here He knew I’d want him with me of course” "I understand lessness out to Innocence and helpOf course his heart went Robbie” "Children understand Miss Antrim think Don Jaime Is a man who likes He is a fight — any kind of a fight tremendously Interested in that atroLately he has phied leg of Robbie's started massaging it stretching It studying it He has been sending for medical treatment on Infantile paralysis and talks of sending Robbie Eaht Instto be treated at the Rockefeller itute” InterFurther confident es were He rupted by the return of the host In Spanish to the called something singer and she came and handed him her guitar received the thanks of her audience and departed covered wdth embarrassment "Now then” quoth Don Jaime "we’ll have a little old Anglo Saxon minstrelsy from the boss himself" He smote the strings with a firm assured hand and In a perfectly thun"The Yellow basso derous began "For a Moment — Had Killed Your Murmured Hed Forgottert Uncle Tomi” He Rose of Texas" To great delight Roberta Joined In the song He cocked one lazy eye at her Inquiringhe deIn the nlusic ly at a —— manded Ills “How comer "Uncle Bill” Rhe and hr replied Yes of course nodded comprehension Uncle Bill would know that one But Roberta while now Don Jaime played “I had forgotten too Jaime" "Now that you have mude up your mind not to dislike me or the task of trying to like me I haveji confession to make” It" “I'll try In Ins r op mi “A few iii- at shot It out with your uncle Ins man Hill Dingle and five others came over here with the intention of doing me great bodily harm — lynching me to one of the crossIn that heavy trellis In the pieces grape arbor yonder as a matter of I captured fact Dingle and his Idiots and confined them in my private here for thirty dajs Before turning them loose I had my foreman flog !h‘m a'L” "Oh Jaime!" “That’s the sort of had egg I am was wearing senorila That's why can you two guns today By the way ‘Ave Marlu?'” sing (iounod's I" she answered a little “Why yes breathlessly Let’s go in“Oh grand wonderful! side and iract'ce it with a piano acwant you to sing it companiment You at mass tomorrow for my people Poor I know you will will of course devils They'll love it so! rut first send your telegrams The office in Los Algodones will soon lie cloing" CHAPTER VIII album smiled fatu William and rubbed tils old linnils together In pleased anticipation as he his plate noticed the telegram at breakfast He read "The man who first called you Crooked Bill knew his onions stop I have your Texas reeord stop You perme to walk Into a situation mitted that is perfectly nnd monstrously unusual nnd I am horribly embarrassed Jim’s father shot you in the stop foot wild a forty five caliber revolver and the impulse to lie careless with still runs in the weapons deadly family only the present representative uses a how and arrow and shoots for Nor is the Connemara the heart stop half blood fired out of the trifie stop Believe it or not he has erected a Tom stop It is headstone over an angel weeping nnd on the hnse of the monument lie lias worked in a of a shepherd and a sheep presumably the one that was lost stop art and Irish deviltry stop Spanish am When compare him with Glenn torn between a desire to weep and to laugh stop Glenn Is so respectable so proper so mindful of all the things we have born raised to admire and respect while tins fellow stops at nothing and consults only Ids own desires stop My plan Is to secure the court’s to get rid of the sheep permission promptly and return to Ihllcrest so I can bite you on the ear "BOBBY" Harms the butler in ttie act of the customary two lumps of dropping sugar Into Crooked Bill's coffee cup froze in the act and regarded his masIt ter with amazement nnd concern appeared to Harms t hat the old gentleman was about to have some sort of seizure for he had closed his eyes thrown back his head opened Ills mouth and gasped wrong sir?" Harms de"Anything manded "liar !” yelled Crooked Bill "liar!” Two bursts of maniac laughter! “Good news sir?” Harms suggested politely "Harms" said Crooked Bill "did you ever hear of Pandora?” “Oli yes sir! You are referring to who unlocked the lady of anthology the box of troubles?" "Exactly Well Miss Roberta has Harms a similar box unlocked get Mr llackett on the telephone" He read llackett Roberta's message It did and waited for a hearty laugh not come "Dog your eats Glenn” he protested “where's your sense of humor?" “I see no humor In the situation I can only Mr Ioitham sympathize There Bhe Is the guest with Roberta of the man who killed her uncle and to make who has had the hardihood a Jest at the expense of his victim of with that exhibition Not satisfied bad taste he has apparently commenced to pay his court to Roberta which Is most embarrassImmediately She will ing and distressing to her be forced to leave his house of course him to conand decline to permit tinue to serve her In the matter of those damnable conserving sheep” Isn’t “You tarnation you monkey that exactly what I planned should happen? Roberta practically admits She’s anxious to clean tip It already on those sheep and return — and when she does boy you'll certainly look good to her" "I wish I could be as confident as Roberta has one you Mr Latham weakness and that is her sense of Like yours It’s a bit— er — humor diabolical I wish I had never Joined In this conspiracy with you” J‘Falnt heart uever won fair lady My boy don't you realize you have a chance to be a hero?” “I do not" My stock “You're singularly dull is still climbing and you need more So you’ve deqioney to protect me cided that those sheep should he eold cash to get ready Consequently cases you’ve had two Important will enable you to go to Texas and arrange the sale of the Mr ously sheep” “Who to?" “To I'll more will I sell them me fool to me money for them than give you anybody and ee on them Roberta! the more money j"U realize the stronger you’ll be with Also you'd arrive on the Job in time to put h cr nip In the sentimental aspirations of Don Jaime Yi i'd better Jump Miguel Hicuenes to Texas irnty pronto ” “WelL In order to make good on your deceit you've lented lidlcrest so why not go to Texas with uie? Shave your hiskers and dress like a rancher and play the part of the sheep buyer?” It'a a "By golly I'll do If Glenn When can you start?” good idea "la one week” "Fine Meanwhile I'll keep you advised if anything new turns up — Hey Harms has Just don’t hang up yet It handed me another ti legram No It’s may he tom Bobby Oh Lord oh laird from Iliguenes to will you listen Glenn oh Lord! this?" And lie read over the telephone "When you see your ward have never going will he linrd hut to getting anywhere been accustomed will take a without a battle so knovv You chance stop my people so do not have to fun Kh social references stop Can furnish financial credentials to please nny save most ex- acting” Glenn a direct at tionist” ILukett growled his father's son Just Im“He's induced that nice courtesy agine the him to seek the permKslon of Bobby's responsible relative before commenc“He's re- of course” "Why do that?" Remember “To make him woilc Glenn there is one thing Roberta will never forgive and that’s hail taste You can't kill a girl's uncle nnd then expect to rush her ofT her feet even though you killed In seif defense and In so doing performed a public service doesn’t I tell you tli is man Iliguenes knovv nny better than to walk Into straight lefts and rights” Crooked Bill hung up and Immedithe following teledispatched ately gram to Don Jaime Miguel Iliguenes "You have the nerve of a imstop Thanks for the compliment have but plied in your telegram nothing to say about It top However you have my best wsfies and I will even give you some good advice stop Pile on the high reliance and sound the old eastilian note your good old father knew so well Mop If there is anything In Mendel's law you should like nnd dark eyed he dark haired a fair singMike and with these aw-ting voice nnd a guitar some moonlight and a pachydormous hide I should snv that you stand slightly more chance tlinn a celluloid dog chasing nn asbestos cat through the infernal regions "LATHAM” "And now" he murmured "having done my full Christian duty by nil conI should return to my cerned I tfilnk breakfast” Well find Crook ed Bill lie nhkna tiled been banners! With again should be a proud man to hear you address her as Mrs Iliguenes or Higsuits you best stop gins whichever To that end request your permission to pay iny court st"P I know the ing work” “What are you going to say In ply Mr Iaitlmni?” the hoy “Pin going to encourage you but I mmt confide It's an Job" "Of course It's very unethical to Jlke me” he admitted demurely unusual and let It us say it at go that” His eye devoured her "Roberta vim're urghty sweet I think If I min tall jii'i Hubby" fi Fire 'My lends nil da Shamux av old no r '' Mio saw him swallow something— aud it was "uot food The fire died out of Ins eyes and the sudden little hoy look faded and was re sternness mascuplaced by gravity linity "He's nice" the girl thought "lie wouldn't take advantage of the fact that I'm his guest to appear to rudi me" Oli yes She Roberta knew men could read' their faces and converseFor hnd itot Don ly their minds Jamie Miguel Iliguenes Just assured her she was as beautiful as an army Roberta at seven Mignon awakened o'clock next mornintj “It's Sunday" ill she reminded her discreet ty “What miss?" you wenr h ruble eon-had Roberta given thought to thnt very subject the rush! bought previous “That ports suit New York” she Just before leaving answered promptly the on Breakfast was ready gnllery came out looking for when Roberta The table was set for two her host and Don Jaime was wuitlng for her Ills lazy dark eyes swept her in one glance — from her white kid pumps to her Titian head “You are as beautiful as an army with banners Miss Antrim" he ant tone in nounced In the which one proclaims that two and two make four or that a straight line is two between the shortest distance points Not so much a compliment or the natural desire of a man to flatter a woman as a definite statement of fact "You're a very happy man aren't It seems to me that with you Jimmy Hie must he one glad sweet you Bong " ''h It Ls" Ih assured her "The sinking Marled hist irght" Again Ids eyis hurried into tiers for a split sec: oml and again she felt her face flushing hotly “To cover her confusion she "1 do wish said Inanely you knew nn Hncle Bill" Nut Interested in the old reprobate although If lie should take a notion to show up nt Valle Verde I wouldn't sick the dogs on him Have Some bacon and eggs I cured that acbanm myself nnd am personally lie liens that laid the with quainted and noticed her confusion frivolous banter merely of helping her cover It? was two it Ills nn Idea had to the sitters slouched apologetically talde and lie appeared to forget become absorbed in the dogs feeding them strips of bacon and little In bacon pieces of bread steeped to them please talking affectionately Rothe while ns if they were human le tin Don thnt reminded herself Jaime w'ns the first young mnn who Ind ever neglected her to curry favor wall a pair of English setters and was Interested to discover thnt she dd not resent his action ' Wlmt ere you going to do about I!obbiev’ she Inquired presently "di Robbie Nothing very much I suspected the fix wrong with 1dm In order lie was in nnd to verify my I laid Mrs Gnnby bring suspicions him here He's been kept in the house bemuse Ills mother despite the fnct thnt she is n trained nurse mother like considered him too delicate to tie allow ed out very much She had to' make a living for the two of thorn so necessarily she has been forced to Had he Was tlds gav his hind Roberta way “I suppose he’ll ask me if I lovely mauve rose Is Just the not red I’m auburn for the rose however It's “Well whatever It Is It Yoa and fine are going best of friends Roberta" "Well I like them fast feet— end you're a Tvs ben trying very hard J The home with a telephone has many advantages — for a Jew cents a 'day A telephone provides priceless protection against delay in case of sudden illness accident or fire was cool "That habit of being sudden ls a trait that runs In the Hlguenea blood was a very sudden man father My When he made up his mind to marry my mother he appeared at her father's house and said to the old mnn: 'I've What come to marry your daughter have you got to sny about tt? Why nothing at all! Here's the license and voice the bride?’ priest's outside It ence the conveniprovides of saving countless It brings social calls and invitations banishes It's a contact with loneliness employers who want to reach folks the quickest way These and many uses are part of the phone's dally service the Where’s " “Well If rcspectnhle the bride would have hud parei the Jolt of t your his career" "Fiddlohthka!" Don Jaime retorted woman wortli Inning ls sharply a woman worth sHuling My fattier woneui seldom know always what they want hey think they when what wunt a lot of rominie who'll ihev'ri 1'ioUiu: for D a ceived other tele re- THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO r Poultrymen- - Attention! FAVORITE LAYING MASH With Purina Concentrate COSTS YOU ONLY $125 per Cwt By using your ow ngrain Very Best Laying Mash Money Can Buy Call for Particuars Milling Co Garland-Tremonto- n nc: - r Swl rtVo - : :v f: i Ji-- - A Are YOU a ‘YYsy Citizen ‘ THIS Community? 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A hot rage swelled In Roberta’s heart and her laughter censed abruptly “This Is very sudden Jimmy” Her A slept Thanks lovely” suits me to be the Cents a Day she laughed foul— wherefore him the tiny 'He requires sunlight Every day ho lies out anil lots of In the sunI gave It to him light suntn small so he wouldn't closes One arm Now lie’s tanned burn nnd one leg are affected hut not very With Increased general health badly nnd the desire he will gain strength to he more active Nobody ever without wasting energy and llinsp who have no energy to waste do not care to exercise" "lie adores you Jimmy” If children and dogs do not "Well like n man that's a sign he hnd better I begin to take stock of himself even like all children like Robbie terrible children I'm godfather to and e'ghty seven and one hundred after mass this norulng I’ll take on the one hundred and "Why are you so popular Timmy?” If I'm godfather "For two reasons to the child of one of my people then lives at Valle while an Iliguenes Verde that child will alvvavs dwell under the mantle of the Iliguenes philanthropy lie can’t be fired off the ranch If lie's a male and he'll It shade” “I’m For a Few qeglect Roberta flushed — and hated herself for It because it was not her habit to exhibit such apparent pleasure at comHad the words pliments from men come from any other man she would have had a careless retort In all probability she w’ould have told another man that be wasn't looking so very But again beautiful himself that strange sense of bafflement of stupidity almost held her speechless "The usual banal well” she decided query” He tucked her Into He did not her seat sat down opposite looked at "I see you her casually and said had a good night’s rest in the gigantic You appear bed of my ancestors much refreshed nnd I am very glad of It And younfrire for breakfast Is a Punctuality promptly at eight paramount virtue particularly In so Just for that you win a women and back rose” And he leaned plucked one from the vine that clambered around a pillar of the gallery too- - red for red roses” he “You’re rambled on handing It to her “so tills get something In the way of a hope chest If he’s a female" organize the show and run It with a “You strange man! Of course aa firm hand" a godfather’ you have to promise that “What do you know about women?" If the parents neglect to give their less than nothing But "Something child a religious upbringing 1 know a heap about meal I'd most you will attend to the matter” certainly be the head of my house" I built church a 1" "Haven’t little and "So would haven’t I a padre on mypayroll? Im"Not In my house' Bobby" The arch"Is this argument In the nature of ported him from Mexico of this diocese doesn't know a bishop proposal?" he exists so the old boy’s as free a a not The time Isn’t ripe "Certainly air I’m strong for freedom myself" for Hint nor do know thnt It will Pm merely "Is Jhat why you have never mar- e er ’he ripe arguing a ried? Or have you?" relative proposition— a sort of hyp“I haveu’t When an Hlguenea othetical question By the way may I And martakes I haven’t marries It you after we return from photograph ried because you’ve been such a long church and may I have a print? Just one please time showing up at my ranch" Then you may destroy the plate If you will?" “Why Jimmy!" “I thought for a while Pd surely "I never give my photograph to genhave to go to Hlllerest Dobbs Ferry tlemen on such short scqunntance" Westchester county New York and "That Isn't answering my question" “No” point out to you the error of your “Then I'll have to get along with way but thanks to your Uncle Tom I was spared that expensive Journey the one I have It Isn't so good but Then too I probably wouldn’t have It will do" showed to such good advantage tn “Where did you possess yourself of ' my photograph?" your country because of the competiI loathe competition It makes tion TO BE CONTINUED me Just a little bit Jealous" For the life of her Roberta couldn’t She had a habit of help laughing laughing nt men when they vvero proposing to her or on the brink of It She was nt ease now no longer Inhibited by some quality In this man which she had never met In any other If he was In love with her she had Utah's —Alfred Best Fuels ISJ Phone - ichaclis J t John J Shumway IRRIGATED FARM LOANS FIRE AND AUTO INSURANCE Real Estate Bought and Sold Bond Auto Insector Conveyancing — — General Notarial Work — BANK BUILDING GARLAN UTAH |